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Ecological Determinants Of Respiratory Health: Examining Associations Between Asthma Emergency Department Visits, Diesel Particulate Matter, And Public Parks And Open Space In Los Angeles, California, Jason A. Douglas, Reginald S. Archer, Serena E. Alexander 2019 Chapman University

Ecological Determinants Of Respiratory Health: Examining Associations Between Asthma Emergency Department Visits, Diesel Particulate Matter, And Public Parks And Open Space In Los Angeles, California, Jason A. Douglas, Reginald S. Archer, Serena E. Alexander

Health Sciences and Kinesiology Faculty Articles

Los Angeles County (LAC) low-income communities of color experience uneven asthma rates, evidenced by asthma emergency department visits (AEDV). This has partly been attributed to inequitable exposure to diesel particulate matter (DPM). Promisingly, public parks and open space (PPOS) contribute to DPM mitigation. However, low-income communities of color with limited access to PPOS may be deprived of associated public health benefits. Therefore, this novel study investigates the AEDV, DPM, PPOS nexus to address this public health dilemma and inform public policy in at-risk communities. Optimized Hotspot Analysis was used to examine geographic clustering of AEDVs, DPM, and PPOS at the …


Hard Choices And Deficient Choosers, Mark Kelman 2019 Stanford Law School

Hard Choices And Deficient Choosers, Mark Kelman

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Arm Swing On Countermovement Vertical Jump Performance, Arash Mohammadzadeh Gonabadi 2019 University of Nebraska at Omaha

The Effect Of Arm Swing On Countermovement Vertical Jump Performance, Arash Mohammadzadeh Gonabadi

UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair

Vertical jumping is one of the popular ways to evaluate ankle-knee efficiency in athletic population. Arm swing can play a crucial role in enhancing vertical jump performance. This study aimed to address the differences in kinetic and kinematic parameters during countermovement jump motion with arm swing (AS) and no arm swing (NAS). We used OpenSim to examine the efficacy of AS in reducing the impulse applied to the body and changes in range of lower limb joint angles at landing instant. We calculated the maximum vertical peak of the ground reaction force and impulse generated at landing in two different …


Escaping Death: Naloxone's Chemical Nature And Potential To Combat The Opioid Epidemic, Abigale Miller 2019 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Escaping Death: Naloxone's Chemical Nature And Potential To Combat The Opioid Epidemic, Abigale Miller

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

Naloxone is a life-saving drug with the ability to reverse an opioid overdose. As the opioid epidemic’s death toll rises, we can turn to Naloxone as a tool to combat the crisis. The epidemic, born of corruption, has a wide reach among the people of the United States, with especially firm grasps on middle-aged people, sufferers of chronic pain, white Americans and those living in the eastern portion of the country. Naloxone’s elegant design saves lives by effectively competing for a position on an opioid biding receptor in the brain to almost instantly end an overdose and restore normal breathing. …


Interdisciplinary Trust And Respect Protects Patients From Changing Power Dynamics In Healthcare, Sahithi Gogineni, Iman Choucair 2019 Wayne State University

Interdisciplinary Trust And Respect Protects Patients From Changing Power Dynamics In Healthcare, Sahithi Gogineni, Iman Choucair

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

The changing culture of power relationships in healthcare, and its effect on the coordination of patient care, is highlighted.


Betrayed Partners And Men With Poisoned Souls: Interview With A Former Sex Buyer In Germany, Ingeborg Kraus 2019 Psychologische Psychotherapeutin, Germany

Betrayed Partners And Men With Poisoned Souls: Interview With A Former Sex Buyer In Germany, Ingeborg Kraus

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

No abstract provided.


Diet And Addiction: Interview With A Former Food, Pornography, And Alcohol Addict, Tro Kalayjian, Brian Lenzkes 2019 University of Rhode Island

Diet And Addiction: Interview With A Former Food, Pornography, And Alcohol Addict, Tro Kalayjian, Brian Lenzkes

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

Drs. Tro Kalayjian (Tapan, New York) and Brian Lenzkes (Santee, California) talk to Matt about his struggles with food, pornography, and alcohol addiction, and how changing his diet contributed to his recovery from his addictions. This report is excerpted from the audio podcast LowCarbMD, Episode 13 (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/low-carb-md-podcast/ ), January 30, 2019). This podcast has filled us with immense hope for those struggling with addiction.


Acknowledgment Of 2018 Jpcrr Peer Reviewers, 2019 Advocate Health - Midwest

Acknowledgment Of 2018 Jpcrr Peer Reviewers

Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews

The editors of Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews gratefully acknowledge the contributions of submission reviewers from the previous year. Peer review is an essential component to publishing quality, trustworthy scientific literature.


The Cura Personalis Of Healthcare Delivery: Ethical Reflections On Internal Medicine, Peter A. DePergola II 2019 University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate; Elms College

The Cura Personalis Of Healthcare Delivery: Ethical Reflections On Internal Medicine, Peter A. Depergola Ii

Journal of Health Ethics

In this essay, the author explores the meaning of care for the whole person, and underscores the mission of compassion as being willing to meet patients at their suffering point.


