Justice for the Poor: A Study of Criminal Defence Work - Emmelman, D.S. (Taylor and Francis, 2018)
This title was first published in 2003. In this study, the author examines the behavior of one group of court-appointed defence attorneys and reaches the conclusion that although, in contrast to popular opinion, these attorneys maintain an adversarial stance against the prosecutors and behave in a legally ethical (or "procedurally just") manner, case outcomes are unduly shaped by social class and are therefore substantively unjust. This occurs because poor defendants typically lack cultural rhetoric that favourably influences those who construct and operate the criminal court system. Ironically, this indicates that, in many cases, the process of plea bargaining may be more substantively just than trials. A major contribution of the study is the detailed analysis of the manner by which oppression and substantive injustice occur in the adjudication of many cases and how the cultural practices of the powerful can frequently misconstrue, exclude and mute the voices of the poor. © Debra S. Emmelman 2003.
Journal Abbreviation: Justice for the Poor: A Study of Criminal Def. Work Pages: 153 Publication Title: Justice for the Poor: A Study of Criminal Def. Work
Keywords: dept.soc

A professional development training model for improving co-teaching performance - Faraclas, K.L. (International Journal of Special Education, 2018)
Co-teaching is a promising practice for educating students with disabilities in regular education classes. However, teachers often report being given co-teaching assignments without requisite training. Without adequate preparation, many teachers have difficulty conceptualizing coteaching as a model and working collaboratively as teaching partners, often creating a division of labor that relegates special educators to a "helper" role in the classroom. This experimental study utilized a randomized pretest-posttest control group design to study the effects of a professional development training package on the collaborative teaching performance of regular and special education teachers. Analysis of covariance showed that teachers who participated in professional development training on co-teaching had significantly higher posttest scores on a co-teaching performance assessment than those who did not participate in training. © 2019, International Journal of Special Education. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Co-teaching; Collaboration; Effective teaching; Inclusion; Professional development; Research; Special education; Students with disabilities; Teacher education; Teacher training; dept.sed; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Two-color speckle imaging of M-dwarfs with the Discovery Channel telescope - Hahne, F.W.; Horch, E.P.; Van Belle, G.T.; Clark, C.; Winters, J.G.; Henry, T.J. (Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng, 2018)
Lowell Observatory and Southern Connecticut State University are currently involved in a joint project to determine the stellar multiplicity rates and the fundamental stellar parameters of M dwarf stars using the Differential Speckle Survey Instrument (DSSI) at Lowell's Discovery Channel Telescope (DCT). DSSI observes speckle patterns simultaneously at two separate wavelengths, allowing color measurements of the components of a binary system to be made in a single observation. This paper will describe the initial data gathering process, which began in 2016. Since then, over 1000 stars have been observed. We summarize the analysis on these objects so far, and discuss the relevance of these observations for existing and future space missions such as TESS, JWST, and Gaia. © 2018 SPIE.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Journal Abbreviation: Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng
Keywords: Color measurements; Discovery channel telescopes; Image reconstruction; Interferometry; Multiplicity rate; Optical properties; Speckle; Speckle imaging; Speckle patterns; Stars; Stellar parameters; Survey instruments; Telescopes; dept.phy; image reconstruction; stellar properties

Azimuthal anisotropy in Cu+Au collisions at s NN =200 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review C, 2018)
The azimuthal anisotropic flow of identified and unidentified charged particles has been systematically studied in Cu+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV for harmonics n=1-4 in the pseudorapidity range |η|<1. The directed flow in Cu+Au collisions is compared with the rapidity-odd and, for the first time, the rapidity-even components of charged particle directed flow in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV. The slope of the directed flow pseudorapidity dependence in Cu+Au collisions is found to be similar to that in Au+Au collisions, with the intercept shifted toward positive pseudorapidity values, i.e., the Cu-going direction. The mean transverse momentum projected onto the spectator plane (px) in Cu+Au collision also exhibits approximately linear dependence on pseudorapidity with the intercept at about η≈-0.4 (shifted from zero in the Au-going direction), closer to the rapidity of the Cu+Au system center of mass. The observed dependencies find a natural explanation in a picture of the directed flow originating partly due the "tilted source" and partly due to the asymmetry in the initial density distribution. A charge dependence of (px) was also observed in Cu+Au collisions, consistent with an effect of the initial electric field created by charge difference of the spectator protons in two colliding nuclei. The rapidity-even component of directed flow in Au+Au collisions is close to that in Pb+Pb collisions at sNN=2.76 TeV, indicating a similar magnitude of dipolelike fluctuations in the initial-state density distribution. Higher harmonic flow in Cu+Au collisions exhibits similar trends to those observed in Au+Au and Pb+Pb collisions and is qualitatively reproduced by a viscous hydrodynamic model and a multiphase transport model. For all harmonics with n≥2 we observe an approximate scaling of vn with the number of constituent quarks; this scaling works as well in Cu+Au collisions as it does in Au+Au collisions. © 2018 American Physical Society.
22 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Global polarization of Λ hyperons in Au + Au collisions at sNN =200 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review C, 2018)
Global polarization of Λ hyperons has been measured to be of the order of a few tenths of a percentage in Au+Au collisions at sNN = 200 GeV, with no significant difference between Λ and Λ. These new results reveal the collision energy dependence of the global polarization together with the results previously observed at sNN = 7.7-62.4 GeV and indicate noticeable vorticity of the medium created in noncentral heavy-ion collisions at the highest Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider collision energy. The signal is in rough quantitative agreement with the theoretical predictions from a hydrodynamic model and from a multi-phase transport model. The polarization is larger in more peripheral collisions, and depends weakly on the hyperon's transverse momentum and pseudorapidity ηH within |ηH|<1. An indication of the polarization dependence on the event-by-event charge asymmetry is observed at the 2σ level, suggesting a possible contribution to the polarization from the axial current induced by the initial magnetic field. © 2018 American Physical Society.
181 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Improved measurement of the longitudinal spin transfer to Λ and Λ hyperons in polarized proton-proton collisions at s =200 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review D, 2018)
The longitudinal spin transfer DLL to Λ and Λ hyperons produced in high-energy polarized proton-proton collisions is expected to be sensitive to the helicity distribution functions of strange quarks and antiquarks of the proton, and to longitudinally polarized fragmentation functions. We report an improved measurement of DLL from data obtained at a center-of-mass energy of s=200 GeV with the STAR detector at RHIC. The data have an approximately twelve times larger figure of merit than prior results and cover |η|<1.2 in pseudorapidity with transverse momenta pT up to 6 GeV/c. In the forward scattering hemisphere at largest pT, the longitudinal spin transfer is found to be DLL=-0.036±0.048(stat)±0.013(sys) for Λ hyperons and DLL=0.032±0.043(stat)±0.013(sys) for Λ antihyperons. The dependences on η and pT are presented and compared with model evaluations. © 2018 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.
6 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Low- pT e+e- Pair Production in Au +Au Collisions at sNN =200 GeV and U + U Collisions at sNN =193 GeV at STAR - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review Letters, 2018)
We report first measurements of e+e- pair production in the mass region 0.4<Mee<2.6 GeV/c2 at low transverse momentum (pT<0.15 GeV/c) in noncentral Au+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV and U+U collisions at sNN=193 GeV. Significant enhancement factors, expressed as ratios of data over known hadronic contributions, are observed in the 40%-80% centrality of these collisions. The excess yields peak distinctly at low pT with a width (âpT2â ©) between 40 and 60 MeV/c. The absolute cross section of the excess depends weakly on centrality, while those from a theoretical model calculation incorporating an in-medium broadened ρ spectral function and radiation from a quark gluon plasma or hadronic cocktail contributions increase dramatically with an increasing number of participant nucleons. Model calculations of photon-photon interactions generated by the initial projectile and target nuclei describe the observed excess yields but fail to reproduce the pT2 distributions. © 2018 authors. Published by the American Physical Society. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the »https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/» Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP3.
52 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Au+Au collisions; Colliding beam accelerators; Enhancement factor; Germanium compounds; Gold; Mass regions; Measurements of; Pair production; Photons; Transverse momenta; dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Transverse spin transfer to Λ and Λ hyperons in polarized proton-proton collisions at s =200 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review D, 2018)
The transverse spin transfer from polarized protons to Λ and Λ hyperons is expected to provide sensitivity to the transversity distribution of the nucleon and to the transversely polarized fragmentation functions. We report the first measurement of the transverse spin transfer to Λ and Λ along the polarization direction of the fragmenting quark, DTT, in transversely polarized proton-proton collisions at s=200 GeV with the STAR detector at RHIC. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 18 pb-1 and cover the pseudorapidity range |η|<1.2 and transverse momenta pT up to 8 GeV/c. The dependence on pT and η are presented. The DTT results are found to be comparable with a model prediction and are also consistent with zero within uncertainties. © 2018 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.
11 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Introduction: Sustainability in the coastal zone - Heidkamp, C.P.; Morrissey, J. (Towards Coast. Resil. and Sustainability, 2018)
Coastal areas provide many co-benefits associated with their natural infrastructure, facilitating activities such as fishing, industry, tourism and transportation, for instance (Barragán & de Andrés, 2015; Sutton-Grier, Wowk & Bamford, 2015). Despite occupying a relatively small percentage of the Earth's land surface, the value of the ecosystems’ services of coastal areas is more than one-third of the total for the globe (Barbier et al., 2011; Barragán & de Andrés, 2015). However, while the goods and services provided by coastal ecosystems are essential for economic and social well-being (Mavrommati, Bithas & Panayiotidis, 2013), coastal ecosystems are increasingly at risk. As a direct result of intensive resource use and of concentrations of population, coastal ecosystems increasingly demonstrate direct and adverse impacts of human activities (Swaney et al., 2012). Increasing population growth, movement of populations towards the coast and the increase in coastal development have led to an increase in pressure on, and degradation of, coastal ecosystems (Duxbury & Dickinson, 2007). For large coastal cities, interactions between human activities and coastal systems are intensified due to population density effects and associated economic activities (Mavrommati et al., 2013). In many parts of the world, coastal natural habitats are declining and overexploited coastal resources are dwindling, with associated impacts on ecosystems and on the livelihoods dependent on these (Mee, 2012). © 2019 selection and editorial matter, C. Patrick Heidkamp and John Morrissey.
Journal Abbreviation: Towards Coast. Resil. and Sustainability
Keywords: Coastal development; Coastal ecosystems; Coastal resources; Coastal zones; Economic activities; Economics; Ecosystems; Increase in pressure; Population densities; Population growth; Population statistics; Social well-being; dept.egm

