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The Appropriateness Of Heart Rate And Rating Of Perceived Exertion As A Measure Of Intensity During Three Variations Of Aerobic Dance, Brendan Patrick Roach

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Développement D'Une Méthode D'Évaluation De La Résistance À La Perforation Des Gants De Protection, Jaime Lara

Rapports de recherche scientifique

Les statistiques de la CSST démontrent que près de 30 % des lésions impliquant un arrêt de travail ont comme siège les membres supérieurs et plus particulièrement les mains. Ces lésions sont causées principalement par la manipulation des pièces métalliques et des outils. L'utilisation des gants de protection résistant à la coupure et à la perforation peuvent diminuer le nombre et la gravité de ces lésions.

Les utilisateurs des gants de protection doivent choisir le type de gant le mieux adapté au risque auquel ils sont exposés. Ce choix serait facilité par une classification des gants selon le niveau de …

Décontamination Microbienne Des Systèmes De Ventilation, Jacques Lavoie, Paul Comtois

Rapports de recherche scientifique

L'American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) recommande, dans le but de contrôler les concentrations anormalement élevées de bioaérosols, d'éliminer dans les systèmes de ventilation les sources d'eau stagnante, de supprimer les substrats et les foyers de croissance microbienne et d'avoir un programme d'entretien efficace. Évidemment, il existe plusieurs procédés de nettoyage pour supprimer les substrats et les foyers de croissance. Le nettoyage des conduits et des surfaces contaminées avec des aspirateurs munis de filtres à haute efficacité (HEPA), la désinfection chimique aux hypochlorites et le nettoyage des unités des systèmes à la vapeur n'en sont que quelques uns. Par …

Développement D'Une Méthode Gravimétrique Pour Évaluer La Résistance Des Vêtements De Protection Aux Produits Chimiques Volatils, Jaime Lara, Julie De Merchant

Rapports de recherche scientifique

La manipulation de produits chimiques peut entraîner des contacts dont il faut se protéger. Le contact direct d'un produit chimique (ou un mélange de produits) avec la peau peut provoquer des effets variés tels que brûlures, irritations, dermatoses ou intoxications. Le produit peut également pénétrer à travers la peau sans effet apparent, et être transporté par le sang aux divers organes. Pour protéger la peau d'un éventuel contact avec des produits chimiques, l'utilisation des vêtements de protection est souvent nécessaire.

Les vêtements de protection sont en général faits à base de polymères naturels ou synthétiques purs ou bien en mélanges. …

Interprétation Des Enquêtes De Santé, Michèle Gervais

Rapports de recherche scientifique

Cette étude porte sur la méthode de collecte selon laquelle un seul répondant fournit des informations sur la santé des personnes avec lesquelles il forme ménage. Elle montre l'existence d'une morbidité plus importante pour les personnes interviewées directement, qui se révèlent systématiquement plus malades que les personnes au nom de qui elles répondent, indépendamment de leur sexe, de leur statut d'activité ou de leur catégorie professionnelle.

Compte tenu de la très forte participation des femmes aux interviews dans les enquêtes auprès des ménages, la surmorbidité des femmes, observée dans plusieurs enquêtes de santé, pourrait s'expliquer partiellement par cet effet.

Les …

Étude Des Risques D'Accident Dans La Collecte Des Ordures Ménagères, Madeleine Bourdouxhe, Serge Guertin, Esther Cloutier

Rapports de recherche scientifique

À quels risques les éboueurs et les chauffeurs de camions tasseurs peuvent-ils être confrontés? Comme dans tout travail qui exige à la fois une forte dépense physique et beaucoup de vigilance, le métier d'éboueur peut être dangereux. Si l'on considère en effet que le camion tasseur s'apparente à une presse hydraulique, collecter les déchets c'est en quelque sorte travailler sur une presse, mais dans des conditions différentes de celles d'une usine. La machine se déplace au milieu de la circulation, par tous les temps. Le travailleur la suit au pas de course pour l'alimenter, en lançant à bout de bras …

Étude Des Risques D'Accident Dans La Collecte Des Ordures Ménagères, Madeleine Bourdouxhe, Serge Guertin, Esther Cloutier

Rapports de recherche scientifique

À quels risques les éboueurs et les chauffeurs de camions tasseurs peuvent-ils être confrontés? Comme dans tout travail qui exige à la fois une forte dépense physique et beaucoup de vigilance, le métier d'éboueur peut être dangereux. Collecter les déchets c'est travailler sur une machine dangereuse qui se déplace au milieu de la circulation, par tous les temps. Par ailleurs, l'efficacité des opérations repose sur des facteurs de vitesse et de rythme. En conséquence, les accidents sont fréquents; leur nature varie selon les métiers (chauffeur, éboueur, chauffeur-éboueur de camion à chargement latéral) et selon les types de camions utilisés.

La …

The Effect Of Dosage Regimen On Medication Compliance, Ernest William Keich

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

According to recent data, between 25% and 50% of patients are noncompliant in their therapy regimen in some manner. The fourth report of the Joint National Committee on the Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (Neal, 1989) states that noncompliance is the major problem in hypertension control.

