PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1959 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 766-773
Author(s):  
Stewart H. Clifford
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Address ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Central Office ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Business Manager ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Office Staff ◽  
Productive Activities ◽  
Executive Secretary ◽  
Prompt Action

IT IS Academy tradition that your outgoing President be afforded this opportunity to render to the Fellows his evaluation of present Academy activities and his recommendations as to the future. It is a healthy experience for any organization to pause for a moment to reflect on the path it has come and take fresh bearings on the course to be charted toward the Academy's goal of improving the total health and welfare of all children. The routine business of the Academy is being efficiently carried out by the central office staff at the Academy headquarters in Evanston under the able leadership of our Executive Secretary, E. H. Christopherson. We have been very fortunate in having the loyal services of our Business Manager, W. J. Becker, whose department is the increasingly complex business and financial affairs of the Academy as well as attention to many of the details of our Annual and Spring Meetings. The Executive Board is the authoritative group having control over all Academy activities. Every effort is made to keep their load of routine business as light as possible that full attention can be directed toward committee activities and to decision on Academy policy. Between Board meetings, the Executive Secretary represents the Board on matters of established Academy business. An Executive Committee has been created to act jointly for the Board in areas where no established policy exists and where prompt action is required. The productive activities of the Academy having to do with children originate in the Board and in the various special and standing committees. The standing committees are in general of two types—one is concerned with functions and conditions that may affect all age groups; the other is concerned with the broad problems that may occur in specific age groups. The problems encountered in any age group may involve the applied activities and thinking of many disease or function oriented committees.

THE PRESIDENT'S PAGE

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1951 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-111
Author(s):  
PAUL W. BEAVEN
Keyword(s):  
Not Given ◽  
Business Manager ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Program Chairman ◽  
Blue Book ◽  
First Choice ◽  
Executive Secretary ◽  
New Business ◽  
Deep Impression

DURING this year this space will be used, as it was last year, to inform members of the plans which have been formulated by the Executive Board and the President to enlarge the usefulness of our organization. It is not possible nor is it desirable to describe in a single page any program for the coming year. Furthermore, such a program may have to be changed. Therefore, you are asked to turn to this page every issue, for an attempt will be made to keep you informed of those developments which your officers consider vital. When you receive your Blue Book, you will note many changes. Dr. Clifford G. Grulee is no longer the Secretary-Treasurer but is now Executive Secretary. He will remain in that capacity until his retirement July 1st. Dr. Einor H. Christopherson is at the present time without portfolio but will, after July 1st, be Executive Secretary. He made a deep impression on those who met him in Chicago. He is not given to making quick pronouncements, and he will not talk until he is acquainted with our program. For the most part he listened and thought. Those of us who got to know him best felt that he was made for the job he is about to undertake. You will note also that Mrs. Jewel Bundy is the new Business Manager. We could not have found anyone who knows the Academy business better. In addition, she is universally liked by every member. Dr. Grulee will act as Treasurer. Dr. William J. Orr, who is the new Program Chairman, was the first choice for this position of all those I consulted. It is also a fact that the Executive Board has been enthusiastically unanimous in making these appointments.

ACCEPTANCE OF PRESIDENCY

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-135
Author(s):  
Frank H. Douglass
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Central Office ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Office Staff ◽  
Good Fortune ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics

THIRTY-THREE men have held this office before me—thirty-three of the greatest names in Pediatrics. With such a heritage I feel very grateful and humble. It has been my good fortune to have known most of these men personally, and to the following three, I am particularly indebted: Dr. J. B. Bilderback, who was my teacher; Dr. Henry Dietrich, under whom I had my residency; and Dr. Jay I. Durand who was the first to interest me in our Academy and who was always an inspiration to me. The founders and officers of the Academy who have served before me have set the purpose of the voyage of the Good Ship American Academy of Pediatrics; the Executive Board of the Academy continually reviews our problems and charts our course; the Execcutive Director and Central Office staff arrange the cargo, but you—the stock holders—must work the cargo if our voyage is to be successful. I will try to the best of my ability to run a happy and efficient ship— and hold her steady as she goes.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1961 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-160
Author(s):  
George M. Wheatley
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
School Health ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
New Thought ◽  
Pediatric Society

ONE OF THE IMPORTANT AREAS of child health which pediatrics has tended to overlook is the medical care of the adolescent. Here is a group of the population in the age group 15-19 numbering in the United States 12,847,000 as of July 1, 1959 exclusive of the Armed Forces, and in Canada 1,375,700 as of June 1, 1960. Except for a few outstanding school health services and adolescent clinics, their health needs have received relatively little study by any medical group. This is not a new thought. I can recall hearing the care of the adolescent discussed at Academy meetings for many years, usually in the corridors. At some luncheon, probably the School Health Committee's, perhaps 15 years ago, a resolution was passed which declared the pediatrician's responsibility for child health extended to about age 20. Periodically pediatric authorities have called attention to the need to work with this age group. The latest mention of this is in the Presidential address of Dr. Samuel Levine of the American Pediatric Society, who called for "a special effort to understand the puzzling problems and potential of adolescents." Several years ago at the request of the Executive Board, I tried to discover the attitude of pediatricians toward the care of the adolescent. It was not a scientific study, but correspondence with perhaps 50 wellknown practitioners and teachers. The replies were on the whole enthusiastic, and recommended Academy action to give more recognition to this age group in our program. They gave suggestions and descriptions of ways in which individual physicians were serving this age group.

