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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Prediction Of Stress Appraisals From Mastery, Extraversion, Neuroticism, And General Appraisal Tendencies, S. H. Hemenover, Richard A. Dienstbier
Prediction Of Stress Appraisals From Mastery, Extraversion, Neuroticism, And General Appraisal Tendencies, S. H. Hemenover, Richard A. Dienstbier
Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications
Several personality dimensions (mastery, extraversion, and neuroticism) and a new General Appraisal Measure were used to predict stress appraisals made by college students in specific situations. Using multiple-regression techniques, mastery and general appraisal tendencies predicted appraisals for an intellectual task. Path analysis supported a structural model with general appraisal tendencies as a mediator between mastery and specific appraisal. In the second study mastery, extraversion, neuroticism, and general appraisal tendencies predicted appraisals for an academic stressor. Path analysis again supported the mediational nature of general appraisal tendencies from personality variables to specific appraisal. We discuss a potential causal mechanism between personality …
Mill Owner Dies In Tractor Rollover, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Mill Owner Dies In Tractor Rollover, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging
A 51-year-old mill owner (the victim) was killed while pulling a 16-foot log from the woods. He had reached the top of a 10-12-degree slope, turned slightly to the left and stopped, when the tractor he was driving turned over. It landed on the victim and then rolled again. The victim's partner, who was with him, ran to a nearby house where he had seen two men working outdoors earlier. He asked them to call 911 and then returned with a backhoe with which to lift the tractor. While he was doing this, emergency medical services (EMS) personnel arrived. The …
Ua66/14/3 Nursing Pinning Ceremony, Wku Nursing
Ua66/14/3 Nursing Pinning Ceremony, Wku Nursing
WKU Archives Records
Pinning ceremony program listing graduates of the WKU Nursing program.
Method For Obtaining Antifungal And Herbicidal Compounds That Target The First Committed Step In Shingolipid Long-Chain Base Biosynthesis, Robert C. Dickson, Robert L. Lester
Method For Obtaining Antifungal And Herbicidal Compounds That Target The First Committed Step In Shingolipid Long-Chain Base Biosynthesis, Robert C. Dickson, Robert L. Lester
Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Faculty Patents
The invention provides the LCB1 and LCB2 genes of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae that encode subunits of the enzyme serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT), the first enzyme leading to synthesis of the long-base component of the sphingolipids. The present specification describes the isolation of the LCB1 and LCB2 genes. The invention further relates to methods of using these genes to either inhibit SPT activity or to inhibit synthesis of the enzyme. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods for constructing strains of S. cerevisiae or other organisms that can be used to select and to test for compounds that either inhibit SPT activity …
Farmer Killed When Caught In Hay Baler, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Farmer Killed When Caught In Hay Baler, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging
A 48-year-old part-time farmer was using a roll baler to bale hay on his farm around noon on a Saturday. Although there were no eyewitnesses to the event, it is believed that hay became clogged in the tines of the baler and he got off the tractor to try and force the hay in with his foot. His shoe or his pant leg became entangled in the tines of the baler and he was pulled into the machine.
