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The Effect Of Endodontic Therapy On The Incidence Of Radiation Caries In Dogs, James A. Abbott

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Endodontic therapy was evaluated as a possible control or prevention modality of radiation type dental caries in dogs. Two adult male dogs with permanent dentitions had endodontic therapy performed on alternating teeth in each jaw. The nontreated teeth served as controls.

The dogs were irradiated with 7000 rad Cobalt-60 radiation fractionated over an eight week period. The dogs were killed at 60 and 182 days post-irradiation. The teeth were removed from the jaws and immersed in methylene blue dye, sectioned, and the dye penetration pattern photographed. Diffusion of the dye into the tooth structure was quantified and statistically analyzed.

A …

The Effects Of Systematic Relaxation On The Number Of Times Pain Medication Was Administered To Immobilized Traction Patients, Brenda Carol Armstrong

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

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Xeroradiography & Conventional Radiography : Comparative Imaging Of The Temporomandibular Joint, Nelson R. Gatov

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

An investigation was conducted to evaluate the application of Xeroradiography for imaging the Temporomandibular Joint using the Updegrave and Weinberg positioning boards and to compare these images to those obtained by conventional radiography using the same positioning boards.

A cadaver head in which three spherical radiopaque implants had been placed was used in this study. A General Electric Model 1000 (Dental Unit) was the source of radiation. The conventional radiographs were produced on Dupont Cronex 2DC film and processed by a Phillips 810 automatic processed by a Xerox "125 System".

MAGNIFICATION

A comparison of the implant sphere diameters and the …

Cephalometric Objectives For The Maxillary Central Incisor, John Mickey Damerell

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A cephalometric study was conducted to determine the ideal inclination of the maxillary central incisor for various facial patterns. Selected measurements were made on lateral headplate tracings of three samples: ideal, random and Class III malocclusions. Statistical analysis of data included means, standard deviations, simple correlations and stepwise regressions.

The Frankfort plane was found to be the most reliable reference plane when measuring the inclination of the maxillary central incisor. The maxillary central incisor inclination was found to be dependent upon the lower incisor position and inclination, chin position and the anterior cranial base inclination. A formula was produced to …

Front Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

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Newsletter, Volume 22, Number 02, March - April 1977

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• Valley Radiotherapy Center Opens
• National Study of Prostatic Carcinoma
• Quick Messages for Referring Physicians
• Cancer Trends
• Environmental Carcinogenesis Conference Held in Houston
• Cancer Detection Workshop
• Symposium Proceedings Published
• Pathology department Reorganized
• New Appointments

Apical Closure Induction Using Bone Growth Factors And Mineral Trioxide Aggregate, Kenneth W. Tittle

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study compared the ability of three different bone growth factor combinations with that of Ca(OH)₂ to stimulate apical closure as well as the effectiveness of Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (MTA) as an apical barrier. Fifty-six roots of second and fourth mandibular premolars of seven six- month old beagle dogs were used. Periradicular lesions were created over a four week period. The canals were cleaned and shaped and filled with Ca(OH)₂ for one week. They were then irrigated and received one of seven different treatments in a balanced design. Growth factors were placed in a carboxymethylcellulose carrier and delivered …

Children With Porencephaly: A Study Of Services, Dana Kaufman, Elisabeth Mason

Dissertations and Theses

This study was conducted to serve as a follow-up of services received and/or needed by families with children who have been identified by Crippled Children's Division of the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center as having porencephaly, usually a severe form of brain damage. Porencephaly refers to cystic cavities or lesions in the brain caused by a prenatal insult to the brain resulting in varying degrees of motor and mental deficits. These children have been seen in general as part of the Cerebral Palsy Clinic. There may be a lack of awareness on part of the parents and the staff …

Namru-3 Translations Of Parasite Literature From Russian, French, Japanese, Etc. Into English (1940-1977) T1201-T1300, United States Naval Medical Research Unit Number Three, Cairo, Medical Zoology Department

United States Naval Medical Research Unit 3: Publications

T1201. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. GAIDAMOVICH, S. Ya., MEL'NIKOVA, E. E., OBUKHOVA, V. R. and KLISENKO, G. A. (1974). Errors during identification of arboviruses. In: Arboviruses, edited by Gaidamovich, S. Ya. Sborn. Trud. Inst. Virus. imeni D. I. Ivanovsky, Akad. Med. Nauk, SSSR, (1):89-93.

