Effects of a Phase II Cardiac Rehabilitation Program on Patient Depression

Background: Screening for depression upon intake and completion of a Phase II cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program may influence the type of interventions implemented by CR staff and reduce depression. Objectives: We examined patients before and after a Phase II CR program who self-reported as depressed using the CES-D score and also assessed scores by procedure, gender and age. We further identified the types of interventions used for those who were depressed. Methods: We conducted a pre-post intervention study. Using a convenience sample, data were collected on CES-D scores before and after the program and by type of procedure, gender, and age from May 1, 2013 to April 30, 2017. We conducted independent and paired t-test and ANOVA analyses. Results: Among 132 patients, 25 (19%) self-reported as depressed and most who were depressed patients had at least one intervention (n=22, 88%). For the total group, patients had significantly lower mean CES-D scores at the end of the CR program (6.87 ± 6.64) compared to scores before they started (8.79 ± 8.09, t=0.53; p=0.003). For only depressed patients, CES-D scores were also lower at the end versus the start of the program (p\u3c.001). No differences were found in level of depression based on type of procedure, gender or age. Conclusion: Interventions used by CR staff were effective in decreasing depression scores from intake to completion of a Phase II program. Our results and recommendations were reviewed and discussed with the stakeholders to improve and standardize depression interventions

Self-Contained Avionics Sensing and Flight Control System for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

A self-contained avionics sensing and flight control system is provided for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The system includes sensors for sensing flight control parameters and surveillance parameters, and a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. Flight control parameters and location signals are processed to generate flight control signals. A Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is configured to provide a look-up table storing sets of values with each set being associated with a servo mechanism mounted on the UAV and with each value in each set indicating a unique duty cycle for the servo mechanism associated therewith. Each value in each set is further indexed to a bit position indicative of a unique percentage of a maximum duty cycle for the servo mechanism associated therewith. The FPGA is further configured to provide a plurality of pulse width modulation (PWM) generators coupled to the look-up table. Each PWM generator is associated with and adapted to be coupled to one of the servo mechanisms

Morality of Adoption Laws

Having a child is mostly every parent’s dream. As of late adoption was to give childless guardians an occasion to get their own loved ones yet that should have been occurred inside the confined relations. Yet, presently the circumstances are different and adoption laws are outlined as to give JUSTICE TO CHILDREN. In India, adoption has been polished for bunches of years. Hinduism being the significant religion polished in India, sagas and chronicled records have aggregated information of holy people and royals who had been received and who embraced. Ramayana and Mahabharata are the two such splendid legends of Hinduism which propose references to adoption. Adoption isn't just one of the most productive and effective segments of India's kid government assistance program, yet additionally one of the most directed legitimately and procedurally. In any case, there exists a specific section of the Indian populace which has for some time been and still is, condemning of numerous parts of adoption, intra-nation adoption specifically, trusting it to be a zone of youngster government assistance that is unregulated and open to manhandle. Intermittent accounts of infants and kids being "sent out", embraced youngsters winding up in unfamiliar massage parlours just as real adoption tricks, similar to the one as of late disentangled in Andhra Pradesh just fan the fire. This is unquestionably a difficulty for the reason for adoption in the nation. As per the Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System (CARINGS), for each 10 new parents in India, just a single child is accessible. There are insufficient children open for adoption in light of the fact that the standardized consideration proportion of abandoned children to kids is disproportionate. The framework of our Indian law within the context of adoption law is pretty complex and controversial. This paper will analyse these laws and also make a comprehensive understanding of the moral aspect in the society

14th Annual Seminar on Estate Planning

Outlines of speaker presentations from the 14th Annual Seminar on Estate Planning held by UK/CLE on July 17-18, 1987

8th Biennial Midwest/Midsouth Bankruptcy Institute

Materials from the 8th Biennial Midwest/Midsouth Bankruptcy Institute held December 1997

Situational prevention and public transport crime in El Salvador

By any standard, there is a serious problem of crime on the public transport system in El Salvador. Guided by crime opportunity theory, this study undertook a rapid assessment of the problem consisting of a systematic observation of public transport in El Salvador and focus group discussions with passengers, bus operators, police and bus company owners/managers. The purposes were (1) to describe the main forms of crime and disorder afflicting the system, (2) to identify features of the system that contribute to the high levels of crime and disorder, and (3) to identify preventive measures, consistent with international experience. A program of situational crime prevention measures was identified which consisted of two main kinds: (1) measures relating to the operations of the bus system as a whole, intended to help to create a more orderly and secure transport environment and, (2) more specific measures designed to reduce opportunities for crimes occurring on buses or at bus stops, such as homicides, robberies, and sexual assaults on women. Future research and implementation of the preventive measures are discussed

21st Annual Midwest/Midsouth Estate Planning Institute

Materials from UK/CLE\u27s 21st Annual Midwest/Midsouth Estate Planning Institute held in July 1994

9th Biennial Judge Joe Lee Bankruptcy Institute

Materials from the 9th Biennial Judge Joe Lee Bankruptcy Institute held December 1999

Limited Liability Companies in Kentucky, Second Edition

The Kentucky Limited Liability Company Act, KRS Chapter 275, went into effect July 15, 1994, allowing Kentuckians to conduct business under the LLC form. With over 10,000 LLCs formed in the Commonwealth since the Act\u27s inception, this flexible business entity has become the most popular way to conduct business in Kentucky. The LLC has become so pervasive that business law practitioners, accountants, tax advisors and estate planners must all be well-versed in the myriad of issues and creative applications that accompany this business entity. With flexible tax-treatment and the liability protection of a traditional corporation this entity is utilized not only for business formation and practice but also for business succession and estate planning, the structuring of joint ventures and strategic alliances, as venture capital vehicles, and as tax planning tools. The goal of this monograph is to provide the practitioner with a concise and comprehensive approach to the tools necessary for lawyers to counsel and advise clients on this complex and efficient business entity form. Succinct chapters take the reader through an overview of the LLC entity and the Kentucky LLC Act; choice of entity considerations (both tax and non-tax); the formation, operation and statutory transaction issues which arise for the entity; as well as the new single-member LLC; the professional LLC; the use of the LLC in tax-exempt organizations; wealth transfer planning with LLCs; and securities law, commercial law and benefit issues arising under the LLC entity. Each chapter is set forth in separately numbered paragraphs, present running headers for easy access, and are cross-referenced to other relevant chapters and paragraphs contained in the monograph. Summary and comparative charts, a table of authorities and a statutory appendix are also presented. Finally, a comprehensive index has been created to aid the user in finding relevant subject treatments

Understanding social exclusion in elite professional service firms: field level dynamics and the 'professional project

This article explores social exclusion in elite professional service firms (PSFs) through a qualitative study of six legal, accounting, investment banking and consulting firms. Employing a Bourdieusian perspective we find that all six firms privilege candidates with the same narrow forms of cultural capital, while acknowledging that this contradicts their professed commitment to social inclusion and recruiting the best ‘talent’. We find that this behaviour is enshrined within the habitus of elite firms. We argue that it represents an organizational strategy generated by a compulsion to achieve legitimacy in a specific field of London-based elite PSFs. We identify a ‘professional project’ of sorts, but argue that this can no longer be mapped on to the interests of a discrete occupational group. As such, we contribute to studies of elite reproduction and social stratification by focusing specifically on the role of elite professional organizations in the reproduction of inequality