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Journal articles on the topic "Physical therapy degree"

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Mulligan, Edward P., and Julie DeVahl. "SPORTS PHYSICAL THERAPY CURRICULA IN PHYSICAL THERAPIST PROFESSIONAL DEGREE PROGRAMS." International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy 12, no. 5 (October 2017): 787–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.26603/ijspt20170787.

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Boissonnault, William, Jean M. Bryan, and Kristin J. Fox. "Joint Manipulation Curricula in Physical Therapist Professional Degree Programs." Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy 34, no. 4 (April 2004): 171–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2004.34.4.171.

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KOYAMA, Mami, Yukari HORIMOTO, and Megumi TAKASHIMA. "Factors Influencing Work Life Satisfaction Degree of Occupational and Physical Therapists." Rigakuryoho Kagaku 35, no. 5 (2020): 635–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/rika.35.635.

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Roberton, Terri, Romola S. Bucks, Timothy C. Skinner, Gary T. Allison, and Sarah A. Dunlop. "Barriers to Physical Activity in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury: A Western Australian Study." Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling 17, no. 2 (December 1, 2011): 74–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/jrc.17.2.74.

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AbstractThis study examined barriers to physical activity reported individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) and the degree to which these barriers differed across varying degrees of independence. Participants were 65 individuals recruited from the Western Australian Spinal Cord Injury database. Data on physical activity participation and perceived barriers to physical activity participation were collected using a cross-sectional survey and analysed using independent samples t-tests. We found that, regardless of level of ambulation or ability to transfer, few participants reported being physically active. While there were no significant differences in the amount of barriers reported by individuals with different levels of independence, the type of barriers reported varied across groups.
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MacKinnon, Joyce, Laurie Goulad, Lynn Herchenroder, Arlene Morse, and Diane Seabury. "Physical Therapy Employment Practices Comparing Baccalaureate- and Postbaccalaureate-Degree Entry Levels." Journal of Physical Therapy Education 8, no. 1 (1994): 11–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001416-199401000-00003.

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Matheson, Gordon O. "Changing Level of Physical Activity and Changing Degree of Happiness." Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 24, no. 2 (March 2014): 162–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/jsm.0000000000000092.

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Boissonnault, William G., Douglas M. White, Sara Carney, Brittany Malin, and Wayne Smith. "Diagnostic and Procedural Imaging Curricula in Physical Therapist Professional Degree Programs." Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy 44, no. 8 (August 2014): 579—B12. http://dx.doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2014.5379.

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Boissonnault, William, and Jean M. Bryan. "Thrust Joint Manipulation Clinical Education Opportunities for Professional Degree Physical Therapy Students." Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy 35, no. 7 (July 2005): 416–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2005.35.7.416.

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Ruschak, Kerry. "Thrust joint manipulation clinical education opportunities for professional degree physical therapy students." Journal of Physical Therapy Education 20, no. 1 (2006): 59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001416-200601000-00008.

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HOSOYA, Shiho, Yoichiro SATO, and Hirokazu HARUNA. "Analysis of the Degree of Retention of Basic Knowledge in Physical Therapy Learning." Rigakuryoho Kagaku 34, no. 1 (2019): 107–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/rika.34.107.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Physical therapy degree"

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Rolland, Ta-Mera. "Exploring physiotherapists' participation in peer review in New Zealand a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Health Science, AUT University, July 2007 /." Click here to access resource online, 2007. http://aut.researchgateway.ac.nz/handle/10292/270.

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Walker, Ann L. (Ann Lee). "Strategic Planning Applications in Postsecondary Institutions with Accredited Physical Therapy Educational Programs." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1990. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331640/.

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Although strategic planning has been used successfully in most major business institutions, higher education has been slow to adopt this management technique. Involvement in planning is a critical issue for allied health educational programs, such as physical therapy, which are relatively new to the academic environment. These programs face a continual need to update their curricula and clinical education based on rapid changes in the health care delivery system and the profession. The problem of this study was to determine the extent to which the strategic planning process is currently applied in institutions in the United States which offer accredited physical therapy educational programs. The population of this study was made up of the chief executive officers of the 115 public and independent institutions that offer physical therapy educational programs. Selected experts on strategic planning and chief executive officers were surveyed in two phases using a mailed questionnaire designed to measure the organization, characteristics, and impact of strategic planning in institutions that offer accredited physical therapy educational programs. Seventy-three percent of the chief executive officers responded, and 50.9 percent indicated their involvement with strategic planning by completing the questionnaire. The findings indicate that, although there is general agreement between the experts and the chief executive officers concerning the characteristics of strategic planning, differences exist. Differences were also identified between academic health centers and other types of institutions, between public and independent institutions, and between institutions by type of physical therapy degree offered. It was concluded that, in the opinion of the chief executive officers, strategic planning processes are being practiced in institutions that offer physical therapy programs, that this process is compatible with academic collegiality, that changes are made in policies and programs but not in the mission, that although faculty members including those from physical therapy are involved, the role and the involvement of these individuals is unclear, and that information-gathering and evaluation methods could be refined.
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Lopes, Justin. "A comparison of physiotherapy and RICE self treatment advice for early management of ankle sprains a thesis submitted to the Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Health Science, 2007." Click here to access this resource online, 2007. http://repositoryaut.lconz.ac.nz/theses/1374/.

