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Do you use a standard template when you create new knowledge base articles? That is, do you have a set of headings that you include in every KB article? If so, share your "template" with us in a comment!
Thanks for sharing with the community!
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In our case, it's organized primarily by the area (tabs) in our own system, plus other categories such as FAQ, Troubleshooting, etc. I used the article name to help sort things logically. Such as, within the setup area, there is a category called "Privileged" with different items within it. So I title the articles "Privileged: item name1", "Privileged: Item name 2", etc.
See screenshot attached to give you some idea.
Otherwise, for the articles themselves, the format is dictated by the content really. I try to stick to very simple content, bullet points instead of wordy paragraphs, and I include screen shots whenever possible to help the reader to link the instructions with our system screens.
No particular "template", but I also try to avoid long paragraphs. Bullet points and simple, straight-forward explanations. I try not to include way too many images, as the product is in constant change and it becomes tedious and harder to maintain, so I make it a point to write everything as simple enough so that images won't be as necessary.
I wish zd had a template feature for kb docs. That would be great. For now, I just use a variety of fonts to set sections apart and make them easier to read. I use a block quote at the top of articles to alert folks when I make an update to an article. I only use screenshots when absolutely necessary (and usually only with end-user facing articles, not ones for our agents).
Here you can see the formatting on one of my better kb articles. Now I just need to go back and redo all of the other articles in my spare time... right.
Being able to use a template would be great for getting suggestions from other agents, I think many of us would have totally different needs. I am thinking that something like a ticket form would make this an easier thing to structure. But would also need to be fully editable in the final version...
This would be an example for
Title: Using your head
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Yes, core two templates are -
- PERC (problem, environment, resolution, cause) for issues
- Question - Answer - Overview for FAQ's
Lists can be in bullets, directions in numbered and lettered steps. The other "template" is direction and monitoring - each article should be a short solution to 1 core issue.
- PERC (problem, environment, resolution, cause) for issues
Kirk, thanks for sharing! Can you attach screenshots so we can see your "template?" That would be awesome. Thanks.
I try to work with same lay out for all my articles a template would be most welcome! I see a template as a form where i can choose what article needs what information. Fill in the form and publish as an article...(wishfull thinking)
ex. Category Reports needs:
- Title
body text
- Title
body text and bullets
- Title
- Title
body text
- Attachement
The PERC template I mentioned is based on the KCS Article Structure recommendation that is on Page 20 of the freely available guide - http://www.serviceinnovation.org/included/docs/kcs_practicesguide.pdf (attached). Using Problem instead of Issue allowed it to be a mnemonic device - The PERC's of a good Knowledge article.
KCS Recommends
- Issue (sometimes called symptom, question or problem)—the situation in the customer's words—what are they trying to do or what is not working?
- Environment—what products does the user have (platform, products, releases)? How is it configured? Has anything in the environment changed recently?
- Resolution (sometime called the fix or answer)—the answer to the question or the steps required to resolve the issue.
- Cause— the underlying source of the issue. (optional, typically only valuable for problems or defects)
- Metadata—attributes or information about the article such as the article state, the date created, number
*PRC Template - *has become a shortened version as our Knowledge is separated into Product Categories (indirectly allowing the Environment to be answered)
- Problem - Describe problem and try to use the words of the client.
- Resolution - These are the steps to resolve
- Cause – What scenario caused or may have caused the issue
- Labels - Keywords, Metadata - Additional words that relate to the article in question. Quite often terms that may be used by clients to describe the same thing - such as Remit, ERA, EOB, EOP. By reviewing Search Analytics/google analytics, add additional Labels as necessary.
In regards to the Other format I mentioned Question, Answer and Overview helped to provide a level of Feature Function / How Do I options to our Knowledgebase.
Question - Phrase the question in the customers terms if at all possible
Answer - answer :-)
Overview - Put in additional context, add in other keywords, phrases or variants of terms to increase findability
Labels - Additional words that relate to the article in question. Quite often terms that may be used by clients to describe the same thing - such as Remit, ERA, EOB, EOP. By reviewing Search Analytics/google analytics, add additional Labels as necessary.
The Core Ten Commandments of Article Creation
- Thou shall not create a duplicate
- Thou shall maintain the context of the customer
- Thou shall remember the audience
- Thou shall not reference a customer, patient nor incident
- Instructions shall be numbered steps, lists are bullets
- Product names shall be proper
- Graphics shall be kept small
- Section Headers in Bold
- Thou shall refrain from abbreviations and acronyms
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I've also attached a collection of tips I have collected from other sites - Web Links are in the article to give credit where it is due.
I have other guides here and there but I'll save finding those for a different rainy day.
All of these are awesome, thanks everyone!
Kirk - great collection of information, thanks for sharing!
Kirk, thanks so much for providing the additional details. Super helpful.
Hey guys,
So I was thinking about this after the Community Moderator roundtable we had the other day. This might actually come in handy:
Think of every new document as a flow chart. Try to write every step in a process within the flow chart, in as little words as possible.
Process 1
Process 2
Process 3
So on and so forth. The more concise you can make things, the better. Remember, people tend to not read big paragraphs ;)
Good advice, Andrea. Thanks! It's definitely true that people don't read big paragraphs--and sometimes not even small paragraphs! :)
Hi Jennifer,
Is there a way to add custom templates for KB articles in Zendesk?
Hi Roshni,
No, you can't add custom templates for KB articles. We keep a few "templates" in a private restricted section and ask authors to copy them as a starting point. We do this for our Fine Tuning series, for example.
In the future, maybe an app can help solve this problem.
Hope that helps!
Good inputs here. Has anyone integrated an app/CMS that incorporates template authoring and workflow for KB creation? Thanks.
I see that the last comment here is quite old, so I was wondering if anyone had new feedback/best practices on this?
Also, does Zendesk plan to allow for customizing the article and post creation forms?
With my organization we plan to use Zendesk mostly for its KB and community. We have identified different types of articles (how tos, best pratices, FAQ) and posts (lessons learned, ideas, questions) and their templates, because we've determined that different kinds of articles require different kind of information. We'd like to request information via different headings/question fields in the edition form. Unfortunately ZD does not offer to customize those fields.
I am imagining something that is a bit similar to what we have with the tickets. Based on the type of article you'd like to write (which was selected via a drop-down menu), different fields load up asking various questions to be answered.
This way we'd format the way different articles/posts are written and shared.
At the moment, the only solution that I see is how it is done over here, via embedding a google form.... but not the best as then someone still needs to post it after..
Let me know your thoughts?
Hey Julien!
There haven't been a lot of changes here, but one thing that's different is the ability to post articles as Drafts.
What I'm thinking is, you can create a series of "templates" - dummy articles that are formatted specifically for each type of content - and keep them saved as Drafts in your Help Center. Then your authors can just copy/paste the template into their new article, and all the formatting and required information will be accounted for.
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[TSOY] Goblin Species Redux
March 09, 2008, 03:54:02 PM »
Since all these threads about species in the south kept popping up, I wanted to turn my eye towards the one species I felt a bit disregarded by most people: Goblins. Maybe this is because they're culturally marginalized in most parts of Near, and don't feed into powertrip fantasies as elves do (on the other hands, elves certainly deserve their own redux thread, but hopefully by people who get more out of elves in TSOY than I do. Get me excited!). On the other hand, Goblins turn up almost anywhere in Near: As stoogy apprentices to three corner magicians in Maldor, as pets and easily controlled slaves in Ammeni, as Spriggans in Khale and as ape-like savages in Qek. The Maldor text also mentions the Hungry Ones and Urgoblins in passing.
