Do peers increase older adults\u27 participation in strength training? Pilot randomized trial

Fewer than 20% of older adults participate in strength training (ST). Barriers to ST participation include not knowing where to go or not having someone to go with. To address these barriers, the authors provided older adults with a peer (older person already participating in ST) to support their engagement. The aim of this pilot randomized controlled trial was to determine whether older adults who were provided with a peer when participating in ST were more likely to be participating in ST 4 weeks postintervention, compared with those receiving ST alone. Fifty-one ST participants were recruited; 40 completed the intervention and postintervention data collection (78.4%). Providing peer support with ST did not significantly increase ST participation (p = .775). However, both groups made significant improvements over time in lower-limb strength and mobility. Participants in either group who continued the ST program (55%) had made additional significant improvements in lower-limb strength and mobility

(I)MAGESOUND(S): Expanded audiovisual practice

(I)MAGESOUND(S) is a collaborative audiovisual project led by artist Jim Hobbs and composer Andrew Hill. It seeks to bring together the practices of experimental film and electroacoustic music to create live, expanded audiovisual performances. The goals of the project are to combine, share and reflect upon creative practice through the creation of expanded cinema events exploring the materiality of sound and light. To this end, here we describe two works developed as part of this project: Vientos Fuertes by Jim Hobbs and Projections by Andrew Hill

Table of Contents and Prologue

Editorial board, Table of contents, and Prologue, an introduction to volume 1

The Effects of Intentional Recreation Programming on Internalization of Type 1 Diabetes Management among Adolescents

This study, with the help of the Utah Association of Diabetes Educators, attempted to determine the effectiveness of using self-determination theory (SDT) at an adolescent diabetes camp to increase internalization of diabetes management. Existing evidence indicates that adolescents manage less than 20% of their diabetes, far less than needed (Anderson, 1985). Failure to manage and internalize behavior for regulating glycemic levels can lead to a number of very significant problems (Bryden, Peveler, Stein, Neil, Mayou & Dunger, 2001). This limited internalized behavior·may be explained by SDT. Self determination theory provides a basis for creating an autonomy supportive. environment while fostering competence; autonomy, and relatedness (Deci & Ryan, 2000)

Interviews with Mary Booth, Bertha Menhoff, Thomas Boyd Jimerfield, Sr., Truman Zieskie, and A.L. Doc Kennedy

Interviews with Mary Booth, Bertha Menhoff, Thomas Boyd Jimerfield, Sr., Truman Zieskie, and A.L. Doc Kennedy 00:00:00 - Introduction, Mary Booth on December 4, 1963 at Plainville, KS 00:00:21 - Indigenous Americans 00:02:07 - School days and early life 00:04:58 - Home remedies 00:05:25 - Introduction, Bertha Menhoff of Prairie View, KS on September 4, 1963 00:05:53 - Interview begins in progress. Discussion of relations with Indigenous Americans. 00:06:19 - Home remedies 00:13:09 - Songs and stories they\u27ve forgotten 00:14:13 - Weather wisdom 00:15:35 - Family history and life in the sod house 00:16:04 - Hairstyles and fashion 00:17:54 - Introduction, Thomas Boyd Jimerfield, Sr. of Morningside, MD on December 27, 1963 00:18:22 - Cheer, Cannonball King 00:18:44 - Poem, At Naches Under the Hill 00:22:29 - Poem, The Cremation of Sam McGee 00:26:12 - Poem, The Face on the Barroom Floor 00:30:10 - Poem, The Dying Hobo 00:30:55 - Poem, name unknown 00:32:48 - Poem, The Gila Monster Route 00:35:55 - Poem, Punching cows 00:37:13 - Interview with an unidentified woman. How Wamego was named 00:37:53 - Introduction, Truman Zieskie of Norton, KS 00:38:07 - Poem, unnamed war poem 00:39:22 - Poem, unnamed war poem 00:41:44 - Minstrel skit 00:43:44 - Minstrel skit 00:45:36 - Poem, unnamed 00:46:45 - Recording degrades and is unintelligible 00:48:39 - Introduction, A.L. Doc Kennedy of Lawrence, KS on January 3, 1964. This is a poor quality recording and is mostly unintelligible. 00:49:11 - Fourth of July celebrations 00:54:20 - Indigenous Americans present at the Fourth of July celebrations 00:55:41 - Lincoln assassination 00:57:17 - Quantrill\u27s Raids 00:57:59 - His mother and her religion 00:59:41 - Literary societies 01:01:33 - First Christmas tree 01:04:17 - More stories about Quantrill 01:10:06 - Playing football at Madison Square Garden in 1901 01:16:08 - Football career starting at KU in 1895 01:24:26 - Various jokeshttps://scholars.fhsu.edu/sackett/1087/thumbnail.jp