Speckle imaging of KOI binary stars with the WIYN telescope - Hess, N.M.; Thayer, P.R.; Horch, E.P.; Davidson, Jr., J.W.; Baptista, B.J.; Everett, M.E.; Howell, S.B. (Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng, 2018)
Binary star systems where one of the stars is an exoplanet host appear to be more common than expected prior to the Kepler mission. The Kepler mission and subsequent ground-based follow-up work have revealed a number of Kepler Objects of Interest (KOIs) that have nearby stellar companions (within ∼1 arcsec). KOIs with stellar companions and at least one suspected exoplanet were selected for this work. Recent work on these stars has mainly focused on placing the companions on the H-R diagram and inferring if they are likely to be gravitationally bound based on whether their locations are consistent with a common isochrone. However, we have been observing these KOI double stars with speckle imaging over several years and are now in a position to assess whether these systems have components with a common proper motion, and can be seen as physically associated on that basis. We will give sample results of KOI double stars that are in fact common proper motion pairs. We compare our results with estimates of the multiplicity rate of exoplanet hosts from other methods and comment on the use of our data for constraining orbital parameters at this point, particularly the inclination angle. For transit observations, the inclination of the planetary orbit is already known, and the relationship between planetary and stellar orbital planes could have implications for star and planet formation. © 2018 SPIE.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Journal Abbreviation: Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng
Keywords: Binary star; Binary star system; Extrasolar planets; Host-stars; Inclination angles; Interferometry; Multiplicity rate; Orbital parameters; Orbits; Speckle; Speckle imaging; Stars; astrometry; binary stars; dept.phy; exoplanet host stars

Preface - Jain, F.; Broadbridge, C.; Gherasimova, M.; Tang, H. (International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems, 2018)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy

Preface - Jain, F.; Broadbridge, C.; Tang, H.; Gherasimova, M. (International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems, 2018)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy

Preface - Jain, F.C.; Broadbridge, C.; Tang, H.; Gherasimova, M. (High Performance Materials and Devices for High-Speed Electronic Systems, 2018)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Materials; dept.phy

Examining changes to statewide NP practice in Connecticut - Kazer, M.W.; O'Sullivan, C.K.; Leonard, M. (Nurse Practitioner, 2018)
In 2014, Connecticut legislators eliminated the need for advanced practice registered nurses with 2,000 practice hours to obtain collaborative practice agreements with physicians. This study examined resulting practice changes, barriers, and suggestions for improved implementation of independent practice. Thirteen NPs participated in focus groups to share their experiences and recommendations. © 2018 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: APRNs; Advanced practice registered nurses; Collaborative practice agreements; Connecticut; Female; Focus Groups; Full-practice authority; Humans; Independent practice; Male; Middle Aged; Nurse Practitioners; Practice Patterns; Nurses'; article; dept.nur; female; human; information processing; legislation and jurisprudence; male; middle aged; nurse practitioner; nursing practice; peer-reviewed; psychology; registered nurse

Analyzing HTTP-Based Information Exfiltration of Malicious Android Applications - Kelkar, S.; Kraus, T.; Morgan, D.; Zhang, J.; Dai, R. (Proc. - IEEE Int. Conf. Trust, Secur. Priv. Comput. Commun. IEEE Int. Conf. Big Data Sci. Eng., Trustcom/BigDataSE, 2018)
Exfiltrating sensitive information from smartphones has become one of the most significant security threats. We have built a system to identify HTTP-based information exfiltration of malicious Android applications. In this paper, we discuss the method to track the propagation of sensitive information in Android applications using static taint analysis. We have studied the leaked information, destinations to which information is exfiltrated, and their correlations with types of sensitive information. The analysis results based on 578 malicious Android applications have revealed that a significant portion of these applications are interested in identity-related sensitive information. The vast majority of malicious applications leak multiple types of sensitive information. We have also identified servers associated with three country codes including CN, US, and SG are most active in collecting sensitive information. The analysis results have also demonstrated that a wide range of non-default ports are used by suspicious URLs. © 2018 IEEE.
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Journal Abbreviation: Proc. - IEEE Int. Conf. Trust, Secur. Priv. Comput. Commun. IEEE Int. Conf. Big Data Sci. Eng., Trustcom/BigDataSE
Keywords: Android (operating system); Android Applications; Android applications; Big data; Data privacy; Exfiltration; HTTP; HTTP Based; Information Exfiltration; Malicious android applications; Security threats; Sensitive informations; dept.csc

Editors' Introduction - Lindert, J.; Marsoobian, A.T. (Multidiscipl. Perspect. on Genocide and Memory, 2018)
Journal Abbreviation: Multidiscipl. Perspect. on Genocide and Memory
Keywords: dept.phi

Urticaria multiforme: A case study - Maynard, K. (Journal of the Dermatology Nurses' Association, 2018)
Urticaria multiforme is a rare, hypersensitivity reaction that occurs in infants and small children. Because of its rare occurrence, many providers are unable to accurately identify the rash and associated symptoms to unnecessary laboratory and histological testing or misdiagnosis. This article highlights the case of an 11-month-old female infant with urticaria multiforme. It explores the identification, diagnosis, and current treatment recommendations. © 2018 Dermatology Nurses' Association.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Article; Hypersensitivity Reaction; Pediatric Rash; Urticaria Multiforme; amoxicillin; amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid; anamnesis; antibiotic therapy; case report; cefdinir; cetirizine; clinical article; dept.nur; diphenhydramine; face edema; female; foot edema; hand edema; human; infant; otitis media; papule; peer-reviewed; physical examination; priority journal; pruritus; rash; urticaria multiforme

Rupture - Mickens, A. (Equity and Excellence in Education, 2018)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.art; peer-reviewed

Book Review: Joseph Dorinson: Kvetching and Shpritzing: Jewish Humor in American Popular Culture : view - Saltman, J.M. (Humor, 2018)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] ISBN: 09331719 (ISSN) Publication Title: Humor
Keywords: book.review; dept.sed

Can we get there from here? Learning disabilities and future edueation poliey - Spear-Swerling, L. (Perspectives on Learning Disabilities: Biological, Cognitive, Contextual, 2018)
Contemporary educational policies for identifying learning disabilities (LD) have been widely criticized. I would like to begin this chapter with a story that illustrates some of the conundrums in these policies. © 1999 Taylor & Francis.
Journal Abbreviation: Perspectives on Learning Disabilities: Biological, Cognitive, Contextual
Keywords: dept.sed

Perspectives on learning disabilities: Biological, cognitive, contextual - Sternberg, R.J.; Spear-Swerling, L. (Taylor and Francis, 2018)
This book discusses biological, cognitive, educational, sociological, and interactive to discuss the nature of learning disabilities, its origins, its diagnosis, and effective remediation. It emphasizes the development of ideas as the motor forces behind the economic policies. © 1999 Taylor & Francis.
Journal Abbreviation: Perspectives on Learning Disabilities: Biological, Cognitive, Contextual Pages: 296 Publication Title: Perspectives on Learning Disabilities: Biological, Cognitive, Contextual
Keywords: dept.sed

