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Some Variables In Conditioned Suppression With Humans, David Wayne Mulder

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Nurse-Patient Interpretations Of The Nurse's Touch, Judith Ann Trowbridge

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to discover whether or not patients and nurses derived a similar meaning from pictures of a nurse touching a patient in various ways. Five by seven inch black and white photographs were shown to thirty patients and thirty registered nurses. The subjects were controlled in regard to sex, race, residence, language, and physical and emotional orientation. They were asked to focus upon the photographed nurse's touch and to tell in one or two words what meaning they felt that the nurse was trying to convey to the patient by her touch. Responses were recorded …

Nurses' Responses To Patients' Spiritual Needs, Janice Pearl Luchak Chance

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This exploratory study had as its objective the identification of the spiritual needs of patients. Three aspects of the study were: (1) to identify the spiritual needs students of nursing recognized during the care of their patients; (2) to discover the type of behavior patients manifested which enabled the students to recognize these needs and, (3) to identify the spiritual care given to patients by students during their regular nursing assignments.

Thirty-seven senior students, enrolled in the baccalaureate programs of three Seventh-day Adventists colleges, used a questionnaire constructed for this study to identify spiritual needs after they had given nursing …

The Effects Of Particular Sounds On Certain Indices Of Cardio-Pulmonary Functions, Harold F. Googe, Jane Mundin

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of particular sounds upon certain indices of cardio-pulmonary function and the degree and pattern of changes which occurred in the indices. The specific physiological parameters chosen to be monitored were heart rate, respiratory rate, mean tidal volume, instantaneous minute volume, and oxygen consumption. The hypothesis was that particular sounds will cause changes in certain indices of cardio-pulmonary functions. This was a controlled experiment, in which nine healthy males and nine healthy females, of a denominational, medically oriented University listened to a specially constructed tape of background music interspersed with an …

Ethical Attitudes And Education Of A Group Of California Dietitians, Sharon L. Culpepper

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A questionnaire was developed to determine the ethical attitudes and education of a group of California dietitians. A group of 198 randomly selected individuals from the California Dietetic Association membership of 2,180 participated in the study.

Great diversity was exhibited in age, type of position held and total years of work experience in the sample group. Eighty-one per cent of the respondents were less than forty-nine years of age. The positions most frequently held by the participants were in hospital therapeutics and administration, teaching and schools, and consultant work. Sixty-three per cent were employed on either a full-time or part-time …

The Presentation And Withdrawal Of Positive Reinforcement As A Behavioral Modifier Of Hyperactivity, Michael Bridges Cole

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

Operant conditioning had its origin in research with infra-humans and later, when humans were used as subjects, the research was still done in a laboratory. Only within the last half of a decade has it been applied with any frequency to humans outside the laboratory.

A Survey Of Community Services Used By Students Enrolled In The Kirk-Cone Rehabilitation Center, 1965-1966, Audrey Hackett Crandall

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

Psychiatric Emergencies, W. J. Cassidy

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Types of psychiatric emergencies seen in general practice or in a hospital emergency setting are defined, along with recommendations for handling. Also discussed are P.E. in children, methods of detecting the potential suicide and some conclusions based on a 2562 patient survey in one hospital.

X-Ray Diffraction Powder Data For Steroids: Supplement Viii, Jonathan Parsons, John B. Holcomb, William T. Beher

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

This supplement continues a series of publications which began as a separate section, with the Dec. 1958 issue, and has been supplemented periodically since then. Other publications have been March 1961 (Supplement I) Sept. 1962 (Supp. II): March 1963 (Supp. Ill): March 1964 (Supp. IV): Dec. 1964 (Supp. V): Sept. 1965 (Supp. VI) and Dec. 1966 (Supp. VII).

The Effect Of Written Sigmoidoscopy Information On Discomfort, Sharon Anderson

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

An experimental research study was conducted on eighty-four patients in one part-pay clinic. The study was guided by the null hypothesis which stated that the patient who receives specific written information before the sigmoidoscopic exam reports the same discomfort as the patient who has not had this information. The purpose of the study was to compare the discomfort experienced by patients who received specific information about this examination with the discomfort; of patients who had not had this information. An instruction and information sheet was prepared to give the patient an idea of what to expect during the examination. A …

A Diet Instruction Aid For Planning Bland Diets, Viola Ruth Hardin Greene

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

It was the purpose of this study to determine, from the literature, current practice in the use of bland diets, and from this information to prepare a booklet for use in instructing the ambulatory ulcer patient.

