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Outlook Magazine, Winter 1994

Outlook Magazine

No abstract provided.

Outlook Magazine, Fall 1994

Outlook Magazine

No abstract provided.

Cardiovascular Risk Factors In School Children From Low Middle Income Families In Karachi, Pakistan, Salma H. Badruddin, A. Molla, Mohammad Khurshid, S. Vaz, S. Hassanali

Section of Haematology/Oncology

Serum levels of total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and trigly cerides (TG) were determined on 239 school children aged 5-19 years belonging to lower middle class families. The mean TC, LDL-C, HDL-C and TG ranged from 3.70-4.37 mmol/L, 2.17- 2.70 mmol/L, 0.94-1.14 mmol/L, 1.07-1.26 mmol/L respectively. In general, girls had higher TC, LDL-C and HDL-C levels. There was no significant difference in the TG levels between boys and girls. Thirty-three percent of the girls and 22% of the boys had TC level _4.4 mmol/L, the level at which dietary intervention is recommended …

The Effect Of Long Term Training On The Bone Mineral Density And Muscle Strength Of Perimenopausal Athletes, Jan Dook

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The aim of this research was to determine if long term training (20 years+) in a high impact weight bearing sport (netball/basketball: NB/88), a low impact weight-bearing sport (running/ field hockey: GEN) and a non weight-bearing sport, swimming (SWI) produced a positive relationship with regional bone mineral density (BMD) and muscle strength. Method: Three groups of perimenopausal athletes (n=20) plus a control group (CON) (n=20) had Total Body BMD and body composition measured by DEXA (Hologic QDR 2000) and isometric strength of dominant arm flexors and leg extensors by a strain tensiometer connected to a strength chair. Differences between groups …

Predictors, Patterns And Levels Of Stress Amongst Group Workers In Community Support Units For Adolescents, Alan Lee

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This study sets out to determine the patterns, predictors and levels of stress amongst forty two groupworkers employed as care givers in five community based support units known commonly as hostels for troubled and troublesome adolescents. To establish and fully assess work related stress amongst groupworkers, it was necessary to capture not only results from questionnaires, but also individual perceptions of stress. To accomplish this, groupworkers were invited to discuss the topic further in face to face interviews upon completion of the questionnaires. Particular themes emergert from the results that reflect some of the concerns held by the author prior …

The Experience Of Transferring To Adult Health Care For Adolescents With Cystic Fibrosis, Maree T. Russell

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

As a result of improved treatment and management, adolescents with cystic fibrosis (CF) now have a longer life expectancy. Consequently, more adolescents will be transferred from paediatric to adult health care. Currently, transfer to adult health care takes place on an adhoc basis. Little research however, is available on adolescents with CF and the transfer process to adult health care. This transfer may be viewed as a significant life event for these adolescents and their families. A descriptive approach was used in this study to investigate the experience of transferring to adult health care for adolescents with CF. Seven adolescents …

The Effects Of Different Types Of Noise On Human Heart Rate, Jose R. Fabregas

Theses

In an industrial environment, chronic noise exposure is assumed to affect human heart rate. If this is true, people who are more sensitive to noise will run a higher risk of incurring cardiovascular diseases.

Sixteen healthy experimental subjects, all with normal hearing, eight males and eight females, were exposed to five different types of pink and white noise at 60, 70, 80, and 85 dBA in order to determine if any relationship exists between the heart rate and sex. Each individual was exposed for a maximum of thirty seconds for each type and level of noise. Audiometric tests were given …

Isolation Of Trypanosoma Spp. From Wild Tsetse Flies Through Procyclic Expansion In Glossina Morsitans Centralis, Steve Mihok, Eli N. Munyoki, Freddie Masaninga, Paul N. Ndegwa, Reardon O. Olubayo

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Procyclic trypanosomes from wild tsetse flies were membrane-fed to Glossina morsitans centralis in order to develop an optimal technique for propagating field isolates. A 70% success rate was achieved in isolating Trypanosoma simiae and a variety of genotypes of T. congolense originating from G. pallidipes, G. brevipalpis and G. swynnertoni. Parasites matured into forms infective for mammals, and could be maintained by passage of gut forms to new groups of flies. In experiments with laboratory stocks, we also passaged immature gut infections of T. congolense and T. brucei from various tsetse species to G. m. centralis. The optimal technique was …

Ua66/14/4 Kentucky Partnership Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 6, Kentucky Partnership For Farm Family Health & Safety

University Organizations

Newsletter created by and about the Kentucky Partnership for Farm Family Health & Safety.

Yale Nurse: Yale School Of Nursing Newsletter, December 1993, Yale University School Of Nursing

Yale School of Nursing Alumni Newsletters and Magazines

This issue contains a nursing perspective on the 1994 Health Care Reform initiative and a feature section on cultural diversity in nursing.

Please contact the Medical Historical Library if you need a higher resolution version.