T1202. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. KARMYSHEVA, V. Ya., CHUMAKOV, M. P., BERYAEVA, A. P., BUTENKO, A. M. and MART'YANOVA, L. I. (1964). Study of interreaction between Astrakhan virus isolated from Hyalomma plumbeum plumbeum ticks and tissue cell cultures. Mater. 11. Nauch. Sess. Inst. Polio. Virus. Entsef. (Moscow, 1964), pp. 10-12.

T1203. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. DZHAFAROV, T. E. (1965). …

Women In Menopause: A Study Of Gynecologist's Perceptions, Zadell Cogan, Sharon Kennedy

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to explore the needs of women experiencing menopause. Since women at this time experience physical, social and emotional changes, they may have a special need for services. Doctors were selected as the population for study because they treat so many women at this age and because they are powerful transmitters of our culture. This exploratory study was designed to provide descriptive information about the doctors' perceptions.

Results are reported from interviews with seventeen gynecologists from the Portland metropolitan area in Oregon. Attempts were made to interview all female gynecologists in the area. Male gynecologists …

Miliary Tuberculosis And Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: A Case Report, Mohsin Alam, George Bower

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

A case of miliary tuberculosis complicated by respiratory insufficiency and disseminated intravascular coagulation was treated successfully with antituberculosis drugs, ventilatory support, and heparin, packed red cells, platelet transfusions and plasma. Tuberculosis is a rare cause of disseminated intravascular coagulation.

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Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (September 1976), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The September 1976 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• The Class of 1980
• Registration Day 1976
• Convocation
• Open House
• News from the College
• V.I.A. for Students
• PCOM's Rural Health Care Center
• Neuronsensory Unit Reorganized
• News from the Hospital And Health Care Centers
• Greenwood Medical Center
• People
• CME Programs
• Letters
• New Appointments
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni News Briefs
• In Memoriam
• Alumni Board

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Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Hallucinogens: A Cause Of Convulsive Ergot Psychoses, Sylvia Dahl Winters

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Ergotism with vasoconstriction and gangrene has been reported through the centuries. Less well publicized are the cases of psychoses associated with convulsive ergotism. Lysergic acid amide a powerful hallucinogen having one.-tenth the hallucinogenic activity of LSD-25 is produced by natural sources. This article attempts to show that convulsive ergot psychoses are mixed psychoses caused by lysergic acid amide or similar hallucinogens combined with nervous system lesions secondary to vasoconstrictive effects of ergotoxine.

Growth Augmentation With Activators, John R. Sibley

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This research was performed to determine if bony changes could be effected by activator treatment and how stable this treatment is.

From a sample of twenty-seven cases with before activator treatment cephalometric radiographs. Rocky Mountain Data Systems provided growth projections, with and without edgewise treatment, for the period of time each patient was in treatment. These forecasts were compared to the post-treatment cephalograms to analyze the orthopedic effects of activator treatment with normal growth and with edgewise therapy.

Nine of the twenty-seven case treated sample responded to recall for post-treatment cephalograms and were analyzed for relapse.

It was apparent that …

Front Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Endoscopic Retrograde Pancreatic Duct Cannulation (Erpc): An Aid To Pancreatic Surgery, C. Grodsinsky, B. Schuman, B. E. Brush

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Retrograde endoscopic pancreatic duct cannulation for evaluation of patients with chronic pancreatitis is reviewed over the last two years. Of 40 patients that were endoscoped, 30 had a successful pancreatogram. The X-ray findings fell into three groups: 1) single and multiple stenosis, 2) diffuse narrowing, and 3) apparently normal duct. This procedure proved of value in ruling out or delaying surgical operation in 10 persons. Twenty-one patients underwent operations. Thirteen had a 95% pancreatectomy, one had drainage of a necrotic collection thought to be a pseudocyst and one had a pseudocyst resected. One had a gastrojejunostomy and vagotomy bypassing a …

Ua35/11 Student Honors Bulletin, Vol. Iv, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

The articles, all papers done for classes in the university honors program, are divided into three groups. The first group deals with science, especially the area of health care, one of the more practical applications of science in the modern age. The second group consists of three papers done for honor courses in which the major purpose was to expose the student to new areas of consciousness and have them respond orally and verbally to what they read, creative writing. The last group deals with the humanities, literature and religion, two of the more popular fields of the humanities today. …

Namru-3 Translations Of Parasite Literature From Russian, French, Japanese, Etc. Into English (1945-1976) T1101-T1200, United States Naval Medical Research Unit Number Three, Cairo, Medical Zoology Department

United States Naval Medical Research Unit 3: Publications

T1101. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. SUMMARY. MIRONOV, P. (1953). Hemorrhagic fever in Burgas Region. Suvrem. Med., Sof., 6:62-73. (In Bulgarian).

