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"They had the intent that nobody was going to walk out of there alive," said assistant state's attorney Lou Longhitano.
"This guy's not just cold, he's subzero," Longhitano said.
Assistant Public Defender Michael Mayfield voiced the defense's reactions to Tuesday's guilty verdict and reminded the jury that the law presumes Degorski not eligible for the death penalty.
"We are disheartened but not discouraged," said Mayfield. "As we enter this second phase, we respect your verdict and the way you've comported yourself throughout this trial."
Assistant state's attorney Tisa Morris effectively summarized the prosecution's argument quoting the adage: if you fail to plan you plan to fail.
Degorski's actions confirm "that he did not plan to fail," Morris said.
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Which, alongside Grizzly Bear, can also be categorised with the alt-country likes of Band of Horses and the spaced-out psyche-pop of The Ruby Suns, with just a splash of Animal Collective eclecticism stirred into the mix at the last minute. Apple's Acre is an intriguing puzzle of oddly arranged components, which settle into place with an unnatural ease despite seeming at odds with each other. It's multi-faceted, ambitious and singular of assembly (those reference acts tell only half the story, as there's plenty of originality on display; comparisons are made with regard to feeling rather than framework).
Vocals drift in and out of focus but always play a considerable part in proceedings, harmonies swelling to bolster instrumental arrangements and plugging directly into the heart in the process. Opener Technicolor wastes no time in establishing Nurses' approach: swinging percussion playing out atop breezy Rhodes work, while voices wax and wane with delicious ethereality. Man at Arms could be The Dodos possessed by of Montreal, and What Then's meditative meandering is as warm and welcoming a mid-section track as any album could hope to be blessed with.
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Maarten buis <email@example.com>
Re: st: Error with MIM installed command
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--- On Sat, 29/8/09, Amanda Agan wrote:
> I am using the "mim" command to do estimation on multiply
> imputed datasets. I did not use "ice" to create these
> datasets as I wanted to use an estimation scheme not
> allowed by ice (desmat). Instead, I created the multiply
> imputed datasets myself and put them together using mijoin
> (as shown here:
> http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/Stata/library/ice.htm
> under "other issues").
> Then, when I use the "mim" prefix to run a very simple
> regression i get the following error:
> " file var/tmp_mim_ests1.ster could not be opened for
> output "
> Any thoughts?
My first thought is that both -mim- and -desmat- are user
written program, so per the Statalist FAQ you should
specify where you obtained these. This is important these
programs tend to float around in cyberspace in multiple
locations and in multiple versions.
My second thought is that your manually imputation model
likely to be very problematic. -desmat- is just a
convenience command for creating variables. Manually
creating correct imputations in this case is virtually
impossible if you don't exactly know what -desmat- does
and how to manually reproduce it's behavior. If you know
that already, than it is much much saver to use -ice-,
circumventing -desmat-, and make use of the -passive()-
option in -ice-, as discussed here:
So I would advise to take a look at the articles in which
-desmat- is described (type -help desmat- to get the
references, which are in the STB which are available here:
http://www.stata.com/bookstore/stbj.html ) Than see if you
can recover from those articles how to manually recreate
the variables, and use -ice- with the -passive()- option
instead of your manual imputation model.
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Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 301485, 5 pages
Correlation of Self-Reported Questionnaire (KOOS) with Some Objective Measures in Primary OA Knee Patients
1Department of Physiotherapy, GJUST, Hisar, Haryana 125 001, India
2Sainath University, Ranchi, India
3V-Care Physiotherapy Center, Hyderabad 500 035, India
Received 19 September 2013; Accepted 10 December 2013; Published 16 January 2014
Academic Editors: H. Bodur, A. Sudo, and E. Tchetina
Copyright © 2014 Kulandaivelan Sivachidambaram et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Purpose. Objective of the present study was to see the correlation of subjectively measured KOOS questionnaire with objectively measured 6-minute walk test (6-MWT), age, height, weight, and BMI. Participants. 251 subjects with OA knee based on American College of Rheumatology criteria. Methods. After passing inclusion and exclusion criteria, the following parameters were recorded: age, height, weight, and BMI. Then subjects were asked to fill KOOS questionnaire; then all subjects were asked to do self-paced walk for 6 minutes. Analysis. Spearman rank test was done to see the correlation. Significant level was set at . Results. 6-MWT had a weak correlation with KOOS-ADL (rho 0.461) and strong correlation with KOOS-symptom, KOOS-pain, and KOOS-sports and very strong correlation with KOOS-QOL. BMI had a strong correlation with KOOS-pain, KOOS-symptom, KOOS-ADL, and KOOS-sports and very strong correlation with KOOS-QOL. Weight had a weak correlation with KOOS-symptom, KOOS-ADL, and KOOS-sports and strong correlation with KOOS-pain and KOOS-QOL. All the above values were significant with . Conclusion. KOOS is strongly positively correlated with 6-MWT and negatively correlated with BMI. Its correlation strength has decreased with weight.