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Thesis (MHSc--Health Science) -- AUT University, 2007.
Primary supervisor: Dr Wayne Hing. Includes bibliographical references. Also held in print (xi, 187 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.) in North Shore Campus Theses Collection (T 615.82 LOP)
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Armstrong, Bridget Sarah. "Head and neck position sense in whiplash patients and healthy individuals and the effect of the "chin tuck" action this thesis is submitted to the Auckland University of Technology for the degree of Master of Health Science, February 2003." Full thesis. Abstract, 2003. http://puka2.aut.ac.nz/ait/theses/ArmstrongB.pdf.

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Polson, Kathryn. "Test-retest reliability and responsiveness of the shortened disability arm shoulder hand (QuickDASH) questionnaire a pilot study : a dissertation submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Health Science (MHSc), 2007 /." Abstract. Full dissertation, 2007.

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Dissertation (MHSc--Health Science) -- AUT University, 2007.
Primary supervisor: Duncan Reid. Includes bibliographical references. Also held in print (ix, 60 leaves ; 30 cm.) in North Shore Campus Theses Collection (T 615.82 POL)
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Rowley, Janet M. "Development and evaluation of a self-efficacy scale for people with breathing pattern disorders a dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment for the degree of Master of Health Science at Auckland University of Technology, 2004." Full dissertation. Abstract, 2004. http://puka2.aut.ac.nz/ait/theses/RowleyJ.pdf.

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Dunford, Fiona. "Determining differences between novice and expert physiotherapists in the emergency on-call environment a vignette-based study : a thesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Health Science (MHSc), 2007." Click here to access this resource online, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/368.

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Emergency on-call duties have been highlighted as a key stress factor in newly qualified physiotherapists whose job performance may be affected. The concept of stress relating to on-call work, the general lack of interest or confidence in the respiratory on-call field, and subsequent difficulties with recruitment and retention, pose a difficult problem for managers of services responsible for the maintenance of a competent workforce and a high standard of service provision. Differences in novice and expert physiotherapists’ patient management and clinical reasoning strategies have been previously examined in orthopaedic, neurology, domiciliary and cardiorespiratory fields. However, no such investigations have been undertaken in the field of emergency on-call. The purpose of this study was to determine if differences existed between novice and expert physiotherapists who had by definition differing levels of context-related experience within the emergency on-call environment. This study also aimed to consider what factors may influence their physiotherapy intervention for an acute cardiorespiratory patient. A purpose-designed vignette-based postal questionnaire was administered to 26 emergency on-call providers in New Zealand. The questionnaire sought demographic data, investigated participants’ attitudes towards emergency on-call service provision and presented a vignette-based clinical scenario which asked questions throughout an evolving clinical case scenario. Analysis was performed using the computer software package for social sciences, SPSS for Windows (version 14), results were analysed using descriptive statistics, and significance testing was performed using non-parametric methods. A good response rate was achieved (78.8%; n = 56). Statistically significant differences between novices and experts were determined in scores for confidence, stress, and support required, also in the factors affecting stress levels. Novices are less confident (p = < .0001), more stressed (p = < .001) and require more support than experts (p = < .001). Factors which influenced both novice, and to a lesser extent, expert stress levels when working as emergency on-call physiotherapists, were established. A relationship was determined between confidence and level of support required (r = -.65; p = < .001); confidence and amount of stress felt (r = -.58; p = < .001); and support required and stress felt (r = .47; p = < .001). Some differences were demonstrated between novice and expert physiotherapists in their answers to a clinical case scenario. Although these were not statistically significant, a trend was noted which may reflect the different clinical reasoning strategies of these physiotherapists. There is a need for novices to gain the type of experience which includes independent problem solving and guided reflection; the use of vignette-based case studies may be one method which could be further exploited. The profession is responsible for the provision of better ways to meet the needs of our future emergency on-call workforce. If this is not achieved, other professional groups will be required to fill the gaps and physiotherapy; particularly cardiorespiratory physiotherapy will lose out.
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Ulizio, Vincent Michael. "The Dosimetric Importance of Six Degree of Freedom Couch End to End Quality Assurance for SRS/SBRT Treatments when Comparing Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy to Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy." University of Toledo Health Science Campus / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1431091144.

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Brudvig, Tracy Jan. "The relationship between curricular perspectives and curricular development relative to the doctor of physical therapy degree." 2004. http://etda.libraries.psu.edu/theses/approved/WorldWideFiles/ETD-672/FinalDissertation_2.pdf.

