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  • Medicare managed care : market penetration and the resulting health outcomes

    Creator:
    Howard, Steven W.
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    Managed care plans purport to improve the health of their members with chronic diseases. How has the growing adoption of Medicare Advantage (MA), the managed care program for Medicare beneficiaries, affected the progression of chronic disease? The literature is rich with articles focusing on managed care organizations' impacts on quality...
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    the number of eligibles (all those eligible for Medicare) and multiplying the result by 100” (CMS

  • Exploring the foundations of science interest development in early childhood

    Creator:
    Pattison, Scott A.
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    There is growing evidence that children develop science-related interests in early childhood, before they enter school, and that these interests may have long-term implications for science participation and achievement. Although researchers have made headway in describing interest development in the preschool years, little is currently known about the proximal processes...
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    Industry for their willingness to participate in and support this project, including Blanca Johnson, Jean

  • Extending the clinical applications of commercially available optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dosimeters

    Creator:
    Keller, James R.
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    We present the results of our experiments designed to extend the clinical applications of commercially available Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) Dosimeters. Our initial experiments demonstrate the linear response of the OSL dosimeters for doses under 200 cGy and the non-linear response of the device after 200 cGy. Our experiments show...
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    behavior of the OSL dosimeter, this study begins by looking at the dose response of the devices and the

  • The Va : Traditional Culture and Modernization of a Minority Nationality in China

    Creator:
    Chiang, Hung-i and Jiang, Hongyi
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    The Va nationality, despite its small population compared to other nationalities in China, has preserved most of its traditions largely due to limits placed by historical circumstances and geographical isolation. To non-Chinese anthropologists, the Va people still remain unknown, as there is little or no information about them in English...
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    Institute for Nationalities, and the Yunnan Minority Nationalities Investigation Team. Some local cadres and

  • Oregon Health & Science University's understanding of cultural competency

    Creator:
    Racansky, Pamela A.
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    The United States population continues to increase and diversify. The cultural composition within the United States embodies a multitude of people from a variety of belief systems, religious backgrounds, and ethnicities. Within current biomedical practice, many of these differences are often marginalized, leaving populations with unsatisfactory experiences in seeking health...
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    : remove the cancer through chemotherapy or by way of a mastectomy. He chose the mastectomy and was

  • Experimental shielding evaluation of the radiation protection provided by residential structures

    Creator:
    Dickson, Elijah D.
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    The human health and environmental effects following a postulated accidental release of radioactive material to the environment has been a public and regulatory concern since the early development of nuclear technology and researched extensively to better understand the potential risks for accident mitigation and emergency planning purposes. The objective of...
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    risks for accident mitigation and emergency planning purposes. The objective of this investigation

  • The praxis of cultural competence in medical education : using environmental factors to develop protocols for action

    Creator:
    Stohs, Sheryl Magee
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    Cultural competence is a topic that concerns social scientists and medical anthropologists who pay attention to demographic changes and health disparities. This study demonstrates practical approaches to developing cultural competence in medical education by using factors from the social environment to develop protocols for action. With current concerns in domestic...
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    resulting measurements provided the starting point for this investigation. Reflections and discussions are

  • A comparison of braille and compressed speech as learning modes for legally blind adults

    Creator:
    Hughes, Colleen Constance Carris
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    The primary purpose of this research study was to determine whether significant differences occurred in the amount of knowledge achieved as a result of using Braille or compressed speech as learning modes. Biographic/demographic characteristics such as present age, highest educational level achieved, age at loss of vision, age at initial...
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    study were the cooperation and encouragement of: The adults who participated in this study, for without

  • The application of John Rawls' principles of justice to health care distribution in the United States

    Creator:
    Wetle, Victoria L.
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    The principles of justice developed by John Rawls and articulated in his work A Theory of Justice, published in 1971, were used as the evaluative tool in assessing health care distribution in the United States. A model for using Rawls' theory was developed emphasizing the role of the 'least advantaged'...
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    of time and the postponement of our time together in order to complete this project, and, finally

  • Identification of optimal broodstock for Pacific Northwest oysters

    Creator:
    Stick, David A.
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    The United States Pacific Northwest is well known for its shellfish farming. Historically, commercial harvests were dominated by the native Olympia oyster, Ostrea lurida, but over-exploitation, habitat degradation, and competition and predation by non-native species has drastically depleted their densities and extirpated many local populations. As a result, shellfish aquaculture...
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    . _____________________________________________________________________________________________ David A. Stick, Author ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Funding for the Olympia oyster project was