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Hospice Home Immersion Project: Advancing Medical Education, Marilyn R. Gugliucci, Himanshu Malhotra, Andrea Gaul

Geriatric Medicine Faculty Publications

The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM) Hospice Immersion project was piloted in 2014 in southern Maine. It was designed and implemented as an experiential medical education learning model whereby medical students were “admitted” into the local Hospice Home to live there for 48 hours. Until this project, palliative and end of life care education at US Medical Schools and specifically UNECOM were accomplished through traditional medical education methods. The Hospice Immersion project utilizes qualitative ethnographic and autobiographic research designs, whereby a unique environment or “culture” (Hospice Home) is observed and life experiences of the medical student …

The Human Rights And Social Justice Scholars Program: A Collaborative Model For Preclinical Training In Social Medicine, Salina Bakshi, Aisha James, Marie Oliva Hennelly, Reena Karani, Ann-Gel Palermo, Andrea Jakubowski, Chloe Ciccariello, Holly G. Atkinson

Publications and Research

BACKGROUND:
Despite the importance of the role social justice takes in medical professionalism, the need to train health professionals to address social determinants of health, and medical trainees' desire to eliminate health disparities, undergraduate medical education offers few opportunities for comprehensive training in social justice. The Human Rights and Social Justice (HRSJ) Scholars Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a preclinical training program in social medicine consisting of 5 components: a didactic course, faculty and student mentorship, research projects in social justice, longitudinal policy and advocacy service projects, and a career seminar series.

OBJECTIVES:
The …

Ms171: Interview With Robin Britt, Robin Britt Edd, Rn, Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral history interview with Robin Britt, EDD, RN of Texas Woman's University College of Nursing. See more at Texas Medical Center-Women's History Project and its finding aid.

Ms171: Interview With Elizabeth Travis, Elizabeth Travis Ph.D., Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral history interview with Elizabeth Travis, PhD of MD Anderson Cancer Center. See more at Texas Medical Center-Women's History Project and its finding aid.

Ms171: Interview With Asha Kapadia, Asha Kapadia Ph.D., Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An oral history interview with Asha Kapadia, PhD of University of Texas School of Public Health. See more at Texas Medical Center-Women's History Project and its finding aid.

Ms171: Interview With Janet Butel, Janet Butel Ph.D., Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

Texas Medical Center - Women's History Project

An Oral history interview with Janet Butel, PhD of Baylor College of Medicine. See more at Texas Medical Center-Women's History Project and its finding aid.

The Relationship Among Male Pornography Use, Attachment, And Aggression In Romantic Relationships, Andrew P. Brown

Theses and Dissertations

Clinicians and researchers question how pornography might be impacting the people who view it and their partners. In particular, does pornography link to couples attachment and levels of aggression? Using data collected by the RELATE institute a sophisticated structural equation model was set up to answer this question. In particular, an actor partner interdependence model was used to analyze the relationship among male pornography use, insecure attachment behaviors, relational aggression, and physical aggression in 1630 heterosexual couples. Results indicate higher reports of male pornography use are associated with higher reports of insecure attachment behaviors, relational aggression, and physical aggression. Differences …

A Longitudinal Study Of Therapist Emotion Focused Therapy Interventions Predicting In-Session Positive Couple Behavior, Josh Novak

Theses and Dissertations

This is a longitudinal multilevel analysis using third party coded data of 15 couples therapy sessions to identify which therapist Emotion Focused Therapy interventions (Management of Couple's Interaction, Working with Primary Emotion, Managing Defensive Responses, Reframing the Problem in Terms of the Cycle, and Placing Emerging Emotions into the Cycle) influenced husband-to-wife and wife-to-husband exchanges of Positive Behaviors (warmth, prosocial behaviors, communication, assertiveness, and listening). A mixed effects model was used to examine within- and between-individual variability. Men and women were modeled separately. A series of two-level multilevel models of change were examined, where Time is Level 1 and Individual …

Facilitative Implicit Rules And Adolescent Emotional Regulation, Lexie Y. Pfeifer

Theses and Dissertations

Research has linked emotional regulation to the adaptive functioning of adolescents. Further research suggests that family processes, which include implicit rules, impact children's emotional regulation. The current study examined the impact of implicit rules that are facilitative of family connectedness on development of adolescents' emotional regulation. Data came from the Flourishing Families Project (FFP), a seven-year longitudinal study measuring family processes that impact adolescent development. The sample was collected in the northwestern United States and consisted of 500 families with a target child between the ages of 10 and 14 years. Participants filled out self-report measures on implicit family rules …