1. Introduction
Osteoarthritis (OA) in knee joint is the most common reason behind functional disability that leads to lowered quality of life in old age people of India. Some of the objective factors that may influence OA disease severity include but are not limited to age, height, weight, and BMI. In physiotherapy practice, lowering the pain, other symptoms, improving the activities of daily living (ADL), and quality of life (QOL) are main outcome criteria for OA knee rehabilitation. To achieve this rehabilitative goal, physiotherapists use both self-reported questionnaires as well as performance-based tests to monitor prognosis in the above said parameters, that is, pain, symptoms, ADL, and QOL.
Self-reported questionnaires give subjective information about the disease process without examiner bias within short period of time [1], whereas, performance-based tests objectively measures patient's ability of perform ADL activities. Examples for self-reported questionnaire are WOMAC, SF-36, KOOS, and so forth. Examples for physical performance tests are timed up and go test (TUG), six-minute walk test (6-MWT), stair climbing test, and so forth [2]. Physical performance tests are affected by motivation and not affected by psychogenic factors such as beliefs, expectations, cognitive impairments, and cultural, lingual, and educational level [3, 4].
Possible difference between the two may be performance-based tests measure functional limitation, whereas self-reported questionnaire reveals disability, that is, combination of social and psychological side of the functional limitation. Functional limitation is sooner detected by performance-based tests than self-reported questionnaires [5, 6]. There is no consensus regarding the use of tests while some prefer to use self-reported questionnaires because they are easy to administer and have high internal consistency features; others prefer performance-based tests as they consider that these tests are essential for ADL evaluation of the patient. Ideally, both self-reported and functional tests should be used in knee rehabilitation setting [7, 8].
In order to ascertain more valid results, performance-based tests should always be correlated with self-reported measures. In previous studies, WOMAC, SF-36, and KOOS are compared with timed up and go (TUG) test [7, 9–11]. However there is no study that compares self-reported questionnaire with 6-MWT which is more deals with ADL as this measures both walking ability as well as endurance. KOOS is a relatively newer self-reported questionnaire that was developed from WOMAC by Roos et al. [12] for OA knee patients. Thus, primary objective of present study was to see the correlation of subjectively measured KOOS questionnaire with objectively measured 6-minute walk test (6-MWT), age, height, weight, and BMI.
2. Methodology
Present study was a cross-sectional survey study in which data was extracted from individuals with clinical and nonradiographic idiopathic or primary knee OA based on American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria [13]. ACR criteria for clinical diagnosis of idiopathic knee OA were based on knee pain in either knee on most days for at least 1 month in the previous year and at least two of the following signs/symptoms: stiffness, crepitus, bony tenderness, and bony enlargement. These items were assessed through clinical examination conducted by a trained clinical physiotherapist. Exclusion criteria were (1) self-reports of currently doing lower-extremity exercise ≥2 times per week; (2) self-reports of currently fitness walking ≥90 minutes per week; (3) being unable to read English/Urdu questionnaire (KOOS); (4) inflammatory arthritis; (5) self-reports of having current knee conditions such as meniscus tears and knee ligament ruptures; (6) fracture of spine or lower extremities; (7) being scheduled to undergo a major surgical procedure in the next 6 months; (8) those with neurological conditions; (9) having contraindications for exercise testing based on American College of Sports Medicine [14] criteria. Total of 251 patients (117 males, 134 females) met the above said criteria and were included for the present study. Their anthropometric characteristics along with ranges are given in Table 1.
2.1. Measurements
2.1.1. Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS)
KOOS is a self-reported questionnaire consisted of 42 questions in total addressing five patient-related domains including pain (9 questions), other disease-specific symptoms (7 questions), activity of daily living (ADL) (17 questions), sport and recreation function (5 questions), and knee-related quality of life (4 questions). All items were evaluated by five-point Likert scale. Total score changes between 0 and 100. Higher scores indicate better function. It takes 5–10 min to fill in all questions.
2.1.2. 6-Minute Walk Test (6-MWT)
6-MWT was used to study physical performance. The walking track was a 30 m long empty corridor with marks on every 5 meters. Patients were asked to walk back and forth along the 30 m track and to cover the longest possible distance in 6 minutes. At the end of every minute patients were informed without any verbal encouragement. Two weekly test-retest reliability of walking distance was reported to be 0.87 for patients with knee OA [2].
