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A Clinical And Microscopic Evaluation Of Plaque Removal And By The Hydrodent Brush, Soertini E. Lambri

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The Hydrodent toothbrush was compared to conventional toothbrush (Lactona # 19) in its effectiveness on removing the plaque, eliminating the pocket depth, and improving the gingival tissue condition.

Forty six male and female subjects with the age range of 18 to 50 years old participated in a 5 month study with 4 week intervals. Each subject received a Hydrodent brush of soft, medium, and hard textures and a conventional toothbrush. The toothbrushes were given randomly and the subject served as his own control.

Clinical and histological evaluations were made after the use of each toothbrush. The clinical evaluation showed some …

A Technique For The Experimental Production Of Dry Socket In The Cat And An Evaluation Of Numerous Potential Etiologic Factors, Thomas F. Scott

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Dental dry socket has been attributed to a variety of etiologic factors without basic science research. Before a systematic attempt could be undertaken to determine the initiator/s of dry socket, if such exists, an experimental technique had to be developed which could consistently produce dry socket. A dental extraction socket infusion technique was developed with the cat that enabled the investigator to study some of the initiating factors which have been previously suggested as possible etiologic causes for the production of dry socket.

From the present study such factors as trauma, age, sex, site and number of extractions, lack of …

Histopathological Variations Of Periapical Granulomas And Radicular Cysts, Thanapen Kanchanasut

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The periapical dental granuloma and cyst is the most frequent sequela of pulpitis. These lesions are always intraosseous and often become quiescent after the acute phases are over, forming a space which primarily consists of chronic inflammatory tissue. This chronic inflammatory tissue usually appears as a one-centimeter area of punched out bone on the x-ray film and is referred to as a dental granuloma. Should epithelium choose to proliferate in this inflammatory area, it may undergo subsequent cystic degeneration forming the typical periapical cyst. While much has been written with regard to the etiology and treatment of the apical cyst …

The Response Of Gingival Tissues To Alterations In Ph, Robert C. Jann

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the histopathological and clinical changes that occurred when a continuous supply of exogenous acid or base, at varying pH, was delivered adjacent to the gingival crest of the monkey. A related goal was to develop a monkey model system which would deliver test solutions continuously and atraumatically, to the experimental gingival sites.

Two young adult female monkeys had a perfusion apparatus attached to certain maxillary teeth so that test solutions were deposited atraumatically to the marginal gingival tissues. During the experimental periods the animals were kept in primate restraining chairs and fed …

The Relationship Of The Bucco-Lingual Position Of The Mandibular First Molar To Occlusion And Arch Stability, Lothar M. Guttschuss

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Forty non-treated and twenty-two orthodontically treated cases were selected to determine the relationship of the bucco-lingual position of the mandibular first molar to occlusion and arch stability.

Plaster models and occlusal radiographs were obtained from all the cases. Anterior crowding, intermolar width, molar classification, and molar overhang relative to the basal bone were determined. The modified technique for occlusal radiographs used was found to result in radiographs which were more versatile and accurate when interchanged with the model measurements. Clinical applications of this technique include the determination of root angulations, location of impactions, and the fabrication of individualized preformed arch …

The Effects Of Telone And Related Compounds On The Synthesis And Degradation Of Carotenoids In Plants, David L. Berry

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The incorporation of 3-¹⁴C-,B-hydroxy-, B-methylglutaric acid (HMG) vii into carotenoids of excised etiolated maize shoots, crude cell free extracts and soluble extracts (20, 000 x g) of maize was investigated. HMG was effectively incorporated into carotenoids of excised shoots, crude extracts and soluble extracts. The excised shoots, crude extracts and soluble extracts incorporated 2-¹⁴C-mevalonic acid (MVA) into carotenoids as well. The results indicated the presence of HMG-CoA reductase in the plant as well as an HMG activating enzyme. The soluble extract showed a pH optimum of 7. 0 for incorporation of HMG into …

A Comparison Of The Articular Eminence To Various Skeletal And Dental Malocclusions, James R. Wise

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The slope of the articular eminence was measured on the cephalograms of 71 subjects. The patients were divided Into three major categories on the basis of skeletal pattern, dental bite type, and Angle's classification. Skeletal pattern was determined by the mandibular plane angle (SNGoGn). High Angle and Low Angle cases were classified by two standard deviations from normal. Dental bite types were divided into Open Dental or Closed Dental according to the absence or presence of anterior disclusion, respectively. Angle's method of classification was also used to divide the sample Into Class I, II, or III malocclusions.

