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J Am Coll Dent 1986 53 4

Journal of the American College of Dentists

The Journal of the American College of Dentists (JACD) publishes scholarly articles, editorials, essays, and reflections addressing the ethical, professional, and social dimensions of dentistry. The Journal serves as a forum for advancing ethics, professionalism, leadership, and excellence within the dental community. By fostering dialogue across disciplines and perspectives, JACD provides readers with insights that encourage ethical, professional practice, lifelong learning, and service to the public, reinforcing dentistry’s commitment to advancing oral healthcare and the common good.

Vital Signs, Winter 1986, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Vital Signs

A twenty 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, alumni profiles, class notes, and more.

The Incidence Of Auscultatory Gaps In Hospitalized Adults, Elizabeth Tayloe Courts

Theses and Dissertations

The study was undertaken to determine the incidence of auscultatory gaps in hospitalized adults and to determine whether a relationship existed between the presence of a gap and the patient's age, sex, race, or medical diagnosis. Blood pressures were taken bilaterally on 120 randomly selected hospitalized adults using the technique recommended by the American Heart Association. None of the subjects in the sample had an auscultatory gap present.

Vocal Stress Patterns And Stuttering: A Study Of Predictive Value, Julie Anne Christy

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The relationship between stuttering and linguistic stress was observed within four adult stutterers. A specially designed test passage was read by each of the subjects five successive times. The passage contained 18 test syllables, nine were stressed and nine were non-stressed as indicated by dictionary diacritical markings. Six measurements of acoustic indicators of stress, including fundamental frequency, intensity, and duration, were obtained for each subject for the fluent adapted productions of the test syllables and the immediately preceding syllables. Correlated t-tests were computed to determine if significant differences existed between stressed and non-stressed phonetically matched syllables for each of the …

Parsing Routines In Syntactic Processing: The Effect Of Expected Word Order On Sentence Comprehension, Ann Dibella Jablon

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Two experiments were conducted to test the SVO Expectancy Hypothesis. This hypothesis embodies three claims: (a) the syntactic parsing device has an initial expectation for the SVO (syntactically defined) structure, (b) the parser reads or tracks the syntactic information in the utterance to confirm or adjust its predictions, and (c) the parser has the ability to make on-line revisions based on the syntactic information contained within the utterance.

In the first experiments using tachistoscopic presentation, 75 sentences representing 15 different sentence types were read by subjects. Each type varied in structure and in the clarity of markers, used to indicate …

Pre-Kindergarteners' Performance On The Btbc, Amelia Wittwer Ouellette

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to detect the amount of variability in performance among low, middle and high SES pre-kindergarteners on the entire Boehm Test of Basic Concepts. The study sought to answer the following questions. What is the distribution of BTBC scores among low, middle and high SES pre-kindergarteners? Do the scores of pre-kindergarten children vary significantly as to socioeconomic status?

Internal External Locus Of Control And The Choice Of Therapy, Marlene Eid

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a relationship exists between the scores subjects obtain on Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale and the type of therapy they prefer. Two hundred and fifty-four students in general psychology classes were given Rotter's Scale. Considering their upper- and lower-third scores, 54 were classified as " Internals," 53 as "Externals." Subjects also were given written descriptions of both psychoanalytic and behavioristic therapies. Each of these descriptions dealt with the goal and the specific therapeutic procedure of the respective therapies. Subjects were asked to identify which therapy they preferred and to provide …

What's Happening: December 11, 1985, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Indirect Lingual Bracket Placement By Practitioners And A Commercial Laboratory As It Relates To Height And Angulation, Steven F. Brizendine

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

With the increase in use of lingual appliances a more accurate assessment is needed of exactly where the brackets are being placed. This study was undertaken in order to see if it makes any difference who places the brackets. Three groups of participants were selected. One, the commercial laboratory which offers a bracket placement service. Two, clinicians experienced with the lingual appliance, and three, clinicians with no clinical experience with the appliance.

