Utilization of AutoAmbulator as an Adjunct to Physical Therapy in an Individual with Parkinson’s Disease: A Case Report

Background: Parkinson’s Disease is a neurogenerative disease of the basal ganglia resulting in decreased dopamine production. The imbalance of dopamine in individuals with Parkinson’s Disease presents with symptoms including bradykinesia, rigidity, resting tremor, and postural instability. The purpose of this case report is to describe the use of an AutoAmbulator, bodyweight supported treadmill, in conjunction with traditional therapy and detail a patient with Parkinson’s Disease response to therapy. Case Description: An 86-year-old male with Parkinson’s disease was admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation facility after being hospitalized with generalized weakness and altered mental status. Prior to being hospitalized, he ambulated with a rolling walker household distances independently; however, at evaluation he required a two person assist to ambulate 10 ft in the parallel bars. Intervention: Three bouts of bodyweight supported treadmill training occurred in conjunction with overground training, postural education, lower extremity strengthening, transfer training, and dynamic standing balance over twelve sessions of inpatient rehabilitation. Outcomes: Outcome measures utilized consisted of FIM scores, Timed Up and Go test, 10 Meter Walk Test, and total distance ambulated. Discussion: Positive outcomes were observed in this patient with Parkinson’s Disease with the incorporation of bodyweight supported treadmill training with traditional physical therapy treatment

Herbicide Presistence in Soil

Herbicides are applied directly to soils or plant foliage. Interaction of a herbicide with various living and non-living components of the environment ultimately determines how quickly it dissipates or degrades. Dissipation can be defined as the disappearance or loss of herbicide from the target site through a number of processes. Herbicide may move from the target site via processes such as runoff or leaching, or gradually degrade to undetectable or insignificant levels. Degradation, or alteration of the herbicide molecule by primarily chemical and biological processes, is thus one component of dissipation. Alternatively, we can distinguish between the transfer of herbicide molecules in soil due to processes such as runoff and leaching, and the transformation of the herbicide molecule, due to various degradation pathways. Degradation usually results in deactivation of the herbicide, while herbicide is not deactivated in transfer processes. Processes involved in herbicide dissipation include adsorption, degradation through chemical reaction, microbial degradation, photodecomposition, leaching, runoff, volatilization, and plant uptake

Determining Herbicide Carryover Risk- How Close Can We Come?

Crop injury resulting from herbicide carryover is a function of four variables: 1) the herbicide residue persisting from one year or crop to the next (or the herbicide concentration in soil at the time of planting); 2) the availability of the herbicide for uptake by the germinating seed, emerging seedling, or young plant; 3) the sensitivity of the follow crop to the herbicide; and 4) the environmental conditions in the early part of the growing season. These four factors interact to determine the potential for or the severity of injury due to carryover

The rumble in the bundle

In 1952, two well-known characters called 'A' and 'B' met for the first time to argue about the Identity of Indiscernibles (Black, 1952). A argued that the principle is true, and B that it is false. By all accounts A took a bit of a beating and came out worst-off. Forty-three years later John O’Leary-Hawthorne offered a response on behalf of A that looked as if it would work so long as A was willing to accept the universal-bundle theory of substance (Hawthorne, 1995). In 1997, A and B met again (Zimmerman, 1997). A took Hawthorne's advice and revealed himself as a universal-bundle theorist. But B was well-prepared, and once more A took a beating. Since then Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra (2004) has put the boot in, offering further criticism of A's position. In recent years A has been rather quiet, leaving B to reign as the undisputed champion. However, it turns out that A is down, but not out. And now it's time for A's revenge

Définition des bonus des dirigeants et performance des entreprises de haute technologie

(VF)Cet article étudie les différences de performance consécutives à l’introduction de trois types de bonus proposés aux dirigeants d’entreprises de haute technologie : ceux liés aux seuls critères financiers, ceux incorporant en plus des critères non financiers hors R&D et ceux incluant des critères non financiers dont la R&D. Les résultats obtenus sur un échantillon de 230 entreprises suggèrent que l’introduction de mesures de R&D dans les bonus est le choix le plus pertinent. De plus, il n’apparaît pas de différence de performance entre un bonus financier et un bonus introduisant des indicateurs non financiers excluant la R&D.(VA)This article investigates the performance impact of introducing three different types of CEO bonuses into high technology firms : bonus based on financial measures, bonuses based on financial and non financial measures excluding R&D and bonuses based on financial and non financial measures including R&D. The results, drawn from a sample of 230 firms, suggest that firms whose CEO bonus incorporates R&D measures perform better than firms which rely on other types of financial and non financial measures in defining the CEO bonus.rémunération;dirigeants;innovation;haute technologie;compensation;CEO;high technology.