The office seems to be the last outpost of resistance to automation, if one can judge by the small amount of money companies are now spending on it. Yet more than a trillion dollars will go for salaries and support of white-collar workers in 1982. Booz, Allen & Hamilton Inc., ...

Partial hospitalization programs evolved as a result of a variety of financial, social and therapeutic circumstances. At present, these programs can take one of several different forms. Of these, the most common ones are the three day programs--day hospital, day treatment, and day care. In theory, each of the three ...

Amnesia for approach-avoidance learning was induced in mice by injecting the protein synthesis inhibitor anisomycin (ANI) immediately, 1, or 2 hours, but not 3 hours after training. A robust amnesia could be demonstrated if ANI was administered 3 hours after training, immediately following a 60 second exposure to the training ...

The study examined the effect of pre- and post-training bilateral amygdaloid lesions on retention of a one-trial inhibitory avoidance response. Groups of rats, including unimplanted controls and implanted controls, were trained and tested for retention at 4, 7 or 12 days following training. The lesions were made at one of ...

This paper reports the effects of several environmental variables on the management and maintenance of a treatment program for self-injurious behavior (SIB) in residents in a state facility for retarded persons. Fifteen of the clients who participated in a developmental day-care program were compared across the final four months of ...

Eighteen severely and profoundly retarded adolescents were treated in a research and demonstration project within a state institution by behavior modification methods for 30 months. Most showed traits of autism, phobias and persistant vulnerability. Restraints had acquired stimulus control. Programming, an aversive event, evoked SIB as avoidance reaction. Effect of ...

The effect of a program designed to reduce hospital drug costs by limiting the selection of injectable cephalosporins and promoting the rational use of the selected agents was studied. Cefazolin sodium was chosen as the primary injectable cephalosporin, and guidelines for proper dosing were approved. Strict guidelines for the use ...

I have formulated a linear programming model to determine changes in efficiency and productivity that would result from scheduling personnel to work combinations of 8-, 10-, and 12-hour shifts in a section of our pulmonary medicine department. My objective was to minimize the number of staff hours worked each day, ...

A community-based day center for former psychiatric patients developed a new work-oriented pilot program for members who want to change and become more self-directed and independent in their living situations. After a year the pilot program was evaluated. On the basis of the evaluation recommendations, the program became a permanent ...

Ten Alberta hospitals were monitored to assess the exposure of operating room personnel to nitrous oxide, halothane and enflurane during the average work day. Exposure to these agents in operating rooms without scavenging systems was determined to be well above the recommended guidelines. Contaminants were significantly lower in operating rooms ...

A previous experiment (Herzfeld & Taub, 1977) demonstrated that slide projections and explicit suggestions relating to thermal experiences can significantly augment temperature self-regulations training (.5 degrees F, p less than .05). however, the experimental design was thought to result in an underestimate of the magnitude of the effect, since each ...

Five cases of probable bovine papular stomatitis in faculty and students in a university veterinary clinic precipitated an intensive surveillance program. A senior class of veterinary medical students was questioned at the beginning of their clinical training to determine their history of exposure to cattle and presence of lesions resembling ...

The efficacy of a daily dosage regimen of subsalicylate bismuth in preventing or reducing the severity of diarrhea among young healthy adults was evaluated in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Diarrhea developed in 14 (23%) of 62 students receiving subsalicylate bismuth compared with 40 (61%) of 66 students taking a ...

Rats were trained in a two-way shock-avoidance task, either in a single training session of 100 trials or over a 5 day period with 20 trials per day. Electroencephalograph and electromyograph recordings were continuous for 2 days prior (base line), during, and following the experiments, except during the actual training ...

The analysis of accumulated data from conceptional and nonconceptional ovulatory menstrual cycles of patients undertaking artificial donor insemination has allowed some observations to be made on the practical aspects which may influence the efficiency of the program. The evidence suggests that with the use of preserved semen, accurate timing of ...

New sterilization regulations lengthen waiting time to 30 days, from the previous 72 hours required by regulations issued in 1974. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) Secretary Califano said the regulations "strictly" limit the se of federal funds "to sterilizations for individuals who knowingly and freely consent to them ...

A new computer program for experimental design simulation was used in a three-day postgraduate workshop on clinical trials. Participants were given information on a fictitious new drug and asked to design a trial to evaluate it. On the first day they reviewed the data and designed a protocol, and results ...

Electromyographic feedback training may play a special role in increasing active range of motion in spastic cerebral palsied individuals. The effects of electromyographic feedback training were documented on four persons with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy within a single subject design. Subjects received immediate auditory and visual feedback twice daily during ...

Octopuses with the supraesophageal lobes split and the subesophageal centers isolated by cutting the cerebrobrachial connective on one or both sides were trained by food and shock rewards to discriminate between rough and smooth balls. Because there is a greater tendency to take the rough ball, training was done with ...

Last year the University of Iowa conducted an in-house study of how federal regulations, executive orders, and agency administrative policies affected the day-to-day operations of the university on all levels. This article is an analysis and reassessment of the federal impact issue based on the information uncovered in the University ...

This study replicated and extended the findings of MacCracken and Hayes (1976). 10 students were presented the same complex stereogram for 5 trials daily over 2 nonconsecutive days, and latencies to achieve depth perception were recorded. Latencies decreased across 5 trials in the first session but were somewhat longer at ...

