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No full text© 2021, L. Cassidy, D. Hannibal, S. Semple, B. McCowan. This is an author produced version of a paper published in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self- archiving policy. The final published version (version of record) is available online at the link. Some minor differences between this version and the final published version may remain. We suggest you refer to the final published version should you wish to cite from it
Treatise of building
No full textby George SempleRückentitel: Semple. Treatise of buildingExlibrisetikette: "The Library Company of Philadelphia" 990005850930205503_0001 Exemplar der ETH-BI
Letter from George Goldthwaite in Montgomery, Alabama, to Captain Henry Semple.
No full textDuring the Civil War, Henry Semple served as a captain of an artillery battery organized in Montgomery (known as Semple's Battery). He was later appointed a major and transferred to Mobile. In the letter Goldthwaite congratulates Semple on "the reputation which the Battery and your self had gained." He then discusses the availability of goods, specifically mentioning the price of alcohol. Also included is an excerpt of another letter, which deals with a promotion for Semple (it is unclear whether Goldthwaite is the author or the recipient): "You wrote in relation to Semples [sic] promotion. He is not in a corps in which promotion is rapid and a sine qua non of promotion is a vacancy. Gen Bragg can have him promoted whenever he will say I have a command which needs a Major of Artillery & I desire Capt. Semple to have the place.
The Liverpool Respiratory Birth Cohort Study: questionnaire development, recruitment and preliminary results
No full textBackground:The Liverpool Respiratory Birth Cohort study (LRBCS) is a prospective, longitudinal population based birth cohort study of respiratory symptoms in preschool children domiciled within Liverpool postcodes L1-L38 at the time of birth. Researchers personally recruit new mothers to the study during their stay at Liverpool Women’s Hospital. The study uses either an online or paper version of the parent-completed Liverpool Respiratory Symptom Questionnaire (LRSQ) to investigate the prevalence of respiratory symptoms, such as coughs, colds and wheezing alongside an exposures and demographics questionnaire.
Aims and Objectives: To further develop the concept of the LRBCS; to finalise the content and design of questionnaires and research materials for the study, as well as test the feasibility of conducting the study online. A further aim was to identify the most effective recruitment strategy for the study and then to proceed recruiting mothers to the LRBCS. The final objective was to conduct preliminary analyses of results from the initial questionnaire.
Methods: Research students performed two feasibility studies and developed the appearance and content of questionnaires with input from mothers. Expression of interest were obtained from eligible mothers staying onon the postnatal wards at Liverpool Women’s Hospital. Mothers provided full consent and fully enrolled their child when he or she was aged four months. Questionnaires were distributed by automated emails or by post. Returned questionnaires were analysed by descriptive statistical methods. The in internal validity of the LRSQ was assessed by calculating Cronbach’s alpha coefficients to assess internal validity.
Results: 1685 expressions of interest were received from eligible mothers between January and June 2014. 177 questionnaires were returned to the research team. There was a 25% participation rate (33% online and 7% postal). Preliminary analysis demonstrated some differences between participants and the general Liverpool population; mothers who respond were older, more educated, more likely to breastfeed and less likely to smoke cigarettes. Children exposed to household cigarette smoke had significantly higher LRSQ scores than those who were not exposed, which indicated that these children have a higher prevalence of respiratory symptoms. Seven out of the eight domains of the LRSQ had acceptable-excellent internal validity
Correction to: A Randomized Clinical Trial of a Modified Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Children Hospitalized with Cancer (Mindfulness, (2021), 12, 1, (141-151), 10.1007/s12671-020-01506-3)
No full textIn the original published version of this article, Dr. Randye J. Semple was captured as corresponding author instead of Dr. Mojtaba Habibi. Dr. Semple took the role of pre-publication correspondent simply because she is more familiar with the journal�s online submission process than Dr. Habibi. Thus, this erratum is presented to fix the error. The original article has been corrected. © 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature
Design, development and initiation of the Liverpool Respiratory Birth Cohort Study
No full textObjective: To design, develop and initiate the Liverpool Respiratory Birth Cohort Study (LRBCS). This longitudinal birth cohort study aims to describe the respiratory symptoms of preschool children using the Liverpool Respiratory Symptom Questionnaire (LRSQ) from birth until the age of 5 years in Liverpool, by bi-annual assessment. Introduction: Respiratory symptoms in preschool children are difficult to assess using objective measures; indirect measures such as parental completed respiratory symptom questionnaires offer a valuable alternative. The LRSQ is one of few respiratory questionnaires validated for preschool populations. Using the LRSQ, this unique birth cohort study not only maps respiratory symptoms of Liverpool preschool children, but also explores the impact of these symptoms upon the child and their parents.
Method: The LRBCS protocol was developed in collaboration with experienced paediatricians. Ethical approval was obtained by proportionate review in May 2012. As questionnaire deployment would be primarily conducted online, web-based survey software and an email-scheduling system were imperative for development and deployment of the questionnaire. Viable options for survey software were ascertained by feasibility testing at the LWH while providing an opportunity to tailor the design, appearance and accessibility of the questionnaire to appeal to the target population, while maintaining usability. MailChimp® was identified as the most efficient automated email scheduling service. Recruitment was piloted to determine the most effective strategy.
