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Objective: Child care policies may contribute to healthy beverage consumption patterns. This study documented availability and accessibility of water and correspondence with state and federal policy and accreditation standards in child care centers. Design: One-day observations were conducted in a random sample of 40 Child and Adult Care Food Program-participating preschool classrooms in Connecticut. Setting and Participants: Child care centers, center directors, and preschool teachers. Main Outcome Measures: Raters observed water availability and teacher behaviors during lunch, physical activity, and in the classroom. National, state, and childcare center water regulations and policies were reviewed. Analysis: Descriptive statistics present data on water availability, promotion, and modeling. Bivariate relationships between water availability and accreditation status, center water policy, location of physical activity, and verbal promotion were assessed using the Fisher exact test (P less than 0.05). Results: Many centers were in violation of water-promoting policies. Water was available in most classrooms (84%) but was only adult accessible in over half of those classrooms. Water was available during one third of physical activity periods observed. Verbal prompts for children to drink water were few. Conclusions and Implications: Support is needed to help centers meet existing water policies and new water requirements included in the 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act. (Contains 2 tables.)

The homologous series of diphosphines (CH(2))(n-1)P(CH(2))(3)P(CH(2))(n-1) where n = 5 (L(5)), 6 (L(6)), or 7 (L(7)) have been synthesized from the corresponding PhP(CH(2))(n-1). Treatment of [PtCl(2)(cod)] with L(5-7) gave the 6-membered chelates cis-[PtCl(2)(L(5-7))], the crystal structures for which reveal that L(5-7) have very similar steric bulk and bite angles. Treatment of [Rh(2)Cl(2)(CO)(4)] with L(5-7) gave the binuclear trans-[Rh(2)Cl(2)(CO)(2)(micro-L(5-7))(2)] with syn and anti orientations of the CO and Cl ligands suggested by the (31)P NMR spectra and the crystal structures of syn-trans-[Rh(2)Cl(2)(CO)(2)(micro-L(5))(2)] and anti-trans-[Rh(2)Cl(2)(CO)(2)(micro-L(7))(2)]. The nu(CO) values for trans-[Rh(2)Cl(2)(CO)(2)(micro-L(5-7))(2)] indicate that the donor strength increases in the order L(5) < L(6) < L(7). A study of rhodium-catalysed hydroformylation of 1-octene using diphosphines L(5-7) is described. The catalyst activity decreases with increasing phosphacycle ring size: L(5) > L(6) > L(7).