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Using Debriefing To Foster Task Management Among Anesthesiologist Assistant Students, Llalando Austin

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Purpose: This study evaluated the effect of video-aided oral debriefing on task management of anesthesiologist assistant students through the use of high-fidelity anesthesia crisis simulation scenarios. This information describes an evaluation of student learning that is valuable in student educational and workplace competency. Method: A total of 18 graduate students in an anesthesiologist assistant program voluntarily participated in two anesthesia simulation scenarios separated by one of two debriefing methods (oral debriefing versus video-aided oral debriefing). Task management scores of the scenarios were assessed through the Anesthetists’ Nontechnical Skills system. Task management scores after the pre-intervention scenario were compared to the …

การเปรียบเทียบสมรรถภาพการทำงานของปอดระหว่างนิสิตที่ไม่ใส่เสื้อนิสิตรัดรูปกับนิสิตที่ใส่เสื้อนิสิตรัดรูป, อรอุมา บุณยารมย์, จรีภา เชื้อทหาร, รักษณา ข่ายสุวรรณ, อัจฉราพรรณ วงษ์ยอด, สมภิยา สมถวิล, โอปอร์ วีรพันธุ์

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

เหตุผลของการทำวิจัย : นิสิตที่ใส่เสื้อนิสิตรัดรูปอาจทำให้สมรรถภาพปอดและการขยายตัวของทรวงอกลดลงวัตถุประสงค์ : เพื่อเปรียบเทียบสมรรถภาพปอดและการขยายตัวของทรวงอกของนิสิตหญิงระหว่างนิสิตที่ไม่ใส่เสื้อนิสิตรัดรูปกับนิสิตที่ใส่เสื้อนิสิตรัดรูปรูปแบบการวิจัย : การวิจัยเชิงเปรียบเทียบสถานที่ทำการศึกษา : ภาควิชากายภาพบำบัด คณะสหเวชศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยนเรศวรตัวอย่างและวิธีการศึกษา : แบ่งเป็น 2 กลุ่มคือ นิสิตที่ไม่ใส่เสื้อนิสิตรัดรูป (15 คน) และนิสิตที่ใส่เสื้อนิสิตรัดรูป (15 คน) จากนั้นให้ผู้เข้าร่วมการวิจัยทดสอบสมรรถภาพปอด ด้วยเครื่อง spirometer หลังจากนั้นนำค่าที่ได้จากการทดสอบสมรรถภาพปอดของทั้ง 2 กลุ่มมาเปรียบเทียบกันผลการศึกษา : พบว่ากลุ่มนิสิตที่ใส่เสื้อนิสิตรัดรูปมีสมรรถภาพปอดต่ำกว่ากลุ่มนิสิตที่ไม่ใส่เสื้อนิสิตรัดรูปอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติ (p <0.05) ดังนี้ค่า tidal volume ของกลุ่มนิสิตที่ใส่เสื้อนิสิตรัดรูปต่ำกว่ากลุ่มนิสิตที่ไม่ใส่เสื้อนิสิตรัดรูป (512.66 และ 726.66 มิลลิลิตร ตามลำดับ)ค่า slow vital capacity ของกลุ่มนิสิตที่ใส่เสื้อนิสิตรัดรูปต่ำกว่ากลุ่มนิสิตที่ไม่ใส่เสื้อนิสิตรัดรูป (35.66 และ 41.06 ตามลำดับ) ค่า forced vitalcapacity ของกลุ่มนิสิตที่ใส่เสื้อนิสิตรัดรูปต่ำกว่ากลุ่มนิสิตที่ไม่ใส่เสื้อนิสิตรัดรูป (42.73 และ 51.86 ตามลำดับ) และยังพบว่าค่าการขยายตัวของทรวงอก (chest expansion) ของกลุ่มนิสิตที่ใส่เสื้อนิสิตรัดรูปต่ำกว่ากลุ่มนิสิตที่ไม่ใส่เสื้อนิสิตรัดรูปอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติ (p <0.05)(2.67 และ 3.48 มิลลิลิตร ตามลำดับ)สรุป : การสวมใส่เสื้อนิสิตที่รัดรูปติดต่อกันเป็นประจำจะส่งผลทำให้สมรรถภาพปอด และการขยายตัวของทรวงอกลดต่ำลง.

