Go for a Walk! Monitoring Walking for Depressed Mood

Literature suggests that exercise has benefits for health and mood. For people suffering from depression however, even summoning motivation to go for a walk can seem impossible, no matter the alleged benefits. My study builds on current articles suggesting that wearable technology like activity-tracking bracelets can have significant effects on motivation and physical health goals. The current study followed 11 individuals who met the minimum threshold for depression as measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for a period of 28 days and tracked their walking using a Jawbone UP activity bracelet. The results showed that daily activity differed significantly across participants and did not have an effect on daily scores on PHQ-9 questions except for the Question 5 related to appetite. These scores increased significantly at the end of the period (day 27 specifically) but also decrease significantly the following day (day 28) suggesting that appetite concerns fluctuate day to day and do not necessarily correlate with the number of steps. Concerns about sleep were less intense on average during the first week but fluctuated across the remaining three weeks. Scores indicating whether participants felt bad about themselves varied between high and low scores over the period and had no correlation with the number of steps

Traumatic Birth Experiences within the Family Context: The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences, Postpartum Mental Health, Bonding and Infant Emotion Identification

Obstetric complications and emergencies are an increasing concern in the United States with over fifty thousand women experiencing severe life-threatening emergencies annually (CDC, 2020). Beyond the stark realities of increasing rates of serious complications and death during childbirth are reports that up to one third of women would describe the birth of their child as “traumatic” and indicate that they feared that they or their child would die or be seriously injured (Soet, Brack & DiLorio, 2003). Research indicates that these traumatic experiences have negative physical, emotional and social sequalae for the women involved (Ayers et al., 2008; Skinner et al., 2018). Despite increasing awareness of the ramifications of traumatic childbirth, the relationship between these experiences and parent-child bonding is not well understood. More specifically, there is a lack of understanding of how overall parental adverse childhood experience scores, specific forms of traumatic birth experiences, and infant emotion identification may relate to the development of healthy parent-child bonding. This dissertation examined three research questions: Are there significant differences between low history of trauma and high history of trauma as measured by the ACE checklist in post-natal depression, post-birth PTSD, and bonding, in those who experienced birth trauma? Are there significant differences between types of birth trauma in post-natal depression, post-birth post-traumatic stress disorder, and bonding in those who have experienced birth trauma? In those who have experienced traumatic birth experiences, are there significant differences in frequencies of infant emotions identified in those who report high and low birth-related trauma and bonding?Three-hundred and nineteen participants responded to an online survey and were asked to respond to questions about adverse childhood experiences, types of birth trauma, postpartum mental illness, parent-infant bonding and infant emotion identification. The results of the study indicated that those who experience birth trauma report much higher rates of postpartum depression, postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder and parent-infant bonding disorders than rates reported by the general population (Gavin et al., 2005; Muzik, Bockneck, Broderick, Richardson, Rosenblum, Thelen, & Seng, 2013; O’Hara & Wisner, 2014; Postpartum Support International, 2020; Reck, Klier, Pabst, Stehle, Steffenelli, Struben, Backenstrass, 2006). In this study, parental adverse childhood experiences did not appear to be related to rates of postpartum depression, postpartum posttraumatic stress disorder or disorders of parent-child bonding. Although prior adversity was not associated with birth trauma outcomes, some physical, psychological and relational aspects of traumatic birth experiences were associated with higher levels of postpartum depression, post-natal post-traumatic stress disorder and bonding disorders. Experiencing traumatic birth as interpersonal in nature and differences in attributions of responsibility demonstrated differing outcomes for postpartum PTSD and bonding. Finally, parents who identified higher rates of identification of passivity, unusual “other” responses and lower rates of interest in images of infants expressing ambiguous and mixed emotions endorsed more difficulty in parent-child bonding in this sample. The findings of this study highlight concerning rates of postpartum mental illness and disorders of parent-child bond in those experiencing birth trauma. Moreover, this study speaks to the possible negative ramifications that interpersonal forms of birth trauma may have for postpartum individuals and their families. Further research may continue to examine the role of parents’ identification of infants’ emotions as a precursor to healthy bonding in those experiencing traumatic birth. Keywords: adverse childhood experiences, attachment theory, birth trauma, infant emotion identification, interpersonal trauma, parent-infant bond, postpartum depression, postpartum post-traumatic stress disorde