In order to prevent similar incidents, FACE investigators recommend that
- machinery always be turned off before the operator dismounts or attempts to …
Farmer Killed When Crushed By Tractor, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Farmer Killed When Crushed By Tractor, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging
A 70-year-old farmer (the victim) was killed while mowing his pasture. He had completed mowing around the top of a ridge, and was beginning to mow the sloping sections, when the power take-off (PTO) shaft connecting the rotary mower (bushhog) to the tractor came off. When he attempted to re-attach the shaft, the tractor began to roll down the steep slope; he lost control as it descended into the hollow. Apparently he attempted to jump from the left side of the tractor and his right foot became wedged between the high/low shift lever; as a result his body went under …
Logger Killed By Falling Snag [96ky089], Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Logger Killed By Falling Snag [96ky089], Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging
A 54-year-old logger (the victim) was killed after being struck on the head by a falling snag (dead standing tree). The victim was cutting the last tree to make up a load (3 trees) for the skidder. The driver was about 10-15 feet away, waiting for the last tree. He did not witness the incident. When the victim felled the tree, a nearby dead tree broke at a point approximately 12 feet up. The dead tree fell directly on the victim, striking him on the crown of the head. He was not wearing any type of head protection at the …
Welder Dies After 30-Foot Fall From Steel Structure, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Welder Dies After 30-Foot Fall From Steel Structure, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Falls
A 31-year-old welder working at a construction site died after falling 30 feet. The victim, along with two co-workers, was on an I-beam structure preparing to weld handrails when the incident occurred. The victim informed his two co-workers that he was going to talk with another person on the crew and left the area. He was wearing a hard hat, full-body safety harness with two shock-absorbing lanyards, and steel-toed shoes. He went down one level and crossed a roped-off area, stepping onto a steel-grate floor. The unsecured flooring moved, and the victim fell 30 feet to the dirt floor below. …
Retired Farmer Thrown From And Run Over By Tractor, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Retired Farmer Thrown From And Run Over By Tractor, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center
Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging
A 67-year-old retired farmer (the victim) was killed while mowing a field of the family farm. He had made several passes around the field using a rotary mower recently equipped with new blades by his son. At one end of the field was an approximate 20-foot hill of 15-degree slope. The top of this hill was a plateau across which the tractor could be driven in order to ascend at the end which was less steep. The victim had come close to rolling the tractor over in the past, and so it was never his practice to mow across the …
Spruce Run News (December 1996), Spruce Run Staff
Spruce Run News (December 1996), Spruce Run Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Basement Membrane And Repair Of Injury To Peripheral Nerve: Defining A Potential Role For Macrophages, Matrix Metalloproteinases, And Tissue Inhibitor Of Metalloproteinases-1, Monique La Fleur, Johnnie L. Underwood, Daniel A. Rappolee, Zena Werb
Basement Membrane And Repair Of Injury To Peripheral Nerve: Defining A Potential Role For Macrophages, Matrix Metalloproteinases, And Tissue Inhibitor Of Metalloproteinases-1, Monique La Fleur, Johnnie L. Underwood, Daniel A. Rappolee, Zena Werb
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Research Publications
Injury to a peripheral nerve is followed by a remodeling process consisting of axonal degenera- tion and regeneration. It is not known how Schwann cell–derived basement membrane is pre- served after injury or what role matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their inhibitors play in axonal degeneration and regeneration. We showed that the MMPs gelatinase B (MMP-9), stromelysin-1 (MMP-3), and the tissue inhibitor of MMPs (TIMP)-1 were induced in crush and distal segments of mouse sciatic nerve after injury. TIMP-1 inhibitor activity was present in excess of proteinase activity in extracts of injured nerve. TIMP-1 protected basement mem- brane type IV collagen …
Use Of Folk Healing Practices By Hiv-Infected Hispanics Living In The United States, Mariana Suarez, Marcela Raffaelli, Ann O'Leary
Use Of Folk Healing Practices By Hiv-Infected Hispanics Living In The United States, Mariana Suarez, Marcela Raffaelli, Ann O'Leary
Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications
In the absence of a medical cure for AIDS, HIV-infected individuals may seek alternative treatments that are consistent with cultural and social beliefs. This paper examines beliefs about, and use of, folk healing practices by HIV-infected Hispanics receiving care at an HIV/AIDS clinic in inner-city New Jersey. Anonymous individual interviews were conducted with 58 male and 18 female HIV-infected Hispanics aged 23-55, primarily of Puerto Rican origin (61%) or descent (29%). The majority of respondents believed in good and evil spirits (73.7%); among the 56 believers, 48% stated that the spirits had a causal role in their infection, either alone …
Moral Theory And Moral Life, Michael Pritchard
Moral Theory And Moral Life, Michael Pritchard
Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers
This paper was originally presented as The Distinguished Scholar Award Lecture, January 25, 1996.
