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"Bearing The Weight Of A Mother's Mood" : Does A History Of Depression Influence A Woman's Attitudes About Having Children?, Beth Sadavoy

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This study attempted to answer the question of whether there is a relationship between a woman's history of depression and her feelings and attitudes about having children. No research has been done on this precise topic; therefore this study was also intended to ascertain whether this issue was substantial enough to warrant further research and investigation. A mixed method online 16-item questionnaire was completed by 66 participants, 60 of whom met inclusion criteria and were included in the findings. Two qualitative questions were included in order to illuminate the quantitative data. Participants were asked about their experience with depression, interest …

The Healthy Solitary Person, Laurel Lynn Shortell

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This thesis explored the concept of the healthy solitary person who prefers to spend time alone and pursue activities independently and whose independent way of life serves as a source of strength and pleasure. Despite the American ideal of the rugged individualist, the solitary person is often pathologized, seen as being in a transitional state, or not considered at all by much of the psychological literature and by American society at large. This paper examined the societal role played by solitude and drew from self psychology and object relations theory to answer the following question: how can a solitary lifestyle …

Adult Support For Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer And Questioning (Lgbtqq) Youth In High School, Amanda Louise Starfield

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

The present study explored how lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQQ) youth seek and gain support from adults in high school. A convenient snowball sample of forty-four LGBTQQ youth was gathered through email. The email contained a link to a questionnaire designed based on previous research and administered through Survey Monkey. Participants were required to meet three inclusion criteria: be between the ages of 18-27, 'out' as a member of the LGBTQQ community for a minimum of 1 year in high school, sought support from an adult in high school on an issue related to sexual orientation. The …

Shades Of Gray : Lesbian Therapists Explore The Complexities Of Self-Disclosure To Heterosexual Clients, Molly Caitlin Thomas

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

The purpose of this study was to gain insight into the ways in which lesbian therapists negotiate self-disclosure of their sexual identity—or come out—to heterosexual clients and how such disclosures, or non-disclosures, affect the therapeutic relationship as well as the therapists' personal and professional identities. Twelve lesbian licensed clinical social workers were interviewed for this study. Participants were questioned about their self-disclosure practices of sexual identity with heterosexual clients, how factors such as their work environment and aspects of their social identity shaped their thinking and practice of self-disclosure of sexual identity, and the extent to which issues of heterosexism …

Self Psychology At Work In Trauma Therapy, Heidi Griffin Street

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This theoretical thesis examines self psychology and trauma theory, specifically Judith Herman's Trauma and Recovery. A brief history of the psychodynamic study of the influence of trauma on mental illness will be given to orient the present discussion in the field of psychodynamic theory. Major concepts of self psychology, such as selfobject, mirroring, idealization and twinship will be reviewed. Herman's stages of recovery for the trauma survivor, namely establishing safety, remembrance and mourning, and reconnection will be summarized. I will then present my understanding of trauma as anti-mirroring behavior, trauma's ability to corrupt the idealized, and the twinship qualities of …

The Echo: August 22, 2008, Taylor University

2008-2009 (Volume 96)

Off-Campus housing comes closer to home – Taylor ranked No. 1 again – Get connected – TU welcomes new staff – Carpe walké: Seize the walk – Top nine: [Things I wish I knew as a freshman] – Summer’s seven—The $50 I spent at the movies – You seemed more pious on Facebook – Putting the ‘chool’ back in ‘school’ – Wanted: Your brains – Quite the balancing act – Men’s soccer hard at work in 2008 – Trojan Sports – Recruitment aims for athletic progress – Athlete of the Week

Program Approach For Childheaded Households In Zambia, Samson Chama

Theses and Dissertations

Using an emergent design, this study developed a program approach for young people in the child headed households of Zambia. Phase I dealt with prior ethnography, Phase II focused on independent living services, and Phase III concerned translation to Zambia. A total of 36 participants from Richmond, consisting of 20 Richmond Department of Social Services workers and youth and 16 Africans, were recruited. Three major themes emerged: feasibility, content, and quality. Lessons learned about translational research highlight the need for uniformity in a cultural screen’s composition. This might enhance the richness of perspectives on young people. Lessons for the Department …