2.1.3. Height (cm)
The Physiotherapist measured height with a stadiometer. Patients stood on a firm surface in their bare feet to have their height measured.
2.1.4. Body Mass (kg) and Body Mass Index
Body mass was measured at the end of examination with a calibrated bathroom-type digital scale, on a firm surface. Patients were weighed in the standing position, wearing light indoor clothes, but no shoes, jewellery, or heavy clothing. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated with the formula (weight/(height)2).
2.2. Statistics
Data was analyzed using SPSS software (version 10.0) for presentation. Results are given in mean, standard deviation (SD), and range (minimum–maximum). Correlation was done using Spearman rank correlation since self-reported data was ordinal variable. The Spearman correlation coefficient was interpreted as follows: <0.3: none; 0.31–0.5: weak; 0.51–0.7: strong; 0.71–0.9: very strong; and >0.9: excellent [15].
3. Results
Table 2 shows mean and standard deviation along with range of all subscales of KOOS and 6-MWT in primary OA knee patients. Overall KOOS-sports and recreation had a minimum mean score followed by QOL subscale. Average, OA knee patients covered 251.77 m in 6 minutes.
Table 3 shows correlation between KOOS and other objective measures. 6-MWT had a weak correlation with KOOS-ADL (rho 0.461) and strong correlation with KOOS-symptom, KOOS-pain, and KOOS-sports (rho 0.578, 0.619, and 0.536, resp.) and very strong correlation with KOOS-QOL (rho 0.733). BMI had a strong correlation with KOOS-pain, KOOS-symptom, KOOS-ADL, and KOOS-sports (rho −0.683, −0.641, −0.523, and −0.640, resp.) and very strong correlation with KOOS-QOL (rho −0.816). Weight had a weak correlation with KOOS-symptom, KOOS-ADL, and KOOS-sports (rho −0.485, −0.333, and −0.413, resp.) and strong correlation with KOOS-pain and KOOS-QOL (rho −0.542 and −0.582, resp.). All the above values were highly significant with . There was no correlation between age and any of KOOS subscales except age and KOOS-QOL subscale (rho 0.159, ).
4. Discussion
The aim of the present study was to see the correlation between KOOS five subscales and some of the objective measures, that is, 6-MWT, age, height, weight, and BMI. The results show there is weak (none) correlation of KOOS subscales with height, progressively increase with weight and BMI. KOOS has almost no correlation with age and weak to strong correlation with 6-MWT. Our results are supported by the following studies.
Sabirli et al. [9] mean score of KOOS all subscales were less than present study results but trend is similar between the two studies meaning sports and recreation subscale is the least followed by QOL subscale and symptom subscale was the maximum in both studies.
The present study results are in agreement with Sabirli et al. [9] who reported strong correlation between timed up and go (TUG) and all subscales of KOOS. They reported −0.66, −0.521, −0.531, −0.694, and −0.561 for pain, symptom, ADL, sports, and QOL whereas present results for them to 6-MWT was 0.619, 0.578, 0.461, 0.536, and 0.733, respectively. Liikavainio et al. [11] found strong correlation between WOMAC and 5-MWT ( −0.485, −0.525, and −0.577 for pain, stiffness, function subscales, respectively, for all). Sutbeyaz et al. [16] reported negative correlation between WOMAC pain, function subscales, and 6-MWT ( −0.205 for pain, ; −0.646 for function, ). Similarly, Maly et al. [7] reported mild but significant correlation between 6-MWT, WOMAC pain, and stiffness subscales ( −0.39 for pain and −0.48 for stiffness). Both Maly et al. [7] and Liikavainio et al. [11] also reported positive correlation between TUG and WOMAC subscales.
Lin et al. [17] found mild correlation between WOMAC and physical performance tests in OA knee patients ( 0.33–0.54). Steultjens et al. [1] observed mild but significant correlation between observed and self-reported physical performance ( 0.20–0.26; ). Kennedy et al. [18] found mild to moderate correlation ( 0.21–0.50) between self-report and actual physical performance on 1044 knee arthroplasty patients. Stratford et al. [19] reported moderate correlation between self-reported lower extremity function scale (LEFS) and TUG time ( 0.42) on patients waiting for knee arthroplasty. Brandes et al. [20] reported positive correlation between gait cycle and SF-36 pain domain ( 0.6-0.7, ) as well as physical function domain ( 0.5, ). Recently, Adegoke et al. [21] reported a positive correlation between self-reported function and actual physical performance (stair climbing and TUG test) which is similar to our result ().
