A randomized controlled trial of stress reduction for hypertension in older African Americans

…, F Staggers, CN Alexander, W Sheppard… - …, 1995 - Am Heart Assoc
We tested the short-term efficacy and feasibility of two stress education approaches to the
treatment of mild hypertension in older African Americans. This was a randomized, controlled, …

Design of a superconducting 32 T magnet with REBCO high field coils

…, AJ Voran, KW Pickard, WR Sheppard… - IEEE Transactions …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The design and fabrication of a 32 T, 32 mm cold bore superconducting magnet with high
field REBCO inner coils is underway at the NHMFL. In support of the design, conductor …

Trial of stress reduction for hypertension in older African Americans: II. Sex and risk subgroup analysis

…, RH Schneider, F Staggers, W Sheppard… - …, 1996 - Am Heart Assoc
Our objective was to test the short-term efficacy and feasibility of two stress-reduction
approaches for the treatment of hypertension in older African Americans, focusing on subgroup …

A randomized controlled trial of stress reduction in African Americans treated for hypertension for over one year

…, M Rainforth, JW Salerno, W Sheppard… - American journal of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Background: Psychosocial stress has been implicated in the disproportionately higher rates
of hypertension among African Americans. This randomized controlled trial compared the …

Current management of aneurysmal bone cysts

HY Park, SK Yang, WL Sheppard, V Hegde… - Current reviews in …, 2016 - Springer
Aneurysmal bone cysts (ABCs) are benign bone lesions arising predominantly in the pediatric
population that can cause local pain, swelling, and pathologic fracture. Primary lesions, …

Arylsulfur pentafluorides

WA Sheppard - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1962 - ACS Publications
The first synthesis of phenylsulfur pentafluoride has been accomplished by reaction of the
corresponding disulfide with sil-ver difluoride. Phenylsulfur trifluoride is formed as an …

The electrical effect of the sulfur pentafluoride group

WA Sheppard - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1962 - ACS Publications
The sulfur pentafluoride group, a new stable substituent on an aromatic ring, has been
shown to be strongly electronwithdrawing with measure-values, meta and para, of+ 0.61 and+ …

Mechanism of the Cannizzaro reaction

CG Swain, AL Powell, WA Sheppard… - Journal of the …, 1979 - ACS Publications
An ultimate technique for disqualifying compounds suspected of being intermediates is
illustrated by the use of isotope dilution to prove that benzylbenzoate is not an intermediate in …

Organocopper intermediates via decarboxylation of cuprous carboxylates

…, RM Henderson, WA Sheppard - Journal of the …, 1970 - ACS Publications
Cuprous salts of carboxylic acids are quickly formed at 0-25 when the acid is mixed in a
nitrogen atmosphere with m-(trifluoromethyl) phenylcopper octamer1· 8 solutions. By this …

α-Fluorinated Ethers. I. Aryl Fluoroalkyl Ethers1

WA Sheppard - The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1964 - ACS Publications
The reaction of sulfur tetrafluoride witharyl fluoroformates or perfluoroalkyl esters is a new,
general, and direct method for synthesis of aryl perfluoroalkyl ethers. The chemical and …