Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease its pathogenesis is linked with cholesterol metabolism. Acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferases (ACATs) are key enzymes involved in cholesterol homeostasis that catalyze the...
Quality of life -- Evaluation. ; Health status indicators. ; Psychiatric rating scales. ; Mental illness -- Treatment -- Evaluation. ; Mental illness -- Treatment -- Economic aspects. ; Mental illness -- Treatment -- Social aspects.
Background. It is not clear whether a generic quality-of-life instrument can appropriately represent severe mental illness in an economic evaluation. This problem is particularly salient for resource-allocation decisions where policymakers compare...
Smoking in motion pictures. ; Mass media and teenagers -- United States. ; Mass media and young adults -- United States. ; Teenagers -- United States -- Attitudes. ; Young adults -- United States -- Attitudes. ; Motion picture actors and actresses...
Thousands of adolescents try their first cigarette each day, and many of these adolescents go on to become adult smokers who will die from smoking-related causes. This thesis examines the role of movie portrayals of smoking as a predictor of...
Community health services -- United States -- Evaluation. ; Health care reform -- United States. ; Medical care -- United States -- Evaluation. ; Evidence-based medicine.