Avoidant Parental And Self Conflict-Resolution Styles And Marital Relationship Self-Regulation: Do Perceived Partner Attachment Behaviorsplay A Moderating Role?, Erin L. Rackham

Theses and Dissertations

Relationship self-regulation (RSR) refers to the “work”, or effort and strategies, that partners put into keeping their relationships healthy. Past RSR research has not taken into account distal and proximal variables that may affect RSR, such as parental and current relationship avoidant conflict-resolution style (CRS). In this study, we examine the relationships between parental avoidant CRS and current relationship avoidant CRS, as well as self-report of RSR in the relationship. Additionally, the perception of one's partner's attachment behaviors consisting of responsiveness, engagement, and accessibility is included in the model to test for moderation of the relationship between current relationship avoidant …

Brain Mapping Of The Latency Epochs In A Mcgurk Effect Paradigm In Music Performance And Visual Arts Majors, Lauren Donelle Nordstrom

Theses and Dissertations

The McGurk effect is an illusion that occurs when an auditory /ba/ is combined with a visual /ga/. The two stimuli fuse together which leads to the perception of /da/, a sound in between /ba/ and /ga/. The purpose of this study was to determine whether music performance and visual arts majors process mismatched auditory and visual stimuli, like the McGurk effect, differently. Nine syllable pairs were presented to 10 native English speakers (5 music performance majors and 5 visual arts majors between the ages of 18 and 28 years) in a four-forced-choice response paradigm. Data from event-related potentials were …

New Dentist News (March 2015), Ada Committee On The New Dentist

New Dentist News

New Dentist News offers timely information on scientific, social, educational, political and economic developments affecting new dentists. This collection is historical and items may not reflect current standards. For up-to-date information contact the ADA. The New Dentist News was alternately titled ADA Lifeline, 1997-June 2001.

Department Of Surgery Update, March 2015, Wright State University Department Of Surgery

Department of Surgery Updates

A two page newsletter created by the Department of Surgery documenting changes to the department. This issue contains a message from the chair, a list of important dates, committee meetings, scholarly activity and more.

Prevalence And Immediate Outcome Of Candida Colonized Preterm Neonates Admitted To Special Care Unit Of Mulago Hospital, Kampala Uganda, Yaser Abdallah, Deogratias Kaddu Mulindwa, Jolly Nankunda, Philippa M. Musoke

Faculty of Health Sciences, East Africa

Background:

Candida species is the third commonest cause of sepsis among neonates. Colonization by Candida is a predictor for candidemia among preterm neonates.

Objectives:

To determine prevalence of early Candida colonization and early outcome among colonized preterm neonates admitted to Mulago hospital Special Care Unit.

Methods:

A prospective observational cohort was conducted between December 2008 and April 2009. Preterm neonates aged >72 hours and less than one week were screened for Candida colonization of the groin, oral pharynx and rectum using CHROMagar. Colonized neonates were followed up for 14 days. Blood cultures were done for those with signs of septicaemia. …

Post Stroke Dementia And Its Putative Risk Factors: A Hospital - Based Study, Iranmanesh F, Sheykholeslami Nz, Rahimdel A, Gadari F, Vazirinajad R, Syedyazdi F

Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS)

Introduction:
Dementia is common after stroke and has a considerable impact on mortality, rehabilitation and quality of life. There are some published articles regarding post stroke dementia but there are many controversies surrounding this topic. Our aim was to identify the prevalence of post stroke dementia 3 months after stroke and evaluation of some its putative risk factors in Iranian population.

Method:
In this cross-sectional study, 151 patients with acute stroke were evaluated. The diagnosis was confirmed by physical examination and neuroimaging. Three months after the stroke, all patients were visited again. The diagnosis of post stroke dementia was made …

The Land Of Opportunities For Research On Rare Genetic Neurological Disorders, Muhammad Ulusyar Khan, Fazal M. Arain

Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS)

No abstract provided.

