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Showing 1 to 20 of 1328 for “"Side effects"”.
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Assessing Negative Side Effects in Virtual Environments
… Certain users of VEs experience negative side effects from being immersed into the graphically rendered virtual worlds. Some side effects that have been observed include: disorientation, headaches, and difficulties with vision. These negative side effects threaten the safety and …
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Genetic Predictors of Metabolic Side Effects of Diuretic Therapy
… diuretics are associated with adverse metabolic side effects, such as hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia and hypokalemia which increase the risk of developing type II diabetes. This thesis used three analytical strategies to identify and quantify genetic factors that contribute to the development of …
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Early Detection of Treatment's Side Effects: A Sequential Approach
… development timeline. To monitor the potential side effect(s) of the vaccine during the (initial) vaccination campaign, we developed an optimal sequential test that allows for the early detection of potential side effect(s). This test employs a rule to stop the vaccination process once the …
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Side effects : the new age of AIDS in America
… still no cure. The new therapies carry literal side effects - the toxicities of drugs that infected individuals must take everyday for the rest of their lives. But the drugs have also created social and political side effects as AIDS is transformed to an increasingly chronic disease. The series …
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Enhancing Education of Medication Side Effects to Improve Patient Outcomes
… staff educates patients about possible side effects of new medications are not consistently above the national average at a large metropolitan hospital in California (MHC). The results of these patient satisfaction scores shed light on the need for evidence-based strategies to improve a …
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Identifying relationships among drug side-effects using probabilistic association rule mining
Side-effects of medical drugs have important implications for health care. Knowledge of side-effects can help guide appropriate prescription of drugs to patients. The study of drug side-effects is also a rich area of informatics research, for example linking side-effects to genetic variation or …
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Role of the Gut Microbiome in Cancer Immunotherapy Efficacy and Side Effects
… the microbiome can shape both the efficacy and side effects of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapies. However, the intricate interactions between microbiota composition, immune modulation, and ICI therapy remain incompletely understood. This thesis mainly investigated how gut microbiota …
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Three papers on side effects and modern contraceptive use among women in Ghana
This thesis investigates the issue of side effects and how they may act as a barrier to<br/>the use of modern contraceptive methods among women in Ghana. Three papers are<br/>presented each addressing the issue using different sources of data and different<br/>methodologies. The disparate nature of …
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Undue Influence: The Dangerous Side Effects of Toxic Leaders on USAF Pilot Retention
The United States Air Force (USAF) has struggled with pilot retention for decades. Though solutions have largely focused on quality of life and monetary incentives, the influence of leadership on retention decisions has yet to be thoroughly studied. This qualitative phenomenological study sought to …
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Applications and Analysis of NLP Deep Learning Models for Antibiotic's Side Effects Classifications
<p>I introduce a novel recursive modification to the classical Goemans-Williamson MaxCut algorithm, offering improved performance in vectorized data clustering tasks. Focusing on the clustering of medical publications, I suggest to employ recursive iterations in conjunction with a dimension …
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Clinical Trial of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Reduce Antiretroviral Side Effects in HIV Patients
… observations and research have suggested that side effects are a significant reason for non-adherence. This randomized, controlled clinical trial was a pilot study sought to determine if a brief exposure cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) could reduce side effect symptoms in HIV/AIDS patients …
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Influence of nutrition interventions and the microbiome on gastrointestinal side effects during cancer and its treatment
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-08-01
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Desirable effects and undesirable side effects of interventions aimed to improve auditors' exercise of professional skepticism
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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Psychometric validity for the Matson Evaluation of drug side effects and the akathisia rating of movement scale
Akathisia is a movement disorder characterized by a sense of restlessness and increased motor activity. Movement disorders are primarily an iatrogenic result of mediation use. In the case of akathisia, this syndrome is easily misdiagnosed as a psychiatric disorder. As a result, there is a need to …
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Ameliorating the toxic side-effects of cisplatin by systematically modulating its metabolism in human plasma with chemoprotective agents
… agents may reduce the CP-induced toxic side-effects in vivo. The unique capability of SEC-ICP-AES to simultaneously detect all Pt species in human plasma (CP, CP hydrolysis products and Pt-S complexes) suggests that the metabolism of CP can be deliberately modulated to develop strategies …
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Treatment Side Effects & Nonadherence among Women Taking Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer: The Role of Psychological Factors
… increases the risk of breast cancer recurrence. Side effects are a key driver of nonadherence to these treatments. As part of this doctoral research, two studies were conducted to explore the possibility that psychological factors contribute to both the experience of side effects and treatment …
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Management Behavior for Symptoms and Quality of Life on the Side Effects of Chemotherapy in Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients
본 연구는 위장관암환자의 항암화학요법 부작용에 대한 증상관리행위와 삶의 질을 파악하여 효과적인 중재방안 마련을 위한 기초 자료를 제공하기 위해 시도된 서술적 조사연구이다. 연구대상은 2011년 11월부터 2012년 2월까지 경기도에 소재한 A대학병원에서 항암화학요법을 받기 위해 입원한 위장관암환자 88명을 대상으로 실시하였다. 연구도구 중 부작용과 증상관리행위 측정도구는 Dodd(1984)의 항암요법일지를 번역하여 수정∙보완한 조영수(2002)의 도구를 사용하였고, 삶의 질 측정도구는 EORTC QLQ-C30 version …
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