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Formation Of A Square-Planar Co(I) B12 Intermediate. Implications For Enzyme Catalysis, Mark R. Chance

Faculty Scholarship

X-ray edge and extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) techniques provide powerful tools for analysis of local molecular structure of complexes in solution. We present EXAFS results for Co(I) B12 that demonstrate a four-coordinate (distorted) square-planar configuration. Comparison of EXAFS solutions for Co(I) and Co(II) B12 (collected previously; Sagi et al. 1990. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 112:8639–8644) suggest that modulation of the Co-N bond to the axial 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole (DMB), in the absence of changes in Co-N (equatorial) bond distances, may be a key mechanism in promoting homolytic versus heterolytic cleavage. As Co-C bond homolysis occurs, the Co-N (DMB) bond becomes …

Utilization Of Community Service Programs By Elders In Rural Areas, Eddie Moore

MSN Research Projects

The purpose of this descriptive study was to identify existing community service programs and barriers to their use as identified by elders living in rural areas.

What's Happening: July 15, 1992, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

What's Happening: July 1, 1992, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Statement On Exercise: Benefits And Recommendations For Physical Activity Programs For All Americans - A Statement For Health Professionals By The Committee On Exercise And Cardiac Rehabilitation Of The Council On Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association, Gerald F. Fletcher, Steven N. Blair, James Blumenthal, Carl Caspersen, Bernard Chaitman, Stephen Epstein, Harold Falls, Erika S. Sivarajan Froelicher, Victor F. Froelicher, Ileana L. Piña

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Awareness Of And Rights Related To The Patient Self-Determination Act Of 1990 By Selected Post-Adolescent College Students, Toni M. Vargas

Community & Environmental Health Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if the Patient Self-Determination Act was effective in providing information to young adults and will young adults not only have an accurate understanding of their health care rights but sufficient opportunity to exercise those rights. From a sample of convenience, 83 college students were randomly selected to complete a questionnaire. The questionnaire contained 71 questions devised to reflect various aspects of the Patient Self-Determination Act. Five additional questions were asked to determine a generalized profile of the students. Data analysis of the responses identified 5 significant legal misunderstandings and 5 significant medical …

Biochemical Investigation Of Gout And Its Familial Incidences, Chin-Ling Hsu

Chemistry & Biochemistry Theses & Dissertations

Gout is a chronic metabolic disorder caused by deposition of uric acid on the joint. It is categorized into two types: primary and secondary. Primary gout is uric acid overproduction, caused by excessive synthesis of the purine precursors. Secondary gout occurs also as the result of overproduction or decreased renal excretion of uric acid resulting from other disease processes or medication.

The two purine bases, hypoxanthine and xanthine, liberated from ribosides by the action of nucleoside phosphorylase, are degraded to uric acid as the final excretory product in the purine degradation pathway. Hypoxanthine and xanthine are the physiological substrates of …

What's Happening: June 17, 1992, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Analysis Of Organisation Health-Care Machinery In Hospital: Doctoral Dissertation Abstract, J P Sahu

IIMB Management Review

Health Care Services are significant in providing social justice and equal life opportunities to individuals in the society. The health care system of today, is evoking criticism from various corners, for its rising costs due to introduction of expensive sophisticated technology, maldistribution, dehumanisation and heavy bureaucratisation, etc. This is particularly true for the developing countries where on one hand, increasing population and ever changing disease patterns (due to developing activities like agriculture, irrigation, mining and industrialisation, etc.) and growing expectations of the people (due to increase in education and communication) on the other, exert further pressure on the limited health …

Commencement Program 1992, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

2 | 1992 Events of Commencement

3 | Academic Procession

4 | The Speakers

8 | The Honorees

16 | The Zapara Awards

Order of Programs

• School of Medicine, 18
• School of Dentistry, 25
• Graduate School, 32
• School of Nursing, 40
• School of Public Health, 44
• School of Allied Health Professions, 51

Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Book Listing for the Vol 15, No 2 Edition of the Pacific Studies Journal

Ability Of Cylindrical Root Form Implants To Withstand Controlled Lateral Forces, Silvio Emanuelli

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The ability of root form implants to withstand lateral forces has been investigated in animal model. Two new techniques for quantification of forces generated by a loading device have been developed and tested. The strain gages bonded to the loading device were calibrated either intraorally by a micro load cell, or in laboratory by Instrom Machine.

Preliminary results indicate that laterally applied continuous forces up to 6,000 grams do not elicit failure of root form implants.

Identified Barriers To Well Child Care For Homeless Children Under Age Thirteen, Judith G. Riemer

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to identify barriers perceived by homeless families to well child care for their children under age thirteen and to determine if there is a relationship between perceived barriers and duration of homelessness. Using an investigator-modified version of Melnyk's Barriers Scale and a demographic measure, a convenience sample of homeless families (N = 53) from three transitional shelters in two southern California counties were surveyed via questionnaire. Barriers to well child care for homeless children were identified. No relationship was determined to exist between duration of homelessness and perceived barriers using a measurement of correlation.

What's Happening: May 6, 1992, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

[Book Review] Manual Of Guidelines On Clinical-Ethical Issues Catholic Health Association Of The United States, S1. Louis, Mo., Edited By Diana Bader, O. P. Ph.D., Eugene F. Diamond

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Update - May 1992, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

[ Faith, Medicine, and Religious Liberty - Part 2, Christian Science ]
-- Spiritual Healing for Children
-- Religious Liberty, Spiritual Healing, and the Health Care of Children
-- Spiritual Healing, Laws, and Constitutional Free Exercise of Religious Rights
-- Baby Theresa: Parental Choice Must Reign in the Case of Brain-Absent Newborns
-- Anencephalic Infants as Organ Donors: Do We Follow Rules or Emotions?

