Ornamental plants, 1988: a summary of research

Follow-up evaluation of Cyanazine, Terbacil and Metolachlor slow-release herbicide tablets on woody landscape crops / E. M. Smith and S. A. Treaster -- Tolerance of daylily and peony to Surflan, Devrinol and Treflan / E. M. Smith and S. A. Treaster -- Growth response of euonymus, juniper and azalea treated with differing rates of Osmocote 18-6-12 / E. M. Smith and S. A. Treaster -- Evaluation of Ronstar wettable powder on woody landscape crops / E. M. Smith and S. A. Treaster -- An evaluation of Ronstar plus Diflufenican on container-grown landscape crops / E. M. Smith and S. A. Treaster -- Prodiamine evaluation in container-grown landscape / E. M. Smith and S. A. Treaster -- Evaluation of flowering crabapple susceptibility to apple scab in Ohio-1987 / E. M. Smith and S. A. Treaster -- Field study of root zone heating systems in greenhouses / M. F. Brugger and R. H. Zondag -- Costs of producing field rapid-growing evergreens (]uniperus) in Ohio / R. D. Taylor, H. H. Kneen, E. M. Smith, D. E. Hahn and S. Uchida -- Costs of producing field ornamental trees (Malus) in Ohio / R. D. Taylor, H. H. Kneen, E. M. Smith, D. E. Hahn and S. Uchid

Religion as an Existential Resource: On Meaning-Making, Religious Coping and Rituals

In this paper, we make a contribution to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. We show how religion can function as an existential resource. Religions enable people to perceive an underlying pattern of order and purpose below the surface of life’s incomprehensible inevitabilities such as death and suffering. Religion then works as a meaning-making system that can positively influence the individual’s mental health. Recently, the relations between religion and health have been studied particularly in the context of the ‘religious coping paradigm’. Religious coping is aiming at a ‘search for significance’. Religious coping will often occur where non-religious coping fails, especially in situations involving loss of life, health and relational embeddedness. Religious activities and acts can also enable religious coping. A crucial religious act is the ritual. What are the functions of ritual, and how can a ritual contribute to the mental health of an individual in crisis? What is, in this context, the role of myths and symbols? Several examples are given of how rituals can work as therapeutic tools in the treatment of traumatic disorders. We conclude by stating that religion, being a robust form of meaning-making, is not the sole system able to contribute to working through a trauma, and that its success is far from guaranteed. | Durch unseren Artikel möchten wir zur Behandlung der Folgen der posttraumatischen Belas- tungsstörung beitragen. Wir zeigen, wie die Religion als Kraftquelle der Existenz funktionieren kann. Die Religionen ermöglichen den Menschen, das Muster einer tieferen Ordnung und eines tieferen Sinnes in Bezug auf scheinbar unverständliche Beschaffenheiten des Lebens wie der Tod oder das Leiden, zu erblicken. Auf diese Weise funktioniert die Religion als ein Sinngebendes System, das die geistige Gesundheit positiv beeinflussen kann. Neulich wurden die Zusammenhänge zwischen Religion und Gesundheit im Rahmen des „religiösen Bewältigungsparadigmas“ geforscht. Das Ziel der religiösen Bewältigung ist die „Suche nach Bedeutung und Wichtigkeit“. Religiöse Bewältigung findet häufig dann statt, wenn die nicht-religiöse Bewältigung versagt, vor allem in Situationen, in denen Themen wie Verlust des Lebens, Gesundheit oder Beziehungen betroffen sind. Auch religiöse Taten und Handlungen können die religiöse Bewältigung ermöglichen. Eine der grundlegenden religiösen Handlungen ist das Ritual. Was sind die Funktionen des Rituals und wie kann das Ritual zur psychischen Gesundheit der in der Krise befindlichen Person beitragen? Welche Rolle spielen die Mythen und Symbole in diesem Zusammenhang? Wir zeigen zahlreiche Beispiele dafür, wie Rituale bei traumatischen Störungen zum therapeutischen Instrument werden können. Als Schlussfolgerung behaupten wir, dass die Religion – obwohl sie eine grundlegende Form der Sinngabe ist, aber doch nicht das einzige System, das zur Verarbeitung des Traumas beitragen kann und dessen Erfolg bei Weitem nicht sicher ist

Age-related motor neuron degeneration in DNA repair-deficient Ercc1 mice

Degeneration of motor neurons contributes to senescence-associated loss of muscle function and underlies human neurodegenerative conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and spinal muscular atrophy. The identification of genetic factors contributing to motor neuron vulnerability and degenerative phenotypes in vivo are therefore important for our understanding of the neuromuscular system in health and disease. Here, we analyzed neurodegenerative abnormalities in the spinal cord of progeroid Ercc1Δ/− mice that are impaired in several DNA repair systems, i.e. nucleotide excision repair, interstrand crosslink repair, and double strand break repair. Ercc1Δ/− mice develop age-dependent motor abnormalities, and have a shortened life span of 6–7 months. Pathologically, Ercc1Δ/− mice develop widespread astrocytosis and microgliosis, and motor neuron loss and denervation of skeletal muscle fibers. Degenerating motor neurons in many occasions expressed genotoxic-responsive transcription factors p53 or ATF3, and in addition, displayed a range of Golgi apparatus abnormalities. Furthermore, Ercc1Δ/− motor neurons developed perikaryal and axonal intermediate filament abnormalities reminiscent of cytoskeletal pathology observed in aging spinal cord. Our findings support the notion that accumulation of DNA damage and genotoxic stress may contribute to neuronal aging and motor neuron vulnerability in human neuromuscular disorders

