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Well-Being Of Families Who Care For Technology-Assisted Infants., Charlotte Ann Stephenson

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

The Lived Experience Of Cancer Patients Using Unconventional Therapies., Audna Agustsdottir

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Case Management And Satisfaction With Nursing Care Of Patients Hospitalized With Congestive Heart Failure., Judy Pearman Bittinger

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of Special Care Unit And Traditional Care Unit Residents Experiencing Dementia In A Nursing Home: A Naturalistic Study., Evelyn Louise Fitzwater

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

The Lived Experiences Of Women In Treatment For Weight Loss: A Feminist Analysis., Kay Moses Lopez

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Influences Of Coronary Artery Disease Knowledge, Anxiety, Social Support, And Self-Efficacy On Adaptive Health Behaviors Of Patients Treated With A Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty., Barbara Boeker Rees

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Social Support, Self-Esteem, Symptom Distress, And Anxiety Of Adults With Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome., Patricia Ann H Jarczewski

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Determinants Of Functional Status In Chronically Ill Adults., Mary Katheryn Robinson

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Observed Interaction Behaviors Between A Nurse Leader And Nurse Followers During Shift Report., Mary Margaret Whiting Hays

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

The Experience Of Foster Families Of Cocaine-Exposed Infants, Sharon Holt Jackson Barton

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Affective Quality Of The Relationships Between Mothers Recovering From Cocaine/Polydrug Addiction And Their 12-Month-Old Infants, Jane Reed Vanbremen

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Two Methods Of Body Composition Assessment In Prepubescent Males And Females, Kristine M. Feldmann

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The. purpose of this study was to compare two methods of body composition assessment in predicting body fat percentages of 6-8 year old males and females. The percentage of body fat predicted from the bioelectrical impedance method was compared with the percentage of body fat predicted from skinfold measurements. It was hypothesized that there would be no difference between the RJL System's BIA 101 Impedance Analyzer and skinfolds in determining body fat percentage. Subjects consisted of 38 females with a mean age of 7.27 + .802 years and 22 males with a mean age of 7.16 + .808 years. Statistical …

The Flame, Winter 1995, Mennonite College Of Nursing

The Flame (1985-present)

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

The Scope And Practice Of Rural Nurse Practitioners In Central Illinois, Lisa L. Lovegren

Honors Projects

In today's atmosphere of escalating health care costs, limited access to health care, and changes in the health care delivery systems, it is necessary to evaluate the roles and responsibilities of non physician health care providers. The advanced Nurse Practitioner is one such health care professional who currently provides vital services to the public. However, utilization of Nurse Practitioners has been limited within Illinois. The purpose of this study was to: 1) examine current perceived roles of rural Central Illinois Nurse Practitioners, and 2) determine perceived practice-related changes and trends for the future.

Predicted Versus Actual Vo₂ Max In Children, Dawn Gay Parmley Hudnutt

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of the Rockport Fitness Walking Test (RFWT) in estimating VO2 max in children. Thirty-one subjects (males = 16, females = 15) in sixth through eighth grade were administered two separate tests. The first test, the RFWT used to predict maximal oxygen uptake (VO2 max), was administered a minimum of two times. The second test, performed on a treadmill, was used to determine VO2 max. Correlations between the predicted VO2 max values reached on two trials of the RFWT were determined, as well as the relationship between the predicted …

Immunisation Delay In The 0-18 Month Age Group In The Kimberley Region Of Western Australia, Anne Mahony

Theses : Honours

In two separate complementary exploratory descriptive studies the cover and timing of vaccine administration to children in the 0-18 month age group in the remote Kimberley Region of Western Australia were quantified, and reasons for delay in vaccine administration were investigated. The adapted PRECEDE model was used to guide the research and to integrate and interpret the findings. Study One: Three separate computer immunisation databases were combined to provide the first validated age-appropriate infant immunisation data in Western Australia. For the first time in WA, the timing of administration of vaccines was investigated, and for the first time in Australia, …

Optimization Of The In Vitro Feeding Of Rhipicephalus Appendiculatus Nymphae For The Transmission Of Theileria Parva, S. M. Waladde, S. N. Mwaura, G. N. Njihia, F. N. Mwakima

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

An apparatus for artificial feeding of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus nymphae was modified to improve feeding performance. Heparinized blood was supplied above a treated artificial membrane while the ticks attached below on its undersurface. The feeding apparatus was incubated at 37 °C in an atmosphere of 3% CO2 concentration and a relative humidity of 75–80 °0. Under these conditions, 91 °0 of the engorged nymphae attained a mean weight of 6–11 mg, and an average of 93 °0 of those nymphae moulted into adults. When this system was used to feed nymphal ticks on blood infected with Theileria parva piroplasms, the mean …

A Mathematical Model To Describe Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Within Western Australia, Kevin Dennis

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This work is primarily aimed at determining the effect that an immunisation policy Is likely to have on the incidence of Haemophllus influenzae Type B (HIB) and systematic HIB in Western Australia. There was a significant effort made to collect data pertinent to the estimation of parameter values but since HIB has only been a notifiable disease since 1992, there was a distinct lack of relevant data available. Private communication with individual’s such as Dr Jeffrey Hanna and Dr Beryl Wild resulted in practical information being obtained that was used to estimate certain parameters. The deterministic mathematical models within the …

Factors Influencing Western Australian Clinical Registered Nurses In Discharge Planning, S. R. Suiter

