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Watercress (Nasturtium Officinale) Production Utilizing Brook Trout (Salvelinus Fontinalis) Flow-Through Aquaculture Effluent, Erika Nichole Smith
Watercress (Nasturtium Officinale) Production Utilizing Brook Trout (Salvelinus Fontinalis) Flow-Through Aquaculture Effluent, Erika Nichole Smith
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Dissolved nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) present in flow-through aquaculture effluent can pose the risk of eutrophication to receiving streams when discharged from flow-through systems. One potential solution to prevent nutrient loading is the establishment of an integrated system that cultures green plants in the effluent. The objectives of this research were to determine watercress' (Nasturtium officinale) growth and nutrient contents in both a hydroponic controlled environment and a flow-through aquaponic production system utilizing brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) aquaculture effluent; and to evaluate various treatments to determine the best cultural conditions for watercress in the aquaponic system for optimization as …
Analysis Of A 2007 Epa Compliant Diesel Particulate Matter Sampling System, Robin W. Ames
Analysis Of A 2007 Epa Compliant Diesel Particulate Matter Sampling System, Robin W. Ames
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
A study was conducted for the West Virginia University (WVU) particulate matter (PM) sampling system designed to comply with the updated 2007 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 40 Pt 86 Subpart N, issued by the United States (US) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which includes a new set of requirements regarding the PM emissions from heavy duty diesel engines (HDDEs). The 2007 compliant PM system was installed within WVU's Engine and Emissions Research Laboratory (EERL) and an analysis was performed to determine which operating system conditions produced the most repeatable system results. The data from the 2007 PM system were …
Finite Element Analysis Of Composite Bridge Deck Joints, Amit Valmick Desai
Finite Element Analysis Of Composite Bridge Deck Joints, Amit Valmick Desai
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Pultruded FRP bridge decks have many advantages compared to conventional concrete decks. Joints are an integral part of composite bridge decks and modular decks with field joints normally lead to lower efficiency than monolithic decks. The joints should be designed to provide higher efficiency to transfer loads and moments from one component to another.;In this study a finite element model of a 4"-thick low-profile FRP bridge deck (Prodeck 4) made of E-glass fiber and vinyl ester resin, having a fiber volume fraction of approximately 50% and weighing about 10 lb/ft 2, is developed using the software ANSYS. The design also …
Combine Gas Deliverability Equation For Reservoir And Well, Hassan Daffalla Eljack
Combine Gas Deliverability Equation For Reservoir And Well, Hassan Daffalla Eljack
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
A new model has been developed by combining the gas reservoir deliverability equation for a reservoir and the well flow equation.;An existing computer program was modified to determine gas production from reservoir against constant wellhead pressure.;Upon completion, a unique, simple, and user friendly model was developed, that will allow the user to predict the performance of the gas reservoir against a constant wellhead pressure.;The new model was used to generate and introduce a new set of production decline type curves, which can be utilized to forecast gas production rates under constant wellhead pressure condition.;The impact of the well tubing length …
Dolomite Flotation Of High Magnesium Phosphate Ores Using Fatty Acid Soap Collectors, Zhengxing Gu
Dolomite Flotation Of High Magnesium Phosphate Ores Using Fatty Acid Soap Collectors, Zhengxing Gu
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The separation of dolomite from apatite has been recognized as one of the most difficult subjects in mineral processing due to the similarities in their physiochemical properties. In this study, selective surfactants were used with a fatty acid soap collector to improve the flotation performance of separating dolomite from high magnesium phosphate ores.;Three surfactants, diethyl phthalate (DP), Tween-80 (TW) and derivative of sulfonate salt (DSS1) were used. Hallimond cell flotation was conducted using pure dolomite sample to determine the effects of various factors including dosages, particle size, Ca2+ ions and slimes on the dolomite flotation recovery. The results showed that …
Development Of A Separation Riser With Flow Pulsations For Small Coal Particles, Jordan M. H. Musser
Development Of A Separation Riser With Flow Pulsations For Small Coal Particles, Jordan M. H. Musser
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Removing sulfur before combustion is essential to lower the sulfur dioxide produced during combustion. Common separation processes have large obstacles including usage of large quantities of water, the need to dry the coal after separation, and additional environmental hazards created during the separation process. The current exploratory research concentrates on coal particles in the size range of 105< dp<210 microns. A small scale circulating fluidized bed was constructed with the addition of a gas pulsation generator. Various superficial gas velocities, u0, were used in conjunction with various rates of pulsations. The system was able to segregate dirtier coal from cleaner coal with various efficiencies for different flow conditions. The most favorable flow conditions were found to be: 1Hz flow pulsations and a superficial gas velocity of 0.8581ms-1 which reduced the mass percent sulfur of the initial sample of coal from 1.66% to 1.37%.
