Thesis--Copenhagen University. / Summary in Danish. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 139-162.

Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-212) Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S.)--Duquesne University, 2009. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-67) and index.

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida State University, 2006. / Advisor: James Whyte IV, Florida State University, School of Nursing. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed June 13, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 90 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2007. / Full text release at OhioLINK's ETD Center delayed at author's request

Endometriosis or the "career woman's disease" is a puzzling disease affecting women in their reproductive years. Research on endometriosis has focussed on aspects such as the personality characteristics of sufferers and its correlation with infertility (Venter, 1980). As yet, the experiential world of endometriosis sufferers and the relationships which are influenced by their disease have received little attention (Weinstein, 1987). Furthermore, endometriosis is construed as a physical disorder which is medically diagnosed and medically treated. As such, the epistemology surrounding the term "endometriosis" is an adherent to a largely non-contextual, non-systemic and intrinsically mechanistic biomedical model (Bogdan, 1984; Schwartz, 1982). By using an ecosystemic epistemology, this dissertation will attempt to describe the unique experiential world of the afflicted woman in terms of her coping strategies in dealing with endometriosis and to formulate a description of the interactional patterns between herself and significant others directly influenced by her disease. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology)

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It was hypothesized that there may be microanatomic specializations in the urogenital slit and mammary region of cetaceans. There may be an integumentary-linked mechanism in these animals similar to that which causes the milk let-down response in terrestrial mammals. This hypothesis was tested on tissue samples from fourteen animals collected in a standardized array of fourteen samples from the urogenital area, and one each from the ventral aspect of the flipper and the mid-dorsal body wall for comparison. Using standard histological and ultrastructural procedures, including both transmission and scanning electron microscopy, tissues from nine species were investigated. These included the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba), harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps), short and long finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus and malaena respectively), beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas), humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), and fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus). Measurements were taken of the height of the epidermis, the thickness of the epidermal stratum externum, and the height and number of dermal papillae. Co1lagen bundles of the reticular dermis were measured and ranked by diameter. Nervous structures were quantitatively evaluated by type and location. No differences were found in the epithelial, connective, or nervous tissue of the skin in this region that would imply an increased sensitivity in this area. However, an observed unique organization of the connective tissue may imply a functional difference in the skin of the urogenital region unrelated to the milk let-down phenomenon. Possible alternative mechanisms for the initiation of milk let-down in cetaceans are discussed, including myoepithelial cell contraction caused by urogenital bumping by calves, vocalization by calvest and tacto/acoustic stimulation of the urogenital area by the calf. Epidermal thickness and papillary height varied among animals of different cetacean species, although there seemed to be a structural 'formula' applicable to the skin of all cetaceans that would permit efficient turnover of the epidermis. The significance of integumentary lipids is discussed. Deviations in cellular and subcellular structures of cetacean skin from those described in previous reports are mentioned, and a previously undescribed location for nerves in dermal papillae was revealed. / Master of Science

This investigation represents the first thorough examination of chiasma frequency in the primitive orthopteroid insect, <u>Blattella germanica </u> (L.). The data obtained are useful both in advancing our knowledge of cockroach genetics and in stimulating comparative cytogenetic studies. A pilot study was conducted to ascertain appropriate sample sizes and to assess the feasibility of more extensive investigations. Experimental animals were reared in a constant temperature and humidity chamber and segregated according to whether they emerged from a first, second, or third ootheca. The testes of third to fourth instar male nymphs were removed, stained with acetic orcein, and examined for suitable numbers of cells at diplotene-diakinesis. Analysis of the chiasma frequency data showed a decrease in mean chiasmata per bivalent: 1.3325 ± 0.0184 for the first oothecal group, 1.2999 ± 0.0165 for the second oothecal group, and 1.2525 ± 0.0113 for the third oothecal group. The variances decline with the means. The chiasma frequency of a stock heterozygous for a reciprocal translocation involving two mid-sized chromosomes, eight and nine, was compared to the wild-type freq9encies. In comparison with the first oothecal group, an elevated chiasma frequency, 1.4176 ± 0.0062 chiasma per bivalent, was found. The translocation had the effect of raising chiasma frequency in the two bivalents involved. No interchromosomal effect on chiasma frequency was observed, due to the presence of the translocation. It was noted that in B. germanica, chiasma frequency is probably not positively correlated with bivalent length. / Master of Science

Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document / Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Zoology and Entomology / Unrestricted