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NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. - In all the times Jake Suojanen smoked the synthetic drug Spice, the reaction had never been so severe.
"My head was spinning and I couldn't see straight, I was pretty out of it," Suojanen said.
With just one puff, the teenager says he felt the world slipping away.
"I sat down on the bathroom tub, on the side of the tub, and that's the last thing I remember."
Suojanen spent the next six hours in the emergency room, as doctors tried to bring his heart rate and vital signs back to a normal range. The experience confirmed what his parents say they always knew about the designer drug.
"It's poison, it's poison, it's poison," said Erik Suojanen, Jake's dad.
Spice is one of a number of synthetic drugs banned in Florida. But some parents in Pasco County claim it's still being sold to teens at a number of area stores.
On Wednesday, dozens of protestors gathered outside the Metro Gas station on Little road, where Suojanen says he bought the Spice that sent him to the hospital.
The manager of that store asked ABC Action News to leave his property, after stating he wasn't the only one selling it.
Pasco deputies won't say if they've set their sights on that store, but they do say they're now investigating several locations that they think might still be selling the banned substance.
Jake and his parents say they're also tracking stores, and making a list of their own.
"We're gonna make some noise here and we're gonna try to do what we can," Erik Suojanen said.


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What defines an 'average' child? Does academic performance alone reflect the aptitude on every child? How many times does a child's talents otherwise remain unexplored due to such blanket branding by society?
These issues are often discussed and debated at length by educationists, psychologists, policy makers and innovators at conferences on education across the country.
"The gap between the worlds of a child and an adult is so wide that often the problems of a child go unnoticed. I handle cases where often learning disorders go unidentified. This leads to low performance and the gradual branding of a child as an 'average' without realising that the process often leaves out the diverse potential untapped. Slowly, the pressures and the expectations of regular academic performance mount huge and lead to various behavioural problems within a child," said Dr. Aruna Broota, a clinical psychologist.
Teachers point out the need to realise that each child is unique and that the education system must cater to their individual requirements. "At present, the monolithic model of trying to fit all sizes into one is something that we need to improve on," said a teacher Rehana Siddiqui.
The importance of teachers and parents alike in helping the 'average' child cope with the demands of the time to emerge as successful professionals is paramount.
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"The rhythm of the game was not in our favor, and our guys seemed to be worn out a little bit," Nuggets coach George Karl said. "If you make two 3s it's a different basketball game — a totally different game. It's not time to panic or anything. We just didn't have enough shooters out there."
The Blazers led by as many as 18 in the first half and while the Nuggets were able to close the gap, they were never able to pull even.
Andre Miller's fade-away for Denver narrowed Portland's lead to 84-81 with 4:06 left. Batum made a trio of free throws before Miller added a layup to make it 87-83. But Luke Babbitt hit a 3-pointer with 2:31 left to give the Blazers back a 92-83 lead.
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"We were able to get the win," Matthews said. "We want to correct how many points we gave up in the paint, but that's for another day. Tonight we're going to enjoy this win."
Aldridge sprained his left ankle in Portland's 95-94 victory over New Orleans on Sunday. The injury occurred in the final minute of the game, which was won on rookie Damian Lillard's 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds left.
Aldridge, who is averaging 21 points and eight rebounds a game, was off the crutches on Thursday night but he was wearing a boot and walking with a limp.
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|It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Body area network. (Discuss)
|The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject. Please help improve the article with a good introductory style. (October 2009)
The term BSN is first coined by Prof Guang-Zhong Yang[1] of Imperial College London in order to bring together scientists from different disciplines such as computing, electronics, bioengineering and medicine. Traditionally existing Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) hardware platforms were modified for BSN applications. However due to limited bandwidth and computational requirement these modified platforms seems to be infeasible for BSN application. In order to facilitate research and development in body sensor network, a BSN hardware platform called BSN node is developed at Imperial College. The BSN node provides a suitable development platform for pervasive health care applications. Various physiological sensors can be integrated into BSN Node.
The rapid technological growth in physiological sensors, low power integrated circuits and wireless communication has enabled a new generation of wireless sensor networks. These wireless sensor networks are suitable for different applications, e.g. traffic monitoring, plant monitoring in agriculture, infrastructure monitoring and health monitoring. However, our work is related to Wireless sensor technology for health monitoring applications called Body Sensor Network. BSN is a rich interdisciplinary area which revolutionizes the health care system by allowing inexpensive, continuous and ambulatory health monitoring with real-time updates of medical records via Internet[2]. A number of intelligent physiological sensors can be integrated into a wearable wireless body area network, which can be used for computer assisted rehabilitation and even early detection of medical conditions.
