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Showing 1 to 20 of 124 for “"Alternative treatment"”.
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An alternative treatment for type B Ulnar Polydactyly
… Hospital has used vascular clip ligation as an alternative method of treatment for rudimentary ulnar polydactyly, based on the same principle as suture ligation, but with less associated complications. A study was performed at the unit, where two hundred and nineteen supernumerary digits were …
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NTS2-selective analogs as an alternative treatment to chronic pain
… and cancer, which are not desired for the treatment of chronic pain. Thus, this master’s project focused on the development of neurotensin (NT) analogs selective for the NTS2 receptor, which is not associated with NTS1-mediated secondary effects. First, a series of peptide analogs was …
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Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder: Alternative Treatment Plans for School Age Children Diagnosed with ADHD
… describes the complexity of ADHD, its symptoms, treatments, and implications on a child’s social and academic development. This review of the literature provides readers with strategies for assisting children with ADHD to better access curriculum, interact socially, and build strong coping …
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Application of Far Infrared Radiation and Ethanol Vapor as Alternative Treatment Methods for Reduction of Salmonella enterica Tennessee in Dried, Ground Spices
… prompting development of additional inactivation treatments that reduce bacterial pathogens while maintaining spice quality. Spices are currently treated by fumigation with ethylene oxide, pasteurization with ionizing radiation, or steam treatment. However, these treatments exhibit flaws …
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Improving dementia patient quality of life (QoL) by utilizing augmented reality mobile application
… many researchers have experiment developing new alternatives to cure dementia illness. This research proposed a new alternative treatment utilizing Augmented Reality (AR) technology based on home based treatment daily activities. The proposed alternative treatment is not meant to cure, …
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"Unstable frontiers: Medicine, the media, and the cultural politics of ""curing"" AIDS"
"This study examines how AIDS treatment issues (e.g. the politics of biomedical research, social representations of the ""AIDS body,"" the alternative treatment movement, AIDS treatment activism) are represented in the media, and argues that the overall discourse of ""curing AIDS"" is organized …
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The Missoula Poplar Project: Utilizing Poplars to Enhance Wastewater Treatment
Wastewater treatment plants rank second to agricultural runoff in the top ten major pollution sources to U.S. surface waters. Such nutrient-rich inputs can degrade aquatic ecosystems by accelerating eutrophication events, especially in summer months when surface water flows are low. Alternative …
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The Missoula Poplar Project: Utilizing Poplars to Enhance Wastewater Treatment
Wastewater treatment plants rank second to agricultural runoff in the top ten major pollution sources to U.S. surface waters. Such nutrient-rich inputs can degrade aquatic ecosystems by accelerating eutrophication events, especially in summer months when surface water flows are low. Alternative …
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Mindfulness y burnout en trabajadores de salud mental
… allow to consider mindfulness as a possible alternative treatment for burnout in mental health workers.
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Preservative treatment evaluation of five Appalachian wood species with four preservatives
… the US. The latter two were included as possible alternative treatment for the former two. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).
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Structural Determination of the novel Universal Stress Protein G4LZI3 from Shistosoma mansoni using X-ray Crystallography
… 90% of all schistosome infections stem from. Treatment for the disease has now become an issue of gross concern worldwide without the development of a vaccine as well as growing evidence of drug resistant strains against Praziquantel, which has been the backbone of treatment for all …
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The Effects of Small Group Vocabulary Instruction on Second Grade Students' Expressive Vocabularies
… reflected a between-subjects design as three treatment groups were compared using a pretest, posttest within subjects variable methodology. A small group instructional intervention was administered to a treatment group in addition to the whole group, read-aloud based vocabulary instruction …
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The Effects of One Neurofeedback Session on Eye-Tracking Distractibility when Completing Verbal and Visuospatial Search Tasks
… (NF) has been suggested to be a non-invasive alternative treatment for ADHD symptoms in school-aged children. However, not enough research has been conducted on the effects of NF training on college-aged students’ visual search abilities. Thus, this study will investigate the effects of right …
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Treatment of oral fungal infections using antimicrobial photodynamic therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis
… and conventional antifungal medications in the treatment of oral fungal infections. Part B is a literature review which expands on the protocol. It provides an in-depth description of the epidemiology and pathogenesis of oral fungal infections. It also discusses currently available and future …
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A Soft Robotic System for Mechanical Assistance to the Diaphragm
… leads to respiratory failure. The current treatment for patients with severe diaphragm dysfunction is permanent airway tethering to mechanical ventilation, which greatly impacts patient’s quality of life and autonomy by hindering activities like speech, swallowing, and mobility. Soft robots …
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School Experiences of Non-Medicated Children Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
… of young adults diagnosed with ADHD who utilized alternatives to ADHD medication to mitigate their symptoms throughout their public school years. Eight freshmen from a university in the southwest participated in this study over the summer of 2018. This qualitative study employed a constructivist …
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The treatment of bacterial disease of plants by bacteriophage coated nanoparticles
… control measures include copper treatment and use of pesticides and antibiotics. The use of bacteriophages that selectively kill the causative pathogen as an alternative treatment has been delayed by technical difficulties associated with phage stability and deployment methods. In …
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Isolation and Characterization of Bacteriophages from Fish tank Samples
… bacteria. Research has been carried out on alternative treatment plans for bacterial infections due to the increase in antibiotic resistance. Phages have been proposed as an alternative to antibiotics. This research focused on the isolation and characterization of bacteria from small …
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Precision Forestry: Using LiDAR to Optimize Row Thinning in Pinus taeda (L.) Plantations
… variability and inform sub-stand management treatments, such as stand thinning guidelines. This study uses LiDAR to assess individual-tree stem volumes in Pinus taeda L. plantations in the southeast US. Currently, starting rows in commercial row thinning operations are arbitrarily selected, …
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