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Current, April 02, 2007, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (2000s)

No abstract provided.

April 2, 2007 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Changing Travel Patterns Of Older Women: Policy, Safety And Mobility, Geiska Baker, Sandra Rosenbloom

Focus

Geiska Baker is the author of this edited transcription of Dr. Sandra Rosenbloom’s presentation at the CRP Department on May 11, 2006. Dr. Rosenbloom thesis is that transportation planning must meet different needs from different users, and be able to respond to market segmentation. She discussed the importance of identifying the travel patterns of older women in planning for an aging population and presented research information from the US and Great Britain

Graduate Alumnus: Outstanding Graduate Alumni Awards - Class Of 2007, Graduate School Of Eastern Illinois University

Graduate Alumnus

Since 1951 Eastern has offered advanced study

with master’s programming. Since that first

offering thousands of students have earned

graduate degrees, and EIU graduate alumni

have changed the world we live in. In 2005

EIU celebrated more than 50 years of graduate

education by honoring 50 graduate alumni

as Outstanding Graduate Alumni. That same

year the Graduate Alumni Advisory Board was

created and met for the first time. Since those

initial 50 honorees, the Graduate Alumni

Advisory Board, the Graduate School, and EIU’s

graduate programs have continued to honor

the achievements and accomplishments of our

graduate alumni every year.

Premier, Stephen Michaelides, Deirdre Flynn, Robyn Campbell-Ouchida, Karen Sharp, Judy A. Nagai

Premier: The Magazine of the UNLV Harrah Hotel College

No abstract provided.

Graduate Scholar 2007: Journal Of Scholarship And Recognition, Graduate School Of Eastern Illinois University

Graduate Scholar

No abstract provided.

Cbap Chronicle - Vol. 1, No. 2, Nova Southeastern University College Of Osteopathic Medicine

IDEP Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Individual Spiritual Orientation At Work: A Conceptualization And Measure, Tripti Singh, R K Premarajan

Working Papers

This manuscript researches and reports the importance ef measuring spiritual orientation in individuals. After conceptualizing spiritual orientation, an attempt has been made to construct and validate a scale to measure it. An 18-items Likerts' type scale has been developed, using the confirmatory factor analysis. The goodness of fit index is .90 for the six dimensions of spiritual orientation, which are: 1) Service towards humankind; 2) Feeling of inner peace and calm; 3) Being vision and value led; 4) Inter-connectedness; 5) Respect for others; 6) Self-awareness. A construct validity test has been conducted using Maslach and Jackson's burnout inventory. Five dimensions …

Upaya Meningkatkan Kualitas Derajat Kesehatan Lingkungan Melalui Perubahan Perilaku Kesehatan, Wiriasto Herry Septiadi

Jurnal Ilmu Kesejahteraan Sosial

The change sanitation behaviour is one efford to increase the healthy quality of the environment. The hygiene disposal excreta is one activities to develop quality for healthy environment. Disposal excreta have relatation with human behaviour/habits. The bad sanitation behavior and unsaniter condition from sanitation services could make environment polution. Based on that condition, one efford to enhance the quality of the environment is by changing sanitation behaviour.

Impact Of Patient Selection Criteria On Prevalence Estimates And Prevalence Of Diagnosed Dementia In A Medicaid Population, Murtuza F. Bharmal, Michael Weiner, Laura P. Sands, Huiping Xu, Bruce A. Craig, Joseph Thomas Iii

RCHE Publications

This study estimated the prevalence of diagnosed dementia among Indiana Medicaid beneficiaries in 2004. The dependence of prevalence estimates upon use of several patient selection criteria to identify patients with dementia also was evaluated.

