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The Histologic Changes Following Apicoectomy In The Root Filled Tooth Of Dogs, Sarit K. Ghose

Master's Theses

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A Histologic Study Of Healing Following Re-Entry Surgery In Dogs, James M. Giblin

Master's Theses

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Ovarian Development In The Golden Hamster, Patricia Jaglarski

Master's Theses

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Cytological Study Of The Migration Of The Cells Of The Interdental Papillae In The Mouse, Anjana A. Joglekar

Master's Theses

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Mitotic Activity In The Oral Epithelium Of The Human Female, Joseph Krajewski

Master's Theses

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The Establishment And Maintenance Of Goldfish Cell Lines In Tissue Culture, Helen Mae Kroeker

Master's Theses

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A Conventional Assessment Of Orthodontic Cooperation As Compared To Interrogation And Polygraphic Testing, Jack Garfield Mann

Master's Theses

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Effect Of Parathyroid Hormone Upon The Oxidation Of Citrate By Rat Kidney Homogenates And Mitochondria, Mark Melancon

Master's Theses

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Determination Of Streptococcal-Hyaluronidase In Human Carious Dentin, Saryubala Parikh

Master's Theses

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A Study Of Interpersonal Techniques In The Emergency Room, Malcye Wisdoma Bush

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to assess nurse-patient interaction in the stress-producing situation of a hospital emergency room. The problem was to ascertain if interpersonal techniques in the emergency room were therapeutic or nontherapeutic.

The following subproblems were studied: (1) Does the interaction between professional nursing personnel and emergency room patients tend to be more therapeutic than the interaction between nonprofessional nursing personnel and emergency room patients? (2) What interpersonal techniques are most used by nursing personnel in the emergency room? (3) Does the type of patient influence the therapeutic or nontherapeutic interaction of the nursing personnel in the …

A Survey Of Patient-Centered Health Teaching Programs In A Selected Group Of Medical Institutions, Marian Davenport Hamilton

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to find out what patient-centered health teaching programs are currently being carried on in medical institutions belong to the Association of Seventh-day Adventist Self-Supporting Institutions. This organization is composed of representatives of the General Conference of the church and representatives of various private enterprises. Objectives of medical institutions belonging to this organization include care of the sick, and the improvement of patents' health through education of the patient.

A descriptive survey included all A. S. I. medical institutions licensed for overnight care of patients. These institutions were located in 29 states. The survey was …

Factors Affecting The Rest Of The Hospitalized Cardiac Patient, Julia M. Bensonhaver

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A study was conducted to determine factors which can promote and prevent the rest of the hospitalized cardiac patient. Literature was reviewed in the areas of patients' opinions about their hospitalization and pertinent concepts in medical and nursing literature regarding cardiac rest. A study was not found which polled cardiac patient specifically regarding their ability to rest. Most authorities in this area strongly advocate rest for the cardiac patient, but there is disagreement of how and how long the patient should rest.

A questionnaire was sent to seventy cardiac patients who had been hospitalized in the nine months prior to …

Anxiety And Fear In Personality Structure, Robert Robert Mickelson

Graduate Student Research Papers

The problem to be studied is the effect of anxiety and fear on the personality. Concern with this problem stems from the fact that on many occasions anxiety and fear blocks a person's free approach to experience and often anxiety and fear prevent one from building sound interpersonal and intergroup relations.

A Study Of Puccinia Graminis And Cronartium Ribicola, Duane W. Hughes

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study (1) to review the literary history of rusts in the United States and in the Northwest in particular, ( 2) to learn where rusts generally are found geographically, (3) to gain further information regarding the etiology of wheat rust (Puccinia graminis tritici), of white pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola) and to become enlightened on other rusts, (4) to learn ways of controlling the two rusts, black stem rust of wheat and white pine blister rust, and to gain an appreciation of the economic importance of rust prevention.

A Study Of Verbal Output, Relating To Otsego Public School First Grade Students With Functional Articulatory Defects, John M. Bartholomy

Masters Theses

The Problem and Its Background

The Problem

The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not the verbal output of first grade elementary school children is reduced when one of the participants in conversational communication has an articulation speech defect. A speech defect has long been thought to cause a reduction in the verbal output of the possessor of that speech defect. This present study seeks to determine whether or not an articulatory speech defect also reduces the verbal output of the normal speaking person with whom he is communicating.

