Working on Desert Rails: A Social and Environmental History

Focusing on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway from Grand Junction, Colorado to Green River, Utah, this study examines the working circumstances of nineteenth-century railroad laborers, the ecological limitations of the isolating desert where they worked, and their relations with railroad management and local communities. It begins by investigating the experiences of the railroad surveyors and construction laborers. The study then examines the experiences of workers\u27 response to labor organization in the communities of Green River, Utah and Grand Junction, Colorado. The study identifies ecological changes spawned by the railroad and addresses issues of worker autonomy and labor organization in the American West in the late nineteenth century

An Analysis of Factors Contributing to the Development of Total Parenteral Nutrition‐Induced Cholestasis

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Aluminum toxicity in childhood

Aluminum intoxication is an iatrogenic disease caused by the use of aluminum compounds for phosphate binding and by the contamination of parenteral fluids. Although organ aluminum deposition was noted as early as 1880 and toxicity was documented in the 1960s, the inability to accurately measure serum and tissue aluminum prevented delineation of its toxic effects until the 1970s. Aluminum toxicity has now been conclusively shown to cause encephalopathy, metabolic bone disease, and microcytic anemia.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/47831/1/467_2004_Article_BF00869743.pd

Kitchen literacy : how we lost knowledge of where food comes from and why we need to get it back

Buku ini membahas tentang jarak antara pertanian dan meja makan. Banyak anak-anak yang tidak mengetahui proses bahan pangan mentah menjadi makanan jadi yang siap disantap. Di mana daerah penghasil tanaman tersebut dan cerita di balik sepiring makanan. Dibahas pula industri makanan yang menambahkan hormon pada hewan ternak sehingga menimbulkan masalah kesehatan seperti patogen, pestisida beracun dan polusi dari pabrik

Furosemide Effect on Mineral Status of Parenterally Nourished Premature Neonates With Chronic Lung Disease

In this study, the effect of prolonged furosemide administration on calcium and phosphorus homeostasis was examined in 16 parenterally nourished very low birth weight infants with chronic lung disease. Patients received one of three different dosages of phosphorus: low, 0.91 ± 0.06 mmol/kg per day; moderate, 1.24 ± 0.02 mmol/kg per day; and high, 1.64 ± 0.06 mmol/kg per day. All furosemide-treated patients had high levels of urinary calcium (12.1 ± 2.2 mg/kg per day), phosphate (19.1 ± 2.7 mg/kg per day), and cyclic 3'5'-adenosine monophosphate (76.8 ± 6.7 nmol/kg per day) excretion, independent of their phosphorus intake. Parathyroid hormone concentrations were high in furosemide-treated patients (0.95 ± 0.15 ng/mL) compared with patients not treated with furosemide and receiving either moderate (0.49 ± 0.05 ng/mL) or low (0.42 ± 0.07 ng/mL) phosphorus intakes. Furosemide administration may lead to secondary hyperparathyroidism.</jats:p