Gary D James
Biographic Data
| ID | 82002 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gary D James |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gary D |
| FAMILY NAME | James |
| SIGNATURE | JAMES G D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Binghamton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3262-1448 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 47 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 47 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Predictors of milk cortisol in North American women
OBJECTIVES: Human milk content varies across mother-child dyads, environments, and populations. Among the hormones in milk is cortisol, a glucocorticoid; its impact on the breastfeeding child is unknown. Milk cortisol may constitute a signal to the child's developing physiology which can shape characteristics (e.g., growth, temperament) to prevailing environmental conditions. This exploratory study evaluated the maternal, breastfeeding, and infan…
Current Officers and Members of Standing Committees
Vaping behaviour patterns and daily blood pressure and heart rate variation
This pilot study reveals that, when ad lib consumption is documented and measured, vaping has unique and potentially harmful effects on blood pressure, pulse, and mean arterial pressure. Because nicotine is consumed for much longer stretches, vapers have fewer rest periods between nicotine doses
Allostasis and Adaptation
Allostasis (literally “stability through change”) is a key concept for understanding how human behavior and physiological adaptation are related. The continuous variation in arterial blood pressure is an exemplar of allostasis. The purpose of this article is to describe theoretical and methodological developments that have led to an improved biocultural understanding of arterial blood pressure responses to everyday life in humans using allostasis…
The consistency of circadian blood pressure and heart rate patterns over three months in women employed in sedentary office jobs
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the consistency of the circadian patterns of blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) variation over a three-month time frame in women employed outside the home. METHODS: The subjects were 157 healthy women of varying ethnicity (age = 38.2 ± 8.9) who all worked in similar positions at two major medical centers in New York City. Each wore an ambulatory BP monitor during the course of three mid-w…
Measuring arterial blood pressure in humans
Human biologists have been examining arterial blood pressure since they began studying the effects of the environment and culture on the health of diverse populations. The Korotkoff auscultatory technique with a trained observer and aneroid sphygmomanometer is the method of choice for blood pressure measurement in many bioanthropological field contexts. Korotkoff sounds (the first and fifth phases) are the preferred determinants of systolic and d…
In Memoriam
Ethnic differences in inter‐ and intra‐situational blood pressure variation
African-American and Asian-American women have an attenuated proportional BP decline from waking environments to sleep compared to European-American and Hispanic-American women. Asian-American nocturnal BP may be elevated relative to all other groups. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 28:932-935, 2016. © 2016Wiley Periodicals, Inc
Impact of a Social Work Care Coordination Intervention on Hospital Readmission
This study assessed how a social work-led care coordination intervention would reduce the within-30-day hospital readmission rate among moderate- and high-risk patients age 50 years or older. Authors ran a randomized controlled trial to determine whether there was a significant difference in within-30-day readmission rates between patients receiving usual care post-discharge and those receiving intervention from an MSW intern (one home visit and …
Promoting Heart Health in Rural Women
In the Summer 2013 issue (Vol. 29, No. 3) of The Journal of Rural Health, in the article titled “Promoting Heart Health in Rural Women” by Pamela Stewart Fahs, DSN, et al., pp. 248-257, the name of a coauthor was misspelled. Virginia Rovnyak was incorrectly listed as Virginia Rovynak
Differential circadian catecholamine and cortisol responses between healthy women with and without a parental history of hypertension
These findings suggest that there may be genetically linked mechanisms which elevate tonic epinephrine levels and nocturnal cortisol levels that contribute to elevating circadian BP
Daily environmental differences in blood pressure and heart rate variability in healthy premenopausal women
HR variability follows the expected variability pattern with behavior and activity, whereas BP does not
Denial is associated with higher ambulatory blood pressure across the menstrual cycle
Stress denial has a persistent effect on BP, regardless of menstrual phase; however, shifts in the hormonal environment throughout the menstrual cycle may mediate other somatic and behavioural associations with BP
