I\u27ll Keep a Warm Spot In My Heart For You

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Excuse Me Mister Moon

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SAGP Program for 1963

Announcement of the meetings of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy with the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association and with the American Philological Association, December 1963

Is Home Where the Heart Is?: The Role of Neighborhood in Heart Failure Risk

The proverb “Home is where the heart is” has many meanings and interpretations. However, its meaning certainly incorporates the idea that a home is more than the bricks and mortar of a house, and a neighborhood is more than a cluster of houses situated near one another. Rather, home and neighborhood are places that are intimately tied to our emotions, our social networks, and even our physical health, in particular our heart health. The notion that the places we live have an impact on cardiovascular health is not new. In 1973, Harburg et al1 linked residence in high- versus low-stress neighborhoods of Detroit with increased risk of hypertension. Building on this research, Haan et al2 reported an association between living in an impoverished region and increased all-cause mortality, independent of demographic, individual socioeconomic, and behavioral factors. The landmark study by Diez Roux et al3 in 2001 found that even after controlling for personal income, education, and occupation, living in a disadvantaged neighborhood is associated with an increased incidence of coronary heart disease. Since then, many continue to build on our understanding of neighborhood stress as an independent predictor of cardiovascular health

Topological conjugacy of locally free Rn−1{\bf R}^{n-1} actions on nn-manifolds

La scolarisation obligatoire imposée par la Troisième République s’est appuyée sur l’école communale jusqu’au début des années 1960. Depuis, la massification de l’enseignement secondaire et l’amplification de l’accès au baccalauréat ont reposé en partie sur la carte scolaire et la sectorisation qu’elle impose. Les lois de décentralisation et le développement de politiques prioritaires, « éducation prioritaire » et « politique de la ville » auraient pu conduire à une territorialisation des politiques scolaires. À l’observation, on constate que les contraintes et les préconisations qu’elles apportent ne touchent qu’une proportion réduite de la population. Les stratégies de contournement, d’évitement développées par les familles font qu’elles ne sont véritablement opposées qu’aux groupes les moins favorisés de la population, que les mesures de territorialisation mises en œuvre sont élaborées à l’extérieur des espaces considérés et que les territoires ainsi délimités sortent du droit commun : les populations résidentes sont considérées à part, la discrimination positive en faveur des établissements scolaires ne réduit pas la différenciation sociale négative.The compulsory schooling imposed by the “Troisième République” has had its own basis on local primary schools till the beginning of the sixties. Since then, the massiveness of secondary school and the widening of the access to the “baccalauréat” degree were partly supported by the system of spatial sectorisation or repartition called “carte scolaire”. Decentralisation laws and the development of priority politics, “priority schooling’’ and local politics could have led to a territorialisation of schooling politics. On the ground, one can observe that constraints and preconisations made these politics effect only a small proportion of the population. By-pass and avoidance strategies developed by families reveal that their effectiveness is only a matter for the least favoured groups but also that territorialisation rules are elaborated outside the concerned areas. What is more, territories thus delimited are beyond common law - its population is left aside and the affirmation action in favour of education does not reduce the negative social effects

Effects of a Tailored Follow-Up Intervention on Health Behaviors, Beliefs, and Attitudes

Background: The high rates of relapse that tend to occur after short-term behavioral interventions indicate the need for maintenance programs that promote long-term adherence to new behavior patterns. Computer-tailored health messages that are mailed to participants or given in brief telephone calls offer an innovative and time-efficient alternative to ongoing face-to-face contact with healthcare providers. Methods: Following a 1-year behavior change program, 22 North Carolina health departments were randomly assigned to a follow-up intervention or control condition. Data were collected from 1999 to 2001 by telephone-administered surveys at preintervention and postintervention for 511 low-income, midlife adult women enrolled in the Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation (WISEWOMAN) program at local North Carolina health departments. During the year after the behavior change program, intervention participants were mailed six sets of computer-tailored health messages and received two computer-tailored telephone counseling sessions. Main outcomes of dietary and physical activity behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes were measured. Results: Intervention participants were more likely to move forward into more advanced stages of physical activity change (p = 0.02); control participants were more likely to increase their level of dietary social support at follow-up (p = 0.05). Both groups maintained low levels of reported saturated fat and cholesterol intake at follow-up. No changes were seen in physical activity in either group. Conclusions: Mailed computer-tailored health messages and telephone counseling calls favorably modified forward physical activity stage movement but did not appreciably affect any other psychosocial or behavioral outcomes

The uniting of Europe and the foundation of EU studies: revisiting the neofunctionalism of Ernst B. Haas

This article suggests that the neofunctionalist theoretical legacy left by Ernst B. Haas is somewhat richer and more prescient than many contemporary discussants allow. The article develops an argument for routine and detailed re-reading of the corpus of neofunctionalist work (and that of Haas in particular), not only to disabuse contemporary students and scholars of the normally static and stylized reading that discussion of the theory provokes, but also to suggest that the conceptual repertoire of neofunctionalism is able to speak directly to current EU studies and comparative regionalism. Neofunctionalism is situated in its social scientific context before the theory's supposed erroneous reliance on the concept of 'spillover' is discussed critically. A case is then made for viewing Haas's neofunctionalism as a dynamic theory that not only corresponded to established social scientific norms, but did so in ways that were consistent with disciplinary openness and pluralism

Association between concussion and mental health in former collegiate athletes

BACKGROUND: The existing research on the association between concussion and mental health outcomes is largely limited to former professional athletes. This cross-sectional study estimated the association between recurrent concussion and depression, impulsivity, and aggression in former collegiate athletes. METHODS: Former collegiate athletes who played between 1987-2012 at a Division I university completed an online questionnaire. The main exposure, total number of self-recalled concussions (sport-related and non-sport-related), were categorized as: zero (referent), one, two, or three or more concussions. The main outcomes were the depression module of The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), the Short Form of the Barratt Impulsiveness scale (BIS15); and the 12-item Short Form of the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ-SF). Depression was categorized into a binomial severity classification that differentiated between no or mild depression (PHQ-9 scores <10) and moderate to severe depression (PHQ-9 scores ≥10). Impulsivity and aggression were kept as continuous outcomes. Binomial regression estimated adjusted prevalence ratios (PR). Linear regression estimated adjusted mean differences (MD). RESULTS: Of the 797 respondents with complete data (21.9% completion rate), 38.8% reported at least one concussion. Controlling for alcohol dependence and family history of depression, the prevalence of moderate to severe depression among former collegiate athletes reporting three or more concussions in total was 2.4 times that of those reporting zero concussions [95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.0, 5.7]. Controlling for alcohol dependence, family history of anxiety, relationship status, obtaining a post-graduate degree, and playing primary college sport professionally, former collegiate athletes reporting two or more concussions in total had higher mean scores for impulsivity, compared to those reporting no concussions (2 concussions MD = 2.7; 95% CI: 1.2, 4.1; 3+ concussions MD = 1.9; 95% CI: 0.6, 3.2). Controlling for alcohol dependence, sex, and relationship status, former collegiate athletes reporting three or more concussions in total had a higher mean score for aggression, compared to those reporting no concussions (MD = 3.0; 95% CI: 1.4, 4.7). CONCLUSIONS: Our study found an association between former concussion and greater risk of severe depression and higher levels of impulsivity and aggression among former collegiate athletes. Additional prospective studies better addressing causality and ascertaining valid lifetime concussion histories and medical histories are needed