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Greene, Dionne. "An investigation of patient experiences of treatment in the cranial field of osteopathy. A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Osteopathy, Unitec New Zealand /." Diss., 2009. http://www.coda.ac.nz/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1024&context=unitec_hs_di.

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Books on the topic "Physical therapy degree"

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Fink, John K. Upper Motor Neuron Disorders. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199937837.003.0031.

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Symptomatic disturbance of corticospinal and corticobulbar tracts (collectively, the upper motor neuron UMN) occurs in innumerable acquired central nervous system disorders including the consequences of trauma, hypoxia-ischemia, inflammation (e.g. multiple sclerosis), toxins (e.g. thiocyanate1 and specific organophosphorus compound toxicity2) and deficiencies (e.g. hypocupremia3 and vitamin B12 deficiency). Variable degrees of UMN disturbance frequently accompany degenerative disorders in which disturbance of another neurologic system results in the primary clinical. Neuropathologic studies have shown prominent axon degeneration involving corticospinal tracts (HSP and PLS) and corticobulbar tracts (PLS); and mildly affecting dorsal columns (HSP and PLS to some degree). Myelin loss is considered secondary to axon degeneration. Loss of cortical motor neurons is observed in PLS. Anterior horn cells are typically spared in both HSP and PLS. Presently, treatment for HSP and PLS is symptomatic and includes physical therapy and spasticity reducing medications.
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Rosenquist, Ellen W. K., and Natalie Strickland. Pediatric Pain and Development of Pain Systems. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190217518.003.0026.

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The diagnosis and treatment of pain in the pediatric population is challenging because there is still much that is not understood about the development of pain systems in the human body. Many common pain syndromes manifest unique characteristics in the pediatric population that vary greatly from those in adults. In addition, pediatric treatments vary greatly from those used for adults and typically rely to a far greater degree on physical therapy or other nonpharmacologic treatments before resorting to pharmacologic or interventional therapies. Furthermore, there are many factors that must be taken into consideration when treating children, such as the child’s stage of development, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic variables, caregiver concerns, psychosocial considerations, ethical considerations, and the ability of the child to describe his or her pain. This chapter highlights important topics to be considered when managing pain in pediatrics.
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Bawa, Sandeep, Paul Wordsworth, and Inoshi Atukorala. Spondyloarthropathies. Oxford University Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199550647.003.010004.

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♦ Spondyloarthropathies are related conditions typically associated with axial skeletal involvement, absence of rheumatoid factor, familial clustering, and a variable positive association with HLA-B27♦ Ankylosing spondylitis is the prototype with sacroiliac joint involvement being a prerequisite for diagnosis♦ Diagnosis is frequently delayed for several years but the use of magnetic resonance imaging to detect sacroiliitis greatly facilitates the establishment of an early diagnosis♦ Psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis, and enteropathic arthritis have prominent peripheral joint involvement with variable degrees of spinal involvement♦ Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and physical therapy are the cornerstones of management but slow-acting disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs only have a role in peripheral arthritis♦ Anti-tumour necrosis factor biologic agents have revolutionized the treatment of the spondyloarthropathies.
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Bryan, Benjamin R., and Frances R. Levin. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199326075.003.0007.

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Alcohol use disorder tends to have a progressive course with varying outcomes. The rate of onset of a drug’s effects and the rate at which the effects diminish or are lost affect the evolution of a drug use pattern into a substance use disorder. Depression, psychosis, anxiety, and delirium are all common symptoms associated with drug use. Many patients underestimate the amount of alcohol or drugs they use when asked by a physician. Patients with addictive behaviors demonstrate varying degrees of denial. Evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions for the treatment of substance use disorders include motivational interviewing and cognitive-behavioral therapy. A number of medications are available for treatment of substance use disorders: acamprosate, buprenorphine, bupropion, disulfiram, methadone, naloxone, naltrexone, and varenicline.
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Book chapters on the topic "Physical therapy degree"

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Fink MD, Max. "What Is Electroconvulsive Therapy?" In Electroconvulsive Therapy. Oxford University Press, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195365740.003.0005.

