Insecticide space spraying for preventing malaria transmission (Protocol)

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: Primary objective To evaluate the impact of space spraying on malaria transmission and vector populations, or the incremental impact when applied in combination with other malaria control methods, in comparison to equivalent conditions with no space spraying intervention. Secondary objective To guide future evaluations of strategies for which there is currently insufficient evidence to reliably assess the impact on malaria transmission, by identifying the following. The range of space spraying strategies that have been trialled. Potentially promising strategies that have been used and warrant further evaluation. Strategies that have been used and appear unlikely to warrant further evaluation (for example, because they were found to be infeasible or unacceptable)

"(The) Maine constitution".

This item has been digitized by the Internet Archive. Typewritten sheets in cover. Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University Bibliography, 2 p

Examination of What Might Be Done to Move Modeling Local Foods Forward

Local food systems have experienced a dramatic rise in prominence, although only a small percentage of food actually comes from these systems. That rise in prominence has come coupled with a renewed academic interest in modeling local foods within an economic development context. This research will identify the necessary steps for building a computable general equilibrium (CGE) framework. As CGE modeling describes the shifts a regional economy would experience if producers and consumers were to convert from common production agriculture to small, localized food systems, this thesis takes the position that in order to fully address economic benefits of local food systems, a CGE is necessary.Once data requirements are resolved, the described model can examine economic tradeoffs of shifting the Oklahoma food supply to locally grown. With this model, research will be able to inquire whether or not the region would be economically better off if consumers bought an increased percentage of locally grown produce each year. An increase of both local food demand and supply are described as the primary drivers of the transition within the model.Agricultural Economic

Contributors to the June Issue/Notes

Notes by Henry S. Romano, William C. Malone, Joseph F. Rudd, Leonard D. Bodkin, James D. Sullivan, Robert J. Callahan, Jr., William Meehan, Alphonse Spahn, Robert E. Sullivan, John F. Power, Francis J. Paulson, John Merryman, J. Barrett Guthrie, Robert T. Fanning, Robert T. Stewart, and R. L. Miller

Contributors to the June Issue/Notes

Notes by Henry S. Romano, William C. Malone, Joseph F. Rudd, Leonard D. Bodkin, James D. Sullivan, Robert J. Callahan, Jr., William Meehan, Alphonse Spahn, Robert E. Sullivan, John F. Power, Francis J. Paulson, John Merryman, J. Barrett Guthrie, Robert T. Fanning, Robert T. Stewart, and R. L. Miller

Part-Time Learners Perceptions of Success During ERT

The Faculty of Lifelong Learning at South East Technological University’s Carlow campus, is one of the largest providers of part-time learning in the Irish Higher Education sector. A large majority of our lifelong learners, 88%, are adult learners over the age of 23, therefore the perspectives of our part-time learners offer us valuable insights into adult learner experiences in the Irish Higher Education sector. The outbreak of COVID-19 saw us pivot our provision to an emergency remote teaching (ERT) model in the first wave of the pandemic. The faculty undertook an extensive study of its learners in 2021 to examine the impacts of ERT on learners, and this article takes a qualitative approach to the findings of this study, looking specifically at learners’ comments about success, and the barriers to success which ERT posed. Our study provided an opportunity to learn about our learners’ conceptions of student identity, and how they interpret success as part-time learners

Telephone Survey to Assess Influenza-like Illness, United States, 2006

This method offers a potentially feasible means to monitor patients at home

Effect of exenatide on heart rate and blood pressure in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized pilot study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cardiovascular effects of glucose-lowering agents are of increasing interest. Our aim was to assess the effects of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist exenatide on heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>In this double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, subjects with T2DM on metformin and/or a thiazolidinedione were randomized to receive exenatide (5 μg for 4 weeks followed by 10 μg) or placebo BID for 12 weeks. Heart rate and BP were assessed with 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring. The primary measure was change from baseline in mean 24-hour HR.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Fifty-four subjects (28 exenatide, 26 placebo) were randomized and comprised the intent-to-treat population. Baseline values (exenatide and placebo) were (mean ± SE) 74.4 ± 2.1 and 74.5 ± 1.9 beats/minute for HR, 126.4 ± 3.2 and 119.9 ± 2.8 mm Hg for systolic BP (SBP), and 75.2 ± 2.1 and 70.5 ± 2.0 mm Hg for diastolic BP (DBP). At 12 weeks, no significant change from baseline in 24-hour HR was observed with exenatide or placebo (LS mean ± SE, 2.1 ± 1.4 versus -0.7 ± 1.4 beats/minute, respectively; between treatments, p = 0.16). Exenatide therapy was associated with trends toward lower 24-hour, daytime, and nighttime SBP; changes in DBP were similar between groups. No changes in daytime or nighttime rate pressure product were observed. With exenatide, body weight decreased from baseline by -1.8 ± 0.4 kg (p < 0.0001; treatment difference -1.5 ± 0.6 kg, p < 0.05). The most frequently reported adverse event with exenatide was mild to moderate nausea.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Exenatide demonstrated no clinically meaningful effects on HR over 12 weeks of treatment in subjects with T2DM. The observed trends toward lower SBP with exenatide warrant future investigation.</p> <p>Trial registration</p> <p>NCT00516074</p