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ผลของยาโพรพราโนลอลต่อความเจ็บปวดในผู้ป่วยโรคข้อต่อขากรรไกร, กนกพร พะลัง, วีนัส เข็มขันธุ์, อภิญญา ศรีเลขะรัตน์, ลัคนา เหลืองจามีกร May 2005

ผลของยาโพรพราโนลอลต่อความเจ็บปวดในผู้ป่วยโรคข้อต่อขากรรไกร, กนกพร พะลัง, วีนัส เข็มขันธุ์, อภิญญา ศรีเลขะรัตน์, ลัคนา เหลืองจามีกร

Chulalongkorn University Dental Journal

วัตถุประสงค์ เพื่อทดสอบประสิทธิภาพของยาโพรพราโนลอลซึ่งเป็นยาปิดกั้นเบต้าที่ไม่จําเพาะเจาะจง ในการลดความเจ็บปวดในผู้ป่วยโรคข้อต่อขากรรไกร วัสดุและวิธีการ ศึกษาในผู้ป่วยโรคข้อต่อขากรรไกรที่มีความเจ็บปวดบริเวณใบหน้าและ/หรือข้อต่อขากรรไกร จํานวน 4 คน โดยผู้ป่วยรับประทานยาโพรพราโนลอลเป็นเวลา 2 สัปดาห์ (สัปดาห์แรกได้รับยาโพรพราโนลอล 20 มิลลิกรัมต่อวันและในสัปดาห์ที่สองได้รับยาโพรพราโนลอล 40 มิลลิกรัมต่อวัน) จากนั้นหยุดพักยา 2 สัปดาห์ และรับประทานยาลวง 2 สัปดาห์ โดยผู้ป่วยบันทึกระดับความเจ็บปวด (ระดับความเจ็บปวดเฉลี่ย, ความเจ็บปวดสูงสุด, ความเจ็บปวดต่ําสุด และร้อยละของเวลาในช่วงที่ตื่นที่มีความเจ็บปวด) ในแบบฟอร์มที่ผู้วิจัยจัดไว้ให้ทุกวัน ทั้งนี้ ผู้ป่วยและผู้วิจัยไม่ทราบว่าผู้ป่วยได้รับยาชนิดใดในแต่ละช่วง การเปรียบเทียบระดับความเจ็บปวดระหว่างแต่ละช่วง ของการทดลองใช้การทดสอบเชิงผลรวมและลําดับที่แบบวิลคอกชน ผลการศึกษา ยาโพรพราโนลอล 40 มิลลิกรัมสามารถทําให้คะแนนความเจ็บปวดโดยรวมของผู้ป่วยลดลง ส่วนยา โพรพราโนลอล 20 มิลลิกรัมมิได้ทําให้คะแนนความเจ็บปวดโดยรวมของผู้ป่วยลดลง อย่างไรก็ตาม ไม่พบความ แตกต่างอย่างมีนัยสําคัญทางสถิติเมื่อเปรียบเทียบคะแนนความเจ็บปวดระหว่างช่วงการใช้ยาโพรพราโนลอลกับยาลวง (p < .05) เมื่อสิ้นสุดการทดลองเจ้าหน้าที่ได้สอบถามถึงช่วงที่ผู้ป่วยคิดว่าตนเองได้รับยาโพรพราโนลอล ผลปรากฏว่าผู้ป่วยทุกคนสามารถระบุได้ถูกต้อง สรุป การทดลองเบื้องต้นในผู้ป่วย 4 คนที่ทําการศึกษา พบว่า ยาโพรพราโนลอลสามารถลดความเจ็บปวดในผู้ป่วย โรคข้อต่อขากรรไกรได้ แต่เมื่อเปรียบเทียบทางสถิติกับยาลวงพบว่ามีประสิทธิภาพไม่แตกต่างกัน (ว ทันต จุฬาฯ 2548;28:89-98)


การศึกษาแบบแผนของการรักษาทางทันตกรรมของผู้ป่วยเด็กในโรงพยาบาลราชพิพัฒน์กรุงเทพมหานคร, ศิวพร สุขอร่าม May 2005

