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Showing 1 to 20 of 111 for “"pill"”.
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Oxygen Debt in Pill Bugs
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The Oral Contraceptive Pill: An Analysis Of The Portrayal Of The Pill On Pharmaceutical Websites
… to determine how traditional oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) are portrayed on the pharmaceutical websites during Internet DTCPA. This study also looked to see how women’s bodies and the process of menstruation were medicalized on these websites. Eight traditional OCP websites were analyzed using …
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A Pill for the Ill? : Depression, Medicalization and Public Health
Mental disorders, especially depression, have been increasingly described as a growing burden to global public health. Critics argue, however, that the use of mental health surveys, underlying these descriptions, tends to overestimate the prevalence of mental disorders by not distinguishing …
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A Jagged Little Pill: Ethics, Behavior, and the AI-Data Nexus
The proliferation of big data and the algorithms that utilize it have revolutionized the way in which individuals make decisions, interact, and live. This dissertation presents a structured analysis of behavioral ramifications of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data in contemporary society. It …
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Dominance, Deference, and Disillusionment: An Empirical Comparison Between Ambivalent Sexism and the Red Pill Ideology
… otherwise. Within the manosphere, The Red Pill (r/TheRedPill) particularly stands out as an intriguing subject for investigation due to its rather unique, convincing ideology concerning men and women (i.e., Red Pill ideology). The current dissertation examines whether the Red Pill ideology …
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Improvement of prescription medicine adherence through the development of an intelligent pill organization and dispensary system "Claire"
… that automatically sorts, dispenses, and tracks pills. By simplifying the pill-taking process, Claire will improve medication adherence among elderly patients with multiple prescriptions and reduce anxiety among their caretakers.
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The effects of the pill,injectables and male condom on fertility in urban Zambia: evidence from the ZDHS 1992-2014
… areas. Contraceptive use has increased with the pill, injectables and male condom being the most widely used methods between 1992 and 2014. However, there is no evidence which clearly shows whether the use of these contraceptive methods has contributed to fertility reduction. Therefore, this …
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The effects of the pill,injectables and male condom on fertility in urban Zambia: evidence from the ZDHS 1992-2014
… areas. Contraceptive use has increased with the pill, injectables and male condom being the most widely used methods between 1992 and 2014. However, there is no evidence which clearly shows whether the use of these contraceptive methods has contributed to fertility reduction. Therefore, this …
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A wireless method for monitoring medication compliance
… the market to help remind patients to take their pills, but most require observation by a caregiver to assure medication compliance. This project demonstrates three modes to detect pill removal from a pillbox: a switch under the pills, a reflective type photointerrupter and a transmissive …
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Efficacy and safety of serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) and serotonin noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (SNRI) for children and adolescents with anxiety disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis
… with various control contingencies (e.g. pill placebo and cognitive behavioral treatment) for pediatric anxiety disorders. Studies were selected if they were randomized controlled trials evaluating SSRIs or SNRIs. Eligible studies included participants aged 17 years or younger. Ten studies …
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Designing an assistive technology for a transgenerational population: the product development process
… and memory. While there are a large number of pill organizers on the market, they are either too large with complex computer-aided systems or too simple without enough accommodating functions. The value of this thesis is that a portable pill dispenser and reminder with simple but intuitive …
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Essays on Gender Differences in Educational and Labor Market Outcomes
… of unrestricted access to the birth control pill on young people's career plans, using annual surveys of college freshmen from 1968 to 1980. In particular it addresses the question of who was affected by the introduction of the birth control pill by looking at career plans of both men and …
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Is non-medical use of prescription sedatives and sleeping pills associated with symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress in undergraduate university students
… the non-medical use of sedative and sleeping pills in the past three months and moderate-extremely severe symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress in the past week, in undergraduate students at the University of Ontario Institutes of Technology (University of Ontario Institute of …
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The relationship of commitment and self-efficacy to adherence with a medical regimen
… and State University. Adherence was assessed by pill counts obtained in unannounced home visits 7 to 10 days after the regimen was prescribed and by subjects’ self-reports. Pre- and posttest measures of self- efficacy and outcome expectancy were completed by subjects. Significantly more subjects …
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Designing, building, and testing the spin, strip, and stomp mechanism for pharmaceutical tableting
Nanofiber fabrication of pharmaceutical pills creates significant advantages over conventional techniques such as shorter pill dissolution times, airborne drug particulate matter elimination, and shorter liquid drying time, among many others. Therefore, the Novartis MIT Center for Continuous …
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An Analysis of the Opioid Crisis in Nevada
… misuse, abuse and diversion in the form of high pill and morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs) of these opioid prescriptions in the State of Nevada. High quantities of pills and MMEs are a proxy measure for the potential danger of prescription abuse, misuse, and diversion of opioid pills in the …
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RoSE Enhancement for In Vitro Simulations of Human Swallowing
… esophageal strictures, and persons on long-term pill medication, with patient age, different pathologies, and solid dosage product characteristics (e.g., size, shape, and composition) contributing to the cause. All the in-vitro studies aiming to improve the therapeutic interventions in dysphagia …
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Mental health and antiretroviral therapy adherence among people living with HIV attending an HIV clinic in Blantyre, Malawi
… related harms. ART adherence was assessed using pill count, a self-report measure and a combined measure of both pill count and self-report adherence. Results: The prevalence of depressive symptoms among the participants was 32%, 26% for anxiety symptoms and 16% of participants reported any …
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