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Physiotherapy management of patients with HIV‐associated Kaposi's sarcoma
Authors: Harris‐Love Michael O , Shrader Joseph A 
Published: March 2006

AbstractBackgroundKaposi's sarcoma is the most common form of cancer in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Although Kaposi's sarcoma lesions may contribute to significant physical impairments, there is a lack of scientific literature detailing the role of physiotherapy in the treatment of HIV‐associated Kaposi' sarcoma. The present Case Report includes two males, aged 36 and 39 years, seropositive for HIV, with invasive Kaposi's sarcoma.Method and ResultsPatient A was evaluated for bilateral foot pain caused by plantar surface Kaposi's sarcoma lesions that rendered him unable to walk. He progressed to walking 400 feet after a treatment regimen of gait training with the use of custom plastazote sandals. Patient B was evaluated for right lower extremity lymphoedema secondary to invasive Kaposi's sarcoma. He experienced an 18% reduction in limb volume, a 38% reduction in pain and a 20°increase in terminal knee flexion after therapeutic exercise and the use of compressive bandaging and garments.ConclusionsThis Case Report suggests that physiotherapy interventions may be valuable in the conservative management of patients with HIV‐associated Kaposi's sarcoma. Copyright © 2004 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
Negative longitudinal magneto‐resistance of layered crystals taking into account the spin splitting
Authors: Figarova S. R. 
Published: March 2006

AbstractThe influence of the spin splitting on the longitudinal magnetoresistance of a quasi‐two‐dimensional electron gas in layered crystals is theoretically investigated. At acoustic‐phonon scattering, a general expression for the longitudinal magnetoresistance has been found. A negative longitudinal magnetoresistance due to the spin splitting has been revealed. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
Density functional theory study of metabolic derivatives of the oxidation of paracetamol
Authors: Alves C. N. , Borges R. S. , Da Silva A. B. F. 
Published: March 2006

AbstractThe hypothetical oxidation mechanism of paracetamol (PAR) has been investigated using quantum chemical calculations at the density functional theory (DFT)/B3LYP theory level with the 6‐31G* basis set. The calculations using Cpd I for the cytochrome P‐450 model showed that, for PAR oxidation, an initial hydrogen atom abstraction from the phenolic hydroxyl group is thermodynamically more favored by 12.04 kcal mol−1 than from the acetylamine nitrogen atom. Spin density calculations were performed for the radical formed by the hydrogen abstraction from the phenolic hydroxyl group and showed that the unpaired electron remains predominantly localized on the O7 phenolic oxygen (39%), C3 and C5 carbon atoms at ortho positions (27% and 26%, respectively) and C1 at para position (33%). The results also show that the formations of dimer and trimer radicals are energetically more favored than the formation of NAPSQI, which is in agreement with observed experimental results. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2006
Turnover of stable carbon isotopes in the muscle, liver, and breath CO2 of alpacas (Lama pacos)
Authors: Sponheimer M. , Robinson T. F. , Cerling T. E. , Tegland L. , Roeder B. L. , Ayliffe L. , Dearing M. D. , Ehleringer J. R. 
Published: March 2006

AbstractStable carbon isotope analysis of animal liver and muscle has become a widespread tool for investigating dietary ecology. Nonetheless, stable carbon isotope turnover of these tissues has not been studied in large mammals except with isotopically labelled tracer methodologies, which do not produce carbon half‐lives analogous to those derived from naturalistic diet‐switch experiments. To address this gap, we studied turnover of carbon isotopes in the liver, muscle, and breath CO2 of alpacas (Lama pacos) by switching them from a C3 grass diet to an isonitrogenous C4 grass diet. Breath samples as well as liver and muscle biopsies were collected and analyzed for up to 72 days to monitor the incorporation of the C4‐derived carbon. The data suggest half‐lives of 2.8, 37.3, and 178.7 days for alpaca breath CO2, liver, and muscle, respectively. Alpaca liver and muscle carbon half‐lives are about 6 times longer than those of gerbils, which is about what would be expected given their size. In contrast, breath CO2 turnover does not scale readily with body mass. We also note that the breath CO2 and liver data are better described using a multiple‐pool exponential decay model than a single‐pool model. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Exploring the self‐healing potential of therapeutic touch
Authors: Penson Jenny 
Published: March 2006

AbstractTo counter the dissatisfaction and alienation that many nurses experience, many have begun to broaden their horizons and, in what has been referred to as “an effort to return to the human”2, have turned to complementary therapies to enrich and deepen their contact with patients. Although Therapeutic Touch (TT) is often described as a complementary therapy, it is an approach to care which is based on a profound shift in consciousness in the practitioner. It is a core quality relevant to all healing and healthcare practices, rather than a complementary therapy3. It is more intricate and complex than cause and effect and goes beyond being simply a skill for nurses to learn. The ability to become an effective TT Practitioner appears to be dependent on the spiritual development of the individual. Therefore TT is more than another therapy. This paper explores some of these issues and draws a link between the healing, health and wellbeing of the practioner and the practice of TT, based on a small scale study of a group of TT advanced practice students.Copyright © 2002 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
What do we mean by Christian healing?
Authors: Grange John M 
Published: March 2006

