Downhill Skiing at Saint John’s: The Story of “Mount Carmel”

As those who once used it (including the archivist) get older, fewer people on campus are aware that Saint John’s once had its own ski hill, Mount Carmel, for downhill skiing and ski jumping. Here is its history, documented in campus publications, photos, and even a short video

Swayed Pines Festival, 1974-2000: Community Building through Music, Crafts, Food & Fun [2023]

The Swayed Pines Festival was a community event held at Saint John’s every spring for 27 years. Folk music, a fiddling contest, crafts, food, workshops, art and concerts brought thousands to campus

Heart Rate Responses and Fluid Balance of Competitive Cross-Country Hang Gliding Pilots

Purpose: To evaluate the physiological challenges of competitive cross-country hang gliding. Methods: Seventeen experienced male pilots (age = 41 ± 9 y; mean ± SD) were fitted with a monitor that recorded heart rate and altitude at 0.5 Hz throughout a competitive flight. Fluid losses were evaluated by comparing pilot pre- and postflight mass. Results: The pilots’ displacement was 88.4 ± 43.7 km in 145.5 ± 49.4 min. Mean flight altitude was 1902 ± 427 m (range = 1363–2601 m) with a maximum altitude of 2925 ± 682 m (1870–3831 m). The mean in-flight heart rate of the pilots was 112 ± 11 bpm (64 ± 6% predicted HRmax). For all except one subject, heart rate was highest while launching (165 ± 12 bpm, 93 ± 7% predicted HRmax), followed by landing (154 ± 13 bpm, 87 ± 7% predicted HRmax). No statistically significant relationship was observed between heart rate during the launch and reported measures of state anxiety. Heart rate was inversely related (P \u3c .01) to altitude for all pilots except one. Fluid loss during the flight was 1.32 ± 0.70 L, which approximated 0.55 L/h, while mean in-flight fluid consumption was 0.39 ± 0.44 L. Six pilots consumed no fluid during the flight. Conclusions: Even among experienced pilots, high heart rates are more a function of state anxiety than physical work demand. Fluid losses during flight are surprisingly moderate but pilots may still benefit from attending to fluid balance

Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Mistel (Viscum album L.) in Nordwestdeutschland

Die Mistel hat im Brauchtum des behandelten Gebietes eine Rolle gespielt und wird heute noch in der pharmazeutischen Industrie verarbeitet. Es wird das Vorkommen der Mistel (Viscum album L.) und ihre Verteilung auf die einzelnen Wirte in Norddeutschland untersucht

Mycorrhizal functioning as part of the survival mechanisms of barley (Hordeum vulgare L) at long-term heavy metal stress

Pot experiment was design to study the inside and outside root colonization of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on the barley (Hordeum vulgare L) at various types and loadings of several heavy metals or toxic elements. Soils of the pots were originating from a long-term field experiment, where 13 metal salts, such as the Al, As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mo, Ni, Pb, Se, Sr, Zn was applied in 4 gradients (0, 30, 90, 270 mg.kg-1 dry soil), 12 years prior the study. Beside the relative and absolute frequency (F%, M%), the arbusculum richness (a%, A%) and the sporulation intensity (g-1 dry soil) of the AM fungi the biomass production and the element accumulation of the barley was also measured. The inside mycorrhizal colonization of the roots proved to be much less sensitive to the long-term heavy metal stress. Except the increased mycorrhizal sporulation at Ni (36 g-1 soil), several toxic elements, such as the Al, As, Ba, Cr, Cu, Pb, Se, Sr and Zn could reduce the spore-numbers of the AM fungi significantly. This lower density, however was not affecting to the biomass production of the barley. At some metals with lower AMF sporulation an increased root (and fungal) biomass were found at the As, Ba, Cr, Cu and Cd elements. Increased arbusculum richness (A%) could be developed, on the other hand at the Hg and Pb metals. Such various mechanisms of the mycorrhizal functioning can offer a general aid for the host-plants to cope with the environmental stress, which could result a more balanced shoot (and yield) biomass production

Evaluation of an Abnormal Urinalysis in the Asymptomatic Patient

Physicians are occasionally presented with the problem of evaluating a patient who has an abnormal urinalysis but who has no other sign or symptom of genitourinary (GU) tract disease. For example, patients may present with hematuria, pyuria or slight proteinuria, but they may have no other clinical or laboratory abnormality to suggest glomerulonephritis, renal failure, urinary tract infection, obstruction, hypertension, or stones. There are a wide variety of lesions which may produce such isolated abnormalities, and a rational approach is indispensable in preparing an efficient and definitive diagnostic plan

Management of the Nephrotic Syndrome

The nephrotic syndrome represents one of the major clinical problems in nephrology. It is usually defined as the constellation of clinical findings which includes edema, massive proteinuria, low serum albumin, high serum cholesterol, and the presence of oval fat bodies in the urine. However, if we focus on the primary disturbance in the patient, that is, massive proteinuria, the nephrotic syndrome may be defined more simply as the clinical and metabolic consequences of persistent and massive proteinuria. The other manifestations listed in the classic definition are all inconstant and secondary to this loss of protein and may be found in other clinical disorders. Proteinuria is considered massive when it is greater than 3.5 mg/kg body weight per day, and persistent when present for many weeks or months. For diagnosis of the nephrotic syndrome, 24-hour urine protein excretion must be measured; a spot measurement is inadequate because some patients with massive proteinuria produce occasional specimens with little or no protein