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Browsing Health Sciences Poster Collection by Issue Date
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(2008)Modelling clay, in contrast to measuring cups, appears to be a valid portion size estimation aid.
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(2008-08-05)Background: Being involved in communication teaching and assessment requires constructive verbal feedback skills to make health professionals aware of their behaviour and how it affects the patient. These skills however ...
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(2008-09-17)Pre-analytical variability currently represents the most important source of errors that can lead to inaccurate laboratory results in monitoring of patients being treated with oral anticoagulant therapy. The volume of blood ...
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(2008-09-29)Since the mid-1990’s several claims for the return of the Mapungubwe human remains were made by indigenous communities, while some archaeologists felt that a pro-active process for repatriation should be initiated. The ...
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(2008-09-29)The dimensions of the cervical spinal canal (C3 – C7) of the South African black population were measured on skeletal remains of 179 individuals (90 males and 89 females divided into age categories of 30-45; 46-60 and 61-75 ...
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(2008-09-29)The desire to replace missing tissue in the human body has existed since the beginning of medicine. A donor flap is usually selected for transfer because it is thought to be nonessential in its original location, meaning ...
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(2008-09-29)When archaeological skeletons are assessed, the incidence of trauma forms an integral part of the investigation. The number of fractures observed is interpreted in order to gain insight into the occurrence of interpersonal ...
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(2008-09-29)Pipe-jacking operations at Silvertondale uncovered human remains at the end of a tunnel 38.8m long and approximately 2.42m below the surface. These were most probably in a grave that was covered by material during the ...
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(2008-09-29)Forensic anthropological studies include the determination of demographic characteristics such as sex. Parts of the human skeleton that are accurate predictors for sex include the skull, pelvis, femur and tibia. Metacarpals ...
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(2008-09-29)An infarct is an area which has lost its blood supply due to obstruction, thrombosis or embolism. It is the third leading cause of death in the Western world, following non-cerebral cardiovascular disease and cancer. This ...
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Evaluating standard non-metric cranial traits used to determine ancestry on a South African sample (2008-09-29)The identification of human skeletal remains begins with the construction of a biological profile of an unknown individual, and includes an assessment of the age, sex, ancestry, and stature. This biological profile originated ...
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(2008-09-29)Considering the growing tendency and in often demand of making all Study guides and material electronically available to students, the question arises whether hard copies of the Study component of Study guides should be ...
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(2008-09-29)FORDISC 3.0 (FD3) is an analytical program distributed by the University of Tennessee that employs discriminant analysis to assist in assessing sex, ancestry, and stature from unidentified skeletal remains. While American ...
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(2008-09-29)Forensic anthropologists play an important role in the identification or exclusion of human remains recovered amongst animal remains and environmental ruins. Accurate separation techniques are needed as small animal bone ...
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(2008-09-29)The study’s aim was to investigate the association between depression and low bone mineral density (BMD) in premenopausal females. Depression is often characterized by cortisol hypersecretion. Cortisol supports osteoclastogenesis ...
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(2008-09-29)Obstruction of the intracranial dural venous sinuses would result in an increase in intracranial dural venous pressure. This intracranial hypertension is not only the result of poor cerebral venous drainage, but is also ...
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(2008-09-29)It is well known that pain experienced by patients diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia or facial pain syndrome can be effectively treated by blocking the contents of the pterygopalatine fossa. Such a procedure is not widely ...
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(2008-10-21)Previous research has shown that some PUFAs have a positive effect on bone, although the cellular mechanism for this is unclear. One such hypothesis is that PUFAs may increase the secretion of IGF-I by osteoblasts. IGFs ...
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(2008-10-21)Sutherlandia frutescens is a South African herbal remedy traditionally used for stomach problems, diabetes and lately to improve the overall health in cancer and HIV/AIDS patients. The in vitro influence of crude S. ...
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(2008-10-21)2-methoxyestradiol (2ME2) is an endogenous estradiol metabolite that has antiproliferative, antiangiogenic and antitumor activity with low levels of toxicity that is orally active. Several promising analogues of 2ME2 have ...
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