AbstractHealing was central to the ministry of Jesus Christ, yet so often it is of very peripheral concern to the established churches. This appears to be the result of a bizarre combination of fear, faithlessness, misunderstanding and overemphasis on ecclesiastical legalism. Nevertheless, change is in the air and the Church of England has attempted to stimulate debate and interest through a publication entitled A Time to Heal. It is, however, very important to realise that Christian healing goes far beyond mere physical cure and it challenges Christians to set out on a “most audacious adventure of reconciliation”. Beginning in silent prayer and meditation, this adventure should inspire Christians with passion to work for justice, to restore wholeness to mother earth and to work for the unification of a divided humanity. Copyright © 2002 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
Can we all help distant healing to work?
Authors: Harris Phil 
Published: March 2006

AbstractModern patterns of disease are powerfully related to lifestyle: to social / emotional environments, diet and exercise. Compassion and appreciation have physiological correlates and, at reasonably close range, these are communicated one person to another directly by electro‐magnetic signal. In this sense, all of us are ‘healers’, or not, as the case may be. A recent review of Distant Healing concludes that 57% (13/23) of the random placebo‐controlled trials showed a positive treatment effect [only 1/23 was negative], and that further study is warranted.Already, ‘centres for healing’ attract healing ‘sent’ by individuals or groups and pass this on to their list of healers to reinforce efficacy. Anonymous photos evidently provide an adequate address for intended healing. It is suggested sincere participants send to other healers, and to one or more ‘distant centres’, and thus address a very large number of identified needs, including the need for further well‐designed research. Copyright © 2002 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
A Conversation with Grace Adamson
Authors: Adamson (Gawler) Grace 
Published: March 2006

AbstractGrace's skills as a workshop leader span 27 years. She has presented workshops and lectures on supportive care for cancer patients and their families all over the world. Australian by birth, Grace's experience as a carer of her partner diagnosed with bone cancer in 1974 was the inspiration for her work. 1976 saw her partner with extensive secondary cancer and given a two‐week prognosis. Following his remission in 1978, she trained and qualified as a health professional specialising in natural therapies, counselling, supportive care and many other modalities.She co‐founded Australia's first Cancer Support Group movement in the early eighties. Grace has now worked with more than 10,000 people as they have searched for life meaning, quality of life, and to use their illness as a positive turning point in their lives.Grace's work imparts the wisdom of life and professional experience thus helping people to live well with cancer. Her work with women with breast cancer resulted in the best selling book “Women of Silence: The Emotional Healing of Breast Cancer” (1994).After dealing with separation and divorce in 1997, Grace began her own experience with an acquired, and at times life threatening, condition which resulted from routine surgery. Having experienced this life altering condition, which included ileostomies and colostomies, Grace teaches from a base of deep personal experience in how to effectively harness H.O.P.E ‐finding hope, seeking options, being practical and being empowered. She has four children between the ages of nineteen and twenty‐four and has recently been happily remarried.Ruth Benor, a member of the editorial board, recorded this conversation in January 2003. Copyright © 2003 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
Faith communities and their response to disaster
Authors: Olson Melodie , Ball Julia , Hollerbach Ann D. 
Published: March 2006

AbstractThe interrelationship of faith and health is reflected in this qualitative study of the responses of churches in the Southeastern United States following the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Actions taken by this sample of Christian but interdenominational congregations included instrumental functions of congregations and discussions of belief related to health. Discussions in the congregations centred on three areas: where God was; how a person “should” feel; and, how a person “should” act. Within these areas, topics known to be related to health such as hope, forgiveness, empowerment, personal and community transformation, were identified. Partnerships between public health organizations and communities of faith offer opportunity to extend the health‐related functions of both groups for the good of the community. A presentation (by two of the authors, Olson and Ball) based on this paper was given at the International Spirituality and Health Conference, Cumbria, in April 2003. Copyright © 2003 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
Why so many remarkable people are burning out ‐ and what's joyful about that?
Authors: Glouberman Dina 
Published: March 2006

AbstractThis paper is based on a presentation made at the Spirituality and Health Conference in Cumbria in April 2003. Based on the author's best‐selling work The Joy of Burnout (see book reviews this issue), it explores the nature of the burnout experience, and perhaps more importantly, how it can be healing and transformative. Copyright © 2003 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
Healing in the christian tradition
Authors: Leathard Helen L 
Published: March 2006

