Report to the House of Representatives and the 79th General Assembly of the State of Illinois.

Chairman: Representative Aaron Jaffe.

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University of Michigan Men's Tennis Team, 1955

Back Row: coach William Murphy, Dick Cohen, Al Mann, Peter Paulus, Robert Mitchell, Dick Potter

Front Row: Barry MacKay, Robert Paley, Mark Jaffe, captain Robert Nederlander,

University of Michigan Men's Tennis Team, 1956

Back Row: coach William Murphy, captain Barry MacKay, Mark Jaffe, Larry Brown, student mngrr. Russ Wells

Front Row: Dick Cohen, Dick Potter, John Harris

University of Michigan Men's Tennis Team, 1957

Back Row: coach William Murphy, Barry MacKay, Mark Jaffe, Dale Jensen, mngr. Chuck Samson

Front Row: George Korol, Dick Potter, Dick Cohen, John Harris

School of Nursing Class of 1981

Top Row: Mary Jo Ambrozy, Carolyn, Ashley, Gail Marie Barbaza, Jeanne Barr, Susan Bauer, Lynn Eva Becker, Christine Bibilikow, Kathy Biehl, Lisa Bloomfield, Bail M. Borowiak, Susan, M. Browning, Diane Louise Burgoon, Camille Carlson, Cindy marie Chaltry, Kathleen Anne Clegg, Ann cline

Row 2: Wendy Cogan, Annette Robin Cole, Barbara Compton, Elizabeth Connors, Norma K. Marshall, Michele Betts, Donna Jean Holihan, Pamela S. Harden, Kathleen McLaughlin, Mary M. Walker, Mary Lohr, Julia Cooney, Carol Crapo, Deborah D. Davis, Mary Dreisig

Row 3: Athena Eary, Eleanor Eckrich, Patti M. Eidenberger, Catherine Elmlinger, Annette Englund, Cynthis Fellencer, Karen Fischer, Carolyn B. Forbes, Nancy Ellen Freedman, Susan P. George, Annette Gervaix, Beverly Glogowski

Row 4: Jayne Goodrich, June A. R. Grimm, Marie Guerrini, Douglas Leon Hankins, Yvonne M. Harwoor, Linda Hecimovich, Catherine M. Herbel, Kelly Hocker, Brenda Lee Horness, Theresa A. Hosey, Karin E. Hunt, Beth Jackson

Row 5: Karen Sue Jaffe, Roland Jemerson, Tamera Johnson, Susan Kaczmarek, Laura S. Keverian, Julie A. Kimbrough, Eva Marie Kline, Nancy L. Kuehn, Margaret J. Labadie, Lori K. Lane, Elizabeth Lang, Linda Lawton, Judy Linden, Peggy Little, Sharon Lois Longe, Claire Lonstein

Row 6: Deloris Macon, Karen Marie Macsay, Susan E. Mapley, Maria Y. Maquera, Ann McCullough, Michael Meade, Barbara Messink, Mary Elizabeth Mick, Susie E. Mikolajewski, Marilyn Millman, Debra A. Mills, Lu Ann Minore, Jean M. Mischel, Terri Ann Mitchell, Catherine Jean Moore, Michelle A. Mourad

Row 7: Mary Lynn Musial, Kathleen Myles, Denise Oliphint, Patrice M. Orlowski, Susan Orne, Carolyn Pernell, Holly Perry, Paula L. Petkoff, Arlene Ann Popovich, Barbara A. Quinn, Carol Reid, Sandra J. Remington, Gisselle Rodriguez, Susan Roelant, Laura S. Rogers, Nancy Rudd

Row 8: Karen Beth Salem, Barbara Santavy, Linda Schairer, Marie B. Schneider, Julie Schoettley, Julie Rose Schuster, Mary V. Seibert, Tracy Shafer, Claire E. Sharda, Susan D. Shortino, Judith Simon, Phillis Simpson, Donna Sledz, Cynthia Smith, Diane L. Smith, Mary Kay Smith

Row 9: Susan R. Smith, Sharon stansberry, Linda Suchocki, Susan Swoiskin, Leslie Ann Urban, Mary B. Van Wingen, Gretchen M. Vermeulen, Verland Z. Walker, Jayne Walworth, Elaine Devorah Webber, Julie Ann Webster, Sora Weller, Julie L. Weyburne, Malorie Whitefield, Frances Wiecha, Anne C. Wise

UM Men's Swimming Team, 1991,

Front Row: Scott Van Appledorn, Eric Lesser, Eric Namesnik, Steve Duttenhofer, Michael Barrowman, Steven Bigelow, Stephen Hamerski, Eric R. Bailey, Brice Kopas, Jarrett R. Winter .

Second Row: head coach Jon Urbanchek, asst. coach Mark Noetzel, Jayson Field, Thomas w Stabile, Jr., James Hume, Bradley Lambert, Robert S. Silverman, Gregory Gooch, Noel Strauss, Thomas Hay, Timothy Bower, grad. asst. Rick Wilkening, diving coach Dick Kimball.

Back Row: Rodney VanTassell, Brian Gunn, Eric Wunderlich, Jeff, Klotz, John Kiani, Marc Milobinski, Abel Sanchez, Matthew Jaffe, Kent Tschannen, Jeff Jozwiak.

Front Row: Scott Skoglund, Kevin Glass, Richard Mitvalsky, Ryan Downey.

