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Newsletter, Volume 23, Number 04, July - August 1978, Steven J. Culbert Md, Chiu-Nan Lai Phd, Joseph Sinkovics Md, Carl Plager Md

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• Dr Clark Retires
• Nuclear Fallout Effects in the Marshall Islands, Steven J. Culbert, MD
• Newsletter Mailing List Conversion
• Metabolic Activation of Carcinogens Inhibited by Wheat Extracts, Chiu-Nan Lai, PhD
• Upton Speaks at Science Park Dedication
• Solid Tumor Service Activities
• Distinguished Service Awards
• Chemotherapy-Induced Stomatitis and Periodontal Disease

Systems Theory, Robert D. Leighninger Jr.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Systems Theory has generated a lot of excitement in the last decade. It has also spawned more than its share of pitchmen, enough so that it is in danger of being discredited before its genuine potential in many fields of practice has been fairly tested. Wearing the double halo of Science and Corporate Efficiency conferred by its association with the aerospace industry and the Pentagon, it has been enthusiastically offered to Federal and State governments (Chartrand, 1971; Hoos, 1969 & 1972) as well as private individuals and organizations as a way of solving complex social problems like mass transit, crime, …

Interactionist Theory, Human Behavior Social Work And Social Work Education, Ralph Segalman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Much explanation of human behavior is based on assumptions about animal behavior. Two major contemporary theories, Behaviorism and Freudianism place major emphasis upon the human being as animal. Many middle-level theories have no reference to man's distinctive social characteristics. However, social explanations of behavior do have a heuristic advantage in the study of human functioning and "social pathology."

Assessment Of The Needs Of The Families Of The Hospitalized Mentally Ill, Jean Pelosi Audette, Phyllis J. Jossy

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to assess the special needs of the families of hospitalized mental patients. The study focused upon the time prior to and including the decision to hospitalize a mentally ill family member. Particularly, the researchers wished to examine the stresses that the family encountered in attempting to deal with a disturbed member as well as their concerns regarding psychiatric hospitalization and the effect which it had upon the family.

A Comparative Study Of The Short-Term Auditory Memory Span And Sequence Of Language/Learning Disabled Children And Normal Children, Kathleen M. Mccausland

Dissertations and Theses

This investigation compared the auditory memory span and sequence of language/learning disabled children with that of normal children to determine if there was a difference between the two groups on short-term auditory memory, ordering of stimulus type difficulty and performance on subtests using various stimulus types. Fifteen LD subjects were matched with fifteen normal subjects for mental age as measured by the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test. The Auditory Memory Test Battery (AMTB) was administered to each subject. The AMTB consists of five tape recorded subtests of recall for sentences, digits, related words, unrelated words, and nonsense words. Each subject responded …

What's New In Crohn's Disease Treatment, Francis J. Owens

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Progress in the management of Crohn's disease is limited by our inability to compare different patients. Two methods of evaluating the severity of disease have recently been published. Of these, the National Cooperative Crohn's Disease Study (NCCDS) method has been utilized in a study reported on at several national meetings but still in progress. Antibiotics in intensive prolonged dosage, e.g. ampicillin, 500 mg qid for several months, have recently been reported to benefit greater than 90% of patients not responding to conventional therapy. Metronidazole and dapsone continue to be mentioned in letters to journals. Sulfasalazine has been found useful in …

Utilization Of Dietetic Technicians In Hospitals, Elmer Beck

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

There is a shortage of educationally qualified dietetic technician personnel in the health care industry. The job opportunities for dietetic technicians exceed the supply. Because of this shortage and the need to deliver high quality nutritional care to individuals and groups, dietitians should function at the highest level of professional competency. To accomplish this goal requires delegating certain routine task functions to the dietetic technician.

The purpose of this research was to determine the degree of change between 1973 to 1977 in the willingness of dietitians to delegate task function to the dietetic technician. The instrument used to collect data …

Development Of A Short Form For The Carrow Elicited Language Inventory, Janet Lee Lawson

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This investigation was designed to determine if a shortened or screening form could be developed for use with the Carrow Elicited Language Inventory (CELl) at the first grade level. The sample for this research was comprised of fifty-six children between the ages of 5 years 9 months and 6 years 9 months. The children were chosen according to availability and time factors and came from middle socioeconomic backgrounds.

All subjects were tested with the CELl. After selection of items for the short form, each child's score on the short form was compared with his score on the CELI with the …

Commencement Program 1978, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

2 | 1978 Events of Commencement

3 | Conferring of Degrees

7 | Candidates for Degrees

26 | Awards

28 | Academic Costume

A Clinical Method For Predicting Orthodontic Band Sizes, Robert P. Mohr

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A correlation was established among the orthodontic band sizes in a given individual. The original sample contained 258 data sets (Unitek Corp. band sizes from first molar through the first molar in both arches) which were computer analyzed. The maxillary right central incisor band size was selected as the "predictor size" for a band size prediction table developed from this study.