Attitudes Of The Thai Press Toward Accepting Federal Money To Report On Hiv/Aids, Pattaraporn Niyamosoth
Attitudes Of The Thai Press Toward Accepting Federal Money To Report On Hiv/Aids, Pattaraporn Niyamosoth
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This study focuses on the HIV/AIDS story in Thailand, specifically the attitudes of the Thai press toward accepting federal money to report on HIV/AIDS, and explores the differences between government media roles and independent media roles regarding this issue. Using Siebert's four theories of the press, Thai journalists' ideas regarding the current state of Thai media also were secured. A snowball sample was used. Six government media journalists, six independent media journalists, and six Ministry of Public Health of Thailand officials were studied via in-depth interviews. Most of the journalists did not believe that accepting federal money to report on …
Automated Ventricular Measurements Using Gabor Wavelets, Hemalatha Sampath
Automated Ventricular Measurements Using Gabor Wavelets, Hemalatha Sampath
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is one of the widely used medical technologies for diagnosis of various degenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease. In degenerative diseases the brain atrophies resulting in enlarged ventricles. The segmentation of the ventricle and the total ventricle volume measurement can be important in the analysis of the neurological disease severity and in studies of animal models of disease used to advance treatments for people. This thesis is focused on using Gabor wavelets for ventricular measurements in a rabbit model of Alzheimer's disease.;Standard intensity-based tools like Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM) used for human brain segmentation requires a priori …
Development Of A Tagged Scfv Based Immunoprecipitation Method For Protein -Protein Interaction Studies, Maria Rosa Valero Aracama
Development Of A Tagged Scfv Based Immunoprecipitation Method For Protein -Protein Interaction Studies, Maria Rosa Valero Aracama
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Knowledge of the interaction between proteins is necessary for understanding how the cellular machinery operates. Multiple methods have been developed to study protein-protein interaction, but only two have been able to provide large amount of information for S. cerevisae protein-protein network. Due to the multiple spurious data coming from these methods, there is a need of new complementary methods to improve confidence of the interactions. A new method is developed in this dissertation where the protein complexes are pulled down (immunoprecipitated) using tagged single chain antibodies specific for one of the proteins. Different affinity tags are chosen as candidates for …
First-Time Mothers' Parenting Knowledge During Their Infant's First Year: Relations With Information Sources, Social Support Networks, Maternal Self-Efficacy, And Infant Development., Nichole L. Elliott
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A mother's knowledge about parenting and child development is an important facilitator of effective parenting behavior. Research suggests that an infant's healthy development is influenced by his or her mother's parenting behaviors (Kenny, Bowen, & Starte, 2004). Although past research has established the relations between parenting knowledge and many maternal and infant characteristics, the importance of this topic necessitates further research. The current study was conducted to assess relations among mothers’ parenting and milestone knowledge, mothers' sources of information about parenting and child development, mothers' social support network density and satisfaction with the availability of their support networks, mother's parenting …
The Effect Of Teacher Confirmation On Student Communication And Learning Outcomes., Alan K. Goodboy
The Effect Of Teacher Confirmation On Student Communication And Learning Outcomes., Alan K. Goodboy
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Teacher confirmation research has suggested that students form positive perceptions of confirming instructors and report increases in learning (Ellis, 2000, 2004). However, actual student communication behaviors resulting from teacher confirmation in the college classroom has received little attention. The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the effects of teacher confirmation on both student communication behavior and learning outcomes in the college classroom. A live lecture experiment was conducted where teacher confirmation was manipulated (i.e., not confirming, somewhat confirming, confirming) across three college courses. After the live lecture, students completed a post test assessing both positive (i.e., student communication motives, …