As I recently got a preview of one of my artwork for the book, a very doglike humanoid, my interest in fleshing out Hungry Ones and Urgoblins has been piqued again, but I also see room for specific crunch regarding the other 'goblin specialities' mentioned in the text sofar, and adding others (like the yeti in southern TSOY). I invite all to contribute to this thread, and any criticism is welcome.
The Hungry Ones are Goblins whose addiction has either gone out of control or is tied to something horrific, like blood or human flesh; maybe even both. As it stands, the Secret of the Addiction is quite a thing to start with, but I'd like to present the
Secret of unquenchable Hunger
Prerequisites: This secret is not open to Goblins with the
Secret of the Affliction
. They must have the
Secret of the Addiction
though. Goblins that successfully transformed to humankind by finding true love can take this Secret, which basically has the same effects of indulging in one's addiction.
Goblins with unquenchable Hunger lose their Reason pool and replace it with a Hunger pool at the same number of points. All Reason-based Abilities suffer from a penalty die, and the Goblin cannot use advances to improve Reason-based Abilities anymore. Whenever a Goblin with this Secret refreshes Vigor, he must refresh Hunger first. The Goblin can use Hunger to buy bonus dice for Vigor and Instinct Abilities, disregarding the usual limit of one pool point per ability. He also does one additional harm level when in a conflict about his addiction.
I have the feeling that this might be a bit weak, but I hope it is food for thought. Also, there needs to be an appropriate Key:
Key of the Hungry One
Gain 1XP whenever someone tries to keep the Goblin from indulging his addiction. Gain 3XP if this causes harm to the Goblin.
Note that the key does not have the requisite of the Secret of unquenchable Hunger.
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March 09, 2008, 08:19:08 PM »
It's certainly one direction to go in with the "Hungry Ones". Have you seen
this thread
in Actual Play, though? Cannibal goblins have their appeal, don't get me wrong, but there's something about goblins driven completely insane by their addictions, and physically modified by them, that seems charming, as well.
Secret of the Ravenous Addiction
You have been corrupted by the experimentation of others, most likely involving magic and torturous denial of your addiction followed by grotesque over-exposure to that which sates it. As a result, your body has grown strange and desperate for the thing which you are addicted to. You no longer fully refresh Vigor from exposure to the source of your addiction; any consumption replenishes only 1 point per scene, but if you manage to entirely gorge yourself, you can recover 1 more point per scene. If your Vigor falls to 0, you fly into a crazed panic, and take a penalty die on any check which is not directly related to acquiring the source of your addiction.
Luckily, your body has changed to better suit your desperate hunger. Choose one Ability which represents the best method to acquire your addiction; thanks to your body's inhuman transformation, you receive a bonus die on all such checks.
, or
can all be appropriate for items you must steal, bargain, beg, or fight to achieve, resulting in long spindly fingers, watery doe-esque watery eyes, a fierce ability to bargain and scrutinize value, or sharp talons, but other abilities are all an option:
might be appropriate for goblins addicted to physical pleasure.
Secret of the Addiction.
Secret of the Ravenous Hunter
You can sniff out things which will satisfy your addiction, even if they normally don't carry a smell (such as fine art, intellectual conversation, or sources of physical affection). This requires a
React (I)
ability check; even Success Level 1 will result in you being able to identify "scents" at 100 paces, and higher successes can lead you trekking across miles.
Secret of the Addiction, Secret of the Ravenous Addiction
Key of Desperation
The source of your addiction is hard to come by; perhaps it is contraband where you live, precious to others, or no one has any interest in giving it to you (just because you're addicted to human bedroom partners doesn't mean they find
attractive, after all). Alternately, you just might need a
of it (as a goblin suffering from the Key of the Ravenous Addiction might).
1 XP: Every time the focus of a scene is on your addiction, or your inability to acquire it.
3 XP: Put yourself in danger or face long odds just to acquire whatever feeds your addiction (i.e. break the law, steal it from a secure location, or risk public humiliation).
Find a way to feed your hunger more easily.
Of course, its totally possible to combine both of those ideas. I seem to recall a few goblin subspecies that get mentioned in various editions of TSOY, including bugbears and ur-goblins, and the like. Different folks might use any of these ideas to mix-and-match with any of those names, or do something else entirely.
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I do like the idea of Goblin's as vampires, feeding on others. Perhaps developing the ability to feed on other characters Pools during refresh scenes, draining them to refresh themselves.
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Harald Wagener - Zurich, Switzerland
Re: [TSOY] Goblin Species Redux
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March 10, 2008, 03:28:38 PM »
Josh, I know that thread, even if I forgot it existed. I even posted something in there! But that is more about the source of Hungry Ones. I didn't remember Pips tentacle-maws from her kissing addiction, but I see the point, and I welcome it.
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You goblin-boy, you. I have little to offer for such a complete race, especially as there's not much tension in your challenge. Do you find something especially wrong with goblins, Harald?
Not that I don't like goblins, mind. My favourite invention regarding them is actually a Secret I wrote for some thread around here where the goblin ate a piece of crystal that stored a Zu syllable. The sweet part was that another character might use a musical ability to strike the crystal and make it sing the word, which makes the goblin a prime candidate for exploitation. I like how that underlines the in-built theme of goblins as simple and natural savages who the humans exploit in a multitude of ways.
That being said, I'm willing to tackle the
- 6 Secrets and no more, the basis on which turns a goblin civilization not of victims, but of masters. Not now, though; I need to do some work for a change instead of hanging at the Forge.
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Re: [TSOY] Goblin Species Redux
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I did mention this already this month, but I think that it's not necessarily good for actual play to have too much species crunch. A character filled to the ears with species stuff, so far so that he has nothing else, isn't necessarily very interesting. Of course this isn't a problem if you know what you're doing. Still, if I'd done that redux supplement for Near, I'd have kept a rather close eye on the amount of crunch for species, cultures and even generally - too much is too much in all cases if you want to leave room for independent solutions.
That said, here's some goblin stuff:
Secret of Deep Adaptation
The character's adaptability is stronger than most, allowing a near-total reshaping of the character. When an adaptation cycle is triggered for the character, the player may immediately invest any free Advances on anything appropriate to the adaptation. Alternatively, the player may reduce Pools, Abilities or remove Secrets to gain free Advances equal to an
Adaptation (V)
check. This Secret does not actually allow a character to learn new information, unlike the
Secret of Adaptation
, so he is mostly limited to physical adaptations or Abilities he already knows to some degree.
Be a goblin.
Secret of Rapid Adaptation
While a goblin would usually need some time to adapt to changing circumstances, this character has inflamed instincts in this regard, and will often show rather immediate and radical adaptations. He gains a bonus die for adaptation conflicts against time and is not limited by possible SG judgements over how fast a goblin develops adaptations; in this case, the adaptation is near-immediate. The character may also trigger an adaptation cycle without satisfying his addiction by spending 3 Vigor. However, there's a downside: the character needs to succeed in
Adaptation (V)
checks to
adapt instinctually to things in his environment to the maximum degree of his ability. An uncontrolled adaptation cycle costs Vigor, unless the addiction can be immediately satisfied; the SG picks the changes that happen in this case, favoring obvious choices that suit the environment.
3 Vigor
Be a goblin.