ผลของการผ่อนคลายกล้ามเนื้อแบบโพรเกรสซีฟต่อความอยากบุหรี่ในผู้ที่ติดบุหรี, ทัศนีย์ ลิมป์สานนท์, รัศมน กัลยาศิริ

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

เหตุผลของการทำวิจัย : ความอยากบุหรี่เป็นอาการอย่างหนึ่งของการติดบุหรี่ ซึ่งเกิดร่วมกับความไม่สุขสบาย ทั้งกายและใจ โดยมีการศึกษาพบว่าการผ่อนคลายกล้ามเนื้อแบบโพรเกรสซิฟ สามารถช่วยลดความเครียดและวิตกกังวลลงได้ จึงมีการนำมาใช้อย่างแพร่หลาย ในการรักษาโรควิตกกังวลร่วมกับการใช้ยา อย่างไรก็ตาม ยังไม่เคยมีการศึกษาผลของการผ่อนคลายกล้ามเนื้อแบบโพรเกรสซิฟ ต่อความอยากบุหรี่ มาก่อนวัตถุประสงค์ : เพื่อศึกษาผลของการผ่อนคลายกล้ามเนื้อแบบโพรเกรสซิฟต่อความอยากบุหรี่ในผู้ที่ติดบุหรี่รูปแบบการวิจัย : การวิจัยเชิงทดลองเปรียบเทียบก่อนหลังสถานที่ทำการศึกษา : โรงพยาบาลจุฬาลงกรณ์ตัวอย่างและวิธีการศึกษา : ศึกษาจากกลุ่มตัวอย่างผู้ติดบุหรี่จำนวน 17 คน ที่หยุดบุหรี่มานานอย่างน้อย 3 ชั่วโมง โดยใช้แบบสอบถามประกอบด้วย 1) แบบบันทึกข้อมูลพื้นฐานส่วนบุคคลและการใช้บุหรี่โดยใช้แบบสัมภาษณ์Semi-Structured Assessment for Drug Dependence andAlcoholism (SSADDA) ฉบับภาษาไทย 2) แบบทดสอบความอยากเสพสารฉบับภาษาไทยดัดแปลงจาก Pen Alcohol Craving Scale(PACS) 3) แบบวัดความรู้สึก Visual Analog Scale (VAS) 4) เครื่องวัดระดับสัญญาณชีพอัตโนมัติ โดยวิเคราะห์ค่าเฉลี่ยความอยากสูบบุหรี่และความรู้สึกด้านอื่น รวมถึงระดับสัญญาณชีพ เปรียบเทียบก่อนและหลังการฝึกผ่อนคลายกล้ามเนื้อแบบโพรเกรสซิฟ โดยใช้เทปเสียงมาตรฐานที่พัฒนาโดยกรมสุขภาพจิต กระทรวงสาธารณสุข ด้วยสถิติpaired-samples t test และ Wilcoxon signed-rank test โดยทำการเก็บข้อมูลตั้งแต่เดือนสิงหาคม - พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2555ผลการศึกษา : พบว่าความอยากสูบบุหรี่ ทั้งจากแบบสอบถาม PACS และ VASความรู้สึกถูกกระตุ้น ความรู้สึกกังวล ความรู้สึกหิว ความรู้สึกแย่ และความดันทั้งซิสโตลิค และไดแอสโตลิค มีระดับลดลงหลังการฝึกผ่อนคลายกล้ามเนื้อแบบโพรเกรสซีพ ที่ระดับนัยสำคัญทางสถิติที่p < 0.05สรุป : การฝึกการผ่อนคลายกล้ามเนื้อแบบโพรเกรสซิฟ ช่วยลดความอยากบุหรี่ ในผู้ที่ติดบุหรี่ได้ อาจนำเทคนิคการผ่อนคลายกล้ามเนื้อนี้ ไปใช้เสริมการรักษาการติดบุหรี่ที่ใช้อยู่ในปัจจุบัน และควรทำการศึกษา.ต่อเนื่อง โดยมีการเปรียบเทียบกับกลุ่มควบคุม.

ความสุขในการทำงานของนักบินพาณิชย์ของบริษัทการบินในประเทศไทย, เพ็ญภพ พันธุ์เสือ, ชัยชนะ นิ่มนวล

