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Showing 1 to 20 of 438 for “"Restraint"”.
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Damped arm restraint for tremor patients
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1982.
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Minimizing the Inappropriate Use of Physical Restraint
… by minimizing the inappropriate use of physical restraints from 45% to about 20% in the acute respiratory unit which caters to patients with acute respiratory issues, such as exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), patients with new or old tracheostomy, needing bipap, …
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Improving patient safety by decreasing restraint use
<p>Restraints are among the top 15 most frequently reported sentinel events (Cosper et al., 2013). An improvement project was undertaken to reduce restraint use on a medical/surgical acute care unit within a 200 bed not-for-profit teaching hospital. The project aimed to reduce physical restraint …
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A self-regulation analysis of dietary restraint
… consumption. Finally, the concepts of dietary restraint and counterregulation are critically evaluated in light of the present results.
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Influence of physical restraint and restraint-facilitating drugs on blood measurements of white-tailed deer and other selected mammals
… musculus) while subjected to various methods of restraint in the process of blood collection. The methods of restraint for deer included 3 drugs (Succinylcholine chloride [SCC], RO-5-3448, and phencyclidine hydrochloride plus promazine hydrochloride [PH + P]), physical restraint, and sacrifice by …
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Finite Element Analysis of Passenger Multiple Belt Restraint Configurations
Injury measures have been developed for crash test dummies to associate the data generated to some meaningful measure to the human body. While the crash test dummies offered an important surrogate for the human body in real world crash testing, in finite element modeling, models of the human body …
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Essays on vertical price restraint, merger and competitive conduct
… in the legal approach towards vertical price restraint and b) recent mergers and acquisition activities of leading brewers. These changes may have profound repercussions for the level of competition in the highly concentrated US beer industry. The first essay analyzes the impact of change in …
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Effects of Restraint Stress on Sleep in the Mouse.
… systematically evaluate the effects of repeated restraint stress on awake, slow-wave sleep (SWS), rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep and total sleep time (TST) in the mouse. In contrast to the anecdotal notion that stress uniformly produces insomnia, it was hypothesized that stress induced sleep …
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The Visceral to Skin Temperature Gradient in Restraint Hypothermia
… Not Included]</p> <p>Summary: The effects of restraint on skin, subcutaneous, and deep visceral temperatures of rats exposed to environmental temperatures of 0°C, 8°C, 16°C, and 28°C are determined. The temperature gradients of restrained and unrestrained rats at 0°G are compared.</p> <p>From …
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Prestige and the Restraint of Power in International Relations
… path to international prestige—foreign policy restraint. The argument in brief is that states seek prestige by conspicuously holding back from the use of power and thereby spurning opportunities for national gain. Departing from the prevailing conception of restraint as merely a kind of …
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Restraint influence on state anxiety and personality assessment inventory responding
… when policy or staff require that examinees wear restraints. Restraints such as handcuffs may impact participants’ state anxiety, stress, frustration, and irritability, as well as the profile validity of their responses. Participants in this study were randomized to cuffed, partial-cuffed, or …
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Restraint as a Predictor of Intake Patterns Among Obese Women.
Obesity is a label that has different meanings. Sims (1979) has outlined three definitions of obesity. The first is the social definition, based upon visual perception of the individual being labelled. The second is the statistical definition, based upon a population norm and typically specifying …
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Dynamic Simulation of General Aviation Cabin Environments and Occupant Restraint Systems
… of cabin structure, seat, pilot, and restraints on a personal computer. The primary objective of this study is to accurately simulate the motions observed in real life tests performed at the FAA Civil Aeromedical Institute (CAMI) with a commercially available dynamics software. Working …
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The Berlin Crisis of 1958/59: A Case of Pragmatic Restraint
… its leader had pragmatic reasons for practicing restraint. These included conservation of assets, political stability, and most importantly, poor chances for sustainable gains. Limited war doctrine was influential in establishing these policies.
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Unregulated, untrained, and unaware: restraint and seclusion practices in educational settings
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Restraint Characteristics of Flexible Riveted and Bolted Beam-to-Column Connections
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-08T23:56:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6612367.pdf: 4643170 bytes, checksum: 41332a432ba9ad9ac7badf58b7f7ed97 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1966
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Coercion in Icelandic nursing homes : a correlational study of physical restraint use
Notkun líkamsfjötra á hjúkrunarheimilum er umdeild og flestir rannsóknarmenn hafa komist að þeirri niðurstöðu að best væri að draga úr notkun þeirra eða stöðva algjörlega. Samkvæmt fyrri rannsóknum er notkun fjötra óalgeng á Íslandi í samanburði við önnur lönd (Ljunggren et al., 1997). Notkun …
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