Prospectus, July 11, 1984

DREAM OF A LIFETIME REALIZED EISNER CHANGES HANDS: BECOMES DIANA FOODS; 98 percent of area residents are within 4 blocks of MTD\u27s economical-efficient-comfortable and friendly transportation; News Digest; Husbands, wives benefit from sharing the work; Did You Know...; Lake of the Woods features \u27Music in Park\u27; Philosophy club proposed; The unsung heros of Parkland; The Garden Spot; Entire student body not at risk; Recycling Center at fair; Annual 4th of July parade provides delights for all; Creative Corner...especially for you; Angie; Rites of Passage; Scared Love; Rejoice the Poet; Odyssey; Stallone\u27s versatility is obvious in Rhinestone performance Dolly and Sly are dynamite; Dr. Who and Star Trek convention; Grace Jones a riot in film debut; Krantz creates magic; Study shows coaches consign blacks to certain positions; ERES mid-stae tour planned; Sports Digest; \u27Everyone has a dream\u27; Tad Powers works on hishttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1984/1017/thumbnail.jp

Prospectus, May 2, 1984

SUPPORT YOUR COLLEGE! VOTE FOR STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFFICERS; News Digest; Students protest CIA campus recruitment; PC Happenings; Humanities Awards Program Summer Research; Student Government candidate platforms; Fearing suits, many colleges move to control students closely; Creative Corner...Especially for you!!; Energy from the Garden; Elf; Bums; Rites of Passage; Angie; To Those Who Have Loved and Lost...; Nuclear Weapons Freeze; Finney\u27s Famous Fanwich, on Rye; Settlement on the Sangamon; Freedom summer campaign seeks 5,000 students; Campaign for a Humane Center; Non-Event kick-off; Did you know...; Classifieds; Parkland\u27s Fine Art students\u27 work exhibited in Art Gallery; Philosophy discussion group--know yourself and your world; Top AHT students receive awards; March of Dimes plans events; Two artists exhibit work; Campus springtime; \u27The Hollywood Hall of Shame\u27 -- behind the scenes dirt; \u27Android\u27 high quality with low budget; WILL airs high drama; Sports Digest; Midwest Open successful; Parkland\u27s women\u27s basketball team finishes third offensively; Scholarships should help Parkland\u27s athletics; Cobras split with Vincennes with two from Olneyhttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1984/1022/thumbnail.jp

Systematic Analysis of Priority Water Resources Problems to Develop a Comprehensive Research Program for the Southern Plains River Basins Region

During the past twenty years, there have been several evaluations of national water resources research requirements. Many states have made similar analyses of their water resources research needs. Funding for water resources research generally has not been directed to these identified requirements; also, the level of funding has not been commensurated with the magnitude of the water resources problems. The Office of Water Research and Technology and the associated state water resources research institutes (or centers) initiated a regional problem analysis program to improve the effectiveness of research programs on major regional and national water resources problems. Today no single university or water resource agency possesses the competence to adequately analyze our major water resources problems and to conduct the research necessary to solve these problems, thus the regional problem analysis program was conducted in close cooperation between the universities and the state and federal water resource agencies in the region. The state institutes (or centers) in the Southern Plains River Basins Region Joined together and developed a series of workshops to analyze some of the major regional water resources problems. The water resources research institutes in the Southern Plains River Basins Region have made significant contributions to water resources knowledge in their respective states. In spite of this, the Institutes are striving to improve the effectiveness of their research programs. A potential area for improving the effectiveness of the Institutes is through the inter-institute cooperative problem analysis program to identify research needs for urgent regional water resources problems. This approach provides an opportunity to examine the "total" problem, all alternative solutions, and the probable impact of research on solution of these problems. Upon completion of the systematic analysis of these problems, the Institutes should be able to provide more effective leadership in the state water resources research programs. The objectives of the systematic problem analysis program for the region was as follows: 1. To develop a detailed description of each regional priority problem and sub-problems. 2. To identify and describe the alternatives and sub-alternatives of each priority problem and sub-problems. 3. To identify and describe the knowledge essential to implementation of the complete alternatives sets. 4. To develop a comprehensive research program for the Southern Plains River Basins Region based on the research needs and feasible alternatives identified in the systematic analysis. The objectives at the problem analysis program was accomplished through a series of workshops. Prior to the workshops, considerable discussion was held in each state on important water resource problems. The water resources research institute directors in each state had input on the problem from state and federal agencies in each state as well as faculty knowledge in the area of the particular problem. Thus, the institute directors had input into the problem analysis process from the water resources profession on each problem and sub-problems being conducted by the region