AbstractThis paper is based on the a concurrent session workshop at the Fifth International Conference on Spirituality & Health, Rydal Hall, Cumbria, 9–11th April, 2003. The New Testament of the Christian Bible contains many references to the healing ministry of Jesus of Nazareth that provided signs of his divine authority. The ability to heal the sick was a gift that he conferred upon his disciples to support their proclamation of the Gospel, and it was widely manifest in the apostolic era. Since the introduction of a biomedically‐based National Health Service the healing ministry of the Church has commonly been reduced to prayers of intercession. More recently, however, there has been some resurgence of interest in healing ministry within mainstream Christianity, evidenced by the publication of ‘A Time to Heal’1. Furthermore, personal experience within and beyond my diocese has revealed considerable potential for further expansion in the application of Christian Spirituality to health and healing, although this is constrained in many areas by lack of familiarity with what constitutes good practice. Consequently, I have been exploring the Biblical basis and practical utility of various aspects of Christian approaches to healing: confession and absolution, meditation, contemplation, attention, companionship and stress relief (relaxation), laying‐on‐of hands, anointing and Holy Communion. In the present paper I shall provide brief expositions of a selection of pertinent texts2 to introduce various authentic approaches. These will be integrated within a biopsychospiritual model of healing and the concept of healing into death. It is important to emphasise from the outset that the word healing is not being used to refer to miracle cures, although this sometimes happens3, but to processes involved in achieving a healthier state of being. Copyright © 2003 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
Does contemporary evidence support resurgence in the role and importance of spirituality in healthcare in the United Kingdom
Authors: Finch Andrew 
Published: March 2006

AbstractThis article is an overview of a more substantial study, which sought to analyse the contemporary evidence for spiritual awareness and tangible practice within healthcare in the United Kingdom. Whilst acknowledging the multi‐cultural nature of society, it is written from a nursing and mainly Christian perspective in respect of religious references. Copyright © 2003 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
Where are we going? The fate and failings of contemporary spirituality
Authors: Caplan Mariana 
Published: March 2006

AbstractThis paper takes to task the dumbing‐down of spirituality in western culture. No stone is left unturned and no punches pulled in this self‐confessed rant at how spiritual truths and practices have been misunderstood, misinterpreted and misused – usually to remove any sense of discipline from spiritual practices and leaving them as sugary pills to comfort our egos rather than transform our lives. Healthy spirituality requires us to ‘walk the middle road’ without falling into the extremes or into the arms of extremists. Despite the critique, the author remains optimistic and ends on such a note. Although much of the article may at first seem cynical about the world of contemporary spirituality, the author is passionate about the possibility for our culture to grow out of spiritual childishness and adolescence and flourish into the maturity of spiritual adulthood. Copyright © 2004 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
Plasma functionalization, surface characterization and protein retention of multiple‐sized polymer beads
Authors: Manso M. , Rodriguez A. , Paul A. , Barrero J. , Rossi F. 
Published: March 2006

AbstractThe surfaces of several types of polymer beads used in solid‐phase extraction processes were modified with functional groups. Porous polystyrene (PS) macrospheres and polyvinylchloride (PVC) microspheres were plasma‐modified in a fluidized‐bed reactor by functionalization with allylamine (AlA) or acrylic acid (AcA). The surface compositions, as measured by XPS, showed the successful incorporation of the functional groups, and the numbers of these groups were assayed by derivatization onto model planar substrates. Furthermore, the influence on the surface Zeta potential of the beads was measured, which showed shifts of ±10 mV at physiological pH by the immobilized amino or carboxylic groups, respectively. A bovine serum albumin–fluorescein conjugate was used in a liquid chromatography system to evaluate the protein retention capacity. The results indicate higher protein retention on plasma‐treated beads with respect to the untreated materials, and on PS when compared to PVC. Particularly high retention is obtained with AlA functionalization at 100 W. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Transmission‐function correction for XPS spectrum imaging
Authors: Walton John , Fairley Neal 
Published: March 2006

AbstractA procedure is described to characterise the performance of an imaging X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) instrument and to determine the intensity/energy response function at each pixel in an image, to provide traceable quantification and chemical‐state information from spectrum image data sets. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
XPS depth profiling of oxide scales of stainless steels formed in high‐temperature aqueous conditions
Authors: Ignatova V. A. , Van Dyck St , Grötzschel R. , Möller W. 
Published: March 2006

