Growing Healthy Hearts: Gardening Program Feasibility in a Hospital-Based Community Garden.

Objective: To assess feasibility in terms of acceptability, demand, and participant willingness to engage in gardening activities during an intervention delivered at a hospital-based community garden for patients at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Methods: In a pre-post study design, 15 adults with ≥1 CVD risk factor attended 5 education sessions over 12 weeks, tended garden beds, and completed questionnaires related to program acceptability and future gardening intentions. Interviews were used to identify areas for programmatic improvement.

Kinetics of the forelimb in horses circling on different ground surfaces at the trot.

Circling increases the expression of distal forelimb lameness in the horse, depending on rein, diameter and surface properties of the circle. However, there is limited information about the kinetics of horses trotting on circles. The aim of this study was to quantify ground reaction force (GRF) and moments in the inside and outside forelimb of horses trotting on circles and to compare the results obtained on different ground surfaces.

Influence of hip position and gender on active hip internal and external rotation.

A general lack of descriptive details exists for measurements of hip rotation range of motion. This study was designed to establish the influence of gender and hip flexion position on active range of motion of the hip in external and internal rotation. Sixty (39 females and 21 males) healthy college-age (21.

Torque placed by dentists on prefabricated threaded posts.

Thirty-one dentists were tested relative to the optimal and maximum amount of torque they could deliver to posts in teeth. The mean for the optimal amount of torque was 15.55 ounce-inches, and the mean for the maximum amount of torque was 35.

A technique for fabrication of polydimethylsiloxane-acrylic resin obturators.

A flexible silicone obturator is an alternative to the acrylic resin obturator. It can be useful for patients with severe trismus who cannot insert a large prosthesis, as the flexibility of the hollow silicone section allows easy placement and removal (Fig. 9).

Prosthodontic management of postsurgical soft tissue deformities associated with marginal mandibulectomy. Part I: Loss of the vestibule.

1. Marginal mandibulectomy patients with a postoperative obliteration of the vestibule were treated prosthodontically in accordance with the "denture space" concept. 2.

Mucormycosis in leukemia.

Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is a virulent, rapidly progressive, potentially fatal illness which demands early diagnosis and aggressive medical and possible surgical therapy. Although most commonly reported in persons with poorly controlled diabetes, it may occur in other immunosuppressed hosts. In persons with leukemia the disease has been uniformly fatal.

Fabricating a shoulder somatoprosthesis.

A technique for the fabrication of a shoulder prosthesis has been described. The prosthesis has proven to be an effective means of rehabilitating a patient following an intrascapulothoracic amputation. The patient may once again wear clothing without having it adjusted to conform to the defect.