Prospectus, October 17, 1984

SPORTS FEATURE LADY COBRAS TAKE IV INVITATIONAL; Assistance available; many services offered; Speech team takes honors; Goal is to overthrow the \u27masculine mind\u27; PC Happenings; Parkland hosts Foley exhibit; TV for Parents and Kids debuts; Workshop focuses on sexual abuse of young children; Career restructuring focus of workshop; Hearing topic for retirees; International students enrich us all; Did You Know...; Creative Corner...Especially for you!!; Paper Dolls Souls; History; Depression; Alone; Being & Becoming; So Much; Breakable Item; Thumbism; Diary; \u27Doom Story\u27-the terror escalates; Excerpts from Some Late Evening Thoughts While Anticipating That First Great Thunderstorm of a Dry Month; Midnight; Strength or weakness; The Ultimate Weapon; Photographer captures essence of traditional, contemporary Latin America; Celebrate the Arts Week; WPCD DJ likes job, Parkland; TV programs for parents scheduled; Classifieds; Peter Pan syndrome causes relationship problems; Experience Blues Explosion; Two comedians better than one; 1978 was cruel summer for Sullivan; 1984 is proving to be a sweet fall; Drive on to educate-issues important; Powell wins invitational; Stewart places 4th; Peterson prefers to use an eight-ironhttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1984/1008/thumbnail.jp

Prospectus, February 22, 1984

MILLER SAYS TAX ABATEMENT NOT EQUITABLE FOR OTHER COUNTIES: REQUEST FOR TAX ABATEMENT DENIED BY PARKLAND BOARD; News Digest; Mayor Markland concered about area landfill issue; Meet the Prospectus Staff; PC Happenings: Professor to speak at Parkland, Testing for self knowledge, Computer workshop offered at Parkland, EMT workshop at Parkland; Which is better juvenile and pointless; Letter; Sonja Williams--views on Nicaragua; Yaxley scholarship; In the Library-- PS section; \u27I was only gone a minute\u27; Contraceptives--become aware of your choices; Internships produce anxieties; Did You Know...; Archaeology trip a success; Alabama shines at Assembly Hall; Creative Corner...Especially for you!!: Fleeting Moments, Untitled, Reflections and contemplations, Down, down, down, The Talkers , My Grandfather, Windows From the Soul, Realities, Banging heads on the floor with you...; Moore of the same; \u27Alabama\u27 succeeds at local concert; \u27I Write Your Name\u27 Carroll album released; Hitchcock\u27s classic revisited in the film \u27Vertigo\u27; Classifieds; More than tickets...; I.M.; Movie Magazine in next issue; Men\u27s Basketball season 20-11; Men\u27s track team places third; Parkland to host basket ball tournament; Women\u27s track team 2nd in region; Fitness Center to openhttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1984/1030/thumbnail.jp

