In the United States, the utilization of digital media has assumed an omnipresent status and has altered the manner in which we communicate, conduct business, and create art and music. However, it has been demonstrated that art therapy lags behind the current culture of prolific use of digital media. To...
Lactobacilli have been used in the dairy and pharmaceutical industries because of their nutritious and/or
therapeutic effects. Lactobacillus acidophilus and
Lactobacillus bulqaricus were isolated from a commercially
available product and studied for their growth and colony
characteristics as described in Chapter I and Chapter II.
Survival of these lactobacilli in...
The distribution of anthocyanin pigments and polyphenolics of sweet (Prunus avium) and sour cherries (Prunus cerasus) were determined by Ultraviolet- Visible (UV-Visible) spectrophotometry and High Performance Liquid Chromatography with photodiode array detector (HPLC-DAD). Their antioxidant properties were determined by Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) and Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power (FRAP)....
Published June 1992. Reviewed July 2012. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
The problem discussed in this research concerns the content of
the dreams of low-functioning sex offenders and clinical applications
of those dreams in the treatment of these offenders. The subjects
of the research are five low-finctioning sex offenders in the Social
Skills Program (SSP) of the Oregon Forensic Psychiatric Center...
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., and new approaches to control cancer are constantly sought. This dissertation is comprised of two parts: (i) improving the uptake and retention of gadolinium in tumors for potential gadoliniumneutron capture therapy (Gd-NCT) and (ii) integration of gemcitabine or...
There is substantial interest in the application of mindfulness in counseling and psychotherapy. The appeal of mindfulness training and mindfulness-based interventions has increased as research continues to demonstrate benefits. Mindfulness practice has not only been effective in clinical applications with clients, but has also been conceptualized as beneficial for counselors...
Melatonin is an neurohormone secreted by the pineal gland.
Several therapeutic possibilities for melatonin administration have
been suggested. However, clinical studies with melatonin have been
limited by lack of a delivery system capable of mimicking the
physiological release pattern of melatonin. There is an increasing
recognition that the skin can...
The purpose of this research was to evaluate the effects of a long-term
static stretching program on flexibility and spinal reflexes in the
human soleus muscle. Day-to-day reliability over two days of H-reflex gain
(Hslp/Mslp) and pre-synaptic inhibition of spinal reflexes in the human
soleus was measured in an initial...
