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ผลของไซมอน เอฟเฟค ทางการได้ยินที่มีต่อเวลาปฏิกิริยาและความถูกต้องของการตอบสนองในนักกีฬาฟุตซอลเพศชาย, จิดาภา ศิริวรรณ์
ผลของไซมอน เอฟเฟค ทางการได้ยินที่มีต่อเวลาปฏิกิริยาและความถูกต้องของการตอบสนองในนักกีฬาฟุตซอลเพศชาย, จิดาภา ศิริวรรณ์
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาผลของไซมอน เอฟเฟค ทางการได้ยินที่มีต่อเวลาปฏิกิริยาและความถูกต้องของการตอบสนองในนักกีฬาฟุตซอลเพศชาย กลุ่มตัวอย่างที่ใช้ในการวิจัยครั้งนี้ คือ นักกีฬาฟุตซอลเพศชาย สังกัดจุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย อายุระหว่าง 18-21 ปี ทำการทดลองการตอบสนองต่อสิ่งเร้าทางการได้ยินด้วยการเคลื่อนที่เท้าข้างถนัดไปยังเป้าหมายตามทิศทางของคำสั่งอย่างรวดเร็วที่สุดเป็นจำนวน 4 ชุด ชุดละ 10 ครั้ง รวมทั้งสิ้น 40 ครั้ง แบ่งเป็นรูปแบบที่สิ่งเร้าและการตอบสนองสอดคล้องกัน 20 ครั้ง และไม่สอดคล้องกัน 20 ครั้ง นำผลที่ได้มาวิเคราะห์ค่าเฉลี่ย และส่วนเบี่ยงเบนมาตรฐานของค่าเวลาปฏิกิริยา เวลาการเคลื่อนไหวและค่าเปอร์เซ็นความผิดพลาดในการตอบสนองของกลุ่มตัวอย่าง และวิเคราะห์ความแปรปรวนสองทางชนิดที่มีความเกี่ยวข้องกันในกลุ่มตัวอย่าง โดยใช้ 2 way ANOVA 2X2 (two by two) with repeated measures กำหนดค่าความมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติที่ระดับ .05 ผลการวิจัยพบว่า พบว่าผลของความแตกต่างในเวลาปฏิกิริยาของความสอดคล้องกับไม่สอดคล้องสิ่งเร้ากับการตอบสนองและด้านซ้ายและขวา และของเวลาการเคลื่อนไหวของความสอดคล้องกับไม่สอดคล้องสิ่งเร้ากับการตอบสนองไม่มีความแตกต่างอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติ โดยพบว่า นักกีฬาที่มีประสบการณ์ และมีความเคยชินกับสถานการณ์ที่ต้องตอบสนองต่อสิ่งเร้าที่มีความขัดแย้งหรือไม่สอดคล้องกันส่งผลให้เกิดการหักล้าง (elimination) หรือการย้อนกลับ (reverse) ของไซมอน เอฟเฟคได้ และยังพบอิทธิพลของผลไซมอน เอฟเฟค ทางการได้ยินของนักกีฬาฟุตซอล เพศชาย ที่เวลาการเคลื่อนไหว ของการตอบสนองข้างซ้ายและขวา แตกต่างกันอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติ ที่ระดับ .05 ผลมาจากการที่ท่าทางกายวิภาคของขาในการก้าว ที่เป็นการหดเข้า (flexor) มีความแข็งแรงมากกว่าการยืดออก (adductor) และมีพลังในการเคลื่อนไหวได้มากกว่า ซึ่งในทางกลับกัน สรุปผลการวิจัย ในนักกีฬาฟุตซอล เพศชาย ไม่ได้รับอิทธิพลของไซมอน เอฟเฟคทางการได้ยิน
Tanzanian Mothers’ Cultural Beliefs And Misinformation Regarding The Reasons For Their Cesarean Sections, Victor Mathias, Eleanor Holroyd, Grace Edwards
Tanzanian Mothers’ Cultural Beliefs And Misinformation Regarding The Reasons For Their Cesarean Sections, Victor Mathias, Eleanor Holroyd, Grace Edwards
School of Nursing & Midwifery, East Africa
Background: In Tanzania, cesarean section (CS) rates have been steadily increasing, yet little is known about mothers’ understanding of the medical rationale for their CSs.
Aim: To identify mothers’ cultural understandings of the rationale for their CSs.