Preface - Sternberg, R.J.; Spear-Swerling, L. (Perspectives on Learning Disabilities: Biological, Cognitive, Contextual, 2018)
Keywords: dept.sed; ⛔ No DOI found

Nonperturbative strange-quark sea from lattice QCD, light-front holography, and meson-baryon fluctuation models - Sufian, R.S.; Liu, T.; De Téramond, G.F.; Dosch, H.G.; Brodsky, S.J.; Deur, A.; Islam, M.T.; Ma, B.-Q.; HLFHS Collaboration (Physical Review D, 2018)
We demonstrate that a nonzero strangeness contribution to the spacelike electromagnetic form factor of the nucleon is evidence for a strange-antistrange asymmetry in the nucleon's light-front wave function, thus implying different nonperturbative contributions to the strange and antistrange quark distribution functions. A recent lattice QCD calculation of the nucleon strange quark form factor predicts that the strange quark distribution is more centralized in coordinate space than the antistrange quark distribution, and thus the strange quark distribution is more spread out in light-front momentum space. We show that the lattice prediction implies that the difference between the strange and antistrange parton distribution functions, s(x)-s(x), is negative at small-x and positive at large-x. We also evaluate the strange quark form factor and s(x)-s(x) using a baryon-meson fluctuation model and a novel nonperturbative model based on light-front holographic QCD. This procedure leads to a Veneziano-like expression of the form factor, which depends exclusively on the twist of the hadron and the properties of the Regge trajectory of the vector meson which couples to the quark current in the hadron. The holographic structure of the model allows us to introduce unambiguously quark masses in the form factors and quark distributions preserving the hard scattering counting rule at large-Q2 and the inclusive counting rule at large-x. Quark masses modify the Regge intercept which governs the small-x behavior of quark distributions, therefore modifying their small-x singular behavior. Both nonperturbative approaches provide descriptions of the strange-antistrange asymmetry and intrinsic strangeness in the nucleon consistent with the lattice QCD result. © 2018 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.
18 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.csc; peer-reviewed

O-Regioselective Synthesis with the Silver Salt Method - Wang, Y.-G.; Barnes, E.C. (ACS Omega, 2018)
The excellent O-regioselectivity of the glycosidation of the ambident 2-O-substituted 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) via the silver salt method is computationally investigated at the MP2/6-311++G(2d,p):DZP//B3LYP/6-31+G(d):DZP level of theory. The reactions studied are those between 1-bromo-1-deoxy-2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-α-d-glucopyranose and the silver salts of 5-FU, 2-O-butyl-5-FU, and 2-O-benzyl-5-FU. Two pathways are considered as follows: (A) one where the silver and bromide ion do not interact, and (B) another where the silver and bromide ion interact in the transition states. Because the O-reaction barriers are much lower (by 13.3-22.2 kcal/mol) than N-reaction barriers in both pathways, the O-regioselectivity of the silver salt method can be satisfactorily explained by either path A or path B. Furthermore, path B, where Ag and Br interact consistently, has lower activation barriers than the corresponding path A (by 6.8-17.4 kcal/mol) in both N- and O-reactions. This computational result can be attributed to the following reasons: (1) the speeding-up effect in Koenigs-Knorr reactions due to the addition of silver carbonate into the reaction mixture; (2) the halogens being pulled away by silver ions from halides, as proposed by Kornblum and co-workers; and (3) the oxocarbenium ion involvement in the glycosidation reactions. The large energy difference between N- and O-transition states originates from the association between Ag and N-(O-) of the ambident unit (-N3-C4=O4) that shows significant covalent character so that the O-reaction transition states of the silver salt method benefit from favorable ionic interaction (C+···O-) and favorable covalent interaction (Ag···N). These two favorable interactions are in agreement with the hard and soft acids and bases principle; the former is a hard-hard interaction and the latter is a soft-soft interaction. © 2018 American Chemical Society.
6 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.che; peer-reviewed

Machine learning based analysis of human prostate cancer cell lines at different metastatic ability using native fluorescence spectroscopy with selective excitation wavelength - Xue, J.; Pu, Y.; Smith, J.; Gao, X.; Wu, B. (Progr. Biomed. Opt. Imaging Proc. SPIE, 2018)
Native fluorescence spectra play important roles in cancer detection. It is widely acknowledged that the emission spectrum of a tissue is a superposition of spectra of various salient fluorophores. However, component quantification is essentially an ill-posed problem. To address this problem, the native fluorescence spectra of normal human very low (LNCap), moderately metastatic (DU-145), and advanced metastatic (PC-3) cell lines were studied by the selected wavelength of 300 nm to investigate the key fluorescent molecules such as tryptophan, collagen and NADH. The native fluorescence spectra of cancer cell lines at different risk levels were analyzed using various machine learning algorithms for feature detection and develop criteria to separate the three types of cells. Principal component analysis (PCA), nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF), and partial least squares fitting were used separately to reduce dimension, extract features and detect biomolecular alterations reflected in the spectra. The scores corresponding to the basis spectra were used for classification. A linear support vector machine (SVM) was used to classify the spectra of the cells with different metastatic ability. In detection of signals coming from tryptophan and NADH with observed data corrupted by noise and inference, a sufficient statistic can be obtained based on the basis spectra retrieved using nonnegative matrix factorization. This work shows changes of relative contents of tryptophan and NADH obtained from native fluorescence spectroscopy may present potential criteria for detecting cancer cell lines of different metastatic ability. © 2018 SPIE.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Journal Abbreviation: Progr. Biomed. Opt. Imaging Proc. SPIE
Keywords: Amino acids; Artificial intelligence; Cell culture; Cells; Diseases; Emission spectroscopy; Factorization; Feature extraction; Fluorescence; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Image retrieval; Learning algorithms; Least squares approximations; Matrix algebra; NADH; Native fluorescence; Native fluorescence (NFL) spectra; Nonnegative matrix factorization; Photonics; Principal component analysis; Spectrum analysis; Support vector machines; advanced metastatic (PC-3); dept.phy; low metastatic (LNCap); moderately metastatic (DU-145); nonnegative matrix factorization; principal component analysis; support vector machine (SVM) classifier; tryptophan

DeePEL: Deep learning architecture to recognize p-lncRNA and e-lncRNA promoters - Alam, T.; Islam, M.T.; Schmeier, S.; Househ, M.; Al-Thani, D.A. (Proc. - IEEE Int. Conf. Bioinform. Biomed., BIBM, 2019)
Promoter regions of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) genes are crucial to understand their transcriptional regulatory pattern. LncRNA genes, being more cryptic than protein-coding genes in terms of their functionality and biogenesis divergence, are lacking in number of existing studies to elucidate the roles of their promoters compared to their counterparts. Based on the overlap between epigenetic marks and transcription start sites, human lncRNAs were categorized into two broad categories: enhancer-originated lncRNAs (e-lncRNAs) and promoter-originated lncRNAs (p-lncRNAs) and hence these two groups are subject to distinct transcriptional regulatory programs. To understand the difference in the transcriptional regulatory mechanisms that governs p- and e-lncRNAs, we studied the promoter sequences of these two groups of lncRNAs including distinct transcription factor (TF) proteins that favor p-over e-lncRNA (and vice versa). In addition, we developed a convolution neural network (CNN) based deep learning (DL) framework DeePEL (deep p-, e-lncRNA promoter recognizer), to classify the promoter of p- and e-lncRNAs. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt to classify these two groups of lncRNA promoters, using sequence and TF information, based on DL framework. We report several sequence specific signatures in the promoter regions as well as several distinct TFs specific to groups of lncRNAs that will help in understanding the promoter-proximal transcriptional regulation of p-lncRNAs and e-lncRNAs. © 2019 IEEE.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Journal Abbreviation: Proc. - IEEE Int. Conf. Bioinform. Biomed., BIBM
Keywords: Bioinformatics; Classification (of information); Convolution neural network; Deep learning; FANTOM; Learning architectures; Promoter sequences; Protein-coding genes; Proteins; Regulatory mechanism; Regulatory patterns; Transcription; Transcription start site; Transcriptional regulation; convolution neural network; deep learning; dept.csc; long non-coding RNA; promoter