Secret of Stable Adaptation (Secret or Ability)
The character has spent lots of time in specific conditions, or he's a member of a highly specialized goblin tribe. Regardless, he has a specific Secret or Ability that belongs to his being in a rather fixed manner, and cannot be adapted away normally; it's just as permanent as it would be on a human. The Secret or Ability in question gains either a bonus die, a 1 point Pool discount or a +1 weapon rating in each scene where the goblin uses it, thanks to his being finely tuned to that specific purpose.
Be a goblin.
And here are the trolls in six Secrets:
Key of Vice (vice)
The character embraces a weakness of character as moral virtue, believing that it is of no consequence or even beneficial, contrary to societal expectations. Define the weakness.
1 xp:
The character indulges in the sin.
3 xp:
Suffering is caused by the sinful ways of the character.
Renounce the vice.
Key of Filth
The character lives in disgusting conditions and horrid ways.
1 xp:
The character gets dirty or acts in a disgusting manner.
2 xp:
The filth causes problems, such as disease or complaints.
5 xp:
The character is ostracized for his habits.
Conform to expectations of personal cleanliness and action.
Secret of Vice-Troll
A goblin who revels in his moral turpitude regardless of society's requirements tends towards trollhood, at least in Goren, where people in general have a keen sense of vice and virtue. A vice-troll is a cunning creature with hypnotic powers: he can lure others into sharing his vices with soft words and an intense stare. If the target fails to resist, he gets the appropriate
Key of Vice
and pays the Advance for it.
2 Instinct
Secret of Addiction
Key of Vice
Secret of Filth-Troll
A goblin who lives in the soil drainages or dump heaps of closely built, unhygienic towns such as are habitated in the walled cities of Goren, tend to attain some trollish qualities, growing strong and impudent on the trash of civilization. A filth-troll like this melds his scaly hide and survives almost anything. He may use his
Adaptation (V)
to heal his own Harm.
2 Instinct
Secret of Adaptability
Key of Filth
Secret of Trollkind
The goblin's mutability gets locked into the Ur-Pattern of the troll caste, which lessens his adaptability considerably: the
Secret of Adaptability
only allows shifting one Advance at a time from now on (larger changes are then done through several adaptative stages). The child of a troll is a troll as well, and a troll does not need to fulfill the requirements to retain this Secret once obtained. A troll is a creature of great might and will and cannot be victimized: when his adaptation cycle is triggered, he shakes off any results of social or magical compels, realizing immediately his true course. Should this happen in a conflict situation, the troll may support his
Resist (R)
Adaptation (V)
for the rest of the scene.
Secret of Vice-Troll
Secret of Filth-Troll
; alternatively, born troll.
These trolls are crafted with the Finnish Goren in mind, by the way...
Secret of King-Troll
The character may spend Vigor to fuel attempts at intimidation, with no spending limitation.
Secret of Trollkind
Secret of Hell-mines
Trolls of Goren often rule the dark depths of mine-shafts, trading mining rights or ores with surface-dwellers. A mine troll sees in darkness with no difficulty, for his eyes shine black light.
Secret of Trollkind
Secret of Great Size
The character may learn
Stature (V)
Secret of Bulk
Secret of Trollkind
Of course, this kind of troll is a bit redundant in that goblins are constantly cast in villainous and monstrous roles anyway. Inspiration seeks not justification, but somebody might want to explore beneficial and nice goblins as well. Or not; much of the tension in TSoY often comes from having a character societally predisposed towards something, only to have him skirt all the fluff and act at the limits of what his crunch allows to him.
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Re: [TSOY] Goblin Species Redux
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Just to make it clear: I like to have more options, without necessarily have all of them around in a single game. But if someone goes into a certain direction, I like having long term viability; some crunch to make that direction more interesting might help with that.
I like the adaptation variants, and I also like the trollish stuff. I wouldn't necessarily have both in one game, let alone character. As always, Eero has cleared about a third to half of what I wanted to get out of this thread in one posting.
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Beginning in the early 1900s, there were a number of bodybuilding campaigns throughout the United States that claimed to make the weak strong.
These promotions were started by Bernarr Macfadden, a health enthusiast and magazine publisher — and were continued by Charles Atlas, winner in 1922 of the Macfadden-sponsored contest, "America's Most Perfectly Developed Man."
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A 1902 edition of Macfadden's popular bodybuilding magazine, Physical Culture. A young, muscular Macfadden was featured on this cover. The periodical's circulation was highest during the mid 1920s.
For the first half of the 20th Century, the basic method of gaining strength involved lifting barbells and dumbbells — mixed with body-weight exercises such as push-ups, sit-ups, and chin-ups. These routines focused on the raising or positive phase, with little regard to the lowering or negative.
In 1972, Arthur Jones — because of his disdain of physical weakness — initiated a more-advanced plan of strength building with his negative-accentuated techniques and Nautilus machines. Jones proved the effectiveness of negative training, but was unable — after many attempts — to manufacture machines that emphasized it safely and productively.
Ten, twenty, and thirty years passed and there was little progression — other than cosmetic — in the function of strength-training equipment. More recently, almost all leg, torso, and arm machines from popular manufacturers contained the same characteristics. Nothing was unique.
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For the last two years, in an isolated biomechanical laboratory in Sweden, exercise-machine evolution has been moving forward at a fast pace. An innovative, refined, negative-accentuated system — which, in my view, will prove to be more effective than Jones's method — is ready to emerge.
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Thulin has owned and operated, over the last three decades, 127 fitness centers throughout Scandinavia. With his knowledge of club management, devotion to exercise physiology, and grasp of engineering — in conjunction with the design help of a Swedish automotive team — Thulin brings X-Force to the market.
The ingenuity of X-Force is a patented, tilting weight stack that unloads the positive phase, and then, overloads the negative. X-Force supplies negative-accentuated exercise — 40-percent extra negative resistance compared to the positive — without the use of assistants, in a series of 14 strength-training machines.
Roll over Macfadden and tell Atlas and Jones the News!
X-Force signals an end to weakness... and the beginning of a new era in strength-training equipment.
The performance of a strength-training machine, or a barbell, requires the raising and lowering of resistance.
When you raise the selected resistance on the weight stack, you're moving vertically against gravity and performing positive work, or in the language of physiologists, concentric muscle action is occurring.
Lowering the weight under control brings gravity into play in another fashion. The lowering portion of an exercise is called negative work or eccentric muscle action.
During positive work, your muscle fibers are shortening. During negative work the same fibers are lengthening.
In the simplest terms, observing the weight stack move during an exercise reveals: up is positive, down is negative.
(Note: In physics, positive and negative are terms that refer to the resistance or external load. While these terms are not always technically correct in their applications in this article, their interchangeable use — positive = concentric and negative = eccentric — is accepted by athletes, coaches, and fitness-minded people.)
When I started training with weights seriously in 1959, no one paid any attention to the negative phase of an exercise. Using mostly barbells and dumbbells, we performed the positive part of each repetition with concentration. The negative phase, however, was done mindlessly. Sometimes the weight was simply dropped.
Generally, most individuals who strength trained didn't give the negative any attention. They just focused on the lifting.
My training continued in the above style until 1972. In the summer of that year, I read an article by Arthur Jones in IronMan magazine. A year earlier, Jones had established Nautilus Sports/Medical Industries in Lake Helen, Florida, and begun manufacturing a line of strength-training machines called Nautilus. In his article, Jones was irritated by the promotions of some of his competitors — competitors who manufactured friction-based machines that merely provided positive resistance. They were implying that negative resistance in a machine was a disadvantage. That prompted Jones to start experimenting with the negative phase of each repetition.
