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Implementing CBT for Traumatized Children and Adolescents After September 11: Lessons Learned from the Child and Adolescent Trauma Treatments and Services (CATS) Project

The Child and Adolescent Trauma Treatments and Services Consortium (CATS) was the largest youth trauma project associated with the September 11 World Trade Center disaster. CATS was created as a collaborative project involving New York State policymakers; academic scientists; clinical treatment developers; and routine practicing clinicians, supervisors, and administrators. The CATS project was established to deliver evidence-based cognitive-behavioral trauma treatments for children and adolescents affected by the September 11 terrorist attack in New York City and to examine implementation processes and outcomes associated with delivery of these treatments. Referrals were obtained on 1,764 children and adolescents; of these, 1,387 were subsequently assessed with a standardized clinical battery and 704 found to be eligible for services. Ultimately 700 youth participated in the project. Treatments were delivered in either school or clinic settings by clinicians employed in 9 provider organizations in New York City. All participating clinicians were trained on the cognitive behavioral therapy models by the treatment developers and received case consultation for 18 months by expert clinician consultants and the treatment developers. The challenges of mounting a large trauma treatment project within routine clinical practices in the aftermath of a disaster and simultaneously evaluating the project have been significant. We outline the major challenges, describe strategies we employed to address them, and make recommendations based on critical lessons learned.
Screening for metabolic syndrome in patients with bipolar disorder

Metabolic health threat to patients with bipolar disorder is of interest to many studies. This study aimed to screen metabolic syndrome in patients with bipolar disorder in a University Hospital Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic, Bojnurd, Iran. In this cross-sectional study 124 patients with bipolar disorder were screened by sequential sampling method. Patients with bipolar disorder were admitted from October, 2014 to November, 2015 in a University Hospital Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic. Patients were evaluated for metabolic syndrome using a checklist based on NCEP ATP III criteria. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was higher in women with bipolar disorder (70.2%). About 22.6% of patients had high blood sugar (high fasting glucose), 68.5% had abdominal obesity, 8.1% had high blood pressure, 34.7% had high cholesterol, and 46.7% had high triglyceride. Most of patient (88.9%) were illiterate, and the most common metabolic abnormality was related to obesity. Age and BMI had a significant relationship with the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (P<0.05). Some criteria of metabolic syndrome coexist in bipolar patients. Screening for metabolic syndrome in bipolar patients is important in preventing the risks posed by it. Also, given that most patients with bipolar disorder and metabolic syndrome are women and most patients were illiterate, it is recommended that training classes be set up in psychiatric clinics.
Diverging German and British governmental trade policy preferences in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations

ABSTRACT In EU trade policy literature it is common knowledge that EU member states can initiate, postpone and even block trade negotiations. Their importance therefore is of great significance but knowledge on member governments’ trade policy preferences is very limited. Main aim of this article is to close this research gap by calling for a stronger focus on the domestic politics towards EU trade policy-making by examining member governments’ trade policy preferences. Numerous trade negotiations have illustrated that these preferences can considerably diverge in cross-country comparison. The most recent example are the EU-U.S. trade negotiations. Why did governmental trade policy preferences towards the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) differ? Novel here is the application of the societal approach to governmental preference formation which primarily focuses on domestic-level variables, sectoral interests and value-based ideas, in shaping governmental trade positions. The relationship between these independent variables is examined in order to illustrate which of these was more dominant and under which conditions, in shaping British and German governmental trade policy preferences during TTIP negotiations.
Symposium on Imported Fire Ants: The Development of Toxic Baits for the Control of the Imported Fire Ant

The red imported fire ant (RIFA), Solenopsis invicta Buren, and the black imported fire ant, Solenopsis richteri Forel were introduced into the United States at Mobile, Alabama, about 40 to 60 years ago. This paper will be limited to the RIFA. The ants spread rapidly from this initial port of entry and now infest all or parts of 9 states and Puerto Rico. Eventually the mound building and stinging habits of the ants caused farmers in infested areas to demand relief and in 1957 the U.S. Congress voted to establish a Federal-State Cooperative Imported Fire Ant Program (Lofgren et al. 1975). A summary of the important events related to the introduction and control of imported fire ants is shown in Table 1. Chemical control of the imported fire ants has involved 3 methods; (1) residual
The Country of Origin Effect on Brazilian Beef Trade in Europe: The Moderating Role of Gender, Age, and Product Involvement

Stereotypes of individuals in relation to countries may affect their attitudes toward products from these nations (the country of origin effect). The objective is to analyze the country of origin effect for Brazilian beef in Europe, considering the role of moderators such as gender, age, and product involvement. It was concluded that beliefs in relation to countries and their impact on attitudes toward products from these countries may differ according to demographic issues. We also conclude that aspects related to communication, distribution, and differentiation of Brazilian products have received the worst evaluation by consumers who participated in the survey.
Food insecurity, social welfare and low birth weight: Implications for childhood malnutrition in an urban Eastern Cape Province township