BSN Development Kit
BSN development Kit consists of two BSN nodes, a USB programmer, one prototype board and one battery board.
Specification of BSN node
The BSN node is based on Texas instrument (TI) MSP430F149 micro controller[3]. The MSP430 processor is a 16 bit ultra low power RISC processor which can operate at minimum of 1.8 V. It consumes 3 mW at active mode and 15 µW at sleep mode. For wireless communication the Chipcon CC2420 is used in BSN node, which has a maximum throughput of 250 kbit/s with a range of 50 m. IEEE 802.15.4 Zigbee wireless link is used as a low power communication protocol. The detailed specification is given below:
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External links
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Grigg-Gault Wins Sebring Thriller
by Paul Slavonik on May 22nd, 2015
Sebring International Raceway is one of the oldest and most historic race tracks still in existence in the United States. A former training base during World War II for the U.S. Army Air Corp, Sebring has been continuously operating since 1950 and is home to the world famous 12 Hours of Sebring. Although the 65-year old track plays host to several categories of motorsports including the FIA World Endurance Championship, International Le Mans Cup and, more recently, the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, Sebring's virtual counterpart was home to the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Americas Series for Week 9 of the second season of 2015. The Starting Grid As the pre-race qualifying session got underway, 4 Motorsport driver and former iRacing.com V8 Supercars champion, Mitchell McLeod, put in a fast lap which [...]
Emerson Delivers at Road America
by Paul Slavonik on January 7th, 2015
With the first season of 2015 now well under way, the level of competition is heating up in the iRacing.com V8 Supercars Series. Road America was the battleground for Week 3 and for 30-laps, drivers from all over the world competed against both man and mechanical beast in the debut season of the official Ford vs. Holden battle. As the cars took to the starting grid, it was veteran sim-racer, John Emerson of Team TTL, who took pole-position with a staggering time of 2:07.409 while driving the Commodore. Starting alongside Emerson in second was Ian Ford of Evolution Racing Australia. The second row of the grid belonged to SDC Motorsports driver, Martin Carroll and Team TTL driver, Vail Riches, with Michael Fulcher of SDC rounding out the top-five. Green flag! [...]
Road Warriors R-E-S-P-E-C-T The Mountain
by Andrew Pinkerton on October 28th, 2014
After a weekend off, iRacing's Road Warriors were back at it Down Under. The vehicle of choice was the Ford Falcon V8 Supercar, making a last hurrah before it gives way to the Holden VF Commodore. The main theme for the 100 minute sim race around the Mount Panorama circuit was respect. The car, competitors and — most importantly the track – command respect. With over 600 horsepower and a top speed nearing 200, the Ford Falcon is a handful. And a cast of Falcons 40 strong thundering around any track demands a level head to avoid disaster. Finally The Mountain must be respected; forget that for just a split second and it will end in disaster. Once described by a NASCAR great as a "geological oddity," Mt Panorama's severe [...]
Road Warriors Get "Rad" at Oulton Park
by Andrew Pinkerton on October 2nd, 2014
Oulton Park hosted the fifteenth round of the 2014 iRacing Road Warrior Series. The Road Warriors' weapon du jour was the Radical SR8, an extremely nimble and very fast car. Weighing-in well under 2,000 pounds and with nearly 380 horsepower on tap, this beast demands a few hairs on a sim racer's chest – and preferably the soles of their feet — in order to extract its peak performance. The Radical will bite you when you least expect it, and this past weekend of sim racing was no exception: Only nine cars finished on the lead lap at the checkered flag across all of the races . . . combined. The Saturday 1:00 GMT kicked the weekend off with 18 starters. Rob Kodey had the pole, but ran into problems [...]