The eminence slope …

Influence Of Temperature Of Incubation And Type Of Growth Medium On Pigmentation In Serratia Marcescens, Robert P. Williams, Cora L. Gott, S M. Qadri, Randolph H. Scott

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Maximal amounts of prodigiosin were synthesized in either minimal or complete medium after incubation of cultures at 27 C for 7 days. Biosynthesis of prodigiosin began earlier and the range of temperature for formation was greater in complete medium. No prodigiosin was formed in either medium when cultures were incubated at 38 C; however, after a shift to 27 C, pigmentation ensued, provided the period of incubation at 38 C was not longer than 36 hr for minimal medium or 48 hr for complete medium. Washed, nonpigmented cells grown in either medium at 38 C for 72 hr could synthesize …

Commencement Program 1971, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

4 | The Vesper Service (La Sierra Campus)

6 | The Vesper Service (Loma Linda Campus)

8 | The Sermon (La Sierra Campus)

10 | The Sermon (Loma Linda Campus)

12 | Conferring of Degrees (9 am)

14 | Conferring of Degrees (4 pm)

16 | Candidates for Degrees

35 | Awards

38 | Academic Costume

An Exploratory Study Of Children’S Mental Health Needs In The Pact Target Area Of Southeast Portland, Richard L. Bossardt, Clifford G. Larsen

Dissertations and Theses

The original, and still primary, purpose of this study was to provide a statistical data base for a grant proposal to fund a children's mental health service agency in the PACT target area of Southeast Portland. Since the conception, the plan has been subsumed under the planning auspices of a group whose aim is to work toward expanding and consolidating mental health services in all dimensions for the Southeast Portland area. The geographical focus of this study is on that section of Southeast Portland which has been designated by the Office of Economic Opportunity as a poverty pocket because of …

Life Styles Of Methadone Treatment Patients: Agreement Of Self Report And Informant Report, Richard Cox, Gary West

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this descriptive study was to reveal the typical life style of a representative sample of fifty male opiate addicts participating in the Oregon Methadone Treatment Program. An important goal of the research was to assess the reliability of information gathered from patients compared to data obtained from an equal number of informants. A highly structured questionnaire was designed to elicit specific responses in order to calculate the degree of concordance between patients and informants to identical items. The findings depicted the modal life style of the subjects as more socially conventional, more responsible, and less antisocial. Although …

A Behavioristic Approach To The Design Of A Digital Model Of Human Communication, George Eugene Whitley

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine whether individual communication behavior can be simulated by a digital model.

Notes On Eriogonum - Vi : A Revision Of The Eriogonum Microthecum Complex (Polygonaceae), James L. Reveal

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series

This revision discusses seven closely related species of Eriogonum (Polygonaceae) found in the western United States of North America. One of the two major species, E. microthecum, is composed of nine varieties which range over a wide area of the Far West. The other major species, E. effusum, is found over a more restrictive geographical range mainly east of the Continental Divide. The remaining five species are primarily restricted to the Colorado-Green river drainage basin of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and northern Arizona. Together these entities form the core of a group of plants known as Section Corymbosa. …

Ariel - Volume 3 Number 7, Tom Williams, Richard Bonanno, Frank Taylor, Eugenia Miller, Allen Sonstein, Terry Burt, David Jacoby, Brent Spears, Robert L. Breckenridge, Jr.

Ariel

Editors

Richard J. Bonanno

Robin A. Edwards

Associate Editors

Steven Ager

Tom Williams

Lay-out Editor

Eugenia Miller

Contributing Editors

Paul Bialas

Robert Breckenridge

David Jacoby

Mike LeWitt

Terry Burt

Michael Leo

Editors Emeritus

Delvyn C. Case, Jr.

Paul M. Fernhoff

Ariel - Volume 3 Number 6, Eugenia Miller, Michael Leo, Richard Bonanno, Ron Souder, Peter Meissner, Joseph S. Gonnella, Terry Burt, Robert L. Breckenridge, Jr., Rev. Vincent M. Walsh

Ariel

Editors

Richard J. Bonanno

Robin A. Edwards

Associate Editors

Steven Ager

Tom Williams

Lay-out Editor

Eugenia Miller

Contributing Editors

Paul Bialas

Robert Breckenridge

Lynne Porter

David Jacoby

Mike LeWitt

Terry Burt

Mark Pearlman

Michael Leo

Editors Emeritus

Delvyn C. Case, Jr.

Paul M. Fernhoff

Advice To Authors

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Relationship Of Ventilation Ability And Positioning In Left-Sided Congestive Heart Failure Patients, Nancy E. Carson

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Proper positioning is used to relieve dyspnea, edema, and fatigue in congestive heart failure patients. According to the review of literature, improved ventilation as measured by specific lung volumes and lung mechanics occurred with upright positioning in normal persons. The effects of specific changes in lung volumes related to position change in congestive heart failure patients has not been documented in literature, although various recommendations related to positioning are made. This exploratory study was undertaken with nine congestive heart failure patients to see if a relationship existed between degree of head elevation and lung ventilation ability as measured by water-bell …

Ariel - Volume 3 Number 5, Paul Bialas, David Jacoby, Richard Bonanno, Peter Meissner, Paul M. Fernhoff, Robert L. Breckenridge, Jr., Terry Burt

Ariel

Editors

Richard J. Bonanno

Robin A. Edwards

Associate Editors

Steven Ager

Tom Williams

Lay-out Editor

Eugenia Miller

Contributing Editors

Paul Bialas

Robert Breckenridge

Lynne Porter

David Jacoby

Terry Burt

Mark Pearlman

Michael Leo

Mike LeWitt

Editors Emeritus

Delvyn C. Case., Jr.

