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Show I research professor of bioengineering, the team consists of Dr. Hiro Fukamasu, a thoracic surgeon, and Jim McRea, a graduate student in the division of U of U specialists study heart surgery helps Many open heart surgery patients die etch year, due not to the surgery itself, but because their hearts cannot assume a full workload once surgery has ended. A University of Utah Medical Center team of specialists is trying to change that fact. They have successfully tested a mechanical circulatory system designed to support the temporarily fading heart of open heart surgery patients. TV; r.y :w.i. known as transapkal left bypass," was developed v;vt!vL through the efforts of anesthesiologists, surgeons and cardiologists at the BYU doctoral DeLoy (Dee) Elder, CLU The dictionary defines it as "assurance, faith, a trusting relationship. Our agents define it for Mass Mutual Men and women whose business relationships have been cemented by bonds stronger than dollars. Men and women who conscientiously euz and maintain the trust of their clients. An elite corps of family and business financial counselors we are proud to salute. Confidence. For 125 years it's been a characteristic of Mass Mutual agents. Here is one you may know. Lee J. Lalli Salt Lake City, Utah Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company Springfield, Massachusetts Dee Elder Roosevelt Office 47 No. 2nd E. 722-207- 3 well-equipp- 44-ye- have observed and to adopt the Intern Doctoral Program developed by the Brigham Young University College of Education, in which the class is taken to the student Now in its seventh year, the IDP gives educators an opportunity to earn a doctoral degree while remaining on the job In fact" said Dr. Wayne Shute, coordinator of the program under Dean Curtis Van Alfen, "we prefer to Utah roads wearing out faster David O. Stevens, Roosevelt, resource specialist for Todd Elementary School, currently enrolled in his second year in the unique Intern Doctoral Program at Brigham Young University. Utah's roads are wearing out faster than they can be repaired according to a Utah of on the job because it makes their degree more practical and professional than in traditional degree programs. We don't sacrifice quality and yet gain a great practical dimension. have participants Transportation report The report entitled "Good Roads Cost Less, says that because the lack of funds to rehabilitate roads, even more roads will deteriorate to an level in the unacceptable future. of Designed especially for school administrators, principals, counselors, curriculum specialists, or teachers, the program this year includes participants in Boise, Portland, Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Utah (at BYU,) and Calgary. Canada. UDOT engineers explained that every time a vehicle drives on a road, a little bit of the road is "used up. The effect of each vehicle is cumulative. Highways are "Requests for the program have come far away as Trenton, N. J., and Philadelphia on the East Coast to Hawaii on the west," Dr. Shute said. "We plan to expand the program gradually into new areas, such as Seattle and Arizona, but the number of participants may increase only by a few. from as designed to withstand the predicted number of load a over applications life of the road. twenty-yea- r (UDOT engineers measure load applications in 18,000 axle pound equivalent weights. It takes the passage of 12,500 passenger ears to equal the damage of one legally loaded What makes the program so unusual is the fact the BYU faculty members take the classroom to the doctoral candidates wherever they live. "This idea makes faculty members at most other universities shudder because of the large amount of travel and personal attention involved," observed Dr. Shute. participants, on the average, spend about two years and three months completing their doctoral program work, including two summer terms in residence on BYU campus. Each participant is visited about 15 times at his place of employment during the two-yea- r program. "The enthusiasm and success of the participants speak well for the extended campus service. It has not been proven yet that doctoral degrees earned entirely on campus are any more bona fide than those earned in the BYU extended program, Dr. Shute stated. semi-trail- .. truck.) As a road approaches the end of its design life, it starts to deteriorate noticeably. The road should be resurfaced at this point. The longer resurfacing is delayed, the greater the thickness of asphalt (and greater the expense) necessary to restore the road to a useful condition. Many roads in Utah have now exceeded their design lives. Because of the lack of funds for resurfacing, UDOT maintenance crews have attempted to keep these roads "Patched together." As the roads deteriorate, the maintenance effort becomes and intensive more Each year more than 200 applicants are screened and a class of 60 is chosen. The applicants must show proper academic standing, provide recommendations,,, and go through preteting, personal interviews, and preadmission orientation, which includes agreement to conform to BYU standards when on expensive. UDOT The report, prepared by Research & Development Engineer Dale if E. Peterson, says pavements are rehabilitated to maintain a good condition or better, much lower annual campus. And thats not all. In the second year of the program, participants take a 15'j-hou- r comprehensive examination, then five oral exams of 30 minutes each on questions dealing with their major or in a broad interdisciplinary area. They also take 13 hours of written exams. costs and higher benefits to the highway user would result. The report estimates it would take $69 million to resurface all primary and secondary state highways to bring them up to the good or better condition. (Interstate highways were not included because of the possibility of federal money for rehabilitation work.) Another $16 million annually would be needed to resurface other roads in the future as they near the end of their design lives. The report noted that existing pavements should be upgraded as expeditiously as possible due to inflation trends and the interests of The energy conservation. report concluded the $69 million necessary to improve the system could be recovered in a little over four years through improved benefits. There would be a net savings to the individual motorist per mile of vehicle travel (due to reduced operating costs) even with a fuel tax increase. 