Methods: Design: A qualitative descriptive design was employed.
Setting: A government hospital in the western region in Tanzania.
Participants: A total of 117 mothers were interviewed using convenience sampling post CS.
Findings: Forty percent of the mothers were younger than 18 years, with more than 50% having had five or more live babies. Among multigravida women, 40.2% had had one or more previous …
Volume 11, Jacob Carney, Ryan White, Joseph Hyman, Jenny Raven, Megan Garrett, Ibrahim Kante, Summer Meinhard, Lauren Johnson, William "Editha" Dean Howells, Laura Gottschalk, Christopher Siefke, Pink Powell, Natasha Woodmancy, Katharine Colley, Abbey Mays, Charlotte Potts
Volume 11, Jacob Carney, Ryan White, Joseph Hyman, Jenny Raven, Megan Garrett, Ibrahim Kante, Summer Meinhard, Lauren Johnson, William "Editha" Dean Howells, Laura Gottschalk, Christopher Siefke, Pink Powell, Natasha Woodmancy, Katharine Colley, Abbey Mays, Charlotte Potts
Incite: The Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship
Table of Contents:
Introduction, Dr. Roger A. Byrne, Dean
From the Editor, Dr. Larissa "Kat" Tracy
From the Designers, Rachel English, Rachel Hanson
Synthesis of 3,5-substituted Parabens and their Antimicrobial Properties, Jacob Coarney, Ryan White
Chernobyl: Putting "Perestroika" and "Glasnot" to the Test, Joseph Hyman
Art by Jenny Raven
Watering Down Accessibility: The Issue with Public Access to Alaska's Federal Waterways, Meagan Garrett
Why Has the Democratic Republic of the Congo outsourced its Responsibility to Educate its Citizens? Ibrahim Kante
Art by Summer Meinhard
A Computational Study of Single Molecule Diodes, Lauren Johnson
Satire of …
Harm Reduction Policy : Biopower, Race & Stigma At The Heart Of The 'Opioid Crisis', Cole Charles Melby
Harm Reduction Policy : Biopower, Race & Stigma At The Heart Of The 'Opioid Crisis', Cole Charles Melby
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Across the U.S., concerns regarding substance abuse, addiction, and treatment are coming to the forefront of public discourse, due to increased media coverage of the popularly dubbed ‘opioid crisis.’ As overdose rates increase, particularly in rural and suburban white communities, so have debates about the ethics and efficacy of harm reduction services. Through a review of existing literature and reflections on interviews from key informants at New York State Department of Health, grassroots harm reduction organizations, and a ‘mainstream’ addiction clinic, this thesis will critically examine the history of drug user stigmatization in the U.S. and how it has influenced …
The Aids Volcano : Narratives Of Hiv/Aids In The Iranian Public Sphere, Elham Pourtaher
The Aids Volcano : Narratives Of Hiv/Aids In The Iranian Public Sphere, Elham Pourtaher
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Broadly construed, this thesis will examine the transformations in the socio-cultural construction of HIV/AIDS in Iran from the joint perspectives of media and medical sociology. Until recently, official public narratives in Iran primarily regarded AIDS to be a drug-related disease. However, beginning from the early 2010s, a new narrative frame (often called as “the third wave”) introduces a significant “alarming” collective shift in the transmissions modes of the disease toward sexual pathways. Having observed the rather rapid transformation of the public AIDS framing, this research began with an empirical question: considering the fact that the shift implied the prevalence of …
The Clinical Laboratory Workforce In New York State : A Study Of Supply And Demand, Stephanie H. Shulman
The Clinical Laboratory Workforce In New York State : A Study Of Supply And Demand, Stephanie H. Shulman
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
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The Cognitive And Contextual Underpinnings Of Food Cravings : A Multi-Method Exploration, Martha Niemiec
The Cognitive And Contextual Underpinnings Of Food Cravings : A Multi-Method Exploration, Martha Niemiec
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
The notion of addiction pervades Western vernacular. While firmly established in the substance and drug literature, the concept of addiction is now increasingly associated with other ingested substances (coffee, chocolate, highly processed foods) and a range of compulsive behaviors (gambling, sex, online social networking, gaming). Addiction is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, and a greater understanding of its etiology has significant public health implications. The physiological mechanisms thought to contribute to the development and maintenance of addiction (tolerance, withdrawal, and, possibly, craving) are widely considered hallmark features and primary treatment targets, while psychological and contextual factors are often underappreciated …
Reference Guide: Factorial Focus Group Analysis Methods For Studying Social Norm Change, Bettina Shell-Duncan, Amadou Moreau, Katherine Wander, Sarah Smith
Reference Guide: Factorial Focus Group Analysis Methods For Studying Social Norm Change, Bettina Shell-Duncan, Amadou Moreau, Katherine Wander, Sarah Smith
Reproductive Health
The factorial focus group methodology described in this guide provides a powerful means of illuminating the social norms that uphold female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), and the ways in which meanings have at times become contested or rejected. The methods described here can be applied to the study of a wide range of behaviors influenced by social norms, such as early marriage, adoption of contraception, and more.
