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Validating Targeted Behavioral Markers for Teamwork Skill and Performance Outcomes in Simulation
The National Academy of Medicine, formerly the Institute of Medicine, asserts healthcare providers must demonstrate competency in teamwork (IOM, 2001). TeamSTEPPs® is a comprehensive instructional framework developed by ... -
Virulence associated functions and vaccine potential of the burkholderia mallei type three secretion effector BopA
(2008-08-15)The detailed mechanism(s) of Burkholderia mallei pathogenesis is virtually unknown, with the production of a polysaccharide capsule and presence of secretion systems as the only known mechanisms associated with virulence. ... -
Visualizing the Other: A Phenomenological Analysis of the Objectification of the Body in Biomedical Research Using Human Subjects
Throughout the brief history of biomedical research using healthy subjects, human subjects have been treated by some clinician-investigators as mere objects of study. This scientific objectification has led to some egregious ... -
Weighing Consequences: An Ethnographic Study of Mexican-American Women with Coronary Heart Disease
Weighing Consequences: An Ethnographic Study of Mexican-American Women with Coronary Heart Disease Publication No._____________ Rosemarie R. Garza, PhD The University of Texas Medical Branch, 2013 Supervisor: Elnora ... -
West Nile Virus Vaccination: Current Threats and Future Considerations
The potential role of vaccination of West Nile virus in the future and the public health logistics that may be involved. -
West Nile virus versus the host cell: Identification of host factors that modulate infection
(2008-08-27)There are two competing aspects of virus-host interactions: (i) those that enhance virus transmission and (ii) those that reduce or prevent viral replication and transmission. Each of these types of interactions is critical ... -
“We’re Still Going”: A Critical Ethnography of Independently-Living Elders’ Healthcare Utilization to Maintain or Regain Their Health and Autonomy.
Elders becoming eligible for Medicare are projected to reach 72.1 million by 2030 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2011). Their numbers will challenge the healthcare system (HCS) and Medicare’s ability to provide equitable, quality, ... -
XPC Haplotypes Alter DNA Repair Capacity and Levels of Genetic Damage
Xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group C (XPC) is the key recognition factor of DNA damage in global genome nucleotide excision repair (NER). The disease Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) results from mutations leading to ... -
Yersinia pestis CO92 mutant deleted for the genes encoding Braun lipoprotein and plasminogen activator protease: Characterization of a potential live-attenuated vaccine candidate
There is no FDA-approved vaccine against Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of bubonic and pneumonic plague. Since both humoral- and cell- mediated immunity are essential in providing protection to the host against plague, ... -
Zinc ion homeostasis in cellular physiology and experimental models of traumatic brain injury
(2009-03-06)A major yet unsolved quest in treating traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the understanding of the secondary cellular injury that contributes to cell death. Whether zinc ions are toxic or protective in TBI is controversial. ... -
Zinc-mediated cell death in the hippocampus following experimental traumatic brain injury
(2008-07-15)Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality of Americans both in the 15-25 age range and in the elderly population. Hippocampal neuronal damage is a key feature of experimental fluid percussion ...