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Knowledge, self-efficacy and practices of advanced practice nurses regarding the provision of gynecological and reproductive healthcare services to disabled women with impaired mobility
(2005-11-28)This study examined the knowledge, self-efficacy and practices of advanced practice nurses (APNs) in the State of Texas regarding the provision of women’s healthcare services to females with disability. Data supplied by ... -
Krupple-Like Factor 4 Regulation in Intestinal Epithelial Differentiation, Proliferation and Polarity
The zinc finger protein and transcription factor, KLF4, plays a vital role in the regulation of lineage differentiation during development, as well as the maintenance of epithelial homeostasis in the intestine. KLF4 is ... -
Learning to be a cocaine addict: behavioral, pharmacological, and molecular characterization of individual differences in initial learning of cocaine-environment associations
(2009-09-14)Cocaine addiction is a chronic, relapsing disease affecting millions of Americans, and differences between individuals modulate the progression from cocaine use to addiction. Learned associations between cocaine and ... -
Limitations on the Precedent Autonomy
Abstract: Over the course of the next two decades an unprecedented number of Americans will be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. In order that their consent to or rejection of medical treatment is truly informed, they ... -
Limiting host-microbiota interactions to control intestinal inflammation
The host intestinal tract lives in constant balance with the commensal microbiota residing in the intestinal lumen and immune responses must be tightly controlled. A strong intestinal barrier separates the immune system ... -
Listening with the third Ear: Exploring the practical philosophy of transcultural understanding
(2007-11-02)The problem of crosscultural misunderstanding in clinical contexts has given rise to a thriving field of “cultural competency” training and materials. With few exceptions, experts and institutions in this field have defined ... -
Literature and Medicine and Narrative Medicine: A Distinction between Terms
The terms literature and medicine and narrative medicine are often used interchangeably to describe story-based study in medicine and medical education. In this dissertation, I explore distinctions between literature and ... -
Literature and Medicine: A Teaching Model for the Students and Practitioners of
The subspecialty of literature and medicine is significant, not only as a supplement to an education in biomedicine and science, but also as a serious engagement in the pursuit of humane feeling essential in the cultivation ... -
The lived experiences of prenatal stress and mind-body exercises: Reflections of post-partum women
(2009-03-13)Prenatal stress experienced by pregnant women has been linked to risky and unfavorable birth outcomes. The majority of quantitative research reports found in the literature consistently make the point that elevated prenatal ... -
Losartan, an angiotensin II receptor blocker, fails to attenuate pulmonary dysfunction in ovine burn and smoke model
(2008-05-05)Elevated levels of angiotensin II (AngII) in the lung have been shown in response to burn and smoke inhalation injury. AngII has been associated with increased nitric oxide levels, leading to nuclear oxidative damage in ... -
Lymphocytopenia in patients with inflammatory bowel disease on immunosuppressive medications
(2007-11-16)Azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine (AZA/6MP) are effective immunosuppressives commonly used for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The mercaptopurine metabolites, 6-thioguanine (6TG) and 6-methylmercaptopurine ... -
Making Meaning of Empathy: A Qualitative Study of Empathy Education at UTMB
Empathy has been emphasized as part of a larger professionalism initiative nationwide in medical education and has been a contentious topic insofar as there has been much academic debate over its definition and application ... -
Manipulation of the Rift Valley Fever Virus M-Segment for Vaccine Development
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a phlebovirus of the virus family, Bunyaviridae. Since the early 1900s, RVFV has continually caused economically devastating outbreaks in livestock and severe disease in humans. In ... -
Measurement of accelerations experienced by rough stock riders
(2008-04-15)Introduction: Head injury is common in many sports, but it is of particular concern in professional rodeo events. Rough stock events (bareback, saddle bronc, and bull riding) provide multiple opportunities for injury. Head ... -
Measurement of accelerations experienced by rough stock riders: A model for examining acceleration-induced head injuries in astronauts
(2009-07-10)Head injuries result in significant morbidity in rough stock rodeo events. Concussions are the most common injury sustained by rough stock riders, representing 50% of all major injuries. A pilot study conducted in 2007 ... -
Measurement of head acceleration and angular rate experienced by aerobatic pilots
(2010-05-18)Background: Aerobatic pilots are exposed to high levels of positive and negative G’s which can be associated with career-limiting neurovestibular effects including “the wobblies.” Extensive research has been conducted on ... -
Measuring Resilient Aging in Different Populations of Older Adults
Resilience, the ability to adapt and ‘bounce back’ despite adversity, has gained a lot of attention in the aging literature in the past decade. The risk of adverse events increases linearly with age and therefore focusing ... -
A mechanism for SCA10 neurodegeneration due to intronic repeat expansion
(2006-03-26)Spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 (SCA10) is the second most prevalent ataxia in Mexico and Brazil. Phenotype of the disorder first occurs around the third to fourth decade, generally after procreation, resulting in a highly ... -
Mechanism of action of AexU, a new type III secretion system effector from an emerging human pathogen Aeromonas hydrophila
(2010-07-08)Our laboratory first reported the complete sequence of the type III secretion system (T3SS) from a diarrheal isolate SSU of A. hydrophila. We identified an effector protein (designated as AexU) of the T3SS, which exhibited ... -
A mechanism of activation of c-MET receptor tyrosine kinase
(2006-06-23)c-MET receptor tyrosine kinase-mediated signaling governs numerous important cellular responses including cellular proliferation, differentiation, migration and apoptosis. Deregulation of these signals result in malignant ...