Online Yoga for Children with Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: A Randomized Control Trial

Functional abdominal pain disorders are characterized by disordered bowel motility and hypersensitivity without organic cause. Children who meet the criteria for functional abdominal pain disorders have difficulty managing abdominal pain due to a lack of effective pharmacotherapeutic options. Several in-person alternative therapies have been beneficial for this population, including yoga. However, access barriers and lack of flexibility in therapy structure result in low adherence. We propose a randomized controlled trial to study the effectiveness of a 12-week online yoga course compared to a treatment-as-usual group on abdominal pain intensity for children with functional abdominal pain disorders. We will measure abdominal pain intensity using an average weekly Faces Pain Scale-Revised score at baseline, post-intervention, and 6 and 12-months follow-up. This study will evaluate the efficacy of an accessible alternative therapy that may better address abdominal symptoms in children and lower the risk of future anxiety, depression, and chronic pain

Some minimum physical requirements for a commercial-scale dried loose leaf tea-processing facility in Hawaii

This is a step-by-step guide to acquiring the Food Establishment Permit from the Hawai‘i Department of Health reqired for commercial producers of dried loose tea. It also includes a guide to the physical requirements of a tea-processing facility

Hawaiʻi’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources : celebrating the first 100 years

These histories are taken from the 2008 publication entitled Hawai‘i’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources -- Celebrating the First 100 Years

Proceedings of Taking Taro into the 1990s: A Taro Conference

Taro was, and continues to be, an important food for many people world-wide; at least 12.6 billion pounds of the genus Colocasia were consumed in 1987. In Hawaii, ancient lore states that one square mile of taro feed up to 15,000 people for a period of one year, and in 1988, at least 7.7 million pounds of all types of taros, both produced in and imported to Hawaii, were eaten whole or in some processed form. This conference is the first step in a coordinative effort by the public and private sectors to help Hawaii's taro farmers take advantage of new commercial opportunities in the food and industrial use areas. The conference proceedings contained herein provides a wealth of timely information to those taro farmers, shippers and processors who wish to provide a quality product to their present and potential customers

Loko I‘a

This is a manual on Hawaiian fishpond restoration and management. It includes information on the history of Hawaiian fishponds, permits and regulatory considerations, equipment for operations, net-pen production, optimizing pond health, troubleshooting, limu production, organizing a business plan and the economics of revitalizing Hawaiian fishpond production

Required and Optional Labeling for Loose Tea for Sale

This is a guide to the content and format for labeling loose tea for sale as required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Pathologic assessment of equine hepatic disease

Hepatic disease is considered a common finding within equine practice. Despite frequency of diagnosis, aetiology of specific cases often remains unknown. As a result, clinicians may struggle to offer their clients a prognosis for affected horses. In 2003 a scoring system was devised for equine liver biopsies that intended not only to provide assessment of damage, but also prognosticate on the basis of that damage. Since that time, this system has not been reviewed. This study consisted of a review of the hepatic scoring system that is currently in place for equine hepatic tissue, assessed an extended fibrosis scoring system, and investigated the utility of image analysis in equine hepatic cases. Agreement between image analysis results and those results provided by a trained anatomic pathologist were determined. As both postmortem and biopsy tissue was used in this study, the impact of tissue sample type was also considered for all aspects of scoring. A total of fifty-three cases were submitted for analysis from centres in England, Scotland and Ireland. Of these, twenty-six cases were known to be being investigated for hepatic disease. Twenty-two cases had ante-mortem diagnoses of extra-hepatic disease and five cases had no known ante-mortem diagnoses. Samples were collected over a period of eight years (2010-2017) with follow-up data for 19 horses after original sample submission (averaging 14.5 months) with the remaining thirty-four cases lost to follow-up. None of the aspects of the traditional scoring system were found to be significant with regards to an ante-mortem diagnosis of hepatic disease nor did they provide information with regards to prognosis. Of the aspects of the proposed extended grading system, mild centrilobular fibrosis was found to be protective with regards to a diagnosis of hepatic disease and no aspect was found to be significant with regards to clinical outcome. Image analysis was found to be in agreement with pathologist driven assessment of hepatic tissue, but similarly, did not aid in diagnosis or prognostication with regards to hepatic disease. While tissue sample type did not impact anatomic pathologist driven tissue assessment, a difference was seen between image analysis results of biopsy versus post-mortem material using Sirius Red, collagen III and smooth muscle actin staining. While the results from this study were not concordant with previous study, the utility of biopsy results in a clinical practice is not under question. Instead, biopsy results should be considered a useful tool in a hepatic work-up and utilised in conjunction with other clinical data to inform clinical decision making

Who Won and Why? North Carolina's Small Cities Compete for Block Grant Stakes

A primary objective of the Reagan Administration is to transfer the responsibility for social service and community development programs from the federal government to the state or local level. Accordingly, since 1981, the administration of a considerable number of programs has shifted from Washington to state capitals. A significant component of one of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) largest programs, the Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), is now administered by many state governments, including North Carolina. This transfer of control represents a significant challenge to the State and its ability to manage a substantial sum of money in accordance with federal and State goals. A review of the State's regulations and the types of funded activities provides some preliminary insights to North Carolina's response to this challenge

Hawaiian Kalo, Past and Future

The arrival of taro in the Hawaiian Islands, its significance in Hawaiian culture, and the decline in its production since the early to mid-1800s is discussed. The university's role in preserving Hawaiian taro varieties is described, along with recent taro breeding programs conducted by its scientists