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Examining The Usefulness Of Amerinet's Valusource 3.0 Software, Theresa A. Jarus

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The main focus of this research is to provide AmeriNet, Inc., a group purchasing organization of medical and healthcare supplies, with a statistical and realistic perspective regarding user training requirements and effectiveness of their latest software release, ValuSource 3.0.

This electronic catalog was developed for AmeriNet members to provide contract pricing information. The software release took over a year to design and implemented most of the functionality required/requested by AmeriNet shareholders and members.

The purpose of the software is to give members access to up-to-date contract information such as pricing, contract terms, commitment levels, etc. ValuSource 3.0 is capable of …

A Connection Between Eating Disorder Symptomology And Guilt Or Shame, Deborah J. Kuehnel

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By their own nature Eating Disorders are very self-destructive and potentially life threatening behaviors. They are symptoms which may represent a constellation of underlying problems. This investigation explores the relation of shame-proneness and guilt-proneness to eating disorder symptomatology in a sample of 171 undergraduate women. Participants completed the Eating Disorder Inventory-2 and the Test of Self-Conscious Affect (TOSCA). Shame was significantly and positively correlated with drive for thinness, bulimia, body dissatisfaction, ineffectiveness, interpersonal distrust, lack of interoceptive awareness, asceticism, difficulties with impulse regulation, and social insecurity. Guilt was negatively or negligibly correlated with these symptoms. These two correlative findings impact …

The Relationship Of Locus Of Control To Pathological Gambling, Michelle L. King

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Self Esteem Of College Age Adult Children Of Alcoholics And Adult Children Of Non-Alcoholics, Diana Lynn Grissom

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Research is controversial in finding the role that parental alcoholism plays on an individual's self-esteem. Some results have shown that alcoholism directly effects a person 's self-esteem whereas, other results have found family dysfunction of an alcoholic to effect self-esteem. The Children of Alcoholics Screening Test and The Self-Esteem Inventory were administered to 52 college students. No significant relationship between parental alcoholism and self-esteem was found . This finding is in agreement with most of the research on adult children of alcoholics .

A Study Of The Relationship Between Substance Abuse Treatment And Motivation, Karen A. Lathrop

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The relationship between motivational level and participation in a thirty day substance abuse treatment center was examined for 22 recovering substance abusers. Participants included 22 female clients at Bridgeway Counseling Services, inc. The participants volunteered to complete the Readiness to Change Questionnaire- Alcohol, the Readiness to Change Questionnaire-Drug, and a personal data form which contained demographic questions. Where it was predicted that there would be no relationship between motivational level and participation in a thirty-day substance abuse treatment program, it was found that there was a positive relationship. That is, participation in the thirty-day substance abuse treatment program increased the …

Attention Deficit Disorder And Alcoholism, Jane A. Leonhardt

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The study explored the relationship between alcoholism and attention deficit disorder (ADD) The Brown ADD Scale was given to 24 graduate students and 23 recovering alcoholics. Total Scores for the Brown ADD Scale were reported for both groups as well as scores for each of the five clusters· Activation, Attention. Effort, Affect, and Memory The recovering alcoholics reported more ADD-like behaviors than did the graduate students.

The Effects Of Initiation And Mentoring Of Adolescent Boys, Clayton J. Lessor

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The effect of initiation and mentoring on adolescent boys was examined. Behavioral scales and personality types were compared. Twenty males, ages 12-17 from the Pacific Coast, formed the subject group. Adolescent males were obtained from a non-random sample in the Pacific Coast region. The subjects were given the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and the parent(s) of the participants were given the Behavioral Evaluation Scale. Both were administered before and after an initiation and mentoring weekend retreat. The parents were given a demographic survey to complete. The Eysenck scores and Behavioral Evaluation scores were the dependent variables. In order to determine if …

Criminal Law, Kerry P. Fitzgerald

SMU Law Review

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Civil Evidence, Elizabeth D. Whitaker, Amy K. Hunt

SMU Law Review

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The Americans With Disabilities Act And Disability Benefit Plans, Charles B. Lynch

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

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Contract Interpretation In California: Plain Meaning, Parol Evidence And Use Of The Just Result Principle, Harry G. Prince

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

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The Ultimate Demonstration Of Love For A Child: Choosing A Standby Guardian New Jersey Standby Guardianship Act, Lenore M. Molee

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Diabetic Complications In Experimental Models, Yusuf Öztürk, V. Melih Altan, Nuray Ari

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

In this review, the aim is to focus on diabetic complications in experimental models of diabetis. For this purpose, com-plications, chiefly seen in log-term periods in various systems of animals, such as cardio vascular and nervous systems, gastrointestinal, urogenital and respiratory tracts, etc., have been stated. Furthermore, novel and conventional therapeutic approaches in their management have also been briefly discussed.