It was hypothesized there would be a difference in the compliance of hypertensive patients whose medication regimen consisted of single daily dosing as opposed to those patients whose regimen consisted of two or more times a day dosing.

Potential subjects for the study were hypertensive patients selected from a rural, southeastern …

Dental Patients' Knowledge, Beliefs, And Perceptions About Dentistry And Aids, Sara S. Plaspohl

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations (1964–2006)

The majority of Americans view AIDS as the most important health problem faced today. Despite efforts to educate the public, the literature suggests that misperceptions exist concerning HIV transmission. The documented case of a Florida dentist who transmitted the HIV virus to five dental patients focused the public's attention on its perceived vulnerability to contracting HIV during a dental visit. The purpose' of this descriptive study was to identify the dental patient's perceived risk of acquiring the AIDS virus during a dental visit and to then determine whether the perceived risk was related to the patient's level of oral hygiene. …

Ua12/2/1 All Creatures Great & Small, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald:

• Hadley, Kim. Each Day is Something Extra – Reg Laswell, AIDS, HIV
• Baldwin, Paul. You Have to Love Animals to Work Here – Bowling Green/Warren County Animal Shelter

Health Implications Of Public Policy: Case Studies, Modules & Methodologies, Basu Ghosh

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.

Managing Child Development Services Training Modules On Icds, Basu Ghosh

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.

Preliminary Epidemiological Interpretation Of The Intrinsic And Extrinsic Factors Contributing To The Coverage And Participation Rates Of The Vaccination Program In Arssi, Ethiopia, Muchie Kidanu

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Many immunization programs in developing countries arr now undergoing a period of rapid utilization. Innovative strategies, such as immunization holidays, are being tried. Political commitment and enthusiasm are high. There is a strong desire by health professionals to protect the lives of many children from the untimely death and/or disability resulting from infectious diseases preventable by vaccination.

Evaluation of an immunization program can benefit other elements of the health system, particularly those that are not amenable to objective evaluation as immunization. In this case, immunization can serve as an indicator of the overall performance of the health system. The problems …

Time-Courses In The Retention Of Food Material In The Bivalves Potamocorbula Amurensis And Macoma Balthica: Significance To The Absorption Of Carbon And Chromium, Alan W. Decho, Samuel N. Luoma

Faculty Publications

Time courses for ingestion, retention and release via feces of microbial food was investigated using 2 bivalves with different feeding strategies, Potamocorbula amurensis, and Macoma balthica. The results showed 2 pathways for the uptake of food material in these clams. The first is represented by an initial label pulse in the feces. The second pathway operates over longer time periods. Inert ⁵¹Cr-labeled beads were used to determine time frames for these pathways. The first pathway, involving extracellular digestion and intestinal uptake, is relatively inefficient in the digestion of bacterial cells by P. amurensis but more efficient in …

Isolation And Expression Of A Gene Cluster Responsible For Biosynthesis Of The Glycopeptidolipid Antigens Of Micobacterium Avium, John T. Belisle, Lisa Pascopella, Julia M. Inamine, Patrick J. Brennan, William R. Jacobs Jr.

Public and Community Health Sciences Faculty Publications

Bacteria within the Mycobacterium avium complex are prominent in the environment and are a source of serious disseminated infections in patients with AIDS. Serovars of the M. avium complex are distinguished from all other mycobacteria and from one another by the presence of highly antigenic glycolipids, the glycopeptidolipids, on their surfaces. A genomic library of DNA from serovar 2 of the M. avium complex was constructed in the Escherichia coli-Mycobacterium shuttle cosmid, pYUB18, and used to clone and express in Mycobacterium smegmatis the genes responsible for the biosynthesis of the oligosaccharide segment of the M. avium serovar 2-specific glycopeptidolipid. The …

The Aids Project Newsline, Vol.4, No.3 (Fall 1991), Jeffrey Levensaler, Wendy Morse, The Aids Project

AIDS Project Newsline (1991-1996)

No abstract provided.

The Evaluation Of The School-Based Flouride Mouthrinse Program In A Fluoridated Community, Motoki Nakanaga

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a school-based fluoride mouthrinse program in a fluoridated community. Such an evaluation is important because the effect of such programs may decrease over time due to the widespread use of fluoride.

Two elementary schools were chosen. One had a fluoride mouthrinse program: the other did not. The subjects were children in grades one and six. Their caries experience was examined using dft. dfs. DFT, and DFS scores.

There were no statistically significant differences between the two schools. The program had no significant effect in the community studied.

Poverty And Health Outcomes Among Hispanics In Massachusetts, Christopher Christian

Gastón Institute Publications

The Hispanic population of Massachusetts is now close to becoming the largest ethnic minority group in the state. The 1990 statewide Census count found that the Hispanic population doubled in the past ten years and now comprises 4.8% of the total state population (287,349 residents) as compared to 2.5% in 1980.