Hamstead Takes-Up the Title Fight
by Clayton Brooks on March 6th, 2014
The official iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed to Montréal, this week for Round Five of 2014 S1. The race didn't involve any pit stops so it would be a sprint from start to finish. All the drivers had to do was negotiate the tough and unforgiving Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve for 20 laps, or 87 kms. Once again Madison Down topped the qualifying time sheets, taking his fifth consecutive pole position with TTL sim-racer Richard Hamstead gridding alongside in P2. Row Two was occupied by George Maris and Tobias Czerny, with Beau Cattell starting fifth ahead of Leigh Ellis. ANZ Motorsports sim-racer Jarrad Filsell gridded up seventh with Mitchell McLeod eighth, while the fifth row had Marlon McMullen on the inside ahead of TTR steerer Shaun Kelly. As the online race got [...]
Marlon J. McMullen Claims V8 Supercars Americas Championship
by Paul Slavonik on January 27th, 2014
With the year coming to an exciting close, the V8 Supercars Americas league saw Marlon J. McMullen claim the 2013 Season 4 V8 Supercars Americas Championship with a 169 point margin. Concluding the season at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, there were two celebrations going on as victory at the final race was claimed by Chad Chastain with McMullen and Beau Cattell finishing on the podium respectively. Chastain, who only appeared for six out of the 12 weeks in the season and still managed to finish the season in the top five, also claimed pole position and set the fastest lap time of 1:36.821. It was a close championship battle all the way to the end. Week 11 at Virginia International Raceway was the deciding factor for Kurt Stenburg who finished the [...]
Emerson is King of the Mountain
by Dylan Sharman on December 13th, 2013
Round six of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series came back to Australia to visit a 6.213km circuit which is famously known as Mount Panorama (Bathurst). The question was left open to see who would be King of the Mountain for the very first time in the series history! Qualifying went the way of TTL with another front row lock-out with Richard Hamstead topping the time sheets at 2:05.213 and John Emerson joining him on the front row with a 2:05.323. Josh Muggleton and Rens Broekman would start from the second row while Michael Fabian and Dean O'Brien claimed the third row ahead of Madison Down and Shaun Kelly with Beau Cattell and Wayne C Bourke rounding out the top 10 starters. Hamstead jumped to the early lead while Muggleton and [...]
Muggleton Makes a Perfect Start
by Dylan Sharman on November 22nd, 2013
The iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed back to the USA for Round 3 of 2013 Season 4, Road Atlanta would host the first endurance event of the season in the form of a 45 lap online race. Josh Muggleton led the qualifying for the second straight week with Richard Hamstead joining him on the front row. Rens Broekman and Mitchell McLeod both had strong qualifying performances which put them up the front of the grid but for Broekman his stay at the front wouldn't last long. As the lights went out the Dutchman went nowhere as he had neglected to put his Ford Falcon in gear and so got collected by Matthew Hill. Nor was the carnage limited to the grid. The Big One unfolded in Turn 1 when Tony [...]
Muggleton's Title Defence Off to a Strong Start
by Dylan Sharman on November 8th, 2013
Season 4 of the 2013 iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series kicked-off on Monday night at Okayama in Japan. A record Strength of Field of 4648 saw a great turn-out of over 126 people competing in the main online race. Josh Muggleton started his title defence in the best way possible, edging-out team mate Madison Down and Rens Broekman to take home the season opener and continue on his good form which took him to the 2013 S3 title. For the majority of the race, however, it was John Emerson in the TTL Good Game Falcon leading the way with the two Tatts.com Falcons following closely behind closely. But things went pair shaped for Emerson on Lap 22 of 30. A lapped car had a moment when re-joining the track and drove [...]
V8 Championship Heats-Up in The States
by Dylan Sharman on October 15th, 2013
Rounds Nine and 10 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Championship went to two of the classic American tracks, Road Atlanta and Watkins Glen. With the championship heating up between the two team mates the battle for third is also well and truly alive. Round Nine at Road Atlanta saw Madison Down dominate from start to finish, never really being challenged at all cruising to an 8.5 second win. Josh Muggleton came home in second place just ahead of Richard Hamstead who threw everything at Muggleton in the final laps but couldn't get the job done and settled for third place. Shaun Kelly and Michael Fabian rounded-out the top five finishers as they both try and hunt down Leigh Day who is currently third in the overall points. Day had a [...]
