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PubMed1993

An evaluation of a mixed-gender date rape prevention workshop.

A randomized, posttest-only experimental design was used to compare the date-rape attitudes of university students who were exposed to a mixed-gender date-rape workshop (n = 163) with those of students who were not exposed (n = 168). A previously validated instrument, the 25-item Date Rape Attitudes Survey (DRAS), was used as the criterion measure. Three hypotheses were tested, with the following results: (1) Men reported attitudes that were more tolerant of date rape than those reported by women (ie, the men were more likely to condone date rape); (2) students in the control group reported attitudes that were more tolerant of date rape than those reported by students in the treatment group; and (3) men exhibited a greater effect from the program than did women. Finally, the authors discuss implications of the study and offer recommendations for future research evaluating date-rape prevention programs.

Adult↗
PubMed1979

Workshops in caring: a first module.

Workshops in Caring were designed to expose attitudes, biases, and concerns of a nursing home staff toward aging, illness, and death. This paper touches on techniques and materials (more literary and humanistic than clinical) for encouraging participants to focus on and share their feelings. What inhibits or facilitates a caring relationship between elderly, often terminally ill, residents and staff members was the prime focus of both sessions: "Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me?" and "Who Owns One's Life?"

Aged↗
PubMed1997

A strategy to improve communication between health care professionals and people living with cancer: II. Follow-up of a workshop on the teaching and assessment of communication skills in Canadian Medical Schools.

BACKGROUND AND METHODS: Follow-up questionnaires were sent to all Canadian medical schools in 1994 and 1996 in order to evaluate changes that had taken place in the teaching of physician-patient communication skills since recommendations were made by a national "Workshop on the Teaching and Assessment of Communication Skills in Canadian Medical Schools" in 1992. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Fifteen of 16 schools responded. All 15 reported major changes in the teaching of physician-patient communication over the preceding four years or planned changes in the very near future. However, barriers to improving the communications curriculum still existed. The most frequently cited barrier was the lack of trained faculty to teach communication skills; this was followed in frequency by poor coordination over the four years of medical school with lack of scheduled time in the clerkship years. There were identified needs to train faculty to teach communication skills and to extend formal teaching of the subject into the clerkship. Concurrent with these changes, the accreditation process for Canadian medical schools now requires the teaching and evaluation of communication skills.

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PubMed2003

Proceedings of the Barrels II Workshop: cortical circuits.

The second session of the Barrels II Workshop focused on the function of cortical circuitry in the rodent vibrissa-to-barrel system. The session began with talks by Asaf Keller (University of Maryland), Christopher Moore (MIT), and David Pinto (Brown University). These presentations were followed by shorter talks by Mark Andermann (MIT), Alison Barth (Carnegie-Mellon University), Dirk Feldmeyer (Max Planck Institute), Cathy Garabedian (UCSF), Garrett Stanley (Harvard University), and Simona Temereanca (University of Pittsburgh). Presentations covered several central themes, including the functional organization of cortical circuitry, thalamocortical response transformations, temporal response properties, and the role of vibrissa resonance in high frequency representations. For simplicity, this review is organized by these central themes and does not follow the order of presentations at the meeting.

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PubMed2003

Whisking as a "voluntary" response: operant control of whisking parameters and effects of whisker denervation.

The rat's ability to vary its whisking "strategies" to meet the functional demands of a discriminative task suggests that whisking may be characterized as a "voluntary" behavior--an operant--and like other operants, should be modifiable by appropriate manipulations of response-reinforcer contingencies. To test this hypothesis we have used high-resolution, optoelectronic "real-time" recording procedures to monitor the movements of individual whiskers and reinforce specific movement parameters (amplitude, frequency). In one operant paradigm (N = 9) whisks with protractions above a specified amplitude were reinforced (Variable Interval 30 s) in the presence of a tone, but extinguished (EXT) in its absence. In a second paradigm (N = 3), rats were reinforced on two different VI schedules (VI-20s/VI-120s) signaled, respectively, by the presence or absence of the tone. Selective reinforcement of whisking movements maintained the behavior over many weeks of testing and brought it under stimulus and schedule control. Subjects in the first paradigm learned to increase responding in the presence of the tone and inhibit responding in its absence. In the second paradigm, subjects whisked at significantly different rates in the two stimulus conditions. Bilateral deafferentation of the whisker pad did not impair conditioned whisking or disrupt discrimination behavior. Our results confirm the hypothesis that rodent whisking has many of the properties of an operant response. The ability to bring whisking movement parameters under operant control should facilitate electrophysiological and lesion/behavioral studies of this widely used "model" sensorimotor system.

Animals↗
PubMed1993

Third L. H. Gray Workshop, Kelvin Conference Centre, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 24-25 March 1992: The radiobiology of targeted radiotherapy.