Letter to the Editor

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-123
Author(s):  
Stanley L. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Preschool Child ◽  
Executive Committee ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Central Office ◽  
Policy Statement ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Office Staff ◽  
Letter To The Editor

I am sure that the Executive Board, the central office staff, the Council on Child Health, and the Committee on Infant and Preschool Child-all of whom were involved in the preparation of the Policy Statement on Day Care—welcome the publication of the letter reflecting the concerns of the Indiana Chapter. I can assure Dr. Sweeney and the others on his Executive Committee that these concerns were well aired in discussion by the Board, the Council, and the Committee during the preparation of this statement.

ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 1049-1049
Author(s):  
George B. Logan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Central Office ◽  
The United States ◽  
Good Sense ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Office Staff ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
American Medicine ◽  
Yearly Change ◽  
Major Division

THIS change of blue to purple ribbon on my badge is a great honor. I thank you for selecting me to serve the Academy in this way. However, acceptance of the presidency at this time gives me some feelings of trepidation, despite your support and the support of a strong Executive Board and Central Office staff. American medicine is undergoing revolutionary changes: scientifically and educationally as well as in its methods of delivery. Pediatrics as a major division of medicine is not exempt from these changes. Government is playing an ever-increasing role in medical activities. Whether we agree with these changes or not is beside the point. The fact is, they are with us. But these changes are not unique to the United States. They seem to be part of worldwide scientific and social alterations. This year, you as Academy members must become accustomed not only to the usual yearly change of a president but also to a change of executive directorship. Dr. Christopherson's years in this office have been years of tremendous accomplishment. We are all confident that Dr. Frazier's will be the same. Those of us to whom the mantles of responsibility are being given are grateful for the firm foundation that has been built by our predecessors in office. We shall, to the best of our ability, face present and future problems with equanimity, dispatch, good sense, and the best possible judgment. As we undertake these tasks we shall always keep before us the section of our Constitution which states: "the object of the Academy shall be to foster and stimulate interest in Pediatrics and correlate all aspects of the work for the welfare of children which properly come within the scope of Pediatrics."

PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 885-886
Author(s):  
Frank H. Douglass
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Executive Director ◽  
Central Office ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Office Staff ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
The World ◽  
One Year ◽  
Do So

UPON ASSUMING this office one year ago I stated that the founders and officers of the Academy who had served before me had set the purpose of the voyage of the Good Ship American Academy of pediatrics; the Executive Board of the Academy continually reviews our problems and charts our course, the Executive Director and Central Office staff arrange the cargo, but you, the stockholders, must work the cargo if our voyage is to be successful. Our 1963-64 voyage is completed. I have brought the good ship back to the home port and she is again ready to sail under Captain Harry Towsley. I am happy to tell you that you have worked the cargo well in every port of call. Our committees have been dedicated and active as their reports show. This next year the committee reports will be published in a special booklet as heretofore. I urge every one of you to read these reports so you may better understand what you are getting from your membership. The Executive Board has not wavered one bit from the original purpose of our voyage, though I am sure there are some among us who would have them do so. The Board, your Officers, and even the Academy itself cannot be all things to all people, but we have tried hard to please as many as possible. I can assure you that every effort is made to comply with the wishes of the majority and to carry out the original precepts that made us the largest and most influential organization interested in children in all the world.

The Effect of Collagen Mediated Platelet Release on Plasma Prekallikrein Activation

1984 ◽  
Vol 51 (01) ◽  
pp. 037-041 ◽  
Author(s):  
K M Weerasinghe ◽  
M F Scully ◽  
V V Kakkar
Keyword(s):  
Platelet Aggregation ◽  
Healthy Volunteers ◽  
Platelet Rich Plasma ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Platelet Factor ◽  
Activated Platelets ◽  
Platelet Release ◽  
Collagen Treatment