การศึกษาแบบแผนของการรักษาทางทันตกรรมของผู้ป่วยเด็กในโรงพยาบาลราชพิพัฒน์กรุงเทพมหานคร, ศิวพร สุขอร่าม

Chulalongkorn University Dental Journal

วัตถุประสงค์ เพื่อศึกษาความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างแบบแผนของการรักษาทางทันตกรรมของผู้ป่วยเด็กและประเภทของ หลักประกันทันตสุขภาพ วัสดุและวิธีการ เก็บข้อมูลชนิดของการรักษาจากแฟ้มบันทึกการรักษาผู้ป่วยเด็กที่เข้ามารับบริการที่กลุ่มงาน ทันตกรรม โรงพยาบาลราชพิพัฒน์ เขตบางแค กรุงเทพมหานคร ตั้งแต่วันที่ 1 มกราคม พ.ศ. 2543 ถึงวันที่ 31 ธันวาคม พ.ศ. 2546 รวมทั้งสิ้น 1,052 คน นําข้อมูลที่ได้มาวิเคราะห์ทางสถิติ โดยใช้สถิติเชิงพรรณนาและทําการ ทดสอบไคสแควร์ที่ระดับนัยสําคัญ .05 ผลการศึกษา ผู้ป่วยเด็กได้เพิ่มปริมาณขึ้นสูงสุดในปี พ.ศ. 2545 ซึ่งเป็นปีที่เริ่มมีโครงการหลักประกันสุขภาพ ถ้วนหน้าทั้งในด้านปริมาณคนและปริมาณงาน อายุที่ผู้ปกครองส่วนใหญ่พามาพบอยู่ในช่วงอายุ 4-9 ปี พฤติกรรม การดูแลสุขภาพช่องปากของผู้ปกครอง มักมาพบทันตแพทย์เมื่อมีอาการ แบบแผนการรักษาทางทันตกรรม ส่วนใหญ่เป็นการรักษามากกว่าการป้องกัน (p < .001) ไม่ว่าผู้ป่วยจะมีหลักประกันทันตสุขภาพแบบใด การรักษา ส่วนใหญ่คือการอุดฟันและการถอนฟัน สรุป แบบแผนการรักษาทางทันตกรรมของผู้ป่วยเด็กยังคงไม่เปลี่ยนแปลงอย่างเด่นชัดจากก่อนและหลังการมีโครงการหลักประกันสุขภาพถ้วนหน้า (ว ทันต จุฬาฯ 2548;28:145-54)


ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างค่าต่าง ๆ ของกระบอกตาและอวัยวะรอบช่องปากในประชากรไทยกลุ่มหนึ่ง, พรชัย จันศิษย์ยานนท์, พิรัตน์ การเที่ยง, แพรวไพลิน สมพีร์วงศ์ May 2005

ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างค่าต่าง ๆ ของกระบอกตาและอวัยวะรอบช่องปากในประชากรไทยกลุ่มหนึ่ง, พรชัย จันศิษย์ยานนท์, พิรัตน์ การเที่ยง, แพรวไพลิน สมพีร์วงศ์