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Spring 2007, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

Peran Pesantren Dalam Penghapusan Kekerasan Terhadap Perempuan, Bunda Sri Sugiri

Jurnal Ilmu Kesejahteraan Sosial

Pesantren is one of educational institution which base on religion. Program Interagency Network for Prevention of Violence against Women (VAW) is an innovation to increase the function of Pesantren as a service institution for woman violence victim. The main focus of this program is designing a center of Perlindungan bagi Wanita (Puspita), a women's crises center base on Pesantren. Pesantren set as a center of advocating for woman, because Pesantren has a very strategist task in doing various change in society. However we realized that Pesantren has no distribution yet and also in effort for preventing violation on woman, especially …

Pendidikan Seksualitas Untuk Anak Melalui Pemasaran Sosial Sebagai Salah Satu Upaya Pencegahan Child Sexual Abuse, Sari Viciawati

Jurnal Ilmu Kesejahteraan Sosial

Children empowerment through sex education can prevent children from sexual abuse. Sex education absolutely can be more efective for children if it is given earlier by parents. The problem is their parents often do not know what the importance of sex education. Although parents know that sex education is important, they do not want to do it because they still feel embarrassed. To fulfill the needs of parents to deliver knowledge about sex education is one of the effort to prevent child sexual abuse, a seminar had been held in this action research. After joining the seminar, there were many …

New Directions In Dementia Care At Home, Tracey Vause-Earland, E. Adel Herge, Catherine Verrier Piersol, Laura N. Gitlin, Janice Burke

Center for Applied Research on Aging and Health Research Papers

No abstract provided.

Forty Years Of Transplantation At Loma Linda, Loma Linda University

Scope

In this issue . . .

2 | Transplantation at Loma Linda
It’s been 40 years since the first kidney transplant at Loma Linda

7 | Remembering Baby Fae
Leonard L. Bailey, MD, tells the story of Baby Fae

12 | Everyday heroes
The pediatric trauma team exists to save young lives

16 | Same family, different sides
Circumstances put classmates on opposite sides of a grim 1943 battle

20 | Telehealth: miles away but face to face
Health care professionals and educators use telehealth technologies to serve outlying communities

24 | Newscope
News about Loma Linda...

Penindasan (Bullying) Di Sekolah, Dwi Amalia Chandra Sekar

Jurnal Ilmu Kesejahteraan Sosial

The aim of this article is to give some information and attempt to raise awareness about behavior problem among children in or around the school in terms of abuse or intimidation (bullying). School as intitution, gives knowlege and skill to develop positive self-potential for students cannot be completedly reached. For the children who became the victim, schools are no longer can give them feeling secure and hapiness. School bullying occured long time, but there is only small attention from school, parents, communities, because they considered it as a normal behavior dan become tradition in school. Bullying can bring fear and …

University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 08 - April 2007

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about the 2007 commencement ceremonies which will feature Governor Deval Patrick, the Lynch Foundation's support of College of Nursing and Health Sciences PhD students, UMass Boston’s 21st annual Community Breakfast, upcoming Spring Enrichment Week activities at the University, the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and UMass Boston’s Center on Media and Society's co-sponsorship of Boston’s NEXT Regional Conference, and other news from UMass Boston.

Mcnair Messenger- Spring 2007, Mcnair Staff

McNair Messenger

McNair Scholars Program

The Therapeutic Value Of Experiencing And Expressing Gratitude, Vaughn E. Worthen, Richard L. Isakson

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Gratitude has recently received a significant amount of research attention in the emerging field of positive psychology. Gratitude interventions are being empirically validated and are showing great promise in enhancing life satisfaction, decreasing depression and anxiety, coping with adversity, facilitating relationships, building civic and moral aspirations and behaviors, and promoting physiological benefits as well. This article will tie the empirical literature to an LDS theology that has long taught and currently advoactes for the cultivation of gratitude as an essential component of a spiritually based, meaningful, and happy life. An empirical overview of the benefits of gratitude will be provided, …

If You're Smoking You're Fired: How Tobacco Could Be Dangerous To More Than Just Your Health, Christopher Valleau

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

No abstract provided.