Jones was enthused by his initial gains in muscular size and strength. Toward the end of the article, he challenged bodybuilders not to think in terms of how much you can lift, but in terms of how much you can lower. That made a lasting impression on me.
Arthur Jones is shown doing negative-only pullovers on a Nautilus machine. Notice that Jones had a spotter on the side and a spotter in the back. Their job was to do the lifting or positive part of each repetition.
Several months later, I was in Munich, West Germany, at a scientific congress preceding the 1972 Olympics. In one of the sessions, Dr. Paavo Komi, a Finnish physiologist, described how he had trained a small group of Scandinavian weightlifters by having them lower — not lift — heavier-than-normal barbells from overhead to the floor.
His study then compared the effects of positive and negative work on the electrical activity of human muscle. He believed that his negative training of the Scandinavian lifters just might provide them with an edge in their approaching competition. Several days later, one of Dr. Komi's athletes won a gold medal and two won bronze.
I told Dr. Komi I was interested in his ongoing research and wanted to keep in touch. I also mentioned that I would soon be working with Arthur Jones at the Nautilus headquarters. Dr. Komi indicated that he'd experimented using hydraulic machines to help lift extremely heavy barbells for his athletes, but the machines had been difficult to manage.
In September of 1972, when I returned from Europe to Florida State University to complete my post-doctorate study in nutrition, I phoned Jones and told him about Dr. Komi and his research with negative work. "Bring those reports to me immediately," Jones replied. "We don't have any time to waste."
The next day I drove to Lake Helen and gave Jones Dr. Komi's printed materials. Jones read them, shook his head several times, smiled, and led me outside, around a corner, and into a secluded factory shop where prototypes were designed. "Feast on this, Ell Darden," he said, as my eyes bulged at a sea of large, heavily constructed machines — which he named Omni.
This was the Nautilus Omni Shoulder machine in 1973. The heavier-than-normal resistance has been leg pressed to the top position, where it was then lowered with the arms slowly to the bottom. On the right side of the photo was a prototype for the Omni Supine Bench Press machine, which was never manufactured.
By the end of the day, Jones had convinced me that the lowering of heavy weights correctly was almost always ignored, yet was a central factor in achieving maximum results.
In Jones's negative training, the selected resistance on each machine was approximately 40-percent heavier than you normally handled for 10 repetitions. As a consequence, one or two people were required to do the lifting or positive phase for you. Then, it was your job to lower smoothly the resistance back to the bottom position. Your assistants lifted the weight again, and you lowered it under control.
The object of Jones's negative exercise was to lower the weight slowly, very slowly, but without interrupting the downward movement. At the start of a negative set, you should be able to stop the downward movement if you try, but do not try. After 6 or 7 repetitions, you should be unable to stop the downward movement no matter how hard you try. However, you should still be able to guide it through a smooth descent.
Finally, after 2 or 3 more repetitions you should find it impossible to stop the weight's downward acceleration. At that moment, you should terminate the set.
Properly performed negative exercise, Jones concluded, assures more complete exercise of the muscles because the resistance always moves at a smooth, steady pace and, as a result, provides more thorough stimulation of the muscle fibers. This is in contrast to a tendency to jerk and drop resistance, the manner in which a great deal of lifting was performed then and even now.
There were logistics issues, however, with Jones's negative training.
First, is the paradoxical problem of your own strength gains. As you become stronger quickly from negative work, you must recruit two or more spotters to help with the lifting. Such serious lifting soon becomes boring for even the most motivated assistants. Furthermore, this lifting, especially on heavy leg presses and pullovers, has to be very coordinated or it can become dangerous.
Second, is the problem of continuity, maintaining the intensity of your negative work. You can easily lapse into resting too long between repetitions. A pause, or lag time, of only 3 seconds allows sufficient muscle recovery to give the illusion of improved performance, while undermining the anticipated training effect.
Furthermore, rest intervals of 3 seconds or longer between repetitions equate to performing a series of single-attempt efforts. Not only is this inefficient, it also increases the risk of injury.
Jones was in a quandary over designing machines with significantly more resistance on the negative stroke than on the positive stroke. He made many attempts — first, the Omni machines, which supplied a foot pedal to lift a heavier-than-normal resistance with the legs and then lower it with the arms; and last, with his servo-electrical machines that could be computer programmed to supply more resistance on the negative. Jones's endeavors provided benefits, but the machines were cumbersome and complex.
Jones sold Nautilus in 1986, and later retired from his follow-up company, MedX, in 1996. He died in 2007, without solving how-to construct an exercise machine successfully, with less positive and more negative resistance.
On November 13, 2008, I traveled to Stockholm, Sweden, to meet with Mats Thulin, whom I had met in 1980 at a Nautilus Seminar in Florida. Mats later became a distributor of Nautilus equipment in Scandinavia. Thulin had phoned a month earlier, enthusiastic about what he called, "a new way to accentuate the negative, without the use of the legs or the help of an assistant."
In Stockholm, when I critically examined what Thulin had done — and applied it under workout conditions — a lightning bolt went off in my head... "This is the MISSING KEY. Why didn't Arthur, one of his engineers, or even me — think of this approach decades ago?"
The approach that Thulin applies so effectively involves a tilting weight stack powered by an electric motor. As the user begins the positive stroke, the weight stack leans to a 45-degree angle — instantly reducing the selected resistance by approximately 29 percent. At the apex of the positive stroke, the tilted weight stack returns to vertical. The user then lowers 100 percent of the selected resistance.
Instead of continuing to search for ways to add resistance on the negative, which was the strategy Jones and others had chosen, Thulin figured out a way to subtract weight from the positive.
This was a brilliant step forward in the evolution of eccentrics, as well as the advancement of strength-training machines.
Here's photo of an X-Force weight stack that's tilted to 45 degrees for the positive stroke of the exercise.
For example, on the X-Force Pec Seated Press machine, let's say you select 140 pounds. As you enter the machine, seat yourself properly, pull a lever, and grasp the handles, the weight stack tilts to 45 degrees. As you perform the positive phase, you are moving 100 pounds of resistance. (Note: 100 is 29-percent less than 140 pounds and 140 is 40-percent more than 100 pounds.)
Quickly, in 0.5 of a second, the weight stack goes back to the vertical position as you do a controlled negative with 140 pounds. Ideally, you would continue performing 100-pound positives and 140-pound negatives for approximately 7 or 8 full repetitions.
In addition, a properly shaped cam is incorporated on each machine to vary the resistance curve appropriately.
Not only has Thulin solved the 36-year-old machine quandary, but he also has successfully overcome the two major problems with heavy negatives.
First, spotters or assistants are no longer needed, since the trainee should be able to lift the tilted — and thus reduced — resistance.
Second, what originally required a lag time — as the trainee rested while the assistants worked — is now filled by the trainee lifting the tilted resistance.
There's little chance to rest even partially when repetitions are performed correctly: positive, negative accentuated; positive, negative accentuated; and so on... as opposed to negative accentuated, rest; negative accentuated, rest; and the like.
Furthermore, X-Force's negative-accentuated training, compared to Jones's original lowering style, is safer for the muscles and connective tissues.