Tanamas et al. [22] in their longitudinal study reported that weight gain is associated with worsening pain, stiffness, and function in knee pain patients. Miller et al. [23] reported that 6 monthly changes in weight is correlated with WOMAC pain ( 0.346, ), stiffness ( 0.204), and function ( 0.310, ), respectively. Penserga and Tanque [24] reported a positive correlation between WOMAC (function) and weight ().
Correlation between weight and BMI is similar to that of Marks [25] (0.764 in present study versus 0.83 and 0.896 in Marks' study) and their reported for self-determined walking pace with BMI is similar to our KOOS-ADL with BMI (). However contradictory to our finding, Marks [25] reported lower values for VAS pain scale with BMI (). Aoyagi et al. [26] reported positive association between BMI and knee pain. Marks [27] concluded that BMI was significantly correlated with pain using VAS ( 0.270, ) and disability using AIMS ( 0.357, ).
Elbaz et al. [28] reported BMI significantly correlated with all subscales of WOMAC () and SF-36 but their correlation was <0.30. Previous studies also report similar correlation between BMI and WOMAC (Sanghi et al. [29]; for pain, stiffness, and ADL subscales in Külcü et al. [30] except Cubukcu et al. [31]. Creamer et al. [32] reported positive correlation () between WOMAC function subscale and BMI. Maly et al. [33] reported mild positive correlation between BMI and sit to stand performance ( 0.47, ).
Marks [27] concluded that age was not significantly correlated with pain using VAS ( −0.122) and disability using AIMS ( −0.175). Penserga and Tanque [24] reported lack of correlation between age and WOMAC disability subscales ( −0.077). Nebel et al. [34] reported lack of correlation between age and objectively measured gait parameters. Lack of correlation between KOOS pain ( 0.093), symptom ( 0.071), and ADL ( 0.036) subscales with age and weak correlation between age and KOOS QOL ( 0.159) subscale in OA knee patients have already been published in our previous publication with larger sample size [35]. Age found to be insignificant correlation with WOMAC pain ( 0.01) and function ( 0.06) subscales in 257 knee arthroplasty patients [36]. Elbaz et al. [28] also reported similar results in symptomatic OA knee patients using WOMAC (0.028, 0.023, 0.09 for pain, stiffness, and function subscales, resp.). Cubukcu et al. [31] reported similar result using WOMAC (correlations between age and WOMAC pain, stiffness, and function were 0.081, −0.49, 0.114, and resp.; all were statistically insignificant). Recently, Maly et al. [33] in their study found insignificant correlation between age and pain intensity ( −0.03) and physical performance ( 0.09).
5. Conclusion
KOOS is strongly positively correlated with 6-MWT and negatively correlated with BMI. Its correlation strength has decreased with weight. The present study results are in confirmation with previous studies and affirms the usage of KOOS in Indian OA knee patients.
Conflict of Interests
The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.
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Master horseman Dennis Reis, a.k.a. horse whisperer, will bring his skills to two shows in Milwaukee, today and tomorrow at Wisconsin State Fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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This County Detention Facilities Summary provides a monthly profile of Florida's detention facility inmate populations. Monthly Average Daily Population (ADP) figures include male, female, adult and juvenile inmates.
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The Tavernier Community Association (TCA) will celebrate its 15th birthday at its next regular meeting, 7 p.m. Thursday at the Tavernier Volunteer Fire Department, 151 Marine Ave.
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Jesus Reveals Himself To Nathanel
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Located in Jeju (Hallim), Harmony Resort is convenient to Hallim Park and Geumneung Beach. This hotel is within close proximity of Hyeopjae Beach and The Ma Park.
Make yourself at home in one of the 20 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchens. Complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Conveniences include separate sitting areas and refrigerators, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a garden. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, tour/ticket assistance, and barbecue grills.
Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Breakfast is available for a fee.
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Featured amenities include a business center and luggage storage. Free self parking is available onsite.
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Rehman, Aliya (1994) PHYCOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON TWELVE COMMON SPECIES OF GREEN SEAWEEDS FROM THE COAST OF KARACHI. PhD thesis, University of Karachi, Karachi.
