Spectrophotometery of Brackett lines in very luminous IRAS galaxies

Observation of the Brackett-alpha and Brackett-gamma hydrogen recombination lines were made in a sample of galaxies chosen from the IRAS catalog to have high luminosities at infrared wavelengths. Most have strong Brackett line emission indicating large numbers of high mass stars; the formation of these stars may hence be the underlying source for the galaxies' luminosities. However, there are at least two exceptions that may not be explained in this manner: NGC 6240 and Arp 220. Additional evidence indicates that each of these exceptions may be more closely related to Seyfert-type galaxies or other active galactic nuclei

Community-based occupational therapy with a head-injured adult.

In the early 1970s, the National Head Injury Foundation identified 422,000 adults with permanent brain damage caused by traumatic head injury. It is estimated that 400,000 new cases of varying severity are treated in hospitals each year, the majority of whom are previously employed young adult men. Although many persons with traumatic brain injuries are able to return to productivity, approximately 35% of the adults who have been rated as mildly head injured on the Glascow Coma Scale (Teasdale & Jennet, 1974) never return to work and have difficulty reentering society after restorative efforts are discontinued (Rosenthal, Griffith, Bond, & Miller, 1983). These persons often remain socially isolated and nonproductive and thus are likely to develop secondary occupational dysfunction. Adults with mild head injuries often report feeling incompetent, frustrated and struggle with a loss of control over their lives (Deutch and Sawyer, 1985). If they live at home, they frequently experience increased tension in the family; this tension can lead to the dissolution of the family unit and to the unnecessary institutionalization of the brain-damaged adult. The need for community-based intervention with a focus on culturally relevant occupational function is evident. This case report describes the progress of a mildly head-injured man who worked with an occupational therapist in a homebased program to improve occupational function

Luminosity Function of the Perigalactocentric Region

We present H and K photometry of 42,000 stars in an area of 250 arcmin$^{2}$ centered on the Galactic center. We use the photometry to construct a dereddened K band luminosity function (LF) for this region, excluding the excessively crowded inner 2' of the Galaxy. This LF is intermediate between the LF of Baade's window and the LF of inner 2' of the Galactic center. We speculate that the bright stars in this region have an age which is intermediate between the starburst population in the Galactic center and the old bulge population. We present the coordinates and mags for 16 stars with K_{0} < 5 for spectroscopic follow up.Comment: 25 pages. Tarred, gzipped and uuencoded. Includes LaTex source file, Figures 3 to 9 and 5 Tables. Figures 1 and 2 are available at ftp://bessel.mps.ohio-state.edu/pub/vijay . Submitted to Ap

Phil E. DePoy Interview (MORS)

Interviewer: Sheldon, Robert S. Interview location(s): Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia and 82nd MORS Symposium Heritage Session, Alexandria, Virgini

An emerging view of mastery, excellence, and leadership in occupational therapy practice.

The recent focus on clinical reasoning in occupational therapy, specifically on how therapists solve complex problems, has stimulated interest in how master clinicians think in practice. By gaining insight into how clinicians think and what they think about when they identify and solve problems, we may be able to identify clinical reasoning patterns and processes that occupational therapy students and novice therapists need to experience in order to progress in their practice or to emerge as leaders in their field. Observation of the way in which clinical masters and leaders view challenges and solve problems as manifested in their clinical reasoning may provide new and potential therapists with clues as to how to best bone their skills and knowledge for future success in practice. This paper describes a study that examined the relationship of mastery, excellence, and leadership in occupational therapy. Ten master clinicians were interviewed to determine the characteristics of their mastery and excellence in practice and to explore the degree to which they engaged in leadership behavior. The findings revealed that mastery, excellence, and leadership are independent of one another but that some characteristics are common to all of these phenomenas