Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile
Articles by Pat Phillips
Eating well to improve your blood fats
You are here home May 2007 Medicine Today 2007; 8(5): 57-60 Open Access Patient Handout Abstract This handout provides information on fats found in foods and some suggestions for improving blood cholesterol levels.
The glycaemic index explained
You are here home November 2006 Medicine Today 2006; 7(11): 65-66 Nutrition titbits Abstract This, the first in a series on nutrition notes, discusses how knowledge of the glycaemic index of foods can help in the management of diabetes. Article Extract The glycaemic index (GI) is promoted as a guide to carbohydrate choice and offers a physiologically-based scale rather than the previous general categories such as simple or complex carbohydrates.
Sugar and salt: a recipe for problems
You are here home August 2007 Medicine Today 2007; 8(8): 60-64 Nutrition titbits Abstract Although reducing dietary salt intake is beneficial for most people, it is particularly so for those who have diabetes. Guidance on adopting a low salt diet is provided. Article Extract For most people with diabetes, salt is not an issue; they are concerned about sugar, not salt.
The ABCS of foot care in diabetes: S is for structure
You are here home May 2009 Medicine Today 2009; 10(5): 59-64 Foot care in diabetes Abstract This article on risk factors for foot problems in people with diabetes reviews the more intensive foot care and special footwear that is often necessary in patients who have odd-shaped feet because they have worn ill-fitting shoes, have complications of their diabetes, or have flat feet or high arches.
Basic Pneumatic Circuits: Part 2 of 2
By Pat Phillips, AutomationDirect In the first part of this series, we laid out the four basic pneumatic circuits as well as the prerequisites for implementing pneumatic design best practices. Below, we’ll take a closer look at different circuit designs and the benefits they can provide to various applications and larger pneumatic systems. DOUBLE-ACTING CYLINDER CIRCUIT Automation to extend and retract an air cylinder is common in many machines.
Basic Pneumatic Circuits
By Pat Phillips, AutomationDirect Pneumatics have been used in automated machines for well over 100 years, with pneumatic technology developing and evolving for over a thousand years in some form or another, for example as boat sails. There have been many innovations over the years, and the basic pneumatic components such as valves, solenoids, cylinders, hoses, and fittings are well developed and mature. These devices can be combined in many ways to provide simple and reliable machine control.
Art, friendship melded at Frost Bros.
I am writing in response to the feature article “Fashion; Frost Bros. ads were works of art” (S.A. Tricentennial,” Jan. 31) and the letter to the editor “Incomplete story” (Feb.9) stating that the initial story did not contain enough information about the artists. I had the privilege of being one of the artists at Frost Bros. in San Antonio at the downtown store from 1976 to 1986. I was a graduate from Pratt Institute in New York.
Looking to Engage Students? Give Them a Chance to Get Their Hands Dirty - EdSurge News
Four-year college isn’t the path for everyone. Though high school graduation rates are on the rise, students don’t always see a bachelor’s degree as the right next step. This can be for a variety of reasons: grades, financial situations, different interests. And that’s OK. What’s not OK is when students quit high school first. So how do we engage students even after they’ve decided college isn’t for them?
Personalizing Professional Development For Teachers, By Teachers - EdSurge News
What do students need to be successful? Why not ask them directly?
Show More
loading
Actions
Is this you?
As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.Get in touch with Pat
Contact Pat, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.
Learn more about Muck Rack