OBJECTIVE To investigate how illness characteristics influence children's responses to ill peers. METHODS A sample of 363 4th and 5th graders responded to a vignette describing a peer with abdominal pain. In a 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 design, conditions varied by (a) evidence for organic disease, (b) presence of stress, (c) sex of vignette character, and (d) sex of respondent. Children rated symptom sev...

To solve the problems of serious deformation and support difficulty deep narrow gob-side coal pillars, an optimized hydraulic roof cutting structural model for structure pillars in kilometer–deep shafts was established based on 6302 working face Xinhe mine. The influence factors such as angle height stress evolution analyzed, principle pressure relief revealed, industrial application conducted....

post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) is a disorder of emotional and mental stress occurring as an outcome of injury or severe emotional shock. yoga may be useful in decrease of ptsd symptomology. new studies demonstrate that people suffering from ptsd can find actual relief with yoga. yoga decreases stress-induced allosteric load in three reactive systems of stress: the autonomic nervous syste...

We have identified maize (Zea mays L. inbred B73) mitochondrial homologs of the Escherichia coli molecular chaperones DnaK (HSP70) and GroEL (cpn60) using two-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblots. During heat stress (42 degrees C for 4 h), levels of HSP70 and cpn60 proteins did not change significantly. In contrast, levels of two 22-kD proteins i...

Objective: Recurrent headaches are prevalent in children and adolescents. Up to 89% of these individuals identify stress as a trigger. Yoga offers a complementary and alternative method for this population who often lacks effective relaxation tools for stress relief. This presentation describes the yoga group offered as part of the Integrative Headache Clinic (IHC) at Children’s Hospital Colora...

THE THERAPEUTIC VALUE of coronary arterial bypass grafting is suggested by many favorable reports which stress particularly the relief of angina pectoris.' However, definitive statements regarding the effectiveness of this procedure in improving myocardial function, preventing myocardial necrosis and death from myocardial disease, and in producing permanent (or sustained) relief of angina are n...

• The quality of our relationships has a profound impact upon our health, probably due to the chronic effect of stress (or stress relief) affiliated with such relationships (or the lack thereof). It is estimated that those who lack satisfying emotional relationships may have three to five times the risk for all-cause illness and premature death than those who have a number of satisfying relatio...