Muggleton Survives Canadian Chaos
by Dylan Sharman on September 23rd, 2013
Round Seven of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed to a brand new track to iRacing for this season: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (also known as Montreal). With the drivers now into the second half of the season, the championship is well and truly alive. Qualifying was led by Josh Muggleton, following on his excellent form at Phillip Island to take back-to-back pole positions, with Justin Ruggier once again joining him on the front row. Richard Hamstead and Madison Down would start from the second row with the Leighs — as in Leigh Day (P5) and Leigh Ellis (P6) — locking-out the third row. Tobias Czerny led the internationals in seventh with James McKnight joining him on Row Four as Shaun Kelly and Wayne C Bourke rounded out the top 10. [...]
Ruggier Too Good Down Under
by Dylan Sharman on September 16th, 2013
Round 6 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed home to Phillip Island for an endurance event which would see the sim-racers tackle 40 laps (178km) of "The Island." Qualifying was extremely close with Josh Muggleton taking pole with a 1:31.222 with Justin Ruggier in second. Madison Down and Richard Hamstead started from the second row with Shaun Kelly in fifth just .057s away from pole position. Leigh Day rounded-out the third row with Vail Riches and Beau Cubis on the fourth row ahead of the TT-R tandem of Leigh Ellis and Tony Autridge. When the green lights flashed Muggleton led the field into Turn One for the first time with Ruggier just ahead of Down and Hamstead. As everyone sorted themselves out the first lap, Hill and Autridge came [...]
Ruggier Reaches The Summit!
by Dylan Sharman on September 4th, 2013
Round Four of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed to West Virginia and Summit Point Raceway. It has been a year plus since the series ran here last and with some different strategies on offer this time around competitors and fans alike could look forward to a different mix this time around the two mile road course. Qualifying saw Justin Ruggier taking the pole position with a best lap of 1:09.798, edging Madison Down for the inside of the front row. Josh Muggleton and Leigh Day would start from the second row ahead of Shaun Kelly and Dean O'Brien, with Wayne C Bourke and Michael Fabian occupying seventh and eighth on the grid ahead of Scott U'Ren and Leigh Ellis. The start saw Ruggier and Muggleton leading the way into [...]
Down Starts New V8 Season In Style
by Dylan Sharman on August 9th, 2013
Round One of the 2013 S3 iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series and the start of the new season at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (affectionately known as Mosport); with Tatts dominating last season– winning 10 of 12 races — everyone was wondering if anyone can stop their domination. Qualifying offered some hope for the non-Tatts contingent as Justin Ruggier posted a 1:18.291 to edge defending champion Madison Down for the pole. Josh Muggleton and Shaun Kelly grabbed the Row Two ahead of Leigh Day and Tony Autridge, with Leigh Ellis and Rens Broekman starting from the fourth row and Matthew Nethercote and Michael Fabian rounding-out the top 10 starters for the opening round. When the lights went green, however, it was Down getting the jump on the pole sitter Ruggier into Turn [...]
Tatts Domination
by Dylan Sharman on August 1st, 2013
Round 12 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed home to Oran Park. With the championship all but over it was time to sort out the minor placings, particularly the battle between second and third as Justin Ruggier tried to retain his grip on the runner-up spot and Josh Muggleton trying to slot-in behind presumptive champion Madison Down to make it a Tatts/TT-R 1-2 this promised to be a cracking race. Qualifying king Madison Down would take pole position with a 1:05.944, with Ruggier starting alongside ahead of Muggleton and Brad Ryan on the second row. John Emerson and Jon Latham grabbed Row Three ahead of Richie Stanaway and Shaun Kelly with Leighton Fine and Matthew Nethercote rounding-out the top ten on Row Five. When the lights went green it [...]
Down Edges Closer To V8 Title No.7
July 15th, 2013
Round 10 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed to Barber Motorsports Park. The last time the series was here was back in 2010 when the iRacing.com Pro Series visited the circuit, so this was a first time at Barber for most of the sim-racers. Qualifying was lead by Madison Down with a blistering time of a 1:24.450 with John Emerson moving up a couple rows in the final session with a 1:24.607. Josh Muggleton and Justin Ruggier would start from the second row with Rens Broekman making a return in fifth place. Alongside Broekman on the third row would be Vail Riches with Shaun Kelly and Jon Latham starting on the fourth row ahead of Leigh Day and Leigh Ellis. When the lights went green it was Muggleton getting [...]
