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Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - F Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 259 topics beginning with F ranging from Faculty - Hunt to Future of Education.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - H Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed are for 108 topics beginning with H ranging from Hail Storm to Hundred Club.

Right To Know Legislation In Minnesota, Leo Uzych

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

In June 1983, Minnesota approved a right to know law pertaining to the disclosure of information to workers about chemical hazards emanating from the workplace. A federal hazard communication disseminated in November 1983 may affect Minnesota's right to know law.

L'Inégalité Des Risques Affectant La Sécurité Des Travailleurs Par Profession, Michèle Gervais

Rapports de recherche scientifique

Ce rapport fait partie d'une série d'études qui visent à dresser un tableau de l'inégalité de la répartition des risques de lésions professionnelles parmi l'ensemble des travailleurs québécois. Ces études s'adressent aux chercheurs et aux intervenants du domaine de la santé et de la sécurité du travail, et pourront contribuer à l'orientation ou à la planification des recherches ou des actions en fonction des niveaux de risque mesurés chez certains groupes de travailleurs.

Ce rapport porte essentiellement sur les risques par profession. Les outils utilisés pour décrire l'inégalité des risques sont quelques indicateurs de fréquence, de gravité et de prévalence …

Organisation Du Travail Et Sécurité Des Opérations Forestières, Esther Cloutier, Lucie Laflamme

Rapports de recherche scientifique

Ce projet de recherche s'inscrit dans le cadre d'une démarche à visée préventive dont l'objectif est de rechercher, en collaboration étroite avec les travailleurs et les gestionnaires, des solutions aux problèmes de sécurité du travail qui soient pratiques, réalisables et conformes avec leurs préoccupations et leur contexte de travail. Nous nous intéressions plus particulièrement à quatre postes de travail directement affectés à la production, soit les abatteurs et les opérateurs de débusqueuse, d'abatteuse et d'ébrancheuse.

La méthodologie initialement retenue pour réaliser le projet se divisait en deux phases complémentaires: 1) une phase rétrospective, essentiellement basée sur les registres d'accidents et …

Fréquences Des Dérogations Aux Articles Du Code De Sécurité Pour Les Travaux De Construction, Roxanne Dugas

Rapports de recherche scientifique

Dans le cadre d'un projet-pilote de recherche relatif à la formation dans le secteur de la construction, nous voulons évaluer les connaissances formelles et opératoires du Code de sécurité pour les travaux de construction [1]. Étant conscient que les articles du code n'ont pas la même importance les uns par rapport aux autres, nous avons voulu les regrouper en diverses catégories, permettant ainsi d'avoir une vue d'ensemble du code de sécurité. Un des critères de regroupement retenu fut celui concernant les fréquences des dérogations pour chacun des articles du code.

[1] Québec, Code de sécurité pour les travaux de …

Analyse De 89 Accidents Du Travail Survenus En Forêt, Esther Cloutier, Lucie Laflamme

Rapports de recherche scientifique

Ce rapport de recherche est issu d'un projet-pilote réalisé dans 7 compagnies forestières, dont quatre dans la région du Saguenay - Lac-St-Jean trois de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Au total, 89 accidents du travail ont été documentés à partir de questionnaires complétés par chaque accidenté et son supérieur immédiat. Cette cueillette d'information s'est déroulée à l'automne 1983 et à l'hiver 1984.

L'intention du projet-pilote était de valider une grille d'analyse d'accidents/incidents du travail, élaborée en collaboration avec différents intervenants des milieux de travail, à partir d'une problématique de la sécurité du travail axée principalement sur l'organisation technique et humaine du travail.

Le rapport …

Faisabilité D'Un Critère De Performance Pour Les Jambières De Protection Portées Par Les Opérateurs De Scie À Chaîne, Jean Arteau, Denis Turcot

Rapports de recherche scientifique

Le but de ce travail est d'établir la faisabilité d'un critère de performance et d'un banc d'essai correspondant pour évaluer le niveau de protection des jambières portées par les opérateurs de scies à chaines.

Une revue bibliographique ainsi que des contacts avec trois des quatre organismes qui effectuent des essais sur les jambières nous ont permis de comparer les méthodes et les résultats de chacun et de faire nos recommandations.

