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What's Happening: December 24, 1986, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Ua66/14/3 Nursing Pinning Ceremony, Wku Nursing

WKU Archives Records

Pinning ceremony program listing graduates of the WKU Nursing program.

What's Happening: December 17, 1986, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Letter To The Editor (Human Immunodeficiency Virus In Costa Rica), Mark W. Oberle, Charles A. Schable, Mary Guinan, Luis Rosero

Public Health Faculty Publications

Recent reports of 12 confirmed cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Costa Rica have generated interest in the extent of spread of human T-lymphotropic virus type III/LAV (HTLV-III) in Latin America (1). To date, all cases of AIDS in Costa Rica have occurred in members of previously identified, high-risk groups, chiefly hemophiliacs. To examine the possibility of heterosexual transmission in Costa Rica, we utilized sera collected in a population-based case-control study of cervical cancer, conducted by the Costa Rican Demographic Association and other institution.

What's Happening: December 10, 1986, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

What's Happening: December 3, 1986, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Spruce Run News (December 1986), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Uwomj Volume 56, Number 1, December 1986, Western University

University of Western Ontario Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Aquatic Exercise On Self-Concept In The Elderly, Ok Chon Allison

MSN Research Projects

This quasi-experimental research study examined the effects of the aquatic exercise on self-concept in the elderly. The researcher hypothesized that there would be no significant difference in self-concept between elders who participated in an aquatic exercise program and elders who did not participate. A researcher-designed demographic data form and the Tennessee Self Concept Scale were used to collect pertinent data. A total of 22 subjects from two cities 30 miles apart participated in the study. Ten white female subjects were in the experimental group and 9 white and 3 black females were in the control group. The total positive self-concept …

A Comparison Of Positive And Negative Reinforcement Of Fingernail Biting, Naomi Lee Chandler

Student Dissertations & Theses

While nail-biting is not considered an important psychiatric symptom in the literature, it is an irritating and disfiguring behavior which calls for innovative intervention in its control. The subject in the present study was a 54-year-old female who spent an appreciable amount of time with facial make-up and hair grooming, but who often tried to hide her hands because of the disfigured appearance of her nails. In a ten-week study comparing the effects of positive and negative reinforcement, the subject was first rewarded for increasing her nail-biting behavior with tokens to be spent for "something to make her pretty". Then, …

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (Winter 1986), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The Winter 1986 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• O. J. Snyder Award Laureate, David Heilig, DO
• Spunk Smooths Tough Path
• Elliot Ames, DO, Bringing a New Subspecialty to OMCP
• Ben Rubin, PhD - Protagonist in the Victory over Smallpox
• On Campus
• Something of Honor
• Class Acts
• In Memoriam
• Coming Events

A Perspective On Differential Services In Counseling: Altruism And Likeness, James Latimore

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

In this exploratory study using a small sample, an attempt is made to understand the differential services provided by vocational counselors in a non-profit agency, a setting in which a strong identification with clients is encouraged. The services are measured and the unequal measures of service are related to the degree to which the client is seen as an image of the counselor in certain respects. Counseling is viewed as an altruistic occupation and the differential services are analyzed in this context. In general, it is suggested that the differential counseling and psycho-therapeutic services noted by other writers all reflect …

Tyrosyl Kinase Activity Is Inversely Related To Prostatic Acid Phosphatase Activity In Two Human Prostate Carcinoma Cell Lines., Ming-Fong Lin, Ching-Li Lee, Gail M. Clinton

Journal Articles: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Alterations in prostatic acid phosphatase (PAcP), a phosphotyrosyl phosphatase, corresponded to changes in overall tyrosyl kinase activity. PAcP added to extracts of prostate carcinoma cells with a low endogenous level of PAcP activity and elevated tyrosyl kinase activity decreased the tyrosyl kinase activity. On the other hand, when PAcP activity was decreased by the addition of androgens to cells, there was a corresponding increase in tyrosyl kinase activity.

