Graduation date: 2002

Gerald W. Williams Collection

Graduation date: 1999

Graduation date: 1980

OBJECTIVE: This self-directed learning module highlights common rehabilitation issues in stroke survivors with chronic impairments with emphasis on community integration. It is part of the study guide on stroke and neurodegenerative disorders in the Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program for practitioners and trainees in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Using a case ...

Biomedical database systems need not only to address the issues of managing complex data, but also to provide data security and access control to the system. These include not only system level security, but also instance level access control such as access of documents, schemas, or aggregation of information. The ...

Graduation date: 2003

The Managed Knowledge Network (MKN) for Nurses, Midwives and the Allied Health Professions (NMAHPs) in NHS Scotland was launched in November 2007. The online portal supports the NMAHP network to manage its knowledge and information sources that facilitate engagement with the national eHealth programme and realisation of benefits that eHealth ...

To collect, analyse and compare prices of medicines in different sectors and parts of the country and to compare them with the medicine prices in other countries. A prospective cross sectional study. Pharmacy outlets in Zimbabwe comprising 27 retail pharmacies, 23 dispensing doctors, eight public hospital pharmacies and seven municipal ...

BACKGROUND: In chronic disease management, patients are increasingly called upon to undertake a new role as lay tutors within self-management training programmes. The internet constitutes an increasingly significant healthcare setting and a key arena for self-management support and communication. This study evaluates how a new quasi-professional health workforce - volunteer ...

This study investigated the management importance and performance level of foodservice managers at senior centers. Using the survey, perceived importance and performance levels of seven foodservice management areas were evaluated and analyzed. Data showed the foodservice facilities were being managed by dietitians (61.6%) or non-dietitians (38.9%). The result indicated that ...

We report a 64 years old gentleman with unresectable right-sided retroperitoneal liposarcoma, who underwent radiotherapy & subsequently developed chylous ascites. He failed conservative management of chylous ascites and this was successfully managed with a peritoneovenous shunt. The pathophysiology and management of post radiational chylous ascites is discussed.

Small-holder farmers often develop adaptable agroforestry management techniques to improve and diversify crop production. In the cocoa growing region of Ghana, local knowledge on such farm management holds a noteworthy role in the overall farm development. The documentation and analysis of such knowledge use in cocoa agroforests may afford an ...

Increasingly, attention is being paid to the role coarse woody debris (CWD) plays in forest ecosystems. CWD has been shown to provide valuable wildlife habitat, support food webs and contribute to nutrient storage and cycling, and mediate hydrological and geomorphic process. Timber management may be altering CWD dynamics by replacing ...

This study investigated residents' reaction to attributes of forest management using the Importance-Performance Analysis methodology in an attempt to identify attributes of forest management that should be a top priority to establish effective policy planning for sustainable forest management (SFM). This study was conducted during the 3 months in 2005 ...

Journal of Forestry, December 2007, Pages 414-420.

What the participants share, their common "sense" of the world, creates a foundation, a framing, an orientation that enables human actors to see and act in coordination with one another. For recurrent activities, the methods the participants use to understand each other as they act change, making the intersubjective space ...

Cosmetically objectionable reticular veins in the eyelids may be managed by transection and cautery, extraction with a special phlebectomy hook, laser ablation with the neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser, or sclerotherapy using sodium tetradecyl sulfate.

The purpose of this study is to examine components of good personnel management and how they come true in accounts of social and health care managers. The data were obtained by means of a postal survey sent to middle-line managers in positions above the first-line management level in the responsibility ...

The reliability of soil classification at the series level as a basis for crop yield prediction was examined by comparing the influence of cultural management and soil classification on the yield of maize. Yield of maize was measured on different soil series for some selected farms for two years using ...

Management of forest targets the production of wood and biomass. It is hypothesized that managed forests show a higher net primary production (NPP) and, among NPP components, wood NPP, than unmanaged forests. In addition, they may have a lower soil carbon content and heterotrophic respiration as a result of (1) ...

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Clinician managers need relevant, current and integrated information to assist them in their managerial roles. This study examined the management information needs of clinician managers (doctors, nurses, data managers and a business manager) from a metropolitan teaching hospital. A purposive sample, of 15 clinician managers and five Information Unit staff ...

