Hydrocephalus is the excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the cranium which may result in increased intracranial pressure, dilation of cerebral ventricles and displacement of adjacent brain structures. Ventriculoperitoneal shunting...
American Medical Missionary College Class of 1902. From upper left corner, the students are: Clarence F. Ball, A. M. Vollmer, Maude M. Edgerton, Harry Willis Miller, Lottie C. Isbell, J. M. Keighline Jr., Maud Julia Otis, M. Elbert Cooper, Mary E....
American Medical Missionary College Class of 1902. From upper left corner, the students are: Clarence F. Ball, A. M. Vollmer, Maude M. Edgerton, Harry Willis Miller, Lottie C. Isbell, J. M. Keighline Jr., Maud Julia Otis, M. Elbert Cooper, Mary E....
Background: Studies have shown a decline in certain cognitive abilities in individuals diagnosed with heart disease of any type or etiology. This decline is observed as the disease progresses (Muller, Grobbee, Aleman, Bots & van der Schouw, 2006;...
Mexican American women; Body image; Self Concept; Hispanic Americans; Acculturation
The current study extended prior research examining the impact of acculturation on body satisfaction while integrating possible mediating variables for a sample of Mexican American women. Specifically, the study examined the relationships among...
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children and infants is a primary cause of cognitive and behavioral problems that can persist through adulthood. In this study, the long-term behavioral effects of neonatal and juvenile TBI (jTBI) were characterized...
Family -- Mental Health; Resilience (Personality Trait); Aging
This study examined successful aging through a family resilience lens by developing a psychometrically tested assessment that can be used to measure family and individual resilience in a population of older adults and by then applying these latent...