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Flight Physician - December, 2004, Civil Aviation Medical Association

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A twenty page newsletter of the Civil Aviation Medical Association. The newsletter provided news about civil aviation medicine and information related to the organization.

Bicistronic And Fused Monocistronic Transcripts Are Derived From Adjacent Loci In The Arabidopsis Genome, Jyothi Thimmapuram, Hui Duan, Lei Liu, Mary A. Schuler

Cyber Center Publications

Comparisons of full-length cDNAs and genomic DNAs available for Arabidopsis thaliana described here indicate that some adjacent loci are transcribed into extremely long RNAs spanning two annotated genes. Once expressed, some of these transcripts are post-transcriptionally spliced within their coding and intergenic sequences to generate bicistronic transcripts containing two complete open reading frames. Others are spliced to generate monocistronic transcripts coding for fusion proteins with sequences derived from both loci. RT-PCR of several P450 transcripts in this collection indicates that these extended transcripts exist side by side with shorter monocistronic transcripts derived from the individual loci in each pair. The …

Improved Quantification Of Small Objects In Near-Infrared Diffuse Optical Tomography, Subhadra Srinivasan, Brian W. Pogue, Hamid Dehghani, Shudong Jiang, Xiaomei Song, Keith D. Paulsen

Dartmouth Scholarship

Diffuse optical tomography allows quantification of hemoglobin, oxygen saturation, and water in tissue, and the fidelity in this quantification is dependent on the accuracy of optical properties determined during image reconstruction. In this study, a three-step algorithm is proposed and validated that uses the standard Newton minimization with Levenberg-Marquardt regularization as the first step. The second step is a modification to the existing algorithm using a two-parameter regularization to allow lower damping in a region of interest as compared to background. This second stage allows the recovery of the actual size of an inclusion. A region-based reconstruction is the final …

2004 Scholars And Artists Bibliography, Michael Schwartz Library, Cleveland State University, Friends Of The Michael Schwartz Library

Scholars and Artists Bibliographies

This bibliography was created for the annual Friends of the Michael Schwartz Library Scholars and Artists Reception, recognizing scholarly and creative achievements of Cleveland State University faculty, staff and emeriti

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 46 Number 2, Fall 2004, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

8 - PRIZE-WINNING POETRY By Alexander Matthew Weyand '04. A poem by an SCU junior wins two student poetry competitions at SCU.

10 - I HAVE A QUESTION By Miriam Schulman. The director of communications for the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at SCU explores the ethics of Internet research.

14 - JUSTICE IS SERVED By Susan Vogel. The Santa Clara University Community Law Center celebrates 10 years of service with a new endowment and a new name.

Application Of Queuing Theory And Procedure Time Estimation In A Local Healthcare System, Galina Tsoy

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations

People in the United States pay more for their basic healthcare needs than do people in any other nation in the world. When we consider that the United States is the wealthiest nation in the world, controlling the majority of the world's resources, it seems only reasonable to ask: Why should it be this way?

In an effort to address this problem, this thesis examines two possible methods of improving health care efficiency in hospitals. The thesis is thus in two parts: the first part examines resource allocation in medical units using Queuing Theory, and the second part examines a …

Flight Physician - September, 2004, Civil Aviation Medical Association

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A twenty page newsletter of the Civil Aviation Medical Association. The newsletter provided news about civil aviation medicine and information related to the organization.

Planning Evaluation Of Radiotherapy For Complex Lung Cancer Cases Using Helical Tomotherapy, Tomas Kron, Grigor Grigorov, Edward Yu, Slav Yartsev, Jeff Chen, Eugene Wong, George Rodrigues, Kris Trenka, Terry Coad, Glenn Bauman, Jake Van Dyk

Edward Yu

Lung cancer treatment is one of the most challenging fields in radiotherapy. The aim of the present study was to investigate what role helical tomotherapy (HT), a novel approach to the delivery of highly conformal dose distributions using intensity-modulated radiation fan beams, can play in difficult cases with large target volumes typical for many of these patients. Tomotherapy plans were developed for 15 patients with stage III inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer. While not necessarily clinically indicated, elective nodal irradiation was included for all cases to create the most challenging scenarios with large target volumes. A 2 cm margin was used …

Inside Unlv, Holly Ivy De Vore, Carol C. Harter, Stuart Mann

Inside UNLV

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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 46 Number 1, Summer 2004, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

8 - A PUZZLING PROFESSOR By Adam Breen. Byron Walden, an assistant professor of mathematics at SCU, draws on his knowledge of numerical analysis to create crossword puzzles for The New York Times.

