Implementing an oral health program in a group prenatal practice.

The Rochester Adolescent Maternity Program (RAMP) has incorporated evidence-based oral health guidelines into its prenatal care. These guidelines focus on tracking oral health services, screening and triaging prenatal patients, and providing patient and staff with the education needed to decrease oral health risks to mother, fetus, and baby. The RAMP process serves as a model for promoting quality oral health practices in pregnant teenagers and their babies.

Health needs of women with disabilities across the lifespan.

Women with disabilities experience a variety of unique health needs from adolescence to older age. They require compassionate and comprehensive health care services to manage their physical disabilities and to prevent secondary conditions. Unfortunately, many women with disabilities encounter attitudinal, informational, environmental, and geographic barriers as they seek access to health care.

Wildlife identified as major source of Escherichia coli in agriculturally dominated watersheds by BOX A1R-derived genetic fingerprints.

The presence of Escherichia coli in recreational and potable waters is a major concern to the general public as elevated levels of E. coli suggest the presence of pathogenic bacteria and viruses. Unfortunately, traditional microbial techniques do not allow specific identification of the source of E.

Reproducibility of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry measurements of 2H labeling of water: application for measuring body composition in mice.

Deuterium-labeled water (2H2O) has emerged as a novel isotope tracer. Following the administration of 2H2O, it is possible to study the dynamics of carbohydrate, protein, lipid, and DNA and to determine body composition. Those studies require reliable measurements of the 2H labeling of water.

Management of hyperglycemic emergencies.

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus makes the occurrence of hyperglycemic emergencies a key component in clinical practice. The expert nurse is well positioned to manage both diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic states. Patient care management includes a high index of suspicion for awareness for the possibility of diabetic ketoacidosis or hyperosmolar hyperglycemic states in patients based on a multifactorial etiology, evidence-based treatment of the emergent episode, and tertiary prevention to prevent recurrent episodes.

Effects of ploidy, growth conditions and the mitochondrial nucleoid-associated protein Ilv5p on the rate of mutation of mitochondrial DNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Microsatellites, or simple repetitive sequences, are abundant in eukaryotic genomes and in the mitochondrial genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. These sequences alter at rates significantly higher than non-repetitive sequences of comparable size. The stability of a mitochondrial microsatellite is nearly 100-fold greater in diploid yeast cells than in isogenic haploid cells.

Trend analysis reveals a recent reduction in mirex concentrations in coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and chinook (O. tshawytscha) salmon from Lake Ontario.

Lake Ontario, bordering both Canada and the United States, is the only Great Lake with persistent, significant levels of mirex in its biota. Some models suggested that it would take hundreds of years before mirex disappeared from the ecosystem. From 1977 to 1996 the mirex concentrations in coho and chinook salmon greater than 2 kg in weight exceeded the 0.

Severe aplastic anemia and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Aplastic anemia is a form of bone marrow failure that ranges in severity from mild to severe. In all cases, some degree of pancytopenia is present. The cause usually is unknown, although many drugs and viruses are associated with the disease.

Qualitative analysis of verbal fluency output: review and comparison of several scoring methods.

We compared three approaches to scoring qualitative aspects of verbal fluency performance in 88 healthy young adults. Phonemic and semantic fluency output was scored for word clustering and switching between clusters. Convergent validity analyses using other tests presumed to tap into strategy use (California Verbal Learning Test, Ruff Figural Fluency Test) support scoring of phonemic and semantic clusters on both fluency tasks.

The effects of a 20-week exercise training program on resting metabolic rate in previously sedentary, moderately obese women.

The present study was designed to investigate the effects of exercise training on resting metabolic rate (RMR) in moderately obese women. It was hypothesized that exercise training would increase resting metabolic rate. Nineteen previously sedentary, moderately obese women (age = 38.

The relationship of mode and intensity of training on resting metabolic rate in women.

The present cross-sectional study was designed to investigate the relationship between exercise training and resting metabolic rate (RMR). The focus of this investigation was to compare RMR in aerobically trained (AT), resistance trained (RT), and untrained (UNT) women. Subjects were also classified as highly trained (HT), moderately trained (MT), or untrained (UNT) in order to examine the relationship between RMR and level of training.

Maltreatment, competency deficits, and risk for academic and behavioral maladjustment.

Maltreatment was predicted to negatively affect children's academic and behavioral adjustment through the creation of deficits in academic engagement, social competencies, ego resiliency, and ego control. Teachers' comprehensive evaluations, school records, and camp counselors' ratings were obtained for 229 socioeconomically disadvantaged children (ages 5-12 years), 146 of whom had been maltreated. Maltreated children showed less academic engagement, more social skills deficits, and lower ego resiliency than nonmaltreated comparison children.

Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome: implications for nursing practice.

Lupus anticoagulant and anticardiolipin are antiphospholipid antibodies. The presence of either or both antiphospholipid antibodies may result in antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, which is typified by recurrent venous or arterial thrombosis, recurrent fetal loss, and thrombocytopenia. Many features of this syndrome are not well understood, including its prevalence, how and why antiphospholipid autoantibodies develop, and their definitive role in disease states.

Outcomes-based education in a critical care nursing course.

Educational institutions are being asked to develop more meaningful ways to measure student learning. The critical care nursing faculty at this baccalaureate institution have delineated a process of outcomes-based education that they use as evidence of successful learning in their course. The faculty regard this as an ongoing project in which this evidence can only lead to continuing improvement.

The effect of pedal crank arm length on joint angle and power production in upright cycle ergometry.

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of five pedal crank arm lengths (110, 145, 180, 230 and 265 mm) on hip, knee and ankle angles and on the peak, mean and minimum power production of 11 males (26.6+/-3.8 years, 179+/-8 cm, 79.

Reproduction and resistance to the culture of femininity and masculinity in secondary school physical education.

The purpose of the study was to investigate ways in which gender-related perceptions and actions influenced students' construction of realities in curriculum-in-action in secondary school physical education. The participants were junior and senior secondary school students in a midwestern city in the United States. Data collection methods included observations and interviews.

Health belief and self-efficacy models: their utility in explaining college student condom use.

This investigation tested the ability of the Health Belief Model (HBM), dimensions of self-efficacy, various behavioral variables (i.e., number of sex partners in the past 12 months, frequency of drunkenness during sexual intercourse, and number of diagnosed sexually transmitted diseases), and demographic measures to distinguish between three condom user groups (i.