พลังสุขภาพจิตและปัจจัยที่เกี่ยวข้องของพนักงานโรงงานอุตสาหกรรมกระดาษในจังหวัดนครปฐม, นุชนาฏ ธรรมขัน, บุรณี กาญจนถวัลย์

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

เหตุผลของการทำวิจัย : พลังสุขภาพจิตเป็นศักยภาพสำคัญภายในตัวบุคคลที่ได้จากการต่อสู้กับปัญหา และการปรับตัวอย่างเหมาะสม เพื่อให้สามารถผ่านพ้นวิกฤติต่าง ๆ ในชีวิตไปได้ ซึ่งพนักงานโรงงานอุตสาหกรรมถือเป็นคนกลุ่มหนึ่งที่ต้องประสบกับวิกฤติต่าง ๆ และต้องต่อสู้เพื่อการดำรงชีวิตทั้งจากภายในตนเองและจากสภาพแวดล้อมรอบข้าง ผู้วิจัยจึงต้องการศึกษาว่าพลังสุขภาพจิตของพนักงานโรงงานอุตสาหกรรมกระดาษเป็นอย่างไร และมีปัจจัยใดที่มีความสัมพันธ์ กับพลังสุขภาพจิตวัตถุประสงค์ : เพื่อศึกษาลักษณะพลังสุขภาพจิต และปัจจัยที่เกี่ยวข้องกับพลังสุขภาพจิตของพนักงานในโรงงานอุตสาหกรรมกระดาษรูปแบบการวิจัย : การวิจัยครั้งนี้เป็นการวิจัยเชิงพรรณนา ณ จุดเวลาใดเวลาหนึ่งสถานที่ทำการศึกษา : โรงงานอุตสาหกรรมกระดาษ ในจังหวัดนครปฐมตัวอย่างและวิธีการศึกษา : เก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลจากพนักงานโรงงานอุตสาหกรรมกระดาษ ในเขตจังหวัดนครปฐม ที่มีอายุ 25 - 60 ปี จำนวนทั้งสิ้น 330 คน โดยเครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการวิจัย ได้แก่ 1) แบบสอบถามข้อมูลทั่วไป 2) แบบสอบถามพลังสุขภาพจิต 3) แบบวัดเหตุการณ์เครียด (Life Stress Event)4) แบบวัดสัมพันธภาพในครอบครัวใช้ Univariate analysis (ได้แก่t - test และ One - way ANOVA) เพื่อทดสอบปัจจัยที่มีความสัมพันธ์กับพลังสุขภาพจิต และใช้ stepwise multiple regression analysisเพื่อหาปัจจัย ทำนายพลังสุขภาพจิตผลการศึกษา : ผลการศึกษาพบว่าพนักงานโรงงานอุตสาหกรรมกระดาษมีระดับพลังสุขภาพจิตปกติ โดยมีคะแนนเฉลี่ยเท่ากับ 60.74 ± 8.11 จากคะแนนเต็ม 80 คะแนน โดยพบปัจจัยที่เกี่ยวข้องกับพลังสุขภาพจิต5 ปัจจัย คือ เพศ p < 0.05, อายุ p < 0.001, ช่วงเวลาปฏิบัติงานโดยส่วนใหญ่ p < 0.05, เหตุการณ์เครียดในชีวิต p < 0.001 และสัมพันธภาพภายในครอบครัว p < 0.01 เมื่อวิเคราะห์การถดถอยแบบพหุคูณ พบว่าปัจจัยทำนายพลังสุขภาพจิตของพนักงานโรงงานอุตสาหกรรมกระดาษ ได้แก่ อายุ (มีอิทธิพลในเชิงบวก), เหตุการณ์เครียดในชีวิต (มีอิทธิพลในเชิงลบ) และสัมพันธภาพภายในครอบครัว(มีอิทธิพลในเชิงบวก) ซึ่งร่วมกันพยากรณ์พลังสุขภาพจิตของพนักงานโรงงานอุตสาหกรรมกระดาษได้ร้อยละ 34.8สรุป : พนักงานโรงงานอุตสาหกรรมกระดาษในจังหวัดนครปฐม ส่วนใหญ่มีพลังสุขภาพจิตในระดับปกติ ซึ่งการทราบปัจจัยเสี่ยงจะสามารถวางแผนการป้องกันและส่งเสริมพลังสุขภาพจิตในพนักงานโรงงานอุตสาหกรรมกระดาษได้อย่างเหมาะสมต่อไป.