Deep learning based plant disease detection for smart agriculture - Ale, L.; Sheta, A.; Li, L.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, N. (IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps - Proc., 2019)
Deep learning is a promising approach for fine- grained disease severity classification for smart agriculture, as it avoids the labor-intensive feature engineering and segmentation-based threshold. In this work, we first propose a Densely Connected Convolutional Networks (DenseNet) based transfer learning method to detect the plant diseases, which expects to run on edge servers with augmented computing resources. Then, we propose a lightweight Deep Neural Networks (DNN) approach that can run on Internet of Things (IoT) devices with constrained resources. To reduce the size and computation cost of the model, we further simplify the DNN model and reduce the size of input sizes. The proposed models are trained with different image sizes to find the appropriate size of the input images. Experiment results are provided to evaluate the performance of the proposed models based on real- world dataset, which demonstrate the proposed models can accurately detect plant disease using low computational resources. © 2019 IEEE.
30 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Journal Abbreviation: IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps - Proc.
Keywords: Agriculture; Classification; Classification (of information); Computational resources; Computing resource; Constrained resources; Convolution; Convolutional Neural Network; Convolutional networks; Convolutional neural networks; Corp Disease; Deep learning; Deep neural networks; Detection; Digital Epidemiology; Error detection; Feature engineerings; Internet of Things (IOT); Internet of things; Learning systems; Plants Disease; Smart agricultures; Transfer learning; Transfer learning methods; dept.csc

Build, bond, or break: Sisterhood in the midst of individual transformations - Blackwell, L.M. (Black Women Speak. From Within: Essays and Exp. in High. Educ., 2019)
Journal Abbreviation: Black Women Speak. From Within: Essays and Exp. in High. Educ.
Keywords: dept.fye

Testate amoebae of peru: Filling the gap in the Neotropics - Bobrov, A.; Mazei, Y.; Buyvolova, A.; Yacher, L. (Revista de Biologia Tropical, 2019)
Testate amoebae diversity from 28 surface (0-3 cm depth) soil samples found near Cuzco (6 samples), in Machu Piсchu (17 samples), in Aguas Calientes (5 samples), and one bottom sediment sample from the Lake Titicaca near Puno were collected during March of 2016 were analyzed. The 144 testate amoebae species and infra-specific taxa belonging to 27 genera were identified. Nineteen amoebae have not been identified to species level and likely represent new taxa. Species richness varied from one to 54 taxa per sample. The highest diversity was found in rainforests followed by those in meadows and agave habitats. The only bottom sample from Lake Titicaca has yielded two hydrobiont species from the genus Difflugia. In the course of the study, several rare species with limited geographical distribution were observed, namely Centropyxis castaneus, C. compressa, C. deflandriana, C. latideflandriana, C. cf. ohridensis, C. cf. ovoides, C. cf. pannosus, C. stenodeflandriana, Cyclopyxis plana, C. profundistoma, Apodera vas, Argynnia retorta, A. spicata, Certesella certesi, Trachelcorythion pulchellum. Our study fills a geographical gap in the distribution of some flagship species with restricted geographic distribution, e.g. Apodera vas and Certesella certesi in Peru. The results illustrate the continuity of expansion species along the Pacific coast. © 2019 by Revista de Biologia Tropical. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Biodiversity; Biogeography; Mountain rainforest; Peru; Protista; dept.egm; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Screening for reading disability in university students with phonological processing and working memory tasks - Broggi, Jr., M.; Ready, R.E.; Moore, D.L. (Dyslexia, 2019)
Many students in higher education have undiagnosed reading disabilities (RDs), but there are few measures to screen for RD in this population. The aim of this study was to determine the ability of tasks that are sensitive to RDs—such as measures of phonemic awareness and working memory—to differentiate university students previously diagnosed with RDs from controls. Participants were university students with an RD (n = 26), a clinical control group diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (n = 24), and neurotypical controls (n = 44). Participants completed brief phonological processing and working memory tasks. The RD group scored significantly lower on all tasks than both control groups. The phonological processing tasks alone—without the working memory task—discriminated participants with RDs from controls with excellent sensitivity and specificity. A brief battery of phonemic tasks could be an effective screening instrument for persons with RDs on university campuses. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; Awareness; Dyslexia; Female; Humans; Learning Disorders; Male; Memory; Short-Term; Phonetics; Reading; Students; Task Performance and Analysis; Universities; Young Adult; attention deficit disorder; awareness; dept.psy; dyslexia; female; human; learning disorder; male; peer-reviewed; phonetics; phonological processing; psychology; reading; reading disability; screening test; short term memory; student; task performance; university; university students; working memory; young adult

On Decomposing the Complete Symmetric Digraph into Orientations of K4-e - Bunge, R.C.; Darrow, B.D.; Dubczuk, T.M.; El-Zanati, S.I.; Hao, H.H.; Keller, G.L.; Newkirk, G.A.; Roberts, D.P. (Discussiones Mathematicae - Graph Theory, 2019)
Let D be any of the 10 digraphs obtained by orienting the edges of K4 - e. We establish necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a (K∗ n,D)-design for 8 of these digraphs. Partial results as well as some nonexistence results are established for the remaining 2 digraphs. © 2019 Ryan C. Bunge et al., published by Sciendo 2019.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.mat; digraph decompositions; orientations of K4-e; peer-reviewed

Application of electrical capacitance tomography for imaging conductive materials in industrial processes - Deabes, W.; Sheta, A.; Bouazza, K.E.; Abdelrahman, M. (Journal of Sensors, 2019)
This paper presents highly robust, novel approaches to solving the forward and inverse problems of an Electrical Capacitance Tomography (ECT) system for imaging conductive materials. ECT is one of the standard tomography techniques for industrial imaging. An ECT technique is nonintrusive and rapid and requires a low burden cost. However, the ECT system still suffers from a soft-field problem which adversely affects the quality of the reconstructed images. Although many image reconstruction algorithms have been developed, still the generated images are inaccurate and poor. In this work, the Capacitance Artificial Neural Network (CANN) system is presented as a solver for the forward problem to calculate the estimated capacitance measurements. Moreover, the Metal Filled Fuzzy System (MFFS) is proposed as a solver for the inverse problem to construct the metal images. To assess the proposed approaches, we conducted extensive experiments on image metal distributions in the lost foam casting (LFC) process to light the reliability of the system and its efficiency. The experimental results showed that the system is sensible and superior. © 2019 Wael Deabes et al.
15 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Capacitance; Capacitance measurement; Conductive materials; Electric impedance tomography; Electrical Capacitance Tomography; Electrical capacitance tomography systems; Image reconstruction; Image reconstruction algorithm; Industrial processs; Inverse problems; Its efficiencies; Lost foam castings; Metal distributions; Neural networks; Reconstructed image; dept.csc; peer-reviewed

Characterization of iron doped zinc oxide nanoparticles using fluorescence spectroscopy - Fernando, M.; Singhal, R.; LeMaire, P.K.; Wu, B. (Front. Opt. - Proc. Front. Opt. Laser Sci. APS/DLS, 2019)
ZnO and Fe-doped ZnO nanoparticles were analyzed in ethanol solution and dry powder form using fluorescence spectroscopy. Near-band-edge emission (NBE) and defect emission (DE) peaks were studied. A blue-shift was observed with the NBE emission peak. © OSA 2019. The Author(s).
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Journal Abbreviation: Front. Opt. - Proc. Front. Opt. Laser Sci. APS/DLS
Keywords: Blue shift; Defect emission; Dry powders; Emission peaks; Ethanol solutions; Fe-doped; Fluorescence; Fluorescence spectroscopy; II-VI semiconductors; Iron oxides; Iron-doped; Nanoparticles; Near band edge emissions; Oxide minerals; Zinc oxide; ZnO nanoparticles; dept.phy

To the editors - Forbes, R.P.; Mintz, S.; Stauffer, J. (American Historical Review, 2019)
Keywords: dept.his; ⛔ No DOI found