Chulalongkorn University Dental Journal

วัตถุประสงค์ เพื่อหาค่าเฉลี่ย ค่าสัดส่วน และความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างค่าต่าง ๆ ของกระบอกตาและอวัยวะรอบช่องปาก ของตัวอย่างสุ่มประชากรไทยกลุ่มหนึ่ง วัสดุและวิธีการ ในการศึกษานี้ ได้วัดระยะซึ่งได้แก่ A: ระยะระหว่างรูม่านตา B: ระยะระหว่างหัวตา C: ระยะ ระหว่างหางตา D: ระดับความแตกต่างในแนวดิ่งของด้านหัวตาและหางตา E: ความกว้างของฐานจมูก F: ความกว้าง ของริมฝีปากขณะปกติ G: ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างมุมปากและลิมบัสในแนวระนาบ และ H ความกว้างเฉลี่ยของ ฟันตัดกลางบนสองซี่ ในตัวอย่างสุ่มคนไทยจํานวน 117 คน หญิง 71 คน และชาย 46 คน) ใช้สถิติเชิงพรรณนาในการ หาค่าเฉลี่ย และสัดส่วนระหว่างค่าต่างๆ ของกระบอกตาและอวัยวะรอบช่องปาก ใช้สถิติวิเคราะห์ที่ระดับนัยสําคัญ .05 เพื่อเปรียบเทียบความแตกต่างระหว่างเพศ ความแตกต่างระหว่างเชื้อชาติ และความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างค่าต่างๆ ของ กระบอกตาและอวัยวะรอบช่องปาก โดยใช้สถิติการทดสอบที่ สถิติการวิเคราะห์ความแปรปรวนทางเดียว และ สัมประสิทธิ์สหสัมพันธ์แบบเพียร์สัน ตามลําดับ ผลการศึกษา ได้ค่าเฉลี่ยต่างๆ คือ A = 62.19±4.96 มิลลิเมตร B = 36.03±3.08 มิลลิเมตร C = 94.35±5.09มิลลิเมตร D = 4.17±1.45 มิลลิเมตร E = 39.56±3.02 มิลลิเมตร F = 50.164.25G = 2.42±1.75 มิลลิเมตรและ H = 8.58±0.50 มิลลิเมตร ได้สัดส่วนระหว่างค่าต่างๆ ของกระบอกตาและอวัยวะรอบช่องปาก พบค่าที่มี ความแตกต่างระหว่างเพศ ได้แก่ ค่า A, B, C, E และ F แต่ไม่พบความแตกต่างระหว่างเชื้อชาติ …


Complications Of Fluoroscopically Guided Extraforaminal Cervical Nerve Blocks: An Analysis Of 1036 Injections, Daniel J. Ma Iii, Louis A. Gilula, K. Daniel Riew May 2005

Complications Of Fluoroscopically Guided Extraforaminal Cervical Nerve Blocks: An Analysis Of 1036 Injections, Daniel J. Ma Iii, Louis A. Gilula, K. Daniel Riew

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.


What's Happening: May, 2005, Maine Medical Center May 2005

What's Happening: May, 2005, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

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Bush, Thomas (Sc 1421), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2005

Bush, Thomas (Sc 1421), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1421. Civil War letter written by Thomas Bush, Louisville, Kentucky, to his brother, commenting on the poor hospital care he is receiving for consumption. He notes his doctor's opinion that the man who enlisted him should be sent to the penitentiary.


Stim1, An Essential And Conserved Component Of Store-Operated Ca2+ Channel Function, Jack Roos, Paul J. Digregorio, Andriy V. Yeromin, Kari Ohlsen, Maria I. Lioudyno, Shenyuan L. Zhang, Olga Safrina, J. Ashot Kozak, Steven L. Wagner, Michael D. Cahalan, Gönül Veliçelebi, Kenneth A. Stauderman May 2005

Stim1, An Essential And Conserved Component Of Store-Operated Ca2+ Channel Function, Jack Roos, Paul J. Digregorio, Andriy V. Yeromin, Kari Ohlsen, Maria I. Lioudyno, Shenyuan L. Zhang, Olga Safrina, J. Ashot Kozak, Steven L. Wagner, Michael D. Cahalan, Gönül Veliçelebi, Kenneth A. Stauderman

Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology Faculty Publications

Store-operated Ca2+ (SOC) channels regulate many cellular processes, but the underlying molecular components are not well defined. Using an RNA interference (RNAi)-based screen to identify genes that alter thapsigargin (TG)-dependent Ca2+ entry, we discovered a required and conserved role of Stim in SOC influx. RNAi-mediated knockdown of Stim in Drosophila S2 cells significantly reduced TG-dependent Ca2+ entry. Patch-clamp recording revealed nearly complete suppression of the Drosophila Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+(CRAC) current that has biophysical characteristics similar to CRAC current in human T cells. Similarly, knockdown of the human homologue STIM1 significantly reduced CRAC channel activity …