The present study indicates advantages of programmed labour compared with labour which started spontaneously on or before term day. Programmed labour was shorter and the condition of the newborn, assessed according to Apgar and acid-base values of cord-blood, was better than in spontaneous or stimulated labour groups. There was no ...

Reading speed and duration were measured for 24 low vision subjects, 12 learning to use closed circuit television and 12 learning to use optical aids. Reading speed and duration increased for both groups during 10 days of training and practice. Improvement occurred by steplike increases and plateaus. Visual acuity was ...

An investigation of the effects of a seven-day camp experience with disturbed adolescents on approximately sixty undergraduate "camp counselors" was conducted. Measures of the types of reinforcement preferred and used as well as an overall attitude toward disturbed adolescents were obtained and evaluated. The results indicated that the student counselors ...

The concept of the adolescent day treatment program offers many exciting treatment possibilities. This paper is an attempt to outline some of the potential problems or pitfalls which can occur in developing such a program. The author stresses the importance of having a program philosophy and indicates various aspects of ...

A system for the artificial insemination fo beef cattle was described. The system involved preparation of the cattle and facilities, visual oestrous detection twice a day, drafting each morning and insemination of oestrous cows twice a day. The AI program was evaluated during the course of the program and at ...

Previous attempts at program evaluation of partial hospitalization programs have consisted largely of descriptive and anecdotal reports of programs and patient characteristics. There have been no comparative or experimental studies of the effectiveness of differing day treatment programs. In the current study, Goal Attainment Scaling, a goal-oriented program evaluation system, ...

The geriatric day care or day hospital program is an exciting new movement designed to aid the impaired elderly in the community. Federal legislation has made public financing of these programs possible under Title 18 and Title 19 of the Social Security Act. The potential for funding as a demonstration ...

A six-week enriched sensorimotor, communication, and recreational summer day camp for twenty multihandicapped preschool children is described. The program, planned and supervised by therapists and mental retardation counselors, provided training for students who worked as camp counselors. Each counselor was assigned to work with one child and family and was ...

Students in a gerontological nursing program can gain measningful experience in a metropolitan high-rise for the elderly, as well as provide needed services to the residents. Being involved in the planning stage for the experience proved to be almost as valuable as the experience itself. Working with well and not ...

Establishment of an ambulatory anesthesia and surgery program in a university teaching hospital presents difficulties. A successful program of this nature, the "Day Op program," was begun at the North Carolina Memorial Hospital in December 1972. Through December 1974, of all surgery performed in our operating rooms, 2,590 cases, (17%) ...

1. A program for the prevention of excessive fluoride absorption among aluminum smelter workers is described. This surveillance is based upon knowledge of the portals of entry, distribution, bone deposition and excretory patterns of this element. 2. The control program is based on the thesis that the concentration of fluoride ...

Goldfish were trained to perform visual intensity and pattern discriminations. Three groups of fish had bilateral ablation of the caudal optic tectum, a fourth consisted of unoperated controls and a fifth group consisted of sham-operated controls. The fish were tested after various postoperative intervals ranging from 19 to 147 days. ...

Sixty-one former clients of a day hospital aftercare program were assessed for level of social and individual functioning. They were found to be more like psychiatric patients than like the normal population. Marital status and type of residential arrangement were the only demographic variables that could be correlated with level ...

A study of Sonne dysentery infections in 19 primary and 11 secondary day-schools and 4 day-nurseries has been made over a period of 18 years in an urban area. Measures were taken throughout to try to prevent and control outbreaks. Sonne dysentery was not endemic in the school population and, ...

Female mice (C57BL/6 strain), repeatedly administered strychnine sulfate for 10 days after exposure to a six-unit maze, showed significantly improved learning when trained again. This facilitation effect was not due to overall enhancement of learning ability and could not be attributed to retrograde facilitation of consolidation processes.

Hooded rats were trained to choose the larger of two circles in order to obtain a liquid reward. Recipients of brain extract from these trained donors showed a significant preference for an even larger circle when given a nonreinforced test for several days after the injection of extract. The substrate ...

Papers of a pioneer forest ranger of the Wisconsin Conservation Department, primarily documenting his work for the state in establishing the Wisconsin fire protection program and in forest land acquisition and mapping and his private timberland activities. Included are detailed diaries, which cover the full period of his state employment; ...

Thesis (Psy. D.)--Wheaton College Graduate School, 2005.

Talkaoke sets up in Hainault Forest Country Park on a glorious summers day for the Park's Centenary Celebration. A mainly quiet day but with some fun discussions as well as a group of boys with some issues on their mind. Watch out for the occasional passing train, next stop Talkaoke.

To supervise activities for patients with frontotemporal dementias presents major challenges to day programs typically equipped to care for more elderly, frail patients. In this article, we present the development and immediate outcomes of integrating a day program specialized for patients with frontal lobe disturbances into an already established day ...

Over the next 6months this series of articles is going to explore a number of elements of professional development. The topics covered will include: writing CVs, preparing for interviews, finding a role model, learning from experience, post-registration courses, Master degrees, PhDs and professional doctorates, making time and financing professional development.

Under the conditions specified, chicks fail to learn either to escape or to avoid shock on the day of hatching. Chicks trained for the first time on the day after hatching quickly learn to escape but do not learn to avoid shock. Avoidance learning first appears on the third day ...