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EXPLORING THE NEXUS OF PATIENT SAFETY AND PATIENT-CENTERED CARE: A STUDY OF HIGH PERFORMING HOSPITALS
(Johns Hopkins University, 2021-02-01)
Knowing whether a hospital keeps patients safe and free from harm is one of healthcare consumers’ fundamental expectations. Multiple measures, metrics, and indicators of healthcare quality exist, yet it is often difficult ...
EVALUATING AND TESTING RESOLUTIONS FOR NUCLEAR THREATS ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PERPETRATED BY THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA: INCENTIVES FOR DENUCLEARIZATION TESTED ON THE LIBYA AND IRAN MODELS
(Johns Hopkins University, 2021-01-15)
Current United Nations Sanctions Resolutions (UNSCR) on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have slightly hindered the nation’s ability to procure, proliferate, and test essential resources and elements of its ...
Diseases Know No Boundaries: A Case for Federally Mandated Vaccinations
(Johns Hopkins University, 2021-01-03)
This thesis reviews the recent critical rise in the vaccine-preventable disease, the measles, across the United States and the role of the federal government to protect the public health and safety of its citizens. The ...
Exploring the context and role of quality of care on HIV outcomes among female sex workers in the Dominican Republic
(Johns Hopkins University, 2021-01-08)
Female sex workers (FSWs) experience a substantially disproportionate burden of HIV. In the Dominican Republic (DR), FSWs have nearly five times greater odds to be living with HIV compared to other adults. Despite interventions ...
RATIONAL ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUG USE IN PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV.
(Johns Hopkins University, 2021-01-08)
Effective antiretroviral therapy is critical during pregnancy for women living with HIV (WLHIV) for the health of both the mother and the fetus, but there are knowledge gaps in the pharmacology of new HIV drugs, physiologic ...
Non-spatial Information Encoding in Hippocampal CA1
(Johns Hopkins University, 2021-01-07)
Pyramidal neurons of the hippocampus have spatial receptive fields, called place fields, which are thought to subserve both episodic memory and spatial navigation by instantiating a cognitive map. Crucial to the cognitive ...
Understanding use of mobile applications and factors associated with intention to adopt mHealth applications among dementia caregivers with a chronic condition
(Johns Hopkins University, 2021-03-25)
In the United States, almost 13 million dementia family caregivers have a chronic condition. They experience high caregiving stress and burden, which result in poor health outcomes and self-management. Mobile health (mHealth) ...
CHARACTERIZATION OF EXTREMELY LOW-LEVEL OPTICAL ABSORPTION AND SCATTERING IN CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS FOR HIGH-ENERGY LASERS APPLICATIONS
(Johns Hopkins University, 2021-03-30)
Window materials used in the current generation of high-energy laser (HEL) systems cannot be
used for next-generation systems since these aim to operate at or near the megawatt level under
CW operation. Related intensities ...
IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTH-RELATED SMARTPHONE APPLICATIONS IN LOW- AND MIDDLE- INCOME COUNTRIES: SCOPING REVIEW AND LEARNINGS FROM THE CHILDSAFE APPLICATION IN MALAYSIA
(Johns Hopkins University, 2021-03-25)
While digital technologies such as smartphone apps have become an increasingly popular way to deliver health interventions, implementation and scale up remains a recognized challenge. Recently, the Johns Hopkins International ...
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND LOCALIZATION OF PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE DECARBOXYLASE ONE IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE
(Johns Hopkins University, 2021-03-25)
The mitochondrion is an essential organelle of the cell. In addition to its well-known function of being the 'power house' of the cell by making soluble energy in the form of adenosine 5’-triphosphate (ATP), mitochondria ...