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Explaining The Vampire Legend Through Disease, Cydney J. Christner
Explaining The Vampire Legend Through Disease, Cydney J. Christner
Undergraduate Research Journal
Vampires have continually been depicted in literary and cinematic works as pale, undead human beings that consume the blood of the living .4,7,19 Evidence that vampires were a part of culture before they grew in fiction has been observed in ancient burial rituals known as apotropaic observances, which consisted of practices to prevent evil.8 Excavation of a cemetery in Poland dated between the 17th and 18th centuries uncovered several abnormal burials in which apotropaic practices were used. These burials included sickles placed over the neck or abdomen of the deceased, large stones placed under the chin …
Effective Recruitment Strategies To Attract Orthopaedic Surgeons To Rural Nebraska, Carmen A. M. Pavlik
Effective Recruitment Strategies To Attract Orthopaedic Surgeons To Rural Nebraska, Carmen A. M. Pavlik
Undergraduate Research Journal
Rural communities have difficulty establishing and maintaining a quality healthcare workforce. Twenty percent of Americans compose the rural populations in this country, but only nine percent of physicians practice in these rural areas. From 2000 to 2020, the demand for orthopaedic physicians is expected to increase by 23%, mainly due to the aging population of the United States. Although the demand for orthopaedic surgeons to these underserved, aging rural populations is increasing, there is a shortage which continues to grow in rural areas. One possible driving force of this shortage could be the recruitment strategies exercised by the healthcare managers …