SummaryCollagen mediated platelet aggregation caused -5.6 ± 6.7% inhibition and +39.1 ± 15.2% potentiation of prekallikrein activation in plasma from normal healthy volunteers between 20–40 and 50–65 years of age, respectively (n = 15, p <0.01). The amouns of platelet factor-four (PF4) released in the two groups were not significantly different. Collagen treatment in the presence of indomethacin caused +11.5 ± 3.6% and +59.6 ± 19.5% potentiation in the 20–40 and 50–65 age groups respectively (p <0.02). Adrenaline mediated platelet aggregation caused -55.2 ± 7.1% and -35.2 ± 8.3% inhibition in the 20–40 and 50–65 age groups, respectively. Collagen treatment of platelet-deficient-plasma and platelet-rich-plasma in EDTA also caused potentiation of prekallikrein activation.The results indicate that the observed degree of prekallikrein activation after platelet aggregation is a net result of the inhibitory effect of PF4 and the potentiatory effect of activated platelets. The potentiatory effect was greater after collagen treatment as compared to adrenaline treatment, and in the 50–65 age group as compared to the 20–40 age group.

Health and Nutritional Status of Orphan Children’s Living in Orphanages with Special Reference to District Anantnag of Jammu and Kashmir

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mashkoor Ahmad Lone ◽  
Dr. P. Ganesan
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
Indian Academy ◽  
Dental Enamel ◽  
Nutritional Intake ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
Height For Age ◽  
Weight For Age

The practice of placing deprived children having least or no emotional and material resources, in orphanages has since long been prevailing in socio -economically poor Asian countries. A sample of 30 children residing in orphanage in district Anantnag in the age group of 13-18 years was selected for the present study. Most of the children were found socially and psychologically disturbed. As per Indian Academy Paediatrics (IAP) classification with respect to weight for age the condition was not bad that as approximately 67% percent of the children were found to be normal. In the same way height for age as per Waterloo’s classification shown that more than half of the children were normal. On clinical examination approximately 47% of children were normal, while as rest were suffering from dispigmentation of hair, moon face, xerosis of skin cheilosis, magenta tongue, spongy bleeding gums, oedema, conjuctival xerosis, and mottled dental enamel. The findings indicated that nutritional intake was deficient for all nutrients when compared to, Recommended Daily Allowances Chart (RDA) for all age groups which may be linked to poor planning of menus in orphanages.

COVID-19 Epigenetics and Implications for Public Health

Coronaviruses ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 01 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verda Tunalıgil ◽  
Gülsen Meral ◽  
Ahmet Katı ◽  
Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay ◽  
Amit Kumar Mandal
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Infectious Agent ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Epigenetic Mechanisms ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Epigenetic Changes ◽  
Patient Groups ◽  
Epigenetic Processes

Abstract:: Epigenetic changes in COVID-19 host, a pandemic-causing infectious agent that globally incapacitated communities in varying complexities and capacities are discussed, proposing an analogy that epigenetic processes contribute to disease severity and elevate the risk for death from infection. Percentages of hospitalization, with and without intensive care, in the presence of diseases with increased ACE2 expression, were compared, based on the best available data. Further analysis compared two different age groups, 19-64 and ≥65 years of age. The COVID-19 disease is observed to be the most severe in the 65-and-higher-age group with preexisting chronic conditions. This observational study is a non-experimental empirical investigation of the outcomes of COVID-19 in different patient groups. Results are promising for conducting clinical trials with intervention groups. To ultimately succeed in disease prevention, researchers and clinicians must integrate epigenetic mechanisms to generate valid prescriptions for global well-being.

scholarly journals Tower Running—Participation, Performance Trends, and Sex Difference

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 1902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Stark ◽  
Stefania Di Gangi ◽  
Caio Victor Sousa ◽  
Pantelis Nikolaidis ◽  
Beat Knechtle
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Statistical Model ◽  
Sex Difference ◽  
Random Effects ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Repeated Measurements ◽  
Stair Climbing ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Performance Trends ◽  
The Difference

Though there are exhaustive data about participation, performance trends, and sex differences in performance in different running disciplines and races, no study has analyzed these trends in stair climbing and tower running. The aim of the present study was therefore to investigate these trends in tower running. The data, consisting of 28,203 observations from 24,007 climbers between 2014 and 2019, were analyzed. The effects of sex and age, together with the tower characteristics (i.e., stairs and floors), were examined through a multivariable statistical model with random effects on intercept, at climber’s level, accounting for repeated measurements. Men were faster than women in each age group (p < 0.001 for ages ≤69 years, p = 0.003 for ages > 69 years), and the difference in performance stayed around 0.20 km/h, with a minimum of 0.17 at the oldest age. However, women were able to outperform men in specific situations: (i) in smaller buildings (<600 stairs), for ages between 30 and 59 years and >69 years; (ii) in higher buildings (>2200 stairs), for age groups <20 years and 60–69 years; and (iii) in buildings with 1600–2200 stairs, for ages >69 years. In summary, men were faster than women in this specific running discipline; however, women were able to outperform men in very specific situations (i.e., specific age groups and specific numbers of stairs).

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