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R C Page

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PubMed1969

Collagen has a discrete family of reactive hydroxylysyl and lysyl side-chain amino groups.

Several cross-linking substances which derive from lysine have been isolated from hydrolyzates of collagen and elastin. This observation suggests that certain lysyl side chains exhibiting enhanced reactivity and unique configuration may participate in cross-linking. In native collagen there is a small family of lysyl and hydroxylysyl side chains which exhibit a high propensity of Schiff base formation.

Amino Acid Sequence↗
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The effects of marathon groups on the ways illicit drug users perceive counseling.

This research investigated the effects of five 16-hour unstructured marathon groups on changing the attitudes toward counseling of male and female imprisoned, illicit drug users. The attitudes of the participants of the marathon groups were compared on posttests to the attitudes of the participants of five matched, randomly selected control groups. The members of the marathon groups rated counseling higher than the members of the control groups on an evaluative semantic differential scale. They also rated many of the specific evaluative and potency adjective pairs of the semantic differential for counseling differently than the control group members.

Attitude to Health↗
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Changes in self-perceptions of illicit drug abusers related to time in treatment in two residential treatment programs.

This research investigated the effects of two residential drug treatment programs on changing the self-perceptions of the residents over a 10-month time period. The semantic differential evaluative and potency scales of the concepts Who I Am and Who I Would Like to Be were administered to the residents of these programs on several occasions during the time they were in these programs. The results of this research showed that the residents evaluated Who I Am higher, the longer they remained in these programs.

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Hyperpyrexia due to air-conditioning failure in a nursing home.

During the period August 9--13, 1976, 21 of 89 residents of a nursing home in southeastern Florida had sudden onset of fever--temperature greater than 38.1 degrees C (100.6 degrees F) with no accompanying symptoms. Five residents, whose temperatures ranged from 39.4 degrees C (103 degrees F) to 41.3 degrees C (106.4 degrees F), died. No viral or bacterial pathogens were isolated. None of the nursing home's 123 employees and volunteers had similar illness. The air-conditioning system was shut down for repairs from August 9 through August 12, a time when recorded peak temperatures outdoors ranged from 30.6 degrees C (87 degrees F) to 32.2 degrees C (90 degrees F). The only recorded temperature inside the nursing home for that period was 31.7 degrees C (89 degrees F). Laboratory and epidemiologic data were consistent with the theory that the illness was due to hyperpyrexia, secondary to environmental conditions, rather than to an infectious agent. The episode was considered analogous to the nonspecific increased mortality of elderly and chronically ill persons during an urban heat wave. The episode points up the need for prompt recognition and intervention when there is the potential for heat stress in elderly and chronically ill patients. Buildings housing such patients must be designed so that alternative ventilation can be provided when the central air-conditioning system fails.

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