Competitive Orientations And Motives Of Adult Sport And Exercise Participants, Diane L. Gill, Lavon Williams, Deborah A. Dowd, Christina M. Beaudoin, Jeffrey J. Martin
Competitive Orientations And Motives Of Adult Sport And Exercise Participants, Diane L. Gill, Lavon Williams, Deborah A. Dowd, Christina M. Beaudoin, Jeffrey J. Martin
Kinesiology, Health and Sport Studies
Participants in four different adult sport and exercise programs (running club, exercise classes, cardiac rehabilitation program, senior games) completed measures of competitive orientation and participation motivation. Our samples were older and more diverse than samples of previous research, and their competitive orientations and motives were similarly diverse. Multivariate analyses revealed gender and sample differences. Males were higher than females on competitiveness and win orientation, and runners were less win-oriented than other groups, but overall, all groups were similar to previous college-age samples in competitive orientation. Groups varied on specific motives, with females rating fitness, flexibility, affiliation, and appearance higher than …
The Right To A Family Environment For Children With Disabilities, Victoria Weisz
The Right To A Family Environment For Children With Disabilities, Victoria Weisz
Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications
To access services for children with disabilities, the children often have been required to leave their families of origin. However, social science evidence indicates that there are substantial psychological benefits for children to remain with their families whenever possible. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN General Assembly, 1989) supports policies and programs that enable children with disabilities to receive services without leaving their family environment. This article briefly reviews the social science literature and the UN. Convention, and it documents trends in US. law consistent with the implications of the scientific evidence and international consensus. The …
An Analysis Of Two Tests For Diesel Contamination In The Environment When Considering The Impact On Hydrocarbon Degrading Bacteria, Chris Wedding
An Analysis Of Two Tests For Diesel Contamination In The Environment When Considering The Impact On Hydrocarbon Degrading Bacteria, Chris Wedding
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
No abstract provided.
Experience With Larangeal Mask Airway In Pakistani Patients, F A. Khan, M A. Afzal, R S. Kamal
Experience With Larangeal Mask Airway In Pakistani Patients, F A. Khan, M A. Afzal, R S. Kamal
Department of Anaesthesia
One hundred and thirty seven adult patients undergoing peripheral surgery were studied regarding ease of larangeal mask airway (LMA) insertion, airway maintenance during surgery and complication encountered during insertion, maintenance and in the postoperative period. In a majority (84%) of patients, the airway was positioned correctly at the first attempt, 3% patients had mild laryngospasm at insertion and in 85% a good airway was obtained. No airway related problems were encountered intraoperatively. Two percent patients had laryngospasm on removal of LMA. Postoperatively, the complaint of sore throat and uvular trauma was seen in 4% cases.
Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume Xlvi, Number 1, December 1996
Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume Xlvi, Number 1, December 1996
The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)
Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume XLVI, Number 1, December 1996
Rational Drug Design, Page 4
Technology Transfer, Page 7
Clinical Trials, Page 9
World-Class Athletes and Drugs, Page 12
The Makings of the Complete Physician, Page 14
Major Alliance Links Jefferson with Mercy Health, Page 17
“Gene Repair” Corrects Mutation Leading to Disease, Page 19
Genetic Discoveries Lead to New Lung Cancer Tests, Page 20
Alumni Can Participate in JeffHOPE, Page 24
Student AMA Organizes Bone Marrow Drive, Page 25
A Comparison Of Olfactory Organ Development And Feeding Behavior In Larval Fathead Minnows, Pimephales Promelas Rafinesque, Robert Molloy
A Comparison Of Olfactory Organ Development And Feeding Behavior In Larval Fathead Minnows, Pimephales Promelas Rafinesque, Robert Molloy
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The early recruitment and use of the chemoreceptive senses, olfaction and gustation, are important for early behavior development in fathead minnows and the ability of larvae to survive after hatching. Chemoreception is used in the location of food, avoidance of predators, and for intraspecific communication. Furthermore, some studies have shown the olfactory system to be adversely impacted by environmental contaminants and low pH. Since the fathead minnow is a commercially raised baitfish in the aquaculture industry, and serves as a standard test organism for bioassays and reaction studies of aquatic contamination by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, an understanding …
