Stress is a known precursor of periodontal disease (Boyapati & Wang 2000; Wimmer, Janda, Wieselmann-Penker, Jaske, Polansky & Pertl 2002; Davis & Jenkins 1962). Whether due to the effects of stress on intermediary factors like hormonal changes that, in turn, affect oral health or to the direct effec...

Dorothy E. Johnson formulated her Behavioral Systems Model, an analytical theory or approach to the practice of nursing during the 1960s. Deploying a rigorous scientific analysis towards human behavior (as embodied in the psychological approach of B.F. Skinner towards human behavior and psychology) ...

"The Yellow Wallpaper"Throughout history people have always seemed to follow what notions that were considered “cool”. Though I doubt that “cool” was the word used to describe these notions they were still there in some form or another. One of the greatest farces ever commi...