Thin Film Deposition and Carbon Nanotube Synthesis - Frey, J.; Schwendemann, T.C. (International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems, 2019)
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are a viable product for many different markets. One specific area of promise is the use of CNTs in supercapacitors. The CNT synthesis is a two-step process with the first being the formation of a thin film layer. The thin film substrate is created by means of the Thermal Evaporation Physical Vapor Deposition (TPVD) process. After the thin film substrate is deposited, the CNTs are grown in a Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) growth chamber. Analysis of the thin film substrate and CNTs is performed primarily using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The results show the inclusion of ultrapure water in the CVD process contributed to the success of CNT growth. Multiple prong CNT grow is seen for CVDs trails of silver thin film layer deposited on silicon substrates. The silver nanoparticle had a large diameter with an acute contact angle. The single prong growth indicates the iron nanoparticles formed an obtuse contact angle due to the amorphic surface of alumina substrate. The focus of this project is to explore and investigate different materials and conditions for optimal CNT synthesis in the hopes of creating a uniform forest of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. © 2019 World Scientific Publishing Company.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Alumina; Alumina substrates; Aluminum oxide; Carbon nanotube synthesis; Carbon nanotubes; Chemical vapor deposition; Chemical vapor depositions (CVD); Contact angle; Iron nanoparticles; Nanoparticles; Physical vapor deposition; Scanning electron microscopy; Silicon substrates; Silver nanoparticles; Substrates; Thermal evaporation; Thin film substrate; Thin films; Thin-film depositions; Vertically aligned carbon nanotube; dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Breast cancer diagnosis using fluorescence spectroscopy with dualwavelength excitation and machine learning - Gaoa, X.; Wu, B. (Progr. Biomed. Opt. Imaging Proc. SPIE, 2019)
Intrinsic fluorescence spectra of fresh normal and cancerous human breast tissues were measured using two selective excitation wavelengths including 290nm and 340nm. Dual-wavelength excitation may reveal more molecular information than single-wavelength excitation. In the meantime, it is significantly faster than the acquisition of excitation-emission (EEM) matrix. Unsupervised machine learning algorithms principal component analysis (PCA) and non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) were used to reduce the dimensionality of the spectral data. The relative concentrations of the basis spectra retrieved by PCA and NMF were considered features of the samples and used to distinguish normal and malignant tissues. The performances of classification using support vector machine (SVM) based on PCA and NMF features were compared. The classification using spectral data with dual-wavelength excitation was compared with single-wavelength excitation. Classification based on NMF-retrieved components from spectral data with dual-wavelength excitation yielded the best performance. © 2019 SPIE.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Journal Abbreviation: Progr. Biomed. Opt. Imaging Proc. SPIE
Keywords: Biopsy; Breast Cancer; Breast cancer; Cancer diagnosis; Classification (of information); Diseases; Dual wavelength; Dual-wavelength excitation; Factorization; Fluorescence; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Histology; Learning algorithms; Machine learning; Matrix algebra; Nonnegative matrix factorization; Optical biopsies; Optical biopsy; Principal component analysis; Support vector machine; Support vector machines; Tissue; dept.phy

Centrality and transverse momentum dependence of D0 -meson production at mid-rapidity in Au + Au collisions at s NN =200 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review C, 2019)
We report a new measurement of D0-meson production at mid-rapidity (|y|<1) in Au + Au collisions at sNN=200GeV utilizing the heavy flavor tracker, a high resolution silicon detector at the STAR experiment. Invariant yields of D0 mesons with transverse momentum pT9GeV/c are reported in various centrality bins (0-10%, 10-20%, 20-40%, 40-60%, and 60-80%). Blast-wave thermal models are used to fit the D0-meson pT spectra to study D0 hadron kinetic freeze-out properties. The average radial flow velocity extracted from the fit is considerably smaller than that of light hadrons (π,K, and p), but comparable to that of hadrons containing multiple strange quarks (φ,Ξ-), indicating that D0 mesons kinetically decouple from the system earlier than light hadrons. The calculated D0 nuclear modification factors reaffirm that charm quarks suffer a large amount of energy loss in the medium, similar to those of light quarks for pT>4GeV/c in central 0-10% Au + Au collisions. At low pT, the nuclear modification factors show a characteristic structure qualitatively consistent with the expectation from model predictions that charm quarks gain sizable collective motion during the medium evolution. The improved measurements are expected to offer new constraints to model calculations and help gain further insights into the hot and dense medium created in these collisions. © 2019 American Physical Society.
44 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Longitudinal double-spin asymmetry for inclusive jet and dijet production in pp collisions at s =510 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review D, 2019)
We report the first measurement of the inclusive jet and the dijet longitudinal double-spin asymmetries, ALL, at midrapidity in polarized pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy s=510 GeV. The inclusive jet ALL measurement is sensitive to the gluon helicity distribution down to a gluon momentum fraction of x≈0.015, while the dijet measurements, separated into four jet-pair topologies, provide constraints on the x dependence of the gluon polarization. Both results are consistent with previous measurements made at s=200 GeV in the overlapping kinematic region, x>0.05, and show good agreement with predictions from recent next-to-leading order global analyses. © 2019 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.
26 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Measurement of inclusive J/ψ suppression in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV through the dimuon channel at STAR - STAR Collaboration (Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 2019)
J/ψ suppression has long been considered a sensitive signature of the formation of the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. In this letter, we present the first measurement of inclusive J/ψ production at mid-rapidity through the dimuon decay channel in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV with the STAR experiment. These measurements became possible after the installation of the Muon Telescope Detector was completed in 2014. The J/ψ yields are measured in a wide transverse momentum (pT) range of 0.15 GeV/c to 12 GeV/c from central to peripheral collisions. They extend the kinematic reach of previous measurements at RHIC with improved precision. In the 0-10% most central collisions, the J/ψ yield is suppressed by a factor of approximately 3 for pT>5 GeV/c relative to that in p+p collisions scaled by the number of binary nucleon-nucleon collisions. The J/ψ nuclear modification factor displays little dependence on pT in all centrality bins. Model calculations can qualitatively describe the data, providing further evidence for the color-screening effect experienced by J/ψ mesons in the QGP. © 2019 The Author(s)
18 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Color-screening; J/ψ suppression; Quark-gluon plasma; dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Measurement of the longitudinal spin asymmetries for weak boson production in proton-proton collisions at s =510 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review D, 2019)
We report new STAR measurements of the single-spin asymmetries AL for W+ and W- bosons produced in polarized proton-proton collisions at s=510 GeV as a function of the decay-positron and decay-electron pseudorapidity. The data were obtained in 2013 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 250 pb-1. The results are combined with previous results obtained with 86 pb-1. A comparison with theoretical expectations based on polarized lepton-nucleon deep-inelastic scattering and prior polarized proton-proton data suggests a difference between the ū and d quark helicity distributions for 0.05<x<0.25. In addition, we report new results for the double-spin asymmetries ALL for W±, as well as AL for Z/γ∗ production and subsequent decay into electron-positron pairs. © 2019 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.
20 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Measurements of the transverse-momentum-dependent cross sections of J /ψ production at mid-rapidity in proton+proton collisions at s =510 and 500 GeV with the STAR detector - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review D, 2019)
We present measurements of the differential cross sections of inclusive J/ψ meson production as a function of transverse momentum (pTJ/ψ) using the μ+μ- and e+e- decay channels in proton+proton collisions at center-of-mass energies of 510 and 500 GeV, respectively, recorded by the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. The measurement from the μ+μ- channel is for 0<pTJ/ψ<9 GeV/c and rapidity range |yJ/ψ|<0.4, and that from the e+e- channel is for 4<pTJ/ψ<20 GeV/c and |yJ/ψ|<1.0. The ψ(2S) to J/ψ ratio is also measured for 4<pTmeson<12 GeV/c through the e+e- decay channel. Model calculations, which incorporate different approaches toward the J/ψ production mechanism, are compared with experimental results and show reasonable agreement within uncertainties. © 2019 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.
8 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

STAR Collaboration - STAR Collaboration (Nuclear Physics A, 2019)
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

First record of introduction of metacarcinus magister dana, 1852 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Cancridae) and range extension of Eriocheir sinensis Milne-Edwards, 1853 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Varunidae) in the long Island sound - Hudson, D.M.; Schaefer-Padgett, S.; Christie, B.L.; Harris, R. (BioInvasions Records, 2019)
Invasive crustacean species have been present in the Long Island Sound, northwestern Atlantic Ocean, for over two centuries. Three new records of introduction are recorded here from collections by local fishermen. Two records are for male Dungeness crabs, Metacarcinus magister (Dana, 1852), collected in the Western Long Island Sound (2017) and Cape Cod Bay (2018). The other record is that of a range extension documented by a single male Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis (Milne-Edwards, 1853), found in New Haven Harbor, Connecticut. Both species could potentially harbor nonnative epibionts and endoparasites. Additionally, E. sinensis may be more likely to establish, as it has in numerous locations in the region and worldwide. © Hudson et al.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Brachyura; Chinese mitten crab; Connecticut; Dungeness crab; Introduced species; Invasive species; Massachusetts; dept.bio; peer-reviewed

Preface - Jain, F.; Broadbridge, C.; Gherasimova, M.; Tang, H. (International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems, 2019)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy

Preface - Jain, F.; Broadbridge, C.; Gherasimova, M.; Tang, H. (High Performance Logic and Circuits for High-Speed Electronic Systems, 2019)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy

Intellectuals and “democratic elements”: A distrusted underclass - Lee, T.-L. (Hum. Rights in the People's Repub. of China, 2019)
As the targets of numerous campaigns, intellectuals have sustained mental torment and physical suffering on a large scale. Like the deprivation of human rights for biological and genetic reasons in other lands or other ages, Chinese intellectuals were destined to suffer abridgement of their human rights in the People’s Republic of China for political and ideological reasons. The term “intellectuals” refers to all those who have had a middle school/higher education and those with similar educational levels. Included in the ranks of intellectuals were members of the so-called democratic parties. These people, never large in number, were mostly well educated and well known in intellectual circles. The Cultural Revolution will be long remembered by intellectuals not only as a period of continued mental torment from the earlier days, but more particularly as a period of the most cruel physical abuses in human history. Intellectuals, deprived of their most precious human rights, continue to exist in mainland China as an underclass. © 1988 by Taylor & Francis. All rights reserved.
Journal Abbreviation: Hum. Rights in the People's Repub. of China
Keywords: dept.his