Implementation Of A Transcultural Nursing Education Program To Improve Nurses' Cultural Competence, Ann Marie Elizabeth Edwards
Implementation Of A Transcultural Nursing Education Program To Improve Nurses' Cultural Competence, Ann Marie Elizabeth Edwards
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The exponential growth of culturally diverse populations in the United States has led to a multicultural patient population while the nursing workforce remains predominantly White. At the project site, managers identified that staff nurses struggled to deliver culturally competent care. The purpose of this project was to improve the cultural competence of registered nurses (RNs) through a transcultural nursing education program. Leininger's transcultural nursing theory guided the project. Sources of evidence used to develop a face-to-face educational program included peer-reviewed journals, credible websites, and the Inventory for Assessing the Process of Cultural Competence Among Healthcare Professionals-R tool. Aggregate pretest and …
The Long-Term Health-Related Outcomes Of Breast Ironing In Cameroon, Norbert Nicholas Njume Nkwelle
The Long-Term Health-Related Outcomes Of Breast Ironing In Cameroon, Norbert Nicholas Njume Nkwelle
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Breast ironing (BI) practice is a common practice in Cameroon. Most villages and towns continue with BI because they believe it constitutes a positive cultural lifestyle. However, public health officials and other advocates have branded BI as a harmful traditional practice because of the traumatic impact it has on the women who experience it. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to examine the perceived long-term health-related outcomes of BI and the quality of life changes on these women. Underpinning this study was the betrayal theory of trauma. A survey was used to collect data from 230 women. Descriptive analysis …
Acculturation And Diabetes Among New York's Bangladeshi Immigrants, Renee Mehrra
Acculturation And Diabetes Among New York's Bangladeshi Immigrants, Renee Mehrra
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
There are more than 3.4 million South Asians in the United States. Among this subgroup, Bangladeshis in New York have a high prevalence of Type 2 diabetes ranging from 15 to 24% compared to the general population. This study examined the effect of acculturation through length of stay in the United States and understanding of the English language, and the role of gender on self-efficacy (SE) and diabetes self-management among 336 New York Bangladeshi immigrants between the ages of 21 and 75 who had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes with A1C -¥ 6.5%, as verified by their medical record …
Examining Congestive Heart Failure Hospital Readmissions From Skilled Nursing Facilities, Katherine Mary Day
Examining Congestive Heart Failure Hospital Readmissions From Skilled Nursing Facilities, Katherine Mary Day
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In the United States, congestive heart failure (CHF) is a cardiac condition with increasing hospitalization and rehospitalization burden to patients, families, and the healthcare system. This chronic condition is expected to affect more than 8 million people by 2030; however, not much is known about the relationship between risk factors and hospital readmissions once CHF patients are discharged to a skilled nursing facility (SNF). Applying a systems theory unbounded systems thinking, coupled with a systems-thinking approach the purpose of this quantitative, retrospective cohort study was to examine CHF hospital readmissions from SNFs within a 90-day period using a secondary data …
Suicide Attempts And Their Contributing Factors Among African American Veterans, Gervline Blaise
Suicide Attempts And Their Contributing Factors Among African American Veterans, Gervline Blaise
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. The rate of suicide attempts among veterans in the United States has increased tremendously since 2001, which has left the Department of Veterans Affairs deeply concerned. The purpose of this study was to examine if there is an association between suicide attempts among African American/Black veterans and mental health support, income level, marital status, education level, and unemployment status. This quantitative study used the socio-ecological model to explain the association of the contributing factors to suicide attempts. Descriptive statistics, chi-square, and logistic regression were used to analyze …
Analysis Of Nurses’ Perceptions Of Their Role In A Multidisciplinary Team, Jessica Ann Dempsey
Analysis Of Nurses’ Perceptions Of Their Role In A Multidisciplinary Team, Jessica Ann Dempsey
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
A better understanding of task allocation for the registered nurse (RN) within the scope of the multidisciplinary care team model is required. Patients, healthcare staff, and medical facilities that utilize RNs in multidisciplinary care teams will benefit from improved role identification. A multidisciplinary care team consists of a variety of health care professionals and without role identification, confusion, miscommunication, and negative patient outcomes can occur. A literature review demonstrated that a gap in knowledge existed related to task allocation and role identification of RNs within a multidisciplinary care team. The purpose of this study was to evaluate RNs’ scope of …