Psy News, Spring 2007, Illinois State University, Department Of Psychology

Psych News

Newsletter of the Department of Psychology

Introduction Of An Emerging Technology Device Through Powerpoint® Training, Rebecca I. Estes, Jimmy H. Ishee

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Successful inclusion of assistive technology in intervention is limited by training and the level of comfort with technology of treating occupational therapists. Experienced and new therapists need exposure and training on high technology assistive devices newly introduced on the market. The purpose of the study was to identify the effect of a PowerPoint presentation to introduce an emerging high technology device on two groups: 30 licensed occupational therapists and 27 students in an entry level master of occupational therapy program. The PowerPoint developed introduced and educated participants on the Assistive Dining Device. Participants completed a demographic form, the Survey of …

Down-Regulation Of Natural Killer Cell Activation In Response To Influenza Virus In Older Adults, Yu Jing

Theses and Dissertations in Biomedical Sciences

Immune senescence contributes to influenza-associated high mortality and morbidity and reduced vaccine efficacy in elderly people. Type I T cell (Thl)-mediated immunity plays a significant role in Immune responses to influenza infection and vaccination. Natural killer (NK) cells secrete significant amount of IFN-7 , a hallmark Thl cytokine, in response to influenza infection. How aging influences human NK cell IFN-7 production in response to influenza virus has not been well documented. In this study we employed human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and performed intracellular cytokine staining and flow cytometry primarily to investigate how aging influences NK cell activation with …

Vital Tooth Whitening Effects On Oral Health-Related Quality Of Life In Older Adults, Ann Michelle Poindexter

Dental Hygiene Theses & Dissertations

This study determined if vital tooth whitening affects oral health-related quality of life (OHRQOL) in adults ≥50-years old, and if tooth whitening promotes individuals to seek regular professional dental care and participation in social activities. Using a two-group, single blind, randomized, pre-test-post-test design, 62 participants were enrolled. The experimental group used a whitening product twice daily for three weeks, while the control group used no whitening products. Tooth color satisfaction was assessed using the Tooth Color Satisfaction Scale and was correlated with overall oral health-related quality of life. The Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP), used as the pre-test …

Who Should Patients Turn To? A Look At Caregivers' Willingness To Perform Various Caregiving Tasks For Patients With Alzheimer's Disease, Melina L. Laroco

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

Research suggests that with baby boomers reaching the age of the retirement, life expectancy rising, and the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease, caregiving roles are almost becoming an established aspect of family obligation (Hoyert 2000). The purpose of this study is to examine and measure the willingness of caregivers to either help with or completely perform the necessary caregiving tasks required by the Alzheimer's.

The data utilized for this study is entitled, "REACH." REACH stands for Resources Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health. It was gathered by the National Institute of Health and led by the National Institute on Aging. Data were …

The World Health Organization Age-Friendly Cities Project In Portland, Oregon, Usa, Margaret B. Neal, Alan Kenneth Delatorre

Institute on Aging Publications

The older population is increasing in size in Portland, the state of Oregon, the United States, and the rest of the world. Our cities and regions are vital to the support of this demographic shift through the provision of quality built environments, services, and social, cultural, and civic engagement opportunities promote healthy and active aging.

Over the next 30 years, the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area will see dramatic growth in the proportion of the population that is aged 65 and older. Although the total population will increase by 47 percent, the 65+ population will more than double, growing by over 137 …

Caring For People With Alzheimer's Disease Or Dementia In Maine, Stuart Bratesman Mpp, Julie T. Fralich Mba, Catherine Mcguire Bs, Louise Olsen, Romaine Turyn

Disability & Aging

It is clear that caring for people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia is a growing public health issue. Alzheimer’s is a progressively deteriorating disease that can last anywhere from 1 to 15 years. Families are the primary caregivers and will continue to need support to manage the care of their loved ones, to coordinate services within the long term care system and to maintain their own health and well-being.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 82, No. 42, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Volume 44, Number 61: March 29, 2007, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

University Of Montana Events Monday, April 2, Through Monday, April 9, 2007, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.