Is Sustainable Agriculture Possible in the Arid West?: The Example of the Ogallala Aquifer

16 pages. Contains 2 pages of references

Cardiovascular prevention: lifestyle and statins – competitors or companions?

Favourable lifestyles promote cardiovascular protection. Exercise can induce beneficial changes in the genome that decrease low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and increase anti-inflammatory markers. The Mediterranean dietary pattern, fortified by nuts, while not reducing weight, reduces mortality. Lifestyle changes combined with statin therapy provide potent protection against coronary heart disease, especially when used for secondary prevention after cardiovascular events. Decisions regarding the initiation of statin therapy for primary prevention are more difficult, requiring consideration of both the LDL-C level and the degree of cardiovascular risk for dyslipidaemic patients. Combining intensive exercise and statin therapy substantially reduces the mortality risk, and thus is potentially the ideal risk-reducing combination

Campus Vol X N 2

Kull, Shaw. Cover. Picture. 1. Howard Studio. Miss Gert Mahaffey . Picture. 2. Anonymous. Kampus Calender . Picture. 5. Hodges, John. Classroommanship: or The Art of Going to School Without Actually Learning Anything . Prose. 9. Shine and K.B. Wimpus. It\u27s Tradition . Picture. 11. Opie, Shaw. Harry and The Pirates . Cartoon. 12. Knapp, Chuck. Ned the newsboy--A Christmas Fable . Prose. 14. Anonymous. Our Miss Xmas Queen as Seen by... Picture. 15. Rasor, Tip. How\u27d I do it? . Picture. 16. Sherman, Marj. A Xmas Tale For Juvenile Delinquents . Prose. 18. Anonymous. I Am the Very Model of a Modern College Sophomore . Poem. 19. Anonymous. Do You Need Anything? . Picture. 20. Fitch. The Down Hill General Backslide of Things While I was Away . Prose. 22. Rasor, Tip. Solution . Prose. 22. Kull, Shaw. untitled. Cartoon. 23. Kitty Kat. Arizona . Cartoon. 24. Banter, Colgate. Untitled. Cartoon. 24. Gariffo and Marselle. Untitled. Cartoon. 24. Kitty Kat. Untitled. Cartoon. 24. Anonymous. Sport Short . Poem. 25. Anonymous. Cully Hall Discovers Xmas fer Thinkin\u27 of Others . Prose. 26. Decker, Mary and Marj Sherman. Untitled. Cartoon. 26

Evaluating telehealth lifestyle therapy versus telehealth psychotherapy for reducing depression in adults with COVID-19 related distress: the curbing anxiety and depression using lifestyle medicine (CALM) randomised non-inferiority trial protocol

BACKGROUND: There is increasing recognition of the substantial burden of mental health disorders at an individual and population level, including consequent demand on mental health services. Lifestyle-based mental healthcare offers an additional approach to existing services with potential to help alleviate system burden. Despite the latest Royal Australian New Zealand College of Psychiatrists guidelines recommending that lifestyle is a ‘first-line’, ‘non-negotiable’ treatment for mood disorders, few such programs exist within clinical practice. Additionally, there are limited data to determine whether lifestyle approaches are equivalent to established treatments. Using an individually randomised group treatment design, we aim to address this gap by evaluating an integrated lifestyle program (CALM) compared to an established therapy (psychotherapy), both delivered via telehealth. It is hypothesised that the CALM program will not be inferior to psychotherapy with respect to depressive symptoms at 8 weeks. METHODS: The study is being conducted in partnership with Barwon Health’s Mental Health, Drugs & Alcohol Service (Geelong, Victoria), from which 184 participants from its service and surrounding regions are being recruited. Eligible participants with elevated psychological distress are being randomised to CALM or psychotherapy. Each takes a trans-diagnostic approach, and comprises four weekly (weeks 1-4) and two fortnightly (weeks 6 and 8) 90-min, group-based sessions delivered via Zoom (digital video conferencing platform). CALM focuses on enhancing knowledge, behavioural skills and support for improving dietary and physical activity behaviours, delivered by an Accredited Exercise Physiologist and Accredited Practising Dietitian. Psychotherapy uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) delivered by a Psychologist or Clinical Psychologist, and Provisional Psychologist. Data collection occurs at baseline and 8 weeks. The primary outcome is depressive symptoms (assessed via the Patient Health Questionnaire-9) at 8 weeks. Societal and healthcare costs will be estimated to determine the cost-effectiveness of the CALM program. A process evaluation will determine its reach, adoption, implementation and maintenance. DISCUSSION: If the CALM program is non-inferior to psychotherapy, this study will provide the first evidence to support lifestyle-based mental healthcare as an additional care model to support individuals experiencing psychological distress. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Register (ANZCTR): ACTRN12621000387820, Registered 8 April 2021

Argumentum ad misericordiam - the critical intimacies of victimhood

This article discusses the widespread use of victim tropes in contemporary Anglo-American culture by using cultural theory to analyse key social media memes circulating on Facebook in 2015. Since the growth of social media, victim stories have been proliferating, and each demands a response. Victim narratives are rhetorical, they are designed to elicit pity and shame the perpetrator. They are deployed to stimulate political debate and activism, as well as to appeal to an all-purpose humanitarianism. Victimology has its origins in Law and Criminology, but this paper opens up the field more broadly to think about the cultural politics of victimhood, to consider how the victim-figure can be appropriated by/for different purposes, particularly racial and gender politics, including in the case of Rachel Dolezal, and racial passing. In formulating an ethical response to the lived experience of victims, we need to think about the different kinds of critical intimacies elicited by such media