Pvs--To Die Or Not To Die? A Comprehensive Analysis Of The Persistent Vegetative State, Jonny Kelly

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Becky and Joy were returning home from the blind dates they had been on that night. Becky's cousin had introduced the two girls to his two buddies from college.

Meta-Analysis On Costing Out Nursing Services, Judith G. Eckhart Dnsc

Dissertations

This descriptive meta-analytic study investigated 73 primary studies on costing out nursing services. A critical review of the literature revealed that findings from the various published and unpublished studies were inconsistent and inconclusive. This meta-analysis integrated the literature to identify the relationships between nursing costs and a second variable. The most frequently reported variables among the primary studies were compared using Pearson r correlations and percentages. The variables of total and direct nursing costs were correlated to the variables of length of stay, direct nursing care hours, hospital costs, and diagnostic related grouping (DRG) reimbursements. Analysis was conducted two ways. …

What's Happening: April 22, 1992, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

What's Happening: April 8, 1992, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (Spring 1992), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The Spring 1992 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• Osteopathic Medical Center Forges Ahead: President’s Perspective
• Major Hospital Upgrades and New Research Program
• Philanthropy Comes in Many Forms
• Doctors Marrying Doctors
• They Remember When: PCOM's More Mature Grads Return for Founders Day
• PCOM Alumnus Heals the Faithful and Famous
• On Campus
• Just Published
• Class Acts
• In Memoriam
• Coming Events

Loma Linda Nurse - Vol. 02, No. 02, Loma Linda University School Of Nursing

Loma Linda Nurse

Contents

2 | Message from the dean

3 | Alumni of the Year

4 | Homecoming weekend

8 | In memoriam

9 | "Volunteer air medic risks life in daring helicopter rescue"

10 | "99-member sophomore class dedicated"

11 | Advancement

11 | "Dr. Helen King hosts breakfast for KJN society members"

11 | "30 callers raise over $39,000 in pledges from alumni"

11 |"New development director welcomed"

12 | "Four classes give $22,000 during homecoming"

13 | A message from the president

14 | Near and Far

16 | Newsnotes

Optimization Of Cryopreservation Protocols For Cardiovascular Tissue, Jianfei Hu

Theses and Dissertations in Biomedical Sciences

The purpose of this research was to determine the effects of cryopreservation on the physical, biochemical and cellular aspects of heart valve tissue. The present study demonstrated that radiolabeled proline accumulation provides a quantitative estimate of total cellular metabolic viability. Radiolabeled inulin was demonstrated to be a useful marker for extracellular tissue space. Assessment of metabolic viability of the cellular population of leaflet tissue as a function of procurement and processing revealed that proline accumulation declined with increasing warm and cold ischemic times. Amphotericin B and streptomycin were toxic to the cells. Cefoxitin, lincomycin, polymyxin B, vancomycin and penicillin had …

Aids And The Homeless Of Boston, James J. O'Connell, Joan Lebow

New England Journal of Public Policy

Homeless persons with AIDS and HIV infection face significant health hazards during the daily struggle for survival on the streets and in the crowded shelters of our cities. This article offers a historical perspective on the evolution of the AIDS epidemic within the homeless population of Boston and examines the demographics, risk behaviors, and survival statistics of that epidemic. The Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program is presented as a model of service delivery that offers quality health care to homeless persons with AIDS while addressing the special needs of those bound by the immediacy of the next meal …

Aggressive Outreach To Homeless Mentally Ill People, Ellen Nasper, Melissa Curry, Elizabeth Omara-Otunnu

New England Journal of Public Policy

Historically, people with chronic mental illnesses have been particularly at risk for homelessness. In 1984, the Connecticut Department of Mental Health (DMH) articulated policy to insure housing for mentally ill persons. One facet of that policy is to increase mental health services to homeless people. The Greater Bridgeport Community Mental Health Center has addressed this need through the formation of the Homeless Outreach Team (HOT). This article describes the development, organization, clinical work, and future of HOT. The team is run jointly by the Mental Health Center (funded through DMH) and Family Service-Woodfield, a United Way-funded agency that provides case …

What's Happening: March 11, 1992, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Health Care Linkage Project: Improving Access To Care, Martha G. Ferguson, Lon Berkeley, Louis Fourcher, Belinda Guyton, Linda Ross Reiner

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The primary objective of the Health Care Linkage Project, funded by a grant from the Chicago Community Trust, is to develop, implement, and evaluate a primary health care linkage network within the city of Chicago that creates formalized linkages between community health centers, the Chicago Department of Health clinics, and hospitals. Six linkage networks are currently operational, with an additional two sites phased in during 1991. The success of the pilot project has been demonstrated by hundreds of patients receiving primary care and ancillary services on a more timely basis, by greater coordination between the public and private sector, by …

Mount Sinai: A Special Hospital For A Special Community, Benn Greenspan

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Urban Health And The Social Contract: Poverty, Race, And Death, H. Jack Geiger

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Community Health Centers: A Resource For Service And Training, Joan Hedgecock, Maria Castro, William B. Cruikshank

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Foundation is assisting the U.S. Public Health Service in increasing the number of primary care physicians trained and committed to practice in medically underserved areas. In collaboration with the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Ambulatory Pediatrics Association, and the Society of General Internal Medicine, AMSA conducted an assessment of federally-funded residency programs to identify and describe their affiliations with federally-funded community and migrant health centers (CIMHCs). Of the 260 programs assessed and the 147 responses, 125 offer community-based training. Of these, 73 offer training in primary care centers and 39 offer training in …