Gper-Mediated Regulation Of Nuclear Akt/Foxo3a Signaling, Erin Zekas

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

17β-estradiol (estrogen) has been demonstrated to regulate survival in breast cancer cells, which is partially mediated by its nuclear receptors ERα and ERβ and the G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER). We previously established that estrogen can activate the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3Kinase) prosurvival pathway via GPER stimulation resulting in PIP3 generation within the nucleus of breast cancer cells; the mechanism for this is still unclear. PIP3 generation results in Akt activation, which is known to inactivate FOXO3a, a proapoptotic transcription factor that translocates from the nucleus to the cytoplasm upon inactivation resulting in a decrease in proapoptotic gene expression and consequently …

Using Video Modeling And Video Feedback To Improve Olympic Weightlifting Technique, Danah Mulqueen

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Behavioral coaching procedures have been evaluated and enhanced over the years to find the most effective interventions for athletic performance in a variety of sports settings. Different types of feedback have been evaluated for effectiveness in teaching and improving skills. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of video modeling and video feedback to improve technique for three novice individuals in a fitness program incorporating Olympic weightlifting. Two weightlifting events, the clean and jerk and snatch, were targeted for intervention. Each lift was broken down into a task analysis, and trainers used the task analysis to score …

A Filtration System That Greatly Reduces Aluminum In Calcium Gluconate Injection, Usp Used To Prepare Parenteral Nutrition Solutions, Robert A. Yokel, Wesley R. Harris, Christopher D. Spilling, Vasiliy P. Abramov, Jason M. Lone, Robert J. Kuhn

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

OBJECTIVE: The study objective was to reduce aluminum (Al) in Calcium Gluconate Injection, US Pharmacopeia (USP) used in the preparation of parenteral nutrition (PN) solutions.

METHODS: A flow-through filter containing an immobilized chelator that complexes Al from Calcium Gluconate Injection, USP as it flows through the filter was designed, refined by design modifications, and extensively tested. When a small-volume parenteral vial containing 100 mL of Calcium Gluconate Injection, USP is connected on the inlet side of the filter, and the outlet side is connected to an evacuated receiving vial, the filtered solution is drawn into the receiving vial. This constitutes …

The Combined Effects Of Anthropogenic And Environmental Stressors On Fundulus Grandis Development, Christopher Jacob Klinkhamer

Open Access Theses

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill resulted in the release of ~ 5 million barrels of crude oil from the Macondo wellhead into the Gulf of Mexico. Oil from the spill was documented on 1,772km of shoreline with 847km of shoreline remaining oiled a year after the spill, and 687km of shoreline remaining oiled two years after the spill. Currently, there are few data available concerning long-term, sublethal effects associated with chronic exposure to crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico. In addition to the anthropogenic-induced stress of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure, aquatic organisms living in estuarial areas of …

Perceptual Compensation In Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders, Elizabeth Anne Langston