Relationship Of Anger Trait And Anger Expression To C-Reactive Protein In Post-Menopausal Women, Rosalyn Gross

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in American women, accounting for one in six deaths in 2004. One third of women over the age of forty will develop coronary heart disease in their lifetime. The role of chronic and excessive inflammation and risk factors, such as smoking and high cholesterol, are now well-established factors contributing to coronary heart disease pathology. A knowledge gap exists in that little is known about the mechanisms by which psychosocial factors, such as anger, may be associated with pro-inflammatory processes that contribute to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in women. The purpose of …

Characteristics And Motivations Of Rural Compared To Urban Primary Physicians And Nurse Practitioners In New Mexico, Heather Ouellette, Teddy Warner

Undergraduate Medical Student Research

Introduction: While 20% of Americans live in rural areas, less than 10% of the nations physicians practice there. In New Mexico, 60% of the population lives in rural communities although only 40% of state's health care workforce can be found there. Federal and state governments, medical schools, and private foundations have all studied and attempted to find ways to train, recruit, and retain more primary care clinicians to rural areas. Many rural recruitment programs are predicated upon older research and investigations involving medical students and physicians from earlier generations. This study attempts to update and determine if there are new …

Likelihood Of Recurrent High Emergency Department Utilization By Indigent Patients, Tony Salazar, Matthew Tennison, Daniel Derksen, Betty Skipper, David Sklar

Undergraduate Medical Student Research

Recurrent utilization of emergency medical services by certain patient populations is a challenge at the University of New Mexico Emergency Department (UNM ED) and at other institutions. Data suggest that a significant percentage of patients treated in the UNM ED could be treated in other, less costly outpatient settings. Existing data were used to analyze trends in UNM ED utilization among four distinct populations — managed uninsured patients (UNM Care), unmanaged uninsured patients (Self-pay), managed Medicaid patients (Salud), and unmanaged Medicaid patients (Medicaid). We hypothesized that those who previously had high usage of the Emergency Department (ED) in the index …

Identification Of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Docking Sites In Enzymes That Metabolize Phosphatidylinositols And Inositol Phosphates, Marcos Sosa, Kevin Caldwell, Colin Buckley

Undergraduate Medical Student Research

Background: Reversible interactions between the components of cellular signaling pathways allow for the formation and dissociation of multimolecular complexes with spatial and temporal resolution and, thus, are an important means of integrating multiple signals into a coordinated cellular response. Several mechanisms that underlie these interactions have been identified, including the recognition of specific docking sites, termed a D-domain and FXFP motif, on proteins that bind mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs). We recently found that phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C-γ1 (PLC-γ1) directly binds to extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 (ERK2), a MAPK, via a D-domain-dependent mechanism. In addition, we identified D-domain sequences in several other …

A Generic Approach And Framework For Managing Complex Information, Essam Mansour

Doctoral

Several application domains, such as healthcare, incorporate domain knowledge into their day-to-day activities to standardise and enhance their performance. Such incorporation produces complex information, which contains two main clusters (active and passive) of information that have internal connections between them. The active cluster determines the recommended procedure that should be taken as a reaction to specific situations. The passive cluster determines the information that describes these situations and other descriptive information plus the execution history of the complex information. In the healthcare domain, a medical patient plan is an example for complex information produced during the disease management activity from …

The Murray State News, August 22, 2008, The Murray State News

Murray State University Collection

No abstract provided.

Body Composition Changes Among Medical Students Following Matriculation, Kristen Livingstone, Simon Livingstone, Robert Glew, Dorothy Vanderjagt

Undergraduate Medical Student Research

Purpose: Participation in medical education has been associated with an increased propensity for poor health in other studies. Information regarding the body composition and physical activity patterns of medical students and how they are affected by the rigors of medical school is lacking in the current literature. We sought to assess changes in body composition and physical activity levels of medical students during the first three years of the curriculum. Methods: Using anthropometric measurements, bioelectrical impedance analysis and a validated physical activity questionnaire, we measured 44 medical students upon matriculation, at the end of the preclinical curriculum (16 months after …

Infection Rates Following Peri-Operative Prophylactic Antibiotics Vs. Post-Operative Extended Regimen Prophylactic Antibiotics In Surgical Management Of Mandibular Fractures, Christine Lovato, Jon Wagner