Red guards and political dissidents (I): Tools of violence and power struggle - Lee, T.-L. (Hum. Rights in the People's Repub. of China, 2019)
In 1966, Mao Zedong launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in a last attempt to remake China in his image. He believed that the country was led by a party infested from the top on down with “capitalist-roaders” who had betrayed the proletarian goals of true socialism by following the bourgeois line. Denied support in the power structure, Mao sought help from the outside, mobilizing millions of high school and college students as the “Red Guards” to strike down his enemy in an unprecedented campaign that left the nation nearly paralyzed. Red Guard organizations of confusing ideological persuasions soon proliferated throughout the country, and the whole movement quickly got out of control and degenerated into total chaos. That the Red Guards were used by Mao as a tool in the ideologically based power struggle within the party is not only the consensus of most observers but also has been freely admitted by many former Red Guards. © 1988 by Taylor & Francis. All rights reserved.
Journal Abbreviation: Hum. Rights in the People's Repub. of China
Keywords: dept.his

Red guards and political dissidents (II): Victims beyond a generation - Lee, T.-L. (Hum. Rights in the People's Repub. of China, 2019)
Many former Red Guards who through the Cultural Revolution were encouraged to participate in unrestrained violence, saw the seamy side of the regime as a result and were themselves eventually suppressed and reached the conclusion that the system was corrupt and had to be changed. Former Red Guards who turned political activists varied greatly in their often vaguely defined outlooks and their intensity of commitment and activity. Wei Jingsheng, China’s most celebrated Red Guard-turned dissident, related a similar experience in an unfinished autobiographical account written before his arrest and smuggled out of the country in 1980. Many former Red Guards understandably see a silver lining in the destructive rampage they committed during the height of the Cultural Revolution. The Red Guard movement has come full circle. The human rights tragedy of the movement is threefold. In the first stage, the Red Guards were Mao’s “little generals” trampling on the human rights of their victims. © 1988 by Taylor & Francis. All rights reserved.
Journal Abbreviation: Hum. Rights in the People's Repub. of China
Keywords: dept.his

Belarus at the United Nations: An analysis of Belarus's global policy alignment following the Maidan revolution in Ukraine - Lennon, O.; Becker, A. (Demokratizatsiya, 2019)
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Belarus has been the slowest of the countries in Eastern Europe to shake off its authoritarian past and ties with Russia. However, the Maidan revolution in Ukraine and Russia's subsequent annexation of Crimea and occupation of parts of Eastern Ukraine in 2014 might have forced Belarus's president, Aleksander Lukashenka, to start questioning the terms of this relationship. Russia's violation of Ukraine's sovereignty created a much more real possibility-and fear-that, if push came to shove, Russia would not hesitate to act similarly toward Belarus. Belarus's political choices are hard to predict: will it remain a dictatorship in Russia's shadow or will it embrace democracy and the rule of law and seek closer integration with the West? This study examines Belarus's global policy alignment from 2007 to 2017 by analyzing its voting patterns on contested issues-those on which Russia's and the U.S.'s votes diverged-at the United Nations General Assembly. While Belarus seems to have been disassociating itself from Russia on some global issues, as evidenced by its voting record at the UN General Assembly, and its democracy level increased from 2014-2016, there is insufficient evidence to believe that Belarus might in fact be aligning more with the West and moving away from Russia. While Belarus's diplomatic pendulum has increasingly swung toward the US, it has inevitably bounced back to its "home base"-Russia. © 2019 Heldref Publications. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Belarus; Crimea; Russian Federation; Ukraine; United Nations; authoritarianism; democracy; dept.soc; diplomatic relations; international relations; peer-reviewed; policy approach; sovereignty; voting behavior; ⛔ No DOI found

Multiple Waypoint Mobile Robot Path Planning Using Neighborhood Search Genetic Algorithms - Maddi, D.R.; Sheta, A.; Mahdy, A.; Turabieh, H. (ACM Int. Conf. Proc. Ser., 2019)
In this paper, we present a Neighborhood Search Genetic Algorithms (NSGAs) for mobile robot path planning. GAs have been used successfully in a variety of path planning problem because they can search the space of all possible paths and provide the optimal one. The convergence process of GAs might be lengthy compared to traditional search techniques that depend on local search methods. We propose a hybrid approach that allows GAs to combine both the advantages of GAs and local search algorithms. GAs will create a multiple waypoint path allowing a mobile robot to navigate through static obstacles and finding the optimal path in order to approach the target location without collision. The proposed NSGAs has been examined over four different path planning case studies with varying complexity. The performance of the enhanced GA has been compared with A-star algorithm (A∗) standard GA, particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. The obtained results show that the proposed approach is able to get good results compared to other algorithms. © 2019 ACM.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Journal Abbreviation: ACM Int. Conf. Proc. Ser.
Keywords: Air navigation; Convergence process; Gases; Genetic Algorithm; Genetic algorithms; Local search (optimization); Local search algorithm; Local search method; Mobile robots; Neighborhood Search; Neighborhood search; Particle swarm optimization (PSO); Particle swarm optimization algorithm; Path Planning; Path planning problems; Robot path-planning; Robot programming; Robotics; Search technique; dept.csc

Participant carelessness: Is it a substantial problem with survey data? - Marasi, S.; Wall, A.; Brewer, K. (Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods, 2019)
For decades, participant carelessness has been considered a problem in collecting data using surveys. Although participant carelessness cannot be disputed to exist, the impact it has on data quality or the level of influence or bias it produces in results is questionable. The main purpose of this paper is to determine whether participant carelessness is a substantial problem that significantly influences or biases the results of statistical analyses. This is accomplished by analyzing established management relationships through a comparison of the full, careful, and careless samples to determine the impact participant carelessness has on data results regarding correlations, t-tests, and simple linear regressions. Four detection approaches were used to identify careless participants individually, in pairs, and in three method combinations. The second purpose of this paper is to use the resampled individual reliability (RIR) approach to detect careless participants and compare it to the individual reliability approach to determine whether the two approaches are fundamentally similar. Data were collected using Mechanical Turk (N = 678). Based on the findings, participant carelessness does not appear to be a substantial problem or demonstrate levels of bias in the results in this study. There are two significant differences between the full and careful samples with the t-tests and the regression comparisons of fit statistics demonstrate the careful samples to have a weak improvement over the full sample however, none indicate bias. The findings also suggest that the individual reliability and the RIR approaches are not entirely fundamentally similar. © ACPIL.
Keywords: Careless responding; Insufficient effort responding; Participant carelessness; Random responding; dept.mgt; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

A comparative tale of two methods: how thematic and narrative analyses author the data story differently - McAllum, K.; Fox, S.; Simpson, M.; Unson, C. (Communication Research and Practice, 2019)
An interpretive qualitative approach insists on the plural and negotiated nature of the meanings that humans attach to their social realities. Thus, the qualitative researcher must navigate multiple and sometimes conflicting commitments to method, data, oneself, participants, and one’s reader. This can lead us to obscure the messiness of data analysis in final research reports and to downplay how methodological choices can make our participants ‘say things.’ In this article, we compare two interpretive methods, thematic and narrative analysis, including their shared epistemological and ontological premises, and offer a pedagogical demonstration of their application to the same data excerpt. However, our broader goal is to use the divergent results to critically examine how our choice of analytic method in interpretive research influences how we (researcher + method) ‘author’ data stories. Ultimately, researcher reflexivity must go beyond acknowledging how one’s position may influence the data analysis or the participant. © 2019, © 2019 Australian and New Zealand Communication Association.
19 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Interpretive research; dept.pch; narrative analysis; peer-reviewed; qualitative research; researcher commitments; thematic analysis

Medical Data Classification Using Binary Brain Storm Optimization Algorithm - Ogwo, O.; Turabieh, H.; Sheta, A.; King, S. (ACM Int. Conf. Proc. Ser., 2019)
With the growing access to technology in the medical domain, an increased volume of medical data is recorded. The size and complexity of these data make the process of analysis of meaningful discoveries of beneficial patterns more challenging. This problem has attracted numerous researchers around the world. Statistical methods have been employed to handle medical data for diagnosis purposes. Unfortunately, these methods were less capable of dealing with these massive and complex datasets. To solve this problem, we suggest a process to classify medical data which includes feature selection and classification using a number of supervised learning techniques. Binary Brain Storm Optimization (BBSO) is used for feature selection, which is a population search approach that simulates the process of electing the best idea (solution), among others. We simulated six different classifiers: Naive-Bayes, K-Nearest Neighbor, Support Vector Machine, Linear Discriminant Analysis, Decision Tree and Random Forest. Five datasets adopted from the UCI Machine Learning Repository, (Breast Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Chronic Kidney, and SPECT), are employed as a benchmark test data. The performance of BBSO is evaluated using accuracy on the datasets using the various classifiers. Experimental results show that the proposed approach improves the classification performance for better medical diagnosis. © 2019 ACM.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Journal Abbreviation: ACM Int. Conf. Proc. Ser.
Keywords: Benchmarking; Classification performance; Complex datasets; Computer aided diagnosis; Decision trees; Discriminant analysis; Diseases; Feature extraction; Feature selection and classification; K-nearest neighbors; Learning systems; Linear discriminant analysis; Medical domains; Nearest neighbor search; Optimization algorithms; Robotics; Storms; Support vector machines; UCI machine learning repository; classification; dept.csc; feature selection; medical diagnosis