AbstractIn this work, we studied the oxide scales of AISI 304 and AISI 316 stainless steels formed under high‐temperature aqueous conditions using X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) together with sputter depth profiling. Two samples of SS 304 and 316 were prepared by exposing them to water at 300 °C containing 100 ppm boric acid and 7 ppm lithium hydroxide in an autoclave.In the case of sputtering with 3 keV argon ions, the elemental distribution as a function of the sputtering time was obtained. The formation of two oxide layers was observed—one mainly iron‐based on top, and a second at a greater depth, consisting mainly of chromium‐iron oxides. The depth scale of the profiles was calibrated by measuring the oxygen profile using Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS). On the basis of the distribution of the three oxidised alloying constituents (Fe, Cr, Ni) with respect to depth and elemental state, a relative increase of Fe2+ at the surface was found, while the chromium was depleted at the surface and Cr3+ tended to increase at the oxide/substrate interface. In order to estimate possible ion‐beam‐induced effects due to the ion sputtering, the profiles were compared to the computer‐simulated ones obtained by a dynamic TRIM computer code. The simulations included only collisional effects during the sputtering process. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Angular‐resolved elastic peak electron spectroscopy: experiment and Monte Carlo calculations
Authors: Zemek J. , Jiricek P. , Werner W. S. M. , Lesiak B. , Jablonski A. 
Published: March 2006

AbstractElastic peak electron spectroscopy (EPES) is widely applied for determining the inelastic mean free path (IMFP) of electrons, which is of crucial importance for quantitative electron spectroscopy. For this reason, it is highly desirable to verify the reliability of the EPES method for a variety of elements and different experimental geometries. In the present work, elastically backscattered electrons from Au, Ag, Cu, Fe and Si were measured at different experimental geometries (fixed incidence angle along the surface normal and various emission angles) for selected electron energies: 200, 500 and 1000 eV. The experimental angular distributions of elastically backscattered electrons were compared to the Monte Carlo (MC) calculations by the conventional and the reverse simulations.Agreement between the results of conventional, reverse MC calculations and the experimental values of electron backscattering intensity was obtained. Application of the procedure for the surface‐excitation corrections resulted in better agreement between the simulated and the experimental data. Larger values of deviation were observed for grazing emission angles, indicating inaccuracy of the correcting procedure and the values of the material parameter, independent of the electron energy and the geometry of measurement. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
A study of the tribological behavior of carbon‐nanotube‐reinforced ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene composites
Authors: Wei Z. , Zhao Ya‐Pu , Ruan S. L. , Gao P. , Yu T. X. 
Published: March 2006

AbstractThe tribological properties of the high‐strength and high‐modulus ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) film and the UHMWPE composites reinforced by multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT/UHMWPE) were investigated using a nanoindenter and atomic force microscope (AFM). The MWCNT/UHMWPE composites films exhibited not only high wear resistance but also a low friction coefficient compared to the pure UHMWPE films. We attribute the high wear resistance to the formation of the new microstructure in the composites due to the addition of MWCNTs. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Metastable impact electron emission microscopy: principles and applications
Authors: Lilienkamp G. , Suchorski Y. 
Published: March 2006

AbstractMetastable impact electron emission microscopy (MIEEM) provides a mesoscopic visualization of surfaces by electrons emitted owing to metastable He*‐atom (23S) impacts and a spectroscopic contrast by an imaging energy filter. Since the metastable He* atoms excite the outermost surface electrons solely, a high surface sensitivity is achieved. The MIEEM imaging mode was realized by the combination of the He* source with the spectroscopic low energy electron microscope (SpecLEEM), thus allowing a reliable tracing of spatiotemporal surface processes within the field of view of ca 50 µm diameter. A few examples of MIEEM‐applications are presented: a study of the chemical composition of insulating islands appearing on lanthanum‐doped SrTiO3(100) surfaces as well as the first successful employment of MIEEM for the in situ imaging of surface reactions. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Electrochemically pretreated Bi2Pt2−yIryO7 pyrochlores—an X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy study
Authors: Foelske A. , Steiger B. , Beck N. K. , Kötz R. , Scherer G. G. , Wokaun A. 
Published: March 2006

AbstractElectrochemically pretreated Bi2Pt2−yIryO7 pyrochlores exhibit oxygen reduction activity and methanol tolerance and therefore are potential candidates for catalysts in fuel cells. In order to investigate the catalytically active surface for oxygen reduction, in this study, XPS measurements obtained from Bi2Pt2−yIryO7 pyrochlores in synthesized state and after electrochemical treatment in 0.5 M H2SO4 solution are presented.The XP‐spectra of the Bi2Pt2−yIryO7 powders reveal some interesting features concerning core‐level shifts that are attributed to the electronic properties of these materials.The catalytically active surface for oxygen reduction consists of a mixture of Pt0/Pt4+, Bi0/Bi3+ and Ir4+. Pt is enriched at the surface during activation. Sputter depth profiling provides evidence that metallic Pt0, which is supposed to serve the catalytic active sites, is present in the bulk material. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.