Twelve commonly occurring coenocyte and saponaceous species of marine benthic algae i.e. Bryopsis pennata Lamouroux, Caulerpa chemnitzia (Esper) Lamouroux, Ca. faridii Nizamuddin, Ca. manorensis Nizamuddin, Ca. racemosa (Forsskal) 1. Agardh, Ca. taxifolia (Vahl) C. Agardh, Chaetomorpha antennina (Bory de Saint-Vincent) Kutzing, Cladophora uncinella Harvey, Codium decorticatum (Woodward) Howe, Co. flabellatum Nizamuddin, Co. iyengarii Borgesen and Valoniopsis pachynema (Martens) Borgesen, belonging to four different orders of the class Bryopsidophyceae of the division Chlorophyta, have been collected from the intertidal region at different coastal areas near Karachi (Pakistan) and investigated taxonomically as well as phycochemically. Although, all of them are taxonomically known species, but they have been studied phycochemically for the first time. Codium decorticatum is a new report from this region and Co.decorticatum, Co.flabellatum and Co. iyengarii have been described for the first time from the coast of Pakistan. Altogether 50 different fatty acids were detected in the methanolic or etlanolic extracts of these algal species and analysed as methyl esters qualitatively as well as quantitatively through GLC and GC-MS techniques. Twenty-two saturated fatty acids including one dicarboxylic (malonic) acid and 28 unsaturated fatty acids including 16 monoenoic, five dienoic, five trienoic and two monoynoic acids were identified. They included one saturated hydroxy (2,3-hydroxy propanoic) and four substituted unsaturated fatty acids. Unsaturated fatty acids were found to be present in larger proportion (46.65-74.31%) than the saturated ones (25.64-53.32%). The acids detected were mostly with 9-29 C atoms. Their compositions varied not only from genus to genus but also from species to species, the predominant acids also varied from species to species. Valoniopsis pachynema exhibited the greatest diversity with 30 acids, while Chaetomorpha antennina appeared to be the least diverse specie, with 10 fatty acids only. Although, no fatty acid could be detected in all the investigated species, myristoleic, palmitic and stearic acids were present in 11 species and heptadecylenic, oleic, nonadecylenic and liguoceric acids in nine species. No characteristic difference was observed between members of the four investigated orders. In general, Bryopsidophyceae appeared to be characterized by a wide variety of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids of all chain lengths and all degrees of unsaturation. The C3:0, C7:0, C8:0, C9:0, C9:2, C10:0, C11:0, C11:3, CI2:0, C13:I, CI3:2, CI6:1, C27:0, C29:0, C29:l and C29:3 acids were present in one to three species only, they are highly uncommon and of poor occurrence in Bryopsidophyceae, which differ from the general pattern of green seaweeds (Chlorophyta). Apart from that 13 sterols, two sterol derivatives and six acyclic diterpenes have been isolated from these green seaweeds, purified and their structures elucidated chemically through standard spectroscopic methods e.g. IR & UV, EI-, FAD-, FD- & HR-MS, 1H- & l3C-NMR and COSY-45 & 20 1H-l3C chemical shift experiments. Different C27 sterols including nine with cholesta skeleton a11 d six with stigmasta skeleton have been extracted and identified. They also included two sterol derivatives, out of which one was a glycoside (clerosterol galactoside). The sterols with cholesta skeleton included six 24-derivatives, a 4,4, 14-trimethyl sterol (cycloartanol) and an acetate derivative (cholestryl acetate). Cholesterol was the most common sterol in all the investigated species, it was found in eight species. Clerosterol appeared to be the characteristic sterol of the genus Codium, all the three species contained this sterol as well as its galactoside.Codium decorticatum was found to be very rich in sterol contents, seven different sterols were detected in this species. Six different acyclic diterpene alcohols including phytol have also been obtained and chemically elucidated. Codium decorticatum appeared to be very rich in diterpenoids as it contained four such compounds, while rest of the seaweed species did not contain more than two. Trans-phytol is tile most common diterpenoid and was detected in five different species, while others were present either in two or only one species. Certain new and novel compounds have been isolated and identified from these algae: e.g. malonic, l2-tridecynoic and 12-metlloxy-4-hexadecynoic acids from Codium iyengarii 2,3-dimethoxy-12-propanoic acid from Caulerpa chemnitzia, Codium decorticatum and Co. flabellatum; heptylic acid from Chaetol1lorpha antennina, Codiul1I flabellatum and Co. iyellgarii; 3,8-dimethyl-2,7-nonadienoic acid from Codium flabellatum and Valoniopsis pachynema; 24-metllyl-cholesta-7,22-diene-3ÃÂÃÂÃÂò-01 and 4,24dimetllyl-cholesta-5,22-diene-3ÃÂÃÂÃÂò-01 from Caulerpa faridii decortinone, decortinol, isodecortinol and 3,7,1l,15-tetramethyl-hexadecan-l,2-diol from Codium decorticatum;3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-hexadec-3-en-1,2-diol from Caulerpa chemnizia and Codium decorticatum; [2,3]-epoxide-3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-hexadecan-I-ol from Valoniopsis pachynema and clerosterol galactoside from Codium decorticaum, Co. flabellatum and Co. iyellgarii. CodiulII decorticaum appeared to be a unique alga, it revealed the presence of seven novel natural products, out of which four chemical constituents were not found in any other species and six were the new compounds. All the natural products isolated have been reported for the first time from the corresponding algal species. The decortinone, decortinol and isodecortinol among sterols, 3,7, 11, 15-tetrametyl-hexadecan-I,2-diol, 3,7,11,15-tetrametyl-hexadec-3-en1,2-diol and [2,3]-epoxide-3,7,1l,15-tetramethyl-hexadecan-1-ol among diterpenes and clerosterol galactoside among glycosides Were the new compounds, isolated for tile first time /Tom a natural source. The phycochemistry of Bryopsidophyceae appeared to be quite promising, several new as well as novel and unique secondary metabolites and chemical constituents have been isolated from them. It appears that the siphonaceous and coenocytic thallus has a peculiarity of some kind in its metabolism, which results in the biosynhesis of specialized natural products.