Il y a principalement deux critères de performance pour évaluer le niveau de protection: le temps de traversée et la vitesse limite de la chaine. De plus, les bancs d'essai …

Rabies, Heidar G. Heshmati

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Namru-3 Translations Of Parasite Literature From Russian, French, Japanese, Etc. Into English (1929-1985) T1701-T1800, United States Naval Medical Research Unit Number Three, Cairo, Medical Zoology Department

United States Naval Medical Research Unit 3: Publications

T1701. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN, OVEZMUKHAMMEDOV, A. and SAF'YANOVA, V. M. (1983), Occurrence of amastigotes of Leishmania gymnodactyli in the peripheral blood of Gymnodactylus caspius and Agama caucasica. Parazitologiya, Leningrad. 17(3):185-188.

T1702. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. YASTREBOV, V. K. and YURLOV, K. T. (1978). Possible arbovirus dissemination in western Siberia in connection with data on migrations and overwinterings of west Siberian birds. Dokl. Simp. Transkont. Svyazi Pereletn. Ptits Rol' v Rasp. Arbovirus. (Novosibirsk, July-August, 1976), pp. 167-172.

T1703. TRANSLATION FROM GERMAN. MOSKVIN, I. A. (1929). On the role of the tick Ornithodoros papillipes Bir. (Ixodoidea) in transmitting relapsing fever in Turkestan. Z. …

Effects Of Water Quality And Water Quantity On Nutritional Status: Findings From A South Indian Community, James R. Hébert

Faculty Publications

Quantitative assessments of the relative effects on health of various aspects of water supply are virtually absent from the literature. Despite the lack of information, resources are being allocated throughout the developing world, for projects related to water and sanitation. The present study was designed specifically to overcome many of the methodological problems that other researchers have faced. Data were collected concerning the nutritional status of 627 children in three urban communities in South India. Information was also collected on water quality, water quantity, household sanitation, socioeconomic conditions, and housing. A statistical technique is presented that allows for controlling potential …

Scintigraphy With 1-131 Mibg As An Aid To The Treatment Of Pheochromocytomas In Patients With The Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2 Syndromes, James C. Sisson, Brahm Shapiro, William H. Beierwaltes

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

We reviewed the scintigraphic images made after injections of 1-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) or 1-123 MIBG in patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) types 2A and 2B. The information we obtained was applied to three questions about the treatment of pheochromocytoma in patients affected with these syndromes. Our first question "When should adrenal gland(s) be removed?" was not directly answered. However, adrenalectomy generally should not be contemplated unless distinct abnormalities are present in the scintigraphic images. With experience it may be possible to approximate, from the stage of pheochromocytoma depicted by scintigraphy, how many years will elapse before symptoms or hypertension …

Analyse De 94 Accidents Du Travail Survenus En Scierie, Esther Cloutier, Lucie Laflamme

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Developing An Integrated Natural Language Database For Gastrointestinal Disease, Peter J. Feczko, Laurens V. Ackerman, Robert D. Halpert, Stuart M. Simms

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Using a mainframe computer connected to the Henry Ford Hospital computer network, we developed a database for gastrointestinal disease which includes data from radiologic and endoscopic gastrointestinal examinations, along with corresponding pathologic diagnosis. Because of the large volume of procedures in our practice, we developed several unique features for our system. The user enters data by responding to a series of question-and-answer sets constructed by the clinical staff, who do not have experience in computer programming. Data is stored in a hierarchical format using natural language. Boolean logic is used to retrieve data so that different procedures can be correlated …

Cooperation Between A Radiology Computer Consortium And A Computer Manufacturer In The Development Of A Radiology Information System, Matthew W. Burke, Laurens V. Ackerman

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

This article reports on the formation of a Radiology Information System Consortium (RISC) by 13 hospitals and medical centers in the United States, including Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, and the cooperation between this consortium and a major manufacturer of computers and software. Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), for the common goal of developing a state-of-the-art radiology information system.

Distributed Computing In A Hospital Environment, Steven R. Lund, Laurens V. Ackerman, James B. Martin

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Obtaining appropriate information in a timely fashion in medical practice has always been a burden for the practitioner. In a large hospital which undertakes major computer projects, this burden is intensified because information is not always available in a form directly usable by the physician or support personnel; it is now accumulated on diverse magnetic media where it is moved and processed as electronic pulses. This paper describes a solution which freely allows continued automation at different rates throughout a large hospital while expediting the movement of information where it is needed in a form understandable by the recipient.

