Zur Lage des akademischen Mittelbaus

Befragungsstudie an den kantonalen Universitäten und ETH. Schlussbericht zuhanden des Staatsekretariats für Bildung und Forschung. Actionuni - Die Schweizer Vereinigung der Forschenden und Mittelbauvereinigungen

1993 Men's Gymnastics Team

Back Row: Mat Burleson, Evan Feldman, Bob Young, Chris Onuska, Brad Terris, Geoff Bidwell, Kris Klinger, Jason Taft

Middle Row: head coach Bob Darden, Chris Burkhardt, Rich Dopp, Chris Bonifiorti, Raul Molina, John Besancon, Coney Huttenga, Paul Mariani, Brian Winkler, mngr. Stacey Shingte, asst. coach Mike Milidonis

Front Row: Royce Toni, Ben Verrall, Seth Rubin, Josh Miners, Matt Marsich, Jorge Camacho, Mike Mott, trainer Jon Fetter

1994 Men's Gymnastics Team

Fourth Row (left to right): Jerrod Farrand, Lawrence Neukom, Flavio Martins, Brad Terris, Jason MacDonald, Paul Bischoff.

Third Row: Jason Taft, Kris Klinger, Evan Feldman, Bob Young, Chris Onuska.

Second Row: Head coach Bob Darden, trainer Tammy Ogeltree, Brian Winkler, Paul Mariani, Christian Boniforti, Raul Molina, Rich Dopp, Cory Huttenga, manager Stacey Shingle, assistant coach Mike Milidonis.

First Row: Matt Marsich, Mike Mott, Ben Verrall, Jorge Camacho, Josh Miner, Royce Toni, Seth Rubin.

Urban public space and the marginalisation of children and young people

In the 21st century city, public space for a range of users, but especially children and young people, has come under threat. Watson proposed that “public space itself has come under attack from several directions-thematisation, enclosure into malls and other controlled spaces, and privatisation, or from urban planning and design interventions to erase its uniqueness”. Largely as a result of these trends, Scott observed that “young urbanites form a marginalised age class movement is restricted, out of fear and distrust, within aims to protect, monitored by city surveillance methods within the security-obsessed fabric”. The use of public space by children and young people is a contentious issue in a number of countries and a range of measures deployed to control public space curtail the rights of children and young people to claim the space for their use through curfews, oppressive camera surveillance and at times, the unwarranted attentions of police and private security personnel.

Dietary patterns and cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents and young adults: the Northern Ireland Young Hearts Project

Dietary pattern (DP) analysis allows examination of the combined effects of nutrients and foods on the markers of CVD. Very few studies have examined these relationships during adolescence or young adulthood. Traditional CVD risk biomarkers were analysed in 12-15-year-olds (n 487; Young Hearts (YH)1) and again in the same individuals at 20-25 years of age (n 487; YH3). Based on 7 d diet histories, in the present study, DP analysis was performed using a posteriori principal component analysis for the YH3 cohort and the a priori Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS) was calculated for both YH1 and YH3 cohorts. In the a posteriori DP analysis, YH3 participants adhering most closely to the 'healthy' DP were found to have lower pulse wave velocity (PWV) and homocysteine concentrations, the 'sweet tooth' DP were found to have increased LDL concentrations, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure and decreased HDL concentrations, the 'drinker/social' DP were found to have lower LDL and homocysteine concentrations, but exhibited a trend towards a higher TAG concentration, and finally the 'Western' DP were found to have elevated homocysteine and HDL concentrations. In the a priori dietary score analysis, YH3 participants adhering most closely to the Mediterranean diet were found to exhibit a trend towards a lower PWV. MDS did not track between YH1 and YH3, and nor was there a longitudinal relationship between the change in the MDS and the change in CVD risk biomarkers. In conclusion, cross-sectional analysis revealed that some associations between DP and CVD risk biomarkers were already evident in the young adult population, namely the association between the healthy DP (and the MDS) and PWV; however, no longitudinal associations were observed between these relatively short time periods.