European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Coping with the summer blues by the new York times Orri times summer can be too much of a Good thing. Heat Waves in particular can cause behave rial aberrations. Those tormented by sweltering heat and humidity tend to drive others away. People depending on individual thresholds of discomfort can become prickly Cranky and downright mean. The blues Are More commonplace in Winter and behaviour its have found that deprivation of sunlight in the Winter months can cause a form of depression labelled seasonal affective disorder. But More recently a condition that is believed to be caused by prolonged exposure to High heat and humidity has been described by researchers at the clinical psychobiology Branch of the National Institute of mental health. The summer blues cause sufferers to become lethargic and have difficulty functioning at work and Home. But unlike Winter blues patients who tend to overeat and oversleep the summer variety toss and turn All night and lose their appetites. The problem is not a result of exposure to too much sunlight on Long summer Days said or. Normart e. Rosenthal a researcher at the mental health Institute but probably has to do with irregularities in areas of the brain most notably the hypothalamus that help regulate body temperature. Just As the Winter malady can be cleared up with exposure to artificial sunlight the summer blues can be chased away if individuals Cool Down by remaining in air conditioned environments or spending Summers in colder climates he said. A potentially More serious problem Are those individuals whose body chemistry is so unbalanced by extreme heat that irritation can quickly explode in violence. Rosenthal author of seasons of the mind Guilford pres said he tries to drive More carefully during a heat wave because he knows there Are a lot of other motorists on the Highway who Are living on the  the English language is filled with expressions connecting heat and mood like hot under the Collar and  the verbal antidote to a flaring temper is Cool Down or in excessive heat can cause reactions from lethargy to violence. The 1990s idiom chill out Rosenthal said philosophers and poets have linked heat and violence since ancient times and the connection has been debated by modern physiologists behaviour its and social scientists. In one example a 10-year-old study by or. Richard Michael and or. Doris Zumpe Analysed More than 50,000 rapes in 16 locations in the United states. Peak occurrences were in july and August and the researchers concluded that rises in violence were possibly related to rapid climbs to very hot temperatures. A tropical climate with High average temperatures might therefore show less violence of this nature than a temperate climate like North americas where heat Waves can rapidly replace Milder conditions the researchers argued. In a less alarming but More pervasive effect experts say heat can impair Job performance even if an office or Plant is air conditioned. Getting to work depending on distance and the Means of travel May impose a physical Price if the commuter becomes overheated sweaty and uncomfortable by the time the workplace is reached. There is no question that cognitive skills drop along with concentration and individuals become lethargic observed or. Craig Anderson a professor of psychology at the University of Missouri who studies heat and its effect on human behaviour. Part of his research is to subject student volunteers to uncomfortably hot conditions and measure their responses As their heart rate blood pressure and metabolism pick up to Cool their bodies and brains. Their task performance declines As their hostility aggression Levels increase he said. Leigh Kearney who helps run a leadership training program for senior management executives sponsored by the Center for creative leadership in Colorado Springs colo., said mid morning is the time of Day in hot weather that should be set aside for the Best  by afternoon she said there is an inevitable mental slump brought about by a drop in blood sugar Levels produced by earlier exertions by the body to Cope with the heat the Best strategy to Deal with it is a lunch composed of a Small amount of protein and Complex carbohydrates to restore glucose in the food. Just wondering origins of northeastern size of Adam s Apple i in ornery the new York times _ Why was the big East coast storm of december 1992 called a northeastern when it came up from the South because the surface winds and the High level winds of such a storm often go contrary to one another said Paul Knight a meteorologist at Pennsylvania state University. For another example he said in the blizzard of March 12 and 13, the winds at an Altitude of 15,000 feet were blowing 120 Mph from the South while the surface winds were blowing from the Northeast. The realization that a storm might be moving in a different direction from that of its surface winds goes Back to the Days of Ben Franklin Knight said. In the late 18th Century Franklin an avid weather watcher in his adopted City of Philadelphia corresponded with his brother who lived in Boston. When they were both trying to observe an eclipse of the Moon Franklin noticed that As the winds picked up from the Northeast he got the winds before his brother did Knight said. He was the first to notice this phenomenon in a documented  the High level winds direct the storms but they have their own Low level circulations he explained. If a Cork floating in a Stream is spinning and you Are a Bubble on the surface of the Stream you May be spun around the Cork in one direction while the Cork itself is moving with the Stream. It is the 3-d aspect of the atmosphere that adds intrigue to Why storms move As they  Why do men have a More prominent Adam s Apple and what is it for the Larynx like Many other body parts is under hormonal control during development said or. Cornelius Rosse an anatomist who is professor and chairman of the department of biological Structure at the University of Washington in Seattle. Male hormones encourage the growth of the Larynx and the Adam s Apple is the prominence made by the cartilage that creates the housing for the Larynx. The larger male Larynx the longer vocal cords and the bigger Box that resonates when the vocal cords Are set in vibration Combine to make a deeper sound one of the reasons the male voice is distinct from the female voice Rosse said. The hormones of puberty set off the enlargement he said so the Adam s Apple can be considered to be one of the secondary sex characteristics like the Beard or Mustache. Tuesday july 27,1993 Thi stars and stripes 17