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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective medical treatment for severe and persistent psychiatric disorders. It relieves de pressed mood and thoughts of suicide, as well as mania, acute psychosis, delirium, and stupor. It is usually applied when medications have given limited relief or their side effects are intolerable. Electroconvulsive therapy is similar to a surgical treatment. It requires the specialized skills of a psychiatrist, an anesthesiologist, and nurses. The patient receives a short-acting anesthetic. While the patient is asleep, the physician, following a prescribed procedure, induces an epileptic seizure in the brain. By making sure that the patient’s lungs are filled with oxygen, the physician precludes the gasping and difficult breathing that accompany a spontaneous epileptic fit. By relaxing the patient’s muscles with chemicals and by inserting a mouth guard (not unlike those used in sports), the physician prevents the tongue biting, fractures, and injuries that occasionally occur in epilepsy. The patient is asleep, and so experiences neither the painful effects of the stimulus nor the discomforts of the seizure. The physiological functions of the body, such as breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, blood oxygen concentration, and degree of motor relaxation, are monitored, and anything out of the ordinary is immediately treated. Electroconvulsive therapy relieves symptoms more quickly than do psychotropic drugs. A common course of ECT consists of two or three treatments a week for two to seven weeks. To sustain the recovery, weekly or biweekly continuation treatments, either ECT or medications, are often administered for four to six months. If the illness recurs, ECT is prescribed for longer periods. The duration and course of ECT are similar to those of the psychotropic medicines frequently used for the same conditions. Electroconvulsive therapy has been used safely to treat emotional disorders in patients of all ages, from children to the elderly, in people with debilitating physical illnesses, and in pregnant women. Emotional disorders may be of short or long duration; they may be manifest as a single episode or as a recurring event. Electroconvulsive treatment is an option when the emotional disorder is acute in onset; when changes in mood, thought, and motor activities are pronounced; when the cause is believed to be biochemical or physiological; when the condition is so severe that it interferes with the patient’s daily life; or when other treatments have failed.
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Duterte, Emmanuelle, Taylor Segraves, and Stanley Althof. "Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy for Sexual Dysfunctions." In A Guide to Treatments that Work, 531–60. Oxford University Press, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med:psych/9780195304145.003.0019.

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Well-controlled (Type 1 and Type 2) investigations have demonstrated the efficacy of psychological interventions for erectile dysfunctions. However, when the oral agent sildenafil was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1998, its introduction was nothing short of dramatic. Sildenafil is a phosphodiesterase Type 5 inhibitor (PDE 5) that enhances the man’s ability to achieve a natural erection given adequate psychic and physical stimulation. Unlike other interventions, such as self-injection, transurethral, or vacuum therapy, sildenafil does not induce erection irrespective of the man’s degree of arousal. Although myths abound, sildenafil does not improve libido, promote spontaneous erections, or increase the size of the penis. The efficacy of sildenafil has been demonstrated in Type 1 multiple double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter studies. A large number of placebo-controlled, double-blind studies have demonstrated that fluoxetine, sertraline, clomipramine, and paroxetine can be used to delay ejaculatory latency in men with rapid ejaculation. Since the early 1970s, an array of individual, conjoint, and group therapy approaches employing behavioral strategies such as stop-start or squeeze techniques have evolved as the psychological treatments of choice for rapid ejaculation, although the impressive initial posttreatment success rates, ranging from 60 to 95%, are not necessarily sustainable; three years after treatment, success rates dwindle to 25%.
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Cuevas-Trisan, Ramon, and Leland Lou. "A Very Painful Arm with an “Alien” Inside." In Painful Conditions of the Upper Limb, 31–42. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190066376.003.0005.

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Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a disabling condition that may affect the arm following certain traumatic or neurological events. It may also be seen without any precipitating event. There are two types of CRPS, and clinicians should be familiar with their diagnostic criteria. CRPS generally requires a multidisciplinary approach for successful management, including a combination of physical/occupational therapy, patient education, pharmacological management, and, in some cases, interventional procedures. Psychologic or psychiatric interventions may be needed in select cases. Management methods should be individualized and follow a stepwise approach. The main goal of management is to provide some degree of analgesia that will allow the patient to tolerate graded activity and mobilization of the affected limb. Pharmacologic management may include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, adjuvants (specifically anticonvulsants, antidepressants, and bisphosphonates), topical analgesics, α‎-adrenergic antagonists, and corticosteroids. Interventional pain management procedures used to manage CRPS should always be accompanied by progressive mobilization exercises. Its prognosis is quite variable, but many patients develop long-term dysfunction in the affected limb and long-term disability.
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Faymonville, Marie-Elisabeth, and Christel J. Bejenke. "Hypnotic techniques." In Handbook of Communication in Anaesthesia & Critical Care. Oxford University Press, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199577286.003.0030.

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Anxiety, fear, tension and apprehension are common emotions in patients undergoing surgery. Clinicians are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of patients’ psychological reactions as well as their physical needs. For instance, surgeons now explain more to their patients than was formerly the case. The anaesthetist is therefore presented with an opportunity to use the pre-operative anaesthesia assessment as a means of fostering greater rapport and providing reassurance. There is, of course, still much reliance upon sedative and analgesic drugs to relieve anxiety and tension prior to major anaesthesia. However, sedatives are not the only answer. Sedation can be accomplished pharmacologically, but drugs cannot re-educate patients in a way that enables them to respond more positively to their medical or surgical treatment. The challenge for anaesthetists seeking to provide optimal anaesthetic care for their patients is not only to become more expert in the latest state-of-the-art technology, but rather to acquire the skills necessary to function effectively in the role of physician healer. Hypnosis is not a ‘therapy’, but a potentially valuable tool in the anaesthetist’s professional armamentarium, and deserves to receive equal consideration with other tools and skills which anaesthetists acquire. Hypnotic techniques can influence communication to such a degree that the patient’s entire medical experience is beneficially affected. Anaesthetists trained in the use of hypnosis can use this approach in ‘formal hypnosis’ or as ‘awake suggestions’. Hypnosis has had a cyclical history of acceptance and rejection. It has been practised in one form or another for thousands of years. However, it was not until 1828 that a scientific publication first reported its effectiveness as an anaesthetic for surgery. However, when volatile agents were introduced, the use of hypnosis as a sole anaesthesia technique died out. Because of its historical association with magic, hypnosis has had to struggle to become disentangled from faith-healing methods and the occult. In a number of hospitals around the world, hypnosis is used as an adjuvant to pharmacological anaesthesia, either before or after general anesthesia. At the same time, the fact that major surgery has been comfortably performed entirely under hypnosis overcomes some of the scepticism associated with its ancillary uses.
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Liberati, Diego. "Information Technology in Brain Intensive Therapy." In Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems, 740–44. IGI Global, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-889-5.ch093.