Background. Limited information is available regarding the impact of food insecurity, low birth weight (LBW) and the protective effect of the child support grant (CSG) on malnutrition in South Africa (SA). Objectives. To describe malnutrition in the context of food insecurity, CSG and LBW history among children younger than 24 months from an underprivileged urban settlement in the Eastern Cape Province of SA. Methods . A descriptive study using a cross-sectional design was used to collect data from a non-probability sample of 400 young children from October 2015 to February 2016. Inferential statistics included t -tests to compare anthropometric data from different birth weight categories and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) to allow for the effect of covariates. Results. Of the sample, 9% were stunted, 1% were wasted, 16% were overweight, 23% were food secure, 47% were at risk of hunger, and 31% were classified as hungry. LBW history was significantly associated with stunting but not with wasting. CSG holders and ‘hungry’ households’ children had significantly lower mean height-for-age z -scores (HAZ) than non-CSG holders and food-secure households. Despite these apparent associations, when LBW is considered as a covariate, it becomes apparent that neither the CSG nor CCHIP category is significantly related to any of the anthropometric indicators. Conclusion. The Department of Health has to recognise the significant impact of LBW on the prevalence of stunting and thus the need to prioritise antenatal care. Policymakers could aim to make the CSG available to mothers as close after birth as possible, or during pregnancy, in order to be more effective in reducing the long-term effects of LBW.
Using Stated Preferences and Beliefs to Identify the Impact of Risk on Poor Households

Abstract Whilst the importance of uncertainty in shaping economic behaviour of poor households is widely acknowledged, empirically identifying the impact of risk is difficult. By using data on risk preferences and perceptions of risk collected through hypothetical questions in combination with more traditional measures of a household's ability to deal with risk, this article identifies the impact of risk on production decisions. It shows both that data on stated preferences and beliefs can be usefully utilised to explain household behaviour, and that risk has a significant impact on the production decisions of poor households.
A Normative Database of Neck Muscular Strength and Endurance Capacity

The present study aimed to establish a normative database of the neck muscular strength and the endurance capacity of a healthy population and to explore effects of neck posture, time-of-day (i.e., diurnal variation), and personal characteristics, such as age, sex, and body mass index on neck strength and endurance capacity during sustained-till-exhaustion maximal neck exertions. The multiple regression analyses revealed that sex and neck posture were significant predictors of neck strength, whereas time-of-day and age were significant predictors of neck endurance capacity.
Reuters

The news business has changed drastically over the past 20 years. Individual newspapers have cut back drastically on their staffs, limiting their ability to quickly react and forcing them to rely on wire services for their reporting. Reuters provides this service to many thousands of news organizations every day. Unlike other wire services, Reuters has worked to provide their content directly to the end user in an attractive fashion on their Web site. Reuters Business section is a rich source of business information from around the world.
Transnationalism and Entrepreneurial Migrancy in Naples, Italy

This article examines the conceptual limitations in the current literature about transnational migration, which tends to focus on forms of state control or the new ways offered by technological innovation for migrant subjects to maintain connections with their places of origin. Through ethnographic fieldwork in Naples, Italy, this article reconsiders how the concept of migrancy might force us to linger further over the actor's perspective in migration projects and see the fullness of possibilities available in migrant trajectories. I discuss migrant agency in the context of young male Bangladeshi street-vendors and West African day-labourers living and working in Naples and its immediate surroundings. What emerge from interviews and participant observation are imagined futures that disrupt the dominant narratives in the transnational literature as well as assumptions about settlement present among some Italian host institutions. This article, then, encourages researchers to reconsider the role of the imagination in theoretical treatments of transnationalism.
Microbial production of polyunsaturated fatty acids as nutraceuticals

Abstract: The principal fatty acids that are, or have been, produced by microorganisms as nutraceuticals are: gamma-linolenic acid (GLA, 18:3 omega-6) derived from Mucor circinelloides, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6 omega-3) from Crypthecodinium cohnii and Schizochytrium/Thraustochytrium spp, arachidonic acid (ARA, 20:4 omega-6) from Mortierella alpina and eicosapentaenoic acid using genetically modified Yarrowia lipolytica. Their production by various companies and applications are reviewed. This is now a multi-billion dollar industry with the main uptake being the use of ARA + DHA mixtures for inclusion in infant formulas around the world. The background to the processes is reviewed as is the assessment of the safety of these materials. New processes that are under current evaluation for fatty acid production include the use of algae grown both photosynthetically and heterotrophically.
Domestic coalitions in the variation of education privatization: an analysis of Chile, Argentina, and Colombia