10 - THE LAUNCHING PAD By Larry Sokoloff J.D. '92. Top government agencies, other universities, and companies are relying on the University's Robotics Systems Lab-and its students-to build and monitor satellites.

16 - A NOVEL TEAM By Kristin Lenore '04. The University's publishing partnership with Heyday Books aims to help preserve California's cultural legacy.

Flight Physician - June, 2004, Civil Aviation Medical Association

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A twenty page newsletter of the Civil Aviation Medical Association. The newsletter provided news about civil aviation medicine and information related to the organization.

Inside Unlv, Holly Ivy De Vore, Caryn Key, Carol C. Harter, Richard Morgan

Inside UNLV

No abstract provided.

Aaas Lecture Series On Women In Science And Engineering, Maribel Vazquez

Publications and Research

The winning essay for a Travel Award from the American Association for the Advancement in Science Women Lecture Series.

http://ehrweb.aaas.org/womeninscience/essays/vazquez.htm

Food Based Approaches For A Healthy Nutrition In Africa, Mamoudou Hama Dicko

Pr. Mamoudou H. DICKO, PhD

The latest estimates of the FAO demonstrate the problems of the fight against hunger. These problems are manifested by the ever-increasing number of chronically undernourished people worldwide. Their numbers during the 1999-2001 period were estimated at about 840 million of which 798 million live in developing countries. Sub-Saharan Africa alone represented 198 million of those. In this part of Africa the prevalence of undernourishment ranges from 5-34%, causing growth retardation and insufficient weight gain among one third of the children under five years of age and resulting in a mortality of 5-15% among these children. Malnutrition resulting from undernourishment is …

Mathematical Modeling Of Transient State Transdermal Drug Delivery, Alison Nickol Weltner

Theses

In this work, a two-pathway mathematical model for transdermal drug delivery with iontophoresis is presented. The partial differential equations are described and then solved. An alternative, two-pathway, three-layer model is also presented, and the implications of the coefficients within the equation are discussed. Using Franz cell iontophoretic delivery data from three drug substances (amitriptyline HCl, clomipramine HCl, and nortriptyline HCl), the two-pathway model is regressed to determine the diffusion coefficient and the concentration within the skin at the drug reservoir interface. ANOVA analysis indicates a correlation between iontophoretic current and concentration of drug within the stratum corneum.

A System For Monitoring Pressures And Spinal Curvature In Spinally Injured People Immobilised On A Spinal Raft, Ruairí De Fréin, Eoin Flinn, Ted Burke

Articles

We present a system designed to study the pressure at various ‘hot spots’ on the back of the body and the deformation of the spine experienced by a patient when strapped to a spinal board, and the potential alleviation of both by the addition of an inflatable “spinal raft” (or other similar device). In measuring pressure we devised a system of air-filled sacks interfaced with a PC. Each sack, placed under a particular key point on the body, is inflated until its faces just begin to separate and a switch thereby opens. The pressure reading is then captured and displayed …

2004 - The Ninth Annual Symposium Of Student Scholars

Symposium of Student Scholars Program Books

The full program book from the Ninth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, held on April 16, 2004. Includes abstracts from the presentations and posters.

Gsbs News, Spring 2003-2004, Graduate School Of Biomedical Sciences, University Of Texas Health Science Center At Houston/M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

GSBS News

No abstract provided.

Inside Unlv, Gian Galassi, Carol C. Harter, Jeffrey Koep

Inside UNLV

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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 45 Number 4, Spring 2004, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

8 - TOP TEACHERS By Elizabeth Kelley Gillogly '93-Meet three SCU professors who received University awards for teaching excellence and curriculum innovations.

10 - BLAZING THE TRAIL By Victoria Hendel De La O. There are many unique challenges and rewards for the hundreds of first-generation college students at SCU.

14 - THE SCU DIFFERENCE By Margaret Avritt. The value of an SCU education goes beyond statistics and scores. Students at this university have experiences that engage and transform them.

18 - MIND OVER MONEY By Hersh Shefrin and Meir Statman. Two SCU professors of finance explore how psychology can help …

Flight Physician - March, 2004, Civil Aviation Medical Association

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A sixteen page newsletter of the Civil Aviation Medical Association. The newsletter provided news about civil aviation medicine and information related to the organization.

