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Guide D'Évaluation Du Potentiel De Coups De Terrain Dans Les Mines À L'Aide De La Méthode Erp, Richard Simon, Michel Aubertin, Denis E. Gill

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Pre-Referral Portfolio Assessment For Limited English Proficient Students, Elizabeth Grayce Stevens

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

What can be done to ensure that the needs are met of children who are limited in proficiency of the English language? Such is the familiar query of educators and professionals alike. In fact, one elementary school principal stated that this question often presents itself as the first item of business when administrators meet together (Marian Waterman, personal communication, October, 1997). How do we know where to place a child? How do we evaluate progress? When progress is limited, how do we know if the child requires special education services? The answers lie in appropriate assessment.

Calling Off The Bounty Hunters: Discrediting The Use Of Alleged Anti-Kickback Violations To Support Civil False Claims Actions, Lisa M. Phelps

Vanderbilt Law Review

As skyrocketing health care costs threaten the survival of federally funded health care programs, government prosecutors and private parties are frequently turning to the Civil False Claims Act' as their weapon of choice in waging the "war" on health care fraud and abuse. The False Claims Act is a powerful federal statute that creates liability for the submission of false claims to the federal government. In the health care industry, a typical false claims plaintiff asserts that a health care provider submitted a Medicare or Medicaid claim to the federal government which was "false" because the provider mischarged or overcharged …

Review Of The Impact Of Managed Care On The Practice Of Psychotherapy: Innovation, Implementation And Controversy. Richard M. Alperin And David G. Phillips. Reviewed By Steven Segal, University Of California, Berkeley., Steven Segal

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Richard M. Alperin and David G. Phillips, The Impact of Managed Care on the Practice of Psychotherapy: Innovation, Implementation and Controversy. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1997. $31.95 hardcover.

Patient-Guided Investigation Of The Restoration Of Health Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Nancy Ann Carney

Dissertations and Theses

The development of emergency department medical interventions and the implementation of fast-transport trauma systems has decreased the rate of death resulting from traumatic brain injury (TBI). Without corresponding methods for long-term treatment and recovery, the prevalence of people disabled by TBI has increased, creating a growing public health problem. Investigations generated by physicians, rehabilitation programs, and social scientists, which attempt to associate standard measures of injury severity with outcome, leave unexplained variance in long-term functional status for persons with TBI.

The purpose of this investigation was to use persons with brain injury and their family members, to guide an analysis …

Influence Of Boat Density Levels On Boaters' Satisfaction At Hyrum Lake, Utah, Floyd Alma Powell

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of boat density on boaters' satisfaction at Hyrum Lake State Park, Utah. The study evaluated relationships between boaters' satisfaction with their Hyrum Lake experience and density of boats at different locations on the lake and among participants in different boating activities.

The participants in this study were boaters who used Hyrum Lake between May and September of 1996. An oral, on-site interview survey was randomly given to 282 boaters as they left the lake for the day. The surveys were conducted on high-density days (weekends) and low-density days (weekdays), which …

Analysis Of Gender And Success-Related Kinematic Differences Of Elite Sport Rock Climbers During Competition, Russell Slaugh

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This study compared differences in kinematically based performance success characteristics of elite sport rock climbers during competition both within and across the variable of gender. The purpose of this study was to identify kinematically based performance success and gender differences in elite sport rock climbers for the development of further studies and gender-specific training procedures. The dependent variables included the kinematics of the dynamic grasping hand (DGH) and the center of mass (CM) and the timing of these variables.

The participants included both the men and women competitors registered for the 1997 American Sport Climbing Federation's Fall National competition held …

What's Happening: April 29, 1998, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Political Psychology And Critiques Of The Scientific Method: Azt, Asia, Africa, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article critiques critiques of clinical outcome studies carried out in Third World countries of Asia and Africa for new methods of AZT treatment that might affect the transmission of HIV from pregnant women to their infants. Some of these studies have been supported by the United States' Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and National Institutes of Health and opposed by several articles in The New England Journal of Medicine.

The Baculovirus Anti-Apoptotic P35 Protein Promotes Transformation Of Mouse Embryo Fibroblasts., M Resnicoff, B. Valentinis, D. Herbert, D. Abraham, P D. Friesen, E. S. Alnemri, R Baserga

Department of Microbiology and Immunology Faculty Papers

The baculovirus p35 protein is a potent inhibitor of programmed cell death induced by a variety of stimuli in insects, nematodes, and mammalian cell lines. The broad ability of p35 in preventing apoptosis has led us to investigate its effect on mouse embryo fibroblasts in vitro and in vivo. For this purpose, we have used R- cells (3T3-like fibroblasts derived from mouse embryos with a targeted disruption of the insulin-like growth factor I receptor (IGF-IR) genes) and R508 cells (derived from R- and with 15 x 10(3) IGF-IRs per cell). Both cell lines grow normally in monolayer, but they do …

Identification Of Fetal Dna And Cells In Skin Lesions From Women With Systemic Sclerosis, Carol M. Artlett, J. Bruce Smith, Sergio A. Jimenez

Selected Works of Sergio Jiménez, MD, MACR

BACKGROUND: Systemic sclerosis is a disease of unknown origin which often occurs in women after their childbearing years. It has many clinical and histopathological similarities to chronic graft-versus-host disease. Recent studies indicate that fetal stem cells can survive in the maternal circulation for many years post partum. This finding suggests that fetal cells persisting in the maternal circulation or tissues could be involved in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis by initiating a graft-versus-host reaction.