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

A descriptive quantitative study was conducted to determine what factors nurses considered when discharge planning, and how these factors compared with factors identified in the literature as being effective in planning for discharge. This study was undertaken because with the intended Prospective Payment System (PPS) of funding to hospitals, it is essential that Western Australian Clinical Registered Nurses are able to prepare patients for discharge effectively to prevent the financial burden of cost outliers and re-admissions. Anderson and Steinberg ( 1984) in their studies of factors that influence the cost of hospital care for the elderly, found that the results …

Knowledge, Attitudes, Behavior, And Decision-Making Orientation Relating To Cardiovascular Health In High School Students, Patricia E. Bromfield

Masters Theses

Planning for cardiovascular health (CVH) education for adolescents

requires an awareness of students' cardiovascular knowledge and attitudes

toward "heart healthy" behavior, and an understanding of the dynamics

of health-related decision-making in this age group. This study attempted

to measure these parameters using an 81-item survey administered to 93

9th graders (45 females, 46 males, 2 undisclosed) and 107 12th graders (57

females, 47 males, 3 undisclosed). The survey was administered m a

suburban high school in southwest Michigan in the spring of 1994.

Results were evaluated descriptively for knowledge, attitudes, and

behavior, and for differences across grade and gender. ANOVA's …

อุบัติการของโรคกระดูกอ่อนและการรักษาโรค Nutritional Secondary Hyperparathyroidism ในสุนัข, สุภัทรา ยงศิริ, อชิรญา เหล่าวณิชยวิทย์, กมล สกุลวิระ, มาริษศักร์ กัลล์ประวิทธ์

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

การศึกษาอุบัติการของโรคกระดูกอ่อนในสุนัขพันธุ์ใหญ่ ที่มารับบริการตรวจรักษาและ ฉีดวัคซีนที่โรงพยาบาลสัตว์ คณะสัตวแพทยศาสตร์ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย จากสุนัขที่ตรวจ 31 ตัว พบเป็นโรคกระดูกอ่อน 21 ตัว (67.7%) ในจำนวนนี้เป็นโรค nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism (NSH) 18 ตัว (85.7%) และ retained enchondral cartilage core ที่กระดูก ulna 3 ตัว (14.3%) พบมากที่สุดในพันธุ์ร้อตไวเลอร์ 8 ตัว (38.1%) สุนัข ป่วยอายุน้อยกว่า 6 เดือน 15 ตัว (71.4%) ระหว่าง 6-12 เดือน 4 ตัว (19.0%) และมาก กว่า 12 เดือน 2 ตัว (9.5%) เป็นเพศผู้ 15 ตัว (71.4%) และเพศเมีย 6 ตัว (28.6%) การ รักษาโรค NSH ในสุนัข 4 ตัวด้วยสารประกอบแคลเซี่ยมคาร์บอเนต เปรียบเทียบกับการ ใช้สารประกอบที่มีแคลเซี่ยมต่อฟอสฟอรัส อัตราส่วน 4 ต่อ 1 ในสุนัข 3 ตัว พบว่าสาร ประกอบแคลเซี่ยมฟอสฟอรัสไม่สามารถปรับอัตราส่วนแคลเซี่ยมต่อฟอสฟอรัสในซีรั่ม ในขณะที่แคลเซี่ยมคาร์บอเนตสามารถปรับอัตราส่วนของแคลเซี่ยมต่อฟอสฟอรัสในซีรั่ม ให้สูงอย่างเห็นได้ชัดภายหลังรักษา 2 สัปดาห์ ซึ่งแตกต่างจากก่อนการรักษาอย่างมีนัยสำคัญ ทางสถิติที่สัปดาห์ที่ 3 และ 4

"Well-Growness" Of The Newborn And Factors Contributing To Low Birth Weight, Diane Buck Kruse Dnsc

Dissertations

The problem of determining risk factors and antecedents of birth weight is multifactorial. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of pre-pregnancy health status, prenatal care, stress, negative life style practices, nutritional status during pregnancy, and placental perfusion on the well-growness of the newborn (birth weight) in five time orderings and to examine the interaction of these variables on each other. The theoretical framework was a physiologic one centering on the effects of the proposed variables on the well-growness outcome. This prospective study used a correlational design with path analytic techniques. A sample of 160 pregnant women …

Menno-Knight, December 1994, Mennonite College Of Nursing

Menno-Knight (1960s-1990s?)

Student newsletter of the Mennonite School/College of Nursing.

What's Happening: November 16, 1994, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

The Aids Project Newsline, Vol.7, No.2 (November 1994), Eve Cimmel, The Aids Project

AIDS Project Newsline (1991-1996)

No abstract provided.

What's Happening: October 5, 1994, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 36 Number 4, Fall 1994, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

6 - THE MIND THIEF November is national Alzheimer's Disease Month, drawing attention to an illness that robs patients of their memories, their competence, sometimes their very personalities. By Maureen McInaney '85

12 - CREDIBILITY MAKES A DIFFERENCE A look at a key element of leadership: building trust. By James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner

18 - PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER SCU's $125 million Challenge Campaign is transforming the University.

24 - NO PROBLEMO A racked-up knee, a forfeited football scholarship, an extra 50 pounds-no problemo. A work of short fiction. By Jan Maulhardt '90

28 - THE NUCLEAR …

Principles And Particularity: The Role Of Cases In Bioethics, John D. Arras

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

Mediating Life And Death Decisions, Diane E. Hoffmann

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Chironian Vol. 111 Fall 1994, New York Medical College

The Chironian

No abstract provided.