Global Ischemia And Turn Preference; Acomparative Study Of The Effects Of Globalischemic Insult In Rats, Akçahan Gepdi̇remen, Cemal Gündoğdu, Sinan Sönmez, Dilek Sadeler, Halis Süleyman, Mehmet Emin Büyükokuroğlu

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

We examined the effect of global cerebral ischemia (Two vessel occlusion plus systemic hypotension method) for 15 minutes on the hippocampal CA1 and CA3 neurones in rats, and compared with turn prefence scores. 14 of 27 animals were ambidexter while 9 had left and 4 had right turn preference. The left turns were significantly different from rights (t:2,26 df:26 p:0,032). Male rats prefered 62,73% and females 56,88% left turns. Forty-eight hours following the global cerebral ischemic insult, animals were sacrificed and brains were examined by using light microscope. Hippocampal neurones of the right hemisphere were survived more in males while …

Renal Ultrastructural Alterations Followingadministration Of Diethylstilbestrol, Bilge Onarlioğlu, Yasemin Günay, İsmihan Göze, Emel Koptagel

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Diethylstilbestrol (DES), nonsteroid in structure, is an artificial estrogen derivative and is used as an anabolic agent. It is known that diethylstilbestrol causes genetic disorders and toxic effects leading up to carcinoma even in amounts below its residual levels. For this purpose, a dose of 60µm/kg/day of DES dissolved in 0,1 ml corn oil has been administered to rats by oral gavage for varying periods of 20, 50 and 100 days periods. Rat renal tissue samples, following routine electron microscopical procedure, have been examined by transmission electron microscopy. Following diethylstilbestrol administration, glomerular capilleries seemed dilated along with occasional basement membrane …

The Role Of Serum On The Adhesion Of Culturedchinese Hamster Lung (Chl) Cells, Ali Yildirim

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

The roles of serum on the initial attachment and adhesion strength of CHL cells, which is gained following initial attachment, spreading and growth, on tissue culture polystyrene dish were determined by using a convergent Microflow chamber. In the presence of 10% fetal calf serum 98%±2% of cells were attaching within 2 hours at 37°C. While only 74%±3% of cells were attaching during the same period of incubation in serum free medium. The critical shear stresses of detachment of CHL cells were 3.01±0.25 Nm -2 , 5.38±0.55 Nm -2 , 7.22±0.54 Nm -2 , 9.47±0.43 Nm -2 , and 9.54±1.15 Nm …

The Effect Of Tamoxifen On The Neonataldevelopment Of Rat Penis, Engin Deveci̇, Yusuf Nergi̇z, Serap İnalöz, Murat Akkuş, M. Aydın Ketani̇, A. Reşit Ersay

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

In rats penis development a seen two stages in prenatal life, the second stage is androgen hormone dependent chondrocyte and osteocyte differentiation period. To investigate Tamoxifane (Tx) administration on the developmental anomalies of penis. The newborn male rats were injected with 100 µg Tamoxifen subcutaneously from the day of birth to fifth day. This changes in Os penis and glans penis were investigated after the rats had been sacrificed and their penis were removed on the days 14.0, 21.0, 28.0, 35.0 and 60.0 Having been fixed in neutral formaline of 10%, the totally taken penis werembedded into paraffin blocks. The …

Incidence Of Listeria Spp. From Raw Milk In Sivas, Gülhan Vardar-Ünlü, Mehmet Ünlü, Mustafa Zahir Bakici