Federalism, Multi-Level Governance And Tobacco Control: Comparative Public Policy In The United Kingdom And South Africa., Bossman E. Asare
Federalism, Multi-Level Governance And Tobacco Control: Comparative Public Policy In The United Kingdom And South Africa., Bossman E. Asare
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The dissertation investigates the effects of federalism and multi-level governance on tobacco control policy in the United Kingdom and South Africa. It uses theories of federalism and multi-level governance, as well as policy transfer (diffusion) and interest groups politics to investigate their effects on tobacco control policy adoption. Methodologically, the research uses comparative case analyses augmented by elite interviews and secondary sources. The study found that each of the various explanations have influenced the adoption of comprehensive tobacco control policies in the two countries. In the end, the study argues that the policies of the two countries are converging, except …
Transcriptional And Post-Transcriptional Regulation Of Gadd45Α In Response To Arsenic., Deepak Bhatia
Transcriptional And Post-Transcriptional Regulation Of Gadd45Α In Response To Arsenic., Deepak Bhatia
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Previously, publications from our lab had demonstrated that arsenic can regulate Gadd45α through p53-dependent and -independent manner where we explored the regulation of Gadd45α by various transcription factors, including Foxo3a, NF-κB and through stress signaling pathways such as JNK. Here we analyzed whether arsenic has any impact on the biosynthesis of Egr-1, since Egr-1 has also been reported to regulate Gadd45α in keratinocytes in response to UVB. Our results show arsenic can induce Egr-1 synthesis in a dose- and time-dependent manner. To determine the regulatory sequence responsible for Egr-1 induction, we created deletion constructs in the Egr-1 promoter and found …
Mathematics Vocabulary Instruction For Current Non-Proficient Students With And Without Ieps: A Study Of Three Methods Of Instruction., George D. Brown
Mathematics Vocabulary Instruction For Current Non-Proficient Students With And Without Ieps: A Study Of Three Methods Of Instruction., George D. Brown
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The purpose of this experimental study was to determine which of three methods of vocabulary instruction, including the common approach method, a combination of the common approach method and keyword method, and a combination of the common approach method and the keyword/illustration method of instruction was most effective in teaching mathematics vocabulary over the course of two mathematical units. Grade eight students (N=60) from two rural middle schools who scored at the basic level on the 2006 Maryland School Assessment (MSA) in mathematics and reading participated in this experimental study. Students with individualized education plans (n=24) and regular education students …
The Effects Of Wiki- And Blog-Technologies On The Students' Performance When Learning The Preterite And Imperfect Aspects In Spanish., Daniel Alex Castaneda Vise
The Effects Of Wiki- And Blog-Technologies On The Students' Performance When Learning The Preterite And Imperfect Aspects In Spanish., Daniel Alex Castaneda Vise
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This study investigated the influence of asynchronous computer text based technologies on the students performance when learning the preterite and the imperfect aspects. The technology used was a blog powered by Blogger and a wiki powered by Wikispaces. Two research questions guided the study: Research Question 1: Is there a difference in students achievement levels in Spanish preterite and imperfect between those using wiki-technologies and those using blog technologies after controlling for pre-intervention achievement levels? and Research Question 2: Are there differences in satisfaction levels for students learning Spanish preterite and imperfect via blog technologies as compared to those learning …
The Effect Of Α-Aminoadipate Δ-Semialdehyde Synthase Knockdown On The Lysine Requirement And Urate Oxidase Knockdown On Oxidative Stress In A Murine Hepatic Cell Line, Beth Marie Cleveland
The Effect Of Α-Aminoadipate Δ-Semialdehyde Synthase Knockdown On The Lysine Requirement And Urate Oxidase Knockdown On Oxidative Stress In A Murine Hepatic Cell Line, Beth Marie Cleveland