Holidays As Multiple Realities: Experiencing Good Times And Bad Times After A Disabling Injury, Mary Jo Deegan

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Holidays are idealized as times of celebration. They are embedded in cultural symbols, family patterns, and lived experience. Because all holidays are not good times, however, the lived experience of holidays is considerably more complex than its symbolization. This ambivalence is dramatically deepened for recently disabled adults who view holidays as a specially strained time of remembrance. Past holidays are often idealized in a new way as one's biography is placed into a new embodied reality. Simultaneously, holidays remain days when one is supposed to celebrate, and often denote some celebration for the injured. The resulting experience is a melange …

Regulation By Adrenal Corticosteroids Of Sodium And Potassium Transport In Loop Of Henle And Distal Tubule Of Rat Kidney., Bruce A. Stanton

Dartmouth Scholarship

Studies were conducted to examine the effects of adrenalectomy (ADX) and selective, physiological adrenal corticosteroid replacement on sodium and potassium transport by the superficial loop of Henle and distal tubule of rat kidney in vivo. In the loop of Henle, ADX inhibited sodium reabsorption by 33%. Whereas dexamethasone had no effect on reabsorption, aldosterone increased sodium transport to control levels. Thus, physiological levels of mineralocorticoids, but not glucocorticoids, control a fraction of sodium reabsorption in the loop of Henle. ADX also inhibited potassium reabsorption in the loop of Henle. Both dexamethasone and aldosterone reversed the inhibition, although only aldosterone increased …

Fine-Structure Analysis Of The Processing And Polyadenylation Region Of The Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Thymidine Kinase Gene By Using Linker Scanning, Internal Deletion, And Insertion Mutations., Fang Zhang, Roger M. Denome, Charles N. Cole

Dartmouth Scholarship

Most eucaryotic mRNAs are polyadenylated. In higher eucaryotes, the sequence AATAAA is located 7 to 30 base pairs (bp) upstream from the site of processing and polyadenylation and is a critical part of the signal for processing and polyadenylation. Efficient cleavage and polyadenylation also require sequences downstream of polyadenylation sites. The herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase (tk) gene contains two copies of the AATAAA hexanucleotide and a GT box (18 of 19 consecutive residues are G or T) previously shown to be required for efficient processing and polyadenylation of tk mRNA (C. N. Cole and T. P. Stacy, …

Measuring Domestic Violence In An Alcoholic Population, Larry R. Livingston

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A survey of 107 adults receiving residential treatment for substance abuse was conducted, to determine characteristics of domestic violence in relationships. The survey incorporated instruments to measure the degree of substance abuse (the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test or MAST) as well as types and frequencies of domestic violence (the Conflict Tactics Scale or CTS-N). Findings are then compared to a national study of 2143 normals (Straus, Gelles, & Steinmetz, 1980) to ascertain differences in domestic violence.

Findings indicate that 83% of alcoholic subjects behaved violently in past relationships, compared to 28% of the normal population. Fifty-five percent of the alcoholics …

Outcome Of Young Stroke, Chau-Peng Leong, Fuk-Tan Tang, May-Kuen Wong

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Twenty-two cases of age under 40 with cerebral vascular disease had received rehabilitation programs in Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital from June, 1980 lo December 1984, were follow up by questionnaires and telephone. Analysis of activities of daily living, communicating ability, vacational status, marital, economic conditions and compare with the abilities of the old age group were done. In the items of independence in activies of daily living, this study revealed an order sequence as toilet, dressing, self feeding, arid bathing. The majority of independent showed in toileting in 19 patients (86.4%). In this study, the independent ADL is better in right …

A Survey Study Of Tennis Injuries In 601 Tennis Players, Tcho-Jen Liu, Tao-Chang Hsu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Investigation and analysis of 601 tennis players. 431 male and 170 female, indicated that 71.2% of them had tennis injuries. Eye accounted for 3% of the injuries, shoulder 24.3%, elbow 27%, wrist 20.5%, knee 3%, thigh 3.5%. leg 12.1%, ankle 7,2%. achilles tendon 6% rupture 0.3% and toe 4%. No significant difference was found between male and female players except for wrist (more females) and leg injuries (more males). Playing ability, warm-up frequency and limeappeared to make a significant difference in the occurence of tennis injuries. The incidence of injuries in players who used a large size racket grip was …

Chronic Injuries In Musical Practice, Sheng-Jye Tzeng, Guo-Uei Chen, Tao-Chang Hsu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

We describe out experience with 339 musical students in whom occupation related chronic injuries developed. We analyzed and discussed the possibilities of chronic injuries on account of longterm instrument t-performing in order to emphasize the importance of musical medicine and to draw attention to musical injuries of musical fields. We found that 61% of the examines com-planed of at least one instance of somatic discomforts. These symptoms persisted at lest one week and were directly due to instrument-performing. Most commonly found symptom was chronic pain (72%). Most common lesion was in cervical area (48%) with right side predominance. Most symptom-inducing …