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|Mr. Muhammad Asif
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|20 Jan 2007
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Apple shares today rose less than 0.5% in Germany as European traders gave a lukewarm response to the iPhone maker's latest results, focusing on its first fall in quarterly profits in a decade rather than the fact the decline was not as bad as expected.
"There's clearly a law of large numbers," said Benedict Evans, analyst at London-based Enders Analysis. "If you've been growing at over 50% every quarter for the last two years, you reach a point where you can't do this any more.
"In the short term, there is a big cyclical-timing-product clash going on here," he added, referring to how it released new products at a different time than in previous years and now there is no new device expected until autumn.
Both the iPhone5 and iPad Mini were launched by Apple in autumn 2012, which would have pushed up costs, he suggested.
iPad sales jumped from 11.8 million to 19.5 million a year ago but iPhones only rose from 35 million to 37.4 million, amid speculation that the iPhone5 has failed to capture the imagination of consumers.
Evans said some analysts were worried iPhone sales may have peaked as would-be buyers at the premium end of the market have already "converted" to a smartphone.
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Profits fell to $9.5 billion (£6.2 billion) against $11.6 billion a year ago, with sales up $43.6 billion against $39.2 billion. The company also announced a $60 billion share buyback.
Five banks cut their target price for Apple shares, which have already tumbled 40% from their peak. Nomura was particularly disappointed after Apple chief executive Tim Cook appeared to indicate there would be no new launch until the autumn.
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was terrific at lollachile. like the way he ads live keyboards to the rhythms and the beats.
His set was great at Lolla 2010 as well. Very excited to see him on the lineup.
does he bring his light show? videos I've seen on youtube are something else.
I thought I'd re-post my Joachim Garraud essay from the Coachella board:
So, I'm not sure if anyone had the misfortune of checking out Joachim Garraud's set, but, it warrants discussion.
I had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Garraud at Lollapalooza 2010 being totally unaware of what a bizarre and misguided attempt at DJ superstardom his set is. Despite that, I still somehow managed to wander into the Sahara this year to find that not much had changed since last August.
You see, my friends, Joachim Garraud simply is trying to do too many things at one time. He's like the Carrot Top of DJing.
Case in point: he plays a keytar during his sets.
Now, it doesn't really add anything to the set or sound. He pretty much plays the same bleeps and bloops that are being played in the tracks in his set. But, it gives him something to do, I suppose. In example, sometimes he plays a much more boring version of the hook from Swedish House Mafia's "One" on it:
Next, he has some sort of alien motif that never really makes sense.
He hands out these alien masks during his set, which, in my experience, almost always get instantly tossed to the ground.
He never really seems to explain the alien thing. He doesn't appear to claim to be an alien himself or some from outer space. He also relies heavily on Space Invader imagery without any real explanation. He hands out free t-shirts during his set that say "WE LOVE USA" with "LOVE" replaced by a Space Invader. I guess it's funny how it kind of ends up reading like broken English, but again, I'm not really sure what he's going for.
He loves to drop "Sandstorm" in his sets.
Here's another example of his blatant "love me" pandering. "WE LOVE MUSIC"? I mean, who's going to disagree with that? He's really playing it safe here. And, it's not like he dropped "Sandstorm" as like, a wacky one-time Coachella thing. It's a staple of his set. He wants to replace Darude in people's minds when it comes to "Sandstorm."