Prospectus, April 18, 1984

CHORAL UNION DEMANDING AND REWARDING; News Digest; Is your child part of the identi-child program?; Budding playwrights get chance to have work produced; PC Happenings: Parkland wins Automotive Contest, German Club annual Springfest, EMT workshop offered, Petitions available for Stu-Go, Stu-Go lacks quorum; Here Comes the Easter Bunny (or the Easter Hare?); Faces We Make; Former Prospectus entertainment writer: Alender services held; Strange things at the library; Only Food Service Management course in area: Sutton leads Food Service Management program; Criminal justice program well rounded; Running may increase protein need; Easter means Easter egg time; Second Wind hosts race; Did You Know...; Classifieds; Creative Corner...Especially for you!!: Recollections, She\u27s More than a Nurse, You are a corn-fed steak..., Memories..., A fire burns, AKTING??????????????..., Sometimes in their heed to tact..., Clouds, Disturb Not the Dead, Follow the Wind, I don\u27t know why I bother..., Innoncent Eyes, Please tell me what it is you want..., Running scared from yourself and tripped, babe..., Time Bomb, Don\u27t go away--Linger on..., Class, Raggedy Ann lay in the back of an old station wagon..., Too Late, To God; Ice Capades comes to town: Skaters say it\u27s hard work but well worth it; few surprises during Hollywood\u27s biggest night; \u27Queen\u27 film at Assembly Hall; Director shines in film; \u27Go-Go\u27s\u27 are back on track; \u27Weird Al\u27 hits big time; Fan Club to host film; Parkland College 1984 baseball roster; Cobra men lose two; 1984 Parkland Outdoor Track Bests; Sports Digest; Women lose twin bill; Prospectus survey resultshttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1984/1024/thumbnail.jp

Prospectus, September 23, 1974

ALL SET FOR STUGO ELECTION; Trustees Approve Budget For \u2774-\u2775, Partial Figures On Page 12; 16 Candidates On Ballot For 1st \u2774 Election; PC Counselors Offer More Than Counseling; Attention: Transfer Students; mercy for who?; The Short Circuit; The Kaleidoscope; Letters; Point-Counterpoint: How Do You View America\u27s Future?; Here Are Candidates\u27 Platforms; State House Candidates To Debate Here; Friends; Untitled; Lit. 1.: A Secret Something, Untitled, Rebirth, Everyone\u27s looking for...; \u27DIRT\u27 Comes Off Clean; Really Raunchy Record Review: Eric Clapton, 461 Ocean Boulevard; Meeting For Prospective Debators; Classified Ads; Books: All The President\u27s Men; Republicans To Have Coffee Wednesday; Phi Beta Lambda Meetings Scheduled; APO Chapter Formed Here; In The Dark: That\u27s Entertainment ; Jock Talk; Harriers Perform Well, Abbey Pleased; IM Football Starts Play On 25th; Howell First \u27Fast Freddy\u27; Bowling Bulletin Board; Watching A Counselor At Work; Registration Drive; Cross Country Schedule; Last Chance For Girls IM Football; Fast Freddy\u27s Football Forecast; Callboard; Parkland Events; Summary Of Approved Budget; Vets Elect Officers; A Column By And For Women; Fashion Forecasthttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1974/1009/thumbnail.jp

Prospectus, March 7, 1984

CONGRESS RETURNS TO A \u27MOST IMPORTANT\u27 STUDENT AID DEBATE; News Digest; Four paintings stolen from Parkland; \u27Job Training and Partnership Act\u27: JTPA \u27good opportunity for dedicated\u27; PC Happenings: TV programs for busy parents, Parkland announces registration, Polish folk arts at Parkland; Sargent talks to Lifelong Learners\u27 Club; Yaxley scholarship; Stu-Go News; \u27Planned Parenthood\u27--pro choice organization; In the Library--Paperbacks; Nolen enjoys differences; What is Sadie Hawkins Day?; Did You Know...; Scholarship news for real estate students; Tuexdo styles are changing; What did you thinnk of the Grammy Awards?; Classifieds; \u27Good looking coed\u27 hunt draws lots of photos; Urbana construction will increase; Learning to relax can kill stress; \u27Women\u27s History Week\u27 honored; Parkland Christian Fellowship to sponsor conference; Weather conditions force closing; Math contest at Parkland; Financia; aid for summer and fall; The latest in swimwear; \u27Western look\u27 changing; Creative Corner...Especially for you!!: Believe..., Creed, Dream, The End, Darkness...; All Up to Me, Listening to an old..., Father to Son, How to know just what is real..., For Larry, Hi, I\u27m crazy ...; Bite the Bullet, Answer, Why can\u27t we see?, Love sparked nu the heat of summer...,Keg, A low rumble starts..., Oh, Mothers..., Has the human race forgot to look at a sunset..., I tried to play your game..., You\u27ve let me down...; Jackson leads the way at this year\u27s Grammy awards; Dexter--valuable asset; $50,000 and silence \u27cheap way for MSU to avoid lawsuit\u27; In the Library--; Channel 12 fund drive stresses \u27TV worth paying for\u27; Woody Allen\u27s latest hilarious; \u27Foghat\u27 hits C/U March 18; Predictions for the upcoming Academy Awards; \u27Big Country\u27 to appear; \u27Full Metal Jacket\u27 talent search; \u27The Right Stuff\u27 finally opens in area; Energetic movie should do well; Baseball Schedule; Bank president--NFL referee; High School Notes; Softball Schedule; Cobra baseball to start; Women win tournament; Lake Land advances in sectional; Mens basketball scores; I.M. News; Cobra men advance to sectional; Cobras end up with last year\u27s record; Tae Kwon Do showed display; Cooper remembers 6 good years; First basketball coach tells how it was; NJCAA meethttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1984/1029/thumbnail.jp