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In order to control a process, especially in a computer and instrumented assisted way, like in Brain Intensive Therapy (IT), a model of its behavior is needed. In order to do that, a first point is to be able to select the best set of a few (thus understandable and manageable) truly relevant variables. In manufactured systems, also used in Brain IT, physics is in fact often quite known, with a manageable number of degrees of freedom: for instance, in robots kinematics, natural state variables may be (angular) positions and velocities. Some natural systems are also as well easily characterized by state variables with physical meaning: for instance reservoirs, like lakes, but also body organs with respect to soluble substances, may be characterized by volumes, concentrations, fluxes, gradients among compartments (Liberati and Turkheimer 1999). In other cases, the "natural" variables of the systems are not the best ones for identifying and control a process: a transformation of some of them may be needed: for instance, in the autonomous nervous control of the hearth system, the differential inter-beat measure is the one that almost linearly interact with baro-reflex in the feedback control loop (Baselli et al., 1986). In many cases, mainly for natural, especially neural processes, it is not easy to formulate a model based on variables whose physical meaning is a-priori known: for instance the electroencephalogram (EEG) is a very far field shielded measure of the interacting activity of billions of neurons: many actors are thus playing, each one with many meaningful state variables, also depending on the investigated level, but with high reciprocal correlation. It would not be efficient to model every single variable for global monitoring, like it is not useful to take into account the kinetics of every single molecule of a gas when only global effects of pressure are of interest. A quest of some higher level variables, even without a direct physical meaning, is thus natural, in order to easily manage the complexity of the problem. Once such salient variables are found, the problem often arises to correlate in logical and/or mathematical sense their dynamics, in order to properly model, forecast and control the patient features. Such interrelated problems will be briefly addressed in the present contribution, where Intensive Therapy is chosen as a paradigmatic application because of its critical conditions, while the approaches described in the following, and whose rationale is better analyzed in the referred bibliography, are of a quite general use in health information systems.
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Ellis, Michael. "Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies." In Caring for Autism. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190259358.003.0011.

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Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is the collective term used for treatments or therapies that have not typically been part of Western medicine. The “complementary” part of this term means that the treatment may be used along with more conventional medicine, while the “alternative” component of the term implies that it may be used in place of traditional medi­cine. Most people in the United States choose not to forgo Western medicine and instead combine CAM and conventional medicine, preferring the term “integrative medicine” over “complementary and alternative medicine.” CAM purports to focus on the whole person, including the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual components of health. A wide variety of treatments can fit under the umbrella of CAM treatments for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In this chapter, we will discuss many of these treatments and the evidence base for them. According to studies, 50% to 75% of children with ASD are treated with CAM therapies. Even higher percentages of children with more severe ASD or intellectual disability are treated with CAM. Parents are also more likely to use CAM treatments if the child has seizures, gastrointestinal symptoms, or a behavioral disorder. Parents believe that these therapies are more accessible and less invasive. Most parents are more comfortable when they hear that a treatment falls under the CAM category because they believe it is more “natural” or safer (1,2). CAM therapies have varying degrees of efficacy and safety data. These different CAM therapies fall under the larger categories of nutrition/dietary interventions, immunomodulation, biochemical and metabolic therapies, detoxification, manipulative and body-based practices, music therapy, sensory integration therapy, hippotherapy (horseback riding), dolphin swim therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and so forth. It is beyond the scope of this book to discuss each therapy in extensive detail, but I will give an introduction to each type of CAM treatment and then discuss the more important and controversial treatments (2).
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Tomkin, Jonathan. "Title III Equality." In The EU Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198759393.003.540.