Contribution Of Reference Agents To Recovery Maintenance: A Social World Analysis Of Narcotics Anonymous Affiliation, Christa Moore May 2005

Contribution Of Reference Agents To Recovery Maintenance: A Social World Analysis Of Narcotics Anonymous Affiliation, Christa Moore

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Few studies have examined the social process of drug abuse recovery. To determine how recovering addicts use reference agents, such as reference groups and/or reference others, to achieve and maintain sobriety within the context of the Narcotics Anonymous (NA) support group experience, this study examines how Newcomers learn the norms and values associated with NA, how Newcomers become integrated into the NA group and internalize acceptable recovery behaviors, and how Newcomers transition to becoming Oldtimers. In this study, participant observation and in-depth, semi-structured interviewing (N = 13) based upon convenience sampling were employed. This study elicited six stages of social …


Concurrent Validity Of The Clinical Assessment Of Depression With The Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition, Shelley Hicks May 2005

Concurrent Validity Of The Clinical Assessment Of Depression With The Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition, Shelley Hicks

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Depression is a disorder that can affect every aspect of one's life, ranging from physical health issues to interpersonal relationship difficulties. Therefore, it is imperative that the depressive symptoms of college students be identified, evaluated, and treated. Self-report measures are a common technique to identify depressive symptomatology in individuals and assist in diagnosis and treatment. Existing measures are often used as a criterion by which to validate the psychometric properties and effectiveness of newly designed, self-report measures. The purpose of this investigation was to explore the concurrent validity of a newly published self-report measure of depression, the Clinical Assessment of …


Exposure Assessment Of Mercury In Fish From Kentucky Surface Waters, Najla Gubari May 2005

Exposure Assessment Of Mercury In Fish From Kentucky Surface Waters, Najla Gubari

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Consumption of fish contaminated with mercury is the primary exposure pathway by which humans are exposed to mercury. Mercury is known to be a neurological toxin that can cause attention and language deficits, impaired memory, and impaired visual and motor function, especially in children under the age of six. In addition, mercury exposure can lead to other health problems in adults, such as damage to the kidney and increased risk of coronary heart disease. This study assesses the exposure to mercury through consumption of fish from Kentucky surface waters. The exposure assessment is based on data collected by the Kentucky …


Comparison Of The Faces And Numeric Pain Scales For Use In Long-Term Ventilator Patients With Chronic Pain, Diana Miller-Harvey May 2005

Comparison Of The Faces And Numeric Pain Scales For Use In Long-Term Ventilator Patients With Chronic Pain, Diana Miller-Harvey

Graduate Research Projects

Chronic pain is a major cause of illness, disability, and is poorly understood and undertreated by health care professionals. Numerous misconceptions regarding chronic pain in older individuals has led certain health care agencies to require the use of pain scales for pain evaluation in all health care patients. yet, there is research lacking as to which pain scales are appropriate for use with chronic pain, ventilator-dependent, older individuals. The Wong-Baker Faces Scale and Numeric Pain Scale was administered to a convenience sample of male/female patients in a Southeastern, 44-bed, long-term care ventilator hospital. The purpose of this study was to …


Effects Of A Small Mammalian Herbivore On A Grassland Undergoing Restoration, Margaret Murphy May 2005

Effects Of A Small Mammalian Herbivore On A Grassland Undergoing Restoration, Margaret Murphy

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis examines the effects of the prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster, on a grassland undergoing restoration. The study addresses these effects with respect to treatment plots (vole-enhanced enclosures and vole-excluded exclosures) and control plots, which have not had the small mammal community manipulated. This study has also been accepted as a manuscript for publication in the "Proceedings of the 18th North American Prairie Conference."1 Two ancillary studies were also conducted. The first, reported in Appendix I, examines the composition and effects on plant community structure by the unmanipulated, small mammal community from the control plots within the area undergoing restoration …