Managing Endings In The Beginning: Ethical Reflections On Neonatal Intensive Care, Peter A. DePergola II 2019 University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate; Elms College

Managing Endings In The Beginning: Ethical Reflections On Neonatal Intensive Care, Peter A. Depergola Ii

Journal of Health Ethics

In this essay, the author examines the difficult task of determining quality of life for seriously-ill newborns, and highlights the narrative vitalism so often characteristic of those forced to make end-of-life decisions on behalf of those whose lives have just begun.


Dignity And The Life Worth Living: Ethical Reflections On Pediatric Intensive Care, Peter A. DePergola II 2019 University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate; Elms College

Dignity And The Life Worth Living: Ethical Reflections On Pediatric Intensive Care, Peter A. Depergola Ii

Journal of Health Ethics

In this essay, the author navigates the terrain of proxy decision making, and uncovers the hidden tendency of some clinicians to reduce quality of life to physical capability.


The Moral Obligation Of Bearing One Another’S Burdens: Ethical Reflections On Surgical Intensive Care, Peter A. DePergola II 2019 University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate; Elms College

The Moral Obligation Of Bearing One Another’S Burdens: Ethical Reflections On Surgical Intensive Care, Peter A. Depergola Ii

Journal of Health Ethics

In this essay, the author analyzes the nature of curing and healing, and offers practical steps for managing families who request medically contraindicated interventions.


Healing Without Curing: Ethical Reflections On Palliative Care Medicine, Peter A. DePergola II 2019 University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate; Elms College

Healing Without Curing: Ethical Reflections On Palliative Care Medicine, Peter A. Depergola Ii

Journal of Health Ethics

In this essay, the author evaluates the nature of hope in the chronically ill, and emphasizes the many lessons dying individuals can teach us about living.


The Truths That Make Us Free: Ethical Reflections On Reproductive Endocrinology, Peter A. DePergola II 2019 University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate; Elms College

The Truths That Make Us Free: Ethical Reflections On Reproductive Endocrinology, Peter A. Depergola Ii

Journal of Health Ethics

In this essay, the author surveys the concept of therapeutic privilege, and addresses the temptation to respond to biographical questions with biological answers in the context of personal meaning-making.


The Morality Of Medical Miracles: Ethical Reflections On Pediatric Oncology, Peter A. DePergola II 2019 University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate; Elms College

The Morality Of Medical Miracles: Ethical Reflections On Pediatric Oncology, Peter A. Depergola Ii

Journal of Health Ethics

In this essay, the author investigates the practical ethics of miraculous healings, and proposes a four-step approach for working with parents who, for religious reasons, refuse life-saving treatment for children.


Introduction: Notes From The Bedside, Sheila P. Davis 2019 The University of Southern Mississippi

Introduction: Notes From The Bedside, Sheila P. Davis

Journal of Health Ethics

No abstract provided.


Living With Productive Discomfort: Ethical Reflections On Critical Care Medicine, Peter A. DePergola II 2019 University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate; Elms College

Living With Productive Discomfort: Ethical Reflections On Critical Care Medicine, Peter A. Depergola Ii

Journal of Health Ethics

In this essay, the author considers the theme of deaths and resurrections in light of uncertain outcomes, and captures the pressure on ethicists to always know “the right thing to do.”


"Free Indirect Suicide: An Unfinished Fugue In H Minor", Seo-Young J. Chu 2019 CUNY Queens College

"Free Indirect Suicide: An Unfinished Fugue In H Minor", Seo-Young J. Chu

Publications and Research

In this lyric essay/work of creative nonfiction (listed among “Notable Essays & Literary Nonfiction” in Best American Essays 2020), Seo-Young Chu uses poetry, autotheory, and creative nonfiction to explore the generational trauma/postmemory han she inherited from her parents and the importance of destigmatizing mental illness through dialogue.


A Comparative Study Of Medical And Literary Representations Of Shell Shock, 1914-50, Madison Das 2019 University of Central Florida

A Comparative Study Of Medical And Literary Representations Of Shell Shock, 1914-50, Madison Das

Honors Undergraduate Theses

This thesis explores shell shock--a common but misunderstood disorder seen in soldiers of World War One--through a Medical Humanities framework. Chapter 1 conducts a traditional medical review of scientific articles published on the pathology, symptoms, and treatment of shell shock between 1914-50. Chapter 2 builds upon this by offering a literary reading of Rebecca West's novel, The Return of the Soldier, which was published as the war drew to a close in 1918. The reading of West draws upon the medical research detailed in Chapter 1 to offer new conclusions about Chris's shell shock. The thesis shows how taking an …


Madness Narratives: Victorian Textual Responses To The Insanity Diagnosis, Jonathan Glenn Tinnin 2019 University of Kentucky

Madness Narratives: Victorian Textual Responses To The Insanity Diagnosis, Jonathan Glenn Tinnin

Theses and Dissertations--English

In Madness Narratives, I examine four understudied texts at the intersection of Victorian asylums, patients’ lack of voice, and resistance narratives. I argue that these texts all reject the silencing power of the insanity diagnosis as they represent patients, former patients, and asylum reformers creating counternarratives that call for recognition of the patients’ humanity and right to be heard. In my first chapter, “Narrating Insanity: Constructing the Madness Narrative in Charles Reade’s Hard Cash,” I assert that Reade’s 1863 novel proposes a nuanced understanding of the insanity diagnosis as a collaboratively-composed story that justifies the confinement of the …


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