So, here's this poor bastard, running all over stage, playing his keytar, handing out masks and t-shirts, dropping Sandstorm, professing his love for America and music, and yet, somehow, his sets manage to be overwhelmingly forgettable with some regularity.
If you missed Joachim Garraud, I guess you shouldn't be too bummed about it. He didn't Shpongle anyone or have a glowruption. But he did do one thing that you didn't see any other DJ do all weekend: he wears his douchiness like a badge. Other DJs try to cover it up by doing things like yelling "Make some fucking noooooooooooise" ad nauseum, having girls hula hoop on stage, or collaborating with KoRn. But not Joachim Garraud. He wants you, as an American, to accept him as a douchey DJ.
And I guess, ultimately, it's this attitude that I find refreshing in today's EDM scene.
I'm Malcolm Jamal Awesome, and this has been Joachim Garraud.
malcolm, he did all or most of those things at his set during lollapalooza Chile, and the crowd ate it up. anyone who could catch a mask immediately put it on. only armin van buuren was better at the lg stage over the two days, and armin didn't do any of those things to interact with the crowd.


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Getting a good night's sleep is a high priority for most people. However, for those with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and their caregivers, an uninterrupted night's sleep can be an unusual luxury. Sleep disturbances such as wandering, repeatedly getting out of bed, and day-night confusion are common among people with dementia. Dealing with these disturbances is tough on family caregivers. Sleep problems are a major factor in decisions to move AD patients away from their homes and family members in the community into institutions.
Finding ways to help AD patients sleep better is a chief focus for ADRC investigator Dr. Susan McCurry. Through her research, she hopes to provide relief for family caregivers who are frequently awakened at night to attend to their loved ones' needs. Sedating medications are often prescribed to improve sleep, but few studies show such medications are effective and, in older adults with dementia, there is a greater risk of side-effects than among younger healthy individuals. For this reason, McCurry's research centers on behavioral interventions that can be an alternative or supplement to sleeping medications. Preliminary findings are promising, she says. Providing sleep education to caregivers and active assistance in setting up a regular program for good sleep practices may help to reduce sleep disturbances in AD patients.
In a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, McCurry enrolled 36 community-dwelling AD patients who had one or more sleep problems that were occurring three or more times a week, and who lived with a family caregiver that could monitor their sleep and put treatment recommendations into practice. The ongoing project, known as Nighttime Insomnia Treatment and Education for Alzheimer's Disease (NITE-AD), is a comprehensive sleep education program that teaches caregivers about good sleep practices, trains them in behavior management skills, and helps them increase patients' daytime activity and exposure to light.
To evaluate the NITE-AD intervention, McCurry and her colleagues conducted a randomized controlled trial to compare outcomes for participants who received active treatment with control subjects who received only sleep education handouts and caregiver support. Caregivers kept a daily sleep diary, and both patients and caregivers wore wrist-movement recorders that provided objective sleep estimates at the beginning of the study, at the end of the two-month treatment period, and at a six-month follow-up.
Participants were randomly assigned to the active treatment group or the control group. All participants received six in-home treatment sessions over a two-month period. Sessions included written information about good sleep habits, sleep changes associated with normal aging and dementia, and basic strategies for improving sleep problems in persons with AD.
In addition, the active treatment group received individualized treatment recommendations, training in behavior management strategies, and assistance in setting up a daily walking and increased light exposure program. In contrast, the control group received non-directive caregiver support throughout the treatment period, and general information about dementia care and community resources.
Overall, caregivers in the active treatment group were able to help patients change sleep scheduling, napping, and walking routines and to reach sleep goals they had set for the patient. Caregivers in the control group set fewer goals for changing sleep practices, and were markedly less successful at meeting goals they had set.
Although final outcome results of the study are still pending, preliminary data show a reduction in the number and duration of patient nighttime awakenings in the active treatment group. These findings suggest that behavioral strategies can help in managing sleep disturbances in patients with AD, explains McCurry. However, these strategies take some time and effort to implement, and caregivers often need help figuring out what will work in their unique situations, she points out.
"What NITE-AD has shown us is that simply providing general information and written materials about sleep often wasn't enough to empower caregivers to change the sleep practices of their loved ones with dementia," says McCurry. "Changes occurred when caregivers were given individualized suggestions and concrete help in implementing those recommendations."


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Next month, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian will be celebrating the arrival of their unborn child with a baby shower on June 2. Never one to do anything less than stellar, the couple's invitation for the event is a major production.
