Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

Ability to contact with patient, his relatives or friends in physical therapist’s job is indispensable and inescapable. It is an important part of physical therapist clinical intellection. Could be said, that physical therapist’s success depends on his own characteristics and proper behavior. Analysis of physical therapist personality’s behavior-is a new not yet explored branch. Physical therapist’s behavior’s types are ascertained and sifted in this dissertation by DISC individual profile system (Inscape Publishing). It was inculcated by ISM – International Management University. DISC delineate 4 the most common behavior’s types: „D” – dominance, „I” – influence, „S” – steadiness, „C” – conscientiousness Every patient is very individual, with his own demeanor. All of us accept it and see different. One kind of our patient’s behavior is acceptable and convenient for us, another inconvenient. Discomfort in communicating with others can put a strain in intercommunication. DISC let us know, that there are no „good” or „bad” patients, just every behavior is different. This is a new dissertation in physical therapist’s theory and practice. It lets value the influence of physical therapist’s qualities, communication in his career. Also, swimmingly match his behavior with patients, when he knows his weak and strong sides.

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published_or_final_version / Orthopaedics and Traumatology / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

ITC/USA 2005 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-First Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 24-27, 2005 / Riviera Hotel & Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / Solid state disk characteristics make them ideal for data collection in both harsh environments and secure telemetry application. In comparison to their magnetic counterparts, solid state disks are faster, more reliable, extremely durable and, with changing economies and geometries, more affordable and available in higher capacities than ever before. This paper will discuss solid state disk storage, access controls, and data elimination in relation to various telemetry scenarios. The reader will be introduced to the operational considerations of solid state disk data security and the underlying technical concepts of how these are implemented.

Thesis (MAppSc in Physiotherapy) -- University of South Australia

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1988. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2004. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 90).

Herniation of the intervertebral disc is a pathological condition characterized by protrusion of the tissue posterio-laterally, often impinging on the spinal chord or nerve roots. The disease is accompanied by a reduction in the average molecular weight and viscosity of the disc proteoglycans, in excess of that which normally occurs with increasing age. The proteoglycans of disc however have not been examined in terms of the modern concepts of cartilage matrix structure. Bovine nasal cartilage, has been shown to contain proteoglycan aggregates, trapped in the intersticess of a collagen network, which can be dissociated with 4M guanidine hydrochloride into diffusible proteoglycan subunits and a multicomponent "linking" fraction. A similar system was thought to occur in the intervertebral disc. It seemed possible that, if such a system was present in the disc, the reduction in the molecular weight and viscosity of the proteoglycans with increasing age and herniation could be due to a decrease in proteoglycan aggregation. The present study showed that proteoglycan aggregates similar to those of bovine nasal cartilage are found in the human intervertebral disc, but that they only represent 5% of the total proteoglycans in the tissue. In contrast, bovine nasal cartilage contained 70% of the proteoglycans in the aggregated form. A novel modification of the extraction procedure was devised by which it was possible to assess the degree of proteoglycan aggregation. Sequential extraction of the tissue with a weak and strong electrolyte (0.4 M and 4M guanidine hydrochloride) selectively removed non-aggregated and aggregated proteoglycans respectively. This procedure provides a new and rapid method for assessing the degree of proteoglycan aggregation in a variety of connective tissues. The small proportion of aggregate in the disc was almost exclusively located in the annulus fibrosus. Re-aggregation studies suggested that both disc and cartilage contain two proteoglycans, only one of which is capable of forming aggregates. Examination of the proteoglycans in a limited number of discs suggested that the degree of aggregation did not change with increasing age. Since, in addition, aggregates represent only a small proportion of the disc proteoglycans, it appeared unlikely that a decrease in the degree of aggregation could account for the decrease in molecular weight and viscosity of the disc proteoglycans observed with increasing age and/or degenerative disc disease. / Medicine, Faculty of / Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Department of / Graduate

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