An additional 56 data sets were tabulated and became the test sample to test the accuracy of the band size prediction table. Band sizes of the test sample were predicted within ±1 band size 66% of the time and …

Vital Signs, June, 1978,, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Vital Signs

An eight page newsletter created by the Boonshoft School of Medicine to document the current affairs of the school. This issue includes a variety of feature articles, a research spotlight, alumni notes, and more.

Administrating A Residential Program For Persons With Developmental Needs, Jean W. Powers

Theses

The thesis, Administrating a Residential Program for Persons with Developmental Needs by Jean W. Powers, explores the principles and challenges of managing a residential facility for individuals with developmental disabilities. The author draws on her experience as the administrator of “The Ridge,” a residential program serving 60 individuals requiring out-of-home care and training due to developmental challenges. The paper emphasizes humanistic and participatory administration, guided by principles such as normalization, the developmental model, least restrictive alternatives, individual program plans, and resident rights.

The principle of normalization advocates treating residents as normally as possible by fostering independence, promoting age-appropriate behaviors, and …

A Research Project On The Developmentally Disabled Adult, Randi Lynn Hillinger

Dissertations and Theses

No comprehensive data base concerning the adult developmentally disabled (ADD) population is available. The absence of theoretical formulations about aging, and particularly the aging ADD, make it difficult for service providers or professionals to incorporate a conceptual framework into their work.

What's Happening: May 31, 1978, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study Of Perceptual Ratings And Fundamental Frequency In Female And Male Esophageal Voices, Anne Terese Heinrich

Dissertations and Theses

This study proposed to determine if male and female esophageal voices were rated in the same manner by naïve listeners. Answers to the following questions were sought:

1. Is there a difference in the social acceptability ratings given to female esophageal voices compared to male esophageal voices, when the speakers are matched for speaking ability?
2. Does a relationship exist between the fundamental frequencies of female esophageal voices and ratings of social acceptability given by naïve listeners?
3. Does a relationship exist between the fundamental frequencies of male esophageal voices and ratings of social acceptability given by naïve listeners?
4. Do male and female …

Noradrenergic Neurons Of The Rat Locus Coeruleus : Anatomical, Physiological And Pharmacological Studies, Jesse Michael Cedarbaum

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

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An Analysis Of Sex Role Bias In Clinician's Evaluations Of Client Behavior, Shari Paula Greenberg

Dissertations and Theses

This study investigated the effects of sex differences on clinical judgements. It was hypothesized that: l) clinicians will respond differently to aggressive, self-assertive, or dependent behavior, depending upon whether this behavior was performed by a man or a woman; 2) clinicians will have different treatment goals for a man and a woman who behaved in the same manner; 3) clinicians will describe the client engaged in aggressive, self-assertive, or dependent behavior differently, depending on the sex of the client; 4) clinicians will have different feelings towards men and women behaving in exactly the: same manner, and; 5) clinicians will rate …

Louisiana State University Medical Center - May 1978 - Commencement, Office Of The Registrar, Lsu Health Sciences Center-No

Graduation & Commencement Programs

The program for the May 1978 Commencement of LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans held May 13th, 1978.

The Effect Of Background Noise On Children's Selective Listening Behavior, Cathryn A. Chartier

Dissertations and Theses

This study investigated the effect of distracting linguistic background noise on children's ability to perform three-part commands. A total of twelve first grade subjects, six "normal" and six reading delayed, were individually administered a series of twenty, three-part commands. Each child performed once in quiet and once in a noise environment, and the performances in those two conditions were compared.

A Comparative Study Of The Expressive Preposition Usage Of Educable Mentally Retarded Children And Normals, Marie Deon Shope

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate which of 26 prepositions are acquired expressively by educable mentally retarded children. This study was designed to determine if there was a significant difference between the number of prepositions expressed by an EMR sample and those expressed by normals of similar mental age, and if the same prepositions were used by the two groups at given mental ages. The correlation between chronological age and the number of prepositions expressed by the EMR population was also investigated.

