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A Comparison of Online, Video Synchronous, and Traditional Learning Modes for an Introductory Undergraduate Physics Course

While the equivalence between online and traditional classrooms has been well-researched, very little of this includes college-level introductory Physics. Only one study explored Physics at the whole-class lev...

E. K. Faulconer, J. Griffith, B. Wood… in Journal of Science Education and Technology (2018)

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Temperature Dependent Characteristics of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon thin film Transistors

The characteristics of inverted staggered hydrogenated amorphous silicon/silicon nitride (a-Si:H/a-SiN_x:H) thin film transistors (TFTs) are reported between 80 K and 420 K. The TFTs are found to have three distin...

N. Lustig, J. Kanicki, R. Wisnieff, J. Griffith in MRS Online Proceedings Library (2011)

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Syndromic surveillance for bioterrorism: A system for rapid detection of influenzalike illness and bioterrorism-related outbreaks

B. Miller, H. Kassenborg, W. Dunsmuir, J. Nordin, J. Griffith… in Journal of Urban Health (2003)

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The Adolescent Food Habits Checklist: reliability and validity of a measure of healthy eating behaviour in adolescents

Objective: Amid concerns about the quality of young people's diets, this paper describes the development of a measure of healthy eating behaviour for use with adolescents.

F Johnson, J Wardle, J Griffith in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2002)

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Closed retrograde nailing of pathological humeral fractures

We treated 19 patients with 21 pathological humeral fractures secondary to metastatic disease. All patients were stabilized using retrograde Ender's nails. Open reduction was required in one patient and mean o...

S. Kumta, A. Quintos, J. Griffith, Louis T. Chow, K. Wong in International Orthopaedics (2002)

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Clinical significance of P-glycoprotein immunohistochemistry and doxorubicin binding assay in patients with osteosarcoma

In 45 osteosarcoma patients, mean age 18 (4–61) years and followed for 14 (5–48) months, we studied the sensitivity to doxorubicin as well as P-glycoprotein expression, and compared these with the extent of t...

S. Kumta, Q. Zhu, K. Lee, J. Griffith, L. Chow, P. Leung in International Orthopaedics (2001)

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Monostotic fibrous dysplasia of the spine: report of a case involving the lumbar transverse process and review of the literature

Monostotic fibrous dysplasia of the spine is rare. We report its clinical, radiologic and histologic features affecting a 47-year-old housewife. She presented with low-back pain of 1-year’s duration, and radi...

L. T. C. Chow, J. Griffith, W. H. Chow… in Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery (2000)

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Intentional weight control and food choice habits in a national representative sample of adults in the UK

OBJECTIVE: To establish the association between intentional weight control and specific eating behaviours.

J Wardle, J Griffith, F Johnson, L Rapoport in International Journal of Obesity (2000)

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Vertebral Deformity in Chinese Men: Prevalence, Risk Factors, Bone Mineral Density, and Body Composition Measurements

The prevalence and risk factors for vertebral deformity were studied in 396 community-dwelling Chinese men aged 70–79 years. Anterior to posterior (H_a/H_p), middle to posterior (H_m/H_p) and posterior to posterior ...

E. M. C. Lau, Y. H. Chan, M. Chan, J. Woo, J. Griffith… in Calcified Tissue International (2000)

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The influence of abdominal obesity and chronic work stress on ambulatory blood pressure in men and women

OBJECTIVE: To assess the influence of abdominal obesity and work stress (operationalised as low control over work) on ambulatory blood pressure on a working day and evening.

A Steptoe, M Cropley, J Griffith, K Joekes in International Journal of Obesity (1999)

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Classifying the location of osteosarcoma with reference to the epiphyseal plate helps determine the optimal skeletal resection in limb salvage procedures

Between 1989 and 1996, 21 skeletally immature patients were treated for osteosarcoma of the extremity. Their average age was 12.6 years (range 9–16 years). We classified the location and extent of the lesion ...

S. M. Kumta, T. C. Chow, J. Griffith… in Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery (1999)

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The Health Consequences of Vertebral Deformity in Elderly Chinese Men and Women

The following health consequences of vertebral deformity in Hong Kong elderly Chinese men and women were studied: the prevalence of back pain, disability due to back pain, and low morale. Lateral X-ray films ...

E. M. C. Lau, J. Woo, H. Chan, M. K. F. Chan, J. Griffith… in Calcified Tissue International (1998)

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Risk factors leading to clinical failure in the treatment of intra-abdominal or skin/soft tissue infections

A study of determinants of outcome in adult patients with intra-abdominal or skin/soft tissue infections treated with cefotetan, cefoxitin, or ampicillin/sulbactam monotherapy was undertaken. Patients were mat...

M. E. Falagas, L. Barefoot, J. Griffith… in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology … (1996)

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Neutron activation analysis of final molasses from Cuban sugar industry

Thermal and epithermal non-destructive activation analyses have been performed on samples of final molasses from 14 different sugar factories, covering the most important regions in Cuba. From the first measur...

J. Griffith, R. J. Rosenberg, O. Díaz-Rizo… in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Che… (1996)

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Nicotine and human diseases

Ulcerative colitis is a disease of lifelong non-smokers and ex-smokers. The initial observation was made almost by chance in 1981 and showed that only 8 percent of 230 patients with colitis were current smoker...

Gao Thomas, J. Rhodes, Paul R. Sanberg… in International Symposium on Nicotine: The E… (1994)

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GAstro-Intestinal

I. S. Paterson, R. J. Watson, M. Davies, P. C. England… in Irish Journal of Medical Science (1992)