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Title III provides for the right to ‘equality’ of various categories of persons, to various degrees and in various contexts. In addition to requiring all persons to be treated equally before the law, the provisions of Title III expressly prohibit discrimination on a number of specific grounds, such as an individual’s sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, religion, or belief. Although diverse in nature, many of the grounds share in common the fact that they may be considered to form an intrinsic part of a human being’s personal, physical, psychological, or social makeup and thereby constitute fundamental facets of an individual’s identity. Viewed from this perspective, the prohibition against discrimination on such grounds may be considered to constitute a particular expression of the right to respect for human dignity that is protected under Title I.
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Malik, Sumira, Shilpa Prasad, Shreya Ghoshal, Shashank Shekhar, Tanvi Kumari, Ankita Agrawal, and Bijaya Samal. "Potential of Thallophytes in Degradation of Dyes." In Advances in Environmental Engineering and Green Technologies, 440–74. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7062-3.ch017.

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Synthetic dyes cause hazardous health-related problems in humans and affect the biological system underwater. They also have a negative impact on the nutritive value of soils and thereby on crops. Until now there is no effective method to remove the harmful component of dyes from the environment. However, the integrated treatment using bio agents with implication of physical and chemical processes can be effective in the treatment of dye effluents. From the complex azo dyes to their dissociation via thallophytes is a new scope for sustenance. Various studies have supported that laccases have the capability to degrade synthetic dyes that have different chemical structures. Thallophytes have been used to degrade the complex dyes with varying ranges of temperature and pH. Thallophytes have recently been used to treat the textile effluents with effective higher temperature and alkaline pH with decreasing BOD and thus cleaning them from environment in an eco-friendly and cost-efficient manner.
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Holliday, Christopher. "From Wile E. to Wall-E: Computer-Animated Film Comedy." In The Computer-Animated Film, 165–86. Edinburgh University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474427883.003.0009.

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Chapter Eight argues how comedy is worked into the stable, solid genre elements of the computer-animated film in particular ways, leading to a range of comedic orthodoxies that both define, and are defined by, the specificities of these specific screen worlds. Building on pre-existing typologies of animated comedy, and scholarship on the evolution of the American cartoon during the 1940s, this chapter introduces the exceptional comic arsenal of computer-animated films that often departs from ‘crazy’ disruptions of spatio-temporal unity and unorthodox patterns of ‘cartoonal’ behaviour. The chapter argues that in the computer-animated film, exaggerated degrees of physical distortion and degradation of the animated body operate outside the agenda of a Luxo world. The genre instead establishes a new comic modality rooted in other common features: a tendency towards cross-species couplings as a reinvigoration of the “bi-racial” buddy movie popular in 1980s Hollywood; the enhanced role of verbal comedy through performative connections with “comedian comedy” and casting practices of stand-up comedians; and the comic role of multi-faceted personality types in relation to theories of character structure derived from twentieth-century psychiatric therapy and biogenetics.
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Datta, Debasish. "Transmission Impairments and Power Consumption in Optical Networks." In Optical Networks, 399–428. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198834229.003.0010.

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The physical layer in optical networks suffers from various transmission impairments due to the non-ideal passive and active devices used therein. For example, losses in various passive optical devices and fiber links, noise generated in optical receivers and amplifiers, dispersion and nonlinear phenomena in optical fibers, and crosstalk in optical switches can degrade the quality of the received signal at some destination nodes, thereby increasing the receiver BER beyond an acceptable limit. However, power consumption in various active devices across a network keeps increasing with the growth of network traffic and size, demanding power-aware designs of the network elements and protocols. Here, we examine the impact of various transmission impairments in optical networks, followed by possible impairment-aware designs for different networking segments. Finally, we present some power-aware design approaches for optical networks. (132 words)
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Conference papers on the topic "Physical therapy degree"

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Blanco Diaz, Maria, Alvaro Manuel Rodriguez Rodriguez, Pedro Lopez Diaz, Marta De la Fuente Costa, Isabel Escobio Prieto, Borja Pérez Dominguez, and Jose Casaña Granell. "EVALUATION BASED ON GAMIFICATION TOOLS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY DEGREE." In 13th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies. IATED, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2021.0497.

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Aiguade-Aiguade, Ramon, Yasmin Ezzatvar, Jose Casaña, Lourdes Moure, Andrea Fuente, and Josep Benitez. "ANATOMY LEARNING: COMPARISON BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND ACTIVE LEARNING IN THE PHYSICAL THERAPY DEGREE PROGRAM." In 12th International Technology, Education and Development Conference. IATED, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/inted.2018.1906.

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Aiguade, Ramon, Beatriz Roman, Carlos Teruel, Daniel Jimenez Hernandez, Eloy Sempere, Jose Casaña, Luis Llurda, and Lourdes Moure. "TRIVIAL GAME IMPLEMENTATION AS AN ANATOMY LEARNING TOOL IN PHYSICAL THERAPY DEGREE OF UNIVERSITAT DE LLEIDA (UDL)." In 15th International Technology, Education and Development Conference. IATED, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/inted.2021.0504.

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Dabiri, Arman, Sahand Sabet, Mohammad Poursina, Parviz E. Nikravesh, and David G. Armstrong. "Kinematics and Dynamics Comparison Between Three Parallel Robots for Lower Extremity Rehabilitation." In ASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2017-68357.