Abstract Education privatization is a global trend that has nonetheless followed multiple trajectories. This article addresses the question of what explains this variation by demonstrating the role that political coalitions play in the re-interpretation of global privatization ideas. A political-coalitional approach helps us analyze from a long-term perspective, the interplay between ideational, political, and economic processes that occurred at the global and domestic levels. Both accumulated benefits and negative consequences of previous reforms realign domestic coalitions that then facilitate or constrain the selection of global ideas and shape the way in which they are implemented at the country level. Based on a comparative historical analysis of three countries, Chile, Argentina, and Colombia, the article identifies three privatization trajectories: marketization, erosion of public education, and dualization of education provision. The long-term analysis of these trajectories also shows that privatization is not a linear process but a complex dynamic with consequences that may trigger unintended changes in the future.
Using Quantitative MRI to Measure Cartilage Health

Using Quantitative MRI to Measure Cartilage Health Laurel Jane Hales Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, BYU Master of Science Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the leading causes of disability world-wide. It affects 12% of all Americans ages 25-74 [1]. One of the challenges with OA, is that there are currently no clinically viable methods to measure the health of the cartilage before cartilage loss. There are no ways to replace or heal the cartilage after it has been lost. It is known that the early stages of OA involve a decrease in the amount of glycosaminoglycans (GAG), one of the main molecules in cartilage. This decrease in GAG leads to a change in the fixed charge density of the cartilage and a higher water content with higher diffusivity. The development of techniques to measure the PG content in the cartilage could lead to early diagnosis and the development of effective preventative treatments. One of the suggested methods for measuring the PG content is through quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MRI is a non-invasive medical imaging technique known for it’s ability to image soft tissue. MRI measures the reaction of the nuclear spin in a magnetic field to a radio frequency (RF) pulse. These spins, and the signal they produce, are sensitive to magnetic fields. This makes it possible to measure small changes in anatomical structure, like a decrease in PG content, because the magnetic spins are sensitive to the local magnetic environment. There are several MRI techniques that are able to measure the PG content in the cartilage. The behavior of the MR signal can be affected by changes in the molecular environment. This effect can by measured through changes in the MR signal parameters T1ρ and T2. More complex MRI techniques such as chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) can be used to directly measure the amount of GAG by taking advantage of the transfer of proton magnetization between the GAG molecules and the surrounding fluids. There are even MRI techniques such as balanced steady state free precession (bSSFP) which makes it possible to measure high resolution morphological images, making it easier to interpret the quantitative scans. This thesis will describe methods employed to improve MRI imaging of cartilage. One method is the developing and testing a new technique for creating maps of the local magnetic field. These field maps can help scans that are particularly sensitive to non-homogeneities in the field. Another method is improving the parameter estimation algorithms which make it easier to more accurately predict values of signal parameters like T1ρ and T2. This thesis will also describe ongoing efforts to create, and optimize a clinically viable whole-joint cartilage imaging protocol that can be used for early OA detection and diagnosis.
Impact of obesity on rheumatoid arthritis: Relation with disease activity, joint damage, functional impairment and response to therapy

Background and Aim of Work: The impact of Body Mass Index (BMI) on outcomes of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is uncertain. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of obesity on Egyptian patients with RA. Methods: Medical records of 146 RA patients were reviewed. Patients were categorized into normalweight, overweight and obese groups based on BMI. The clinical and laboratory indices of RA activity, the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) and the radiographic damage score were compared among the groups at baseline, 8, 16 and 24 months. Results: DAS28 and HAQ score were matched at baseline but improved in the 3 groups thereafter, however, differences among the groups become significant only at 24-month. At the 24-month, DAS28 was significantly better in normal-weight (2.1 ± 1.0) and in overweight groups (2.2 ± 0.8) compared to obese group (2.7 ± 1.0) (normal-weight vs obese p=0.003 and overweight vs obese p= 0.006). At the 24-month, HAQ score was significantly better in normal-weight (0.78 ± 0.6) and in overweight groups (0.82 ± 0.5) compared to obese group (1.09 ± 0.7) (normal-weight vs obese p= 0.16 and overweight vs obese p= 0.041). The radiological Sharp-van der Heijde Score along the study period was lower in obese than in overweight or normal-weight patients, albeit the differences in the radiological score were insignificant among the groups. Conclusion: Obese patients were shown to have a poorer response rate to treatment in all outcome measures in comparison to the overweight and the normal-weight RA patients. Future research work is required to investigate whether weight reduction can decrease non-remission rate among the obese RA patients.
Toward effective and ethical drug abuse prevention policies: The case against indiscriminate drug testing