Socioeconomic Determinants Of Physical Activity Among Adult Arab Immigrants In Edmonton, Alberta, Samer Kobrosly
Socioeconomic Determinants Of Physical Activity Among Adult Arab Immigrants In Edmonton, Alberta, Samer Kobrosly
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Little is known about leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) habits of Arab immigrants in Canada. Leisure-time physical activity has been linked to decreased risks for cancer, cardiovascular disease, and all causes mortality and increased life expectancy. Socioeconomic status has been recognized as a significant factor affecting health and wellbeing due to its impact on individuals’ attitudes, experiences, and exposure to several risk factors. The purpose of this cross-sectional descriptive study was to explore the levels of participation in LTPA among adult Arab immigrants in central Alberta, Canada, to examine the socioeconomic determinants of LTPA, and to investigate which individual, social, and …
Accessibility Of Innovative Services In Radiation Oncology, Patricia Sansourekidou
Accessibility Of Innovative Services In Radiation Oncology, Patricia Sansourekidou
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The field of radiation oncology (RO) involves the use of highly advanced techniques to treat cancer and safely spare healthy organs. The discipline has experienced rapid growth in the past 25 years, with technological advancement as the driving force. Available data and an instrument to effectively measure the accessibility of innovation in the field were lacking. The purpose of this study was to investigate the accessibility of innovative services in RO in the United States and assess possible diffusion patterns. Two hundred and forty medical physicists practicing in RO in the United States completed a custom Internet-based survey. The diffusion …
Oromo Ethiopians Perceptions Of The Prevalence, Causes, Treatment And Prevention Of Trachoma, Linda L. Gross
Oromo Ethiopians Perceptions Of The Prevalence, Causes, Treatment And Prevention Of Trachoma, Linda L. Gross
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In Ethiopia, one of the primary contributors to blindness is trachoma, which is an infectious ocular disease. There is no record of any prevention programs in rural Ethiopian villages of Oromia, where the prevalence of trachoma is high. The original purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the perceptions of rural Oromo villagers in Ethiopia on the causes, treatment, and prevention of trachoma, using the health belief model and the social-ecological model as a theoretical framework. Due to a security situation in Ethiopia, final interviews were conducted with immigrant Ethiopians in the US, all of them from the trachoma-endemic …
Predictive Relationship Between Socio-Demographics, Medication, And Treatment Completion Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness Treated For Tuberculosis, Sophia Ajoku
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Approximately 80% of people who contract tuberculosis (TB) in the United States are first infected with untreated latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). LTBI is an ongoing public health concern in people who experience homelessness. Because of the transient nature of this population, it is often difficult for them to adhere to and complete treatment for LTBI. In this quantitative, correlational of a cross-sectional study, secondary data was from a public health clinic in southern U.S. The theoretical framework used for the study was the social ecological framework. Multiple logistic regression was used to determine if a statistically significant predictive relationship existed …
Predictive Relationship Between Socio-Demographics, Medication, And Treatment Completion Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness Treated For Tuberculosis, Sophia Ajoku
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Approximately 80% of people who contract tuberculosis (TB) in the United States are first infected with untreated latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). LTBI is an ongoing public health concern in people who experience homelessness. Because of the transient nature of this population, it is often difficult for them to adhere to and complete treatment for LTBI. In this quantitative, correlational of a cross-sectional study, secondary data was from a public health clinic in southern U.S. The theoretical framework used for the study was the social ecological framework. Multiple logistic regression was used to determine if a statistically significant predictive relationship existed …
Improving Access To Clean Water In Rural Ecuador: The Connection Between Willingness To Pay And Population Health, Micalea Leaska
Improving Access To Clean Water In Rural Ecuador: The Connection Between Willingness To Pay And Population Health, Micalea Leaska
Capstone Collection