Four sets of patient models were selected from eighty cases Ormco used in the original development of their lingual bonded appliance. These were duplicated and the four sets …

Patterns Of Dyslalia In Mandarin Speakers, Baii-Jia Yang, Shiang-Jiun Lai, Wen-Ling Liao

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Four types of dyslalia-substitution, omission, distortion and addition, are common in English speakers.The purpose of our study is to find the characteristics of dyslalia in Mandarin speakers. The past two years, there were 74 dyslalic patients of which 57 were males and 17 were females. Their ages ranged from 4years to 23 years. Detailed examinations and tape records were taken. The results revealed that substitution was the most common type of dyslalia. Omission was the second one. Distortion was less common than omission and was always found in combination with one of the other types of dyslalia. Addition was not …

The Late Effects Of Polio In Taiwan, Chien-Jen Liu, Tao-Chang Hsu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

曾經染患小兒麻痺之生還者，除了四肢或身體某部份機能喪失或麻痺外，都經由適當的復健，已「穩定」。可重新振作其殘存之力量，向世人及自己證明，他們和別人一樣，甚至比別人好。近年來，歐、美等國根據小兒麻痺長期使用患肢及輔助用具，其身體四肢長時間承受擠壓、過度或不使用，而可能造成關節酸痛或攣縮、肌肉軟弱、走路耐力減退，甚而〈再〉須使用拐杖、支架或以輪椅代步。 為使他們「早期發現、早期預防」，更生復健服務中心特別對全省各地大約二、三十年前小兒麻痺之生還者抽樣地發出問卷，主要是想調查其〈一〉生理狀況－小兒麻痺受影響之部位、使用輔助用具情形及曾接受過的手術、變形部位和目前所有的症狀。〈二〉心理、社會適應問題等。 在這兩百六十位調查回卷中，46%是男性，女性佔54%，年齡最大是四十四歲，最小者十五歲，平均年齡是二十五點三歲；大部份是在一、二歲時不幸染患小兒麻痺，僅5%是在三歲後得到的；有74.4%的人僅受過中、小學教育，其中有些家庭是低收入者，可喜的是11.5%已結婚。一般而言，他們的心理和社會適應都蠻好的，但受教育較高者對環境、社會或別人的要求也愈高，滿意程度也愈差。現在就來以小兒麻痺對其生理影響看其最近生理上的改變情形： 一、小兒麻痺對身體之影響－大部份的人是下肢受到影響，僅二十七人，10.4%下肢沒有受到侵襲，相反地，僅有28.5%的人手部受到迫害，而已有七分之一的人須靠輪椅代步。 二、最近身體之改變－在兩百六十人中，已有兩百一十四人有變壞的感覺，如39.2%的人有肌肉較弱無力的經驗，36.9%覺得容易疲勞，33.8%有脊椎側彎和20%的人有關結痠痛的經驗等。 綜合這些調查統計，雖然大多數小兒麻痺之生還者尚且太年輕，但二十八歲以上的患者比較年青者有後遺症之現象，諸如單腳的患者易造成肌肉無力，坐輪椅的人較易發胖等等，所以要注意避免新的衰弱、病痛和疲勞所造成的傷害，以免發生老化或失去活動能力了。 雖然沒有任何跡象顯示－小兒麻痺生還者會較快老化，須提早退休或甚而減少壽命，但是有些功能上的改變，是患者須特別注意的！千萬不要過度或都不使用肢體或輔助用具，都可能會造成後遺症，希望患者能做些適當地運動並保持活力。社會大眾關心此一問題及有一專責機構－如振興復健醫學中心為年齡較大的患者提供治療、測量和功能的維護，使復健醫學能繼續治癒此後遺症，好同享有美滿幸福之生活。

A Comparative Study Of The Developmental Sentence Scoring Normative Data Obtained In Portland, Oregon, And The Midwest, For Children Between The Ages Of 5.0 And 5.11 Years, Eileen Mcnutt

Dissertations and Theses

The focus of this study was the Developmental Sentence Scoring (DSS), developed by Lee and Canter (1971) and Lee (1974). The DSS is used to analyze a corpus of 50 utterances according to eight grammatical categories. Once a DSS score is determined for an individual child, that child's performance can be compared to that of his/ her peers, using the normative data provided by Lee (1974), and reported by Koenigsknecht (1974). This normative data has been widely used both clinically, and in research projects with little regard for the validity of the norms when applied outside the Midwest, where it …

The Influence Of Situational Cues On A Standardized Speechreading Test, Maria Navarro Montserrat

Dissertations and Theses

Aural rehabilitation programs recommend the use of situational cues by hearing-impaired individuals to facilitate understanding in everyday communication. Although this practice is generally accepted, little is known about the use of situational clues as an adjunct to speechreading performance.