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Raw milk samples obtained from the Foundation of Milk Industry, three private dairy companies and individual dairy farms in Sivas, were tested for the presence of Listeria species. A total of 100 raw milk samples were analysed by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and two-stage enrichment techniques. Two-stage enrichment procedure was found to be more effective than FDA method in isolating Listeria species from raw milk. The overall incidence of Listeria species in raw milk was 6%. Listeria monocytogenes was found in 4% of the raw milk samples, while L. innocua was found in 2% of the samples. One sample …

The Inhibitory Effect Of Zinc On Imipenem Andmeropenem Susceptibility Of Pseudomonasaeruginosa, Selahattin Atmaca, Ramazan Çiçek, Kadri Gül

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

In this study we have showed that zinc ion has an inhibitory activity on imipenem and meropenem suspectibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. When zinc ion concentration of Mueller-Hinthon agar (MHA) media was gradually increased the zone diameters of imipenem and meropenem gradually decreased. So we concluded that zinc concentration in the media might effect imipenem and meropenem susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and might indicate false resistance to imipenem and meropenem. Therefore the use of these antipseudomonal antibiotics in Pseudomonas infections may be restricted.

Iridoid And Lignan Glucosides From Bellardiatrixago (L.) All., Tayfun Ersöz, Funda Nuray Yalçin, Deniz Taşdemi̇r, Otto Sticher, İhsan Çaliş

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Five iridoid glucosides aucubin (I), bartsioside (II), melampyroside (III), mussaenoside (IV) and gardoside meathyl ester (V) as well as the lignan glucoside dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol-4- 0-\beta-D-glucoside (VI) were isolated from the overground parts of Bellardia trixago.The structure elucidation of the isolated compounds (I-VI) was realized on the basis of spectral evidence (UV, IR, 1 H and 13 C NMR) and the results were confirmed by comparison of the isolated compounds with authentic samples on TLC.

Morphology Of The Human Cuneus Bymagnetic Resonance Imaging, Figen Gövsa, Gülgün Kayalioğlu, Orhan Oyar, Özlem Taşkiran, Tuncay Varol

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Variations of the limiting and internal sulci of the human cuneus was studied using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on 209 healthy individuals and the sulcal pattern of the right hemispheres of both sexes were evaluated. The internal sulci were divided into supreme, superior, middle and inferior sulci. Sulci were classified according to their localizations, courses, and terminations. Cuneus angle was measured and found as 68.84±9.74° and no sex differences was found for this angle.

Investigation Of The Inhibition Effects Of Someantibiotics On Human Erythrocytecarbonic Anhydrase Isozymes, T. Abdülkadir Çoban, Barbaros Nalbantoğlu, M. Yaşar Çi̇l, Hasan Özdemi̇r, Ö. İrfan Küfrevi̇oğlu

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

In this study, the in vitro effects of some antibiotics on carbonic anhydrase (CA) isozymes have been investigated. Human erythrocyte CA-I and CA-II isozymes were separately purified by affinity chromatography. Inhibition effects of four different antibiotics on CA isozymes were determined by using the CO 2 -Hydratase method. I 50 values of antibiotics were obtained by drawing % Activity [Actibiotic] graphs. The obtained I 50 values of cefazolin sodium, cephradine, sulbactam/cefoperazone and chloramphenicol sodium succinate were 9, 16, 19 and 48 mM on CA-I and 6, 10, 15 and 17 mM on CA-II, respectively. Antibiotics dosages should be taken into …

Paradoxical Therapy In Conversion Disorder, Ahmet Ataoğlu, Aytekin Sir, Mustafa Özkan

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Paradoxical therapy consists of suggesting that the patient intentionally engages in the unwanted behaviour, such as performing complusive ritual or bringing on a conversion attack. In this study paradoxical intention (PI) was used with to half of the patients with conversion disorders, while the other half were treated with diazepam in order to examine the efficiency of the PI versus diazepam in conversion disorder. Patients treated with PI appeared to have a greater improvement rate for anxiety scores (z=2.43, p

The Effect Of Treatment Types On Plasma Levelsof Lipoproteins, Apolipoproteins And Lcat Intype Ii Diabetes Mellitus, Eser Vardareli̇, Belgin Efe, Fahrettin Akyüz, Mine İnal, Esat Erenoğlu