Analysis: Recruitment has been successful to date, with Mothers of 1330 infants expressing interest (53% of eligible births) by 31st May 2013. Furthermore 80 Mothers (27% of those expressing interest) consented and returned data regarding their infant’s respiratory symptoms four months after birth. Preliminary analysis has shown that the group of Mothers expressing interest are representative of Liverpool’s new mothers and the local population in terms of demographics. Demographic, exposure and LRSQ data was collected online by Adobe Forms Central and by post questionnaires, and then collated using SPSS V19 for analysis. Conclusion: The LRBCS has been initiated successfully. It is an ongoing birth cohort study that will proceed for a further 6 years minimum, producing a large variety of invaluable data detailing the respiratory health and characteristics of the preschool Liverpool population. Future analysis will enable the exploration of demographic and exposure factors affecting the respiratory health of the Liverpool preschool population
Employment, Smoking, and Health : The Role of the Hygienist
No full text© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Occupational Hygiene Society.Peer reviewe
Ellen Churchill Semple and her Geographical Work in the "Gilded Age": with the Examination of her Letters to Friedrich Ratzel and Classmate-chronicles of Vassar College
No full textThis article consists of two parts: the first part presents the two kinds of manuscripts written by Ellen Churchill Semple, a pioneer female geographers in the late 19th to early 20th century, who are known as an American follower and introducer of Friedrich Ratzel's environmentalism and methodology of anthropogeography. She wrote letters to Ratzel at the beginning of 1893, when she had just returned to the United States after her overseas study at his department of Leipzig University. These letters are retained in Geographische Zentralbibliothek, Archiv für Geographie, Institüt für Länderkunde, Leipzig. Semple had close friendship with her classmates at Vassar College, and constantly sent them her chronicles. They are retained in Special Collections, Vassar College Library. Her classmate-chronicles written in 1902, 1924 and 1925 are analyzed in this article. The German and English texts in print and their Japanese translation and notes by the author are presented. In the second part, by examining of the materials in detail, the following subjects are analyzed: the relationship between Semple and Ratzel, Semple's life and career, and the American social characteristics in the "Gilded Age" when she lived. The article makes it clear that: (1) their relationship was not one-way but tow-way. Ratzel advised and encouraged Semple to write geographical articles. She sent Ratzel numerous reports and bulletins of 1890 Eleventh Census, magazine-articles, and wrote the American situation of Negro problems and literature of outdoorworld, and so on. Ratzel used the information in his Amerika (1893). (2) In Louisville, Kentucky, her home town, Semple lived with her mother and sisters, and had many upper-class educated friends. Her friendship with the classmates and alumni of Vassar College was so intimate and continued through her life. Patty, her older sister, and Myra Reynolds who was her senior by two years at Vassar and a professor of Chicago University, are supposed to have greatly influenced on Semple's life and academic career. (3) In the Gilded Age, industries were developed rapidly, American society changed drastically, and attempts for expansion of territory and race problems became more serious. Some scholars underpinned the conservative New Englanders by presenting scientific interpretation of racism and imperialism. They tended to compile their ideology depending fragmentarily on contemporaneous Darwinian, anthropological, historical, and geographical theories. One of the most outstanding scholar was Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, Professor of geology of Harvard University, who stressed the relationship between nature and mankind. Shaler's ideas were similar to Ratzel's. Just as they were, Semple might be a typical and popular scholar in her era
Air pollution, meteorology and public health in New Jersey: case studies of Newark and the Meadowlands
No full textAir pollutant concentrations vary with local meteorological conditions and can have deleterious effects on human health. This dissertation adapts an integrated approach to improve understanding about the role of meteorological factors on air pollution concentrations and their cumulative effects on public health in Newark and the Meadowlands, New Jersey. Filter-based samples of particulate matter (PM) were collected and meteorological variables were monitored in Newark from August to October 2009 and from December 2010 to January 2011. Measurements of daily maximum ground-level ozone (O3) were obtained from Newark Firehouse, a monitoring station in the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection network (NJDEP). Ambient concentrations of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and O3 were measured and meteorological variables were monitored at the Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute (MERI) from June 2007 to May 2008, to characterize the temporal and seasonal variations of gas-phase air pollutants. Health records of respiratory hospital admissions were obtained from St. Michael’s Medical Center in Newark and the New Jersey State Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS). Statistical analyses were conducted by using time series, multiple linear and principal component regression techniques. The results show that ambient levels of PM2.5 and O3 were influenced mainly by temperature and wind speed. Positive associations demonstrated among O3, PM and hospital admissions suggest that even below current federal standards, air pollutant levels could be associated with an increased risk for respiratory illnesses. Variability of NOx and O3 were altered by distinct atmospheric conditions and chemical inter-conversions of the pollutants. There was an inverse relationship between concentrations of NOx and O3; the latter was dominant in summer and specific time of the day (early afternoon). Seasonal variations of NOx were less distinct with strong diurnal patterns of traffic-related peaks during the early morning rush hour. There was a strong association between NOx and respiratory hospital admissions mainly in the winter season. For O3, association with hospital admissions was strongest at 2 lag days. Both climate-induced and pollution-induced health effects of NOx and O3 suggest that current national standards may not adequately provide a safe threshold for air pollutants from a public health perspective.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes vitaby Dawn Roberts-Sempl
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