Locus Of Control, Knowledge Of Ethics, And Perceived Ethicality As Influenced By An Authority Figure, F. Matthew Mihelic, William G. Connolly

Faculty Publications

The present study investigated the relationship between a subject's locus of control, knowledge of psychological ethical research principles, and perceived ethicality of a psychological research proposal as influenced by an authority figure. Subjects were asked to judge the ethicality of a research proposal, which half were led to believe had been previously deemed unethical by an authority figure. No mention was made of the authority figure's viewpoint to the other subjects. The major finding was that the variability in ratings in ethicality of the research proposal tended to diminished from the no mention to the rejection manipulation in those of …

Development And Use Of A Phonological Recoding Strategy For A Short-Term Memory Task By Normal And Mentally Retarded Subjects, Mary Jo Bartels

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the presence or absence of a phonological recoding strategy in the mentally retarded population by using a memory matching exercise with visual stimuli. Pictures of common objects were divided into eight pictures with names that sound alike (homophonous) and eight with names that do not sound alike (non-homophonous). The null hypothesis tested was:

No statistically significant difference will be found between mentally retarded and normal subjects in the development and use of a phonological recoding strategy for a short-term memory task, when the subjects are matched for receptive vocabulary age.

[Book Review Of] Dying And Death: A Clinical Guide For Caretakers, Edited By David Barton, Lisa Sowille Cahill

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[Book Review Of] Genetics And The Law, Edited By Aubrey Milunski And George J. Annas, Thomas J. Shannon

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Ariel - Volume 9 Number 1, Lee Wugofski, Pat Welch, Steve Robb, Greg Slick, George Winch, Bert Schlowitz, Brad Feldstein, George Coar, Rick Bartlett, Steve Levine, Marilyn J. Mchenry, Douglas E. King, Rhonda Karp, Dan Flynn, Emily Wofford, Stu Gordon, Ed Little, Ray Mclaughlin

Ariel

Executive Editor

Emily Wofford

Business Manager

Fredric Jay Matlin

University News

John Patrick Welch

World News

George Robert Coar

Editorial Editor

Steve Levine

Feature

Brad Feldstein

Mark Rubin

Graphics

Steve Hulkower

Photo

Rick Spaide

Circulation

Lee Wugofski

The Effect Of Perceptual Set On Listener Judgments Of Voice Quality Deviations, Patricia M. Hansen

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to test the possible influence of perceptual set on listeners' judgments of voice quality deviations. Perceptual set was created by instructions given to an experimental group which limited their choices, thus encouraging a particular response. The effect of set on the overall performance of the group, on backward versus forward voice samples and on the level of experience of the listener were all investigated.

The sample for this study was comprised of 24 students of speech pathology and audiology. The subjects were divided into matched experimental and control groups and asked to listen to …

The Effect Of Preoperative Instruction And Unit Orientation On Selected Postoperative Factors Of Nonemergency Critical Care Surgical Patients, Sharon Stephens Espersen

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The intensive care unit's effect on the patient has become a subject discussed often by nurses and other health team members. One of the nursing interventions that has been implemented to attempt to de crease the potentially harmful environmental effects of the ICU on the patient is orienting the patient about what to expect prior to the ICU admittance.

A major problem is that most intensive care unit (ICU) patients are admitted to the unit on an emergency basis. Few studies, therefore, have focused on the effects of preoperative instruction of ICU patients. The studies that have been done were …

Neutron Diffraction Analysis Of The Structure Of Rod Photoreceptor Membranes In Intact Retinas, Mark Jay Yeager

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

No abstract provided.

Newsletter, Volume 23, Number 03, May - June 1978, Jan Van Eys Md, Phd, Aman U. Buzdar Md, Robert M. Byers Md, Gary M. Dosik Md

Newsletter: A Report to Physicians of Texas Archives

• Toward a Definition of Childhood Lymphocytic Leukemia, Jan van Eys, MD, PHD
• Possible Synergistic Cardiotoxicity of Mitomycin-C, Aman U. Buzadar, MD
• Newsletter Mailing List Conversion
• Thirty-First Annual Symposium Held
• Televised Education System
• MDAH Acquires Apartment Complex
• Wilson S. Stone Award
• Bivens to Head Anesthesiology Department
• Dr. Mastromario Appointed to Board
• Symposium Proceedings
• Postoperative Irradiation at MDAH, Robert M. Byers, MD
• Nephrotoxicity of C. parvum, Gary M Dosik, MD, Jordan U. Gutterman, MD, Evan M. Hersh, MD, and Mohammed Akhtar, MD
• Preoperative and Modified Care Units Established
• Manual for Staging of Cancer Published

The Stability Of Expanded Mandibular Canines, Premolars, And Molars Concomitant With Rapid Midpalatal Expansion, Ralph S. Kurti

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The view of not expanding mandibular canines to accommodate incisor crowding because of the fear of relapse of of the incisors has been generally accepted in orthodontics for many years. Most studies that have investigated expanded mandibular canine stability have concluded that they could not be permanently expanded to any degree. By adding another variable (rapid midpalatal expansion) to canine expansion it was thought that this might possibly increase canine expansion stability.

The purpose of this research was to determine if the stability of the expanded canines through 1st permanent molars was enhanced by concomitant rapid expansion of the midpalatal …