Co-Sensitization Of Dopamine And Serotonin Receptors Occurs In The Absence Of A Change In The Dopamine D1 Receptor Complex After A Neonatal 6-Ohda Lesion, Li Gong

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

To test whether SKF 38393 could ontogenetically sensitize dopamine (DA) D$\sb1$ receptors and whether this sensitization would be associated with biochemical changes, intact and neonatal 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-lesioned rats (200 $\mu$g i.c.v.) were treated daily from birth with SKF 38393 (3.0 mg/kg i.p. x 28 days) or its vehicle. In DA D$\sb1$ neonatally sensitized 6-OHDA rats, enhanced locomotor responses were observed with the first SKF 38393 challenge dose (3.0 mg/kg i.p.) at 6 weeks. This response increased further with weekly SKF 38393 treatments. Enhanced stereotyped behaviors were seen in both lesioned and sensitized rats at 8 weeks. There was no change …

Induction Of Protective Immunity Against Larval Onchocerca Volvulus In A Mouse Model., A. M. Lange, W. Yutanawiboonchai, J. B. Lok, M. Trpis, D. Abraham

Department of Microbiology and Immunology Faculty Papers

BALB/cBYJ mice were immunized against larval Onchocerca volvulus by subcutaneous injection of normal, irradiated, or freeze-thaw-killed Onchocerca sp. larvae. The mice received challenge infections of O. volvulus third-stage larva (L3) contained in diffusion chambers implanted subcutaneously. At two-weeks postinfection, the diffusion chambers were removed and larval survival was assessed. When mice were immunized a single time with 35-krad-irradiated or normal O. volvulus L3, there was a significant reduction in the survival of challenge parasites. However, there was little or no reduction in challenge worm survival when mice were immunized a single time with freeze-thaw-killed O. volvulus L3 or fourth-stage larva …

Enhanced Renal Sympathetic And Cardiovascular Responses To Substance P In Hypertension, Gregory W. Lindsay

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Blood pressure, heart rate, and renal sympathetic nerve responses were measured in 9-13 week old male spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and compared to those in age and sex-matched Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats following intravenous injection of the neuropeptide substance P (SP), the nicotinic stimulant 1,1-dimethyl-4-phenylpiperazinium (DMPP), and the adrenoceptor stimulant norepinephrine (NE). Charles River Sprague-Dawley (CD) rats were used in some studies to develop methodologies. Measurements were made in control rats and also following sinoaortic denervation, pithing, ganglion blockade, or adrenoceptor blockade. Responses were evaluated in order to determine if ganglion stimulation by SP was enhanced in SHR compared to WKY …

Menno-Knight, December 1993, Mennonite College Of Nursing

Menno-Knight (1960s-1990s?)

Student newsletter of the Mennonite School/College of Nursing.

The Degree Of Exposure To Anesthetic Nitrous Oxide Waste Gas In The Operating Room During Various Surgical Procedures, Kathryn Ann Longworth

Community & Environmental Health Theses & Dissertations

Halsey (1991) summarized the underlying reasons for continuing concern about the problem of waste anesthetic gases. Careful and systematic monitoring studies indicate that individual trends in anesthetic pollution levels are not as low as was confidently predicted 10 years ago, when scavenging devices became commonplace. Second, there are now clear legal requirements for assessment of the situation. It is estimated that each year more than 200,000 health professionals are occupationally at risk of illness as a consequence of chronic exposure to low doses of waste anesthetic gases (Rogers, 1986).

These contaminants are suspected pf being ~eratogenic, carcinogenic, mutagenic, and embryo-lethal. …

Validation Of A Bag Sampling Method For 1,3-Butadiene, Lori Eckenrode

Community & Environmental Health Theses & Dissertations

At this time there is no NIOSH approved means for bag sampling 1,3-butadiene. An attempt was made to use the application of cold (0°F) to inhibit the reactivity of the gas prior to analysis. The State of California Air Resources Board has an approved method for the gas chromatographic analysis of 1,3-butadiene from stationary sources. The method was utilized in the application of industrial hygiene monitoring of affected workers. The application of cold was found to be ineffective at inhibiting the highly reactive nature of 1,3-butadiene. Analyte losses were too great to classify the method as an accurate measure of …

A Roundtable Conference On The Traditional Cultural Advocacy Program, Indian Health Service, Office Of Program Planning, Evaluation, And Legislation

Native Health Database Full Text

This report presents results of a two-day Traditional Cultural Advocacy Program (TCAP) Roundtable Conference. The purpose of the TCAP Roundtable was to develop a consensus of the IHS roles and responsibilities in addressing traditional cultural beliefs, values, and practices; and to discuss and identify issues on holistic beliefs in health care as it relates to traditional culture.

