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Research paper thumbnail of Bowenwork for Migraine Relief: a Case Report

International journal of therapeutic massage & bodywork, 2016

Migraine is a complex neurological disorder characterized by episodic, neurogenic, cerebrovascula... more Migraine is a complex neurological disorder characterized by episodic, neurogenic, cerebrovascular inflammation and hypersensitization of brain tissues and the central nervous system, causing severe pain and debility. Research literature points mostly to pharmaceutical prophylactic and symptomatic treatments, nonpharmaceutical, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) approaches, acupuncture, massage and bodywork studies, and none has been published on Bowenwork for migraine intervention. This prospective case report describes one migraineur's response to Bowenwork (a soft-tissue bodywork technique) with cessation of migraine, neck pain, and analgesic consumption, and improved well-being and activity function. The client received 14 Bowenwork sessions over a four-month period using the self-reporting Measure Yourself Medical Outcome Profile version 2 (MYMOP2) to evaluate clinically meaningful changes. Baseline MYMOP2 data were recorded prior to the first and subsequent Bowen...

Research paper thumbnail of Merton's Model Explaining CDS Spreads - a panel data study of OMX Stockholm traded firms

Credit risk arises in almost all financial activities. One way to hedge and trade risk is to use ... more Credit risk arises in almost all financial activities. One way to hedge and trade risk is to use Credit Default Swaps that act like an insurance against credit events. The value of the CDS is related to the probability of the reference entity defaulting. In this paper we aimed to determine how well the variables implied by the Merton model explain the CDS spread. A panel data study of 16 companies belonging to the OMX Stockholm equity index shows that the variables have limited explanatory

Research paper thumbnail of Brabbling Women: Disorderly Speech and the Law in Early Virginiaby Terri L. Snyder

Research paper thumbnail of The Americas in Writing

William and Mary Quarterly, 2003

Research paper thumbnail of Eloquence Is Power: Oratory and Performance in Early America

The New England Quarterly, 2002

Research paper thumbnail of Imagining Deliberative Democracy in the Early American Republic

Journal of American History, 2012

... Lawrence Buell, Betsy Erkkilä, Christopher Looby, David S. Shields, Eric Slauter, and Leonard... more ... Lawrence Buell, Betsy Erkkilä, Christopher Looby, David S. Shields, Eric Slauter, and Leonard Tennenhouse have given me support and encouragement at ... John L. Brooke generously shared his work with me, and the-ater historian Odai Johnson reminded me of the Senate ...

Research paper thumbnail of Eloquence Is Power: Oratory and Performance in Early America

The Journal of American History, 2001

Research paper thumbnail of Culture of Eloquence: Oratory and Reform in Antebellum America

American Literature, 2002

... for the White Man.'' In her fourth chapter, Wyss describes similar rhetorical rever... more ... for the White Man.'' In her fourth chapter, Wyss describes similar rhetorical reversals by Mohegans Joseph Johnson and Sam-son Occom, who ... errors in Wyss's chapter on the Christian Indian settlement of Stockbridge and on Aupmaumut's career as a Native American diplomat. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Projecting Early American Literary Studies

American Literary History, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Governing the Tongue: The Politics of Speech in Early New England

The American Historical Review, 2000

... that were presented at various conferences and colloquia, I would like to thank Susan Amussen... more ... that were presented at various conferences and colloquia, I would like to thank Susan Amussen, Richard Bauman, Ruth Bloch, Tim Breen, Peter Burke ... and beyond the call, I thank Frank Bremer, Fran Dolan, Edward Gray, Sue Juster, Merja Kytö, Mark Peterson, Lizzie Reis, and ...

Research paper thumbnail of Only for the Eye of a Friend: The Poems of Annis Boudinot Stockton

The William and Mary Quarterly, 1996

... XIX Mudd Library, Princeton University, where I used the Boudinot-Stockton papers in the Stim... more ... XIX Mudd Library, Princeton University, where I used the Boudinot-Stockton papers in the Stimson Collection and the collection of the ... Patricia Marks, Editor of The Princeton University Library Chronicle, was especially helpful in tracking down some details for my 1991 article in ...