UM Men's Swimming Team, 1993

Front Row: Brian Gunn, Eric Namesnik, Stephen Duttenhofer, Jeff Jozwiak, Bradley Lambert, Noel Strauss, Gregory Gooch, Eric Wunderlich, James Hume

Second Row: asst. coach Alex Braunfeld, Brad Whitridge, Chris Veber, Matthew Jaffe, Thomas Hay, Shuichi Matsumoto, Abel Sanchez, Brice Kopas, Timothy Bower, Eric Lesser, John Kiani, diving Coach Dick Kimball

Third Row: volunteer asst. coach Mike Barrowman, Joseph Janik, Alex Bogaerts, Rob Genova, Daniel Abruzzi, Jan Wenzel, Royce Sharp, Kent Tschannen, Rodney VanTassell, Steve West, Courtney Faller, head coach Jon Urbanchek

Back Row: Kevin Glass, Randy Teeters, Gustavo Borges, Thomas Blake, Marcel Wouda

SMPS particle size data from the Mt. Bachelor Observatory for summer 2015

Aerosol size distributions from the Mt. Bachelor Observatory for 7/30/2015 to 9/23/2015.

Standing with the assistance of a tilt table improves minute ventilation in chronic critically ill patients

Objective: To investigate the effect of standing with assistance of the tilt table on ventilatory parameters and arterial blood gases in intensive care patients. Design: Consecutive sample. Setting: Tertiary referral hospital. Participants: Fifteen adult patients who had been intubated and mechanically ventilated for more than 5 days (3 subjects successfully weaned, 12 subjects being weaned). Intervention: Passive tilting to 70degrees from the horizontal for 5 minutes using a tilt table. Main Outcome Measures: Minute ventilation (VE), tidal volume (VT), respiratory rate, and arterial partial pressure of oxygen (Pao(2)) and carbon dioxide (Paco(2)). Results: Standing in the tilted position for 5 minutes produced significant increases in VE (P

The relative benefits of endurance and strength training on the metabolic factors and muscle function of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Objective: To compare the effects of a 4-month strength training (ST) versus aerobic endurance training (ET) program on metabolic control, muscle strength, and cardiovascular endurance in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D). Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting: Large public tertiary hospital. Participants: Twenty-two T21) participants (I I men, I I women; mean age +/- standard error, 56.2 +/- 1.1 y; diabetes duration, 8.8 +/- 3.5y) were randomized into a 4-month ST program and 17 T2D participants (9 men, 8 women; mean age, 57.9 +/- 1.4y; diabetes duration, 9.2 +/- 1.7y) into a 4-month ET program. Interventions: ST (up to 6 sets per muscle group per week) and ET (with an intensity of maximal oxygen consumption of 60% and a volume beginning at 15min and advancing to a maximum of 30min 3X/wk) for 4 months. Main Outcome Measures: Laboratory tests included determinations of blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin (Hb A(1c)), insulin, and lipid assays. Results: A significant decline in Hb A, was only observed in the ST group (8.3% +/- 1.7% to 7.1% +/- 0.2%, P=.001). Blood glucose (204 +/- 16mg/dL to 147 +/- 8mg/dL, P <.001) and insulin resistance (9.11 +/- 1.51 to 7.15 +/- 1.15, P=.04) improved significantly in the ST group, whereas no significant changes were observed in the ET group. Baseline levels of total cholesterol (207 +/- 8mg/dL to 184 +/- 7mg/dL, P <.001), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (120 +/- 8mg/dL to 106 +/- 8mg/dL, P=.001), and triglyceride levels (229 +/- 25mg/dL to 150 +/- 15mg/dL, P=.001) were significantly reduced and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (43 +/- 3mg/dL to 48 +/- 2mg/dL, P=.004) was significantly increased in the ST group; in contrast, no such changes were seen in the ET group. Conclusions: ST was more effective than ET in improving glycemic control. With the added advantage of an improved lipid profile, we conclude that ST may play an important role in the treatment of T2D.

Motor unit synchronization of the vasti muscles in closed and open chain tasks

Objectives: To investigate motor unit synchronization between medial and lateral vasti and whether such synchronization differs in closed and open chain tasks. Design: Electromyographic recordings of single motor unit action potentials were made from the vastus medialis obliquus (VMO) and multiunit recordings from vastus lateralis during isometric contractions at 30 degrees of knee flexion in closed and open chain conditions. Setting: Laboratory. Participants: Five volunteers with no history of knee pain (age, 30 +/- 3.32y). Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measure: The degree of synchronization between motor unit firing was evaluated by identifying peaks in the electromyographic averages of the vastus lateralis, triggered from motor unit action potentials in the VMO, and the proportion of power in the power spectral density of the triggered average at the firing frequency of the reference motor unit. The proportion of cases in which there was significant power and peaks in the triggered averages was calculated. Results: The proportion of trials with peaks in the triggered averages of the vastus lateralis electromyographic activity was greater than 61.5% in all tasks, and there was a significantly greater proportion of cases where power in the spectrum was greater than 7.5% (P = .01) for the closed chain condition. Conclusions: There was a high proportion of synchronized motor units between the 2 muscles during isometric contractions, with evidence for greater common drive between the VMO and vastus lateralis in closed chain tasks. This has implications for rehabilitation because it suggests that closed chain tasks may generate better coordination between the vasti muscles.

Swimming against the flow: A mechanism of zooplankton aggregation

Zooplankton reside in a constantly flowing environment. However, information about their response to ambient flow has remained elusive, because of the difficulties of following the individual motions of these minute, nearly transparent animals in the ocean. Using a three-dimensional acoustic imaging system, we tracked >375,000 zooplankters at two coastal sites in the Red Sea. Resolution of their motion from that of the water showed that the animals effectively maintained their depth by swimming against upwelling and downwelling currents moving at rates of up to tens of body lengths per second, causing their accumulation at frontal zones. This mechanism explains how oceanic fronts become major feeding grounds for predators and targets for fishermen.