Short-Term Hyperglycemic Dysregulation in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes Does Not Change Myocardial Triglyceride Content or Myocardial Function

OBJECTIVE—To evaluate the effects of hyperglycemia due to partial insulin deprivation on myocardial triglyceride (TG) content and myocardial function in patients with type 1 diabetes

Ornamental plants: a summary of research, 1993-1994

Aesthetic evaluation of crabapples at the Secrest Arboretum in Wooster, Ohio: 1993-1994 / Erik A. Draper and James A. Chatfield -- Evaluation of crabapples for apple scab at the Secrest Arboretum in Wooster, Ohio: 1993-1994 / James A. Chatfield and Erik A. Draper -- The Ohio State University Water Quality Assessment Program / Mary Ann Rose, John Peterson and Laura Kramer -- Root rot of Taxus spp in Ohio caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi / Michael A. Ellis, Sally A. Miller, August F. Schmitthenner and Kenneth D. Cochran -- Winter injury on woody ornamental plants in Ohio: the winter of 1993-1994 / T. Davis Sydnor, James A. Chatfield, Randall H. Zondag, Pamela J. Bennett, Joseph F. Boggs, Kenneth D. Cochran -- Ornamental plant problems in Ohio: 1994 / James A. Chatfield, David J. Shetlar, Nancy Taylor, Joseph F. Boggs, Pamela J. Bennett, Randall H. Zondag, Michael A. Ellis, Allen Baumgard -- Ornamental plant problems in Ohio: 1993 / James A. Chatfield, Joseph F. Boggs, Paul Kauffman, David J. Shetlar, Nancy Taylor, Randall H. Zonda

The performance of a heat pipe based solar PV/T roof collector and its potential contribution in district heating applications

Photovoltaic–thermal water collectors have the ability to convert solar energy into electricity and heat, simultaneously. Furthermore, the combination of photovoltaic–thermal solar collectors with a water cooling system can increase significantly the electrical and thermal efficiencies of the system, which can improve the total thermal efficiency of buildings. In this paper, the findings of six experimental configurations of solar-thermal collectors are presented and analysed. Five of the solar-thermal panel configurations were implemented with a cooling cycle. Two of the solar-thermal panels were equipped with monocrystalline silicon modules, the other two collectors were equipped with polycrystalline silicone modules, one of the collectors was based on heat pipe technology and was equipped with a cooling system, while the last collector did not include any cooling cycle. The duration of the experiments was four days during the September of 2014 and they were conducted under different solar radiation conditions. The second part of the paper presents the simulation results for five of the solar-thermal panels connected with a cooling water tank (volume of 500 litre), a domestic hot water tank (volume 350 litre) and a water-water heat pump, in terms of covering the hot water demands of a single family dwelling. The results showed that the hybrid solar collectors would be able to cover approximately 60% of the dwelling’s hot water needs for days with low levels of solar radiation, while for days with high solar radiation they could cover the hot water requirements of the family by 100%

Experimental investigations into low concentrating line axis solar concentrators for CPV applications

Solar photovoltaic conversion systems with integrated, low concentration ratio, non-imaging reflective concentrators, could be on south facing building roofs used to generate power at a lower cost than currently available proprietary systems. The experimental investigation presented by this research provides information on the optical and energy conversion characteristics of two geometrically equivalent non-imaging concentrators; a compound parabolic concentrator and a V-trough reflector. The aim was to investigate the assumption of uniform cell illumination when PV cells located on the receiver surface with their central axes are aligned parallel with the focal line of the line-axis concentrator. Solar radiation incident was measured at the aperture and the PV cell surface using respectively a pyranometer and photodiodes at six different collector tilt angles of 0°, 10°, 20°, 30°, 40° and 52°. The analysis of the collected experimental data presented demonstrated that the V-trough system had a more even distribution of solar radiation than the CPC and a higher optical concentration ratio (ratio of solar radiation incident on the aperture cover to that incident on the receiver) though the geometrical concentration ratio of the two collectors was equal to 2.2×. Also, the V-trough concentrator had an electrical power output up to 17.2% higher than the CPC system at a specific tilt angle of 30°. The V-trough had a consistently higher receiver plate temperature as it was reflecting larger quantities of solar radiation than the CPC. Over 17 consecutive typical summer days’ similar performance was observed over the range of tilt angles studied. The development of V-trough concentrators should be preferred due to higher power production, reduced complexity, increased uniformity of illumination and lower manufacturing costs compared to CPCs