Open Access Theses

Compensation for coarticulation is the extent in which an individual perceives the contextual variations of speech. When presented with an ambiguous consonant-vowel segment (e.g., a consonant halfway between /sa/ and /∫a/) research illustrates that a listener is likely to compensate for coarticulation with the following vowel. Therefore, a listener will be more likely to report an ambiguous speech sound as /s/ when it occurs before [u] than before [a]. Previous results have suggested that, within neurotypical individuals, the degree to which individuals compensate for coarticulation may be related to their Autism Quotient (AQ; Yu, 2010). However, this research did not …

Using The Microsoft Kinect To Assess Human Bimanual Coordination, Joshua James Liddy

Open Access Theses

Optical marker-based systems are the gold-standard for capturing three-dimensional (3D) human kinematics. However, these systems have various drawbacks including time consuming marker placement, soft tissue movement artifact, and are prohibitively expensive and non-portable. The Microsoft Kinect is an inexpensive, portable, depth camera that can be used to capture 3D human movement kinematics. Numerous investigations have assessed the Kinect's ability to capture postural control and gait, but to date, no study has evaluated it's capabilities for measuring spatiotemporal coordination. In order to investigate human coordination and coordination stability with the Kinect, a well-studied bimanual coordination paradigm (Kelso, 1984, Kelso; Scholz, & …

Investigation Into The Control Of Melittin Secondary Structure And Antimicrobial Activity, Zachary B. Molinets

Open Access Theses

Antimicrobial resistance has been an exponentially growing problem since the discovery of antibiotics. Antibiotics have been misused for many years and this misuse has grown into a real problem for the medical community. While there are countless safeguards to prevent infection by a resistant strain of bacteria, there are still many plagued by it and must be treated with sometimes dangerous antibiotics. Melittin, along with many other peptides, contain potent antimicrobial properties, but are also toxic toward enthrocytes. The control of the secondary structure of peptides provides the key to adjusting their activity.

The Parkinson's Experience Of Group Physical Activity: Understanding Social Support, Social Comparison, Physical Self-Perceptions, And Posttraumatic Growth, Tammy L. Sheehy

Open Access Theses

Group physical activity programs for clinical populations can provide opportunities for adaptive social interactions, improving perceptions of competence, and may facilitate posttraumatic growth (positive psychological changes resulting from traumatic life experiences). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine how people with Parkinson's experience social interactions and physical challenges in a group physical activity program, and to investigate what role they think those experiences play in posttraumatic growth. The study employed interpretative phenomenological analysis methodology (Smith, Flowers & Larkin, 2009). N= 20 participants ( n = 12 women; age = 56-79 years) in a boxing-based group exercise program …

State-Level Analysis Of Variation In Infant Mortality Rate: A Socio-Ecological Approach, Nicole M. Sobiech

Open Access Theses

Background: Infant mortality has been used as a predictor of population health, and was higher in the United States compared to other developed countries. The rate of infant mortality varies greatly at the State level, with infants born in southern States having an increase risk. ^ Methods: This paper investigates influential variables in all five dimensions of the socio-ecological model on State infant mortality in the U.S. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to determine the amount of variance that could be explained between and at the State level. ^ Results: The socio-ecological model explained 73% variation of State infant mortality …

Iron Nutriture Following Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery, Breanne N. Wright

Open Access Theses

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB) is effective for weight loss, but is commonly associated with iron deficiency and its clinical manifestation, anemia. Diagnosing iron deficiency is complex because iron status depends on other nutrients; additionally, anemia following surgery is not specifically due to deficiency in iron, as it can be due to deficiencies in other nutrients including zinc, copper, vitamin B₆, folate, and vitamin B ₁₂. In patients who have undergone RYGB, our aims were to 1) conduct a comprehensive assessment of nutrients involved in iron homeostasis, 2) determine the contribution of dietary intake to iron deficiency, …