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Ulceration of the foot is one of the most common complications of diabetes mellitus and diabetes-related cause of hospitalization and lower extremity amputations. There have been proposed several treatments and utilized different devices to prevent or at least improve this. It has been shown physical therapy interventions are the most effective in the treatment of diabetic foot wounds among of all the proposed treatments, where a fully controlled motion in patients’ foot is desired on a pure rotational trajectory. Therefore, parallel robots represent a good candidate for this rehabilitation purpose because of their high accuracy. This paper is devoted to designing optimal structures of three six-degree-of-freedom parallel robots (i.e. Stewart, HEXA, and INRIA Active Wrist) for the lower extremity rehabilitation by the use of the genetic algorithm and Monte Carlo method. For this purpose, several key designing parameters such as the size of the platform, the length of manipulators, actuators’ parameters, and reachable workspace are considered. These designing parameters are optimized such that results in the best systems’ kinematics and dynamics performance. Consequently, the advantages and disadvantages of each platform are discussed.
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Hunter, Esther. "MUSIC AS A TREATMENT FOR BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER SUFFERERS WHO HAVE DEVELOPED CARDIOMETABOLIC SYNDROME." In International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends. inScience Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36315/2021inpact084.

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"Research demonstrating the ability of music to reach the older parts of the brain responsible for emotional processing make a case for utilising specific musical compositions to deliver treatment to people with Borderline Personality Disorder. BPD has been linked to an increased risk of Cardiometabolic Syndrome (CMS), as traumatic experiences in childhood predict adverse mental and physical health in adulthood including Personality Disorders. BPD sufferers who develop CMS as a result of impulsive lifestyle choices may have their recovery inhibited by the effects of CMS. Dieting may be particularly difficult for people with BPD as food serves as a way to soothe emotional pain and depression. Emotional pain leads to making choices which increase the chances of developing health conditions which research has shown negatively affect mood and memory function. Remission of BPD requires maintaining a reduction in impulsive lifestyle choices. Traditional treatments such as CBT require the patient to utilise their own degree of cognitive abilities (willpower), which may not be functioning well due to poor health. A direct line to brain areas such as the amygdala could circumnavigate the necessity to use slower cortical areas when reprogramming the patient towards healthier decision-making. This presentation will provide suggestions for how to integrate therapy into tailored songs."
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Raines, Richard D., and Jacques Garnier. "Physical Modeling of Suction Piles in Clay." In ASME 2004 23rd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2004-51343.

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The behavior of suction piles that are installed by suction into soft Speswhite clay was investigated by model tests in a large geotechnical centrifuge. Many different placement and loading tests were carried out in similar soils, thereby providing a reliable method for evaluating the effects of selected parameters on pile response. Techniques and equipment were developed to prepare normally consolidated clay samples with a high degree of repetitiveness and to measure their characteristics in-flight (e.g., on-board movable Cone Penetrometer device – abbreviated CPT in this paper) in order to simulate deepwater offshore soil conditions. The CPT tests performed in-flight indicate that these objectives were achieved with the soil samples tested. Special devices were developed for this program to apply well-controlled vertical and inclined monotonic and cyclic loads. A well-controlled system was necessary to investigate sustained and cyclic loads for simulating environmental loading conditions on anchor pile moorings for floating production and drilling facilities, or on other facilities used in the storage and off-loading of oil and gas. In the test program, the capacity measured during monotonic loading served as a reference value for establishing a scale factor to be used in applying cyclic and sustained loading. A monotonic load test was always carried out before and after each cyclic or sustained load test in order to quantify any change in capacity due to a given loading event. Issues addressed in the program and discussed in this paper include the effect of suction installation methodologies on pile capacity, and the behavior of piles during inclined monotonic loading and cyclic loading due to simulated Gulf of Mexico hurricane events. Other issues were addressed in the program (e.g., simulated loop current events, effect of a sand layer on suction pile penetration) but are not included in this paper due to space limitations. A number of tests were performed for each loading condition and the data are judged to be robust because of the consistency of the results within the same tub when applying multiple loading sequences, and between tubs when applying a similar test protocol. The experimental data from the test program will be used to update ExxonMobil suction pile design practice, and to validate in-house and contractor numerical models.
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Gonzalez-Cuevas, Gustavo, Marta Lopez del Hierro, Nieves Martinez, and Maria Asuncion Hernando. "A case-based tool to assess college students’ perceptions about ethical competence." In Third International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head17.2017.5581.