Relationships Between Environmental Factors And Fungi On Occupants' Perceptions Of Indoor Air Quality, Monica Rodriguez May 2005

Relationships Between Environmental Factors And Fungi On Occupants' Perceptions Of Indoor Air Quality, Monica Rodriguez

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In recent decades, concerns about potential health effects resulting from exposure to contaminants that cause indoor air pollution have dramatically increased. The purpose of this study was to assess the indoor air quality of three buildings at Western Kentucky University and to examine and characterize indoor levels of basic comfort parameters, carbon dioxide, and fungi as well as occupants' perceptions of poor indoor air quality and the role of fungi on reported health symptoms. The three buildings included in the study were: Tate Page Hall (TPH), Jones Jagger Hall (JJH) and Science and Technology Hall (STH). Fifty-three questionnaires were completed …


Neurobehavioral Functioning And Breastfeeding Behavior In The Newborn, Sharon Radzyminski May 2005

Neurobehavioral Functioning And Breastfeeding Behavior In The Newborn, Sharon Radzyminski

Nursing Faculty Publications

Objective: To determine whether central nervous system functioning has an effect on the normal, term infant's ability to breastfeed in the first day following birth. Design: Breastfeeding behaviors and neurobehaviors were evaluated at birth and at 24 hrs of age in two groups of neonates. One group of neonates was born to mothers who received epidural analgesia during labor, and one group was born to mothers who received no pain medication. Breastfeeding behavior was evaluated using the Preterm Infant Breastfeeding Behavior Scale, and the infant's neurobehaviors were evaluated using the Neurologic and Adaptive Capacity Score. Participants: Fifty-six breastfeeding mother-newborn dyads. …


Neonatal Brain: Regional Variability Of In Vivo Mr Imaging Relaxation Rates At 3.0 T-Initial Experience, L. A. Williams, N. Gelman, P. A. Picot, D. S. Lee, J. R. Ewing, V. K. Han, R. T. Thompson May 2005

Neonatal Brain: Regional Variability Of In Vivo Mr Imaging Relaxation Rates At 3.0 T-Initial Experience, L. A. Williams, N. Gelman, P. A. Picot, D. S. Lee, J. R. Ewing, V. K. Han, R. T. Thompson

Anatomy and Cell Biology Publications

PURPOSE: To retrospectively investigate regional in vivo magnetic resonance,(MR). imaging transverse and longitudinal relaxation rates at 3.0 T in neonatal brain, the p relationship between these rates, and their potential use for gray matter (G),versus-M white matter (WM) tissue discrimination. MATERIALS AND METHODS: I Informed parental consent for performance of imaging procedures was obtained in each infant. Informed consent for retrospective image analysis was not required; ethics approval was obtained from institutional review board. At 3.0 T, R1 and R2 were measured in brain regions (frontal WM, posterior WM, periventricular WM, frontal GM, posterior GM, basal ganglia, and thalamus) in …


Reliability And Validity Of Skinfold Testers When Estimating Body Composition In Indiana High School Wrestlers: A Case Report, William Rowe Mathie Jr. May 2005

Reliability And Validity Of Skinfold Testers When Estimating Body Composition In Indiana High School Wrestlers: A Case Report, William Rowe Mathie Jr.

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Objective: To determine the reliability and validity of the measurements taken by skin fold testers on Indiana High School wrestlers. Design and Setting: A 2 x 3 x 3 repeated measures design was used for this study. Three independent variables were evaluated. The first independent variable was Body Composition technique (skin fold and hydrostatic weighing), the second is Tester (1 thru 3) and the third is Trial (1 thru 3). The one dependent variable was Body Fat Percentage. Subjects: Three Indiana certified skin fold measurers were recruited to be testers for this study. Twelve male high school wrestlers (age: 16.1±0.9, …


Mixing Motives: The Relationship Between College Students' Helping Behaviors And Alcohol Use, Randy Lee Halberda May 2005

Mixing Motives: The Relationship Between College Students' Helping Behaviors And Alcohol Use, Randy Lee Halberda