Efficacy Of Cleaning Method For Removal Of Exogenous Welding Fume Contamination From Nail Tissue Prior To Use As A Biomarker For Welding Fume Manganese Exposure, Jeffrey Corral Bainter

Open Access Theses

Nail tissue has been proposed as a biomarker for body burden of occupational exposure to manganese from welding fumes. Though recent studies have shown correlation between manganese exposure and both nail tissue concentration as well as concentrations in dopaminergic regions of the brain, concerns of the validity of nail tissue as a biomarker have arisen due to the potential for exogenous contamination of Mn to undermine the quantization of endogenous Mn in nail. Previous studies have used a cleaning method of 1% Triton X-100 surfactant plus sonication in order to attempt to remove exogenous welding fume contamination. Determination of the …

1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D Alters Lipid Metabolism And Epithelialto- Mesenchymal Transition In Metastatic Epithelial Breast Cancer Cells, Alle Nicole Barnard

Open Access Theses

Evidence suggests that high vitamin D status (marked by serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, 25(OH)2 D) is associated with a decreased risk of breast cancer. It has been established that 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH) 2 D) can alter glycolysis and the Krebs cycle of breast cancer cells (Jiang et al., 2010; Zheng et al., 2013) but little information is available on 1,25(OH) 2 D's alterations of lipid metabolism in breast cancer cells. Thus, the current research investigates if there was an effect of 1,25(OH) 2 D on proteins that regulate lipid metabolism in MCF10A, MCF10A-ras, MCF10CA1h, and MCF10CA1a epithelial breast cancer cells. While …

Cut-Off Values For Gait Variables To Detect Forelimb Lameness In Individual Dogs, Jennifer G. Carr

Open Access Theses

The objective of this study was to characterize kinetic and kinematic variables in dogs with forelimb lameness and determine lameness cutoff values of gait variables using ROC analysis with observational gait analysis (OGA) as reference. Twenty client-owned dogs with unilateral lameness were included. Dogs underwent orthopedic exam, including OGA, and instrumented gait analysis (IGA; kinetic and kinematic analysis). Kinetic variables with the highest accuracy were PVF and %WD with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.73 and 0.92, respectively. Optimal cutoff value for PVF and %WD were ≤ 10.6 (sensitivity 70% and specificity 75%) and ≤ 29.7 (sensitivity 90% …

Pharmacokinetics And Toxicity Of The Novel Oral Demethylating Agent Zebularine In Laboratory And Tumor Bearing Dogs, Christopher Michael Fulkerson

Open Access Theses

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the pharmacokinetics and toxicity of the novel oral demethylating agent zebularine (zeb) in laboratory dogs and tumor bearing dogs. This thesis focuses on the application of this therapeutic strategy in dogs with naturally occurring invasive transitional cell carcinoma (InvTCC), which serve as a relevant model of the human disease.

DNA hypermethylation in the promoter region is a common epigenetic change in cancer that silences tumor suppressor genes. Zeb is an oral cytidine analog that acts as a demethylating agent. Zeb has been investigated extensively in vitro as well as in mice, rodents …

When Harvard Said No To Eugenics: The J. Ewing Mears Bequest, 1927, Paul A. Lombardo

Faculty Publications By Year

James Ewing Mears (1838-1919) was a founding member of the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery. His 1910 book, The Problem of Race Betterment, laid the groundwork for later authors to explore the uses of surgical sterilization as a eugenic measure. Mears left $60,000 in his will to Harvard University to support the teaching of eugenics. Although numerous eugenic activists were on the Harvard faculty, and who of its Presidents were also associated with the eugenics movement, Harvard refused the Mears gift. The bequest was eventually awarded to Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. This article explains why Harvard turned its back …

Frontal White Matter Integrity In Adults With Down Syndrome With And Without Dementia, David K. Powell, Allison Caban-Holt, Greg A. Jicha, William C. Robertson, Roberta Davis, Brian T. Gold, Frederick A. Schmitt, Elizabeth Head

Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy Center Faculty Publications

Adults with Down syndrome (DS) are at high risk for developing Alzheimer's disease after the age of 40 years. To detect white matter (WM) changes in the brain linked to dementia, fractional anisotropy (FA) from diffusion tensor imaging was used. We hypothesized that adults with DS without dementia (DS n = 10), DS with dementia (DSAD n = 10) and age matched non-DS subjects (CTL n = 10) would show differential levels of FA and an association with scores from the Brief Praxis Test and the Severe Impairment Battery. WM integrity differences in DS compared with CTL were found predominantly …

Oncolog, Volume 59, Number 07, July 2014, Sarah Bronson, Joe Munch, Bryan Tutt, K. Stuyck

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues) Archives

• Side Effects of Targeted Molecular Agents Vary According to Mechanism of Action: The main side effects of cytotoxic chemotherapy are notorious. But the side effects of newer, targeted molecular agents are less well known, so patients receiving such drugs may not know what to expect and may require additional guidance from physicians
• INBRIEF: Study Finds Less Frequent Bisphosphonate Treatment Equivalent to Standard Regimen
• RAS Mutation Status May predict Outcomes After Surgery for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases
• HPV Test Does Not Replace Pap Test for Cervical cancer Screening: The recent approval of a human papillomavirus (HPV) test for cervical cancer screening …

Partnerships For Health - Jeff Health And The Rwanda Village Concept Project – A Model Of Interdisciplinary Health Professions Student Global Education, James D. Plumb, Md, Mph, Ellen J. Plumb, Md, Komal Soin, Md-Cugh 2014, Edmond Bagazini, Md, Mph, Remy Muhire Manzi, Md, Mph, Jean Christoph Rusatira, Md

College of Population Health Lectures, Presentations, Workshops

Background

The Rwanda Health and Healing Project (RHHP)

• Started in 2006: Barefoot Artists and TJU Department of Family and Community Medicine

– Global health immersion experience

– Interdisciplinary

– Focus: team-based, sustainable public health programming,

economic development, community empowerment

• Public-Health Programming: Akarambi, Rugerero

– Hygiene and Sanitation

– Childhood Nutrition

– Helminth Prevention

– HIV Education

– Income Generation: chicken coop, rabbit rearing, mushroom farming, bee keeping, pig farming

Expression Of Chlorovirus Mt325 Aquaglyceroporin (Aqpv1) In Tobacco And Its Role In Mitigating Drought Stress, Saadia Bihmidine, Mingxia Cao, Ming Kang, Tala Awada, James L. Van Etten, David Dunigan, Thomas E. Clemente

James Van Etten Publications

Main conclusions A Chlorovirus aquaglyceroporin expressed in tobacco is localized to the plastid and plasma membranes. Transgenic events display improved response to water deficit. Necrosis in adult stage plants is observed.

Aquaglyceroporins are a subclass of the water channel aquaporin proteins (AQPs) that transport glycerol along with other small molecules transcellular in addition to water. In the studies communicated herein, we analyzed the expression of the aquaglyceroporin gene designated, aqpv1, from Chlorovirus MT325, in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), along with phenotypic changes induced by aqpv1 expression in planta. Interestingly, aqpv1 expression under control of either a constitutive or …

Service Provider Promising Practice: Job Squad, Inc. (West Virginia) - A Blog That Conveys The Importance Of Community Employment, Thinkwork! At The Institute For Community Inclusion At Umass Boston

ThinkWork! Publications

Job Squad is a medium-sized CRP that provides services to individuals in 13 counties within West Virginia. In 2005, responding to customer demands, executive director Brenda Hellwig and her staff received training from Griffin Hammis Associates to offer community employment services. Once trained, the career counselors at Job Squad found that their most successful jobs were matches between job seekers and small businesses that needed their skills and could provide natural supports. The team then started the Community Economic Development blog at http:// jobsquadinc.blogspot.com/. This is a platform to communicate with employers,