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The main objective of this study was to design a new tool to explore the perception of professionally-related ethical values in Health Sciences undergraduate students. For this purpose, 24 conversational interviews, as well as an extensive literature review, were initially employed. Then, five ethical values were selected: respect for the patient, altruism, empathy, responsibility for my actions, and lifelong learning. Next, twenty cases with ethical dilemmas were created with protagonists pertaining to four degrees in the Health Sciences: Nursing, Dentistry, Physical Therapy, and Medicine. These cases were examined by professionals from these fields and presented to a sample of students to analyze their functioning. Our results indicate that the cases are easy to understand as most cases were identified correctly. Interestingly, students reported “respect for the patient” as the most important ethical value. The least important value was “altruism.” This new tool adds a practical perspective based on clinical cases with real-life dilemmas. Further studies are needed to continue exploring this topic.
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Alexander, Spencer R., and Peter E. Hamlington. "Study of Turbulence Statistics in Large-Eddy Simulations of Ocean Current Turbine Environments." In ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2014-24527.

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As ocean current turbines move from the design stage into production and installation, a better understanding of oceanic turbulent flows and localized loading is required by researchers and members of industry. Consideration of realistic ocean turbulence environments, in particular, is essential for obtaining accurate and reliable predictions of ocean turbine lifetime and performance. In this study, large eddy simulations (LES) are used to model the turbulent boundary layer in which an ocean current turbine operates. The LES model captures current driving due to winds, waves, and tides, thereby providing a high degree of physical realism. Inflow and boundary conditions are designed to represent conditions during an observational campaign at Admiralty Head in Puget Sound, and comparisons are made between the LES results and available observational measurements. Further statistical measures of the LES flow fields are outlined, including vertical profiles of Reynolds stresses, turbine loading, and two point correlations. The ability of the synthetic turbulence generator TurbSim to reproduce realistic ocean turbulence is qualitatively assessed through comparisons with LES results. Finally, preliminary simulation results are presented for an ocean current turbine represented by an actuator disk.
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Adhikari, Nirmal, Phil Kaszuba, Gaitan Mathieu, Erik McCullen, Thom Hartswick, and Joe Myer. "A Novel Sample Preparation Approach for Dopant Profiling of 14 nm FinFET Devices with Scanning Capacitance Microscopy." In ISTFA 2020. ASM International, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.istfa2020p0375.

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Abstract Three-dimensional device (FinFET) doping requirements are challenging due to fin sidewall doping, crystallinity control, junction profile control, and leakage control in the fin. In addition, physical failure analyses of FinFETs can frequently reach a “dead end” with a No Defect Found (NDF) result when channel doping issues are the suspected culprit (e.g., high Vt, low Vt, low gain, sub-threshold leakage, etc.). In new technology development, the lack of empirical dopant profile data to support device and process models and engineering has had, and continues to have, a profound negative impact on these emerging technologies. Therefore, there exists a critical need for dopant profiling in the industry to support the latest technologies that use FinFETs as their fundamental building block [1]. Here, we discuss a novel sample preparation method for cross-sectional dopant profiling of FinFET devices. Our results show that the combination of low voltage (&lt;500eV), shallow angle (~10 degree) ion milling, dry etching, and mechanical polishing provides an adequately smooth surface (Rq&lt;5Å) and minimizes surface amorphization, thereby allowing a strong Scanning Capacitance Microscopy (SCM) signal representative of local active dopant (carrier) concentration. The strength of the dopant signal was found to be dependent upon mill rate, electrical contact quality, amorphous layer presence and SCM probe quality. This paper focuses on a procedure to overcome critical issues during sample preparation for dopant profiling in FinFETs.
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Venkataraghavan, Janarthanan, and Arun R. Srinivasa. "Magneto-Elastic Compliant Mechanisms." In ASME 2001 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2001/vib-21753.

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Abstract The motivation for this work has been a variety of motions like navigation of pipelines, insertion operations in assembly, and gripping actions, which require the adaptation of the mechanism to the external constraints, rather than avoid them. To this effect, efforts have been made towards building mechanisms that obtain the required degrees of freedom through deformations rather than explicit joints in them. Although the use of many joints provides the required number of degrees of freedom, it does so at the cost of making the system very bulky and complex. With the advent of new polymers, the possibility of building such mechanisms without joints, that fulfil the requirements of adaptation, have increased. Based on this approach, a Magneto Active Polymer (MAP) material has been developed in-house at the Texas A&M University, in which the actuation is performed by the conversion of electromagnetic energy into mechanical energy. The initial experimentation has proved the vast potential of the use of such a material, and a few mechanisms, like a magneto active peristaltic pump, have already been developed and tested, using this material. In this mechanism the pumping action is obtained when a moving magnetic field produces peristaltic waves in the magneto active material shaped as a tube. These waves help in pushing the fluid forward, in the tube. The advantage of this mechanism is that there is not physical contact of the actuating mechanism an the MAP tube, thereby reducing the wear. In developing the design for the peristaltic pump and other conceptual models described in this paper, ideas have been drawn from the different modes of locomotion and actuators used, in lower organisms and these have been good sources of inspiration for the work detailed in this paper.
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Reports on the topic "Physical therapy degree"

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Stang, J. M. An Analysis of Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy Degrees for the Department of Defense. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, January 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada432730.

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