Development Of A Nephrology And Hypertension Information System, Francis Dumler, Gerard Zasuwa, Nathan W. Levin

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

This article describes our experience in the development and implementation of a computerized information system specifically designed for a Division of Nephrology and Hypertension. Specific issues related to planning and implementation are discussed, and potential pitfalls in setting up such a system are addressed. The combination of a mainframe and a miniframe as integral parts of the system and the development of peripheral support in specific applications using a personal microcomputer are also described. The important area of user/computer interface and of user motivation is discussed in the light of the experience acquired while implementing the current system.

Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma: A Source Of Coronary Artery Emboli And Myocardial Infarction, Gerald Fine, Shoba R. Pai

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas, although generally small and asymptomatic, have been suspected of being responsible for cerebral accidents, angina, and sudden death. The diagnosis of tumor embolization, considered in a number of cases, has been based on circumstantial evidence in all instances except for one case of sudden death due to embolism to the left anterior descending coronary artery. In all other cases, angina and sudden death have been related to a ball valve-type obstruction of a coronary ostium by tumor. The present case documents tumor embolism to peripheral right coronary arteries with associated, clinically silent myocardial changes.

The Effect Of Electroshock On The Passage Of Bacteria From A Contaminated Transducer Past A Protective Membrane Into A Disposable Chamber Dome, Patricia K. Taylor Pothier

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Infection related to use of Intra-arterial Hemodynamic Monitoring Devices is a serious complication. In an attempt to decrease the risk of infection presterilized chamber domes were developed to isolate the patient vascular system from the pressure transducer. Users were informed by manufacturers of the domes that routine decontamination of transducer heads was not necessary. Since the development of these disposable chamber domes infection outbreaks have continued to occur. Epidemiological investigation has implicated contact transmission of bacteria due to poor handling techniques in some outbreaks. However, in other outbreaks the source of the epidemic was found to be contaminated transducer heads …

Facilitation Of C.O.P.D. Patient Compliance In Self-Administration Of Medical Modalities Through In-Hospital Specialized Education Program, Elizabeth Maddox

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

[Abstract Not Included]

L'Oxyde D'Éthylène Dans Les Établissements De Santé Au Québec : Problématique Et Mesures De Contrôle, Institut De Recherche Robert-Sauvé En Santé Et En Sécurité Du Travail, Association Paritaire Pour La Santé Et La Sécurité Du Travail Du Secteur Affaires Sociales

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Brief Communication: Streptokinase For Deep Venous Thrombosis, Barry Lesser, Maria A. Sawdyk

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Neurosonology: An Update, Beatrice L. Madrazo, Manuel Dujovny, Juan Fuentes, Michael A. Sandler, Madelyne Galvin

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Recent technological advances in diagnostic ultrasound have resulted in the development of high-resolution, portable real-time scanners. In neurological ultrasound, these devices have been particularly useful for detecting intracranial hemorrhage in premature infants. Sonography is now being used during neurosurgical procedures to help in localizing masses for resection and biopsy, as well as in the placement of shunt catheters. The applications of neurosonology and our experience with intraoperative neurosonology are reported in this review.

Mosquitoes As Vectors Of Disease In Minnesota, John W. Washburn

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Diseases due to mosquito-borne viruses occur every summer in Minnesota. The incidence of Western encephalitis and LaCrosse encephalitis is usually low, but outbreaks of Western encephalitis have occurred in the past. Evidence of Jamestown Canyon virus activity has been found in Minnesota. This virus may represent a newly-recognized cause of central nervous system disease and encephalitis. The epidemiology of the mosquito-borne encephalitis viruses found in Minnesota and the methods of disease surveillance and control are discussed.

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

• Albin, Bettye. Hawthorne's Narrator in the Blithedale Romance: A New Cover for an Old Friend
• Allen, Christopher. With Just Pride: The Naval History of the Warships USS Enterprise
• Barrett, Shelly. Structuralism
• Bolton, Joe. Wallace Stevens and Twentieth Century Aesthetics
• Bush, Paul. The Acceptance of Grace in Flannery O'Connor's Short Stories
• Gasparello-Moore, Nina. A Comparison of a Naïve and Simple Regression Forecasting Model for the Dow Jones Industrial Average
• Henry, Lynn. The Bureaucratic and …

