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Auditory Inhibitory Gating In Medial Prefrontal Cortex: Single Unit And Local Field Potential Analysis, Howard C. Cromwell

Howard Casey Cromwell

Medial prefrontal cortex is a crucial region involved in inhibitory processes. Damage to the medial prefrontal cortex can lead to loss of normal inhibitory control over motor, sensory, emotional and cognitive functions. The goal of the present study was to examine the basic properties of inhibitory gating in this brain region in rats. Inhibitory gating has recently been proposed as a neurophysiological assay for sensory filters in higher brain regions that potentially enable or disable information throughput. This perspective has important clinical relevance due to the findings that gating is dramatically impaired in individuals with emotional and cognitive impairments (i.e. …

Eye Of The Needle, David J. Malebranche

David J Malebranche

No abstract provided.

“She Took The Time To Make Sure She Understood:” Mental Health Patients’ Experiences Of Being Understood, Mona Shattell, Sara Mcallister, Beverly Hogan, Sandra Thomas

Mona Shattell

The foundation of psychiatric/mental health nursing is the relationship between nurse and patient. Caring for persons with mental illness within the context of this relationship requires knowledge of the individual. To gain this knowledge, understanding the patient’s perceptions and concerns is essential. Research suggests that this understanding does not always occur. The study reported here examined what it means to individuals with mental illness to be understood. In-depth phenomenological interviews revealed three predominant themes: “I was important,” “It really made us connect,” and “They got on my level.” Nurses can use these findings to improve the care of those with …

The Limitations Due To Exposure Detection Limits For Regression Models, Enrique F. Schisterman, Albert Vexler, Brian W. Whitcomb, Aiyi Liu

Brian W. Whitcomb

Biomarker use in exposure assessment is increasingly common and consideration of related issues is of growing importance. Exposure quantification may be compromised when measurement is subject to a lower threshold. Statistical modeling of such data requires a decision regarding the handling of such readings. Various authors have considered this problem. In the context of linear regression analysis, Richardson and Ciampi proposed replacement of data below a threshold by a constant equal to the expectation for such data to yield unbiased estimates. Use of such an imputation has some limitations; distributional assumptions are required, and bias reduction in estimation of regression …

9. Domestic Violence And Child Protection: Confronting The Dilemmas In Moving From Family Court To Dependency Court., Thomas D. Lyon, Mindy B. Mechanic

Thomas D. Lyon

Additional Cardiovascular Risk Factors Associated With Excess Weigth In Children And Adolescents. The Belo Horizonte Heart Study, Paulo A. Lotufo

Paulo A Lotufo

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association of overweight and obesity with physical activity, blood pressure (BP) and serum lipid profiles. METHODS Epidemiologic investigation of 1,450 students, between the ages of 6 and 18, in the city of Belo Horizonte, MG. Data: weight, height, BP, skinfold thickness, waist circumference, physical activity, total cholesterol (TC), LDL-c, HDL-c, and dietary habits. RESULTS The prevalence rates for overweight and obesity were 8.4% and 3.1%, respectively. In relation to the students in the lower quartile (Q1) of the distribution of subscapular skinfold, the students in the upper quartile (Q4) presented a 3.7 times higher risk (odds …

In Search Of The Anglophone Doctor In Jacques Ferron’S Story “Le Petit William”, Vivian C. Mcalister, Christiane I. Mcalister

Vivian C. McAlister

Vulnerability Within The Body Of Christ: Anointing Of The Sick And Theological Anthropology, M. Therese Lysaught

M. Therese Lysaught

No abstract provided.

Philosophical, Psychological & Spiritual Perspectives On Death & Dying, David San Filippo Ph.D.

David San Filippo Ph.D.

This Ebook reviews the philosophical perspectives on death, the psychological perspectives on death and the fears of death and some religious perspectives of death. The philosophic section will review perspectives of death from ancient Greece through modernity. The psychological section will review death, and the fear of death, from the perspectives of psychoanalytic, humanistic, and existentialist theories. The religious section will provide a brief overview of Prehistoric, African, Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic, Jewish, and Christian religious beliefs concerning death and afterlife.

Conservation Medicine On The Galápagos Islands: Partnerships Among Behavioral, Population, And Veterinary Scientists, Patricia G. Parker, Noah Kerness Whiteman, R. Eric Miller

Patricia Parker

No abstract provided.

Perceptions: All-Star Experience Is A Baptism In Dust, Maureen E. Schlangen

Maureen E. Schlangen

A parent's first impression of all-star baseball, Patterson Park Little League, Dayton, Ohio.

Use Of Stimulus-Frequency Otoacoustic Emission Latency And Level To Investigate Cochlear Mechanics In Human Ears, Kim Schairer, John C. Ellison, Denis F. Fitzpatrick, Douglas H. Keefe

Kim S. Schairer

"Body Contouring After Massive Weight Loss," Edited By A. Aly., Vivian C. Mcalister

Vivian C. McAlister

Nowhere is the failure of the health care system, as currently managed, more evident than in the surgical care of obesity. A marked contrast has emerged between surgery in the United States and Canada for these patients. It is not clear whether the reluctance to supply surgical services in Canada is due to a bias in favour of “more deserving” patients or whether the considerably higher rate of obesity surgery in the US is due to the excesses of private enterprise. Governments have acknowledged that an element of the former proposition is true by referring obese patients to centres in …

'Our Revolution Has Style': Menstrual Product Activists 'Doing Feminism' In The Third Wave, Chris Bobel

Chris Bobel

No abstract provided.

Poster: A Model For Competency Based Optometric Training, Rebecca P. Mcalister, William Howard Mcalsiter, Ralph P. Garzia, Aaron S. Franzel.

Aaron Franzel

Taking Ad-Vantage Of Consumers: Advertising Light Cigarettes: Reassuring And Distracting Concerned Smokers, Richard W. Pollay

Richard W. Pollay

No abstract provided.