Ulcer regimens have been criticized in recent literature for being unnecessarily restrictive, ^{61, 68} and for employing a diet which is high in saturated fat. ^{16, 50}

It is recommended that patients be given diet instructions in written form. These instructions are to be adapted as much as possible to the normal meal patterns of the patient as determined by dietary interview, carried out …

Vegetable Entrees In Nitrogen Balance And Obesity Studies, Gloria Tyndall

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The first study was designed to evaluate by the nitrogen balance method the protein quality of a pure-vegetarian diet containing about 6 grams of nitrogen per day. The group as a whole maintained nitrogen equilibrium the average being - 0.11 grams of nitrogen per day. Two subjects were not in nitrogen balance, however, factors other than diet may have contributed to these results and are discussed in the thesis. Hemoglobin, serum cholesterol and total serum proteins did not change significantly during the study. The average true digestibility of 5 of the subjects was 85 percent. It was concluded that this …

A Comparative Study Of Postoperative Discomforts Experienced By Men And Women, Sylvia Tan Chang

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This descriptive survey study was conducted to find out if women experienced more postoperative discomforts than men as determined by their statements on the third postoperative day. With this knowledge, the nursing care of these patients can be planned and improved. Twenty-five men and twenty-five women interviewed on their third postoperative day were asked to recall what they had experienced on the first, second, and third postoperative days. An interview guide adapted from the study conducted by Bartlett was used. The findings indicated that more women than men complained of feeling uncomfortable postoperatively. Among the physical discomforts, more women than …

A Study Of Scholastic Achievement And Physical Performance At Logan Junior High School, Richard Sackett

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

It has been a common statement by many educators that the athletic type is a person who has "more brawn than brain." Many people assume that low physical ability usually accompanies superior mental ability and high physical ability usually accompanies inferior mental ability. Some members of the academic faculty object to relinquishing school time for athletic and sporting activities. They assume that the majority of the students involved are of the poorer academic type and cannot afford to miss school time for sporting and athletic activities. Research on previous studies support the contention that mental achievement and physical fitness are …

Assessing Manifest Coping Behavior Of Mentally Retarded Institutionalized Males With An Observational Technique, Daryle I. Bass

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

It was the purpose of the present study to explore the feasibility of investigating naturally occurring behavior of mental retardates with an observational technique.

Twelve mentally retarded male subjects, ages sixteen to twenty one, with Adaptive Behavior levels of upper III, were observed for a total of four observational time blocks of fifteen minutes each. From the collected data 105 behavioral events were extracted, and sorted as to their appropriateness or inappropriateness in the behavioral setting. Each subject was assigned scores based on frequency counts of occurrence of appropriate and inappropriate behaviors manifested during his four observational time blocks. Rank …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume Xvi, Number 3 Spring 1967

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume XVI, Number 3 Spring 1967

The inauguration of Peter Andrew Herbut, page 2

About the new Dean, page 15

The changing medical times by William F. Kellow, M.D., page 17

Crisis in health care: the Jefferson response by John W. Goldschmidt, M.D., page 20

The Orlowitz residence hall by Edward A. Teitelman, M.D., page 29

Project Haiti by Thomas C. Kravis, page 34

The Samuel D. Gross professor of surgery, page 37

The Jefferson scene, page 38

Faculty notes, page 42

Alumni corner, page 46

Class notes, page 49

Some interesting Jefferson alumni, page 59

Lsd - An Outsider's Viewpoint, E. J. Alexander

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Contrangle - Vol. 8, No. 6, Dental Students Association

Contrangle

In this issue:

- Convention Preview

- DSA, Thursday, Feb. 16 - Burden Hall - Olympic Champion Speaker

- From the Faculty
-- Your Student Dental Practice
-- Evaluations

- New Anesthesia Book Published

- New Assistant Deans
-- Dr. Hayden
-- Dr. Zwemer

- The Dental Circus - Step Right Up

- Sr. Hygiene News

- The Dental News
-- State
-- Nation: Unhealthy Dentists
-- World

Herbs And Your Health - Part Ii, Ben Harris

Green Revolution

No abstract provided.