Web user authentication using chosen word keystroke dynamics - Rahman, K.A.; Neupane, D.; Zaiter, A.; Hossain, M.S. (Proc. - IEEE Int. Conf. Mach. Learn. Appl., ICMLA, 2019)
Keystroke dynamics has been used as a form of one-time user authentication and continuous verification especially when it comes to securing the cyberspace. In this paper, we present the idea of using keystroke dynamics as a form of second layer authentication in web applications. We showed that this method can authenticate a user with high accuracy and can be used as an alternate to CAPTCHA tests, security questions and image selections that are being used today. We have developed a working web-based platform in a browser environment that enforces the proposed second-layer security. We performed penetration test experiments by launching a total of 598,500 impostor and genuine authentication attempts and found the Equal Error Rate (EER) as 10.5%. © 2019 IEEE.
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Journal Abbreviation: Proc. - IEEE Int. Conf. Mach. Learn. Appl., ICMLA
Keywords: Authentication; CAPTCHA; CAPTCHAs; Cyber security; Cybersecurity; Dynamics; Electronic mail filters; Equal error rate; Keystroke dynamics; Machine learning; Network security; Penetration test; User authentication; WEB application; Web based platform; Websites; dept.csc

Sleep and social behavior in organizations: Implications for job performance - Rogers, A.P.; Budnick, C.J.; Barber, L.K. (Sleep, Personality, and Soc. Behavior, 2019)
Journal Abbreviation: Sleep, Personality, and Soc. Behavior
Keywords: dept.ant

Comparison of Support Vector Machine and Gradient Boosting Regression Tree for Predicting Spatially Explicit Life Cycle Global Warming and Eutrophication Impacts: A case study in corn production - Romeiko, X.X.; Guo, Z.; Pang, Y. (Proc. - IEEE Int. Conf. Big Data, Big Data, 2019)
Agriculture ranks one of the top contributors to global warming and nutrient pollution. Quantifying life cycle environmental impacts from agricultural production serves as scientific foundation for forming effective remediation strategies. However, the methods capable of accurately and efficiently calculating spatially explicit life cycle global warming and eutrophication impacts at a fine spatial scale over a geographic region are lacking. The objective of this study was to compare two regression models for estimating spatially explicit life cycle global warming and eutrophication, with corn production in the Midwest region as a demonstrating example. The results indicated that the gradient boosting regression tree model built with monthly weather features yielded higher predictive accuracy for life cycle global warming impact and life cycle EU. Moreover, predictive accuracy was improved at the cost of simulation time. The gradient boosting regression tree model required longer training time. Additionally, all machine learning models were million times faster than the traditional process-based model and were suitable for use in computationally-intensive applications like optimization and predication. © 2019 IEEE.
7 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Journal Abbreviation: Proc. - IEEE Int. Conf. Big Data, Big Data
Keywords: Agricultural productions; Agriculture; Big data; Environmental impact; Eutrophication; Forestry; Global warming; Learning systems; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Life cycle; Life cycle assessment; Life-cycle environmental impact; Machine learning; Machine learning models; Process-based modeling; Remediation strategies; Scientific foundations; Spatial assessment; Support vector machines; Support vector regression; dept.mat

Prime (and crime) time: Boxing in the 1950s - Rondinone, T. (The Camb. Companion to Box., 2019)
Journal Abbreviation: The Camb. Companion to Box.
Keywords: dept.his

Implementing post-discharge 48-hour scripted call for patients with heart failure: An evidence-based practice quality improvement project - Ruggiri, J.C.; Milner, K.A.; Buonocore, D. (MEDSURG Nursing, 2019)
Post-discharge call programs are a simple and effective way to identify and intervene for patient care issues that may occur after discharge. Nurses play a key role in these programs and can lead quality improvement projects on their units to improve patient care during the transition from hospital to home. © 2019, Anthony J. Jannetti Publications, Inc.. All rights reserved.
Keywords: dept.nur; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Developing a financial literacy program with survivors of intimate partner violence: The voices of survivors - Stylianou, A.M.; Counselman-Carpenter, E.; Redcay, A. (Social Work (United States), 2019)
As the social work field increasingly recognizes economic abuse within intimate partner relationships, the field has developed financial empowerment programs to empower survivors for their financial future. Although research has demonstrated the effectiveness of financial literacy programs, there are barriers to their implementation in the field. Studies have explored, from the perspective of advocates, best practices in incorporating financial literacy into services; however, no studies have explored implementation approaches from the perspective of survivors. This study explores, from the perspective of 34 survivors, approaches for implementing financial literacy programming. Participants described their understanding of financial empowerment as being in charge of finances, having financial power, and not having to endure the struggle. To counter financial disempowerment, participants identified the need for financial confidence, knowledge, and tools. Participants shared their strategies for saving money, though many participants reported barriers to using banks as savings tools. Almost all participants stressed the importance of financial literacy services for survivors, especially around banking, credit, and debt. Finally, participants shared recommendations for job readiness and training programming. Findings have implications for domestic violence and broader social work organizations implementing financial empowerment services. Social workers can support financial empowerment efforts through program development and research efforts. © 2019 National Association of Social Workers.
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Adult; Crisis and trauma; Female; Financing; Personal; Humans; Intimate Partner Violence; Literacy; Male; Power; Psychological; Program Evaluation; Qualitative methods; Service delivery; Social Work; Social work practice; Survivors; adult; dept.swk; female; financial management; human; literacy; male; partner violence; peer-reviewed; procedures; program evaluation; psychology; social work; survivor

Cascaded layered recurrent neural network for indoor localization in wireless sensor networks - Turabieh, H.; Sheta, A. (Int. Conf. New Trends Comput. Sci., ICTCS - Proc., 2019)
The growth in using various smart wireless devices in the last few decades has given rise to indoor localization service (ILS). Indoor localization is defined as the process of locating a user location in an indoor environment. Indoor device localization has been widely studied due to its popular applications in public settlement planning, health care zones, disaster management, the implementation of location-based services (LBS) and the Internet of Things (IoT). The ILS problem can be formulated as a learning problem utilizing Wi-Fi technology. The measured Wi-Fi signal strength can be used as an indication of the distribution of users in a various indoor location. Developing a classification model with high accuracy can be achieved using a machine learning approach. Artificial Neural Network is one of the most successful trends in machine learning. In this article, we provide our initial idea of using Cascaded Layered Recurrent Neural Network (L-RNN) for the classification of user localization in an indoor environment. Several neural network models were trained, with the best performance attainment is reported. The experimental results marked that the presented L-RNN model is highly accurate for indoor localization and can be utilized for many applications. © 2019 IEEE.
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Journal Abbreviation: Int. Conf. New Trends Comput. Sci., ICTCS - Proc.
Keywords: Classification models; Disaster management; Disaster prevention; Disasters; Forecasting; Indoor Environment; Indoor environment; Indoor localization; Indoor positioning systems; Internet of thing (IOT); Internet of things; Layered Recurrent Neural Network; Location; Location based services; Machine learning; Machine learning approaches; Multilayer neural networks; Network layers; Neural network model; Prediction; Recurrent neural networks; Telecommunication services; User Localization; User localization; Wireless local area networks (WLAN); Wireless sensor networks; dept.csc