iü LIST OF F IG U R E S . vüi CHAPTER O N E . 1 A rgum ent overv iew . 1 Prevalence and r i s k . 4 The preventive utility of m ass drug sc reen in g . 4 Legal theory and case law h is to ry . 7 E thical ju s tif ic a tio n . 10 A rgum ent o u tlin e . 12 CHAPTER T W O . 23 A bit of historical perspec tive . 26 The W ar on Drugs from Nixon through R eag an . 31 J u s t Say N o . 34 Recent workplace drug abuse policy rhetoric en v ironm en t.40 D issent d isallow ed . 42 C hapter S u m m ary . 44 CHAPTER T H R E E . 45 E stim ating the ex tent and cost of workplace drug abuse: The epidemiology of illicit in tox ica tion . 45 V aluing the drug abuse “losses” . 50 D rug abuse data “coding” is s u e s . 55 “H ealth ’n’ Safety ’n’ Productivity” in the workplace: a quick pilgrim age to “Stonedhenge” . 62 iv Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. F ires to n e d . 64 C hapter su m m a ry . 65 CHAPTER F O U R . 67 The “science” and business of suspicionless drug te s t in g . 67 Competence in the commercial l a b . 80 OJT co n cern s . 85 Conventional D rug Testing M ethodology.90 O ther m atrices: H air te s t in g . 99 “Backw ash,” or. wag the dog and baste the “turkey”: Surveillance b a ck la sh 102 O ther m atrices, continued: sahva and s w e a t . 104 The “Patch” . 106 “C haracter” testing: H andw riting analysis and the “MMPI Lite” (Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory). 106 Commercial drug testing: m arket considera tions. I l l Sum m ary thus fa r.116 CHAPTER F IV E . 11 Drug testing and C onstitutional law: clamorem et u th e s iu m . 117 Cuddihy: evolution of the Fourth A m en d m en t. 117 The im plications for indiscrim inate drug te s t in g . 123 "There is no Constitution a t Disneyland: we have our own laws here. ” . 131 Obsta p r in c ip iis . 134 The devolution of constitutional p riv acy . 141 The moral underpinnings of constitu tional r ig h ts . 145 Peter H uber’s call for more clamorem ei uthesium: Back to the fu tu r e . 150 CHAPTER S IX . 155 On the value of privacy: a short historical and philosophical ru m in a tio n 155 “The word privacy’ appears nowhere in the C onstitution” . 156 C onstitutional privacy disputes: a brief su rv e y . 158 Privacy and suspicionless drug te s t in g . 163 "Privacy” or "Confidentiality”? 167
EVALUATION OF DIETARY ALTERATIONS THAT HAVE POTENTIAL TO AFFECT FEED INTAKE AND FEED PREFERENCE IN SWINE

OF THESIS EVALUATION OF DIETARY ALTERATIONS THAT HAVE POTENTIAL TO AFFECT FEED INTAKE AND FEED PREFERENCE IN SWINE Feed intake is a key factor affecting pig performance; thus, the objective of these studies was to assess a variety of factors that could potentially affect intake in pigs in different production stages. Studies were conducted to determine the effects of flavor and diet complexity, AppeteinTM (an alternative protein source), and graded levels of salt on swine feed intake and feed preference. Two newly developed flavors were used in nursery pig diets. The use of the two flavors did not increase feed intake (P > 0.05). Nursery pigs actually showed a preference for the control diet. Complex diet formulation does increase feed intake (P 0.05). When AppeteinTM was added to lactation diets at 0.5%, pig weight and litter weight were numerically greater for the sows fed AppeteinTM but not significantly so. AppeteinTM did not affect feed intake. When nursery pigs were fed graded levels of salt (0.1, 0.5, and 0.8%) feed intake increased (P < 0.01) as salt level increased. Nursery pigs also preferred (P < 0.05) 0.8% salt over other levels the first two weeks after weaning when given a choice among diets.
An Endorsement to Create Open Access Databases for Analytical Data of Complex Carbohydrates

Abstract One of the aims of the emerging glycomics projects is to create a cell‐by‐cell catalogue of detected glycan structures. Mass spectrometry (MS) and NMR in combination with separation techniques are the most intensively applied experimental methods for the analysis of carbohydrates. Unlike genome and proteome databases, development of carbohydrate databases has gained a broader attention only recently. However, no spectral libraries of suitable pure and homogeneous standards have been compiled so far. The difficulties to describe complex carbohydrate structures are discussed and an overview of currently available data collections and applications is given. The current situation in glycobiology is characterized by a nearly complete loss of all primary analytical data. The Internet has fundamentally changed the practical and economic realities to collect and distribute scientific data. Four suitable approaches how to organize the updating process for analytical data collections in the field of glycosciences are discussed. It is anticipated that open access data collections provide a better dissemination of scientific data, quicken scientific findings, guarantee better quality of data and initiate a number of new initiatives to explore the available experimental data under various scientific questions. Therefore, any new initiative in glycosciences should be established under the open access philosophy.