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The present study investigates the relationship between volunteer helping and alcohol use and drinking problems in a sample of 396 college students. Two pilot studies were conducted to adapt a measure of helping behavior (Kaskutas, Oberste, & Zemore, 2002) for use with college students. The present study tests the hypothesis that students who help others are less likely to consume alcohol and subsequently less likely to suffer alcohol-related problems than their peers. Additionally, a path model specifying mediators between helping behaviors and drinking outcomes was examined. The proposed path model predicted that volunteer helping affects well being and perceived peer …


Physiological Determinants Of Rowing Performance, Chun-Jung Huang May 2005

Physiological Determinants Of Rowing Performance, Chun-Jung Huang

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The aim of this study was to examine ten male rowers and seven female rowers on a number of physiological variables to determine which may account for variation in 2000m rowing performance. Male rowers' mean (±SD) age, body weight, and height were 17.4±0.7 years, 75.2± 11.2 kg, and 181.4±6.1 cm, and female rowers' mean (±SD) age, body weight, and height were 17.3±0.6 years, 72.4±14.9 kg, and 168.3±6.7 cm respectively. The participants were tested on 2000m rowing ergometer, vertical jump, inverted row, leg press, and back hyperextension. Height, vertical jump, inverted row, and leg press correlated with 2000m rowing performance time …


Feasibility Of Electromyography-Triggered Neuromuscular Stimulation As An Adjunct To Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy, Stacy L. Fritz, Yi-Po Chiu, Matthew P. Malcolm, Tara S. Patterson, Kathye E. Light May 2005

Feasibility Of Electromyography-Triggered Neuromuscular Stimulation As An Adjunct To Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy, Stacy L. Fritz, Yi-Po Chiu, Matthew P. Malcolm, Tara S. Patterson, Kathye E. Light

Physical Therapy Faculty Research

Background and Purpose. The purpose of this case report is to explore the feasibility of electromyography-triggered neuromuscular stimulation (EMG-stim) as an adjunct to constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT).

Case Description. The patient was a 72-year-old man, 10 years poststroke, who did not meet traditional CIMT criteria. The EMG-stim was applied to the wrist extensors of the patient's weaker arm for one half of the CIMT training hours.

Outcomes. The intervention was feasible for this individual. Improvements were observed in motor behavior, quality and amount of use, muscle activity, wrist range of motion, and reaction time of the more-affected extremity. These improvements …


Environmental Factors In Autoimmunity: Assessment Of Immunotoxicity Of Phthalates In The Induction Of Lupus-Type Anti-Dna Antibodies, So-Yon Lim May 2005

Environmental Factors In Autoimmunity: Assessment Of Immunotoxicity Of Phthalates In The Induction Of Lupus-Type Anti-Dna Antibodies, So-Yon Lim

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Objectives: Little is known of the role of specific environmental factors in promoting autoimmune disorders such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The broad objective of this study was to address how exposure to phthalates, common environmental factors m foods, and biomedical devices could affect the immune functions of resistant and autoimmune-prone mice. Methods: The environmental chemical model used in this study is phthalates, which are widely used in various forms and readily occur during day-to-day human contacts. Groups of nonautoimmune-prone (BALB/c, DBA/2 and C57BL/6) and susceptible (NZB, NZB/W Fl) mice were immunized with phthalates ( ortho, meta and para) conjugated …


Freedom Of Thought, Offensive Fantasies And The Fundamental Human Right To Hold Deviant Ideas: Why The Seventh Circuit Got It Wrong In Doe V. City Of Lafayette, Indiana, Clay Calvert May 2005

Freedom Of Thought, Offensive Fantasies And The Fundamental Human Right To Hold Deviant Ideas: Why The Seventh Circuit Got It Wrong In Doe V. City Of Lafayette, Indiana, Clay Calvert

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

[Excerpt] “A precarious balance and considerable tension exists between two competing legal interests – the essential, First Amendment-grounded human right to freedom of thought, on the one hand, and the desire to prevent harm and injury that might occur if thought is converted to action, on the other. To understand this tension, it is useful to start by considering three different and disturbing factual scenarios.