Zimbabwe Takes Back Its Land * Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform
There is no question that the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP), which began in 2000, has transformed the agrarian structure of Zimbabwe radically. The question, or sets of questions, at the centre of this debate now focus on how the FTLRP has played out, and how it continues to unfold, at the local level. These two relatively new additions to the literature offer the reader a chance to further explore this set of hotly debated issues. Zim…
Ambulatory blood pressure and blood lipids in a multiethnic sample of healthy adults
OBJECTIVES: Elevated blood pressure (BP), elevated serum cholesterol, and aberrant lipoprotein fractions (low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and high levels of low-density lipoprotein fractions and triglycerides) have all been used as measures that assess the "metabolic syndrome" and more recently in indexes of allostatic load, which are designed to assess the degree of integrated metabolic pathology. While there are ample data regardin…
Promoting Heart Health in Rural Women
PURPOSE: To compare 2 strategies, stage-matched nursing and community intervention (SMN+CI) and community intervention (CI) alone in changing cardiovascular risk factors in up to 3 behavioral areas: diet, physical activity, and/or smoking among rural women. METHODS: A 14-month, multisite randomized controlled trial of 117 rural women was conducted. Transtheoretical model was used in identification of stage of change and development of the SMN+CI …
Relationships between diurnal changes in blood pressure and catecholamines among Filipino‐American and European‐American women
The relationships between diurnal BP and catecholamine variations differ by ethnicity. Further research is needed to better understand the mechanisms behind the differences and to evaluate whether this vascular tonic relationship has been the focus of natural selective processes
The effects of smoking cessation and a programme intervention on birth and other perinatal outcomes among rural pregnant smokers
Smoking during pregnancy affects perinatal outcomes. Assuming a foetal origin of chronic disease morbidity, implementing smoking cessation during pregnancy would not only improve maternal and foetal health, but also might contribute to an improvement in the incidence of adult chronic disease morbidity
Stress and Human Biology
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction The Multidisciplinary Interest in Stress The Definitions of Stress Allostasis and Allostatic Load The Stress Process and its Evaluation Stressors, Mediators, Moderators, and Appraisal Behavioral and Biological Responses to Stress Stress Response in an Evolutionary Perspective Basis and Design of Stress Research in Human Biology Human Biological Studies of Psychosocial Stress and Stress Responses…
Human biology association archives at the smithsonian institution national anthropological archives
The history of how scientific disciplines begin and grow is written in the lives of the scientists whose ideas shape their contents. It is rare that these scientists write autobiographies or have biographies written about them, and even in such sources the evaluation of the disciplinary development is shaded to highlight the contributions of the individual whose story is being detailed. Disciplines often come into focus when the “founding” scient…
The impact of child-rearing status on perceptual and behavioural predictors of ambulatory blood pressure variation among working women
There are significant differences in biological and behavioural predictors of ambulatory blood pressure between women with and without children
The reproducibility of ethnic differences in the proportional awake–sleep blood pressure decline among women
A growing body of evidence indicates that African Americans (AA), on average, have a smaller proportional decline in blood pressure (BP) from waking to sleep than European Americans (EA), but this difference is largely based on correlational data from a single assessment day. The persistence of this difference over repeated sampling is not well established. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether ethnic differences in the awake–sleep BP…
Blood pressure and lifestyle on Saba, Netherlands Antilles
During the 20th century, infectious disease morbidity and mortality generally waned whereas chronic degenerative diseases posed a growing burden at the global level. The population on Saba, Netherlands Antilles has recently experienced such an epidemiologic transition, and hypertension was reported to be extraordinarily high, although no prevalences have been reported and relationships with lifestyle factors associated with rapid modernization ha…
Higher levels of central adiposity in healthy premenopausal women with family histories of premenopausal breast cancer