The purpose of the present study was to determine the influence of situational cues on a standardized speechreading test in order to assess an individual's natural speechreading ability. The widely used, standardized Utley Lipreading Test was selected to which photoslides of message-related situational cues were added. The Utley Lipreading Test consists of two relatively equivalent test lists, containing series of unrelated …

A Comparative Study Of The Northwestern Syntax Screening Test Data, Sharon Ann Moore

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to compare NSST data (Lee, 1969, 1971) with data obtained in Portland, Oregon for children 4.0-4.11 years of age. The questions this study sought to answer were: 1) Is there a significant difference between the expressive and receptive scores obtained by Lee, (1969, 1971) and the scores obtained in Portland, Oregon? 2) What are the means, standard deviations and percentiles of the NSST scores of a select group of four-year-old children in Portland, Oregon?

A Comparative Study Of The Teem And The Morphological Aspects Of The Blst And Told-P, Kathleen Marie Zuehlsdorff

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this investigation was to examine the construct validity of a new test, which purports to measure morphology, entitled Test for Examining Expressive Morphology (TEEM) (Shipley, Stone and Sue, 1983). Additional tests of expressive morphology, the Bankson Language Screening Test (BLST) (Bankson, 1977) and the Test of Language Development-Primary (TOLD-P) (Newcomer and Hammill, 1982) were utilized to determine the association of the TEEM with two highly-researched instruments.

Double-Blind Comparison Of Rectally Administered Diazepam To Placebo For Pediatric Sedation: The Cardiovascular Response, Catherine M. Flaitz, Arthur J. Nowak, M. John Hicks

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The sedative and cardiovascular effects of rectally administered diazepam (0.6 mg/kg) were compared to placebo in uncooperative children who required sedation during dental treatment. Twelve healthy preschool children, who required amalgam restorations, were treated during two standardized restorative appointments in a double-blind, crossover study. Blood pressure and pulse were obtained during four specified intervals during the appointment. The behavior of the children during the treatment visits was videotaped and later statistically analyzed using a kinesics/vocalization instrument. Behavioral ratings of cooperation were significantly improved during the treatment visit following diazepam. All interfering bodily movements, patient vocalizations and operator commands for the …

What's Happening: October 23, 1985, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

What's Happening: October 16, 1985, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Nurses Alumni Association Bulletin, Fall 1985, Flossie Roche, Barbara D. Schraeder, Margaret M. Jackson, Alice C. Boehret, Margaret M. Cossman, Betty Piersol, Martha E. Riland, Doris E. Bowman, Grace A. Spena, Cathleen Keating

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

Alumni Calendar

Officers and Committee Chairmen

The President's Message

Treasurer's Report

Nurses' Relief Fund

Scholarship Fund

International Travel as a Nurse

Spruce Street Nurses Residence Rules

Tempus Fidgets

Jefferson Projects Grow

Fiftieth Anniversary

Happy Birthday

Believe It or Not??

Grant Program for Nursing Students in 1984

Bequests

Nursing Alumni Association Hosted by Alumni Office and Department of Nursing

Resume of Minutes of Alumni Association Meetings

Alumni Office News

Committee Reports

Scholarship

Social

Satellite

Finance

In Memoriam, Names of Deceased Graduates

A Prayer for the Mature

Luncheon Pictures

Class Notes

Caps, Pins, Transcripts, Class Address Lists

Change of Address Form

Relief …

Vital Signs, Fall 1985, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Vital Signs

A twenty 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, alumni profiles, class notes, and more.