This article examines and critiques the majority opinion of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in City of Lafayette. The majority held that the city’s ban of John Doe, a convicted sex offender, from its …


Parents' Perception Of Their Children's Asthma, 2002-2008: A Community-Based Study, John M. Pascoe, William Spears, Shalini Forbis, Jessica L. Saunders May 2005

Parents' Perception Of Their Children's Asthma, 2002-2008: A Community-Based Study, John M. Pascoe, William Spears, Shalini Forbis, Jessica L. Saunders

Population and Public Health Sciences Faculty Publications

Childhood asthma is a chronic health condition that is one of the leading causes of hospitalizations and missed school days for children. It also affects the lives of both asthmatic children and their families.


Serum Creatinine As Marker Of Kidney Function In South Asians: A Study Of Reduced Gfr In Adults In Pakistan, Tazeen H. Jafar, Christopher H. Schmid, Andrew S. Levey May 2005

Serum Creatinine As Marker Of Kidney Function In South Asians: A Study Of Reduced Gfr In Adults In Pakistan, Tazeen H. Jafar, Christopher H. Schmid, Andrew S. Levey

Section of Nephrology

Migrant populations of South Asian origin have a higher risk for chronic kidney disease than the native whites. Several formulas have been developed to estimate kidney function from serum creatinine concentration. However, none of these has been validated in the South Asian population, which generally has different muscle mass composition than whites. A population-based cross-sectional study was performed on 262 individuals who were aged > or = 40 yr in Karachi, Pakistan. Reduced GFR was defined as creatinine clearance (Ccr) measured in 24-h urine collection of /min per 1.73 m2. Creatinine excretion was compared with age- and gender-matched white individuals by …


Scale Development For Perceived School Climate For Girls’ Physical Activity, Amanda Birnbaum, Kelly R. Evenson, Robert W. Motl, Rod K. Dishman, Carolyn C. Voorhees, James F. Sallis, John P. Elder, Marsha Dowda May 2005

Scale Development For Perceived School Climate For Girls’ Physical Activity, Amanda Birnbaum, Kelly R. Evenson, Robert W. Motl, Rod K. Dishman, Carolyn C. Voorhees, James F. Sallis, John P. Elder, Marsha Dowda

Department of Public Health Scholarship and Creative Works

Objectives: To test an original scale assessing perceived school climate for girls' physical activity in middle school girls. Methods: Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM). Results: CFA retained 5 of 14 original items. A model with 2 correlated factors, perceptions about teachers' and boys' behaviors, respectively, fit the data well in both sixth and eighth-graders. SEM detected a positive, significant direct association of the teacher factor, but not the boy factor, with girls' self-reported physical activity. Conclusions: School climate for girls' physical activity is a measurable construct, and preliminary evidence suggests a relationship with physical activity.


Modeling Of Immunoglobulin Uptake By N,N,N′,N′-Ethylenediaminetetramethylenephosphonic Acid-Modified Zirconia Particles Under Static And Dynamic Conditions, Sabyasachi Sarkar, Anuradha Subramanian May 2005

Modeling Of Immunoglobulin Uptake By N,N,N′,N′-Ethylenediaminetetramethylenephosphonic Acid-Modified Zirconia Particles Under Static And Dynamic Conditions, Sabyasachi Sarkar, Anuradha Subramanian

Papers in Biotechnology

A matrix developed from N,N,N′,N′-ethylenediaminetetramethylenephosphonic acid-modified zirconia beads (further referred to as r_PEZ); 25–38 μm in diameter and with a pore size of 22 ± 3 nm, was utilized for the separation of immunoglobulins (Igs). r_PEZ has been shown to bind to various Igs originating from a wide variety of species. To understand the mechanisms controlling the uptake of Igs by r_PEZ, static protein uptake experiments were carried out. The protein uptake profiles were further modeled with a kinetic rate constant model. Individual studies were undertaken for human immunoglobulin A, G and M (HIgA, HIgG and HIgM). The kinetic rate …