Health Knowledge Of Nigerian College Students, Chinyere Ogbonna-Mcgruder
Health Knowledge Of Nigerian College Students, Chinyere Ogbonna-Mcgruder
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The increase in preventable diseases in many parts of Africa is becoming quite a concern for the African community as well as for epidemiologists all over the world. There is a general consensus among African epidemiologists that a lack of health education and traditional cultures contribute to this trend. The purpose of this thesis is to report the results of a survey of health knowledge among college students in the southern region of Nigeria, specifically, in Enugu and it's surrounding environ. First year students at the two universities in this region completed the health knowledge inventory (HKI). These students were …
Work Redesign And Its Influence On Employee Motivation And Job Satisfaction, John Koscielniak
Work Redesign And Its Influence On Employee Motivation And Job Satisfaction, John Koscielniak
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Reengineering and work redesign have become the buzzwords of the healthcare industry giving rise to the unprecedented growth of reengineering / work redesign consultants who offer cookbook methods to make the organization efficient and reduce costs. The unfortunate consequence of this rush to redesign is that the employer accepts recommendations to change the organization without knowing the state of the workforce. The purpose of this research is to test the effects of work redesign as implemented at two for-profit hospitals using a measurement tool developed specifically for work redesign. The intent is to compare the hospitals separately as each work …
Practices, Attitudes And Knowledge Of Food Service Owners And Managers Of South Central Kentucky Regarding Provision Of A Smoke-Free Environment For Customers, Jose Pagan
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The harmful effects on health caused by exposure to enviromental tobacco smoke (ETS) are well documented. In 1987 and 1996 mail surveys were conducted to determine the change in practices, attitudes and knowledge of food service owners and managers of south central Kentucky on some issues relating to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Study subjects included all food service owners and managers of south central Kentucky that have a permit on file at the Barren River District Health Department. In 1987, a total of 127 out of 431 questionnaires were received ( 29.5% response rate). In 1996 the response rate was …
Punitive Damages...Just So You Know., Geoffrey G. Hallock Md
Punitive Damages...Just So You Know., Geoffrey G. Hallock Md
Department of Surgery
No abstract provided.
Prematriculation Immunization Policies: A Survey Of Kentucky Colleges And Universities, Deborah Foushee
Prematriculation Immunization Policies: A Survey Of Kentucky Colleges And Universities, Deborah Foushee
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Immunizations for vaccine preventable diseases are ordinarily completed by young adulthood, and the school system is typically the institution required to determine compliance with state immunization requirements prior to enrollment. In recent years, outbreaks of measles on college campuses across the United States have led to the implementation of immunization requirements. Kentucky fouryear postsecondary institutions are not required by state law to request proof of immunization. The purpose of this study was to assess prematriculation immunization policies of Kentucky four-year colleges and universities. Participants completed a survey which appraised the existence of a university prematriculation policy, the diseases covered by …
Method And Compositions For Treating Age Related Disorders, John M. Carney, Robert A. Floyd
Method And Compositions For Treating Age Related Disorders, John M. Carney, Robert A. Floyd
Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Faculty Patents
Compositions containing as the active ingredient a spin-trapping reagent, preferably α-phenyl butyl nitrone (PBN) or spin-trapping derivatives thereof, in a suitable pharmaceutical carrier for administration to a patient are disclosed for treating or preventing symptoms associated with aging or other conditions associated with oxidative tissue damage. Other spin-trapping agents can also be used, such as 5,5-dimethyl pyrroline N-oxide (DMPO) or α-(4-pyridyl 1-oxide)-N-tert-butylnitrone (POBN), and other spin-trapping derivatives thereof. These compositions and methods are useful in the treatment of age-related disorders, pre-surgical and/or pre-anesthetic preparation or administration of chemotherapeutic agents, and in the treatment of disorders or trauma of the brain, …
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 72, No. 26, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 72, No. 26, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Archives Records
WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.
