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Loma Linda University Dentistry - Volume 22, Number 2, Loma Linda University School Of Dentistry, Michael Meharry, Sean Lee, Yiming Li

Articulator (Dentistry)

Contents:

8 | What Creates Success?
14 | Spring Mend
18 | Alumni Student Convention
30 | Student Research Success
35 | Commencement 55
38 | Quest for Whiter Teeth
61 | Ellis Jones: Cartoonist Emritus

United States Medicine, Women And Jefferson Medical College, Michael Angelo, Matt Varrato

50 and Forward: Posters

Poster with timeline from 1824 to 2008 highlighting contributions to Medicine by women in the United States and Jefferson Medical College.

First Female Students Admitted To Jefferson Medical College, Michael Angelo, Matt Varrato

50 and Forward: Posters

Poster highlighting the first female students admitted to Jefferson Medical College in 1961. On June 6, 1960, the Board of Trustees voted to admit women to Jefferson Medical College. The first woman accepted was 21-year-old Nancy Szwec who also won a scholarship.

Flexner Report: Medical Schools Are Evaluated, Michael Angelo, Matt Varrato

50 and Forward: Posters

Poster highlighting the Flexner Report, Jefferson Medical College and contributions of women including Lolita Pannell, PhD, Sonia Schorr, Elizabeth M. Bogardus, MD, Vera (Easling) Dettweiler, MD and Evelyn D. Schmidt, MD.

Leah Lowenstein, Md Nation's First Female Dean Of A Co-Ed Medical School (1981), Michael Angelo, Matt Varrato

50 and Forward: Posters

Poster highlighting Leah Lowenstein, MD the nation's first female Dean of a co-ed medical school. Though last to admit female students, Jefferson Medical College was the first co-educational medical school to appoint a woman as dean.

Using Public Health Pbrn Research To Inform Policy & Practice, Public Health Practice-Based Research Networks

Health Management and Policy Reports

The Public Health Practice-Based Research Networks Program is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that supports research networks dedicated to producing new scientific knowledge on how best to organize, finance, and deliver public health strategies in realworld practice settings. This body of scientific inquiry, known as Public Health Services and Systems Research (PHSSR), is a rapidly developing area of scholarship within the larger fields of public health research and health services research. A public health practice-based research network (PBRN) brings multiple public health organizations into collaboration with an academic research center for the purposes of designing and …

Road Safety In The Eastern Mediterranean Region--Findings From The Global Road Safety Status Report., H. Soori, S. J. Hussain, Junaid Razzak

Department of Emergency Medicine

No abstract provided.

A Silent Storm: Hepatitis C In Pakistan, Noureen Jiwani, Raisa B. Gul

School of Nursing & Midwifery

No abstract provided.

Frequency Of Silent Myocardial Ischaemia In Diabetics: A Single Centre Study, Adil Sheikh, Syed Shah Faisal, Abdul Jabbar

Section of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism

OBJECTIVE: To find the frequency of silent myocardial ischaemia in diabetics as compared to non-diabetics.

METHODS: This was a cross sectional study conducted between November 2008 and March 2010. Two hundred subjects were recruited by convenience sampling after informed consent. All were subjected to an exercise stress test. Electrocardiographic changes were noted for silent Ischaemia Descriptive Statistics were applied for significance.

RESULT: Of the 200 subjects included in the study, 31 had diabetes and 1 69 were non-diabetics. The mean age was 46 +/- 10 years. Twenty eight subjects tested positive for silent ischaemia, of whom six were diabetics (19%) …

Poor Women With Sexually Transmitted Infections: Providers’ Perspectives On Diagnoses, Genevieve R. Cox

Sociology

This article presents results from a study of health care providers, mainly nurses and nurse practitioners, who routinely diagnose sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in rural low-income populations in West Virginia (WV). A qualitative analysis of eighteen semi-structured interviews reveals that providers who consistently work with low-income populations believe patients undergo a negative change in self-image in response to a chronic STD diagnosis. Providers express concerns about a number of issues related to low-income, rural women’s access to sexual health care and see the need for more sexuality education, more funding for free and reduced cost clinics, and more available health …

Surveillance Of Selected Diseases In Free-Ranging Elk (Cervus Elaphus Nelsoni) In Nebraska, 1995-2009, Michael A. Cover, Scott E. Hygnstrom, David W. Oates, Kit M. Hams, Kurt C. Vercauteren