The Concept Of Adaptive Behavior In An Institutional Setting, John C. Jones

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The present study is an attempt to objectify the subjective concept of adaptive behavior and to show the effect of institutionalization upon adaptive behavior.

The development of an Adaptive Behavior Rating Sheet consisting of forty-five items is a major portion of this study.

The Adaptive Behavior Rating Sheet was administered to a sample of ninety patients who, at the time of administration, had been in the Parsons State Hospital and Training Center (PSH&TC) between one year six months and two years six months.

The raw scores were statistically reduced to comply with the five levels of adaptive behavior employed at …

Listening Lessons In Connected Speech For Puerto Rican College Students For The Purpose Of Improving Aural Comprehension In English, Margaret F. Tucker

Speech and Hearing Sciences ETDs

The University of Puerto Rico English staff members who are preparing teachers for the Island school system are concerned about the lack of effective training techniques which will develop the student's listening ability and thereby sharpen his comprehension of spoken English. Appropriate listening lessons to improve their understanding of connected speech are needed. The purpose of this study is to investigate the following hypothesis:

That additional materials for listening discrimination are needed for teaching English to Puerto Rican college students, and that paragraph listening lessons will provide varied auditory experience for sound discrimination training in learning English as a second …

Areas Of Knowledge And Skills Essential To Occupational Therapists In Clinical Psychiatry --A Critical Study Of 395 Performance Examples, Elizabeth A. Boles

Masters Theses

Introduction

Occupational therapy, an allied medical discipline, has experienced rapid growth in the slightly more than forty years of its existence. The impetus given to this field through the training of World War I reconstruction aides, the forerunners of professional occupational therapists, has been described by Willard and Spackman.¹ These authors state that the inauguration of the first collegiate training program took place at Milwaukee Downer College in 1913. By 1921 a national professional organization had been formed,² and by 1938 four schools of occupational therapy had been accredited, based on standards set up by the American Medical …

A Study Of Postpartum Uterine Massage, Beverly Eugenia Blake

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a significant difference in the amount of postpartum bleeding between two methods of uterine massage and no uterine massage. The experimental method with parallel groups technique and a single variable was used. The criterion used in determining the amount of bleeding was the volume of red cells lost.

The study was conducted at St. Bernardine's Hospital using three experimental groups selected from one hundred and nineteen deliveries between January 25 and March 2, 1963. Group A was composed of sixteen patients whose uterus' were externally held for one hour …

Identification Of Needs In High Risk Prematures Significant To Public Health Nursing Follow-Up, Vida Francis

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Experts in the field of prematurity have stressed the need for an intensive follow-up program for premature infants after discharge from the hospital and cited the important role that public nurses can play. It was hypothesized that there are needs of high risk premature infant significant to public health nursing follow-up.

The descriptive survey method and an interview schedule was the selected manner for obtaining necessary data. The sample was chosen from high risk premature infants attending the Premature Clinic at the White Memorial Hospital. The selected infants had birth wrights of 1,500 grams of less, were under one year …

Identification Of Needs In High Risk Prematures Significant To Public Health Nursing Follow-Up, Vida Francis

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Experts in the field of prematurity have stressed the needs for an intensive follow-up program for premature infants after discharge from the hospital and cited the important role that public health nurses can play. It was hypothesized that there are needs of the high risk premature infant significant to public health nursing follow-up.

The descriptive survey method and an interview schedule was the selected manner for obtaining necessary data. The sample was chosen from high risk premature infants attending the Premature Clinic at the White Memorial Hospital. The selected infants had birth weights of 1,500 grams or less, were under …

An Historical Analysis Of The School Of Nutrition And Dietetics, Loma Linda University, Florence Tidwell Otto

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to provide a historical reference on the origin, development, and objectives of the School of Nutrition and Dietetics from the beginning of the first dietetic program in 1908 to that of the present.

Three methods were employed in this study: the historical, interview, and questionnaire. The main historical source material was obtained from the Historical Records Office in the Library of Loma Linda University. The material consisted of selected letters of the administrators of the College and leaders in the dietetic programs. There is a greater amount of board minutes, annual bulletins, and documents. …

Student Record Data Useful In Secondary School Curriculum Improvement For Health Education, Feliza I. Mopera

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to find recorded data on students' records in a selected Seventh-day Adventist church-sponsored secondary school which could be of acceptable value in curriculum improvement in health education.