Down Does It Again
by Dylan Sharman on July 1st, 2013
Round 8 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed into the UK to tackle Oulton Park. With the series about to head into the final four weeks and drop weeks coming into play, the championship has opened-up. Madison Down may have taken victory in five of seven online races to date but consistency has thrust Justin Ruggier into the series at this point. Qualifying at the challenging Cheshire circuit again saw Down atop the charts with a best lap of 1:31.255, with the championship leader alongside him on the front row. Josh Muggleton and John Emerson would start just behind on the second row ahead of Shaun Kelly and Vail Riches, with Richie Stanaway and Adrian Stratford a tenth of a second back in seventh and eighth as Matthew Hill [...]
Down Continues Fine Form at The Glen
by Dylan Sharman on June 21st, 2013
Round 7 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series took the teams to one of the most popular tracks on the calendar: Watkins Glen. However, this week's racing saw the drivers take on a different challenge with the "Classic" layout bringing the big back straightaway into play. Qualifying for this week was (once again) led by Madison Down, whose lap of 1:07.543 secured the pole position with Richard Hamstead starting alongside him on the front row. Justin Ruggier and Josh Muggleton would start from the second row with Shaun Kelly and Leigh Ellis Row Three. Adrian Stratford and Rens Broekman would start from the fourth row with Matthew Hill and Leigh Day rounding out the top 10 starters. When the green lights flashed it was even off the line, but into [...]
Crazy 8s in Virginia
by Dylan Sharman on June 7th, 2013
Round 5 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed to Virginia International Raceway. It has been a few seasons since the drivers took to VIR and the sim-racers would have to re-acquaint themselves with the full 5.2 km circuit consisting of 17 corners. Qualifying was lead by Madison Down who posted a very impressive lap of 1:48.159 which was two tenths quicker than fellow-front row sitter Justin Ruggier while Josh Muggleton and Richard Hamstead occupied the second row of the grid. Shaun Kelly and Richie Stanaway would start from the third row with Adrian Stratford and Troy Cox on the fourth row and Vail Riches and Leigh Day rounding-out the top 10 starters. When the lights went green Down went nowhere, causing a massive start line pile up. By the [...]
Hamstead Stands Tall in Atlanta
by Dylan Sharman on May 20th, 2013
The iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series stayed in the States for Round Two as drivers and teams took to Road Atlanta. Last week's record number of 135 drivers was backed up with another 128 sim-racers traveling to Georgia for Week 2. Qualifying was led by Richard Hamstead with a lap at 1:21.044 to grab the pole position with Madison Down just .029s behind. Justin Ruggier and Adrian Stratford would qualify on the second row with Mitchell McLeod and Josh Muggleton from the third row. John Emerson and Shaun Kelly started from the fourth row with Brad Ryan and Matthew Hill rounding-out the top 10 qualifiers. Hamstead led the field into Turn One for the first time and, with Down hung-out on the outside, Ruggier was able to sneak by and move [...]


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The ideal way to implement change is to wait for Congress to change the laws. The most efficient way for an American citizen to make their anger felt is by boycotting Walgreens.
When did climate change become a women's issue? When women made it clear they care deeply about it. Women in battleground states understand (by a margin of 72 percent to 19 percent) that we have a moral obligation to future generations to make the air safer to breathe and the climate more stable.
It's against the law to buy $28 billion of cocaine and it's against the law to hire illegal immigrants to pick our crops, but we do both. It's time to face the reality that we've caused the border crisis.
Richard "Dickie" Mellon-Scaife the reclusive billionaire publisher and heir of the 19th century Mellon Bank robber barons died at 82 on Friday, the final punctation of a dark biography of political manipulation and democracy demolition equal or greater to his more public friends the Koch brothers.
An enormous gap has emerged about what liberty means today. The debate drives vastly different visions of where the country is headed. What should unite us, divides us. Unnecessarily, as it turns out. There's common ground if we want to find it.
It's impossible to prove a negative. In other words, one can't actually find Bigfoot to prove that he's not real; therefore, Bigfoot might be real because we just haven't found him yet. This is similar to how global warming skeptics argue their case.
The big story of this year's primaries is that the Tea Party is being creamed. Meanwhile, the GOP's mainstream and Tea Party candidates are trying to paper over their differences, all the while keeping up what Democrats must find an entertaining brawl.