Climate change is affecting social and environmental determinants of health through access to safe drinking water, safely managed sanitation systems, and access to health care services and the ability for individuals to break free from unsuitable circumstances. Ecological disturbances such as those caused by climate change can cause a shift in host vectors or a change in habitat that results in a greater likelihood of the pathogen coming in contact with humans. Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services and their accessibility to populations can directly impact a community’s vulnerability to diseases and limiting factors to increase economic growth. If rural …
The Impact Of Dysphagia And Gastrostomy On Quality Of Life In Caregivers Of Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Emily Clare Sither Goggin
The Impact Of Dysphagia And Gastrostomy On Quality Of Life In Caregivers Of Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Emily Clare Sither Goggin
Theses and Dissertations--Communication Sciences and Disorders
There is little research studying the relationship between caregiver quality of life and gastrostomy, a palliative intervention recommended to manage dysphagia and malnutrition in patients diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). To facilitate a more comprehensive assessment of treatment effectiveness and to better guide patients and their families, this study investigated the relationship between gastrostomy, caregiver strain, and patient disease-related factors. Patients with bulbar-onset ALS and their caregivers were recruited regardless of their decision to accept or decline future gastrostomy. Caregivers completed the Modified Caregiver Strain Index (MCSI) to assess levels of caregiver strain as an index of quality of …
The Anonymity Heuristic: How Surnames Stop Identifying People When They Become Trademarks, Russell W. Jacobs
The Anonymity Heuristic: How Surnames Stop Identifying People When They Become Trademarks, Russell W. Jacobs
Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)
This Article explores the following question central to trademark law: if a homograph has both a surname and a trademark interpretation will consumers consider those interpretations as intrinsically overlapping or the surname and trademark as completely separate and unrelated words? While trademark jurisprudence typically has approached this question from a legal perspective or with assumptions about consumer behavior, this Article builds on the Law and Behavioral Science approach to legal scholarship by drawing from the fields of psychology, linguistics, economics, anthropology, sociology, and marketing.
The Article concludes that consumers will regard the two interpretations as separate and unrelated, processing surname …
Large Pelvic Tubercle In Orangutans Relates To The Adductor Longus Muscle, Brian M. Shearer, Magdalena Muchlinski, Ashley S. Hammond
Large Pelvic Tubercle In Orangutans Relates To The Adductor Longus Muscle, Brian M. Shearer, Magdalena Muchlinski, Ashley S. Hammond
Publications and Research
Orangutan pelves commonly exhibit a large, projecting tubercle in the iliopubic region, historically assumed to homologous to the pubic tubercle in humans. However, it is not clear whether this tubercle is a unique feature of Pongo, or if it is anatomically homologous with the human pubic tubercle when considered as a soft tissue attachment point. To clarify this issue, we dissected orangutan and other ape cadaveric specimens to evaluate the pelvic brim soft tissues and how they may relate to the tubercle (when present). We additionally conducted a broad osteological survey of pelvic brim morphology across 28 primate genera …
Cultural Practices And The Transmission Of Ebola In Sierra Leone: Lessons Learned From A Medical Anthropology Perspective, Abubakarr Jalloh
Cultural Practices And The Transmission Of Ebola In Sierra Leone: Lessons Learned From A Medical Anthropology Perspective, Abubakarr Jalloh
Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
The link between culture and infectious diseases has long been established. This is primarily due to the notion that culture shapes and influences people’s beliefs, actions, and ways of life. Such beliefs and their accompanying actions ultimately contribute to people’s risk of contracting an infectious disease. As such, there is a need for a cultural perspective in understanding infectious diseases because human behavior plays a significant role in the emergent, transmission, and spread of such diseases. This study explores the cultural practices that may have contributed to the transmission of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Sierra Leone during the 2013-2016 …
Demography, Risk, And Power: An Examination Of The Deceased Patient Population At The Hastings State Hospital, 1900-1978, Dawn T. Whitney
Demography, Risk, And Power: An Examination Of The Deceased Patient Population At The Hastings State Hospital, 1900-1978, Dawn T. Whitney
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
The purpose of this research is to investigate the Hastings State Hospital (HSH) and its cemetery (HSHC) within a multidisciplinary framework, invoking discourse analysis, demography, and critical race theory to examine how power and risk factors impact the treatment and disposal of the body at death. It incorporates perspectives from both anthropology and sociology to interpret the data, relying heavily on the ideas of Michel Foucault. Integrating these diverse analytical tools is important to this research because social and structural forces all intersect in the creation of identity, power, and inequality.