Social Actors Fight The Rising Tide Of Hiv In U.S. Southern Poor, Courtenay Sprague, Sara E. Simon

Center for Peace, Democracy and Development Publications

The greatest number of persons living with HIV in the United States are now living in the South, and they face poorer health outcomes and increased AIDS-related deaths as compared to the rest of the country. The southern United States has a disproportionate share of low-income individuals, with many lacking access to health care and health insurance. Health facilities are also comparatively fewer and more difficult to reach than in other areas of the United States. The impacts of this already poor health infrastructure on low-income people living with HIV in the South can be life-threatening.

This policy brief summarizes …

The Impact Of Patellar Resurfacing In Two-Stage Revision Of The Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty., Aaron Glynn, Ronald Huang, Javad Mortazavi, Javad Parvizi Md

Rothman Institute Papers

Evidence for optimal management of the patellofemoral joint in revision surgery for the infected TKA is limited. We reviewed 69 infected TKAs undergoing two-stage revision. Fifty four patellae were resurfaced, 11 had patelloplasty performed, two were augmented with trabecular metal, one had impaction grafting, and one knee underwent patellectomy. Average follow-up was 4.5years. The patients that received patellar resurfacing at re-implantation experienced statistically significant improvements in KSS pain score, functional KSS, and patellar score (P

The Influence Of Childhood Maltreatment On Substance Abuse In Adulthood, James Michael Blinco

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

This study examines the relationship between suffering physical or sexual abuse as a child and drug or alcohol use in adulthood. Data was used from the first three waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health survey. This study found that being a victim of childhood physical abuse can lead to abuse of alcohol later in life. In addition being male and African American are key factors in predicting alcohol abuse and other illegal drug use in adulthood. No significant relationship was found between being a victim of sexual abuse and abusing alcohol, using marijuana, or using any other …

A Grounded Theory Of Suicidality In Children Ten And Younger, Katherine Angela Heimsch

Counseling & Human Services Theses & Dissertations

Once every two days in the United States, a child aged 5 to 14 years old dies by suicide (World Health Organization, 2010). When viewed on a spectrum that includes suicidal ideation, verbalizations, behaviors, and attempts, the problem of youth suicidality is actually far greater than the numbers of completed suicides suggest (Cheng, Tao, Riley, Kann, Ye, Tian...Hu, 2009). This study examined suicidality in children ages 10 and younger, and included the characteristics of suicidal children, factors that influence childhood suicidality, and treatment implications. The researcher conducted 12 semi-structured qualitative interviews with experienced treatment providers and performed a content analysis …

College Health And Mental Health Outcomes On Student Success, Daniel Joseph St. John

Counseling & Human Services Theses & Dissertations

This study explores the relationship between college students' utilization of university counseling services and university health services, and student academic performance. Data was collected using an archival data set including university counseling center records, health center records, and academic reports from institutional research at a large, public southeastern university. The primary variables of this study included: number of sessions in the university counseling center and/or university health center, instances of new initiated contacts, treatment variables, GPA, and degree completion. The overarching hypothesis of this study is that students who receive mental health services are significantly more likely to experience student …

Meshless Mechanics And Point-Based Visualization Methods For Surgical Simulations, Rifat Aras

Computational Modeling & Simulation Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Computer-based modeling and simulation practices have become an integral part of the medical education field. For surgical simulation applications, realistic constitutive modeling of soft tissue is considered to be one of the most challenging aspects of the problem, because biomechanical soft-tissue models need to reflect the correct elastic response, have to be efficient in order to run at interactive simulation rates, and be able to support operations such as cuts and sutures.

Mesh-based solutions, where the connections between the individual degrees of freedom (DoF) are defined explicitly, have been the traditional choice to approach these problems. However, when the problem …

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors In Cancer Therapeutics: Great Expectations From Small Molecules, Zeeshan A Ansar, Tariq Moatter

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

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