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

In this studry 32 hyperglycemic patients with type II DM were treated with diet (7 patients), with gliclazide, an oral antidiabetic agent (10 patients), or with insulin (15 patients). The levels of liporoteins, apolipoprotein A and B and LCAT enzyme are measured before the therapy and 3 weeks after the achievement of glycemic control. Treatment types are compared with each other and with control group (10 normal persons) triglyseride (TG) and VLDL levels which were found to be high in all of the patients decreased in all groups to levels similar to control group. TC (total cholesterol), LDL, TC/HDL, LDL/HDL …

Effects Of Gliclazide And Insulin Therapy Onthromboxane B 2 And 6-Keta-Pgf 1\Alpha Levels Intype Ii Diabetic Patients, Ahmet Gökhan Özgen, Dilek Özmen, Füsun Hamulu, Metin Çeti̇n, Candeğer Yilmaz, Oya Bayindir

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Diabetic patients show hemobiological abnormalities such as increased platelet adhesiveness, platelet hyperaggregability, decreased platelet half life, hemorheological abnormalities and altered fibrinolysis, perhaps contributing to a procoagulative state. Gliclazide, a novel sulfonylurea in routine clinical use, was thought to have effects on prostanoid release and platelet function. We studied thromboxane A 2 metabolite; serum thomboxane B 2 (TXB 2 ) and the prostacyclin metabolite, 6-keto-PGF 1\alpha to assess the efficacy of gliclazide on these parameters. Two groups of age and sex matched type II diabetics were examined in the study. There were 16 subjects in each group (F:M= 10/6). The study …

Plasma Fibronectin And Urineglycosaminoglycane Levels In Rheumatic Diseases, Nuriye Mete, Mahmut Mete, İ. Hakkı Öztürk, Leyla Çolpan

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

In this study, plasma fibronectin and urine glycosaminoglycane levels were determined spectrophotometrically in 20 Rheumatoid arthritis, 10 Ankilosing spondilites, 22 osteoarthrosis and 21 healthy control subjects. The mean levels of Fibronectin (\mug/ml) were 413.3±97 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, 325.5±93.5 in ankilosing spondilites, 439.1±120.3 in osteoarthrosis and 302.2±60.1 in the control group. The ratio of urine glycosaminoglycan excretion to creatinine (g/mol) was 4.52±2.64 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, 4.18±1.52 in patients with ankilosing spondilites, 2.72±1.19 in osteoarthrosis and 2.21±1.02 in the control group. Plasma Fibronectin levels were significantly higher in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthrosis when compared to the control group …

Determination Of The Prevalence Of Latexsensitivity By In Vivo And In Vitromethods Among Hospital Employees Andallergic Patients, Ayşe Füsun Kalpaklioğlu, Lütfü Gürbüz, Zeynep Misirligi̇l

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background: Latex has been documented as causing immediate hypersensitivity reactions ranging from contact urticaria to severe anaphylaxis. The prevalence of latex allergy appears to be higher in certain risk groups due to increased exposure or to an increased intrinsic predilection for atopy. The purpose of the present study was both to assess latex sensitivity in a large group of allergic patients and in hospital emyloyees and to evaluate the relationship between latex sensitivity and skin prick test (SPT) responses to fruits as well as inhalant allergens. Methods: This study was designed prospectively in a randomized manner. SPTs were performed and …

Antrhrax Meningitis, Birdal Yorgancigi̇l, Erdoğan Sevük, Muzaffer Aydemi̇r, Mustafa Demi̇rci̇, Mehmet Doğanay

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

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Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

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Distribution Of Tamoxifen In Rat Tissues Duringsteady-State Treatment, Ayşe Kafkasli, Erkan Ünlenen, Beyhan Demi̇rhan, Saim Yoloğlu

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Tamoxifen citrate (TAM), a nonsteroidal antiestrogen, is a drug of choice in the endocrine treatment for all stages of breast cancer in both pre and postmenopausal patients. The tissue distrubution of TAM alone and combined with medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) following long-term p.o. administration in immature rats is investigated in the present study. The highest consentrations of TAM has been found in the hypophysis in both groups. TAM consentrations were effected by MPA treatment in the liver and kidneys.