It will take only one, properly performed set on the X-Force Pec Seated Press machine — for instance — to feel the difference, compared to a normal set where the positive and negative resistances remain the same.
The reasons why one set on X-Force makes a meaningful difference are explained in the following sections.
Inroad is the depletion of momentary strength, repetition by repetition, from a set of an exercise.
For example, let's say on a seated biceps-curl machine, you can do 10 repetitions with 80 pounds of resistance. (Note: This is a conventional biceps machine and you have 80 pounds on the positive and 80 pounds on the negative.) In spite of your best effort, you cannot do an 11th repetition. Why did you fail? Did your biceps strength go from something above 80 pounds down to zero?
Your strength did not go to zero. If you're a typical trainee, your repetition-by-repetition strength drops an average of 2-percent per repetition.
On repetition 1, you are 100-pounds strong — and 100 pounds of strength easily curls 80 pounds of resistance. On repetition 2, you are 98-pounds strong and 98 pounds lifts 80 pounds, and so on. On repetition 10, you are approximately 80.5 pounds strong — and 80.5 pounds of strength is barely able, with a supreme effort on your part, to curl 80 pounds on the machine. On repetition 11, you are 79 pounds strong — and 79 pounds of strength will NOT curl 80 pounds of resistance.
Continuing that example, from one set of 10 repetitions, you've made a 21-percent inroad into your starting level of strength for your biceps. According to Arthur Jones, and much Nautilus research, the most consistent level of muscular growth occurs when a trainee makes an inroad of from 15 to 25 percent on the majority of his exercise sets.
From my own strength-training history, I knew that my strength was fairly typical. In fact, my average inroad on most exercises paralleled the 2-percent, repetition-by-repetition, inroad described above. On most of my exercises, I could expect to perform approximately 10 repetitions with 80 percent of the resistance I could do one time maximally. Using a repetition style of 2 seconds on the positive and 4 seconds on the negative, then 10 repetitions required approximately 60 seconds for me to perform.
When I arrived in Stockholm, two machines, the X-Force Horizontal Leg Curl and the X-Force Biceps Curl, caught my attention. These machines, minus the tilting weight stacks, are almost identical to ones I have in my private gym in Florida. Perhaps I could make some valid inroad comparisons between X-Force and my normal weight-stack machines?
The following day, on the X-Force Horizontal Leg Curl and the X-Force Biceps Curl, I calculated and selected the same amount of resistance for the positive phases as I had used the week before in Florida. Each repetition, however, would supply 40-percent more resistance on the negative phase. My goal was to perform as many repetitions as possible, using a 2-second-positive and 4-second-negative count.
Interestingly, on both X-Force exercises, I barely completed 7 repetitions and reached momentary muscular failure at approximately 42 seconds. The week before, using my conventional leg curl and biceps curl machines, I had reached failure on each at 10 repetitions and 60 seconds.
This demonstrated to me that, with X-Force, I achieved the same inroad, 21 percent, in 42 seconds, as opposed to 60 seconds. Thus, the X-Force Horizontal Leg Curl and Biceps Curl machines, for me, were 50-percent more demanding per repetition (3-percent inroad versus 2-percent) and required 30-percent less time to failure (42 seconds versus 60 seconds).
I quickly accessed that the X-Force Horizontal Leg Curl, compared to a conventional leg curl, made a greater inroad, repetition by repetition, into my starting level of strength.
Those two factors, degree of inroad per repetition and time required to failure, showed me that X-Force, compared to conventional equipment, provides more-efficient inroads. From my 30 years of training thousands of individuals, it's been my experience that growth stimulation is closely linked to inroad and a more efficient inroad is increased assurance of growth stimulation.
X-Force's accentuate-the-negative concept has my vote for efficiency in action.
Ten Reasons To Accentuate the Negative
After reviewing the published literature on concentrics versus eccentrics, Dr. Bjorn Alber, a Swedish sports medicine physician, concluded in 2008 that... Eccentric training:
Note: Dr. Alber's overview was assembled from discussions I had with him in Stockholm, Sweden, on November 17, 2008, and follow-up e-mails from him on December 18, 2008.
In comparison to conventional strength-training machines, X-Force offers these advantages by considering the following factors:
The initial X-Force machines are as follows:
Horizontal Leg Curl Leg Quadriceps Leg Press Deltoid Lift Deltoid Press Lat Back Circular Lat Back Pull Lat Back Row Pec Arm Cross Pec Seated Press Pec Angle Press Biceps Curl Triceps Press Abdominal Crunch
There are many ways to organize routines with X-Force machines. One way is to alternate two routines, A and B, as listed below:
A Routine
B Routine
My recommendation is to train on X-Force twice a week. For example, perform A Routine on Monday and B Routine on Thursday.
Concerning sets and repetitions, I'm a believer in one set to failure. Done properly, that's all you require for maximum stimulation. With X-Force, because of the added 40 percent on the negative, the repetition range for most trainees should be 6 to 8. Each repetition should be done with a count of 2 seconds on the positive and 4 seconds on the negative, or perhaps even slower, 3/5 or 4/6. When you can perform 8 repetitions in good form, that's the signal to add from 2- to 5-percent more resistance to that machine at the time of the next workout.
On my visit to Stockholm in November of 2008, Mats Thuline and I performed similar 8-exercise, X-Force routines — one set of 6-8 repetitions to momentary muscular failure — and each of us finished our workouts in 15 minutes.
Two 15-minute workouts a week on X-Force should be the basic frequency and duration for most fitness-minded individuals.
Bernarr Macfadden and Charles Atlas — during the first half of the 20th Century — publicized the idea that "Weakness is a crime." This in-your-face headline worked successfully because each promoter was able to show, through his articles and mail-order courses, the confidence-building powers of... bigger, stronger muscles.
One of the many versions of the Charles Atlas ad that was so effective during the 1930s and 1940s. These promotions were always peppered with phrases such as:
"Quit being a skinny weakling.""Take charge of your life.""Build a real HE-MAN body."
Atlas, with his physical promises, provided much-needed optimism that there would be better times ahead.
Many boys and men of that era were under muscled and thin. Often, they faced long grueling days of farm work. Food was scarce. Rest was skimpy. And a world war was looming on the horizon.
Macfadden and Atlas — with their muscle-development plans — offered hope... for pennies a day.
Millions of boys and men responded. Many applied the necessary discipline and patience — and their bodies responded by becoming bigger and stronger.
Arthur Jones, with his Nautilus machines and their popularity in the 1970s, provided more hope as thousands of fitness centers opened, purchased Nautilus equipment, and sold millions of exercise memberships throughout the United States.
Today, the landscape is different. The majority of boys and men no longer spend grueling days doing anything close to strenuous work. Computers have taken the place of plows, pitchforks, and outdoor activity. Food is not only plentiful, but also loaded with taste-tested calories.
Most boys and men, at first glace, are not skinny — they're fat.
But below those fat-thickened outer shells are inner bodies that are still under muscled and weak.
Mats Thulin and his X-Force machines deliver renewed hope. Hope based on the science of eccentrics. Hope in the form of revolutionary tilting weight-stack exercises that accentuate the negative.
It only takes 30 minutes of X-Force training per week to signal: The End of Weakness.
When researchers in 1953 first used the word eccentric to describe muscle lengthening, it was spelled "ex"centric. X-Force, therefore, is a fitting name for exercise equipment that overloads the eccentric or negative movement. As a reminder, there are two heavy X-supports that stabilize the axle of the tilting weight stack on each machine.
