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  1. Dynamic Model of Nonmedical Opioid Use Trajectories and Potential Policy Interventions

    Background—Nonmedical use of pharmaceutical opioid analgesics (POA) increased dramatically over the past two decades and remains a major health problem in the United States, contributing to over 16,000...

  2. Communities of Concentrated Poverty: A Proposal for Oregon

    This paper is a proposal for how to address poverty in Oregon based on information gathered from interviewing experts in the field and reviewing literature produced by scholars and organizations that address...

  3. Long-term Ecological Research in Forest Park: Tracking Urban Impacts to Forest Structure and Productivity

    Current and historic land use practices as well as exposure to an urban environment can impact forest structure and function. Past and ongoing research in Forest Park, a large urban forest in Portland, Oregon,...

  4. Dartmouth Secure Biometrics Marketing Plan for Biometric Bracelet

    Dartmouth Secure Biometrics is a small start-up company about to launch its first product to the market. The company has developed a new, proprietary biometric technology that it plans to exploit for...

  5. Use of Hierarchical Decision Model to Select Target Markets for New Personal Health Care Device

    A new product is being developed by a multinational company for personal asthma management that the patient can wear as an ambulatory device which will provide guidance and support for the prevention of...

  6. Developing Students' Information and Research Skills via Blackboard

    This paper summarizes work undertaken at De Montfort University (Leicester, UK) to develop students' information and research skills using the Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment. It outlines how a...

  7. Neighboring in Strip City: A Situational Analysis of Strip Clubs, Land Use Conflict, and Occupational Health in Portland,...

    A lack of land use controls on sexually oriented businesses contributes to the unique configuration of Portland, Oregon's strip clubs: nearly fifty clubs are distributed throughout the city's neighborhoods....

  8. Enhancing Value-Based Healthcare with Reconstructability Analysis: Predicting Risk for Hip and Knee Replacements

    Legislative reforms aimed at slowing growth of US healthcare costs are focused on achieving greater value, defined specifically as health outcomes achieved per dollar spent. To increase value while payments are...

  9. An Update to the Proficiency Benchmarks for Surgical Simulation Training in Laparoscopy at Oregon Health and Science...

    As the field of medicine, especially surgery, progresses, new challenges in the training of physicians have emerged. While surgical education has been traditionally structured as an apprenticeship-based model,...

  10. Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use in Collegiate Athletes

    Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) are a class of medications used in the treatment of pain, inflammation, and illness. These medications are common, affordable, and easy to access. For these...

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