All data in this study represent patients that have …
Reference Guide For Data Collection: Qualitative Social Network Interviews, Bettina Shell-Duncan, Amadou Moreau, Sarah Smith, Holly B. Shakya
Reference Guide For Data Collection: Qualitative Social Network Interviews, Bettina Shell-Duncan, Amadou Moreau, Sarah Smith, Holly B. Shakya
Reproductive Health
The purpose of this document is to guide researchers who plan to use qualitative social network methods drawing on our experiences implementing a qualitative study entitled, “The End of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Senegal: Tracing Social Networks, Investigating the Role of Gender and Intergenerational Influence.” Qualitative fieldwork was carried out in two contrasting settings in Senegal: 1) a region with a low prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) characterized by ethnic heterogeneity, and 2) a region with a high prevalence of FGM/C characterized by relative ethnic homogeneity. The goal of this research was to investigate the ways in which social …
Evaluations Of Health In Sympatric Free-Ranging Saguinus Imperator And Leontocebus Weddelli Using Neopterin, Urinalysis, And Blood Chemistry Analyses, Alexandra J. Sacco
Evaluations Of Health In Sympatric Free-Ranging Saguinus Imperator And Leontocebus Weddelli Using Neopterin, Urinalysis, And Blood Chemistry Analyses, Alexandra J. Sacco
All Master's Theses
This thesis is composed of one journal-ready article and one chapter that includes a preliminary interpretation of data for later publication. In summary, this thesis proposes the use of three different methods of evaluating the health status of New World Monkeys: urinary neopterin measurement, blood chemistry analyses, and urinalysis. Chapter II addresses the question of whether or not the neopterin molecule, a biomarker for cell-mediated immune system activation, is conserved across primate taxa. To do so, we collected urine samples across three New World Monkey (NWM) families including captive Leontopithecus rosalia and Pithecia pithecia, and wild populations of Leontocebus …
Water And Life. A Cross-Sectional Study On Determinants Of Beverage Consumption And Water Access In One Tribal Community, Christina White
Water And Life. A Cross-Sectional Study On Determinants Of Beverage Consumption And Water Access In One Tribal Community, Christina White
All Master's Theses
Increasingly, poor diet has been shown to be one of the most crucial factors associated with cause of death, even more critical than smoking. Research in the past two decades has consistently linked increased consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) to the obesity epidemic contributing to a public health crisis all over the United States. Native Americans, among other minority groups, suffer obesity disproportionately from the rest of the US population, yet they continually fail to be included in research on the subject. Traditional research methods, sparse care coverage on reservations, consolidation of unique tribes into one classification, and failure to …
Culture And The Development Of Traditional Medicine In Africa, Rowland Edet, Oyedolapo Isaac Bello, Julianah Babajide
Culture And The Development Of Traditional Medicine In Africa, Rowland Edet, Oyedolapo Isaac Bello, Julianah Babajide
Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications
Traditional medicine has been the dominant healthcare system in Africa before westernization, civilization and colonialism. For people living in the rural areas, traditional medicine is easily available, accessible and affordable. The purpose of this paper is to examine how the cultural way of the life of Africans has contributed to the emergence and development of traditional therapeutic systems in the continent. By explaining the way Africans perceive illness and disease, this paper argues that various forms of healing were predicated on the sociocultural environment of the people. The paper therefore opts for concerted efforts in the development of traditional medicine …
Sex Determination Through Anthropometry Of Hand And Foot In Thais, Metinee Romphothong, Pongpon Traithepchanapai
Sex Determination Through Anthropometry Of Hand And Foot In Thais, Metinee Romphothong, Pongpon Traithepchanapai
Chulalongkorn Medical Journal
Background: Sex determination is one of the most important aspects in forensic anthropology for the identification of unknown remains, especially dismemberment or mass disaster cases in which mutilated or fragmented remains are usually discovered; it is difficult to establish the identity of a long deceased body. The acquired sex data are used by investigators for narrowing down ante-mortem data which can be derived from the relatives of the deceased before comparing to the postmortem data.Objective: This study aimed to estimate sex using hand and foot measurements by measuring the external parts of the bodies in a Thai population.Methods: Subjects were …