Chuck Berry's 1956 recording, "Roll Over Beethoven," became an anthem globally accepted as symbolizing change — change that ushered in a new era called rock and roll.
X-Force, likewise, symbolizes change and a new era in strength-training equipment.
With Berry's guitar riffs in the background, here's my updated ending for his classic song...
Roll over Macfadden and tell Atlas and Jones the News:
With X-Force's line-up, you've got nothing but weakness to lose. Roll over Macfadden and dig these negative rhythm and rules.
X-Force. Negative training made simple, safe, and productive.
The Lat Back Circular, for negative-accentuated pullovers, is the centerpiece of the X-Force upper-body machines. In my opinion, Arthur Jones would have welcomed the technology and the engineering behind this quality-designed equipment.
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The Revs finished with a record of 3-1-1 this preseason and went unbeaten in their final four games, outscoring opponents by a margin of 11-2 in the process.
Schilawski's goal was his team-leading fourth of the preseason, as he scored in each of the Revolution's final four preseason matches. He was joined on the score sheet by former Wake Forest teammate Pat Phelan, who gave the Revs a halftime lead with a 41st-minute header.
Second-half substitute Mark Schulte briefly pulled the RailHawks level in the 85th minute, only for Schilawski to grab the late winner. It marked the second straight year in which Schulte scored against the Revolution, as he notched the only goal in a 1-0 win over New England on March 14, 2009.
Although the Revs maintained the majority of the possession in the early stages, it was the RailHawks who created the game's first quality chance in the 13th minute. Revolution goalkeeper Preston Burpo couldn't hang on to Daniel Paladini's knuckling shot from 25 yards out, but he recovered well to stifle the rebound attempt by Andriy Budnyy.
The Revolution – which registered 10 shots in the first half but put just three on target – didn't seriously threaten the RailHawks goal until the 37th minute, when Kenny Mansally's low cross from the left wing found Sainey Nyassi streaking toward the back post. Nyassi managed to get a shot off from a tight angle, but the attempt was blocked by a backtracking defender.
It was just four minutes later when the Revs broke the deadlock, however, as Phelan scored his first goal of the preseason with a powerful header from Mansally's curling corner kick. Climbing over his defender at the six-yard box, Phelan directed his effort just under the crossbar to give the Revs the lead entering the halftime break.
New England almost doubled its lead in the 58th minute, but Mansally's close-range shot was saved after the Carolina goalkeeper spilled Chris Tierney's cross.
The action slowed down considerably in the middle stages of the second half, but the RailHawks took advantage of a late flurry to level the score in the 85th minute. Burpo first made a fantastic save on Schulte's close-range header, but he could do nothing to stop the defender's blast from the top of the box following the ensuing corner kick. After a brief scramble, Schulte launched his shot into the upper right corner.
Schilawski brought the crowd to its feet just two minutes later, however, slotting the ball into an empty net after Mansally's initial shot was parried away by the Carolina goalkeeper. To celebrate, the Cary High School grad joined a slew of supporters directly behind the net.
Long-term injury victims Taylor Twellman (neck pain/concussion) and Matt Reis (shoulder/knee surgery) both departed North Carolina earlier this week after spending the first portion of the trip with the team. Meanwhile, Kevin Alston (hamstring), Darrius Barnes (quad), Mauricio Castro (ankle) and Edgaras Jankauskas (calf) were also unavailable because of injury, while captain Shalrie Joseph was rested.
With their five-game preseason slate completed, the Revs will now return to Foxborough to make final preparations for the 2010 regular season, which will kick off on Saturday, March 27, when they visit the LA Galaxy at The Home Depot Center. Kickoff against the Galaxy is set for 11 p.m. ET, and the match will be nationally-televised on Fox Soccer Channel.
Scoring summary:
NE – Pat Phelan (Kenny Mansally) 41
CAR – Mark Schulte (unassisted) 85
NE – Zack Schilawski (unassisted) 87
New England Revolution (4-4-2): Preston Burpo (GK), Seth Sinovic (Khano Smith 61), Cory Gibbs ©, Emmanuel Osei, Chris Tierney, Kenny Mansally, Joseph Niouky (Mike Videira 61), Pat Phelan, Sainey Nyassi (Zak Boggs 61), Kheli Dube (Nico Colaluca 61), Zack Schilawski
Unused substitutes: Bobby Shuttleworth (GK), Tim Murray (GK), Gabriel Badilla
Carolina RailHawks (4-4-2): Eric Reed (GK), Ramak Safi, Brad Rusin, Matt Bobo, John Gilkerson, Amir Lowery ©, Daniel Paladini, Kupono Low, Andriy Budnyy, Sallieu Bundu, Gregory Richardson


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Kinston�s boys basketball team has enjoyed a fairly smooth ride to perfection through its first nine games. But game No. 10 will pose quite a test.
Kinston�s boys basketball team has enjoyed a fairly smooth ride to perfection through its first nine games. But game No. 10 will pose quite a test.
The Vikings (9-0) open the HighSchoolOT.Com Holiday Invitational at 5:40 p.m. today against the nationally-ranked DeSoto (Texas) Eagles at Raleigh Broughton�s Holliday Gymnasium.
The Eagles (14-1), ranked 10th nationally in ESPN.com�s latest Power 25 rankings, have won nine straight, including a 67-57 win over then top-ranked Chicago Simeon, which was televised nationally on the network.
The Eagles sport one of the country�s top shooting guards in Matt Jones, a 6-foot-4 senior who has signed with Duke.
Kinston coach Perry Tyndall knows his team has its hands full today, but the Vikings are still up for the challenge.
�We�re always excited to go up to the High School OT, formerly the Glaxo. We look forward to it,� Tyndall said. �When we saw we had DeSoto � a very, very, very good team, very efficient, and of course they have the Jones kid who is pretty special.
�We know we�ve got our work cut out (but) we�re excited about the challenge.
�We�re going to have to do a lot of things well because they�re a very good team.�
An advantage Tyndall feels he may have entering today�s evening tilt is the fact he was able to watch DeSoto go against Simeon on television in real time � an easy scouting report.
�It definitely helps, of course, just to be able to see them play,� he said. �I�d love to be able to see them a little bit more, but it did give us a glimpse into how talented they are.�
Kinston was at its best against North Lenoir in its last game. The Vikings had 29 assists on 33 made field goals in the 87-59 win.
In order to have a chance at knocking off DeSoto Tyndall feels his team must have that type of game today.
�I think we�ve got to continue to be unselfish,� Tyndall said. �We�ve got to compete for 32 minutes. We�ve got to do the little things the whole game.�
While the Vikings� sole focus is currently on the Eagles, a potential matchup in their second game could come against Waxhaw Cuthbertson.
Kinston, in this tournament for the 20th time and the eighth straight year, defeated Cuthbertson 58-55 for the NCHSAA state 2A title last March.
In Kinston�s bracket � the Summit Hospitality Bracket � the Vikings will be joined by the host school, Person, Holly Springs, St. Joseph (N.J.), and Hampton (Va.). If they win today they will play the winner of Cuthbertson-Person at 7:20 p.m. on Friday. If they lose they will play the loser of that game at 2:20 p.m. on Friday.
Ryan Herman can be reached at 252-559-1073 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter: @KFPSports.