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The technique of RNA interference was applied in two different systems. In system I, RNA interference was used to knockdown expression of α-aminoadipate δ semialdehyde synthase (AASS). AASS is the bifunctional enzyme containing the lysine α-ketoglutarate reductase (LKR) and saccharopine dehydrogenase activities responsible for the first two steps in the irreversible catabolism of lysine. A rare disease in humans, familial hyperlysinemia, can be caused by very low LKR activity and, as expected, reduces the lysine “requirement” of the individual. This concept was recreated in a murine hepatic cell line (ATCC, FL83B) utilizing RNA interference to achieve AASS mRNA knockdown. Cells …
A Web-Based Tool For Analysis Of Crime Laboratory Data., Ramesh Annabathula
A Web-Based Tool For Analysis Of Crime Laboratory Data., Ramesh Annabathula
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The focus of this project was on the development of a software tool for analysis of crime data at the West Virginia State Police Forensics Laboratory (WVSPFL). The tool enables users to conduct statistical analysis on criminal activity; in addition, data mining methods are implemented to identify possible crime patterns. A Crime database was implemented; it contains information on incidents submitted to WVSPFL over the last fifteen years. The WVSPFL database was integrated with a hypothetical conviction database. Such integration enables law enforcement agencies to track crime from occurrences to conviction. It is anticipated that data mining methods will assist …
Effects Of Fluoride Varnishes And Adhesives On Bond Strength And Preventing Enamel Decalcification Around Orthodontic Appliances: An In Vitro And In Vivo Study., Glenn A. Boyles
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether the fluoride released from the APC-Plus adhesive or application of a fluoride varnish, Duraflor, had any effect on reducing the demineralization around orthodontic appliances in vivo. Duraflor was also tested to determine if it had an effect on shear bond strength when applying it before bonding orthodontic appliances in vitro. The in vivo portion consisted of twenty patients in which Duraflor, a fluoride varnish, was applied around orthodontic brackets utilizing a split arch technique. Variables included the APC-Plus adhesive, which contains fluoride, and Transbond XT adhesive without fluoride. Plaque scores and …
Mining History: Extracting Qualitative And Quantitative Resources For The Discovery Of Appalachian Cultural Landscapes., Hannah Leigh Cole
Mining History: Extracting Qualitative And Quantitative Resources For The Discovery Of Appalachian Cultural Landscapes., Hannah Leigh Cole
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he most recent trend in historic preservation has led many in the field to pay attention to cultural landscapes as historic resources. Considering buildings, structures, or objects within a given spatial and physical setting, or landscape, endows them with historic significance and context that would be absent if viewed individually. While this is somewhat of an expansive approach to the built environment, this trend in historic landscape interpretation still does not account for all types of resources that one finds in the field. A fragmentary landscape is a cultural landscape defined by three characteristics: 1) the presence of buildings, structures, …
Managing Welfare Stigma From The Other Side Of The Desk: A Look At Rural Tanf Caseworkers., Sarah L. Hartzell
Managing Welfare Stigma From The Other Side Of The Desk: A Look At Rural Tanf Caseworkers., Sarah L. Hartzell
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Welfare recipients have always been stigmatized. The welfare reform legislation of 1996 reflects widespread attitudes and stereotypes of welfare recipients, which are translated into the structure of state welfare programs and are carried down through the administration to the welfare caseworker—the “face” of welfare for recipients. Literature on welfare stigma has focused on clients, but not their caseworkers. Using qualitative methods, this paper presents a Goffmanian analysis of the effects of welfare stigma on these caseworkers, who not only interact with clients in their jobs everyday, but who also implement a stigmatizing social program. The caseworkers in this study constructed …
International Public Relations At Top 50 Global Brands: A Converged Or Diverged Approach?, Pitchpatu Waiyachote
International Public Relations At Top 50 Global Brands: A Converged Or Diverged Approach?, Pitchpatu Waiyachote