1. 1977 Many universities some are beginning . Department December STANDARD program gains favor artificial organa. An offshoot of the project, which includes the adaptation of the system for use in infants and young children, is being coordinated by Dr. Peters; Dr. Herbert D. Ruttenberg, pediatric cardiologist; and Dr. J. 8. Roger Jones, an and intensive care anesthesiologist specialist at Primary Children's Medical Center. Medical Center. heart It allows the surgery-weakene- d to assume its full role gradually, but steadily, even if it takes several weeks, according to Dr. Jeffrey Peters, one of the developers. Dr. Peters, who holds an M. D. degree in addition to a Ph.D in biomedical physics and physiology, explained the system: Following surgery, physicians insert a catheter into the apex of the heart's left ventricle and circulate the blood through a pump and filter. The blood bypasses the ventricle, to allow the heart time to recover its function. The blood is detoured to the aorta, the major vessel! that circulates blood to the body. It's a simple, economical system that can be immediately applied in any hospital," Dr. Peters said. old man "We maintained one for nine days after open heart surgery last January, he added. This individual failurehis had suffered multi-systeand and he failed, heart, kidneys lungs had liver damage. "By the sixth day of the support (the longest toal support on record),' his heart began functioning and his lungs and liver had recovered. We were able to disconnect the system on the ninth day. Dr. Peters said the patient survived for two more weeks, but died due to other medical complications. "The most significant result of the case is that the heart, when totally supported by our system, recovered from profound failure, Dr. Peters said. The University-develope- d system has been used in Japan 12 times with six ultimate recoveries, and thoracic surgeons across the country and in some foreign countries are requesting the system for their own use. In addition to Dr. Peters, an assistant professor of surgery and associate. 8 "Some of the dissertation research has taken participants up to four years to Dr. Shute said. "But the complete, doctoral candidates appreciate the off willingness of the BYU faculty to and with students tneir help campus projects." "We feel the program is not only good for the doctoral students but also good for the BYU faculty who become more knowledgeable of problems and trends in education because of their being out of the traditional classroom," Dr. Shute observed. Los Angeles elementary Twenty-eigh- t principals were numbered in the initial group of IDP doctoral candidates. Since then the program has grown to include a total of 396 educators throughout California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Hawaii, American Samoa, as well as Utah. Approximately 250 have been awarded doctoral degrees to date, while the remainder are still at different phases of the program. CLASS Instructor Dick Jones, center rear, trainwork the of students in a new supervises class Uintah at the Basin Area Vocational Center. ing pre-vocation- al Refresher courses in basic skills offered training on an indivi- dualized basis is now available for any interested person at the new Uintah Basin Area Vocational Center. Any student who feels that he or she needs refresher courses in the areas of mathematics, English, spelling, study skills or reading ran take the courses either in the day time or evening. A student who wants to take classes is given a test to determine his or her strengths and skill level. The student is then put into an appropriate training program that will give him the necessary skills to perform successfully in the other training programs available at the al center. Anyone who desires a refresher course in the basic skill areas may also take advantage of the training. The Open-EntrPolicy of the school allows a student to start classes any day of the week or on Tuesday, Wednesday nr Thursday evenings. The rourse is completed upon reaching the desired proficiency level established by the instructor and student. Through individualized classes students ran learn a practical math that will enable a carpenter to figure hoard feet or job estimates; a housewife to budget her family spending: a brirk mason to figure the quantity of hrirk and supplies: a farmer to figure crop yield or a small businessperson to figure profits, paytaxes, and other rolls, percentages, y Drivers license office to close related skills. There is training available for people who want to learn how to write more effective business letters and communicate on paper. Refresher courses are also available to help students improve reading skills and make reading more enjoyable. Anyone interested in enrolling in refresher courses may enroll at the vocational center any day of the week. For more information contact Dick Jones nr Beverly Evans at 722-452- SS payments in county are over $200,000 Social Security benefits were being paid to residents of Duchesne County at the rate of $203,905.00 a month at the start of 1977, Marvin E. Mortjmeyer, Social Security District Manager in ' Salt I,ake City said today. Social Security benefits can be paid to retired persons age 62 and over, to workers who become severely disabled before age 65, and to survivors of deceased workers. Monthly Social Security checks are also paid to certain dependents of a who has retired, become worker disabled, or died. Of the 1,211 Social Security beneficia- ries living in Duchesne County, 564 are retired workers, and 96 are disabled workers. Another 179 persons are receiving benefits as the wives or husbands of retired or disabled workers. Widows, wodowers, and dependent parents of deceased workers number 128. The Utah Highway Patrol Drivers License division in Roosevelt will be closed Friday, Dec. 2. The office, which is usually open every Tuesday and Friday in the library building on State Street, will be closed because personnel must attend a special meeting in Salt Lake City Friday. In Duchesne County, 495 people under age 65, and 716 people age 65 and older, are receiving monthly Social Security benefits. Of total beneficiaries, 473 are men, 494 are women, and 244 are children. Statewide, 70,960 retired workers receive an average monthly benefit of $228.21. For every 1,000 persons age 65 or over in Utah, 914 receive Social Security benefits. 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