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Adderall and Academia: How Amphetamine binds in the Human Norepinephrine Transporter Protein
(2019-05-07)Recently, there has been a drastic increase in the use of prescription stimulants by healthy individuals in academia – specifically with undergraduate college students. We wanted to answer why this was phenomenon was ... -
Analyzing the Presence of Unmet Need and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults
(2019-12-11)This paper works to examine and determine a relationship or association between unmet need from disability and depressive symptoms in older adults. The older adult population is extremely vulnerable to deteriorating quality ... -
Examining Health Conditions as Predictors of Unmet Need in Older Adults
(2018-12)According to current research, unmet need for activities of daily living (ADLs) are associated with greater negative health outcomes in older adults. ADLs include eating, bathing, dressing, transferring from a bed or a ... -
Increasing Equity and Decreasing Costs for Medicare Access and Treatment
(2018-05)In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a bill that established Medicare. Since then, the medical needs and structure of our society have changed in many ways. But does our current medical care and payment ... -
Potential Influential Factors of Cognitive Decline and Engagement in Participants of Adult Day Services
(2018-12)As the global population of older adults increases, so does the need for more affordable care taking services such as Adult Day Services (ADS) at Virginia Tech. Data collected over a 10-year period was assessed to understand ... -
Potential Opioid Addiction Therapeutics
(2019-05-07)Throughout the last thirty years, a severe opioid epidemic has arisen due to the excessive consumption and abuse of these addictive narcotics. Opioids are currently the best analgesic known to man, however the effects of ...
