One Little Dream of Love : Song

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Oral History of Glenn Presley

Written interview with Glenn Scott Presley, 1996 recipient of the Christa McAuliffe award.https://scholars.fhsu.edu/ors/1269/thumbnail.jp

Wonderful Garden of Dreams

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Vitamin D levels in peanut allergic children

Background The prevalence of peanut allergy is increasing. The reasons for this are not entirely known. A factor may be vitamin D (Vit D). Methods This study was performed in a referral allergist’s office in Ontario. Prospectively, all patients (\u3c18 years old) with peanut allergy who were tested for peanut specific IgE (PN IgE) also had Vit D measured. All measurements were done between December 2010 and May 2011. The Vit D measure was 25-hydroxy vitamin D. Patients were divided into three groups: deficient (less than 25 nmol/L), insufficient (25-75 nmol/L) and sufficient (75-250 nmol/L). Vit D levels were compared to PN IgE, sex, age, body mass index (BMI) and other allergies. Results Fifty peanut allergic patients were included. The mean Vit D level of the patients was 73.8 nmol/L and the 95% confidence interval was 69.6 - 75.7 nmol/L. One patient (2%) had deficient and thirty-one (62%) of the patients had insufficient Vit D levels. Nineteen (38%) had Vit D levels in the sufficient range. There was no correlation between Vit D levels and PN IgE or BMI. Generalized linear modeling showed that vit D levels were predicted by age and sex (p=0.04 & p=0.002, respectively). Conclusions Two percent of our patients had deficient Vit D levels while 62% of our patients had insufficient Vit D levels. These levels were statistically associated with age and sex. Insufficiency of Vit D may play a role in peanut allergy

C60+_{60}^+ and the Diffuse Interstellar Bands: An Independent Laboratory Check

In 2015, Campbell et al. (Nature 523, 322) presented spectroscopic laboratory gas phase data for the fullerene cation, C$_{60}^+$, that coincide with reported astronomical spectra of two diffuse interstellar band (DIB) features at 9633 and 9578 \AA. In the following year additional laboratory spectra were linked to three other and weaker DIBs at 9428, 9366, and 9349 \AA. The laboratory data were obtained using wavelength-dependent photodissociation spectroscopy of small (up to three) He-tagged C$_{60}^+-$He$_n$ ion complexes, yielding rest wavelengths for the bare C$_{60}^+$ cation by correcting for the He-induced wavelength shifts. Here we present an alternative approach to derive the rest wavelengths of the four most prominent C$_{60}^+$ absorption features, using high resolution laser dissociation spectroscopy of C$_{60}^+$ embedded in ultracold He droplets. Accurate wavelengths of the bare fullerene cation are derived based on linear wavelength shifts recorded for He$_n$C$_{60}^+$ species with $n$ up to 32. A careful analysis of all available data results in precise rest wavelengths (in air) for the four most prominent C$_{60}^+$ bands: 9631.9(1) \AA, 9576.7(1) \AA, 9427.5(1) \AA, and 9364.9(1) \AA. The corresponding band widths have been derived and the relative band intensity ratios are discussed

Inter-Rater and Intra-Rater Reliability of the Repetitive Step Test in Community Dwelling Older Adults

Each year one in every three adults over the age of 65 experience a fall resulting in serious injury and in some instances death. In this population, fall injuries are the leading cause of death and are associated with the greatest number of nonfatal injuries and trauma hospital admissions. Since balance and muscle performance decreases as one ages, it is vitally important to assess these factors as part of a comprehensive strategy to monitor and predict fall risk. The Repetitive Step Test (RST) has previously showed the ability in community dwelling older adults to differentiate recurrent fallers from non-fallers and to have excellent test-retest reliability.https://ecommons.udayton.edu/dpt_symposium/1036/thumbnail.jp