HSOT.com Holiday Invitational
Summit Hospitality Bracket
All games at Raleigh Broughton High
Game 1: Raleigh Broughton 73, Person 50
Game 2: St. Joseph (N.J.) 1, Holly Springs 0 (St. Joseph won via coin flip after its scheduled flight Tuesday was canceled due to inclement weather)
Game 3: Person vs. Holly Springs, 11 a.m.
Game 4: Kinston vs. DeSoto (Texas), 5:40 p.m.
Game 5: Waxhaw Cuthbertson vs. Hampton (Va.), 9 p.m.
Game 6: Game 4 loser vs. Game 5 loser, 2:20 p.m.
Game 7: Broughton vs. St .Joseph, 4 p.m.
Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7:20 p.m.
Fifth place: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 11 a.m.
Third place: Game 7 loser vs. Game 8 loser, 4 p.m.
Championship: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 7:20 p.m.


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Three-dimensional (3D) nonlinear nite element simulations are becoming increasingly feasible for geotechnical applications. OpenSeesPL, created by J. Lu, A. Elgamal, and Z. Yang, is a versatile framework that uses a Windows- based graphical-user-interface (GUI) developed for 3D footing/pile-ground interaction analyses. Various ground modi cation scenarios may be addressed utilizing the 3D tool. Building on OpenSeesPL, a new GUI has been developed to combine nonlinear dynamic time history analysis of coupled soil-structure systems with an implementation of performance-based earthquake engineering (PBEE) for a single-column 2-span bridge con guration (research with Prof. K. Mackie, UCF). In this new interface, functionality is extended for analysis of multiple suites of ground motions and combination of results probabilistically using the Paci c Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) PBEE framework. De nition of the bridge, the underlying ground strata, and the material properties are greatly facilitated via this integrated analysis and visualization platform.
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Aeterna Zentaris: Phase 3 Results for AEZS-130 in AGHD Presented at GRS and IGF Society Congress Français
Oct 18, 2012, 07:30 ET
QUEBEC CITY, Oct. 18, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Aeterna Zentaris Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS) (TSX: AEZ) (the "Company") today announced that Phase 3 results for its ghrelin agonist, AEZS-130, show that it has promise as a safe and simple oral diagnostic test for adult growth hormone deficiency (AGHD), with accuracy comparable to available testing procedures. Results were presented earlier today by George R. Merriam, MD, Director of the Clinical Study Unit at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System, and Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle and Tacoma, WA, at the 6th International Congress of the Growth Hormone Research (GRS) and Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF) Society, currently being held in Munich, Germany.
Juergen Engel, PhD, President and CEO at Aeterna Zentaris, commented, "The data presented earlier today by Dr. Merriam, extend those presented on this same study last June at ENDO by Dr. Jose M. Garcia, MD, PhD, of the Baylor College of Medicine and the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. Both confirm AEZS-130's potential as possibly the first approved oral diagnostic test for AGHD, with Dr. Merriam's data set showing the impact of Body Mass Index on cut-off values. We are currently focusing our efforts on submitting a New Drug Application for AEZS-130 in this indication during the first quarter of 2013."
The Study
This multicenter open-label study was originally designed as a cross-over trial of AEZS-130 vs growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH)+L-Arginine (ARG) in AGHD patients and in controls matched for Body Mass Index (BMI), estrogen status, gender and age. After 43 AGHD patients and 10 controls had been tested, GHRH became unavailable. The study was completed by testing 10 more AGHD patients and 38 controls with AEZS-130 alone.
Of the 53 AGHD subjects enrolled, 52 received AEZS-130, and 50 who had confirmed AGHD prior to study entry were included in this analysis, along with 48 controls. Two AGHD subjects could not be matched due to the combination of young age, high BMI and estrogen use. The objective of this clinical trial was to determine the efficacy and safety of AEZS-130 in the diagnosis of AGHD.
Mean peak growth hormone (GH) levels in AGHD patients and controls following AEZS-130 administration were 2.36ng/mL (range 0.03-33) and 17.71ng/mL (range 10.5-94), respectively. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) plot analysis yielded an optimal GH cut-point of 2.7ng/mL, with 82% sensitivity, 92% specificity and a 13% misclassification rate. Obesity (BMI>30) was present in 58% of cases and controls, and peak GH levels were inversely associated with BMI in controls.
Adverse events (AE) were seen in 37% of AGHD patients and in 21% of controls following AEZS-130. In contrast, 61% of AGHD subjects and 30% of controls experienced AEs with L-ARG+GHRH. The most common AEs after AEZS-130 were unpleasant taste (19.2%) and diarrhea (3.8%) for the AGHD patients and unpleasant taste (4.2%) and diarrhea (4.2%) for the matched controls. AEs were generally mild or moderate in severity.
Of the 50 subjects studied with both stimulation tests, 70% expressed a preference for AEZS-130 over L-ARG+GHRH.
Summary and conclusions on the effect of BMI on optimal cut-off
Responses in normal subjects classified as obese, with BMI's above 30, were significantly lower than in leaner subjects. Since GH deficiency can lead to increased body fat, many of the patients also met criteria for obesity, and therefore, a lower peak GH cutoff is more accurate in separating obese normals from obese patients. Based upon these study results, a cut-off of 2.7 μg/L was optimal for subjects with a BMI ≥ 30 and a cutoff of 6.8 μg/L for subjects with a BMI of <30. Age had a much weaker effect on test performance and gender made no difference. Thus GH stimulation with oral AEZS-130 may provide a simple, rapid, safe, and well-tolerated diagnostic test for AGHD, with accuracy comparable to that of the GHRH-ARG test.
The abstract used for the presentation, "Use of an orally-active ghrelin mimetic, macimorelin (AEZS-130), as a safe, simple test for Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency (AGHD): Effect of BMI on optimal cut-off ", can be viewed by clicking on the following link.
About AEZS-130
AEZS-130, a ghrelin agonist, is a novel orally-active small molecule that stimulates the secretion of growth hormone. The Company has completed a Phase 3 trial for use as an oral diagnostic test for AGHD. AEZS-130 has been granted orphan drug designation by the FDA for use in this indication. Aeterna Zentaris owns the worldwide rights to AEZS-130.
About Aeterna Zentaris
Aeterna Zentaris is an oncology and endocrinology drug development company currently investigating treatments for various unmet medical needs. The Company's pipeline encompasses compounds at all stages of development, from drug discovery through to marketed products. For more information please visit www.aezsinc.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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Carson pair arrested on felony drug counts
Two Carson City residents were arrested Monday in the 1100 block of Fleetwood Drive on felony drug and other counts.
According to their arrest reports:
Deputies were dispatched to a home on a report of a 19-year-old man who was unconscious and not breathing, suspected to be the result of a heroin overdose. Another 19-year-old man, Matthew Buscay of Carson City, first told a deputy he didn't know anything about what had happened to the unconscious man, then said the man went to the bathroom several times "acting funny" and then collapsed. Buscay's father arrived and initially told him not to cooperate with the investigation.
Fire Department workers eventually revived the man, who had a warrant for his arrest. Buscay acknowledged that the man and others had been using heroin in the home and told a deputy he'd thrown away hypodermic devices and a spoon. The deputy found the devices in the trash outside.
The home's owner consented to a search, and a K9 led deputies to a bedside nightstand containing about 50 small plastic bags. After denying heroin use, Buscay refused to show deputies his bare arms, then said he'd relapsed.