Research paper thumbnail of Bowenwork for Migraine Relief: a Case Report

International journal of therapeutic massage & bodywork, 2016

Migraine is a complex neurological disorder characterized by episodic, neurogenic, cerebrovascula... more Migraine is a complex neurological disorder characterized by episodic, neurogenic, cerebrovascular inflammation and hypersensitization of brain tissues and the central nervous system, causing severe pain and debility. Research literature points mostly to pharmaceutical prophylactic and symptomatic treatments, nonpharmaceutical, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) approaches, acupuncture, massage and bodywork studies, and none has been published on Bowenwork for migraine intervention. This prospective case report describes one migraineur's response to Bowenwork (a soft-tissue bodywork technique) with cessation of migraine, neck pain, and analgesic consumption, and improved well-being and activity function. The client received 14 Bowenwork sessions over a four-month period using the self-reporting Measure Yourself Medical Outcome Profile version 2 (MYMOP2) to evaluate clinically meaningful changes. Baseline MYMOP2 data were recorded prior to the first and subsequent Bowen...

Research paper thumbnail of Merton's Model Explaining CDS Spreads - a panel data study of OMX Stockholm traded firms

Credit risk arises in almost all financial activities. One way to hedge and trade risk is to use ... more Credit risk arises in almost all financial activities. One way to hedge and trade risk is to use Credit Default Swaps that act like an insurance against credit events. The value of the CDS is related to the probability of the reference entity defaulting. In this paper we aimed to determine how well the variables implied by the Merton model explain the CDS spread. A panel data study of 16 companies belonging to the OMX Stockholm equity index shows that the variables have limited explanatory

Research paper thumbnail of Brabbling Women: Disorderly Speech and the Law in Early Virginiaby Terri L. Snyder

Research paper thumbnail of The Americas in Writing

William and Mary Quarterly, 2003

Research paper thumbnail of Eloquence Is Power: Oratory and Performance in Early America

The New England Quarterly, 2002

Research paper thumbnail of Imagining Deliberative Democracy in the Early American Republic

Journal of American History, 2012

... Lawrence Buell, Betsy Erkkilä, Christopher Looby, David S. Shields, Eric Slauter, and Leonard... more ... Lawrence Buell, Betsy Erkkilä, Christopher Looby, David S. Shields, Eric Slauter, and Leonard Tennenhouse have given me support and encouragement at ... John L. Brooke generously shared his work with me, and the-ater historian Odai Johnson reminded me of the Senate ...

Research paper thumbnail of Eloquence Is Power: Oratory and Performance in Early America

The Journal of American History, 2001

Research paper thumbnail of Culture of Eloquence: Oratory and Reform in Antebellum America

American Literature, 2002

... for the White Man.'' In her fourth chapter, Wyss describes similar rhetorical rever... more ... for the White Man.'' In her fourth chapter, Wyss describes similar rhetorical reversals by Mohegans Joseph Johnson and Sam-son Occom, who ... errors in Wyss's chapter on the Christian Indian settlement of Stockbridge and on Aupmaumut's career as a Native American diplomat. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Projecting Early American Literary Studies

American Literary History, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Governing the Tongue: The Politics of Speech in Early New England

The American Historical Review, 2000

... that were presented at various conferences and colloquia, I would like to thank Susan Amussen... more ... that were presented at various conferences and colloquia, I would like to thank Susan Amussen, Richard Bauman, Ruth Bloch, Tim Breen, Peter Burke ... and beyond the call, I thank Frank Bremer, Fran Dolan, Edward Gray, Sue Juster, Merja Kytö, Mark Peterson, Lizzie Reis, and ...

Research paper thumbnail of Only for the Eye of a Friend: The Poems of Annis Boudinot Stockton

The William and Mary Quarterly, 1996

... XIX Mudd Library, Princeton University, where I used the Boudinot-Stockton papers in the Stim... more ... XIX Mudd Library, Princeton University, where I used the Boudinot-Stockton papers in the Stimson Collection and the collection of the ... Patricia Marks, Editor of The Princeton University Library Chronicle, was especially helpful in tracking down some details for my 1991 article in ...