Research strongly suggests that lower overall adiposity and higher central adiposity are independent risk factors for premenopausal breast cancer in the general population. We aimed to test the possibility that these factors may contribute to familial risk of premenopausal breast cancer. A convenience sample of healthy women, ages 25–49, was recruited to yield three study groups: (1) Women with first‐degree family histories of premenopausal breas…
The rate of urinary cortisol excretion at work is persistently elevated in women at familial risk for breast cancer
We recently reported that healthy women at familial risk for breast cancer (FH+) have higher urinary cortisol levels at work than women without familial risk (FH−). The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether this group difference persisted over a 1‐month period. Subjects were healthy women (FH+, N = 42, age = 37.6 ± 9.3, FH−, N = 93, age 38.4 ± 9.0) employed primarily in clerical or technical positions at three medical centers in New York …
Variation in lifestyle characteristics and catecholamine excretion rates among young Western Samoan men
The Biological Stress Response and Lifestyle
Many measures in human biology that are studied as immutable traits are actually fluctuating physiological functions that adjust body systems to rapid changes in the environment. This overview discusses what has been learned about the response to the stressors inherent in continuously changing microenvironments in modern Western societies of two related physiological functions: the release of catecholamines and blood pressure. The review shows th…
Blood pressure response to the daily stressors of urban environments
Blood pressure is studied in epidemiological and anthropological research as if each person has a single unique value. However, blood pressure is a fluctuating physiological function with significant intraday variability. This paper discusses and describes the methodology and basic concepts of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring as it has been employed to assess blood pressure variability in the continuously changing microenvironments of Western…
Sex differences in factors affecting the daily variation of blood pressure
Impact of a Social Work Care Coordination Intervention on Hospital Readmission
This study assessed how a social work-led care coordination intervention would reduce the within-30-day hospital readmission rate among moderate- and high-risk patients age 50 years or older. Authors ran a randomized controlled trial to determine whether there was a significant difference in within-30-day readmission rates between patients receiving usual care post-discharge and those receiving intervention from an MSW intern (one home visit and …
Winter-summer differences in the effects of emotion, posture and place of measurement on blood pressure
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
The purposes of this paper are to examine the effects of activity, situation of measurement, mood, and occupation on the daily variation of blood pressure and to discuss the potential utility of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in physical anthropological studies. The subjects of the blood pressure variability study are 125 men who were referred to the Hypertension Center at New York Hospital—Cornell Medical Center for evaluation of hypertens…
The influence of happiness, anger, and anxiety on the blood pressure of borderline hypertensives
Differences in blood pressure associated with reported happiness, anger, and anxiety are examined among 90 borderline hypertensives during 24-hr blood pressure monitoring. There were 1152 individual ambulatory blood pressure readings for which subjects classified their emotional state as happy (n = 628), angry (n = 67), or anxious (n = 457) on scales from one (low) to ten (high). Pressures were transformed to z-scores using the subject's 24-hr me…
Variation in lifestyle characteristics and catecholamine excretion rates among young Western Samoan men
Sex differences in factors affecting the daily variation of blood pressure
Winter-summer differences in the effects of emotion, posture and place of measurement on blood pressure
Blood pressure response to the daily stressors of urban environments
Blood pressure is studied in epidemiological and anthropological research as if each person has a single unique value. However, blood pressure is a fluctuating physiological function with significant intraday variability. This paper discusses and describes the methodology and basic concepts of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring as it has been employed to assess blood pressure variability in the continuously changing microenvironments of Western…
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
The purposes of this paper are to examine the effects of activity, situation of measurement, mood, and occupation on the daily variation of blood pressure and to discuss the potential utility of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in physical anthropological studies. The subjects of the blood pressure variability study are 125 men who were referred to the Hypertension Center at New York Hospital—Cornell Medical Center for evaluation of hypertens…