A Developmental Switch In The Response Of Drg Neurons To Ets Transcription Factor Signaling, Simon Hippenmeyer, Eline Vrieseling, Markus Sigrist, Thomas Portmann, Celia Laengle, David R. Ladle, Silvia Arber May 2005

A Developmental Switch In The Response Of Drg Neurons To Ets Transcription Factor Signaling, Simon Hippenmeyer, Eline Vrieseling, Markus Sigrist, Thomas Portmann, Celia Laengle, David R. Ladle, Silvia Arber

Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology Faculty Publications

Two ETS transcription factors of the Pea3 subfamily are induced in subpopulations of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) sensory and spinal motor neurons by target-derived factors. Their expression controls late aspects of neuronal differentiation such as target invasion and branching. Here, we show that the late onset of ETS gene expression is an essential requirement for normal sensory neuron differentiation. We provide genetic evidence in the mouse that precocious ETS expression in DRG sensory neurons perturbs axonal projections, the acquisition of terminal differentiation markers, and their dependence on neurotrophic support. Together, our findings indicate that DRG sensory neurons exhibit a temporal …


Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms In General Practice, P. Jarernswan, C. Nimnuan May 2005

Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms In General Practice, P. Jarernswan, C. Nimnuan

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.


The Thesis Guidelines: Procedures For Completion And Presentation, Jefferson College Of Graduate Studies May 2005

The Thesis Guidelines: Procedures For Completion And Presentation, Jefferson College Of Graduate Studies

JCGS Administrative Documents & Policies

The purpose of this Thesis Manual is to provide academic procedural guidelines for Master of Science students in the basic sciences at Thomas Jefferson University. Procedures for preparation and approval of the research proposal, committee meetings, writing of the thesis and the oral presentation of the Master's thesis are described.


The Locus Encompassing The Latency-Associated Transcript Of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Interferes With And Delays Interferon Expression In Productively Infected Neuroblastoma Cells And Trigeminal Ganglia Of Acutely Infected Mice, Weiping Peng, Gail A. Henderson, Melissa Inman, Lbachir Benmohamed, Guey-Chuen Perng, Steven L. Wechsler, Clinton J. Jones May 2005

The Locus Encompassing The Latency-Associated Transcript Of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Interferes With And Delays Interferon Expression In Productively Infected Neuroblastoma Cells And Trigeminal Ganglia Of Acutely Infected Mice, Weiping Peng, Gail A. Henderson, Melissa Inman, Lbachir Benmohamed, Guey-Chuen Perng, Steven L. Wechsler, Clinton J. Jones

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) latency-associated transcript (LAT) is the only abundant viral transcript expressed in latently infected neurons. LAT inhibits apoptosis, suggesting that it regulates latency by promoting the survival of infected neurons. The LAT locus also contains a newly described gene (AL), which is antisense to LAT and partially overlaps LAT encoding sequences. When human (SK-N-SH) or mouse (neuro-2A) neuroblastoma cells were infected with a virus that does not express LAT or AL gene products (dLAT2903), beta interferon (IFN- β) and IFN- α RNA expression was detected earlier relative to the same cells infected with HSV-1 …


Exposure To Secondhand Smoke And Nicotine Dependence, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Ellen J. Hahn, Steven R. Browning, Mary Kay Rayens May 2005

Exposure To Secondhand Smoke And Nicotine Dependence, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Ellen J. Hahn, Steven R. Browning, Mary Kay Rayens

Nursing Presentations

Background

  • Nicotine dependence (ND) : “the smoking behavior accompanied by a reluctance to quit (Khurana, Batra, Patkar, & Leone, 2003).
  • The US Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guideline ‘Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence’: A chronic condition that often requires repeated interventions (Office of the Surgeon General, 2000).
  • Secondhand Smoke (SHS) is a potential source of exposure to high levels of nicotine. (Dimich-Ward, Gee, Brauer, Leung,1997)
  • No current studies addressing the contribution of SHS to Nicotine Dependence (ND) or smoking behaviors