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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle - Page Three Thursday, February 11, 1993 voting from page one elections committee will look at how many people from the College of Business voted before Lui's name was added to the list and determine, as fairly as possible, how to rectify the situation. Yet, Sarah Jeanne Larsen, vice ' presidential candidate, said a few votes could make a difference. "There are only so many seats so you are out of luck because you can't do it without being on the ballot," she said. "The registrar took care of it, but that will not help the voters that have already gone through." One Assembly candidate from Rapture and another from were listed under the opposing party, Sander Sharp, presidential candidate for said. Two people who had officially withdrawn from the race were also included on the final ballot, he added. The voting process has not been very efficient either, Sharp said. Several students have become discouraged because the lines are long between classes. Many students left without voting. "People come to vote and leave right away unless they are really committed to the party," Sharp said. "We need to make the process as easy as possible for students, or they are just not going to vote," Dee Dee Darby, vice presidential candidate for Outreach said. Only one list for each college is available at the polls because of a record low primary voter turnout, Stanard said. "I didn't mind sharing a list, but it is probably not a good idea because students would be influenced on how to vote," U. student Dave Barker said.' Darby said not having enough lists was an However, "oversight" and said the election committee has done a "wonderful job." "They're as fair as they possibly can be to all the candidates running. He the election's registrar can only work with what he has," Darby sai adding, students however, that shouldn't have to jtand in line for 20 minutes." grants from page one descent have settled in the Intermountain area, Fujinami said. ALPHA m,sm ALPtaa can known. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society also awarded a grant to U. neurology professor Jack Petajan. He received a $146,373 pilot research grant for a one-yestudy of muscle metabolism in MS patients who have excessive ar fatigue. directs Petajan the electromyography (EMG) laboratory and the multiple sclerosis clinic at the U. Hospital. The awards are among 38 new research projects approved for funding out of a total of nearly 200 applications across the nation. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society spends $10.6 million to support 250 research projects nearly : . MM pnrjnr.in factors Environmental contribute to the frequency of MS cases, according to Fujinami. There is a very low incidence of MS around the equator, he explained. Most patients are diagnosed with MS between the ages of 20 and 40 and more women are affected, although the reason for this is not r.vide. 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Topical Testing holds a patent on the ATT, which was designed in 1986 for use as a diagnostic tool in evaluating peripheral and central nueropathies and for experimental studies of sensation in the skin. The new Vibrotactile Tester consists of a stimulating probe in diameter mounted in a dome-lik- e housing on which the patient's hand rests comfortably. Gaelyn Derr, program coordinator for Topical Testing, said "We received approval from the Food and Drug Administration several weeks ago to market the Vibrotactile Tester, which is now in production." Specialized IBM computer software controls the probe's velocity, acceleration and amplitude. The patient indicates when movement of the probe is felt on the finger by pushing a button with his or her other hand. Sensory threshold data generated by the test is displayed on the computer monitor, and automatically stored in the patient's permanent files. The data is also available for hard copy print out The test is similar to a hearing test, except that it stimulates the skin instead of the ear. An individual can be screened in less than 10 minutes. Carpal tunnel syndrome results from a compression of the median nerve in the wrist area. The carpal tunnel is the wrist bone bounded by osteofibrous material through which flexor tendons and the median nerve pass. The median nerve carries sensory messages from the thumb and some fingers, and motor stimuli to the muscles in the hand. "The diagnosis of peripheral nerve disorders such as nerve compression injuries, toxic neuropathies, Hansen's disease and others has been complicated by the lack of reliable and quantitative methods of evaluating peripheral nerve function," Horch said. He an his colleagues developed the ATT device at Topical Testing through National Institute If HealthSmall Business Innovation Research one-millime- ' I mm w Kixcdcrtdonofbr i i lJ 1 ' ' ' 1 i Or D - Program grants. "What makes carpal tunnel syndrome such a debilitating condition is not so much the pain that can be associated with it, but the loss of fine motor control or sensitivity in the hand," Horch said. "The hand becomes numb and a person loses control of some of the hand muscles because the nerves aren't conducting." The condition can affect one or both hands, and is sometimes accompanied by weakness in the thumb or thumbs. . U. engineering professor Matheson Award winner Hong Yong Sohn, professor of Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Utah, will be presented the Champion H. Mathewson Award by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS). Sohn will be recognized at the 1993 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, to be held Feb. 21 through 25 in Denver, Colo. The Champion H. Mathewson Award is presented for a paper or series of papers that represents a notable contribution to metallurgical science. Sohn was selected for his outstanding series of papers entitled, "Mathematical Modeling of Sulfide Flash Smelting Process," which was published in Metallurgical Transactions B. Sohn received his B.S. degree from Seoul National University, his M.S. degree from the University of New Brunswick, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, all in chemical engineering. He joined the faculty at the U. after working as a postdoctoral research associate at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and as a research engineer at the Engineering Technology Laboratory of DuPont Company. Sohn's research interests are in the field of heterogeneous reaction engineering, which he has applied to inorganic materials processing, extractive metallurgy, and combustion processes. He has two monographs, edited eight books, authored or approximately 190 papers and holds one patent Prof, named to national book selection committee Marilou Sorensen, associate professor of educational studies at the University of Utah, has been named to the national selection J L n J committee for the American Library Association's Caldecott Award, the highest award for art work in children's book publishing. Sorensen's university teaching and research focuses on children's literature, and she has written the column "Books 'N Things" for the Deseret News for 11 years. Along with her peers from all over the nation, she will evaluate some 3,000 books to identify illustrations worthy of what she calls "the Pulitzer Prize of children's literature." Sorensen is on the policy board of the U. Bookstore, and is writing her own book on how teachers can best use children's literature in the classroom. It will be published by the National Council of Teachers of English. |
