Dietary nitrate enhances the contractile properties of human skeletal muscle

Dietary nitrate, a source of nitric oxide (NO), improves the contractile properties of human muscle. We present the hypothesis that this is due to nitrosylation of the ryanodine receptor and increased NO signaling via the soluble guanyl cyclase-cyclic guanosine monophosphate-protein kinase G pathway, which together increase the free intracellular Ca concentration along with the Ca sensitivity of the myofilaments themselves

From Family to Peer Setting: Food Choices of College Freshmen

Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety,

Creation of Care Coordination Team

Healthcare in the United States is fragmented and costly. Care coordination positively impacts healthcare cost and quality in healthcare systems. Case managers, social workers, and community health workers create health care teams in a health care home model. A team approach, formed by relationships built from collaboration, communication, and application of Complexity Theory, produces these outcomes. Relational coordination based on shared goals, shared knowledge, and mutual respect creates the framework from which to establish a team. Watson\u27s Caring Science theory provides the conceptual framework to support the connectedness that occurs within a team approach. Creating a collaborative team of case managers, social workers, and community health workers could improve quality of care and reduce healthcare cost for patients in a healthcare system. The project brings together three roles from different disciplines who must work collaboratively together as a tearn to assist patients in achieving their healthcare goals. By incorporating the attributes of interdisciplinary collaboration within this team, everyone will be united working toward the common outcome of care coordination

Remote Rural Students\u27 Perceptions of their Collegiate Transition Experience

This research project focused on the perceptions of students from remote rural communities as they told of their transition experiences to mid-size, research-intensive university. During the spring of 2008, thirteen students from North Dakota remote rural counties agreed to be interviewed for this study. Ten females and three males from seven different counties in the state told of their pre-college experiences in a small town and what it was like for them to go to college. Tinto’s theory of student departure helped to frame the questions and Schlossberg’s transition theory informed the analysis of the data. From this qualitative approach, an overarching theme, or meta-theme, of “Home” emerged which was supported by two constructs, environment and relationships. Each of these constructs had four themes identified that explained and described the constructs: safety, familiarity, identity and involvement. The before college “Home” for these participants was safe, caring, supportive, and stable. The after college “Home” was loud, over-whelming, and uncaring. Participants told of methods they used to integrate into the campus community that proved effective. Their pre-college experiences as well as their commitment to the institution and career contributed to their decision to persist

Japanese consumers’ valuation of U.S. beef and pork products after the beef trade ban

Analysis of survey data indicates that Japanese consumers discount their willingness to pay for U.S. beef and pork relative to that of domestic products, but that the discounts have declined from 2006 to 2009. The discounts for U.S. products were greater than those imported from other countries in 2006, but the 2009 discounts were statistically indistinguishable across origins. Our findings also suggest than Japan is a receptive market for meat produced with GM-free feed and for meat products meeting full organic standards

Movement and force

How – and why – do things move? How do we describe how they move? This chapter looks at ideas and activities concerning movement and force. It deals with two major issues: firstly, ideas children have about motion and the strategies for teaching about motion in the primary school program. This will include some discussion of the different contexts in which movement and force can be studied. Secondly, it looks at the wider context of studying movement and force, linking it with technology and science as a human endeavour