Melissa Pratt OTR/L
Occupational Therapist
9108 STATE HIGHWAY 198 CONNEAUTVILLE PA, 16406About
Dr. Melissa Pratt practices Occupational Medicine in CONNEAUTVILLE, PA. Dr. Pratt evaluates the interaction between work and health. Occupational medicine physicians have general knowledge of worksite operations and are familiar with the toxic properties of materials used by employees and the potential hazards and stressors of work processes; in addition to being qualified to determine an employees physical and emotional fitness for work; diagnosing and treating occupational diseases; handling work related injuries; and having an understanding of rehabilitation methods, health education techniques, sanitation, and workers compensation laws.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Osmoregulation in Drosophila melanogaster selected for urea tolerance.
- Laboratory selection for the comparative physiologist.
- The effect of urea exposure on isoaspartyl content and protein L-isoaspartate methyltransferase activity in Drosophila melanogaster.
- Postponed aging and desiccation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster.
- Effects of age on water balance in Drosophila species.
- Evolution of water balance in the genus Drosophila.
- Effects of starvation and desiccation on energy metabolism in desert and mesic Drosophila.
- Some general comments on the introduction of an industrial medical plan.
- Chemical and physical analyses of wax ester properties.
- Gene transcription during exposure to, and recovery from, cold and desiccation stress in Drosophila melanogaster.
- Hot and not-so-hot females: reproductive state and thermal preferences of female Arizona Bark Scorpions (Centruroides sculpturatus).
- Functional conflicts between feeding and gas exchange in suspension-feeding tadpoles, Xenopus laevis.
- Resistance of the shell membrane and mineral layer to diffusion of oxygen and water in flexible-shelled eggs of the snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina).
- Physiological mechanisms of evolved desiccation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster.
- Effects of temperature on cuticular lipids and water balance in a desert
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