Undergraduate Medical Student Research

Purpose: To determine whether or not an extended regimen of prophylactic antibiotics following either open or closed reduction of mandibular fractures is beneficial in lowering the rate of infection in post-operative patients. Patients and Methods: This study is a retrospective chart review of 150 patients treated operatively for both complicated and uncomplicated mandibular fractures at UNM Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque, NM, between January 1st, 2000 and June 12, 2007. Treatment modalities used were closed reduction with maxillomandibular fixation or open reduction and internal fixation with either wire osteosynthesis or rigid internal fixation. Patients fell into one of two groups: …

Spatial Assessment Of Telomere Dna Content And Allelic Imbalance In Human Breast Tissues, Adrian Maestas, Jeffrey Griffith, Marco Bisoffi

Undergraduate Medical Student Research

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of Chronic Depression Inventory Scores Of Children Diagnosed With Chronic Renal Disease At Two Points In Duration Of Their Illness, Daniel Pacheco, Carol Larroque

Undergraduate Medical Student Research

Hypothesis: Children with a diagnosis of chronic renal disease (CRD) for longer than 2.5 years will have higher T-scores of the Childrens Depression Inventory (CDI) as compared to children with CRD who have been diagnosed with less than 2.5 years ago. Background: Current estimates are that 7.4 million Americans suffer from chronic renal disease. The annual incidence of pediatric kidney disease is 15 per million, ages 0-19. CRD is a serious and progressive disease affecting many different aspects of a childs life. Studies to date have examined the correlation between depression and chronic kidney disease in adults. One study noted …

Validity Of A Modified Partner Violence Screen For Measuring Intimate Partner Violence In Female Trauma Patients, Alisha Parada, Lorraine Malcoe, Carol Schermer

Undergraduate Medical Student Research

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the validity of a modified Partner Violence Screen (PVS) for measuring severe lifetime and past-year intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization among female trauma patients. Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major medical and public heath problem that affects as many as 5.3 million U.S. women annually. However, recent studies report that as few as 7% of women have ever been asked about IPV by a health care provider. Brief screening tools have been developed to increase screening by health care providers. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the University …

A Survey Of Print Media Coverage Of Domestic Violence In New Mexico, 2001-2004, Stephanie Pendergrass, Ann Winegardner, David Bennahum

Undergraduate Medical Student Research

Intimate partner violence has often been considered a problem best discussed within the framework of social advocacy or more recently the criminal justice system. However, it is important to realize that it is also a key public health issue to which widespread public attention must be turned in order to ameliorate its far-reaching effects. Research has shown that the public would likely be willing to provide support to domestic violence prevention programs if it were to recognize the full extent of the problem. However, it has been argued that our society has an underlying belief that intimate partner violence is …

Witnessing Intimate Partner Violence As A Child Increases The Likelihood Of Becoming A Perpetrator, But Not Becoming A Victim, Bernadette Ramone, Tuhama Rihani, Melissa Valdez, Amy Ernst

Undergraduate Medical Student Research

Background: The association of perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) with drug and alcohol use, abuse as a child, age, socioeconomics and race has been established. The relation between IPV perpetrators and being an adult who witnessed IPV as a child (ACW) is not fully established, although in a previous study no association was found between IPV victims and ACWs. Objective: The objective of the present study was to determine whether perpetrators of IPV could be identified in a busy emergency department (ED) and were more likely than non-perpetrators to be ACWs. The hypothesis of the present study was that …

Post-Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Patient Outcomes And Follow-Up Are Not Adversely Impacted By Long Travel Distance To Tertiary Vascular Surgery Centers, Dusadee Sarangarm, Mark Langsfeld, John Marek

Undergraduate Medical Student Research

Objective: To determine if patient adherence to follow-up and patient outcomes after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) are impacted by the distance a patient lives from a tertiary care treatment center. Methods: A retrospective review of 136 consecutive patients undergoing EVAR at the New Mexico VA Medical Center over a seven year period was conducted. Follow-up occurred with clinic visits and computed tomography scans at one month post-discharge, every six months for two years, and then yearly. Patients were stratified as living within a 100 mile radius of the treatment center (Group 1) versus those living outside this radius (Group 2). …