The Flame, Fall 1985, Mennonite College Of Nursing

The Flame (1985-present)

The Flame is a newsletter of Illinois State University's Mennonite College of Nursing

What's Happening: September 4, 1985, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Customer And Food Item Selection Forecasting In A Hospital Cafeteria, M. Sue Davis

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

For many years various types of forecast models have reportedly been used in hospital foodservice systems to estimate the patient census level or meal demand for menu items. None of these reports have dealt with the application of forecast models in a hospital cafeteria setting. The purpose of this study was to test selected forecast models in a hospital setting to determine the one that most accurately predicted the number of customers utilizing the cafeteria on a particular day, and the number of servings of a specific food item that was utilized at selected meals. Historical data was used to …

The Relationship Of Vitamins B-6 And B-12 To Plasma Homocysteine Levels In Men At Low- And High-Risk For Coronary Heart Disease, Marlene E. Swift

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

There is evidence that homocysteine may be a factor in increasing the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). To explore this relationship further, we assessed the interrelation of dietary vitamins B-6, B-12 and folate, and plasma pyridoxal-5'-phosphate and vitamin B-12 with plasma free and protein-bound homocysteine levels. Fasting blood and three-day dietary records were obtained from nine men low-risk (LR) and five at high-risk (HR) for CHD. The HR mean systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol (TC), and TC/cholesterol ratios were significantly higher than LR levels. Groups were comparable by age, weight, height, skinfolds, exercise, and smoking history. No significant difference …

Evaluation Of Stress Management Program Participant Outcomes, Kanya Boondharm Sitanggang

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study, conducted by a Health Maintenance Organization in Southern California, evaluated the impact of a stress management program in reducing stress/anxiety, stressors/hassles, and perception of stressors. Impact of the program in reducing negative coping mechanisms and increasing positive coping mechanisms as well as the retention of stress management training over a three month follow-up period was examined.

A quasi-experimental -- non-equivalent control group design was used. The experimental group consisted of 54 clients who registered for stress management classes. The control group consisted of 105 matched subjects selected from a larger group of 212. All subjects were tested prior …

A Rapid Concentration And Identification Technique For Human Malaria Infections Using A Mouse Model, Donald D. Barton

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Red blood cells infected with malaria parasites experience a change in density making them lighter (less dense). This paper reports a new, rapid diagnostic technique using this change in density in the infected red blood cell. It is not only easy to use, but it is also compatible with the technological conditions found where the malaria problem is most acute - in many developing countries of the world. A small sample of blood drawn from a simple finger stick can be concentrated and examined microscopically for malaria parasites within 10 minutes. The thick film slide preparation, presently used, takes a …

A Sentence Test Of Speech Perception: Reliability, Set Equivalence, And Short Term Learning, Arthur Boothroyd, Laurie Hanin, Theresa Hnath

Publications and Research

The general goal of this project is to study the processes and outcomes of speech perception training in postlingually deafened adults fitted with cochlear implants. As part of this work we need to measure speech perception performance, using materials that place different relative emphases on the several components of the speech perception process. One of the materials that we have developed consists of 48 sets of topic-related sentences (see report #RCIl). These sets have been videorecorded by one female talker. One of the audio tracks contains the full acoustical signal. The other contains the output from an electroglottograph and consists …

Commencement Program 1985 (Summer Conferring Of Degrees), Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

3 | The Academic Procession

4 | Conferring of Degrees

6 | Candidates for Degrees

A Sensitivity Analysis Of The Coefficients For The Transformation Of The Electrocardiographic Orthogonal Three-Lead System (Frank) To The Standard Twelve-Lead System, Rasa Ona Draugelis

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS is performed on the transformation coefficients of the Frank XYZ signals generating standard 12-lead ECG with respect to diagnosis. The analysis is adapted for the individual waveform and per each lead. The disease/abnormality categories are described in terms of discrete pattern classes based on criteria used by Marquette Electronics, Inc. The nonlinear global sensitivity analysis method developed by Shuler, et al, is selected for this project. The diagnostic change in the waveform is denoted by a distance measurement from the pattern class boundary corresponding to the best-experimental coefficient estimates (Dower coefficients) to the alternate coefficient specification measurement …

The Effects Of An Intervention Program On Nursing Burnout, Maria Rosa-Morales

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The risk for professional burnout has become commonly recognized and in the past several years has been a focus of research efforts. Nursing is one of the professions generating a high level of stress which results in burnout.

The purpose of this study was to test the effects of an intervention program for nurses who felt they were experiencing burnout. Nursing burnout was defined as a chronic condition of stress among nurses, which leads to a syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and lack of personal accomplishment. The design used was a true experiment. Fifty-two nurses served as voluntary participants who …