METHODS: We used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to identify Y-chromosome sequences in DNA extracted from peripheral-blood cells and skin lesions from women with systemic sclerosis …

The Effect Of Familiar And Novel Testing Environments On The Gross Motor Function Measure Scores Of Developmentally Normal Children 17-37 Months Old, Tracey Blain, Jean Angel

Masters Theses

Our purpose in this research was to compare the reliability of the Gross Motor Function Measure in familiar and unfamiliar environments. Discrepancy between clinical assessment results and true motor functional ability may give false information leading to inefficient treatment sessions. Our research gives therapists information about optimal assessment site choice. Subjects included sixteen developmentally normal children between the ages of 17 and 37 months. Our study fit a repeated measure counterbalanced design, and ANOVA was used to analyze our data. We did not reject our null hypothesis that the child’s score on the GMFM in the familiar environment would equal …

Effects Of Zinc On Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase In Buffalo Rat Liver Cells, Bryan G. Sauer

Honors Theses

In recent years, interest has surfaced in the use of insulin-mimicking agents for diabetic therapies. Zinc has been shown to have insulin-like effects in vivo and in vitro but has never been studied for its ability to mimic insulin in the regulation of carbohydrate and fatty acid metabolism. Therefore, the author studied the effects of zinc on glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH), an enzyme stimulated by insulin that is imperative in both carbohydrate and fatty acid metabolism. Because G6PDH is highly regulated in liver cells, a stable rat liver cell line, Buffalo Rat Liver (BRL), was used. Endogenous G6PDH activity and G6PDH …

Management Of Common Musculoskeletal Problems: A Survey Of Ontario Primary Care Physicians, Richard H. Glazier, Dawn M. Dalby, Elizabeth M. Badley, Gillian A. Hawker, Mary J. Bell, Rachelle Buchbinder, Sydney C. Lineker

Kinesiology and Physical Education Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: In Canada, primary care physicians manage most musculoskeletal problems. However, their training in this area is limited, and some aspects of management may be suboptimal. This study was conducted to examine primary care physicians' management of 3 common musculoskeletal problems, ascertain the determinants of management and compare management with that recommended by a current practice panel. METHODS: A stratified computer-generated random sample of 798 Ontario members of the College of Family Physicians of Canada received a self-administered questionnaire by mail. Respondents selected various items in the management of 3 hypothetical patients: a 77-year-old woman with a shoulder problem, a …

The Politics Of Stress Management: The Newest Opiate Of The Masses, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article posits a politically exploitive agenda underlying the theory, research, and practice of stress management.

What's Happening: April 16, 1998, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

In The Affirmative, Vol.5, No.4 (Mid-April/Mid-May 1998), Mike Martin, The Aids Project

In the affirmative (1993-1999)

No abstract provided.

Dual Diagnoses: The Challenge Of Serving People With Concurrent Mental Illness And Substance Abuse Problems, Richard Hegner

National Health Policy Forum

This paper describes the prevalence of comorbid mental disorders in the population and discusses what is known about causality and relapse. The relationship between dual diagnosis and homelessness and crime is also discussed. The paper also explores options for improving treatment among the dually diagnosed.

Electrician Dies In 6-Foot Fall From Ladder, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Falls

A 51-year-old male electrician (the victim) died after falling approximately six feet to the concrete floor of a fertilizer plant. The victim had been doing electrical work while standing on an aluminum extension ladder at a switch box attached to a steel post near a rear exit of the plant. His co-worker, who was approximately 20 feet away, heard him hit the floor, but did not see him fall. The co-worker ran for help. A 911 call was placed at 8:46 am, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel arrived in three minutes. The victim was transported to the local hospital, …

Ca2+ Signaling Modulates Cytolytic T Lymphocyte Effector Functions, Mark T. Esser, Doris M. Haverstick, Claudette L. Fuller, Charles A. Gullo Phd, Vivian Lam Braciale