Metabolic syndrome is linked to a mild elevation in liver aminotransferases in diabetic patients with undetectable non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by ultrasound

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Despite ongoing findings on the relationship between elevated levels of alanine and aspartate aminotransferases (ALT and AST) and metabolic syndrome (MetS), this association in diabetic patients without a known cause for liver enzymes elevation other than diabetes, per se, remains unclear. In this study, we aimed to assess the relationship between circulating liver enzymes and MetS in a relatively large sample of patients with diabetes.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A total of 670 diabetic patients, without known causes of hepatocellular injury, were enrolled. Patients with ultrasonographic signs of fatty liver disease were not included. Fasting blood samples were obtained and biochemical characteristics were measured. MetS was defined according to the international diabetes federation criteria.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Serum ALT and AST were significantly higher in patients with MetS (p < 0.001). High waist circumference and low HDL-cholesterol were significantly associated with elevated ALT (OR = 2.56 and 2.0, respectively) and AST (OR = 2.23 and 2.21, respectively). ALT and AST were significantly associated with MetS (OR = 2.17 and 2.31, respectively). These associations remained significant after multiple adjustments for age, sex, BMI, diabetes duration, HbA1c and medications. There was a significant (p < 0.01) positive association between the number of the MetS features and the level of ALT or AST.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>In diabetic patients without ultrasonographic evidence of fatty liver, elevated aminotransferases are independently associated with MetS. Despite negative ultrasound results in diabetic patients with MetS, the serum level of liver aminotransferases may be elevated and should be more thoroughly monitored.</p

Changes in Hepatic Gene Expression upon Oral Administration of Taurine-Conjugated Ursodeoxycholic Acid in ob/ob Mice

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is highly prevalent and associated with considerable morbidities. Unfortunately, there is no currently available drug established to treat NAFLD. It was recently reported that intraperitoneal administration of taurine-conjugated ursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA) improved hepatic steatosis in ob/ob mice. We hereby examined the effect of oral TUDCA treatment on hepatic steatosis and associated changes in hepatic gene expression in ob/ob mice. We administered TUDCA to ob/ob mice at a dose of 500 mg/kg twice a day by gastric gavage for 3 weeks. Body weight, glucose homeostasis, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, and hepatic gene expression were examined in comparison with control ob/ob mice and normal littermate C57BL/6J mice. Compared to the control ob/ob mice, TUDCA treated ob/ob mice revealed markedly reduced liver fat stained by oil red O (44.2±5.8% vs. 21.1±10.4%, P<0.05), whereas there was no difference in body weight, oral glucose tolerance, insulin sensitivity, and ER stress. Microarray analysis of hepatic gene expression demonstrated that oral TUDCA treatment mainly decreased the expression of genes involved in de novo lipogenesis among the components of lipid homeostasis. At pathway levels, oral TUDCA altered the genes regulating amino acid, carbohydrate, and drug metabolism in addition to lipid metabolism. In summary, oral TUDCA treatment decreased hepatic steatosis in ob/ob mice by cooperative regulation of multiple metabolic pathways, particularly by reducing the expression of genes known to regulate de novo lipogenesis