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Sera samples were collected from 21 free-ranging, captured female elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) in 1995- 96, and tissue and sera samples were collected from 415 hunter-harvested elk from 1995 to 2006 and tested for selected diseases. Titers for Anaplasma marginale were detected in 81 of 436 (19%) elk. Occurrence of antibodies to anaplasmosis increased from 4 to 40 elk from 2002 to 2006. Titers for bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) were detected in 18 of 346 (5%) samples. Titers for Leptospira interrogans serovars were detected in 21 of 289 (7%) of samples from 1995 to 2004. Titers for …

Diagnosing Liability : The Legal History Of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Deirdre M. Smith

Faculty Publications

This Article examines the origins of the unique relationship between the psychiatric diagnosis Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the law and considers the implications of that relationship for contemporary uses of the diagnosis in legal settings. PTSD stands apart from all other diagnoses in psychiatry 's standard classification system, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM} , and is the focus of significant controversy within psychiatry, because its diagnostic criteria require a determination of causation. By diagnosing a person with PTSD, a clinician necessarily assigns responsibility to a specific event or agent for causing the person 's symptoms, …

From Numbers To Knowledge : A Social Network Analysis Of Information Sharing And Trust In A Family Medicine Network, Tirzah J. Creel

MPA Capstone Projects 2006 - 2015

The IMPLICIT Network consists of 20 family residencies located across the Eastern United States. Ten of these residencies are actively implementing the IMPLICIT ONE Project, which provides pregnant women with health interventions associated with a decrease in preterm rates and/or birth of low birth weight infants. Each site tracks its intervention rates and enters performance information into an online database accessible to the organization that leads the network.

Reproductive Health Education In The Kibera Slum: Developing A Slum-Specific Curriculum, Susanna Schneider Banks

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The principal objective of this Independent Study Project is to make recommendations for a slum-specific reproductive health curriculum to be used in primary schools that serve the Kibera Slum in Nairobi, Kenya. In order to obtain data and form a credible basis for the recommendations, interviews were conducted with teachers, focus groups were facilitated with students, and questionnaires were distributed to parents. Additionally, observations were made about the current state of reproductive health education at each school. Data was collected at Kibera School for Girls, a private school in Kibera, and Olympic Primary School, a public school at the edge …

Motivation, Goal Orientation, Coaching, And Training Habits Of Women Ultrarunners, Rhonna Z. Krouse, Lynda Ransdell, Shelley M. Lucas, Mary Pritchard

Kinesiology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Ultrarunners participate in running events that exceed the 26.2 mile marathon distance (e.g., 50 K, 50-100 miles). Very little research exists on ultrarunners, especially women. The present study is a descriptive study detailing the motivation, goal orientation, demographic characteristics (e.g., age, job demands, family structure), training habits (e.g., hours per week of training), and coach utilization of women ultrarunners. Participants (N = 344) were recruited via the Ultra Listserve and four popular ultrarunning websites, and they completed a questionnaire on motivation, goal orientation, training, and coaching using Survey Monkey. General health orientation (mean + SD) (4.71 ± 1.06) and …

Health & Wellness In The Business Context, Michael T. Childress

Issue Brief on Topics Affecting Kentucky’s Economy

No abstract provided.

Assessment Of Refugees’ Health In Montgomery County: A Case Study Of Refugees From Rwanda And Burundi, Jean De Dieu Mukunzi

Master of Public Health Program Student Publications

The purpose of this research study was to identify health needs and health problems experienced by a refugee/asylee population in Montgomery County. Montgomery County hosts a large number of refugees, asylees and asylum seekers from countries such as Iraq, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Soudan, Rwanda, Burundi and Congo.

A public health challenge is limited demographic data about this population. The scarce data on their health needs slows down not only their successful resettlement but also limits community organizations, health and human services agencies to improve the delivery of health care services and health promotion programs to refugees and immigrants in Montgomery County. …

Towards The National Health Information Network In The United States Of America, Andrew Targowski

Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement

The Health Infrastructure in the U.S. is called the National Health Information Network (NHIN) which is composed of regional Health Information Exchange (HIE) hubs. This approach has been exercised since 2008. However, there is a lack of one top-down comprehensive architecture of this system, which is being developing by each state individually. This paper provides the top-down model of such architecture, perhaps the first one which is made. The paper defines basic components of that system. Also some issues of security and privacy of stored and exchanged data are disputed. In the end, the paper provides conclusions regarding the issues …

Examining The Use Of Institutionally Designed Documentation Templates As A Vehicle For Changing Values And Practices In Health Care, Doris J. Ravotas

Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement

Changing values and requirements are common occurrences in today’s health care settings. Institutionally designed documentation templates are often developed to demonstrate that these changes have been incorporated into clinical work. Little research has been completed to examine whether the use of these institutional templates leads to the intended change or whether the changes clash with other influences on clinical work. This paper illustrates how two qualitative methods: think aloud interviews and frame analysis can be combined to examine the use of the templates, the changing values themselves, and the influences on changes in clinical practice. An analysis of local change …

Changing Health Care Business Models And Costs, Thomas Rienzo

Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement

Changing the health care system has universal support in principal, but has proven contentious in practice. This paper draws upon the theories and publications of three leading business thinkers, and the frameworks they developed for applying business practices to the health care industry: Drs. Clayton Christensen, Robert Kaplan, and Michael Porter of Harvard University. It reviews the disruption theories of Christensen as he has applied them to the health care industry, and connects them with medical costing recommendations of Kaplan and Porter. Two possible disruption possibilities for clinical care and venue are presented.