The association between daily blood pressure and catecholamine variability in normotensive working women
Using ambulatory blood pressure monitors and timed urine collection techniques, blood pressure and the rates of urinary catecholamine excretion were compared across the work, home, and sleep environments of 45 women who perceived their work environment as most stressful (work stressed) and 35 women who perceived their home environment as equally or more stressful (home stressed) on the day of monitoring. The work-stressed women had higher systoli…
Stress and changing lifestyles in the Pacific
The lifestyles and social environments of Pacific Islanders have changed profoundly as a result of local development and migration to urban, cosmopolitan centers. These changes have often been accompanied by an increase in chronic diseases, alcoholism, and suicide. As a result, the health effects of psychological and physiological stress have become an increasing concern in Pacific Island nations and in countries with significant Pacific migrant …
Extreme changes in dietary sodium effect daily variability and level of blood pressure in borderline hypertensive patients
This study examined the effect of large changes in dietary sodium on the average ambulatory blood pressure and its variability in 19 patients with uncomplicated borderline hypertension. Each patient participated in a 16-week protocol that consisted of four 4-week periods of different sodium intake (medium (120-160 mEq/day) during periods 1 and 3 and low ( 225 mEq/day) during either period 2 or 4. The 24-hour urine sodium during the low and high p…
Assessing cardiovascular risk and stress‐related blood pressure variability in young women employed in wage jobs
This overview discusses how aspects of behavior and stressors inherent in the lifestyles of contemporary women affect their cardiovascular health. Three main issues are addressed. The first is the applicability of cardiovascular risk data collected on prior generations of working women in predicting the health outcomes of the current generation of women. It is argued that the earlier data may not adequately describe the health risk of the current…
Assessing cardiovascular risk and stress-related blood pressure variability in young women employed in wage jobs
This overview discusses how aspects of behavior and stressors inherent in the lifestyles of contemporary women affect their cardiovascular health. Three main issues are addressed. The first is the applicability of cardiovascular risk data collected on prior generations of working women in predicting the health outcomes of the current generation of women. It is argued that the earlier data may not adequately describe the health risk of the current…
The Biological Stress Response and Lifestyle
Many measures in human biology that are studied as immutable traits are actually fluctuating physiological functions that adjust body systems to rapid changes in the environment. This overview discusses what has been learned about the response to the stressors inherent in continuously changing microenvironments in modern Western societies of two related physiological functions: the release of catecholamines and blood pressure. The review shows th…
Comparison of factors affecting daily variation of blood pressure in Filipino-American and Caucasian nurses in Hawaii
Although several studies have examined differences in daily blood pressure variability between African-American and Caucasian groups in the United States, little is known about the blood pressure variation of other ethnic groups. This study examined the effects of emotional state, setting, posture, and ethnicity on the ambulatory blood pressure of female health care workers (nurses and nurse's aides) from 2 ethnic groups: Filipino-Americans (N = …
Physiological Stress Responses in Filipino-American Immigrant Nurses
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between measures of Americanization (the adoption of American life-style and culture) and physiological measures of stress in Filipino-American immigrants. METHODS: Ambulatory blood pressure monitors and timed urine collections were used to evaluate blood pressure and urinary catecholamine excretion across the work, home, and sleep daily settings among 31 healthy, premenopausal…
Age and perceived stress independently influence daily blood pressure levels and variation among women employed in wage jobs
The purpose of this study was to examine whether age and perceived stress were independent factors affecting blood pressure variation associated with changing daily microenvironments among women employed outside the home. The subjects of this study were 91 women from the same workplace (age 33.8 ± 8.5 years; range 18.2–49.3 years) who wore an ambulatory blood pressure monitor over the course of one workday. Blood pressure averages were calculated…
Effects of age, ethnicity and menopause on ambulatory blood pressure