Creencias De Profesores Y Estudiantes De La Facultad De Optometría De La Universidad De La Salle Acerca De La Clase Académica, Juan Carlos Méndez Parra, Carmen Sofía Cepeda

Ciencia y Tecnología para la Salud Visual y Ocular

La presente investigación indagó en las creencias de profesores y estudiantes de la Facultad de Optometría de la Universidad de Salle acerca de la clase. Hace parte de la investigación institucional “Creencias de profesores y estudiantes de la Universidad de la Salle acerca de la clase académica”.dirigida por el Dr. Alberto Pardo Novoa. Se realizó una comprensión del fenómeno clase académica desde la visión de profesores y estudiantes de los diferentes ciclos de formación del programa de Optometría que sirviera para retroalimentar la labor docente y disponer de elementos para implementar acciones de calificación docente en la facultad de Optometría. …

Determinación De La Variabilidad De La Sensibilidad Al Contraste Con El Fact En Pacientes Miopes Antes Y Después De La Cirugía Refractiva Con Multiscan, En Optilaser, Yolanda López Aguirre

Ciencia y Tecnología para la Salud Visual y Ocular

Este estudio tiene como objetivo determinar el efecto de la cirugía en los pacientes operados en cuanto a la calidad visual, medida por medio del FACT (Functional Acuity Contrast Test), para sugerir el uso del test FACT como prueba de rutina para estos pacientes. Fue un estudio descriptivo con mediciones transversales previas, al mes y a los dos meses de la cirugía. Con 17 pacientes realizo la valoración de 32 ojos, encontrando diferencias entre las mediciones iniciales y al mes la sensibilidad al contraste en la frecuencia espacial 12.0 (p 0.00) y 18.0 (p 0.0104). La curva construida con medianas …

Salud Ocupacional Una Visión Histórica Y General, Ingrid Astrid Jiménez Barbosa

Ciencia y Tecnología para la Salud Visual y Ocular

El concepto de Salud Ocupacional ha ido evolucionando a través de los tiempos. Desde la comunidad primitiva durante la época del paleolítico y el neolítico, pasando por Egipto hacia el año 4000 a.c hasta la edad media, cuando aparecen estudiosos en materia de Salud Ocupacional como Ellen Bog (1473), quien efectúa una investigación sobre vapores que pueden ser peligrosos para la salud de los trabajadores. George Agrícola (1556), trata la problemática de los trabajadores de las minas y Bernardino Ramazinni en 1700, escribe un tratado completo sobre las enfermedades profesionales tituladoDe Morfis Artificum Diatribayes\, este autor es considerado por su …

Inside Unlv, Gian Galassi, Jennifer Vaughan, Carol C. Harter, Richard Flaherty, Rebecca Mills

Inside UNLV

No abstract provided.

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 46 Number 3, Winter 2004, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

8 - AN ARTIST WITH A MISSION By Elizabeth Kelley Gillogly '93. In his latest series, Howard Anderson '71 created paintings of the 21 California missions.

10 - THE SPIRITUALITY OF GIFT GIVING By Tom Beaudoin. Is it possible to turn our gift giving into a spiritual exercise?

14 - RAISING ARIZONA By Susan Shea. Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano '79, a rising political star, uses the lessons learned at SCU to serve her state.

20 - LEAVING COMMUNISM BEHIND By Jane Curry. An SCU professor and Fulbright Scholar researches forgiveness and justice in post-communist Poland.

Flight Physician - January, 2004, Civil Aviation Medical Association

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A sixteen page newsletter of the Civil Aviation Medical Association. The newsletter provided news about civil aviation medicine and information related to the organization.

Rosenzweig's Messianic Aesthetics, Jules Simon

Jules Simon

No abstract provided.

How Many Slides? Documented Cytotechnologist Workload, Sophie K, Thompson, Eileen Mason

Medical Diagnostics & Translational Sciences Faculty Publications

(First paragraph) This paper relays workload information obtained as part of an ergonomics survey.1 Data were obtained on the number of slides evaluated daily, workplace setting, hours worked, and demographic information.

Incidencia De Uso De Los Videojuegos En Alteraciones Visuales Ergonómicas, En Niños De 9 A 14 Años, Paola Liliana Murcia Vargas

Ciencia y Tecnología para la Salud Visual y Ocular

La optometría tiene un campo de acción muy importante en la prevención visual. La aparición continua de nuevas tecnologías trae consigo cambios en los hábitos de las personas. Este estudio se realizó sobre las alteraciones visuales ergonómicas que posiblemente se presentan en la población infantil, debido al uso prolongado de videojuegos. Las destrezas visuales necesarias para el uso de videojuegos están: Agudeza visual en visión lejana y próxima, visión binocular, acomodación y coordinación ojo – mano. En lo postural, un exceso en el tiempo de uso de los videojuegos, puede producir problemas en el cuello, hombros, columna vertebral, piernas y …