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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Polio"”.
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Physical activity in persons with late effects of polio
… with a disability is those with late effects of polio. The latter are recommended being physically active with respect to their impairments and activity limitations but there is very limited knowledge regarding their engagement in physical activity and related factors. The overall aim of this …
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Theoretical epidemiology analysis of Plague, Polio, and Covid-19 outbreak
… the spread of complex diseases such as Plague, Polio, and Covid-19. Mathematical models can capture the intricacies of disease transmission by incorporating factors such as population demographics, disease characteristics, and intervention strategies. By quantifying these variables, researchers …
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Ghost Town Tension: Post-War Public Health and Commerce in a Rural Virginian Polio Epidemic, 1950
This thesis is a study of a post-World War II polio epidemic in one small Southwest Virginian town before widespread application of the vaccine. While others have explored urban public health responses to polio and national efforts to promote prevention and treatment efforts, in this history I look …
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The Invisible Enemy: The Effects of Polio on the American War Effort during World War II, 1941-1945
… political, and military effects of epidemic polio on America's war effort during World War II. The primary sources consulted include newspapers, military medical reports, photographs, memoirs, speeches, and archival collections. It looks at the effects of polio on the home front, more …
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The Woman Who Invented Herself. An interdisciplinary exploration of the construction of Elizabeth Kenny’s polio treatment discovery story.
… Kenny’s discovery of a method of treating poliomyelitis is a legend which has outlived its creator and public knowledge of one of the most feared diseases of the twentieth century. Despite the absence of documentary or testimonial evidence, the story universally informs the historical, …
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of fractional dose compared to standard dose inactivated polio vaccination in children
… of at least one single dose of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) in routine immunisation schedules to mitigate the risk of a polio virus type 2 reintroduction or re-emergence. As a result, there has been an increased demand and concurrent supply shortages of IPV worldwide resulting in poor …
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Fear, frustration and the will to overcome: A social history of poliomyelitis in Western Australia
This thesis investigates community responses to Poliomyelitis, and the Impact of the disease on those who experienced It, particularly during the epidemics that occurred In Western Australia between 1938 and 1956. The research sources an.: W.A. Health Department records, held mostly at the Battye …
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Impact of the parasitic helminth Schistosoma mansoni on host anti-viral vaccine responses: proof of concept from the anti-polio vaccine
… programme with wide global coverage, i.e., anti-polio vaccination, was evaluated for its sustainability in the face of schistosomiasis in human and mouse hosts. Our findings using the poliovirus specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay revealed a schistosomiasis-associated impairment of polio …
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Inanspruchnahme von Impfungen bei Eltern in Kirgisistan : Empfehlungen für die Impfpolitik
… (measles vaccine) and 99 percent (first dose of polio vaccine). According to the MICS data, up-to-date coverage among children of 12 to 59 months of age was highest for vaccine against tuberculosis (99 percent) and lowest for vaccine against measles (95 percent). At least one dose of DTP- and …
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Threatened child health through lack of immunization: Identification of risk groups in Uganda.
… tuberculosis (BCG) and the first dose of oral polio vaccine, many do not complete the EPI vaccination series; and neonatal tetanus is still a major concern, since most fertile women in the third world are not covered with two doses of tetanus toxoid (TT). Main objectives. Using data of the …
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Immunisation coverage of the Western Cape Province : household survey 2005
… and other common childhood conditions including polio. The coverage was too low to consider not running periodic mass campaigns for measles and polio. The reasons given by caregivers for their children not being immunized and factors associated with increased coverage are valuable pointers as to …
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Changing bodies and minds: “Crippled children” and their movement in the United States, 1890-1960
… particularly former “crippled children” such as polio survivor Blanche Van Leuven Browne, played essential roles in creating and backing this movement. They claimed authority and promoted movement policies based on their own experiences of “crippled childhood.” In looking at these claims to …
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The Santa Claus Girl: A 90-minute Teleplay
… a New York hospital in 1952, the height of the polio epidemic in the United States, the screenplay entertains and informs the reader/viewer by showing the dramatic action of the character and the history of the editorial's significance in American popular culture.</p>
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Poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogel microspheres as a controlled release device
Vaccines for infections such as measles, polio, or chicken pox contain live attenuated viruses, which can sometimes lead to infection. Our objective is to develop an improved strategy for vaccines that induces patent immune responses against persistent viral infections. Three processes must occur …
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Exploring meaning-making among those who are identified by scientists as vaccine-resistant, vaccine-hesitant, or vaccine-sceptical
… These include vaccinations for the BCG, Polio, Rotaviruses, Pneumonia, and Diphtheria. They also receive vaccinations for tetanus, acellular pertussis, inactivated polio vaccine, and a combination of Haemophilus influenzae type B and hepatitis B and measles. Vaccinations and boosters …
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An exploration of young women's perceptions and experiences of participating in HIV prevention vaccine clinical trials in Nyanga Township in the Western Cape, South Africa
… infectious diseases such as the eradication of polio, smallpox and measles, prevailing challenges need to be addressed if vaccine development is to be feasible. Providing more information, reinforcement of community awareness and mobilization around issues of HIV vaccine clinical trials at all …
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A study of problems presented to the social worker by poliomyelitis patients at the Children's Medical Center; September, 1949
Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University
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Some Models for Time Series of Counts
… occurrences of gold particles, the incidences of polio in the US and the number of presentations of asthma in an Australian hospital. An array of graphical and quantitative diagnostic tools, which is specifically designed for the evaluation of goodness of fit for time series of counts models, is …
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Expression of Emotion by infants with and without Disabilities
… in four situations: immunisation, oral polio vaccination, social play and response to a surprise toy. These were designed to elicit a range of emotional behaviours. 20 infants with congenital, developmental disabilities of varying aetiologies were matched on developmental age and filmed …
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