Ambulatory blood pressure (BP) measurements of 120 female teachers of Japanese‐American or Caucasian ethnicity working in public schools located in Hilo, Hawaii, were recorded. BP was measured at 15‐min intervals during waking hours and 30‐min intervals during sleep over a 24‐hr period that included a full work day. These measurements were averaged during three daily settings: at work, at home while awake (“home”), and during sleep. ANCOVAs using…
Age and perceived stress independently influence daily blood pressure levels and variation among women employed in wage jobs
The purpose of this study was to examine whether age and perceived stress were independent factors affecting blood pressure variation associated with changing daily microenvironments among women employed outside the home. The subjects of this study were 91 women from the same workplace (age 33.8 +/- 8.5 years; range 18.2-49.3 years) who wore an ambulatory blood pressure monitor over the course of one workday. Blood pressure averages were calculat…
Ambulatory blood pressure and heart rate in relation to hot flash experience among women of menopausal age
These data suggest first that there may be a relationship between the experience of hot flashes and accelerated heart rate, and second that women who do not experience hot flashes may have lower sleep blood pressures than women who do
Serum electrolyte, serum protein, serum fat and renal responses to a dietary sodium challenge
There are modest yet significant changes in serum electrolytes associated with changes in dietary sodium intake, suggesting that these ions are under an allostatic control mechanism. Serum proteins also appear to function as allostatic compensatory mechanisms, offsetting the net effect of increased serum salinity. It is speculated that the adaptive allostatic renal response to a high sodium diet (an increase in GFR) may result in loss of the abil…
A brief history of the Human Biology Association
Originally incorporated as the Human Biology Council in 1974, the Human Biology Association, as it has been known since 1994, has matured in the intervening 30 years to become a society that represents broadly the interests of human biologists in the U.S. and throughout the world. The purpose of this paper is to trace the development of the Association from its foundation to the present in the context of changes in the organization of the Associa…
Blood pressure, seasonal body fat, heart rate, and ecological differences in Caboclo populations of the Brazilian Amazon
This study compares blood pressure (BP) and related cardiovascular risk factors among three Caboclo communities from the Brazilian Amazon. Its purpose is to investigate possible risk differentials related to variable ecological settings and Western influences. Caxiuanã is characterized as a more “traditional” group, while Aracampina and Santana are viewed as more “transitional” in lifestyle. A total of 348 subjects from the three communities were…
Occupational Differences in Job Strain and Physiological Stress
OBJECTIVES: The two objectives are to test the hypothesis that women in a profession with low decision latitude will have greater catecholamine excretion and higher blood pressure than women in a profession with greater decision latitude, and to assess the influence of ethnicity on the occupational comparison. METHODS: Premenopausal women who were either full-time teachers in public schools (teachers; N = 92) or nurses or nurse's aides (nurses; N…
Higher levels of central adiposity in healthy premenopausal women with family histories of premenopausal breast cancer
Research strongly suggests that lower overall adiposity and higher central adiposity are independent risk factors for premenopausal breast cancer in the general population. We aimed to test the possibility that these factors may contribute to familial risk of premenopausal breast cancer. A convenience sample of healthy women, ages 25–49, was recruited to yield three study groups: (1) Women with first‐degree family histories of premenopausal breas…
The rate of urinary cortisol excretion at work is persistently elevated in women at familial risk for breast cancer
We recently reported that healthy women at familial risk for breast cancer (FH+) have higher urinary cortisol levels at work than women without familial risk (FH−). The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether this group difference persisted over a 1‐month period. Subjects were healthy women (FH+, N = 42, age = 37.6 ± 9.3, FH−, N = 93, age 38.4 ± 9.0) employed primarily in clerical or technical positions at three medical centers in New York …
Blood pressure and lifestyle on Saba, Netherlands Antilles
During the 20th century, infectious disease morbidity and mortality generally waned whereas chronic degenerative diseases posed a growing burden at the global level. The population on Saba, Netherlands Antilles has recently experienced such an epidemiologic transition, and hypertension was reported to be extraordinarily high, although no prevalences have been reported and relationships with lifestyle factors associated with rapid modernization ha…
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