A comparison of the birth and infancy narratives in the canonical and extra-canonical gospels

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston Universit

The influence of Hosea on Jeremiah

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston Universit

A pollen profile of Otterbein bog, Warren county, Indiana

This paper is one of a series of similar analysis being made by the Botany Department of Butler University in a study of tree-pollen types from the peat bogs of Indiana. From this detailed study the forest types of Indiana succeeding the periods of glaciation to the present can be partially and fairly accurately reconstructed. The distribution and frequency of the plant life as determined from this study in turn serves as an index to the different climatic changes which followed the recession of the glacial periods. Indiana is particularly well adapted for this type of study. as the northern half of the State underwent three periods of glaciation, referred to as the Illinoian. the Early and the Late Wisconsin ice sheets, each of which left in its wake small lakes and kettle holes, some of which still remain as bodies of water and some of which have been completely filled or drained

Critically ill obstetric and gynaecological patients in the intensive care unit

Objectives: To document mortality among critically ill obstetric and gynaecological patients requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission and to investigate whether any poor prognostic features could allow for earlier and more aggressive intervention. Study design: A retrospective study of all obstetric apd gynaecological patients admitted to the lCU of Johannesburg Hospital between 1985 and 1996. Sixty-one patients were analysed both as a group and as two subgroups - those with incomplete abortions and those with other pregnancy-related diagnoses. Results: Derangements in platelet counts, serum creatinine levels and prothrombin international normalised ratio (INR) were present in all patients on the day of admission to hospital In the group with incomplete abortions absolute levels of these parameters may be used to identify those patients with a worse outcome. The mortality rate was 38%. Conclusion: Early lCU admission and aggressive surgical intervention are strongly recommended in patients with septic incomplete abortions presenting with more than a single organ dysfunction.S Afr Med J 2000; 900 1140-114

Forest succession in the Trout Lake, Vilas county, Wisconsin area: A pollen study

The present paper is another chapter in the study of vegetational history of the Vilas county, Wisconsin neighborhood, stressing this time the area immediately adjacent to Trout lake, which as a whole is controlled by Pinus, and revolved in a Pinus dominance to the present time

The speaking vocabulary of kindergarten, grade I, grade II, and grade III

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit

Promoting inclusion oral-health:social interventions to reduce oral health inequities

The aim of this collection of papers is to provide the reader with a cogent understanding of the role of evidence in the development of social or community-based interventions to promote inclusion oral-health and reduce oral health, health, and psychosocial inequities. In addition, this material will include various methods used for their implementation and evaluation. At the outset, the reader will be offered a working definition of inclusion oral-health, which will be modelled on the work of Luchenski et al. [1]. The interventions described are theoretically underpinned by a pluralistic definition of evidence-based practice [2] and the radical discourse of health promotion as postulated by Laverack and Labonte [3] and others [4,5]. This Special Issue will consist of eight papers, including an introduction. The first three papers will examine the various sources of evidence used to transform top-down into bottom-up community-based interventions for people experiencing homelessness; people in custody and for families residing in areas of high social deprivation. The final four papers will report on the implementation and evaluation of social or community-based interventions. This collection of research papers will highlight the importance of focusing on prevention and the adoption of a common risk factor agenda to tackle oral health, health and psychosocial inequities felt by those most excluded in our societies