Les Coopératives Des Vendeuses De Marché: Accorder Crédit Aux Femmes, Judith Bruce

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

En 1972, la Fondation Nicaraguayenne de Développement (Fundación Nicaraguense de Desarrollo—FUNDE), I'un des deux programmes patronnés par l'Institut Nicaraguayen de Développement, prit connaissance du fait que les vendeuses de marché avaient besoin de d'argent liquide pour poursuivre leurs activités. Ce numéro de SEEDS décrit les efforts de FUNDE pour répondre à ce besoin par la création et la mise en place de cooperatives d'épargne et de crédit. Ce rapport insiste autant sur les aspects humains que ceux financiers et techniques du projet. Le succès obtenu s'explique par la manière dont les coopératives se sont formées, respectant les systèmes de valeurs, …

Community Management Of Waste Recycling: The Sirdo, Marianne Schmink

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

At the beginning of 1978, a group of families were awaiting access to low-cost housing in Mérida, a city on Mexico's southeastern coast. Some units were equipped with a new drainage system called SIRDO (Integrated System for Recycling Organic Wastes), and families interested in living in the experimental block where the SIRDO was to be installed could be given housing right away. Three years later, families in another community located in the crowded Valley of Mexico decided to try the system in their own neighborhood. Women have played a crucial role in learning to manage the technical, economic, and social …

Évaluation Et Contrôle De L'Exposition Professionnelle Aux Vapeurs Et Gaz Anesthésiants En Milieu Hospitalier Au Québec, Jan Éric Deadman, François-Pierre Dussault, Louis Gendreau, Alain Lajoie

Rapports de recherche scientifique

Le présent rapport vise à décrire la problématique de l'exposition professionnelle aux vapeurs et gaz anesthésiants en milieu hospitalier québécois.

Ce type d'exposition a été signalé à maintes reprises par différents auteurs et a régulièrement retenu l'attention du personnel impliqué et des médias. Le cri d'alarme lancé récemment par les anesthésistes albertains et repris par la presse illustre cette préoccupation du milieu.

À la demande des départements de santé communautaire, les laboratoires de 'Institut ont évalué les niveaux d'exposition du personnel de trois centres hospitaliers lors d'interventions chirurgicales nécessitant une anesthésie générale. Les données recueillies confirment les connaissances actuelles et …

Mélanges D'Hydrocarbures En Milieu De Travail, Daniel Drolet, Nicole Goyer

Rapports de recherche scientifique

Les hydrocarbures obtenus par la distillation du pétrole constituent un groupe de solvants utilisés fréquemment en milieu de travail (peinture, imprimerie, nettoyage à sec, etc.). Ils peuvent être classés en différentes catégories selon leur hauteur de sortie (ou point d'ébullition) dans les tours à distillation des raffineries. Bien qu'il y ait plusieurs classes d'hydrocarbures, trois classes seulement sont régimentées au Québec: le solvant de caoutchouc, le naphta de fabrication de vernis et de peinture VMP, et le solvant Stoddard. L'analyse chromatographique des hydrocarbures complexes implique à la fois des problèmes d'ordre technique et d'interprétation des résultats. En effet, il est …

Namru-3 Translations Of Parasite Literature From Russian, French, Japanese, Etc. Into English (1973-1984) T1801-T1900, United States Naval Medical Research Unit Number Three, Cairo, Medical Zoology Department

United States Naval Medical Research Unit 3: Publications

T1801. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. KOLOTVINOV, S. V. and MASLENNIKOV, V. A. (1980). Method for evaluating the functional activity of viral antigens. Zh. Mikrobiol., Moskva, 57(8): 58-61.

T1803. TRANSLATION FROM GERMAN. CAFLISH, U., TONZ, O., SCHAAD, U. B., AESCHLIMANN, A. and BURGDORFER, W. (1984). Tick-borne meningo-radiculitis – a spirochetosis. Schweiz. Med. Wschr., 114(18):630-634.

T1804. TRANSLATION FROM FRENCH. LEW, D. (1984). Fevers developing after travels – some unusual cases. Schweiz. Med. Wschr., 114(29):1029-1031.

T1805. TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN. L'VOV, D. K., ANDREEV, V. P., ISACHENKO, V. A., YAKHNO, M. A. ZAKSTEL'SKAYA, L. Ya., SOKOLOVA, N. N. and VASIL' EV, V. I. (1974). Detection …