When you consider what has been happening to the average working person since the era of Ronald Reagan, it's amazing that the Republicans have fought the Democrats about to a draw. The recipe of Reagan and both Bushes has been to weaken government, undermine the regulation of market excesses, attack core social insurance programs, tilt the tax system away from the wealthy and towards the middle class, gut the safeguards that protect workers on the job, make college ever more unaffordable, and appoint judges who undermine democracy itself. That stuff is not exactly popular. Yet Democrats seem largely unable to convert Republican elitism to their advantage.
Bringing a Glock into Starbucks doesn't make you a freedom fighter. If you want to carry a weapon and wear tactical clothing, here's an idea: Go see a recruiter.
His last name is actually Sheriff. Yet, while growing up in Yazoo, Mississippi, Jacob Sheriff never thought he would one day wear the name as a prefix and actually become Sheriff Jacob Sheriff.
When analyzing the words of Tea Party candidates and Tea Party websites, it's obvious there's only one solution to the dilemmas passionate conservatives now face: A third political party in the United States.
Insurgents this week are pushing for regime change... in the U.S.. Is ISSA our ISIS -- and Lois Lerner really Nixon? Lowry and Alter clash whether the IRS is a true scandal or not even a "smidgeon" of one.
The end of June is an important time on the political calendar, but it is one which most Americans don't really think about all that much. It's hard to fault this, so let's take a quick run through the important decisions handed down in the past week.
What the SCOTUS historically has not engaged in since the days of the Robber Barons, though, seems to be pattern and practice of the Roberts SCOTUS: Libertarian pro-corporate, anti-government, anti-citizen rulings that serve the most narrow and wealthy of interests.
Chris McDaniel was the candidate of the Tea Party (tm) corporation and is quite upset at having lost the primary election to sitting senator Thad Cochran. He is right to be upset at losing -- just as anyone is right to be upset at losing. He's also right that the Republican Party today is not the "party of Reagan."


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Still, the cumulative effect of so much personal footage is hypnotic. I know how Jennifer cracks eggs, how she eats cereal when she's alone, how her voice rises and catches when she gets emotional. I also know that she has spent the better part of the past few years obsessing over Kye and Patrick, the aforementioned lovers, wondering which would make the better partner (the answerobvious to the viewer from the very first minuteis Patrick, since Kye is married with children and lives in South Africa). I've seen Jennifer's naked body as she bathes, and her naked face as she learns that she's had a miscarriage. (I've also, unfortunately, seen several of her gynecological exams.)
But what truly redeems this self-indulgence is that Fox uses her overwrought, Nora Ephronish personal crises as a jumping-off point to explore the emotional lives of dozens of women around the worldwomen who tend to be more interesting and engaging than Fox herself (and certainly have more common sense). Paromita, a grassroots organizer in India, called off an engagement because her fiancé did not approve of her activism; she is frank about her distaste for male companionship and her lack of sexual desire. L'Dawn, a single mother on a Wyoming Shoshone reservation, is fighting an epic custody battle against her ex-husband. "He's still my beloved," she says of him, "but he's a motherfuckin' son of a bitch cocksuckin' go fuck yourself goodbye."
Instead of interviewing the women from behind a lens, Fox gathered them in a room, handed over her small camera, and instructed them to pass it around, filming each speaker in turn. This can be jerky, but it captures the rhythm and flow of female conversation: sometimes sad, often bawdy, usually honest. Unfortunately, as a participant in this conversation, Fox is rarely analytical or intellectually rigorous; occasionally, in rural India and Pakistan, she is dangerously naïve about the realities of her subjects' lives. In the end, Flying is a gentle monstrosity, swollen and silly, but shot through with some wonderful stories. And after six hours, I know this for sure: Fox is far more competent behind the camera than in front of it, better at observing life than living it.
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Using low dose x-rays of two different energy levels, whole body dual x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) measures lean tissue mass and total and regional body fat, as well as bone density.
Measurements of body composition have been used to study how lean body mass and body fat change during health and disease and have provided a research tool to study the metabolic effects of aging, obesity, and various wasting conditions such as occurs with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or post-bariatric surgery. A variety of techniques has been researched, including most commonly, anthropomorphic measures, bioelectrical impedance, and dual x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans. All of these techniques are based in part on assumptions regarding the distribution of different body compartments and their density, and all rely on formulas to convert the measured parameter into an estimate of body composition. Therefore, all techniques will introduce variation based on how the underlying assumptions and formulas apply to different populations of subjects, i.e., different age groups, ethnicities, or underlying conditions. Anthropomorphic, bioimpedance, and DEXA techniques are briefly reviewed as followed.