TMZ issued the first image of the flashy invite, which is a music box. There's no standard card-in-an-envelope invite here. Once opened up, a ballerina spins around playing a lullaby version of West's "Hey Mama," a song featured on his sophomore album, "Late Registration."
Inside the box, the invitation is "honoring" Kim Kardashian as the star of the baby shower. Her mother Kris Jenner, sisters Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian-Odom, and Shelli Azoff — Jenner's best friend and wife of West's former manager Irving Azoff — will be hosting the swanky affair.
Kardashian has invited Beyonce to the "ladies' brunch," and West is expected to show up, Us Weekly reports.
Bey has until May 28 to RSVP to Kardashian's baby shower, which has a garden chic theme.


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We had fallen half asleep, my pony and I, as we went jogging and jogging
through the long sunny afternoon. Our hills of yesterday were a pale-blue coast
sunk almost away behind us, and ahead our goal lay shining, a little island of
houses in this quiet mid-ocean of sage-brush. For two hours it had looked as
clear and near as now, rising into sight across the huge dead calm and sinking
while we travelled our undulating, imperceptible miles. The train had come and
gone invisibly, except for its slow pillar of smoke I had watched move westward
against Wyoming's stainless sky. Though I was still far off, the water-tank and
other buildings stood out plain and complete to my eyes, like children's blocks
arranged and forgotten on the floor. So I rode along, hypnotized by the
sameness of the lazy, splendid plain, and almost unaware of the distant rider, till,
suddenly, he was close and hailing me.
"They've caved!" he shouted.
"Who?" I cried, thus awakened.
"Ah, the fool company," said he, quieting his voice as he drew near. "They've
shed their haughtiness," he added, confidingly, as if I must know all about it.
"Where did they learn that wisdom?" I asked, not knowing in the least.
"Experience," he called over his shoulder (for already we had met and passed);
"nothing like experience for sweating the fat off the brain."
He yelled me a brotherly good-bye, and I am sorry never to have known more of
him, for I incline to value any stranger so joyous. But now I waked the pony and
trotted briskly, surmising as to the company and its haughtiness. I had been
viewing my destination across the sagebrush for so spun-out a time that (as
constantly in Wyoming journeys) the emotion of arrival had evaporated long
before the event, and I welcomed employment for my otherwise high-and-dry
mind. Probably he meant the railroad company; certainly something large had
happened. Even as I dismounted at the platform another hilarious cow-puncher
came out of the station, and, at once remarking, "They're going to leave us
alone," sprang on his horse and galloped to the corrals down the line, where
some cattle were being loaded into a train. I went inside for my mail, and here
were four more cow-punchers playing with the agent. They had got a letter away
from him, and he wore his daily look of anxiety to appreciate the jests of these
rollicking people. "Read it!" they said to me; and I did read the private document,
and learned that the railroad was going to waive its right to enforce law and order
here, and would trust to Separ's good feeling. "Nothing more," the letter ran, "will
be done about the initial outrage or the subsequent vandalisms. We shall pass
over our wasted outlay in the hope that a policy of friendship will prove our
genuine desire to benefit that section.
"'Initial outrage,'" quoted one of the agent' large playmates. "Ain't they furgivin'?"
"Well," said I, "you would have some name for it yourself if you sent a deputy
sheriff to look after your rights, and he came back tied to the cow-catcher!"
The man smiled luxuriously over this memory.


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Overcrowding up 27% in social housing
The number of children living in overcrowded homes in the social rented sector has risen 27 per cent, according to figures from Shelter.
The housing charity has analysed data from the English Housing Survey. Looking at the three year average figures, it found there were 254,000 children living in overcrowded social housing in the capital in 2007/08 to 2009/10, up from 200,000 in the three years from 2005/06 to 2007/08.
The overall rise across all tenures is 18 per cent, meaning 24 per cent of children in the capital – 391,000 individuals – are now living in overcrowded homes. In the social rented sector, 43 per cent of homes are now overcrowded.
Shelter released the figures today to coincide with the launch of a film aimed at London mayor Boris Johnson. 'A question for Mr. Johnson' features London school children talking about the impact overcrowding is having on their lives.
Shelter chief executive Campbell Robb said: 'There's no doubt that overcrowding is London's hidden housing crisis. Behind closed doors, hundreds of thousands of children are suffering in cramped conditions that are doing lasting damage to their education and wellbeing. It's shocking to think that in the 21st century this is a problem that is getting worse.
'Simply put, unless more is urgently done to tackle overcrowding, many more London children will be robbed of a fair chance in life. We need to see bigger and bolder action from the mayor or we risk failing a whole generation of London children.'
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