Il Faut Manger: A Study Of Women’S Body Image And Obesity In Mali, Jennifer Denike

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Africa has long been a region of the world marked by the media as one of rail thin children with distended bellies and older men and women with cracked and wrinkled skin sagging off their bones. Media outlets like BBC, CNN, and the New York Times focus entire sections of their websites to special reports entitled ‘Famine in Africa’2, ‘Food Crisis in Niger’3, and ‘East Africa Famine 2011’4. Photos of children curled up on the ground, ribs and bones protruding at every angle grace the pages of nearly every magazine and newspaper. Nongovernmental organizations plead for donations and host fundraisers …

Hss Alumni News Fall 2011, Department Of Health And Sport Sciences

Health and Sport Sciences Newsletter

• A Time for Change by Olivia Roberts
• Semester Conversion
• Discovering Your Strengths
• A Message from the Chair by Dr. Joan Rocks
• Updates from the Majors

Hss Departmental Developments Fall 2011, Department Of Health And Sport Sciences

Health and Sport Sciences Newsletter

• Get the Scoop on ShareBacAPac Service Learning Project
• Ohio Association of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Convention Update
• Otterbein University Athletic Training Staff and the Team Physicians who received the Athletic Directors Award
• Updates from the Majors

Smart Rehabilitation For The 21st Century: The Tampa Smart Home For Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury, Jan Jasiewicz, William D. Kearns, Jeffrey Craighead, James L. Fozard, Steven Scott, Jay Mccarthy

Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Wound Healing And The Role Of Biomarkers And Biofilms, Mujtaba Khan

All Capstone Projects

An injury to the skin alters the integrity of underlying tissues and microcirculation and thus certainly culminates in a wound. Wound healing is a highly complex, dynamic, interactive and well regulated physiological process involving blood cells, extracellular matrix, parenchyma cells and soluble mediators. It starts with alteration in integrity of tissues and ends with the formation of scar. The process of wound healing is distinguished into Haemostasis, Inflammation, Proliferation and Remodeling. Various cells like platelets, neutrophils, macrophages, lymphocytes, angiocytes, keratinocytes, fibroblasts and factors like platelet derived growth factor, transforming growth factor, platelet derived epidermal growth factors, fibroblasts growth factor, albumin, …

Medical Education: Value Based Teaching, Haider Naqvi, Ather Hussain

Department of Psychiatry

No abstract provided.

Mother And Child Technique Combined With Super Selective Pharmacological Intervention For Large Intracoronary Thrombus, Nasir Rahman, Sajid H. Dhakam

Section of Cardiology

Primary percutaneous intervention (PCI) in acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (MI) is a preferred way of treatment nowadays. Sometimes it becomes difficult to get good myocardial blood flow during PCI if clot burden is large. In this case of an elderly lady, the use of "Mother and Child Technique" combined with super selective pharmacological intervention is demonstrated to achieve good blood flow when conventional means are not working.

A Journal For Advocacy Of Neurological Sciences In Pakistan, Mohammad Wasay

Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS)

No abstract provided.

Awareness Of Dementia Among General Population Of Islamabad/ Rawalpindi, Maimoona M. Siddiqui, Nauman S. Siddiqui, Ismail A. Khatri, Ahmed Y Javed, Farrukh Mateen, Yousaf Raza

Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS)

No abstract provided.

Outcomes Of A Tailored Tobacco Treatment Approach For Individuals With Substance Use Disorders And/Or Psychiatric Disorders, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Milan Khara

Nursing Presentations

Summary of Key Findings

• Smoking abstinence at end of program:
• Intent to treat analysis: 31% (167/540)
• Among program completers: 41% (167/406)

• Significant predictors of abstinence:
• Having a history of an anxiety disorder is predictive of being less likely to quit smoking when compared to having no history of a psychiatric disorder.
• Having a lower CO level at program enrolment was a significant predictor of being more likely to quit.
• Attending the TDC program for a longer duration was a significant predictor of being more likely to quit.