Anthropomorphic Techniques
Anthropomorphic techniques for the estimation of body composition include measurements of skin-fold thickness at various sites, bone dimensions, and limb circumference. These measurements are used in various equations to predict body density and body fat. Due to its ease of use, measurement of skin-fold thickness is one of the most commonly used techniques. The technique is based on the assumption that the subcutaneous adipose layer reflects total body fat, but this association may vary with age and gender.
Bioelectrical Impedance
Bioelectrical impedance is based on the relationship between the volume of the conductor (i.e., the human body), the conductor's length (i.e., height), the components of the conductor (i.e., fat and fat-free mass), and its impedance. Estimates of body composition are based on the assumption that the overall conductivity of the human body is closely related to lean tissue. The impedance value is then combined with anthropomorphic data to give body compartment measures. The technique involves attaching surface electrodes to various locations on the arm and foot. Alternatively, the patient can stand on pad electrodes.
Underwater Weighing
Underwater weighing (UWW) has generally been considered the reference standard for body composition studies. This technique requires the use of a specially constructed tank in which the subject is seated on a suspended chair. The subject is then submerged in the water while exhaling. While valued as a research tool, UWW is obviously not suitable for routine clinical use. UWW is based on the assumption that the body can be divided into 2 compartments with constant densities, i.e., adipose tissue with a density of 0.9g/cm3 and lean body mass (i.e., muscle and bone) with a density of 1.1g/cm3. One limitation of the underlying assumption is the variability in density between muscle and bone; for example, bone has a higher density than muscle, and bone mineral density (BMD) varies with age and other conditions. In addition, the density of body fat may vary, depending on the relative components of its constituents, e.g., glycerides, sterols, and glycolipids.
While the cited techniques assume 2 body compartments, DEXA can estimate 3 body compartments consisting of fat mass, lean body mass, and bone mass. DEXA systems use a source that generates x-rays at 2 energies. The differential attenuation of the 2 energies is used to estimate the bone mineral content and the soft tissue composition. When 2 x-ray energies are used, only 2 tissue compartments can be measured; therefore, soft tissue measurements (i.e., fat and lean body mass) can only be measured in areas in which no bone is present. DEXA also has the ability to determine body composition in defined regions, i.e., in the arms, legs, and trunk. DEXA measurements are based in part on the assumption that the hydration of fat-free mass remains constant at 73%. Hydration, however, can vary from 67–85% and can be variable in certain disease states. Other assumptions used to derive body composition estimates are considered proprietary by DEXA manufacturers (i.e., Lunar, Hologic, and Norland.)
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Whole body dual x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) body composition studies are considered experimental, investigational, and unproven.
Several different clinical roles for whole body dual x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans to assess body composition have been suggested. Each clinical application requires different data for analysis.
DEXA as Reference Standard for Body Composition Assessment
In general, reference standards for diagnostic tests, often used primarily in research settings, serve to evaluate and verify the use of simpler and more convenient alternative tests that measure the same diagnostic parameter. For body composition studies, underwater weighing (UWW) has been historically considered the reference standard. The emergence of DEXA as a potential new reference standard reflects its ease of use and the fact that it provides a 3-compartment model of body density, i.e., lean body mass, bone mass, and fat mass, compared to the 2-compartment model of UWW. More recently, a 4-compartment model has been suggested as the reference standard, consisting of measurements of bone/mineral, protein, water, and fat. Studies to evaluate different techniques of measuring the same parameter typically consist of correlation studies that compare values between the 2 techniques. However, correlation studies do not provide information on which diagnostic technique more closely represents the true value. For example, a lack of correlation between DEXA and UWW may reflect the lack of accuracy of UWW, as opposed to any deficiency in the DEXA technique. Furthermore, two diagnostic techniques may be highly correlated but produce different values of body composition, i.e., compared to UWW, DEXA may identify different groups of patients as abnormal and normal.
There is extensive literature comparing DEXA to other techniques for assessing body composition, most commonly UWW, bioelectrical impedance, or skin-fold thickness in different populations of patients, i.e., different age groups, ethnicities, and underlying disorders. (1-4) In general, these studies have shown that DEXA is highly correlated to various methods of body composition assessment. Detailed review of this extensive literature is beyond the scope of this discussion; however, it is apparent that many authors would consider a DEXA body composition study the reference standard. For example, in various research studies, the results of DEXA body composition have been included as an intermediate outcome in studies of nutrition and various metabolic disorders. (5-9) Regardless of whether a DEXA scan is considered the reference standard, the key consideration regarding its routine clinical use is if the results of the scan can be used in the management of the patient to improve health outcomes.