Paul M. Fernhoff

Effects Of A Series Of Nurse-Patient Interactions On Multiple Sclerosis Patients, Lynne Campbell

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of the study was to learn whether a series of nurse-patient interactions would result in changed psychophysiologic functioning in multiple sclerosis patients.

Psychophysiologic relationships were described in the theoretical framework. Literature, reviewed in the areas of disease description and psychotherapeutic approaches to treatment, indicated that there is a high incidence of multiple sclerosis in the United States; that symptoms often include psychological alterations; that there is an emotional component to the illness; that these patients have a need for a psychotherapeutic relationship; and that psychotherapeutic approaches may have beneficial psychophysiologic effects.

Two groups of multiple sclerosis subjects were …

Commencement Program 1971 (Winter Graduation), Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

2 | Conferring of Degrees

4 | Candidates for Degrees

Alumnae Association Bulletin Of The School Of Nursing, 1971, Katherine Flack Saunders, Mabel C. Prevost, Doris E. Bowman, Elizabeth J. Sweeney, Marie Castellan, Elizabeth S. Stone, Mildred Myers Smith, June Reginak Dupnock, Rose Diseroad, Martha E. Riland, Janet Hindson, Dolores H. Heckenberger, Jeannette Plasterer, Julia T. Mccracken, Evelyn W. Frazier, Susance B. Zamitis, Betty Piersol, Margaret Summers, Lenora W. Schwatz, Jane Senderling, Eileen Blum

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

Alumnae Calendar

A Red Rose for Katherine

The President's Message

Officers and Chairmen of Committees

Financial Report

Development and Progress of Jefferson 1970-1971

School of Nursing Report

School of Practical Nursing Report

Cardiac Care Unit

Patient Services Department.

Where Courtesy is Constant

School Nurse VS the Drug Scene

Social Events

Poem: To Nurses

Clerk-Typist

Annual Luncheon Pictures

Program

Scholarship

Health and Welfare

Bulletin

Ways and Means

The Christmas Cap Tree

In Retrospect

Resume of Minutes of Alumnae Meetings

Class News

In Memorium

Student Nurses Section

Notices

Historical Development Of Cardiac Pacing, Paul M. Zoll

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

I would like to discuss the development and historical aspects of cardiac pacemaking from a personal point of view, presented as it appeared to me over the years. This approach is biased, selective, and incomplete, but I think as informative as I can make it.

Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 7 No. 4

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

No abstract provided.

The Structuring Of Procedures Utilized In An Adult Stuttering Treatment Program, Sarah Jane Prichard

Dissertations and Theses

In recent years, operant conditioning techniques have been effectively used to modify a variety of behaviors. For the most part, the modification of stuttering behavior has relied solely on the use of punishment. The shaping of "fluency” through differential reinforcement has been reported as a behavioral approach for the treatment of stuttering; however, the effectiveness of this technique in combination with other "teaching" tools, such as, modeling, instruction, and explanation has not been reported in the literature.

The purpose of this study was to construct behavioral definitions of terminology utilized in a stuttering treatment program at Portland State University to …

Independent Project In Speech And Hearing, Judy Winfrey

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper consists of a bibliography of materials for speech therapy.

A Case Study Of Steve P., Kathleen Kunimoto

Independent Studies and Capstones

This paper is a case study of a young boy, Steve, who has mulitple learning disabilities.

The Generalization Of Cognate Sounds During Speech Therapy, Marilyn Ginther

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

Two primary areas are investigated in this study; 1) a single subject replication of Shelton and Elbert (1967 a&b), in which generalization from a voiceless sound /s/ to its voiced cognate /z/ is tested; 2) a reversal of the Shelton and Elbert (1967 a&b) procedure with a single subject to determine if training on a voiced phoneme /z/ will generalize to its voiceless cognate /s/. A third area of interest will be to see if any change will occur on the phoneticallydissimilar sound /r/ in either subject.

Radiation Induced Changes In Pulmonary Perfusion In Rabbits, Sten Börje Löfgren

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

No abstract provided.

Modification Of Deviant Behavior By Parents, Jeanne M. Gabourie

All Master's Theses

It is the purpose of this study (1) to determine if a child's deviant social behaviors can be effectively modified by his own parents; and (2) to determine if parents can be trained to use behavior modification techniques in the home.

Sensory Stimulation To Influence Body Awareness In The Adult Hemiplegic Patient, Sue Carol Bradley

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

An experimental study was conducted in four convalescent facilities using fourteen CVA patients with body scheme disturbances. The study was done to test the hypothesis that the experimental technique of light touch sensory stimulation as supplied by fast brushing to the skin dermatomes C 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the affected arms would increase the scores of the subjects in the experimental group.

Patients were assigned via a random process to the experimental or control groups if, upon taking the MacDonald Test of Body Scheme, they obtained a score of 39 or below. Subjects in the experimental group received …