Contrangle - Vol. 8, No. 5, Dental Students Association

Contrangle

In this issue:

- A New Year Starts

- The Editorial

- DSA, Thursday, Jan. 12

- Open House

- Look Out Old Folks!

- Dupper and Foss in Monument Valley (pictorial)

- It Was a Merry Christmas (pictorial)

- Humor

- Why You Are Here

- Earn a Living and Live a Yearning

- M-M-M Dental Hygienists! Want One?

- DAU Sectional Meeting Here - Dental Assisting

The Treatment Of Anxiety, John J. Schwab, Nancy H. Mcginnis

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Rational therapy requires accurate diagnosis. When we apply this precept to anxiety a fundamental question arises. Is anxiety an illness in terms of the now berated medical model which holds that an illness has a cause, a natural history, and hopefully a cure? Or is anxiety a basic aspect of the human condition, an innate pattern of response which becomes pathological when stress, induced by physiologic and social forces, is magnified out of proportion to the original stimulus? If the latter is true, then stress and social interactions are the causative factors, the anxiety only a reaction. Logically then, the …

The Role Of The Physician In Family Planning, Howard C. Taylor Jr.

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

In summary, one can find many reasons for believing that family planning programs should in general be associated with maternity services and that educational efforts should be concentrated during the weeks of pregnancy and the puerperium. During these periods the women of an age and fertility most in need of family planning are easily detectable. They are for obvious reasons interested in the subject and the most susceptible to advice. The staff needed for this work is already partly available among the physicians, nurses, midwives, and social workers connected with maternity services. The system promises to introduce birth control in …

[Contributors]

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

List of contributors to this issue includes Leighton Cluff, George T. Harrell, Werner Lowenthal, Nancy H. McGinnis, Maurice McGregor, Robert H. Moser, William Regelson, John J. Schwab, Robert S. Schwartz, and Albert J. Wasserman.

Vol.25 News Releases 1967, American Dental Association

News Releases

This collection includes standard news releases, information kits and other documents distributed for publicity, information, announcements of events, etc. as issued from the ADA. Items included in this collection are archival and any costs, links, contact information, or other figures may be out of date. Please contact the ADA to verify information.

Suicide: An Introduction And An Attempt At Prediction, Wilbur J. Scott

Honors Theses, 1963-2015

No abstract provided.

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume Xvi, Number 2 Winter 1967

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume XVI, Number 2 Winter 1967

Medicine and the computer, page 2

The Sodeman years, page 7

98TH Mid-Winter meeting, page 10

The new president, page 14

Report of an emissary, page 15

The Bockus society, page 18

Anniversary notes on Cardeza, page 21

Philadelphia academy of surgery, page 23

The Rehfuss lecture, page 24

Faculty notes, page 26

Alumnus named department head, page 35

Necrology, page 38

Chapter notes, page 41

Reunion schedule, page 42

Alumni achievements, page 44

Annual giving, page 47

Class notes, page 50

Some interesting Jefferson alumni, page 62

Calendar of …

A Speaker's Guide For Dentists (1967), American Dental Association

Patient Dental Health Education Materials 1929-1981

No abstract provided.

1967 Apothecary, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Apothecary

We, as seniors, are now rapidly approaching graduation and are beginning to plan our future lives and endeavors after receiving our degrees. Several are planning to continue their education in pharmacy or related fields, but the majority will enter the profession at the retail level. In whatever direction we decide to embark, let us hope we can remember the many things which our professors have tried to teach us. Probably the most important ideal set forth by the faculty is the ethical standards we all must follow, for without ethics we cannot truly call pharmacy a profession. It is up …

Differences In Emotional Adjustment Of Remainers And Terminators In Marriage Counseling As Measured By The Sacks Sentence Completion Test, Francisco R. Cruces

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Readership Selectivity On The Reading Of Controversial Material Dealing With The Reader's Personal Prejudices : A Test Of The Theory Of Cognitive Dissonance, John Marshall Tucker

Master's Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to test the theory of cognitive dissonance as it relates to a reader's selectivity in reading controversial material involving his personal prejudices or attitudes. Festinger states that forced or accidental exposure to new information which tends to increase dissonance will frequently result in misinterpretation and misperception of the new information by the individual thus exposed in an effort to avoid a dissonance increase. Therefore, cognitive dissonance theory would predict that a person's prejudiced attitude would negatively effect his reading comprehension on material which was disharmonious with his attitude. The dissonance situation examined here is …