Bacteriophages and bacterial plant diseases

Losses in crop yields due to disease need to be reduced in order to meet increasing global food demands associated with growth in the human population. There is a well-recognized need to develop new environmentally friendly control strategies to combat bacterial crop disease. Current control measures involving the use of traditional chemicals or antibiotics are losing their efficacy due to the natural development of bacterial resistance to these agents. In addition, there is an increasing awareness that their use is environmentally unfriendly. Bacteriophages, the viruses of bacteria, have received increased research interest in recent years as a realistic environmentally friendly means of controlling bacterial diseases. Their use presents a viable control measure for a number of destructive bacterial crop diseases, with some phage-based products already becoming available on the market. Phage biocontrol possesses advantages over chemical controls in that tailor-made phage cocktails can be adapted to target specific disease-causing bacteria. Unlike chemical control measures, phage mixtures can be easily adapted for bacterial resistance which may develop over time. In this review, we will examine the progress and challenges for phage-based disease biocontrol in food crops

Prospectus, February 22, 1977

\u27CONSERVATIVE\u27 BUDGET: BOARD WANTS NO OVER SPENDING; Thanks given all around for a successful tax referendum during early victory meeting; Stu-Go officers to be sworn in; Electronics to be taught to visually handicapped; Mass Transit tax asked; Bob Clampett here March 2; Directory assembled; Letters to the editor: Swap your babes, Help save electricity, Vets, advise instructors; Thanks for help: editor; More contests soon!: Defiers get their rewards; Flash! Global news; Two-hour Celebration Day scheduled tomorrow; Broadcasters Assoc. sponsors program Sat.; A night at the movies also a night of exploration at C-M; Baha\u27i sets \u27Jamal\u27 to sing Wednesday; Mediasceen: Should public TV be declared a disease?; Parkland participation welcome at UI activities; Classifieds; Keeping \u27track\u27: Assistants help LaBadie; \u27Good\u27 stays that way in bowling; Men\u27s Intramural Basketball Schedule; Women qualify for state tourney; Cobras edged by Lake Land; Freshman Kim Burke stars for women\u27s team; National Indoors: Parks qualifies in the 1000; Women\u27s tourney Friday Additional material: Edition I of the Parkland literary magazinehttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1977/1026/thumbnail.jp

Exploring content and psychometric validity of newly developed assessment tools for itch and skin pain in atopic dermatitis.

BackgroundAtopic dermatitis (AD) is a common skin disorder characterized by chronic inflammation, altered skin barrier function, and inflammatory cell skin infiltration that decreases health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The study objective was to understand the patient perspective of AD burden and determine suitable patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures.MethodsThis mixed methods study involved the collection of qualitative and quantitative information from adults (≥ 18 years old) and adolescents (12 - 17 years old) with clinician-confirmed AD regarding their experiences of AD symptoms and its impact on HRQoL. The first part of the study included three stages: in-person concept elicitation (CE) interviews, a 2-week daily electronic diary (eDiary) study, and in-person cognitive debriefing (CD) interviews. An Itch numeric rating scale (NRS) (v1.0) and a Skin Pain NRS (v1.0) evaluation during CD interviews required participants to think about their 'worst' itch and 'worst' skin pain in the past 24 h. Other PRO measures allowed for psychometric testing. The second part of the study involved telephone-depth interviews (TDIs) and qualitative feedback from participants who had not participated in the CD interviews. Qualitative data were thematically analyzed. Psychometric evaluation of NRS measures was performed using eDiary data.ResultsIn the CE interviews, itch and/or itching and skin pain were the most prevalent symptoms consistently discussed by participants. Both NRS measures demonstrated strong psychometric reliability and were applicable across ages with suitable concurrent validity. During the CD interviews, some participants focused their answers on their 'average' itch/itching in the past 24 h, rather than their 'worst' itch. Some participants answered the Skin Pain NRS thinking about general pain or other types of pain, rather than skin pain specifically. Consequently, modifications to both measures addressed these issues and re-tested as paper-and-pen versions in subsequent TDIs. Itch NRS (v2.0) modifications helped participants focus on their worst itching. Most participants preferred Skin Pain NRS v2.0b, which included skin pain descriptors.ConclusionsItching and skin pain are the most important and relevant AD symptoms. The Itch NRS (v2.0) and Skin Pain NRS (v2.0b) appear to be appropriate endpoints for the assessment of itching and skin pain severity for clinical trials with adults and adolescents with AD

First Hubble Space Telescope observations of the brightest stars in the Virgo galaxy M100 = NGC 4321

As part of both the Early Release Observations from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale, we have obtained multiwavelength BVR WFPC2 images for the face-on Virgo cluster spiral galaxy M100 = NGC 4321. We report here preliminary results from those observations, in the form of a color-magnitude diagram for -11,500 stars down to V ~ 27 mag and a luminosity function for the brightest blue stars which is found to have a slope of 0.7, in excellent agreement with previous results obtained for significantly nearer galaxies. With the increased resolution now available using WFPC2, the number of galaxies in which we can directly measure Population I stars and thereby quantify the recent evolution, as well as test stellar evolution theory, has dramatically increased by at least a factor of 100. Finally, we find that stars are present in M100 at the colors and luminosities expected for the brightest Cepheid variables in galaxies