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2. COMPREHENSIVE AND POPULAR CULINARY ARTS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
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Scott, Janet
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COOKING ,HOME economics ,FOOD ,HIGH schools - Abstract
About three years ago, Josh's mother came to the classroom to say that she wasn't sure she wanted her son enrolled in the Introduction to Foods class. When she met with the Family and Consumer Sciences teacher, Josh's mother quickly learned that these classes not only prepare students for careers in culinary arts, but can also provide important work and life skills. Juniors and seniors at the Meade County High School in Brandenburg, Kentucky, take three classes that provide a variety of work skills, Introduction to Foods, Culinary Skills and Special Services, and Hospitality. The students also learn to make cookies, yeast breads, fruit cobblers and pies and steamed and baked vegetables.
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- 2002
3. Prevalence of orthostatic intolerance in long covid clinic patients and healthy volunteers: A multicenter study.
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Lee C, Greenwood DC, Master H, Balasundaram K, Williams P, Scott JT, Wood C, Cooper R, Darbyshire JL, Gonzalez AE, Davies HE, Osborne T, Corrado J, Iftekhar N, Rogers N, Delaney B, Greenhalgh T, and Sivan M
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- United States, Humans, Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome, Prevalence, Orthostatic Intolerance epidemiology, Orthostatic Intolerance complications, Orthostatic Intolerance diagnosis, COVID-19 epidemiology, COVID-19 complications, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome complications, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome diagnosis
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Orthostatic intolerance (OI), including postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) and orthostatic hypotension (OH), are often reported in long covid, but published studies are small with inconsistent results. We sought to estimate the prevalence of objective OI in patients attending long covid clinics and healthy volunteers and associations with OI symptoms and comorbidities. Participants with a diagnosis of long covid were recruited from eight UK long covid clinics, and healthy volunteers from general population. All undertook standardized National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lean Test (NLT). Participants' history of typical OI symptoms (e.g., dizziness, palpitations) before and during the NLT were recorded. Two hundred seventy-seven long covid patients and 50 frequency-matched healthy volunteers were tested. Healthy volunteers had no history of OI symptoms or symptoms during NLT or PoTS, 10% had asymptomatic OH. One hundred thirty (47%) long covid patients had previous history of OI symptoms and 144 (52%) developed symptoms during the NLT. Forty-one (15%) had an abnormal NLT, 20 (7%) met criteria for PoTS, and 21 (8%) had OH. Of patients with an abnormal NLT, 45% had no prior symptoms of OI. Relaxing the diagnostic thresholds for PoTS from two consecutive abnormal readings to one abnormal reading during the NLT, resulted in 11% of long covid participants (an additional 4%) meeting criteria for PoTS, but not in healthy volunteers. More than half of long covid patients experienced OI symptoms during NLT and more than one in 10 patients met the criteria for either PoTS or OH, half of whom did not report previous typical OI symptoms. We therefore recommend all patients attending long covid clinics are offered an NLT and appropriate management commenced., (© 2024 The Authors. Journal of Medical Virology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
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- 2024
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4. CLSI-derived hematology and biochemistry reference intervals for healthy adults in eastern and southern Africa.
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Karita E, Ketter N, Price MA, Kayitenkore K, Kaleebu P, Nanvubya A, Anzala O, Jaoko W, Mutua G, Ruzagira E, Mulenga J, Sanders EJ, Mwangome M, Allen S, Bwanika A, Bahemuka U, Awuondo K, Omosa G, Farah B, Amornkul P, Birungi J, Yates S, Stoll-Johnson L, Gilmour J, Stevens G, Shutes E, Manigart O, Hughes P, Dally L, Scott J, Stevens W, Fast P, and Kamali A
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- Adolescent, Adult, Africa, Eastern, Africa, Southern, Bilirubin metabolism, Biochemistry, Blood Cell Count, Eosinophils metabolism, Female, Hemoglobins metabolism, Humans, Immunoglobulin G metabolism, L-Lactate Dehydrogenase metabolism, Male, Middle Aged, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U.S.), Neutrophils metabolism, Reference Values, United States, Chemistry, Clinical standards, Clinical Laboratory Techniques, Health, Hematology standards
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Background: Clinical laboratory reference intervals have not been established in many African countries, and non-local intervals are commonly used in clinical trials to screen and monitor adverse events (AEs) among African participants. Using laboratory reference intervals derived from other populations excludes potential trial volunteers in Africa and makes AE assessment challenging. The objective of this study was to establish clinical laboratory reference intervals for 25 hematology, immunology and biochemistry values among healthy African adults typical of those who might join a clinical trial., Methods and Findings: Equal proportions of men and women were invited to participate in a cross sectional study at seven clinical centers (Kigali, Rwanda; Masaka and Entebbe, Uganda; two in Nairobi and one in Kilifi, Kenya; and Lusaka, Zambia). All laboratories used hematology, immunology and biochemistry analyzers validated by an independent clinical laboratory. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines were followed to create study consensus intervals. For comparison, AE grading criteria published by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Division of AIDS (DAIDS) and other U.S. reference intervals were used. 2,990 potential volunteers were screened, and 2,105 (1,083 men and 1,022 women) were included in the analysis. While some significant gender and regional differences were observed, creating consensus African study intervals from the complete data was possible for 18 of the 25 analytes. Compared to reference intervals from the U.S., we found lower hematocrit and hemoglobin levels, particularly among women, lower white blood cell and neutrophil counts, and lower amylase. Both genders had elevated eosinophil counts, immunoglobulin G, total and direct bilirubin, lactate dehydrogenase and creatine phosphokinase, the latter being more pronounced among women. When graded against U.S. -derived DAIDS AE grading criteria, we observed 774 (35.3%) volunteers with grade one or higher results; 314 (14.9%) had elevated total bilirubin, and 201 (9.6%) had low neutrophil counts. These otherwise healthy volunteers would be excluded or would require special exemption to participate in many clinical trials., Conclusions: To accelerate clinical trials in Africa, and to improve their scientific validity, locally appropriate reference ranges should be used. This study provides ranges that will inform inclusion criteria and evaluation of adverse events for studies in these regions of Africa.
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- 2009
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