published_or_final_version / Medical Sciences / Master / Master of Medical Sciences

published_or_final_version / Medical Sciences / Master / Master of Medical Sciences

published_or_final_version / Medical Sciences / Master / Master of Medical Sciences

Hispanics are the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States with the states that border Mexico having a greater percentage of persons of Mexican origin residing in them. Herbs are widely used by persons of Mexican origin, however, little is known about specifics surrounding these cultural practices. An ethnographic study in the border region of Nogales, Arizona - Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, discovered the cultural components of values, beliefs, practices, and experiences of 9 women of Mexican origin who resided in the Arizona/Sonora, Mexico border region related to using manzanilla tea during the childbearing period. Data from semi-structured in-depth interviews were analyzed using a thematic, content analysis process. Intergenerational transmission of cultural health care knowledge emerged from abstraction of the findings. Details from the women's voices provide enlightenment surrounding the values, beliefs, and practices related to the use of manzanilla tea for childbearing. Nursing should be able to integrate this knowledge into care practices and education thereby promoting more culturally relevant care during the childbearing period for women of Mexican origin.

<p>The aim of this study was to determine whether tooth bleaching agents alter the colour of stained direct composite resins.</p>

This study has demonstrated that for tea canopies, thematic mapper data (Landsat 5 short wave and thermal infrared bands) can be used to produce regional estimates of important surface parameters like albedo, surface temperature, net radiation and instantaneous evapotranspiration. The study has also shown that the TERGRA model can be successfully used to convert instantaneous evapotranspiration to daily evapotranspiration for tea canopies. At Kericho, the combination of remotely sensed data and TERGRA model produced point daily evapotranspiration estimates that differed from ground-based estimates (Penman and Bowen ratio energy balance methods) by up to 7%. For field #12, the range of evapotranspiration estimates (0.3 mm/day, by use of the Bowen ratio, Penman and remote sensing methods) was much smaller than the spatial variability of evapotranspiration throughout the study area (2-5 mm/day) as estimated by the remote sensing technique. When a large number of pixel values is used to estimate regional evapotranspiration, the standard error of the estimate approaches zero. Consequently, mean aerial evapotranspiration can be estimated to a better accuracy than would be possible with point based models. The study also showed that regression analysis (whereby evapotranspiration was predicted by use of remotely sensed canopy temperature) could be used to estimate regional evapotranspiration. Finally, for the specific situation at Kericho, advection was found to be virtually non-existent over mature tea canopies.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 300-311). / Microfiche. / xxii, 311 leaves, bound ill. 29 cm

Thesis (M. Med. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2007.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2009. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 255-270).