Nurses Alumni Association Bulletin, Fall 1993, Alice C. Boehret, Alice Drumm, Vivian Moyer, Joyce Shaffer, Nancy Powell, Betty Piersol, Margaret Summers, Lorraine Mccall, Doris E. Bowman, Paula J. Levine

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

Annual Meeting Calendar

Inside Front & Back Cover 1994 Annual Luncheon-Meeting Notice.

Inside Front & Back Cover 1993-1994 Meeting Dates

Officers and Committee Chairs

Bulletin Publication Committee

The President's Message

Treasurer's Report

News About and From Our Graduates

Seize the Day

Psychology and Nursing

Fiftieth Anniversary

Resume of Minutes of Alumni Association Meetings

Tribute to Mabel C. Prevost

The Decade Fund Nursing Scholarship

Happy Birthday

Alumni Office News

Jefferson Alumni Identification Card

Committee Reports

Bulletin

Social

Relief Fund

Scholarship

Finance

In Memoriam, Names of Deceased Graduates

Luncheon Photos

Class News

Relief Fund Application

Scholarship Application

Membership Application

Pins, Transcripts, Class …

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (Fall 1993), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The Fall 1993 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• President's Perspective: PCOM’s Mission: Nation’s Priority
• Renovations and Innovations Highlight Beginning of Academic Year: Doctors From Day One: Learning More than Lectures and Labs
• PCOM Launches Graduate Biomedical Sciences Program
• Campus News
• Letters to the Editor
• Primary Care and Plastination Topics for Recent Grants
• First Golf Outing a Classic!
• Just Published
• Class Acts
• In Memoriam
• Coming Events

Menno-Knight, October 1993, Mennonite College Of Nursing

Menno-Knight (1960s-1990s?)

Student newsletter of the Mennonite School/College of Nursing.

What's Happening: September 8, 1993, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Authorial Voice, Implied Audiences And The Drafting Of The 1988 Aids National Mailing, Mary Harris Veeder

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Dr. Veeder analyzes changes throughout many drafts of the 1988 ANM and finds that the process of negotiated drafting contributed to its success. She also concludes that risk communicators should focus attention on audience needs rather than competing truth claims.

Dentalgram - Vol. 07, No. 09, Loma Linda University School Of Dentistry

Dentalgram

In this issue:

• DH fund raising
• Student loans
• Featuring Dr. Boyne
• Visitors from Japan
• Memorial
• Implant center visited
• Academic discipline
• Board results
• Rideshare winner
• Yankee Congress
• HIV Q & A
• Fall Round-Up
• Library acquisitions
• Family Picnic
• Softball winners
• Retreat sign-up

“The Horror” Reconsidered: An Evaluation Of The Historical Evidence For Population Decline In Hawai‘I, 1778–1803, Andrew F. Bushnell

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

A Risk Assessment Of The Health Liabilities From Exposure To Toxic Metals Found In The Composted Material Of Air Force Municipal Solid Waste, Timothy L. Merrymon

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis assesses the risk of the health liabilities from exposure to toxic metals found in the composted material of Air Force municipal solid waste (MSW). The goal is to determine the probability that the composted MSW could be a health hazard if it were used as a soil amendment. The research limited the assessment of the exposure risk to heavy metals found in raw MSW and its resulting compost. The thesis uses reviews of present literature to examine the food and soil ingestion exposure pathways. These pathways are assessed using the heavy metal concentrations found in MSW compost and …

Menno-Knight, September 1993, Mennonite College Of Nursing

Menno-Knight (1960s-1990s?)

Student newsletter of the Mennonite School/College of Nursing.

What's Happening: August 25, 1993, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

What's Happening: August 11, 1993, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between Meaning In Life & The Utilization Of Health Care Services: An Epidemiological Cross-Sectional Study, Matthew Eitutis

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between meaning in life and utilization of health care services. An epidemiological, cross-sectional study was performed on a sample of 282 students at Western Kentucky University and 49 employees at the Barren River District Health Department. Study participants completed the Life Attitude Profile--Revised and the Participant Data Sheet. The data gathered and analyzed via correlation analysis showed no overall significant relationship between the two variables for this sample. The possible impact that overall mental health status has on the utilization rates of health care services rust be examined in the …

The Acute Effects Of Cocaine In Pigeons Performing Under A Progressive-Ratio Schedule, Claudia Ann Jones

Masters Theses

Although the progressive-ratio (PR) schedule has been used frequently to quantify the reinforcing effectiveness of self-administered drugs, it has seldom been used to examine the effects of drugs on food-maintained behavior and has never been used to evaluate the effects of cocaine on such behavior. In the present study, the effects of acute administrations of cocaine were evaluated in pigeons responding under a PR schedule of food delivery. Overall, cocaine produced a dose-dependent effect on food-maintained behavior. In general, acute administrations of cocaine at 0.56 to 3.2 mg/kg increased breaking points, whereas doses above 5.6 mg/kg decreased breaking points. Low …