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This study was motivated by limited information about an approach that the top 50 global brand companies apply to their public relations strategies in areas considered to be smaller developing markets in Southeast Asia, including Thailand and Malaysia. Along with World Wide Web technology and a concept of globalization, the Internet brings information to targeted publics faster than ever before. Therefore, a purpose of this study was to examine which approach, convergence or divergence, the top 50 global brand companies commonly took to communicate with their target audiences in these two countries through their local web sites. An answer to …
Evaluation Of "I Am Moving, I Am Learning" Trainings - A Measure Of Change In Obesity Awareness, Obesity Prevention, And Movement Knowledge., Brandon S. Williams
Evaluation Of "I Am Moving, I Am Learning" Trainings - A Measure Of Change In Obesity Awareness, Obesity Prevention, And Movement Knowledge., Brandon S. Williams
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This study examines participants’ change in knowledge before and after attending a childhood obesity training event. A pre-post assessment scale was used to measure and compare knowledge scores among participants of both two and three-day events. The questionnaire included seven subscales of content delivered during the training sessions. These included: training goals and movement guidelines, general obesity knowledge, general movement knowledge, assessing and evaluating children’s motor skills, and three subscales specifically on the movement workshops in the training. This study consisted of 78 personnel working for the Office of Head Start or Women, Infants and Children (WIC) enrolled in one …
Surviving The Second Red Scare: Senator Harley Kilgore And The Issue Of Communism In Postwar American Politics., James H. Smith
Surviving The Second Red Scare: Senator Harley Kilgore And The Issue Of Communism In Postwar American Politics., James H. Smith
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In the years following World War II, the United States faced a new enemy in the Soviet Union. Not only was America combating the threat of Soviet expansion in areas across the globe, it experienced a heightened sense of insecurity at home, popularly known as the Second Red Scare. Many scholars have argued that the climate of the anticommunist hysteria placed many liberal politicians on the defensive, forcing them to either abandon their principles or face defeat at the ballot box. In looking at the postwar career of Harley Kilgore, a liberal Congressional leader from West Virginia, this thesis argues …
"A Brave New World?": A Study Of The Disappearing Boundaries Between Entertainment And Hard News., Michael William Janney
"A Brave New World?": A Study Of The Disappearing Boundaries Between Entertainment And Hard News., Michael William Janney
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As journalism moves ahead in the 21st Century, alternate methods of presentations could distort the information and messages presented. This thesis examines the presence of such distortions in broadcast journalism. Analyzing three types of programs ñ the traditional nightly news broadcast, the political pundit commentary/news broadcast and satirical/fake news broadcast, the study examines some of their characteristics to see how they compare and contrast. Methodologies include a quantitative content analysis, along with a descriptive observation and analysis of the data set. Research concludes that these programs have many similarities in their methods of presentation and inclusion of entertainment, but differ …
The Politics Of Health Promotion: Analyzing Healthy Public Policy's Impact On Tobacco Control In United States And South Africa., Frederick Appah
The Politics Of Health Promotion: Analyzing Healthy Public Policy's Impact On Tobacco Control In United States And South Africa., Frederick Appah
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This public health policy, international organization and comparative public policy and politics research looks at the impact of health promotion on tobacco control in the United States and South Africa from the Canadian Lalonde report of 1974 to 2004. The healthy public policy concept is used as a tool to analyze the possible policy changes and outcomes that the health promotion perspective has brought to the national tobacco control policies, programs and strategies of the two developmentally and structurally different but strategically and institutionally similar countries. The study uses a combination of documentary and elite interview analysis. The research finds …
