Creating the Sustainable Agriculture Summer Internship

Students enrolled in the Regional Interdisciplinary Internship course prepare final presentations covering all of their work during the spring semester and present their work to their colleagues, Linfield staff and faculty, community partners, and community sponsors of the internship programs. Collin Morris interned with the Linfield College Office of Sustainability and gave this presentation as part of his Kemper Internship during 2013

Mass Media and the Immigration Ban

Our Topic is the Immigration Ban Vs Mass Media, which will focus on the opinions of the ban and how media content can change the public\u27s opinion. The problem we are addressing is the tendency of the general public to form opinions without research or knowledge of the topic they are considering. Data collection through surveying students is the best way to examine our study because we get a diverse collection of opinions on our topic. Our groups is examining four classrooms with surveys, two in which we show video content and two without. Results will be shared at Scholars Week Exhibition

Exercise training versus angioplasty for stable claudication. Long and medium term results of a prospective, randomised trial

Objectives:To compare percutaneous transluminal angioplsty (PTA) against exercise training in the treatment of stable claudication.Design:Prospective, randomised trial.Materials:Fifty-six patients with unilateral, stable, lower limb claudication assessed prior to randomisation, at 3 monthly intervals for 15 months, and at approximately 6 years follow-up. Thirty-seven patients were available for long term review.Outcome measures:Ankle/brachial pressure index (ABPI), treadmill claudication and maximum walking distances, percentage fall in ankle systolic pressure after exercise.Results:Significant increases were seen in ABPI in the patients treated with PTA at all assessment to 15 months. However in terms of improved walking performance, the most significant changes in claudication and maximum walking distance were seen in the exercise training group. At long term follow-up, there was no significant difference between the groups. Subgroup analysis by angiographic site of disease showed greater functional improvement in those patients with disease confined to the superficial femoral artery treated by exercise training. The overall prognosis for the whole group of patients was benign, with only two (4%) undergoing amputation.Conclusions:Exercise training confers a greater improvement in claudication and maximum walking distance than PTA, especially in patients with disease confined to the superficial femoral artery

Cataloging Staff Costs Revisited

Staff costs for cataloging have declined at Iowa State University Library. This is demonstrated by data from a longitudinal time and cost study begun in 1987. We discuss the national developments, technological advancements, and reengineering efforts that have supported greater cataloging effectiveness and quality. We use the ISU findings as an example of a nationwide phenomenon resulting from the remarkable ability of catalogers to share work through nnational bibliographic utilities

Prospective evaluation of quality of life after conventional abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery

Objectives:To evaluate the changes in quality of life following conventional abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.Design:Prospective study.Materials and methods:Fifty-nine consecutive patients (50 men; nine women) in two surgical centres were investigated preoperatively, and at 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months postoperatively. Quality of life was measured using the Short Form 36 (SF 36) questionnaire and the York Quality of Life questionnaire, from which the Rosser index was calculated.Results:Rosser index assessment showed restoration of quality of life to preoperative levels by 3 months, and significant improvement at 6 months. Changes in the SF 36 revealed significant improvement in mental health, and physical role limitation at all times postoperatively. Social function worsened at 6 weeks but improved to preoperative levels by 3 and 6 months after surgery.Conclusions:Quality of life was improved after open aortic aneurysm repair. The time course of recovery shows a predominant improvement between 6 weeks and 3 months postoperatively