DEXA as a Diagnostic Test to Detect Abnormal Body Composition
As a single diagnostic measure, it is important to establish diagnostic cut-off points for normal and abnormal values. This is problematic, since normal values will require the development of normative databases for the different components of body composition (i.e., bone, fat, and lean mass) for different populations of patients at different ages. In terms of measuring BMD, normative databases have largely focused on postmenopausal white women, and these values cannot necessarily be extrapolated to either men or to different races. DEXA determinations of BMD are primarily used for fracture risk assessment in postmenopausal women and to select candidates for various pharmacologic therapies to reduce fracture risk. In addition to the uncertainties of establishing normal values for other components of body composition, it also is unclear how a single measure of body composition would be used in the management of the patient.
DEXA as a Technique to Monitor Changes in Body Composition
Changes in body composition over time may provide useful information. The ability to detect changes is related in part to the precision of the technique, defined as the degree to which repeated measurements of the same variable give the same value. For example, DEXA measurements of bone mass are thought to have a precision error of 1–3%, and given the slow rate of change in body mass index (BMD) in postmenopausal women treated for osteoporosis, it is likely that DEXA scans would only be able to detect a significant change in BMD in the typical patient after 2 years of therapy. Of course, changes in body composition are anticipated to be larger and more rapid than changes in BMD in postmenopausal women; therefore, precision errors in DEXA scans become less critical in interpreting results. Many studies have used DEXA to monitor changes in body composition, and the precision is similar to that estimated for DEXA measurements of BMD. While measuring changes in body composition is widely used in athletes for training purposes, it is still unclear how monitoring changes in body composition could be used in the medical management of the patient.
Additional Studies
The literature reflects extensive use of whole body DEXA to determine body composition in research. Active research areas are comparison of established clinical measures of body composition (body mass index or BMI, anthropomorphic measurements, and bioelectrical impedance analysis) with results using DEXA, and improvement of equations for more accurate clinical assessment of lean and fat body mass. Although refinement of equations may lead to closer agreement with DEXA estimates of fat mass and fat-free mass, for routine clinical use, BMI is considered to provide satisfactory accuracy. (10)
For many clinical indications, DEXA is being used as the reference standard for the development of simpler methods of determining body composition. (11-14) For example, one study found that the Slaughter equation with skin-fold measurements was the closest to DEXA for assessing the body composition of children with cystic fibrosis. (15) In another study, bioelectrical impedance was considered to be a valid diagnostic alternative to DEXA in women with amenorrhea.(16) In patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated lipodystrophy, bioelectrical impedance was found to measure body composition with good precision in comparison with DEXA. (17) Another study reported that a linear regression model incorporating age, weight, height, waistline, and hipline, predicted DEXA body composition with good accuracy and might be developed as a screening method to identify individuals with metabolic dysfunction. (18)
DEXA measurements of body mass continue to be included as outcomes measures in various trials. A few reports suggest that DEXA may have clinical utility for diagnosis of lipodystrophy in patients with HIV, for predicting metabolic insulin sensitivity in older men and women, and for predicting glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in dialysis patients. (19-24) In another study, investigators hypothesized that DEXA would provide more accurate measurement than other methods in conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), with altered fluid balance. (25) Research in these specific clinical applications of DEXA is at an early stage, and studies have not shown if use of this test in clinical care improves outcomes.
DEXA (dual x-ray absorptiometry) has emerged as a new reference standard for body composition studies, replacing underwater weighing. While DEXA scans have become a valued research tool, it is unclear how information regarding body composition could be used in the active medical management of the patient to improve health outcomes. Periodic literature searches have not identified any controlled studies in which DEXA body composition measurements were actively used in patient management, nor has the utility of DEXA been compared to the use of other simpler techniques of body composition assessment, i.e., bioelectrical impedance or skin-fold thickness, in a clinical setting. None of the studies reported data demonstrating the impact of body composition measurement on health outcomes. The technique is considered investigational.
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Experimental, investigational and unproven for all diagnoses.