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Mechanical engineering and simple machines
\"Mechanical engineers design and innovate machines we use every day. Learn about the jobs they do and steps they must follow in the engineering design process\"--P. [4] of cover.
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The challenge of pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics
The Human Genome Project along with a number of rival commercial and academic efforts such as that of Celera Genomics looks set to provide a comprehensive map and sequence of the human genome within the next two to three years. The development of techniques in genetic engineering has given us the ability to identify and isolate many genes that are important to the understanding of disease. The pharmaceutical industry is being flooded with information as it enters a period both of prodigious complexity and unprecedented opportunity. The challenge for the industry will be in selecting the best therapeutic targets among the huge number that present themselves. The future of drug development may well lie in the efficient identification of these targets that are most receptive to therapeutic attack.
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Emotion and your brain
\"From the time we are young, we are taught about emotions and how to identify them in ourselves and others. And yet, they can be an elusive and mysterious topic for study. Emotional responses can be so powerful that they feel out of our control. What is happening in our minds as we experience the range of our emotional spectrum?\"--Publisher.
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Consensus Definition of Sport Specialization in Youth Athletes Using a Delphi Approach
A single, widely accepted definition of sport specialization does not exist. A consensus definition is necessary to guide youth sport stakeholders on issues associated with sport specialization.
The aim of this study was to develop a consensus definition of youth sport specialization and to identify elements that support the construct of specialization.
Delphi Study Setting: Directed Surveys Patients or Other Participants: A consensus panel of 17 experts was created to provide a broad multidisciplinary perspective on sport specialization in youth athletes.
The final definition was developed per an iterative process that involved four rounds of review. A comprehensive review of literature and expert input supported our initial proposed umbrella definition that included six additional elements. The study team reviewed the results after each round and changes were made to the definition based on panel feedback.
Panel members were provided with the definition and six elements and then asked to rate each specific to importance, relevance, and clarity using a 4-point Likert scale.
In four Delphi consensus rounds, 17 experts reviewed the umbrella definition and six elements before consensus was reached. The umbrella definition and three of the initial six elements achieved >80% agreement for importance, relevance, and clarity after the fourth round of review. The remaining 3 components did not reach >80% agreement even after iterative edits and were removed. The process resulted in a final consensus definition: Sport specialization is intentional and focused participation in a single sport for a majority of the year that restricts opportunities for engagement in other sports and activities.
A consensus-based conceptual definition for sport specialization has been developed using a Delphi method. This definition has important implications for clinicians and sports medicine professionals who support youth athletes.
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Understanding muscles and the skeleton
Explains the structure and functioning of our muscles and skeleton.
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Acceleration of relativistic beams using laser-generated terahertz pulses
Particle accelerators driven by laser-generated terahertz (THz) pulses promise unprecedented control over the energy–time phase space of particle bunches compared with conventional radiofrequency technology. Here we demonstrate acceleration of a relativistic electron beam in a THz-driven linear accelerator. Narrowband THz pulses were tuned to the phase-velocity-matched operating frequency of a rectangular dielectric-lined waveguide for extended collinear interaction with 35 MeV, 60 pC electron bunches, imparting multicycle energy modulation to chirped (6 ps) bunches and injection phase-dependent energy gain (up to 10 keV) to subcycle (2 ps) bunches. These proof-of-principle results establish a route to whole-bunch linear acceleration of subpicosecond particle beams, directly applicable to scaled-up and multistaged concepts capable of preserving beam quality, thus marking a key milestone for future THz-driven acceleration of relativistic beams.
Relativistic 35 MeV electron bunches with charges of 60 pC are accelerated in a terahertz-wave-driven dielectric waveguide. When the terahertz pulse energy is 0.8 μJ, an accelerating gradient of 2 MeV m
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and energy gain of 10 keV are achieved.
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Chemical engineering and chain reactions
Examines how chemical engineers combine the science of chemistry with the engineering design process to develop products used in daily life such as cleaning supplies, fuels, and medicines.
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Dual-Targeted Purple Acid Phosphatase Isozyme AtPAP26 Is Essential for Efficient Acclimation of Arabidopsis to Nutritional Phosphate Deprivation
Induction of intracellular and secreted acid phosphatases (APases) is a widespread response of orthophosphate (Pi)-starved (-Pi) plants. APases catalyze Pi hydrolysis from a broad range of phosphomonoesters at an acidic pH. The largest class of nonspecific plant APases is comprised of the purple APases (PAPs). Although the biochemical properties, subcellular location, and expression of several plant PAPs have been described, their physiological functions have not been fully resolved. Recent biochemical studies indicated that AtPAP26, one of 29 PAPs encoded by the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) genome, is the predominant intracellular APase, as well as a major secreted APase isozyme up-regulated by -Pi Arabidopsis. An atpap26 T-DNA insertion mutant lacking AtPAP26 transcripts and 55-kD immunoreactive AtPAP26 polypeptides exhibited: (1) 9- and 5-fold lower shoot and root APase activity, respectively, which did not change in response to Pi starvation, (2) a 40% decrease in secreted APase activity during Pi deprivation, (3) 35% and 50% reductions in free and total Pi concentration, respectively, as well as 5-fold higher anthocyanin levels in shoots of soil-grown -Pi plants, and (4) impaired shoot and root development when subjected to Pi deficiency. By contrast, no deleterious influence of AtPAP26 loss of function occurred under Pi-replete conditions, or during nitrogen or potassium-limited growth, or oxidative stress. Transient expression of AtPAP26-mCherry in Arabidopsis suspension cells verified that AtPAP26 is targeted to the cell vacuole. Our results confirm that AtPAP26 is a principal contributor to Pi stress-inducible APase activity, and that it plays an important role in the Pi metabolism of -Pi Arabidopsis.
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Understanding food and digestion
Explains how the human body digests, utilizes and eliminates the food it ingests.
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Secondary School Athletic Trainers’ Perceptions of the Influence of Social Determinants of Health and Socioeconomic Status on Clinical Management Decisions
Evidence suggests that lower socioeconomic status (SES) and negative social determinants of health (SDOH) contribute to health care disparities. Due to their accessibility in the high school setting, secondary school athletic trainers (SSATs) may encounter patients who are historically underserved in health care, such as patients with low SES. However, a significant gap in knowledge exists regarding how SDOH and SES may influence SSATs' clinical management decisions.
To describe SSATs' perceptions of how patient SDOH and SES influence clinical management decisions and to identify barriers to athletic health care.
Cross-sectional study.
Online survey.
National Athletic Trainers' Association SSATs (6.7% response rate).
Secondary school athletic trainers were asked about their perceptions of patient SDOH and SES (content validity index = 0.83 for relevancy). The levels of relevance and agreement were answered on a 4-point Likert scale. Data were summarized using means and SDs, frequencies and proportions (%), and median scores.
A total of 380 SSATs participated (mean years of experience = 14.9 ± 11.7 years). When providing care, most (71.3%) SSATs believed their patients' health or health care access to be the most relevant of the 5 SDOH, whereas the other 4 SDOH were less than 60% relevant. Most SSATs agreed or strongly agreed that patient SES affected both referral (67.4%) and the reliance on conservative treatment before referral (71.2%). Secondary school athletic trainers identified patient or guardian compliance (70.2%) and type of health insurance (61.5%) as barriers to providing care to patients with low SES.
Secondary school athletic trainers perceived health or health care access as the most relevant social determinant when providing care to patients with low SES. When SSATs further considered the SES of patients, they identified all SDOH as barriers that they were ill equipped to navigate as they delivered care and engaged in patient referral.
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