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

เหตุผลของการทำวิจัย : ที่ผ่านมามีการศึกษาความสุขในการทำงานของกลุ่มวิชาชีพต่าง ๆจำนวนมากแต่ยังไม่พบการศึกษาความสุขในการทำงานของนักบินทั้งที่เป็นอาชีพที่ต้องรับผิดชอบสูงและมีสภาพแวดล้อมการทำงานที่เฉพาะแตกต่างจากอาชีพอื่นวัตถุประสงค์ : เพื่อศึกษาระดับความสุขในการทำงาน ตลอดจนด้านปัจจัยส่วนบุคคลและลักษณะงานที่เกี่ยวข้อง หรือสัมพันธ์ต่อความสุขในการทำงานของนักบินพาณิชย์รูปแบบการวิจัย : การศึกษาวิจัยเชิงพรรณนา ณ จุดเวลาใดเวลาหนึ่งสถานที่ทำการศึกษา : บริษัทการบินไทยแห่งหนึ่งในประเทศไทยตัวอย่างและวิธีการศึกษา : เก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลจากนักบินพาณิชย์แห่งหนึ่งในประเทศไทย 546 คนโดยใช้แบบสอบถามข้อมูลส่วนบุคคลทั่วไป และแบบสอบถามความสุขในการทำงานวิเคราะห์ระดับความสุขโดยสถิติเชิงพรรณนา และตรวจสอบปัจจัยที่มีความสัมพันธ์กับความสุขในการทำงานด้วย MultivariateLinear Regressionผลการศึกษา : ร้อยละ 70.1 มีความสุขในการทำงานอยู่ในระดับปานกลาง และปัจจัยที่สัมพันธ์กับความสุขในการทำงานได้แก่ ตำแหน่งโดยนักบินที่ 1มีคะแนนความสุขสูงกว่านักบินที่ 2 (β = -.185, p <0.001, 95%CI = -6.119 to -2.343) อีกปัจจัยได้แก่ ฝูงบินพบว่านักบินที่บินฝูงบินภายในประเทศ (β =.102, p=.017, 95%CI=.786 to 8.123) มีความสุขในการทำงาน มากกว่ากลุ่มที่บินในฝูงบินระหว่างทวีป (β = .088,p = .039, 95%CI = .119 to 4.394) เมื่อเทียบกับกลุ่มที่บินฝูงบินภายในภูมิภาคอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติสรุป : นักบินพาณิชย์ส่วนใหญ่มีความสุขในระดับปานกลาง ซึ่งสัมพันธ์กับตำแหน่งและฝูงบิน.

แนะนำหนังสือ, ชุติธร เกตุลอย

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Labrad : Vol 41, Issue 1 - March 2015, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi

LABRAD - Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Radiology Archives

• An Overview of Proficiency Testing
• Sources of Pre-analytical Variations
• Five Q-Framework for Implementing Total Quality Management in Laboratory
• Delta Check in Clinical Laboratory
• Indicators of Quality Improvement in Surgical Pathology
• Types of Analytical Errors
• Method Validation for Quantitative Tests: CAP Recommendations
• Levey Jenning Chart and a Guide to Use Westgard Rules
• Quality Control of Vitek-2 System
• Establishing Quality Control Values for Haematology Parameters

Olfactory Thresholds Of The U.S. Population Of Home-Dwelling Older Adults: Development And Validation Of A Short, Reliable Measure, David W. Kern, L Phillip Schumm, Kristen E. Wroblewski, Jayant M. Pinto, Thomas Hummel

Psychology & Gerontology Faculty Publications

Current methods of olfactory sensitivity testing are logistically challenging and therefore infeasible for use in in-home surveys and other field settings. We developed a fast, easy and reliable method of assessing olfactory thresholds, and used it in the first study of olfactory sensitivity in a nationally representative sample of U.S. home-dwelling older adults. We validated our method via computer simulation together with a model estimated from 590 normosmics. Simulated subjects were assigned n-butanol thresholds drawn from the estimated normosmic distribution and based on these and the model, we simulated administration of both the staircase and constant stimuli methods. Our …

Nursing Students Follow God’S Call, Becky St. Clair

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Macroscopic-Imaging Technique For Subsurface Quantification Of Near-Infrared Markers During Surgery, Michael Jermyn, Kolbein Kolste, Julien Pichette, Guillaume Sheehy, Leticia Angulo-Rodriguez, Keith D. Paulsen, David W. Roberts, Brian C. Wilson, Kevin Petrecca, Frederic Leblond

Dartmouth Scholarship

Obtaining accurate quantitative information on the concentration and distribution of fluorescent markers lying at a depth below the surface of optically turbid media, such as tissue, is a significant challenge. Here, we introduce a fluorescence reconstruction technique based on a diffusion light transport model that can be used during surgery, including guiding resection of brain tumors, for depth-resolved quantitative imaging of near-infrared fluorescent markers. Hyperspectral fluorescence images are used to compute a topographic map of the fluorophore distribution, which yields structural and optical constraints for a three-dimensional subsequent hyperspectral diffuse fluorescence reconstruction algorithm. Using the model fluorophore Alexa Fluor 647 …

