A blinded observational cross-sectional in vitro study was conducted to compare the diagnostic accuracy of observers viewing images made using cone beam computerized tomography (CBCT), panoramic radiography and linear tomography. The sample...
Background: Dental caries is the most common childhood ailment and one of the most prevalent chronic diseases of people worldwide. Approximately 91% of dentate adults 20 years or older have experienced dental caries. Carious lesions on proximal...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Research facilities;
Cardiovascular Innovation Institute building reflected in the windows of a nearby building. The Cardiovascular Innovation Institute bears a logo resembling a heartbeat on heart monitoring equipment. The Health Sciences Center tower is visible...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Research facilities; Automobiles;
Cardiovascular Innovation Institute building with the Research Tower rising behind it. Cars can be seen near the curb in front of the building. The Cardiovascular Innovation Institute bears a logo resembling a heartbeat on heart monitoring...
Chapter I . Seven novel head-to-tail cyclic pentapeptides and pseudopentapeptides containing the arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) tripeptide motif were synthesized. All of the peptides were constructed using solid phase peptide synthesis....
Determining the etiology of skeletal malocclusion is an important diagnostic step in treatment planning patients with maxillofacial anomalies. Aims: To describe cranial base morphology using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images and correlate...
Lung cancer is the deadliest type of known cancer in the United States, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives each year. However, despite the high mortality rate, the 5-year survival rate after resection of Stage 1A non–small cell lung cancer...
Data mining; Lungs--Cancer; Outcome assessment (Medical care)
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and the world, with more than 1.3 million deaths worldwide per year. However, because of a lack of effective tools to diagnose Lung Cancer, more than half of all cases are...
Neurosphere forming cells (NSFCs) have been derived from cultures of adult olfactory neuroepithelium obtained from patients and cadavers in serum rich medium. These neural progenitors remain undifferentiated when maintained in serum rich medium but...
Algebra--Study and teaching (Secondary); Motivation in education; Feedback (Psychology)
The double-blind study used two intact ninth grade high school Algebra One classes for a total sample size of 46. Within each of the classes the participants were assigned randomly to one of three treatment groups: self-referenced feedback,...
The goal of this thesis is to determine if neuropsychiatric features can differentiate parkinsonian patients with: tauopathies from those with alpha-synucleinopathies and explore caregiver distress. Three hundred and four patients (62 with...
Down syndrome--Patients; Williams syndrome--Patients; Social interaction in children; Social perception in children
The present project examined the regulatory function of social referencing in two neurodevelopmental disorders that have been well defined genetically and are characterized by differing patterns of socio-cognitive development: Down syndrome (DS)...
This study examined the association between internalizing and externalizing symptoms, gender, and the diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Participants included 104 males and 74 females, aged 6 to 16 from a diagnostic clinic....
African American families--Mental health; Parenting--Psychological aspects; Anxiety
To investigate the effects of anxiety and ethnicity on parental control as well as the effects ethnicity, anxiety, and parental control have on child diagnostic severity, anxious African American and Caucasian families were compared. Sixty-nine...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Educational facilities;
University of Louisville purchased the old Carmichael Elementary School, which was named in honor of Omer Carmichael, superintendent of Louisville Public Schools, in 1976. Former uses: Storage, Center for Environmental Health Sciences; Liver...