Forest Ecology and Management Vol.158 Nr.1 - 3, 25 - 39

Twenty-five people with epilepsy were interviewed to identify their perception of self-management. The interviews revealed that there were three domains of self-management: (a) treatment management, (b) seizure management, and (c) life management. Management issues arose in daily life, at work, and in relationships and were related to the seizure event, ...

Many products are harvested from the forests of the United States in addition to timber. These non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are plants, parts of plants, or fungi that are harvested from within and on the edges of natural, disturbed or managed forests. Often, NTFPs are harvested from public forests for ...

Lampropoulos argues that the concerns of opponents of empirically supported treatments (ESTs) can be addressed within the EST format. While this may be partially true, it does not address underlying paradigmatic concerns. I discuss paradigmatic differences and the Dodo verdict, and present an alternative to the EST paradigm. I argue ...

/ Adaptive ecosystem management seeks to sustain ecosystems while extracting or using natural resources. The goal of endangered species management under the Endangered Species Act is limited to the protection and recovery of designated species, and the act takes precedence over other policies and regulations guiding ecosystem management. We present ...

A review of Practical Introduction to GS-MC Analysis with Quadrupoles.

/ The management of lands adjacent to federally designated wilderness is increasingly seen to have the potential to negatively impact wilderness resources and management objectives. This paper first examines the numerous and often conflicting laws and regulations that influence how managers can mitigate transboundary issues. We then examine the various ...

6th IAWQ Symposium on Forest Industry Wastewater. Tampere, FI, 6 - 10 June 1999, 331 - 336

Becoming a successful manager in a health care agency is, for most new managers, an awesome goal. Successful management is more than knowledge of leadership roles and management functions that can be learned in school or educational workshops. Successful management involves effective use of both the manager's affective and cognitive ...

IUFRO XX World Congress. Tampere, 6 - 12 August 1995

This article is a compilation of historical and current management considerations for individuals contemplating management as a career track. It is also intended for seasoned managers who may benefit from an awareness that they are not alone in their experiences. Managing by coaching is compared and contrasted with traditional management ...

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The present article reviews current knowledge on the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of snake bite, with particular reference to the situation in developing countries. There is little reliable information on the incidence of snake bite in many parts of the world, and epidemiological studies are needed, using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ...

No study of psychiatric morbidity in general practices is reported in India. A three phase study of psychiatric morbidity in General practice is nearing completion in a group general practice in Bangalore. This preliminary report covering the available data from the first phase indicates a psychiatric morbidity of about 36% ...

[This corrects the article on p. 287 in vol. 67.].

Surgical correction of the undescended testis is frequently postponed beyond the optimal time, namely, 6 years of age.An accurate diagnosis of undescended testis may be made during the first year of life. Complications and mistakes arising from misdiagnosis of undescended testis and retracted testis may, therefore, be prevented by recording ...

In 144 enuretic children at four Southwark school health service clinics a good measure of success was achieved by sympathetic handling alone. Most of the remaining patients responded to a buzzer; nevertheless, its use needs to be carefully presented and supervised. The use of drugs is questioned.

Abschlussarbeit Zweigbibliothek Forstwesen Signatur: Dipl 2229 Präsenzexemplar Freihand

Localized radiation therapy directed to the spleen and other sites, supplemented by a whole-body radiation technique, appeared to increase survival time in the chronic leukemias. In recent years the alkylating drugs have provided a more convenient form of "whole-body effect", because treatment can be taken at home and yet observation ...

Accidental general hypothermia is defined as an unintentional lowering of the body temperature in a previously conscious patient due to exposure. Even mild degrees of hypothermia may be followed by death if treatment is not instituted promptly. Hypothermic patients who are still conscious may rewarm spontaneously. They should not be ...

A plan for the early management of the critically injured patient is described with emphasis on the priorities of management of injuries to certain organ-systems. The most important priorities are the establishment and maintenance of adequate ventilation and adequate circulation. The general surgeon is best qualified to assume full responsibility ...

Harold L. Sawyer was the manager of this branch of the National Groceteria store on Forest Avenue at Woodfords Street in Portland.