Biochemistry and Microbiology

Cytolytic T cells use two mechanisms to kill virally infected cells, tumor cells, or other potentially autoreactive T cells in short-term in vitro assays. The perforin/granule exocytosis mechanism uses preformed cytolytic granules that are delivered to the target cell to induce apoptosis and eventual lysis. FasL/Fas (CD95 ligand/CD95)–mediated cytolysis requires de novo protein synthesis of FasL by the CTL and the presence of the death receptor Fas on the target cell to induce apoptosis. Using a CD8⁺ CTL clone that kills via both the perforin/granule exocytosis and FasL/Fas mechanisms, and a clone that kills via the FasL/Fas mechanism only, …

The Sequential Role Of Lymphotoxin And B Cells In The Development Of Splenic Follicles, Mercedes Gonzalez, Fabienne Mackay, Jeffrey L. Browning, Marie H. Kosco-Vilbois, Randolph J. Noelle

Dartmouth Scholarship

The transfer of lymphocytes into severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mice induces a series of histological changes in the spleen, including the appearance of mature follicular dendritic cells (FDCs). Studies were undertaken to clarify the role of lymphotoxin (LT) in this process. The results show that SCID mice have a small and partially differentiated white pulp containing marginal zone and interdigitating dendritic cells, but lacking FDCs. Transferred spleen cells can segregate into T and B cell areas shortly after their injection to SCID mice. This ability is dependent on signaling through LT-β receptor (LT-βR), since blocking ligand–receptor interaction in recipient SCID …

Increasing The Federal Cigarette Tax: A Means Of Reducing Consumption?, Lauren Tran, Richard Hegner

National Health Policy Forum

This issue brief probes the economic issues associated with tobacco and cigarettes. It examines the possible effectiveness of a tax increase as a strategy to reduce cigarette consumption, especially among young people, and the likely ramifications of a tax increase for the tobacco industry.

Trends. Alternative Therapies And Resistance To Disconfirming Information In Security Bureaucracies: Perspective Of A Fourth Grader, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the science experiment of a fourth-grader in relation to practitioners of alternative therapies and the health field.

What's Happening: April 2, 1998, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Spring 1998

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Beat Newsletter, College Of Medicine

The Beat Newsletter

This is the April, 1998 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's newsletter - The Beat.

Contents include:

• Adult respiratory distress syndrome and control of the ENDOTHELIAL CELL barrier
• NIH clarifies grant review appeals procedure
• The RITHA BALIGA memorial women's medical scholarship
• Expert stresses importance of folic acid for healthy babies
• CULPEPER foundation seeks applications for medical science scholarships
• Research CYTOMETRY CORE to acquire a new flow CYTOMETER
• NIH launches new career development awards for clinical research
• Primary care residencies top medical schools graduates choices
• USA Knollwood park hospital sleep disorders center reaccredited
• Congratulations....
• INFOFAIR '98 planned
• AAMC …

Basics Of Research (Part 12): Qualitative Research, Cheryl Thompson, B. Lee Walker

Journal Articles: College of Nursing

Although both the assumptions and methods of qualitative and quantitative approaches in nursing research are different, both have the goal of furthering the scientific basis for practice. A variety of qualitative approaches are available, and which approach to use depends on the purpose of the research. In general, qualitative investigations address broad questions related to description, discovery, or theory building, and, as a consequence, the researcher is concerned with the entire context surrounding the phenomenon of interest rather than concentrating on specific variables thought to influence that phenomenon. The type of data collected and the methods of analysis differ, but …

The Second Messenger Camp Elicits Eating By An Anatomically Specific Action In The Perifornical Hypothalamus, Elizabeth Gillard, Arshad Khan, Rickinder Grewal, Bara Mouradi, Stefany Wolfsohn, B. Stanley

Selected Works Temporary Series

No abstract provided.

Impact On Material And Child Health Knowledge As A Result Of Participation In A Family Resource\Youth Services Center New And Expectant Parenting Series, Donna Sims

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study was to determine whether participation in a Family Resource\Youth Services Center New and Expectant Parenting Series had an impact on maternal and child health knowledge of parents and their future behavior choices. The study had two components. First, a telephone survey was conducted with 40 past program participants asking them nine questions concerning behavior and lifestyle choices in regards to child safety, breast or bottle feeding, immunizations, car seat use, etc. Secondly, thirty participants were given a pretest and posttest questionnaire. As a control group, there were 25 Lamaze class participants, who also completed the …

Ua61/1 Wku Nursing Class 1998, Wku Nursing

WKU Administration Documents

Members of the 1998 nursing class: Darlene Bruington, Kim Carter, Kristiann Chandler, Rita Chaney, Betty Crabtree, Patricia Davis, Ashley Eadens, Donna Elliott, Todd Gibson, Mary Harvey, Regina Johnson, Kristy Keltner, Renee Madison, Rebecca Martin, Kimberly Matthews, Donna McDuffee, Stephanie McKinney, Joan Miller, Christie Pedigo, Tim Phelps, Laura Philips, Rosemary Shofner, Gary Spradlin and Lewis Thompson.