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The Rise And Fall Of The Latino Dentist Supply In California: Implications For Dental Education, David Hayes-Bautista, Miriam Iya Kahramanian, Erin G. Richardson, Paul Hsu, Lucette Sosa, Cristina Gamboa, Robert M. Stein Feb 2007

The Rise And Fall Of The Latino Dentist Supply In California: Implications For Dental Education, David Hayes-Bautista, Miriam Iya Kahramanian, Erin G. Richardson, Paul Hsu, Lucette Sosa, Cristina Gamboa, Robert M. Stein

Nursing and Health Professions Faculty Research and Publications

The purpose of this study was to determine the number of Latino dentists in California, identify the schools and countries where they were educated, and compare Latino dentist demographics with that of the state’s new demographics. From the 2000 California Department of Consumer Affairs list of 25,273 dentists, we identified Latino U.S. dental graduates (USDGs) by “heavily Hispanic” surnames and Latino international dental graduates (IDGs) by country and school of graduation. From the 2000 U.S. census Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS), we described Latino dentist characteristics such as Spanish language capacity and practice location. The number of Latino dentists acquiring …


The Effects Of Glycerol Ingestion On Fluid Balance And Cardiovascular Hemodynamics In Males During Hypobaric Hypoxia, Julia Orri, Robert A. Robergs, Donna W. Lockner, David S. James, Ann L. Gibson, Erik Faria, Derek W. Marks, Heidi Weingart, Lance Dalleck Jan 2007

The Effects Of Glycerol Ingestion On Fluid Balance And Cardiovascular Hemodynamics In Males During Hypobaric Hypoxia, Julia Orri, Robert A. Robergs, Donna W. Lockner, David S. James, Ann L. Gibson, Erik Faria, Derek W. Marks, Heidi Weingart, Lance Dalleck

Kinesiology (Formerly Exercise and Sport Science)

Acute altitude exposure causes a loss of total body water and plasma volume. Glycerol ingestion has been shown to be rapidly absorbed by the intestine, leading to increases in serum osmolality, plasma osmolality, and total body water. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of glycerol ingestion on fluid balance and cardiovascular hemodynamics at rest and during exercise during hypobaric hypoxia. Twelve men (33 ± 8 yr, 177 ± 3 cm, 75 ± 11 kg, 52 ± 10 ml O2 · kg-1 · min-1) each completed 4, 3.5 hr trials in a randomized design: (A) 6% carbohydrate/electrolyte …


Merlot Delivered To Your Desk, Margaret M. Hansen Edd, Msn, Rn Jan 2007

Merlot Delivered To Your Desk, Margaret M. Hansen Edd, Msn, Rn

Nursing and Health Professions Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Behavioral Management Of Command Hallucinations To Harm In Schizophrenia, Robin Buccheri, L Trygstad, G Dowling Jan 2007

Behavioral Management Of Command Hallucinations To Harm In Schizophrenia, Robin Buccheri, L Trygstad, G Dowling

Nursing and Health Professions Faculty Research and Publications

The study objective was to evaluate changes in prevalence of command hallucinations to harm self or others, characteristics and intensity of auditory hallucinations, and levels of anxiety and depression after attendance at a 10-session course teaching behavioral strategies for managing persistent auditory hallucinations to adult outpatients with schizophrenia. Prevalence of command hallucinations to harm self or others was measured at baseline, end of course, and 1-year post-course. Pre-course scores on the Characteristics of Auditory Hallucinations Questionnaire, Unpleasant Voices Scale, tension-anxiety subscale of Profile of Mood States, and Beck Depression Inventory-II were compared with scores immediately post-course and 1 year later. …


Health Care In 2020, Charlotte Weaver, Rosemary Kennedy, W. Scott Erdley, Jeongeun Kim, Polun Chang, Ulrich Schrader, Margaret M. Hansen Edd, Msn, Rn Jan 2007

Health Care In 2020, Charlotte Weaver, Rosemary Kennedy, W. Scott Erdley, Jeongeun Kim, Polun Chang, Ulrich Schrader, Margaret M. Hansen Edd, Msn, Rn

Nursing and Health Professions Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Systems Biology By The Rules: Hybrid Intelligent Systems For Pathway Modeling And Discovery, William Bosl Jan 2007

Systems Biology By The Rules: Hybrid Intelligent Systems For Pathway Modeling And Discovery, William Bosl

Nursing and Health Professions Faculty Research and Publications

Background: Expert knowledge in journal articles is an important source of data for reconstructing biological pathways and creating new hypotheses. An important need for medical research is to integrate this data with high throughput sources to build useful models that span several scales. Researchers traditionally use mental models of pathways to integrate information and development new hypotheses. Unfortunately, the amount of information is often overwhelming and these are inadequate for predicting the dynamic response of complex pathways. Hierarchical computational models that allow exploration of semi-quantitative dynamics are useful systems biology tools for theoreticians, experimentalists and clinicians and may provide a …


Healing Our Hazardous Environment, K V. Hall, B M. Afzal, Barbara Sattler Jan 2007

Healing Our Hazardous Environment, K V. Hall, B M. Afzal, Barbara Sattler

Nursing and Health Professions Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Contrasting Roles Of Neural Firing Rate And Local Field Potentials In Human Memory, A. Ekstrom, Indre Viskontas, M. Kahana, J. Jacobs, K. Upchurch, S. Bookheimer, I. Fried Jan 2007

Contrasting Roles Of Neural Firing Rate And Local Field Potentials In Human Memory, A. Ekstrom, Indre Viskontas, M. Kahana, J. Jacobs, K. Upchurch, S. Bookheimer, I. Fried

Psychology

Recording the activity of neurons is a mainstay of animal memory research, while human recordings are generally limited to the activity of large ensembles of cells. The relationship between ensemble activity and neural firing rate during declarative memory processes, however, remains unclear. We recorded neurons and local field potentials (LFPs) simultaneously from the same sites in the human hippocampus and entorhinal cortex (ERC) in patients with implanted intracranial electrodes during a virtual taxi-driver task that also included a memory retrieval component. Neurons increased their firing rate in response to specific passengers or landmarks both during navigation and retrieval. Although we …