I. Distribution Of Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1, Tgf Receptor Ii And Decorin In The Sheep Uterus Shortly After Breeding. Ii. Effect Of Tgf Beta 1 On Gene Expression In The Sheep Uterus At The Time Of Embryo Attachment. Iii. Concentration Of Tgf Beta, Ida Holaskova
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Seminal plasma (SP) transforming growth factor β-1 (TGFβ-1) presumably is an immune modulator in mammalian female reproductive tract. Four experiments examined (1) distribution of TGFβ-1 and associated molecules in sheep uterus shortly after breeding, (2) role of SP in stimulating uterine TGFβ-1 as embryo enters the uterine horn, (3) SP TGFβ-1 on gene expression of immune tolerance related factors at embryonic attachment, and (4) relationship of SP TGFβ-1 and sperm characteristics in rams and bulls. Ewes were mounted (day 0) but not mated or were mated by intact or vasectomized rams or were inseminated with semen containing additional or less …
Suicide Assessment With Residential Adolescent Substance Users: Risk And Resilience Factors., Elizabeth Ann Tyner
Suicide Assessment With Residential Adolescent Substance Users: Risk And Resilience Factors., Elizabeth Ann Tyner
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Suicide remains stable as the third leading cause of death of adolescents in the United States (CDC, 2004). The rate of adolescent suicide is 10 per 100,000 or approximately one suicide every two hours (AAS, 2006). Adolescent substance abusers are a unique population with a high risk for suicide. The relation between suicide and substance abuse has been examined yet the nature of this relation is unclear (Goldston, 2004). This study added to the two published studies (Berman & Schwartz, 1990; Deykin & Buka, 1994) that examined suicidal behavior in residential adolescents with a primary diagnosis of substance abuse/dependence by …
Athletic Identity And Aggressive Behavior: A Cross-Cultural Analysis In Contact And Collision Sports., Amanda J. Visek
Athletic Identity And Aggressive Behavior: A Cross-Cultural Analysis In Contact And Collision Sports., Amanda J. Visek
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Research independently examining athletic identity and aggressive sport behavior is quite extensive; however, the relationship between these variables has yet to be explored. Findings from the sport fandom literature regarding team identification and aggressive fan behavior provides a foundation on which to hypothesize about the potential role athletic identity may have in the expression of athlete aggression. Therefore, the purposes of the study were to: (a) further explore the utility and psychometric properties of the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS) and the Competitive Aggressiveness and Anger Scale (CAAS), (b) examine the relationships between athletic identity, anger, and aggression in competitive …
An Analysis Of Transnational Corruption., Gregory P. Noone
An Analysis Of Transnational Corruption., Gregory P. Noone
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Transnational corruption is the type of corruption that crosses borders, involves corporate and state actors, and employs sophisticated and grand schemes to siphon the wealth of a country from its rightful owners: the people of the country. Quite simply, it is the grand theft of public funds for private gain. This is a significant problem because the amount of money stolen each year is staggering. Over one-quarter of Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) is lost to corruption annually, and in Latin America about ten percent of their GDP vanishes due to corruption. Transparency International estimates that at least four hundred …
Impact Of Co-Morbid Insomnia On Health -Related Quality Of Life And Patient Preferences In The Primary Care Setting., Anuja N. Roy
Impact Of Co-Morbid Insomnia On Health -Related Quality Of Life And Patient Preferences In The Primary Care Setting., Anuja N. Roy
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It is estimated that almost one-thirds of the patients in primary care settings experience some form of insomnia. Co-morbid insomnia accounts for almost 75% of such cases and, is considered to be a symptom (rather than a stand-alone disorder) that remits with treatment of the underlying medical or psychiatric disorder. In Phase I, this study examined if there was any incremental impact of co-morbid insomnia (after controlling for confounding covariates) on health-related quality of life (as measured by the Medical Outcomes Study 36 Item Short-Form Health Survey, i.e., SF-36, and the EuroQoL 5D, i.e., EQ-5D) compared to similar patients without …