The aim of this research was to compare the pain experience of cardiac surgical patients who attended the Acute Pain Service (APS) education program with cardiac surgical patients who did not attend the APS. The participants of both groups, pain levels, consumption of total analgesia, anxiety levels, satisfaction with pain management, ratios of self-administered bolus doses and failed attempts on Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) device and their length of hospital stay were compared. The findings indicated no statistical significant differences between the two groups being investigated in relation to pain levels, total analgesia consumed, anxiety levels, satisfaction with pain management, total demands and delivery attempts on the PCA and their length of hospital stay. The clinical mplications are significant. The preoperative pain management education program provided by APS clinical nurses for cardiac surgical patients does not have the positive outcomes expected.

Bibliography: leaves 105-121. / viii, 133, [28] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / This thesis tests the hypothesis that plant strategies to respond to seasonal flooding can be used to predict their tolerance to variation in water regime. The studies illustrate contrasting strategies for survival in seasonally fluctuation water levels. These are tested in the field against similar species. Plants are surveyed at four stages of flooding at Bool Lagoon. The morphologically plastic species, V. reniformis and Triglochin procerum, respond to flooding with taller shoots and increased investment in photosynthetic tissue. It is concluded that the reproductive effort is much lower in the field than in the pond experiments, and changes in the population density of both species are not related to water regime. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Botany, 1997?

Bibliography: leaves 105-121. / viii, 133, [28] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / This thesis tests the hypothesis that plant strategies to respond to seasonal flooding can be used to predict their tolerance to variation in water regime. The studies illustrate contrasting strategies for survival in seasonally fluctuation water levels. These are tested in the field against similar species. Plants are surveyed at four stages of flooding at Bool Lagoon. The morphologically plastic species, V. reniformis and Triglochin procerum, respond to flooding with taller shoots and increased investment in photosynthetic tissue. It is concluded that the reproductive effort is much lower in the field than in the pond experiments, and changes in the population density of both species are not related to water regime. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Botany, 1997?

[Truncated abstract] This study was carried out to investigate the teaching and learning processes occurring in the topic of reaction mechanisms in three tertiary level organic chemistry courses and focussed on investigating perceptions about the importance of teaching and learning about reaction mechanisms and about the difficult aspects of the topic .... In the organic chemistry courses under investigation, students achieved many of the explicitly stated aims that their lecturers identified. The students rarely achieved implicit outcomes anticipated by the lecturer. Lecturers demonstrate a tendency to use particular structural representations when discussing certain types of reaction process. The study identified that students commonly use these same types when working through particular reaction processes. In addition, it was found that the use of a particular structure could cue students into thinking about only one type of reaction process taking place in a given reaction. The use of language that is consistent with a consideration of only single reaction particles was also commonly observed in lectures. While this can be adequate in some circumstances, other aspects of reaction processes are better considered in terms of multiple reaction particles ... The project proposes an integrated model, which takes into account the many levels (macroscopic, single particle molecular, multiple particle molecular and intramolecular) involved when describing reaction processes. It is felt that a consideration of the levels discussed in this model is useful when teaching and learning about reaction mechanisms.

Thesis (PhD(Psychology))-University of Pretoria, 2007. / Abstract in English. Includes bibliographical references. Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.A.)--Missouri State University, 2008. / "May 2008." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-103). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, August, 1997. / Title from PDF t.p.

Mémoire (M.P.Aquat.) -- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 1992. / Document électronique également accessible en format PDF. CaQCU

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1952. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 106-108).