A health promotion practicum targeting the college-age population.

Senior and sophomore baccalaureate nursing students at the University of Kentucky developed a health promotion exposition that targeted college students. This experience gave senior students the opportunity to practice leadership and management skills, such as planning, organizing, collaborating, delegating, evaluating, and time management and conflict resolution. Sophomore students developed teaching abilities, practiced assessment and communication techniques, and increased their knowledge of health-promoting behaviors. Both groups experienced team building and demonstrated accountability. Students reported a positive learning experience that met various course objectives in an innovative way.

[Pediatric imported malaria. Experience of the hospital center of Versailles (1997-2001)]. / Paludisme d'importation de l'enfant. Expérience du centre hospitalier de Versailles (1997-2001).

UNLABELLED: Few data are available about pediatric imported malaria, whereas the number of cases seems in constant increase. PATIENTS AND METHODS: all pediatric malaria cases diagnosed by a positive thin or thick blood film at the Versailles Hospital, from January 1997 to December 2001, were studied retrospectively. RESULTS: sixty cases of pediatric imported malaria were studied. They were 58 cases of uncomplicated malaria and 2 cases of severe malaria; 85% of the children had travelled to sub-Saharan Africa and 15% to Oceania; 90% of the children were of African origin. Plasmodium falciparum was found alone in 84% of the cases. The anti-malarial chemoprophylaxis was inappropriate in 92% of the cases. No child had profited from preventive measures against mosquitos. Fever > 37,5 degrees C was observed in 100% of the cases. The other clinical signs were present in less than 50% of the cases. The median of haemoglobin and platelet was 10.5 g/dL and 141,000/mm(3), respectively. After treatment, the evolution was good in all the cases, without relapse or any consequences. DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION: our study, in agreement with the national data, confirms the increase in the number of case of pediatric imported malaria, and underlines the mediocrity of the prevention, in particular in term of anti-malarial chemo-prophylaxis. These data, in a context of regular increase of international travels to endemic areas, suggest the necessity to improve the information of the general public, and the urgency of a better staff training of health care workers concerning malaria, in order to improve the prevention and the treatment of this potentially fatal disease.

Enhanced optical transmission by light coaxing: mechanism of the TEM-mode excitation.

This paper presents a theoretical study showing the mechanism of light transmission through opaque metallic films perforated with nanocoaxial apertures thanks to the excitation of their cutoff-free TEM (Transverse ElectroMagnetic) guided mode. Full three-dimensional Finite Difference Time Domain (3D-FDTD) together with a Body-Of-Revolution FDTD simulation results are presented and discussed in order to optimize this extraordinary transmission. Very promising findings are pointed out opening the path to the design of new devices for both nano-optic and photovoltaic applications.