Eating Attitudes, Personality, And Career Choice In Medical Students, Lucianna Trujillo, Joel Yager

Undergraduate Medical Student Research

Background: Past research looking at eating disorders and perfectionism has shown a strong relationship. Recent literature looking at the relationship between perfectionism and medical students has not been as evident. But studies looking at eating disorders and medical students have found that on average medical students exhibit more disordered eating attitudes. Aims: The main objective of this study was to investigate the relationships between perfectionism, eating disorders, and career choices in medical students. Methods: The EAT-26, Multidimensional Perfectionism scale, and specialty interest survey were given to 140 1st and 2nd year medical students (of whom 96 returned questionnaires, a 68% …

Factors Impacting Patient Overcrowding At University Of New Mexico Hospital Emergency Department, Dechen Tsewang, Lilia Pedrego, Arthur Kaufman, Betty Skipper, Carlos Arguelles, Edward Smith, Thomas Shiffler

Undergraduate Medical Student Research

No abstract provided.

An Sp1/Sp3 Binding Polymorphism Confers Methylation Protection, Yanis A. Boumber, Yutaka Kondo, Xuqi Chen, Lanlan Shen, Yi Guo, Marcos R H Estécio, Jean-Pierre J. Issa

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Hundreds of genes show aberrant DNA hypermethylation in cancer, yet little is known about the causes of this hypermethylation. We identified RIL as a frequent methylation target in cancer. In search for factors that influence RIL hypermethylation, we found a 12-bp polymorphic sequence around its transcription start site that creates a long allele. Pyrosequencing of homozygous tumors revealed a 2.1-fold higher methylation for the short alleles (P<0.001). Bisulfite sequencing of cancers heterozygous for RIL showed that the short alleles are 3.1-fold more methylated than the long (P<0.001). The comparison of expression levels between unmethylated long and short EBV-transformed cell lines showed no difference in expression in vivo. Electrophorectic mobility shift assay showed that the inserted region of the long allele binds Sp1 and Sp3 transcription factors, a binding that is absent in the short allele. Transient transfection of RIL allele-specific transgenes showed no effects of the additional Sp1 site on transcription early on. However, stable transfection of methylation-seeded constructs showed gradually decreasing transcription levels from the short allele with eventual spreading of de novo methylation. In contrast, the long allele showed stable levels of expression over time as measured by luciferase and approximately 2-3-fold lower levels of methylation by bisulfite sequencing (P<0.001), suggesting that the polymorphic Sp1 site protects against time-dependent silencing. Our finding demonstrates that, in some genes, hypermethylation in cancer is dictated by protein-DNA interactions at the promoters and provides a novel mechanism by which genetic polymorphisms can influence an epigenetic state.

Gamma-Synuclein As A Marker Of Retinal Ganglion Cells, Irina Surgucheva, Alejandra D. Weisman, Jeffrey L. Goldberg, Alexander A. Shnyra, Andrei Surguchov

Faculty and Staff Publications

Purpose: Previous studies have described gamma-synuclein as a protein highly expressed in retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), and a loss of RGCs correlates with a downregulation of gamma-synuclein gene expression in glaucoma. Here we asked whether gamma-synuclein expression in the retina can be considered a specific marker of RGCs.

Methods: gamma-Synuclein expression was examined with immunohistochemistry in retinal sections from normal and glaucomatous human eyes. Primary cultures of RGCs from Sprague-Dawley rats purified by sequential immunopanning using a monoclonal antibody to Thy1-1, cultures of A7 immortalized optic nerve astrocytes from newborn rats, and the immortalized RGC-5 cell line were studied using …

Summer Mustang, August 21, 2008

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

[2008-08-21] August 21, 2008 A Regular Meeting Of The Board Of Visitors, Virginia Commonwealth University. Board Of Visitors

VCU Board of Visitors Minutes

Official minutes of the VCU Board of Visitors and its Executive Committee.

Vol.36 N.10 August 21st 2008, Brown Publishing Company

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

Commonwealth Times 2008-08-21

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

Combs V. Homer Ctr Sch Dist

2008 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania