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Van Houtven, Courtney Harold; Thorpe, Joshua M.; Chestnutt, Deborah; Molloy, Margory; Boling, John C.; Davis, Linda Lindsey – Gerontologist, 2013
Purpose of the Study: This paper is a report of a study of the Assistance, Support, and Self-health Initiated through Skill Training (ASSIST) randomized control trial. The aim of this paper is to understand whether participating in ASSIST significantly changed the out-of-pocket (OOP) costs for family caregivers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) or…
Descriptors: Intervention, Well Being, Alzheimers Disease, Expenditures
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Dharmawan, Ruben; Nababan, MR.; Tarjana, M. Sri Samiati; Djatmika – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2019
This study examines the quality of entry translation in Dorland's Medical Dictionary (DMD) containing mistranslation and maltranslation. This embedded-case study used DMD human-based and website mistranslation leading to maltranslation. The purposively selected data were 111 tropical medicine related the entries and its definition inserted in the…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Medicine, Web Sites, Computer Software
Mehrabi, Saeed – ProQuest LLC, 2016
There has been vast and growing amount of healthcare data especially with the rapid adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) as a result of the HITECH act of 2009. It is estimated that around 80% of the clinical information resides in the unstructured narrative of an EHR. Recently, natural language processing (NLP) techniques have offered…
Descriptors: Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval, Health Services, Clinical Diagnosis
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Burgio, F.; Benavides-Varela, S.; Arcara, G.; Trevisson, E.; Frizziero, D.; Clementi, M.; Semenza, C. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2017
Background: This study aimed to identify the mathematical domains affected in adults with neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) and the impact of the numerical difficulties on the patients' activities of daily living. Methods: We assessed 28 adult patients with NF1 and 28 healthy control participants. All participants completed the standardised battery of…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Diseases, Adults, Mathematics Skills
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Ruggiero, F.; Cortese, F.; Lavazza, A.; D'Urso, G.; Di Nuzzo, C.; Marceglia, S.; Pravettoni, G; Priori, A.; Ferrucci, R. – Creativity Research Journal, 2019
Creativity is considered to be one of the most important characteristics that humans possess. It emerges from fundamental cognitive operations and the activation of specific brain regions. In several neurological disorders, such as frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and Parkinson's disease (PD), creativity plays an important role in diagnosis and…
Descriptors: Diseases, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Creativity, Clinical Diagnosis
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Hemsley, Bronwyn; Balandin, Susan; Sheppard, Justine Joan; Georgiou, Andrew; Hill, Sophie – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2015
Dysphagia in people with lifelong disabilities places a substantial burden on people with lifelong developmental disabilities, their carers, health and disability service, and society as a whole. Dysphagia in this population can be associated with respiratory illness, impaired nutrition, increased support needs, emergency hospital admissions with…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Eating Disorders, Safety
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Elkis-Abuhoff, Deborah L.; Gaydos, Morgan – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2018
This article explores research on clay manipulation art therapy for individuals with a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD). An overview of 3 phases of the authors' previous research includes (a) comparison of people living with PD to control in a single individual setting, (b) investigation of negative psychological symptoms in a single…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Diseases, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Behavior Disorders
Bowman, Hannah E. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Transition metals play an important role in many biological processes, however, they are also toxic at high concentrations. Therefore, the uptake and efflux of these metals must be tightly regulated by the cell. Bacteria have evolved a variety of pathways and regulatory systems to monitor the presence and concentration of metals in the cellular…
Descriptors: Cytology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Molecular Structure
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Wilkins, Catherine – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2018
This article reflects upon the development of Connections, a service-learning collaboration between a Research I university and an urban art museum that trains students to work with patient groups from the community using Visual Thinking Strategies. This method of art exploration helps people with Alzheimer's disease express memories and relieve…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Museums, Arts Centers, Partnerships in Education
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Vamos, Cheryl A.; Thompson, Erika L.; Logan, Rachel G.; Griner, Stacey B.; Perrin, Karen M.; Merrell, Laura K.; Daley, Ellen M. – Journal of American College Health, 2020
Objective: To assess college students' sexual and reproductive health (SRH) literacy experiences, specific to contraception use and STI prevention. Participants: In Spring 2015, participants (n = 43) from a large institution participated in six focus groups (two male and four females groups). Methods: Focus groups were guided by the health…
Descriptors: College Students, Literacy, Sexuality, Health Behavior
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El Haj, Mohamad; Postal, Virginie; Allain, Philippe – Educational Gerontology, 2012
Studies have shown that the "Four Seasons" music may enhance the autobiographical performance of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. We used a repeated measures design in which autobiographical recall of 12 mild AD patients was assessed using a free narrative method under three conditions: (a) in "Silence," (b) after being exposed to the opus "Four…
Descriptors: Music, Alzheimers Disease, Diseases, Patients
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Ospanov, Oral B.; Orekeshova, Akzhunis M.; Fursov, Roman A.; Yelemesov, Aset A. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
Obesity and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are serious medical, social, and economic problems of modern society. A pilot randomized two-arm controlled clinical study was conducted to compare laparoscopic plication of the greater gastric curvature combined with Nissen fundoplication (LFN+LGP) versus only Nissen fundoplication (LFN). The…
Descriptors: Obesity, Diseases, Surgery, Intervention
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Alvelo, Jaime; Cancio-Gonzalez, Rafael E.; Collazo, Andrés – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Purpose: This study was intended to adapt into Spanish and validate the short form of the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory (MMCGI), an instrument for the assessment of levels of grief in caregivers of patients with dementia. Method: The adaptation was based on the cross-cultural equivalence model that included forward and backward…
Descriptors: Validity, Semantics, Factor Structure, Puerto Ricans
Horn, Michael B.; Price, Richard – Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, 2020
As COVID-19 wreaks havoc on institutions and the students they serve, ushering in a recession that could have existential implications for all, helping learners earn the credentials they need from the providers best suited to serve them will be a critical issue in determining how well and robustly the nation recovers. The federal government has…
Descriptors: College Credits, Disease Incidence, Economic Climate, Financial Support
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Levin, Scott R.; Cai, Fei; Noronha, Nicole; Wald, Hedy S.; Daniel, Michelle M. – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2017
Objectives: The humanities, including narrative arts, are a valuable tool to foster reflection for professionally competent clinical practice. Integrating such study into traditional medical school curricula can prove challenging. A preclinical elective on opera and medicine was developed and piloted at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Medical Schools, Medical Education, Opera
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