Elder Abuse and the Law: New Science, New Tools Jogerst, Gerald J.; Brady, M. Jane; Dyer, Camel B. ...
The Journal of law, medicine & ethics,
December 2004, Volume:
32, Issue:
s4
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
A panel discussion on elder abuse and the law, participated by Gerald J. Jogerst, M. Jane Brady, Carmel B. Dyer, and moderated by Ileana Arias, is presented. Arias discusses that although elder ...mistreatment is a problem that is generally ignored by researchers and practitioners, approximately 450,000 individuals who are sixty years old and older are mistreated every year in the US.
Our lab has used an optical coherence microscope (OCM) to assess both the structure of tissue-engineered corneal constructs and their transparency. Currently, we are not able to resolve cells versus ...collagen matrix material in the images produced. We would like to distinguish cells in order to determine if they are viable while growing in culture and also if they are significantly contributing to the light scattering in the tissue. In order to do this, we are currently investigating the use of immunogold labeling. Gold nanoparticles are high scatterers and can create contrast in images. We have conjugated gold nanoparticles to antibodies specific to the alpha/sub 5/beta/sub 1/ integrins expressed in some corneal cells. This choice of target should allow assessment of the phenotypic behavior of the cells in the tissue, as different integrins are expressed in different phenotypes. This study applies the immunogold technique to study cultured corneal cells using the OCM with the ultimate goal of monitoring cellular behavior in engineered tissue and corroborating results from standard histological methods.
We analyzed the Marangoni convection induced in the liquid crystalline material of 8CB in sandwich cells under temperature gradient. By using fluorescence photo-bleaching method, we measured the flow ...field near air interface. In the coexistence state of the smectic and the nematic phases, the direction of the observed flow was opposite from that expected from the temperature dependence of surface tension. Moreover, in the coexistence state of the nematic and isotropic phases, the flow field depended on the coating materials of the cell substrates. As for the formation of the flow field, these flow properties indicate the existence of another important physical factor in addition to the surface tension gradient.
Students from Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center (CB Tech) finished ninth in national competition at the annual FBLA National Leadership Conference.
Canadian Tire is also considering larger 'Metropolitan' stores such as its recently open 105,000-square-foot store in Kingston. The retailer is also building on the successful launch of its '20-20' ...format. "My remarks very much mirror my comments of last year (conference)," said John O'Toole, executive vice-president CB Richard Ellis, in his annual overview of the office market scene. "In terms of new (office) constructions... we don't see much of that. We have had 13 quarters of lackluster performance." There are some possible developments under way. Some investors will be attracted to accommodation construction because they need areas to invest and hotel occupancy rates are rising, said David Larone. Even so, the predicted occupancy rates for 2008 will only match 2000 levels. "That's not a very rosy scenario."
Adaptation from the keynote address to the Association for Childhood Education International Annual Study Conference held at Denver, Colorado in April, 1972. (CB)
Nonlinear dielectric permittivities in the quiescent state and under shear flow ware measured in the isotropic and nematic phases of liquid crystal 5CB in rest state and. In the quiscent state ...nonlinear effects related to an electrode polarization ware observed in low-frequency region (below several ten Hz) in both the isotropic and the nematic phases with the effect in the nematic phase affected by its order. On the other hand, under shear flow larger and more clearer nonlinear effects ware observed. On the basis of these results, relationship between the nonlinear dielectric property and the nematic order will be discussed.