The woman who was staying in the bedroom, Jessie Radabaugh, 18, of Carson City, initially denied that needle marks on her arms were from heroin use, then acknowledged that they were.
Buscay was arrested on suspicion of felony possession of a schedule 1 controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and destruction of evidence. Total bail was set at $6,000. Radabaugh was arrested on suspicion of felony possession of a schedule 1 controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Total bail was set at $3,500.
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The USC Schwarzenegger Institute's inaugural symposium boasts a lineup of political and Hollywood heavyweights chosen to underscore the way policy-makers can learn from filmmakers, according to Nancy Staudt, with the Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy.
"When people think about LA, they think about Hollywood and innovation so we think it's a great time to bring these innovators in for a discussion," she said, adding that because media-makers shape the way the populace discusses politics, it seemed to apt to extend the invitation.
The symposium kicks off Sept. 24.
ABC News' Cokie Roberts will moderate the morning discussion on post-partisanship, with:
- Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist
- Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle
- Sen. John McCain, R-AZ
- Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson
- Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge
NBC4's Conan Nolan will moderate the lunchtime discussion on finding local solutions to global problems, with Dr. R.K. Pachauri, of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster.
The afternoon discussion will bring in media leaders to discuss innovation. BuzzFeed's Ben Smith will moderate the discussion, with:
- James Cameron, director
- Rob Friedman, co-chairman, Lionsgate
- Brian Grazer, chairman, Imagine Entertainment
- Jimmy Iovine, chairman, Interscope Geffen A&M
- Ron Meyer, president and COO, Universal Studios
Some 650 people are expected to attention the institute's inaugural event. While it is not open to the public, the speeches will be made available online.


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Recommended Books
The following are recommended books for parents and educators.
The now-retired founder of Kinko's mixes autobiographical anecdote with large doses of business advice in this candid, conversational account of his entrepreneurial rise. His autobiographical sections explain how a man with dyslexia, an uncontrollable temper and a mistrust of authority managed to grow a tiny California copy shop into a $2-billion-a-year company.
What is dyslexia and how is it assessed in adults? What is the most appropriate training for those who work with dyslexic people? This comprehensive guide is for professionals working with adults with dyslexia in the learning and working environment. It uses practical definitions and offers advice that can be understood by professionals and employers with little or no previous understanding of dyslexia.
All parents want their children to read well and to succeed — and experts agree that improving literacy begins at birth. Reading aloud to your child, sharing simple games and wordplay, and developing letter knowledge start your child off on the right foot for school and life. Now the esteemed Lee Pesky Learning Center has created this easy, accessible reference for parents to help foster better literacy skills in children.
This comprehensive, practical resource gives educators at all levels essential information, techniques, and tools for understanding dyslexia and adapting teaching methods in all subject areas to meet the learning style, social, and emotional needs of students who have dyslexia. Special features include over 50 full-page activity sheets that can be photocopied for immediate use and interviews with students and adults who have had personal experience with dyslexia. Organized into twenty sections, information covers everything from ten principles of instruction to teaching reading, handwriting, spelling, writing, math, everyday skills, and even covers the adult with dyslexia.
Rick Lavoie, Former Executive Director of Riverview School in East Sandwich, MA, and producer of How Difficult Can This Be?: The F.A.T. City Workshop " the book is a winner! This charming tale delivers a message of respect, resilience and hope to its young audience The adventures of the appealing characters are extraordinarily effective in demystifying learning disabilities for special needs kids and their classmates. It belongs in every elementary school library, and save room on the shelves for the sequels!" This is the story of Chic L. Dee, a boy bird with learning disabilites, who flip-flops when he tries to fly. While he struggles to accept his limitations, he begins to discover his talents, trust his intuition and find his own way. Perhaps most importantly, he learns about making room for differences. Any kid who has ever felt embarrassed socially, who has ever resorted to bravado in the face of shame, will understand Chic — and love this story.
Basic reading proficiency is key to success in all content areas, but attending to students' literacy development remains a challenge for many teachers, especially after the primary grades. Knowledge to Support the Teaching of Reading presents recommendations for the essential knowledge about the development, acquisition, and teaching of language and literacy skills that teachers need to master and use.
The prevalence of learning disabilities has provoked both the growth of research into the field and the development of educational interventions to assist those with learning disabilities. This book's aim is to present the current state of this research and intervention ideas and programs. It includes updated material on the 1997 re-authorization of IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) and expanded coverage of ADHD and its relationship to learning disabilities. This book presents the latest information on the characteristics of persons with learning disabilities, the causes of their problems, and educational interventions to help them succeed in school and at work. The book is research-based, user-friendly, and practical. Teachers and educational administrators.
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The visual mnemonic strategies introduced in Regina G. Richards' Memory Foundations for Reading are designed to help students transform a struggle with basic phonics into a successful learning experience. While some children learn sound/symbol relationships quickly and easily, others need more practice and there are some who struggle greatly. The visual mnemonic system presented in MFR can be modified and adapted for a variety of learning situations.
In Overcoming Underachieving two nationally recognized experts in children's school problems show you how to become your child's advocate, coach, and guide through the educational process. Using numerous case examples, they help you pinpoint your child's unique learning patterns and the problems that interfere with learning, behavior, and achievement. This information-packed book provides dozens of creative, parent-tested tools to help your child overcome difficulties with reading, math, handwriting, study skills, memorization, attention span, and many other problems that affect school success.
Phonemic awareness—the understanding that words are made up of sounds—is essential to a child's early reading success. With this book, children gain this awareness through engaging, easy to teach activities.
Proceeds from the sale of books purchased from our recommended books section can help support LD OnLine.


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Kaley Cuoco is turning over a new leaf in 2016.
The "Big Bang Theory" star did not have the best 2015, filing for divorce from estranged husband Ryan Sweeting, but she isn't letting her rough patch get in the way of starting fresh. Cuoco, 30, appears on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" Tuesday and opens up about her divorce from the tennis player.
"Last year was very bizarre," she says. "We all go through really weird ups and downs. And sometimes I'm a little bit more seen. And everyone goes through that stuff, so I already feel like 2016 is going to be a much better year than 2015. And you know, it's been rough, but things are going good.
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"I'm much, much better now," she adds. "I'm in a much better place than I was."
Cuoco and Sweeting were married for about a year and a half, and it seems like she's a little embarrassed about the short time, as she cringes while recalling, "I had the date tattooed on my back and everything to remind me." Host Ellen DeGeneres breaks the ice, though, by joking, "Maybe you should have put it on your front."
In November Cuoco shared a picture of her getting said tattoo covered up with a large moth. "Thank you @nero_sct @studiocitytattoo for helping me right my wrongs.. note to self- do not mark your body with any future wedding dates #under30mistakes #donttakeyourselftooseriouslykids" she captioned the photo posted to her Instagram.
But now she's addressing her ink again, telling DeGeneres, "The tattoo was a mistake. Had to cover it."
As for why she chose a moth instead of a butterfly, which many people have chosen, Cuoco explains, "It was big enough to cover the numbers."
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The New Aids? Chagas!
"Chagas, a tropical disease spread by insects, is causing some fresh concern following an editorial— published earlier this week in a medical journal— that called it "the new AIDS of the Americas." More than 8 million people have been infected by Chagas, most of them in Latin and Central America. But more than 300,000 live in the United States. The editorial, published by the Public Library of Science's Neglected Tropical Diseases, said the spread of the disease is reminiscent of the early years of HIV."" - Yahoo News
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