Lithologic and geophysical description of a continuously cored hole in Warren County, Ohio: including description of the middle run formation (Precambrian?) and a seismic profile across the core site

"Publication date: 9/90"--P. 3 of cover

Book Review

Author Institution: Ohio Dept of Natural Resources, Division of Geolog

EVALUATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF SERVICE SECTOR INDUSTRIES

The overall goal of this research is to evaluate and quantify the environmental impacts of service industries through the application of life cycle assessment (LCA). Service industries represent the majority of the United States economy, accounting for nearly 75% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), however, their environmental implications have often been overlooked as they are deemed cleaner by comparison to their manufacturing counterparts. In order to identify which aspects of services are responsible for significant environmental loadings, and determine which areas have the most room for improvement the impacts need to be assessed using methods such as life cycle assessment. This research uses hybrid life cycle assessment to establish a framework for evaluating the impact of service industries. The evaluated service industries, professional services (consulting) and healthcare, combined account for more than 20% of the US GDP. The results of the professional service assessment demonstrated the environmental significance of travel and transportation as well as building premise impacts on the overall impacts of the service. Of the total annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the professional services firm evaluated, 40% were a result of transportation while 24% were attributable to the impacts of the building premises, both primarily driven through the combustion of fossil fuels. Business travel and employee commuting were both about 20% of the annual GHG emissions for the firm, numbers that could be reduced greatly by purchasing more fuel efficient vehicles and instituting telecommuting programs. Improving fleet fuel economy through purchasing more fuel efficient vehicles and allowing 50% of the work force to telecommute one time per week resulted in a 5% decrease in the firms overall annual GHG emissions. This research also evaluated the impacts of healthcare services, focusing on determining the life cycle impacts of single-use disposable products in a hospital operating room setting. The research evaluated the impacts of the production and disposal of the single use disposable products used in multiple hysterectomy procedures. The research found that the major impacts of the products were a result of material production, which accounted for between 88-97% of the environmental impacts of products

Lithostratigraphy of the Grant Lake Limestone and Grant Lake Formation (Upper Ordovician) in Southwestern Ohio

Author Institution: Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological SurveyThe Grant Lake Limestone, including, in ascending order, the Bellevue, the Corryville, and the Straight Creek Members, and the Grant Lake Formation, including, in ascending order, the Bellevue, the Corryville, and the Mount Auburn Members, are herein defined as lithostratigraphic units in southwestern Ohio. Regional bedrock mapping, shale-percentage and geophysical logs, and mean shale percentage of lithostratigraphic units demonstrate a progressive change from a limestone-dominant stratigraphic section in the Maysville, KY, region to a shale-dominant stratigraphic section in the Cincinnati, OH, region. The Grant Lake Limestone is redefined to account for the progressive decrease in limestone content observed northwestward away from Maysville, KY. The Grant Lake Formation is introduced to describe the shaledominant lateral equivalent of the Grant Lake Limestone in the Cincinnati, OH, region. The Bellevue Limestone, the Corryville Formation, and the Mount Auburn Formation are reduced to members because, in some cases, they are not mappable at 1:62,500 or smaller scales. The Straight Creek Member is introduced to describe the limestone-dominant lateral equivalent of the shale-dominant Mount Auburn Member. The limestone-dominant and shale-dominant lithologies of the Grant Lake Limestone and the Grant Lake Formation can be recognized in shale-percentage and geophysical logs. Correlation between logs led to recognition of these stratigraphic units in the subsurface of southwestern Ohio

Excursion to Caesar Creek State Park in Warren County, Ohio: a classic Upper Ordovician fossil-collecting locality

Prepared for the 1992 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 26-29, 1992.Reprinted 1997