A survey method of research was chosen with the study of two available records which were: (1) The Medical Examination Records and (2) the Mooney Problem Check List. The Medical Examination Records were filled out by students' private physicians on their first admission to the school; the Mooney Problem Check List were administered by the school on October 24, 1961. These students were from grades nine through …

A Comparison Of The Effectiveness Of Two Cooling Baths For Reducing Fever In Children, Mildred Bailey Howard

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relative effectiveness of two methods of administration of the cooling bath for reducing fever due to infection. Fifteen infants and children age six months to three years with rectal temperatures of 101 degrees Fahrenheit or over were included in the study.

The experimental method with a retroactive comparison of a parallel group was the research approach used. For a previous study by Kueffner, seven subjects had been immersed in tubs of water 95 degrees Fahrenheit which was gradually reduced to 75 degrees Fahrenheit, each subject remaining in the tub a total …

Survey Of Concepts Held By Bedside Nurses Relative To The Prevention Of Pressure Sores, Joan Winifred Sommer

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study was concerned with the problem of determining what understandings the bedside nurse has of the principles involved in the prevention of pressure sores. Since pressure sores are still a problem in nursing care, a study such as this was needed to ascertain the knowledge of the bedside nurse relative to their prevention. The immediate purpose of the study was to determine the concepts held by bedside nurses by asking them to state what they did to prevent pressure sores. The long range purpose was to contribute to better in-service education through the use of information gained in the …

A Study Of The Pattern Of Malocclusion Of The Lower Anterior Teeth In Subjects With Malocclusion And No History Of Orthodontic Treatment, Richard A. Simms

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A study of the pattern of malocclusion of the six lower permanent anterior teeth in subjects with malocclusion and no history of orthodontic treatment was undertaken to determine if the malocclusion of these teeth occurred in a random manner or followed a definite regular pattern.

The problem was approached epidemiologically by studying the positions assumed by the teeth in 408 males and females age 12 to 23. The subjects of this investigation were enrolled as students in the grammar school, academy, college and university system of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

The method of visual assessment of malocclusion …

The Efficacy Of A Limited Clinical Undergraduate Orthodontic Program, Benjamin H. Robson

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

One of the major and long standing problems in undergraduate education has been the operation and maintenance of an efficient orthodontic clinic.

Literature based on the history of undergraduate orthodontic clinics, as well as of previous investigations into their operations was reviewed. Little if any, specific recorded information could be found.

The specific purpose of this investigation was to inspect the elements of and the accomplishments of a specific undergraduate orthodontic clinic. The efficacy was based upon an investigation along two avenues of study: (1) A complete review of all case histories and records for an analysis of the nature …

Identification Of Emotional Needs Of Patients With Infectious Hepatitis, Elizabeth Tidmore Shafqat

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

It was the purpose of this study to identify the emotional needs of patients with infectious hepatitis through the use of nursing process studies. The information obtained, it was hoped, would be helpful in giving nurses better insight into the emotional needs of these patients and to give a basis for planning nursing care.

The descriptive survey was the method used; the tool, the nursing process study. Nursing care was given to six patients between the ages of 18 and 45 who had infectious hepatitis without other complications.

The nursing process studies were filled out by the investigator on each …

An Evaluation Of Two Cleansing Techniques Used On Female Catheterization, Fern Iva Potter

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The Problem: This study was designed to ascertain which of two pre-catheterization cleansing procedures now in common use for the female patient is more effective in producing an area relatively free of microorganisms.

The Need: Indications of need for the study were: (1) an increasing body of literature linking catheterization with frequent urinary tract infections, many of which are "silent" but have extremely serious sequelae; (2) lack of uniformity in defining adequate pre-catheterization cleansing; and (3) absence of any recorded research to determine an adequate cleansing technique.

Method: The experimental method of research was used to collect data on one …

A Study Of Fever Differences Following Cardiac Surgery, Cleta Phyllis Lane

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to find out whether the temperature level following heart and great vessel surgery is greater following the use of the heart-lung machine than those following closed heart surgery or cardiac and great vessel surgery with the use of hypothermia.

The method used was the descriptive survey. Data were obtained from medical records in one selected hospital. The desired number of charts was 50 for each of the three categories. The categories were identified by groups as follows:

Group I: patients having had cardiac surgery by a closed heart technique. All of the patients in …