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Showing 1 to 20 of 167 for “"long-term health"”.
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Maternal smoking during pregnancy - Long-term health effects in the offspring
… smoking increases the risk of adverse short-term health effects in the offspring, such as preterm birth, low birthweight and spontaneous abortion. Less is known about whether any adverse health effects persist until adulthood. In Sweden, there are nationwide population-based health registers …
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Long Term Health Monitoring of Anthony Wayne Bridge Main Cable with Acoustic Emission Technique
… physical inspection, to set up an effective long term high resolution health monitoring system for the main cables of the bridge. This study investigated the development of the AE monitoring system and the application of AE to detect wire breaks. The corrosion of metals involves ion transfer …
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FECAL CORTISOL METABOLITES: A NON-INVASIVE METHOD FOR MONITORING THE LONG-TERM HEALTH OF FREE RANGING BROWN BEARS
<p>Ecotourism is a rapidly growing industry worldwide and has been used as a tool that can promote conservation. While ecotourism can serve as a mechanism to help conserve natural areas, increases in visitors present challenges for managers tasked with balancing conservation goals while ensuring …
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Computer mediated communication and disability support: addressing barriers to study for undergraduate distance learners with long-term health problems
… by undergraduate distance learners with long-term health problems. It considers ways in which problems identified in an Exploratory Study might be addressed. These include fatigue, difficulties with handwriting, academic and social isolation, together with a need for better interactive …
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The Impact of Student Performance on Large-Scale Assessments: A View of Long-Term Health, Career, and Societal Outcomes
… outcomes, focusing on the three categories of health, career, and societal involvement. Analysis was conducted using the NELS:88/00 dataset–a longitudinal study that followed a nationally-representative sample of over 12,000 eighth grade students from 1988 to 2000, until the students were 26 …
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The effects of expressed emotion in adjustment to long term health conditions and its role in post stroke depression
… the literature titled ‘Expressed Emotion (EE) in long term health conditions including those with a neurological basis’. A great deal of research has been carried out looking at the role of EE in psychiatric conditions where EE is now seen as a well established strong predictor of relapse in …
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Radiation therapy of pediatric brain tumors : comparison of long-term health effects and costs between proton therapy and IMRT
… radiation-induced damage can lead to adverse long-term health effects. Proton therapy has the ability to reduce the dose delivered to healthy tissue when compared to photon radiation therapy, but this dose benefit comes at a significantly higher initial cost, as proton therapy is 2 to 3 times …
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Mā te hangarau te oranga o te reo Māori e tautoko ai? Can technology support the long-term health of the Māori language?
… technologies be used to support the ongoing health of an endangered language? Since the late twentieth century unprecedented and substantial social changes have been propelled by advances in contemporary technologies. Continuous connectivity harnessing digital communication, mass media and …
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An exploration of interventions for supported self-management and behaviour change delivered as routine clinical care for people living with long-term health conditions.
… and sedentary population, the National Health Service faces many challenges, not least the unprecedented rise in chronic long-term conditions. The first-line treatment for such conditions is lifestyle change, including weight loss, smoking cessation and increasing physical activity. …
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Long-term health effects of aldrin and dieldrin: a study of exposure, health effects and mortality of workers engaged in the manufacture and formulation of the insecticides aldrin and dieldrin
Contains fulltext : mmubn000001_118419951.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access)
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Producing Knowledge about Astronaut Health Risks: Navigating Interdisciplinary Actor-Networks
… recover from the effects of space and may face long-term health consequences. Space flights lasting more than thirty days are considered long-duration and may impact astronauts' long-term health due to space exposure; this requires the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to develop new …
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Uninsured Adult Working-Age Population in Tarrant County: Access, Cost of Care, and Health--Hispanic Immigrants
… from a sample population of clients from JPS Health Network in Tarrant County, Texas from July-August, 2000. Respondents for this study represents a group of working-age Hispanic immigrant adults, N=379. Andersen's "Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations" is used to as the theoretical …
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Vegetarian Diet and Health Outcomes
… one of the most consistent diets which has shown long-term health benefits. According to a nationwide survey of adults 18+, 4% of Americans were vegetarians. The dissertation was divided into 3 separate studies and assessed the effect of vegetarian diet in the association between (Study1) …
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The potential treatments of osteoporosis and hormone dysregulation caused by female athlete triad syndrome
… availability, menstrual functioning, and bone health. This condition impacts a growing number of female athletes. The triad of physiological and endocrine disruption can develop into conditions of low energy availability, functional hypothalamic amenorrhea, and osteoporosis. This state of …
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In Children and Elderly Patients, What are the Effects of General Anesthesia on Neurological Health Compared with Procedural Sedation?
… has been a necessity in the field of health care since it was discovered in the early to middle 1800s. Before anesthesia, many procedures and surgeries that are now considered an easy fix were life-threatening and patients often chose the inevitable death over the pain of surgery. The …
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An exploration of the support needs of ambulance paramedics
… social life, their family and ultimately, their health. The primary aim of this research was to explore the psychological and social coping strategies of ambulance paramedics, in dealing with the day to day aspects of their work in the context of their long term health and well-being. A secondary …
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Perinatal depression screening program evaluation
… left untreated, PMADs can be detrimental to the long-term health of both mothers and infants. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is an effective and well-accepted screening method for identifying PMADs. The findings from a literature review emphasized the clinical importance of …
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Assessment of Dietary Behaviors of College Students Participating in the Health Promotion Program BUCS: Live Well
… they learn autonomy in many areas that influence long-term health status. The purpose of the online health promotion program BUCS: Live Well was to promote self-efficacy in ability to incorporate positive dietary changes, assess incidences of positive dietary habits after completing the program, …
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