Thirty-five participants from eight countries attended the third workshop sponsored by the L. H. Gray Trust (with additional funding from the Cancer Research Campaign). The forum was a unique opportunity to bring together clinicians and scientists with a variety of backgrounds to discuss the biological targeting of therapeutic radiation.

Humans↗
PubMed2006

Technology for improving cognitive function. A workshop sponsored by the US Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR): reports from working groups.

The U.S. federal Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR) and its Subcommittee on Technology (IST) sponsored a state of the art workshop on "Technology for Improving Cognitive Function", from 29-30 June 2006 in Washington, D.C. This paper summarizes the content of the working groups charged with providing strategic direction for the future of technology for persons with cognitive disabilities.

Alzheimer Disease↗
PubMed1994

A report of the proceedings of an MSG workshop held August 1991.

This report of the proceedings of a workshop on monosodium glutamate (MSG) represents the output of an exchange of scientific information, discussed and debated, by a group of experts representing a variety of disciplines. Experts in the areas of food science, potential adverse reactions to foods, pharmacology, neuroscience, biochemistry, nutrition, pediatrics, and anatomy reviewed the current scientific literature relative to the safe use of MSG in foods. These proceedings supplement the extensive literature compiled by various prestigious international expert committees since the flavor-enhancing properties of MSG were identified around the turn of the century,

Animals↗
PubMed2000

Real-world vehicle emissions: a summary of the Ninth Coordinating Research Council On-Road Vehicle Emissions Workshop.

In April 1999, the Coordinating Research Council sponsored a workshop focusing on our understanding of real-world emissions from motor vehicles. This summary presents the latest information on in-use light- and heavy-duty vehicle tailpipe and evaporative emissions, the effects of fuels on emissions, field programs designed to understand the contribution of mobile sources to emission inventories, efforts to evaluate and improve mobile source emission models, progress of vehicle inspection/maintenance programs, and topics for future research. While significant progress has been made in understanding in-use vehicle emissions, further improvements are necessary. Moreover, the impact of current and future changes in emission control technologies and control programs will have to be monitored for effectiveness and incorporated into the emission factor models.

Air Pollutants↗
PubMed2004

Innovative methods for emission inventory development and evaluation: workshop summary.

Emission inventories are an essential tool for evaluating, managing, and regulating air pollution. Refinements and innovations in instruments that measure air pollutants, models that calculate emissions, and techniques for data management and uncertainty assessment are needed to enhance emission inventories. This workshop provided recommendations for improving emission factors, improving emission models, and reducing inventory uncertainty. Communication that increases cooperation between developers and users of inventories is essential. Emission inventories that incorporate these improvements will meet the challenges of the future.

Air Pollution↗
PubMed2002

Using collage art work as a common medium for communication in interprofessional workshops.

This paper explores the notion that interprofessional working is often hampered by the lack of a common language set and the variety of language sets used across the caring professions. The use of art as a common ground communication tool is presented with particular reference to the medium of magazine picture collage work. The paper describes how the use of this medium can enhance the understanding of individuals in interprofessional study days and workshops, where particular issues can be presented and explored by the participants, resulting in the increased awareness of the different perceptions of shared issues. In this way the use of magazine picture collage is advocated as a communication tool aimed to build bridges across the range of language sets used by different professionals.

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PubMed2004

Preparing employers to implement the Washington state ergonomics rule: evaluation of the training workshops.

Training of managers and workers is a mainstay of health and safety practice but it is rarely evaluated. We assessed the change in knowledge and perceived competence of participants, regarding the Washington State Ergonomics Rule, with the implementation of a 4-hour training session. We used the before and after study design without a control group to evaluate training workshops conducted between April 2001 and August 2002. There were 511 participants involved in the evaluation. Overall, participants' knowledge of the ergonomics rule and hazard reduction methods increased significantly. Those with no previous ergonomics training had a greater increase in their knowledge than those who had some ergonomics training in the past.

Accidents, Occupational↗
PubMed2000

Antioxidants: strategies for interventions in aging and age-related diseases. A workshop sponsored by the National Institute on Aging and by the Office of Dietary Supplements.

The role of free radicals in aging has been a long-standing theory that has now been extended to include both reactive oxygen and nitrogen species. The original concepts that overwhelming oxidative stress depleted antioxidants and thus damaged intracellular targets is being supplanted by the hypothesis that the reactive species play an essential role in signal transduction. The concept that the cell establishes a redox tone that is altered during the aging process places the oxidative and nitrosative modifications that occur during aging in a new and exciting context. Some highlights of this recent workshop convened by The National Institute on Aging and the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health are discussed.

Aging↗
PubMed1993

Summary report: workshop on the potential risks of antibody-dependent enhancement in human HIV vaccine trials.