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Articles in this issue:
- LaBelle, Charboneé. Restrooms: Americans with Disabilities Act Cuts Through Red Tape
- Leonard, Kim. Ride Plan Set to Begin
- Stamper, John. December Graduates Will Have Lots of Elbow Room
- Hall, Jason. All Hours Must be Completed
- Student Government Association Didn’t Miss the Bus with Resolution
- McDonner, Michael. Labs Wrongly Used
- Browning, Michelle. Meat-centered Diet is Unhealthy One
- VanWinkle, Cara. Dorm Life Offers Little Discipline
- Latham, …
The Effects Of An Appraisal Manipulation: Affect, Intrusive Cognitions, And Performance For Two Cognitive Tasks, Scott H. Hemenover, Richard A. Dienstbier
The Effects Of An Appraisal Manipulation: Affect, Intrusive Cognitions, And Performance For Two Cognitive Tasks, Scott H. Hemenover, Richard A. Dienstbier
Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications
We examined the relationship between trait measures of general appraisal and test anxiety, state measures of stress appraisals, affect, and intrusive cognition, andperformance measures on two cognitive tests (mental math and Raven matrices). Participants were randomly assigned to threat, challenge, or control conditions that were created by manipulating both primary and secondary appraisals. We predicted that the threat condition would lead to more negative affect, stress appraisals, intrusive cognitions, and more errors. While our manipulated conditions led to inconsistent effects, path analyses tended to confirm predictions that negative task appraisals and trait test anxiety lead to negative affect and to …
F(C)Gammari-Targeted Fusion Proteins Result In Efficient Presentation By Human Monocytes Of Antigenic And Antagonist T Cell Epitopes, Chunlei Liu, Joel Goldstein, Robert F. Graziano, Jia He, Jeremiah K. O'Shea, Yashwant Deo, Paul M. Guyre
F(C)Gammari-Targeted Fusion Proteins Result In Efficient Presentation By Human Monocytes Of Antigenic And Antagonist T Cell Epitopes, Chunlei Liu, Joel Goldstein, Robert F. Graziano, Jia He, Jeremiah K. O'Shea, Yashwant Deo, Paul M. Guyre
Dartmouth Scholarship
A major challenge for using native or modified T cell epitopes to induce or suppress immunity relates to poor localization of peptides to antigen presenting cells (APCs) in vivo. In this study, we demonstrate enhanced presentation of antigenic and antagonistic peptides by targeting them to the type I Fc receptor for IgG (F(c)gammaRI, CD64) on human monocytes. A Th epitope of tetanus toxoid, TT830, and the antagonistic peptide for TT830, TT833S, were genetically grafted into the constant region of the heavy chain of the humanized anti-CD64 mAb 22 and expressed as monovalent fusion proteins, Fab22-TT830 and Fab22-TT833S. These CD64-targeted peptides …
Information Interface - Volume 21, Issue 5 - November/December 1996, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library
Information Interface - Volume 21, Issue 5 - November/December 1996, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library
Information Interface (1976 - 2009)
News and information about Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library of interest to users.
Enteric Absorption Of Ciprofloxacin During Tube Feeding In The Critically Ill, Stephen M. Cohn, Mark D. Sawyer, Gerard A. Burns, Concertina Tolomeo, Kerry A. Milner
Enteric Absorption Of Ciprofloxacin During Tube Feeding In The Critically Ill, Stephen M. Cohn, Mark D. Sawyer, Gerard A. Burns, Concertina Tolomeo, Kerry A. Milner
Nursing Faculty Publications
To determine the pharmacokinetic properties of ciprofloxacin in the critically ill, we studied seven mechanically ventilated patients with pneumonia during entcral feedings. Subjects received ciprofloxacin 750 mg every 12 h via nasogastric tube and serial serum drug concentrations were measured after the first and fourth dose. After the initial dose, the maximum serum concentration ranged from 1.24–3.06 mg/L, and the area under the time curve from 0–12 h ranged from 3.2–19.65 mg.h/L. Similar levels were noted after dose four. Gastrointestinal absorption of ciprofloxacin in tube fed critically ill patients was decreased, but well above MIC values for many pathogenic bacteria.