Growth in the Hispanic population has not been coupled with advancements in health status. Hispanic residents are disproportionately affected by many adverse health outcomes, such as high infant mortality, a high incidence of substance abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, homicides, AIDS, and other chronic illnesses. This paper highlights some of …

Food Handling Practices Among Independent-Living Elderly, Judith Dianne Mcdonough

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Food has long been recognized as a vehicle of disease transmission; there are more reported illness associated with the consumption of food than all other environmental factors combined. The handling and storage of food are potentially dangerous and demanding chores for those who may have the sensory losses associated with advancing age, fragile health, and limited resources.

Group-administered questionnaires on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of food handling were given to 276 seniors, aged 55 to 90, from ten mobile home parks randomly selected from San Bernardino and Riverside counties. As an indicator of possible foodborne illness, the questionnaire asked …

Non-Q Wave Myocardial Infarction, Steven Borzak, Howard S. Rosman

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Non-Q wave myocardial infarction is a distinct and changing clinical entity characterized by lower initial mortality and a higher rate of reinfarction compared to Q wave infarction. Clinical and pathologic data suggest that the syndrome results from transient or incomplete coronary occlusion resulting in an infarct which is smaller than when Q waves are present. High-risk patients can be identified during hospitalization, allowing for aggressive therapy aimed at revascularization. Relatively few clinical trials have examined initial therapy or secondary prevention in this group of patients. These studies are reviewed and management guidelines suggested.

Intravenous Nitroglycerin For Acute Myocardial Infarction, Steven Borzak

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Intravenous nitroglycerin (IV TNG) has been increasingly used in the setting of acute myocardial infarction. The seven randomized trials comparing IV TNG with placebo, and one trial comparing IV isosorbide dinitrate with furosemide, were reviewed for evidence of beneficial clinical effects. IV TNG in low dosage is safe in the setting of acute myocardial infarction and modestly effective in relieving chest pain. Favorable hemodynamic effects are most pronounced in patients with congestive heart failure. Limited evidence suggests that IV TNG, particularly when administered early, reduces both infarct size and mortality when given prophylactically.

Psychological Factors Relevant To The Prehospital And In-Hospital Phases Of Acute Myocardial Infarction, Lori W. Kenyon, Mark W. Ketterer, Richard C. Preisman

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Recognition and treatment of psychological factors relevant to the acute prehospital and in-hospital phases of myocardial infarction (Ml) are reviewed. Various emotions and personality characteristics can be both risk factors for and consequences of acute Ml. Components of the Type A behavior pattern and levels of somatic and emotional awareness have been linked with excessive treatment-seeking delay for Ml patients. Psychiatric conditions such as panic disorder may mimic symptomatic presentation of Ml and therefore have implications for differential diagnosis in the emergency room. Additionally. anxiety, depression, and neurobehavioral disorders such as delirium are relatively common during the hospitalization period and …

Beta-Adrenergic Blocking Agents In The Treatment Of Patients After A Myocardial Infarction, Sidney Goldstein

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Beta-adrenergic blocking agents have been widely used in ischemic heart disease. They have achieved their greatest benefit in the secondary prevention of recurrent events in patients following acute myocardial infarction (Ml). This is a review of the major clinical investigations exploring the effects of beta-adrenergic blocking agents in patients following acute Ml and in a variety of patient subsets. These data indicate that the routine use of beta-adrenergic blocking agents in postinfarction patients results in a 25% to 35% decrease in mortality and has increased relative and absolute benefit in patients with ventricular ectopy and left ventricular dysfunction. The adverse …

Special Feature: Management Of Acute Myocardial Infarction: Introduction, Mihai Gheorghiade

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Prehospital Care Of Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Review, Asit R. Gokli, Jay L. Kovar, Terry Kowalenko, Richard M. Nowak

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Each year more than 1 million people in the United States suffer from acute myocardial infarction (Ml) with most of the deaths occurring within hours of symptom onset. Over the last 25 years, different prehospital systems have evolved throughout the world which allow early cardiac monitoring and treatment of acute Ml patients. Thrombolytic therapy in acute Ml has been shown to decrease mortality and preserve left ventricular function when administered early after onset of symptoms. The potential role of Emergency Medical Services or Mobile Coronary Care Units in achieving early thrombolysis is under investigation. Several studies of prehospital interventions to …

Calcium Channel Blockers In The Management Of Myocardial Infarction Patients, Mihai Gheorghiade

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Front Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Neuroendocrine Responses To Acute Myocardial Infarction, Arlene B. Levine, T. Barry Levine

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Recovery Of Left Ventricular Function Following Acute Myocardial Infarction, Hani N. Sabbah, Paul D. Stein, Mihai Gheorghiade

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Biochemical Diagnosis Of Myocardial Infarction, Craig C. Foreback

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

A rapid, sensitive, and specific marker for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (MI) and the assessment of reperfusion following thrombolytic therapy has been sought by research workers for years. Creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) is the best biochemical marker currently available to the cardiologist and the emergency room physician for the assessment of patients presenting with symptoms of acute Ml. CK-MB is best measured using immunoassay techniques at 3- to 4-hour time intervals during the first 12 hours after onset of.symptoms. Other currently available markers include lactate dehydrogenase and its isoenzymes and myoglobin. Future developments include assays for troponin, reported to …