Concern that ADE of HIV infection could occur in vivo, as a result of HIV immunization, has arisen for several reasons. Immune-mediated disease enhancement occurs in several human and animal viral diseases, including lentiviral diseases. Tropism for host M/M cells is a common characteristic in these diseases. Sera from naturally infected, and possibly HIV-immunized, individuals have been shown to contain infection enhancing antibodies in vitro. Finally, there is considerable genetic, and potentially antigenic, diversity among HIV-1 isolates. This workshop was convened to evaluate these concerns regarding ADE of HIV infection in human HIV vaccine trials and to propose studies that would address this potential risk. Although there is currently no evidence that immune-mediated enhancement of disease occurs in HIV, there is clearly a need for carefully designed experiments to further evaluate this issue. As there are several notable diseases for which in vitro ADE does not correlate with ADE in vivo, in vitro data are insufficient to deter development of current HIV-1 vaccine candidates. In vivo correlates of protection/enhancement are necessary to evaluate the ADE risk accurately. The development of an HIV animal model that would allow testing of vaccine candidates is of primary importance.

AIDS Vaccines↗
PubMedDate not supplied

6th COSTAM/SFRR (ASEAN/Malaysia) International Workshop on Micronutrients, Oxidative Stress, and the Environment.

The 6(th) COSTAM/SFRR (ASEAN/Malaysia) workshop, "Micronutrients, Oxidative Stress, and the Environment," was held from June 29 to July 2 at Holiday Inn Damai Beach Resort in Kuching, Sarawak. Two hundred twenty participants from 17 countries presented recent advances on natural antioxidants in the area of oxidative stress and molecular aspects of nutrition. Natural products and research are an important program in academic institutions and are experiencing unprecedented interest and growth by the scientific community and public health authorities. Progress is being driven by better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of the relation between oxidative stress and micronutrient action. The gathering of scientists from around the world was fruitful, and we hope that future work will be developed by the formal and informal interactions that took place in this beautiful tropical setting.

Carotenoids↗
PubMed1982

Workshop on monoclonal antibodies to human melanoma-associated antigens: findings of the Seattle group.

The 30 workshop monoclonal antibodies identify a number of distinct cell surface antigens of human melanoma. Indirect 125I-protein A binding assays showed that virtually all of the antibodies recognized antigens at the surface of SK-MEL-28 melanoma cells. Immunoprecipitation from detergent lysates of surface-radioiodinated cells showed that 16 of the antibodies recognized cell surface proteins. Antibodies 96.5, 118.1, 133.2 and two antibodies from the Sloan-Kettering group, I12 and L10, recognized a 97,000 MW protein, p97, but none of the other antibodies did so. Many of the antigens appear to have sufficient specificity for melanoma to be of interest as potential diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets and to merit structural and functional studies.

Antibodies, Monoclonal↗
PubMed1994

Workshop on intraspinal transplantation and clinical application.

The following general conclusions were reached at the workshop: 1. Laboratory studies suggest a potential benefit of cellular transplant therapy for SCI. 2. Some evidence supporting the safety of human fetal transplants is available from clinical studies of transplants in Parkinson's disease and SCI. 3. Assessment criteria and methodology are available, including imaging approaches, validated neurologic scoring systems, detailed electrophysiologic studies of conduction and spinal cord reflexes, and functional scoring approaches. 4. More controlled animal studies are needed (a) to demonstrate efficacy and to evaluate the necessity for immunosuppressive therapy and the overall safety of intraspinal transplantation, (b) to obtain more supporting evidence (e.g., electrophysiologic, histopathologic, MRI, molecular) that would provide insights into ways that transplanted tissue could mediate function, (c) to provide guidance for the procurement, harvesting, preparation, storage, and other logistics related to the use of human cells for transplantation into the spinal cord, (d) to define more thoroughly the cell type(s) that would be most likely to have benefit and the conditions that affect their viability, migration, gene expressions, and proliferation after transplantation, (e) to determine the most optimal time after injury for transplantation, and (f) to clarify patient selection characteristics that might optimize success (i.e., complete vs incomplete injuries, spinal level involved, age of recipient).

Animals↗
PubMed1993

Positive selection of CD34+ cells: a short review of the immunoadsorption methods currently available for experimental and clinical use. Report on the "2nd European Workshop on stem Cell Methodology," Mulhouse, France, May 3-7, 1993.

At the "2nd European Workshop on Stem Cell Methodology," held in Mulhouse, France, on May 3-7, 1993, part of the meeting was dedicated to the positive selection of CD34+ cells. All devices that are currently in use, or will be available in the near future, were explained and practically demonstrated using human cell populations by scientists involved in their development. In this paper, a review of these methods is given in the form of a short description, together with the data presented in Mulhouse and available from the literature.

Antigens, CD↗