T1102. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. MATEVOSYAN, K. Sh., KARASEVA, P. S., RESHETNIKOV, I. A. and SEMENOV, B. F. (1972). Investigation of arboviruses transmitted through ticks in Armenian SSR. In: Actual problems of virology and prophylaxis of viral diseases, edited by Chumakov, M. P. Tezisy 17. Nauch. Sess. Inst. Posvyashch. Aktual. Probl. Virus. Profilakt. Virus. Zabolev. (Moscow, October 1972), p. 303.

T1103. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. SKOFERTSA, P. G., GAIDAMOVICH, S. Ya., OBUKHOVA, V. O., KORCHMAR'. N. D., YAROVOI, P. I., KLISENKO, G. A. …

Newsletter, Volume 21, Number 01, January - February 1976

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• To the Physicians of Texas, R. Lee Clark
• MDAH Experience with clear Cell Adenocarcinoma in Young Women
• Liquid Infusion System for Outpatients Designed
• Companion Volumes on Chemotherapy
• Dr. Gunn Joins Staff
• Neoplasms of the Skin and Malignant Melanoma Subjects of 20th Annual Clinical Conference
• Dr. R. Lee Clark Named American Cancer Society President
• To Refer a Patient
• Drug Information Service
• Heath Memorial Award Presented to Dr. Helwig
• Dr. Moreton Appointed to Texas Board
• Dr. Jirgensons Honored
• Dr. Painter Appointed Associate Director
• Eight Annual special Pathology Program
• Dr. Shullenberger Heads Harris County Medical Society

Patterns Of Fatty Acid Release From Endogenous Substrates By Human Platelet Homogenates And Membranes, A Derksen, P Cohen

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

We describe a method for measuring the release of fatty acids from endogenous substrates of human platelet homogenates and membranes. The method depends on the availability of lipids whose fatty acids are odd-chained and therefore suitable as internal reference compounds that, at the time of lipid extraction, can be added to an incubation to permit subsequent quantification of the content of free fatty acids or fatty acids esterified to specific lipids. We found four types of lipolytic activities in human platelets. In homogenates at pH 4.0 a triglyceride lipase operated as shown by the synchrony of triglyceride degradation and release …

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Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Atomic Models For The Polypeptide Backbones Of Myohemerythrin And Hemerythrin, W A Hendrickson, K B Ward

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Background: The novel coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spread rapidly after its identification in December 2019 to cause a global pandemic. The respiratory tract is the primary site of infection, and there is a large range in the severity of respiratory illnesses caused by the virus. Defining molecular and cellular factors for protection from severe disease and death has been a goal to better understand and to predict and mitigate the effects of SARS-CoV-2 and future coronaviruses.

Objective: Despite well-known susceptibilities to respiratory viral infections, respiratory allergy and allergic asthma have not been identified as risk factors …

Front Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (September 1975), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The September 1975 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• Alumni Weekend
• Alumni President
• Bicentennial Plans
• People
• News from the Health Care Centers
• New Appointments
• News from the College
• Class of '79
• Fall Activities
• Alumni News Briefs
• Faculty Notes
• In Memoriam

Front Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (June 1975), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The June 1975 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• Commencement
• Dr. Hans Selye
• Commencement Address
• Commencement Dinner
• Alumni Weekend
• Reunions
• Student Awards
• News from the College
• News from the Hospital
• The Class of 1975
• People
• Faculty Notes
• Alumni News Briefs
• In Memoriam
• Postdoctoral Programs

Sexual Parameters In Doctor-Patient Relationship, Judith Adams Perry

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A survey to determine the attitudes and practices of physicians regarding touching (erotically and nonerotically) their patients was conducted with 164 female physicians. The results were compared with a previous study (from the University of California, Los Angeles) of male physicians. As compared with the UCLA sample of male physicians, more female physicians believe in and engage in nonerotic touching; but fewer female physicians believe in and engage in erotic touching. None of the female physicians reported sexual intercourse with their patients as compared with 33 or 11% of the UCLA sample of male physicians.

The Effect Of Masking On The Acoustic Reflex Threshold, Nancy E. Aldrich

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study investigated the effect of masking noise on the threshold for stapedial reflex. It has been shown that masking which shifts the hearing threshold causes a loudness function typical of recruitment. It was hypothesized that the stapedial reflex threshold remains the same in a masked situation as in the unmasked situation . It was suggested that this demonstrates recruitment in that the presence of noise reduces the range between hearing thresholds and stapedial reflex thresholds.

Ten subjects, with no known hearing loss or pathology involving the ear or reflex arc were used in this study. A 1000 Hz tone …