Lymph Node But Not Intradermal Injection Site Macrophages Are Critical For Germinal Center Formation And Antibody Responses To Rabies Vaccination., Andrew G Lytle, Shixue Shen, James Mcgettigan

Department of Microbiology and Immunology Faculty Papers

UNLABELLED: Replication-deficient rabies virus (RABV)-based vaccines induce rapid and potent antibody responses via T cell-independent and T cell-dependent mechanisms. To further investigate early events in vaccine-induced antibody responses against RABV infections, we studied the role of macrophages as mediators of RABV-based vaccine immunogenicity. In this report, we show that a recombinant matrix gene-deleted RABV-based vaccine (rRABV-ΔM) infects and activates primary murine macrophages in vitro. Immunization of mice with live RABV-based vaccines results in accumulation of macrophages at the site of immunization, which suggests that macrophages in tissues support the development of effective anti-RABV B cell responses. However, we show that …

Vibrational Microspectroscopy For Cancer Screening, Fiona Lyng, Ines Ramos, Ola Ibrahim, Hugh Byrne

Articles

Vibrational spectroscopy analyses vibrations within a molecule and can be used to characterise a molecular structure. Raman spectroscopy is one of the vibrational spectroscopic techniques, in which incident radiation is used to induce vibrations in the molecules of a sample, and the scattered radiation may be used to characterise the sample in a rapid and non-destructive manner. Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is a complementary vibrational spectroscopic technique based on the absorption of IR radiation by the sample. Molecules absorb specific frequencies of the incident light which are characteristic of their structure. IR and Raman spectroscopy are sensitive to subtle biochemical changes …

Oncolog, Volume 60, Number 03, March 2015, Bryan Tutt, Kathryn L. Hale, K. Stuyck

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

• Small Cell Lung Cancer Studies May Increase Treatment Options: Despite advances in treating many cancers, the standard treatment of small cell lung cancer has remained unchanged for decades. But researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center are exploring several new approaches to treat small cell lung cancer.
• Improved Maintenance Therapy Promotes Myeloma patients' Quality of Life After Stem Cell Transplantation: High-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation can prolong survival for patients with multiple myeloma. However, patients remain at a high risk of relapse even after transplantation. Maintenance therapy can extend remission in these patients, and …

Digest Of The Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine (Spring 2015), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Digest

The Spring 2015 issue of the Digest of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine includes the following articles:

• Message from the President
• PCOM Updates
• Development News
• Institutional Announcement: Farewell to Paul W. McGloin, CPA, LLD (Hon.)
• Institutional Heritage: Founders’ Day 2015
• Feature: The Healing Touch – Health Advocacy without Borders
• Bringing Hope and Care to Ukrainians – Zenia Chernyk, DO ’77
• Helping Victims of Human Trafficking in India – Winson T. George, PhD, DO ’09
• Hands-on in Haiti – Shelly Chvotzkin, DO ’02
• Class Notes
• My Turn

Macular Pigment Optical Density Is Lower In Type 2 Diabetes, Compared With Type 1 Diabetes And Normal Controls., James Loughman, Grainne Scanlon, Paul Connell, Audrey Murphy, Karen O'Conner, Mathew Ratzlaff, Brittany Foerg

Articles

Purpose: This study was designed to investigate the optical density of macular pigment in Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes subjects relative to normal controls

The Scoop, Vol. 1 Issue 12, March 2015, Health Sciences Library

Volume 1

Latest news and events from the Health Sciences Library in our monthly newsletter for March 2015.

Brief Report: Evidence Of Ingroup Bias On The Shooter Task In A Saudi Sample, Timothy P. Schofield, Timothy Deckman, Christopher P. Garris, C. Nathan Dewall, Thomas F. Denson

Psychology Faculty Publications

When predominantly White participants in Western countries are asked to shoot individuals in a computer game who may carry weapons, they show a greater bias to shoot at outgroup members and people stereotyped as dangerous. The goal was to determine the extent to which shooter biases in the Middle East would vary as a function of target ethnicity and culturally appropriate or inappropriate headgear. Within a sample of 37 male Saudi Arabian residents, we examined shooter biases outside of Western nations for the first time. Targets in this task were either White or Middle Eastern in appearance, and wore either …