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Showing 1 to 20 of 381 for “"Family member"”.
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Direction of spin of Koronis family member (1289) Kutaïssi
Observations of lightcurve of Koronis family member asteroid (1289) Kutaïssi were taken in January, 2003, at MIT's Wallace Astrophysical Observatory. The goal of these observations included obtaining a precise rotation period and direction of rotation for the asteroid extracted from data obtained …
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Lived experiences of caring for a family member with schizophrenia
… and construct, through understanding, how family caregivers have survived and sustained while caring for their family member diagnosed with schizophrenia. The study was based on seventeen audio-taped interviews with purposively selected caregivers of family members with schizophrenia. The …
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Exploring a Novel Mechanism of Reguation of the TNFR Family Member FN14
Fibroblast growth factor-inducible 14 (FN14) is a highly inducible cytokine receptor linked to a number of intracellular signaling pathways, including the nuclear factor-kappaB (NFkB) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways, as well as to physiological processes, such as angiogenesis, …
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Health status of early adolescent non-caregivers and caregivers of a family member
… adolescent noncaregivers and caregivers of a family member. Specifically, the study evaluated how the variables of length of time as a caregiver and gender affect the early adolescent caregiver's health status. Three hypotheses guided the study: 1. A greater proportion of early adolescent …
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The process and dimensions of family member marginalization: A mixed-method construct explication
… social identity theory, social network theory), family studies, and interpersonal communication (i.e., hurt, confirmation theory) literature to understand how marginalized family members, or "black sheep," come to live at the edge of their families. In some societies, marginalized family members …
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Family Member Experiences With Augmentative And Alternative Communication Systems Used By Nonspeaking Autistic Individuals
… inquiry was to explore the experiences of family members of nonspeaking autistic individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. This study documented family members’ experiences of identifying, learning, and implementing two types of AAC: Rapid Prompting …
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Caregivers' experience of caring for a family member with schizophrenia in conditions of poverty
… of South African caregivers caring for a family member with schizophrenia, living in conditions of poverty. Of particular interest in this research was to explore the factors that present challenges to their capacity to care and the factors that facilitate coping. A qualitative methodology …
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CARING FOR A FAMILY MEMBER WITH DEMENTIA: COLLECTIVISM AND INDIVIDUALISM AS PREDICTORS OF CAREGIVER BURDEN
… financial strain, is a significant concern for family members who are providing care to their loved ones. This study involved exploring the experiences of serving as a caregiver to a family member with dementia to better understand the relationship of collectivistic and individualistic …
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Nurse Family Member Perceptions of Patient Death and Nursing Care after Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment
<p>Purpose/Aims: This pilot study explored nurse family member perceptions of nursing care and patient quality of death and dying during and after withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment within Intensive Care Units (ICU).</p> <p>Rationale: Past research that examined physician, nurse, and family …
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Approaches for Enhancing Therapeutic Efficacy of a Novel IL-10 Gene Family Member: MDA-7/IL-24
… the mda-7 gene is now classified as a member of the IL-10 family of cytokines and named IL-24. The mda-7/IL-24 cDNA encodes a protein of 206-amino acids with a predicted size of ~24-kDa, which contains an interleukin (IL)-10 signature motif at amino acids 101–121 (SDAESCYLVHTLLEFYLKTVF) …
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Caring for a family member with Alzheimer's disease: the lived experiences of African American caregivers
… of African Americans providing care for family members with Alzheimer’s. The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe how African American family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s disease manage caregiving. Descriptive phenomenology was the method used to understand the …
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Engineering GFP-Family Member Protiens to Achieve Novel Functions: A Class of Proteins Limited Only by the Imagination
… on the discovery and characterization of GFP family proteins. GFP has come a long way since it was first isolated from Aquorea Victoria, a bioluminescent jellyfish native to the Pacific Northwest. In the past 2 decades since it was first cloned countless variants have been engineered. There …
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The Experience of Transitioning to the Caregiving Role for a Family Member with Alzheimer's Disease or a Related Dementia
… these individuals are being cared for at home by family caregivers who are known to suffer from more depression and burden than any other group of caregivers. The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to explore the lived experience of transitioning to the role of caregiver for a …
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The effect of the death of an immediate family member on a child's perception of God: a mixed methods study
… and had experienced the death of an immediate family member. Teachers interviewed the control group of children who were between the ages of 6-12 and had not experienced the death of an immediate family member. Both groups were asked specific questions in efforts to ascertain if children in the …
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Total Synthesis of the Unique Pederin Family Member Psymberin & Chemical Studies Toward Saliniketal Family Members: Saliniketal a, Salinisporamycin and Rifsaliniketal
… our chemical studies toward the unique pederin family member psymberin. The De Brabander laboratory had previously demonstrated that psymberin and irciniastatin A are identical. Subsequently, a highly convergent second generation of psymberin was finished, and the synthetic highlights were …
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Caregiver Burden And Coping Responses For Females Who Are The Primary Caregiver For A Family Member Living With Hiv/aids In Kenya
Caring for a family member who is ill can be a draining experience (Cooper et al., 2006; Daire, 2002; Zarit et al, 1980). Providing care for a family member that is living with HIV/AIDS is potentially even more stressful because of social meanings associated with HIV/AIDS infection (Stajduhar, …
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The role of social support, parent-child relationship quality and self-concept on adolescent depression, achievement, and social satisfaction among children who experience the death of a family member
<p>Experiencing the death of a family member at a young age is a confusing time for many children. Some clinicians have reported that parental death is the most stressful life event for children, and some studies have traced adults' mental health difficulties to unresolved childhood grief (Balk, …
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Education about Chronic Mental Illness and Coping in these Families
<p>Coping styles of family members and familial relationships of patients with Schizophrenia/Schizoaffective, Dissociative, and/or Bipolar Disorder maybe influenced by psychoeducation interventions. Specifically, Psychoeducation (i.e. comprehensive & standardized protocol) can lower family …
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Role conflict, uncertainty in illness, and illness-related communication avoidance: College students facing familial chronic illness
… students) and illness status (i.e., having a family member with a chronic illness vs. not having a family member with a chronic illness). The study also examined the associations between overall college student adjustment and the family and illness-related factors of role conflict, uncertainty …
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Caregivers of adults with closed head injury: A family systems perspective
… of the study was to determine whether or not a family's adaptability and cohesion, as defined by family systems theory, could predict their level of adjustment to having an adult family member who had sustained a closed head injury. The subjects consisted of 32 parents/siblings and 17 …
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