Centronuclear Myopathy A Casereport, Horng-Jeng Shyn, Chue-Fun Chen

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Centronuclear myopathy is a rare disease. A 12-year-old boy was first described by Spiro in 1966. In 1968, Bethlem described an adutt case.This case was a 42-year-old female patient. She sufferred from muscle weakness over all limbs for more than 10 years gradually. She got pregnancy for seven times including five males & two females. Only one boy & one girl were survived. Other babies died within one month. She was admitted due to an accidental failing in Nov., 1985. She received an examination of EMG and muscle biopsy. The histological changes observed in biopsies was striking resemblance to the …

Turns-Amplitude And Associated Conditions In Suspected Steroid Induced Myopathy, Tsui-Fen Yang, Rai-Chi Chan, Tao-Chang Hsu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

The purpose of this study is to investigate the myopathy induced by steriod therapy with clinical symptoms and signs, the dosage and duration of steriod use, determination of serum muscle enzyme and EMG turns-amplitude analysis. 23 inpatients, aged from 16 to 62 years old. duration of onset from 6 months to 20 years, were studied. Among this 23 patients. 17 were SLE. 3 RA. 1 CGN and 2 cervical syndrome. All had been under steroid medication for a variable period. Electrodiagnostic procedure including NCV of median, ulnar, radial, pcroneal and tibial nerves, EMG with turns-amplitude analysis of BIC, EDC. QUA …

Facilitating Communication Skills In Adult Aphasia With Nonverbal Communication System: Casereport, Shu-Er Lee, Tao-Chang Hsu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

This study introduces a technique for aphasic treatment with a nonverbal communication system. The 60-year-old patient used a communication booklet for facilitating communication skills over 10 weeks. The results indicate that this technique improved patient's communication, and encouraged verbal language and writing skills. Good auditory comprehension, good visual perceptual, helpful materials, family cooperation, and a high level of motivation were major factors for success- Treatment program is discussed in detail.

Early Intervention For Speech-Language Delayed Children With Casereport, Yu-Mei Chung, Tao-Chang Hsu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

The purpose of this report is to investigate intervention for young speech-language delayed children. The rationale, evaluation, and detailed methodology are proposed first. Then the case of a 3-year-old is reported. His speech-language abilities progress is described and shown by the test results of the Preschool Language Scale-Chinese Version. Language samples analysis showed: 1. Mean length of utterance increased gradually as speech-language abilities progressed. 2. Type- token ratio was negatively related to mean length of utterance. The increase of the total number of different words was slower then increase of the mean length of utterance. 3. The content categories increased …

Age, Gender And Aphasic Type In Stroke Patients, Chein-Wei Chang, Chue-Fun Chen, I-Nan Lien, Horng-Jeng Shyn

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

75 patients with different types of aphasia attended to the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of National Taiwan University Hospital from Oct. 1980 to Dec. i984. They were all right handed and each of them suffered from a single clinical episode of cerebral infarction. Their speech function were evaluated according to the performance on the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination.The relationship among the age, gender and aphasic type was analyzed. Regardless of gender, patients with Broca's aphasia was significantly younger than those with global and transcortical sensory aphasias. Male patient was prevalent in aphasic groups, but mean age of both …

Contrasting Conditions Of Rehabilitation In Asia And The Comparative Status Of Rehabilitation In The Republic Of China, Robert J. Ronald, Tao-Chang Hsu

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Two vastly opposite conditions in the status of rehabilitation services can be found in S.E. Asia and pacific nations. Rehab in underdeveloped countries is hampered by poverty, scattered rural populations, inadequate facilities, equipment and personnel, environmental barriers, poor nutrition and hygiene, ignorance and prejudice, low national priorities for rehab. The most developed countries offer many well-funded services, public support for equipment, housing, employment, anti-barrier legislation, active participation of persons with disabilities in national planning, etc. Rehab in Taiwan is somewhere in the middle, far ahead of the undeveloped, but still behind the developed. Though it can boast of many fine …

小兒麻痺患病預防注射及其社區背景之探討, 美娟 黃, 復旦 鄧

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

No abstract provided.

潛水減壓症導致兩下肢癱瘓：19例探討, 弘正 徐

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

No abstract provided.

體位變化對脊髓損傷患者肺功能之影響, 秋芬 陳, 倚南 連

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

No abstract provided.

小兒麻痺患者之運動測驗, 佩珍 鍾, 秋芬 陳, 金鑫 賴, 澤杰 薛, 倚南 連

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

No abstract provided.