The Reactivity of Ambident Nucleophiles: Marcus Theory or Hard and Soft Acids and Bases Principle? - Wang, Y.-G.; Barnes, E.C.; Kaya, S.; Sharma, V. (Journal of Computational Chemistry, 2019)
The model reactions CH3X + (NH—CH=O)M ➔ CH3—NH—NH═O or NH═CH—O—CH3 + MX (M = none, Li, Na, K, Ag, Cu; X = F, Cl, Br) are investigated to demonstrate the feasibility of Marcus theory and the hard and soft acids and bases (HSAB) principle in predicting the reactivity of ambident nucleophiles. The delocalization indices (DI) are defined in the framework of the quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QT-AIM), and are used as the scale of softness in the HSAB principle. To react with the ambident nucleophile NH═CH—O−, the carbocation H3C+ from CH3X (F, Cl, Br) is actually a borderline acid according to the DI values of the forming C…N and C…O bonds in the transition states (between 0.25 and 0.49), while the counter ions are divided into three groups according to the DI values of weak interactions involving M (M…X, M…N, and M…O): group I (M = none, and Me4N) basically show zero DI values; group II species (M = Li, Na, and K) have noticeable DI values but the magnitudes are usually less than 0.15; and group III species (M = Ag and Cu(I)) have significant DI values (0.30–0.61). On a relative basis, H3C+ is a soft acid with respect to group I and group II counter ions, and a hard acid with respect to group III counter ions. Therefore, N-regioselectivity is found in the presence of group I and group II counter ions (M = Me4N, Li, Na, K), while O-regioselectivity is observed in the presence of the group III counter ions (M = Ag, and Cu(I)). The hardness of atoms, groups, and molecules is also calculated with new functions that depend on ionization potential (I) and electron affinity (A) and use the atomic charges obtained from localization indices (LI), so that the regioselectivity is explained by the atomic hardness of reactive nitrogen atoms in the transition states according to the maximum hardness principle (MHP). The exact Marcus equation is derived from the simple harmonic potential energy parabola, so that the concepts of activation free energy, intrinsic activation barrier, and reaction energy are completely connected. The required intrinsic activation barriers can be either estimated from ab initio calculations on reactant, transition state, and product of the model reactions, or calculated from identity reactions. The counter ions stabilize the reactant through bridging N- and O-site of reactant of identity reactions, so that the intrinsic barriers for the salts are higher than those for free ambident anions, which is explained by the increased reorganization parameter Δr. The proper application of Marcus theory should quantitatively consider all three terms of Marcus equation, and reliably represent the results with potential energy parabolas for reactants and all products. For the model reactions, both Marcus theory and HSAB principle/MHP principle predict the N-regioselectivity when M = none, Me4N, Li, Na, K, and the O-regioselectivity when M = Ag and Cu(I). © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
12 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Activation energy; Atoms; Calculations; Copper compounds; Delocalization indexes; Electron affinity; Free energy; Hardness; Ionization potential; Ions; Lithium compounds; Localization index; Marcus theory; Maximum hardness principle; Molecules; Nucleophiles; Potential energy; Quantum theory; Regioselectivity; Silver; Sodium compounds; ambident reactivity; atom and molecule hardness; conceptual DFT; delocalization index; dept.chem; electron affinity; hard and soft acids and bases (HSAB) principle; ionization potential; localization index; maximum hardness principle (MHP); peer-reviewed

Three Red Suns in the Sky: A Transiting, Terrestrial Planet in a Triple M-dwarf System at 6.9 pc - Winters, J.G.; Medina, A.A.; Irwin, J.M.; Charbonneau, D.; Astudillo-Defru, N.; Horch, E.P.; Eastman, J.D.; Vrijmoet, E.H.; Henry, T.J.; Diamond-Lowe, H.; Winston, E.; Barclay, T.; et al. (Astronomical Journal, 2019)
We present the discovery from Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) data of LTT 1445Ab. At a distance of 6.9 pc, it is the second nearest transiting exoplanet system found to date, and the closest one known for which the primary is an M dwarf. The host stellar system consists of three mid-to-late M dwarfs in a hierarchical configuration, which are blended in one TESS pixel. We use MEarth data and results from the Science Processing Operations Center data validation report to determine that the planet transits the primary star in the system. The planet has a radius of, an orbital period of days, and an equilibrium temperature of K. With radial velocities from the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, we place a 3σ upper mass limit of 8.4 on the planet. LTT 1445Ab provides one of the best opportunities to date for the spectroscopic study of the atmosphere of a terrestrial world. We also present a detailed characterization of the host stellar system. We use high-resolution spectroscopy and imaging to rule out the presence of any other close stellar or brown dwarf companions. Nineteen years of photometric monitoring of A and BC indicate a moderate amount of variability, in agreement with that observed in the TESS light-curve data. We derive a preliminary astrometric orbit for the BC pair that reveals an edge-on and eccentric configuration. The presence of a transiting planet in this system hints that the entire system may be co-planar, implying that the system may have formed from the early fragmentation of an individual protostellar core. © 2019. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved..
55 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: binaries: close; dept.phy; peer-reviewed; planets and satellites: detection; stars: individual (LTT 1445); stars: low-mass

Human rights in the people’s republic of China - Wu, Y.-L.; Michael, F.; Copper, J.F.; Lee, T.-L.; Chang, M.H.; Gregor, A.J. (Taylor and Francis, 2019)
This book examines the effects that political institutions, the legal system, and economic policies have had on the human rights record in the PRC since 1949. The authors first address the problems of assessing political liberties in a nation that emphasizes economic over civil rights and that has traditionally valued collective rights over individ. © 1988 by Taylor & Francis. All rights reserved.
Journal Abbreviation: Hum. Rights in the People's Repub. of China Pages: 332 Publication Title: Hum. Rights in the People's Repub. of China
Keywords: dept.his

Human brain glioma grading using label free laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy - Zhou, Y.; Liu, C.-H.; Zhu, K.; Wu, B.; Yu, X.; Cheng, G.; Zhao, M.; Zong, R.; Zhang, C.; Chen, H.; Li, S.; Liang, Q.; et al. (Progr. Biomed. Opt. Imaging Proc. SPIE, 2019)
Laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) technique was used to generate spectral signatures of endogenous fluorophores relevant to the tissue molecular composition changes in human brain glioma tumors. The goal is to study the changes of fluorescence emission spectra from endogenous fluorophores in human brain glioma of different grades, and to find new biomarkers for prognostic optical molecular pathological diagnosis. Two hundred and thirty-seven (237) native fluorescence spectra from 61 subjects were measured using LabRAM HR Evolution micro photoluminescence (PL) system for four grades of glioma tumors in ex-vivo. The differences of four grades of glioma tumors were identified by the characteristic fluorophores fingerprints under the excitation laser wavelength at UV 325nm. To our best knowledge, this is the first report for human brain study using this technique. The fluorescence peaks of biomarkers with major contribution were found, including tryptophan, collagen, elastin, reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH), flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and phospholipids that play important roles in the cellular energy metabolism and glycolysis pathway. The ratios of peak intensities and the peak positions in fluorescence spectra of may be used to diagnose human brain diseases or to guide biopsy during surgical resection. © 2019 SPIE.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Journal Abbreviation: Progr. Biomed. Opt. Imaging Proc. SPIE
Keywords: Amino acids; Biomarkers; Biopsy; Brain; Cellular energy; Cellular energy metabolism; Emission spectroscopy; FAD; Fluorescence; Fluorescence microscopy; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Fluorophores; Grading; Human brain; Human brain glioma tissues; Laser excitation; Laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy; Laser optics; Laser produced plasmas; Metabolism; NADH; Native fluorescence; Native laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy; Native-fluorescence; Nucleotides; Optical molecular pathology; Pathology; Phospholipids; Tryptophan; Tumors; dept.phy

A portable visible resonance Raman analyzer with a handheld optical fiber probe for in vivo diagnosis of brain glioblastoma multiforme in an animal model - Zhou, Y.; Zhang, S.; Wu, B.; Yu, X.; Cheng, G.; Zhu, K.; Zhao, M.; Zheng, J.; Zhang, M.; Liang, Q.; Liu, C.-H.; Alfano, R.R. (Front. Opt. - Proc. Front. Opt. Laser Sci. APS/DLS, 2019)
A VRR-LRR analyzer with handheld fiber‐optic probe is reported for the first time for diagnosis of brain GBM in vivo. The sensitivity for identification is 80% compared with histopathology examination. © OSA 2019. The Author(s).
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Journal Abbreviation: Front. Opt. - Proc. Front. Opt. Laser Sci. APS/DLS
Keywords: Animal model; Fiberoptic probes; Glioblastoma multiforme; Handhelds; In-vivo; Optical fiber probe; Optical fibers; Probes; Resonance Raman; dept.phy

Leading Edge Marketing Research: 21st-Century Tools and Practices - Kaden, Robert J.; Linda, Gerald; Prince, Melvin (SAGE Publications, 2012)
This book explores new and leading edge marketing research approaches as successfully practiced by visionaries of academia and the research industry. Ideal as either a supplementary text for students or as a guidebook for practitioners, this book showcases the excitement of a field where discoveries abound and researchers are valued for solving weighty problems and minimizing risks. The authors offer rich new tools to measure and analyze consumer attitudes, combined with existing databases, online bulletin boards, social media, neuroscience, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, behavioral economics, and more. The reader will profit from the numerous contemporary case studies that demonstrate the key role of marketing research in corporate decision-making.
Keywords: Business & Economics / Marketing / Research; Marketing research; dept.mkt; faculty_collection

Consumer Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Globalization - Prince, Melvin (Business Expert Press, 2012)
Cosmopolitans are individuals with a distinctive kind of extended national and international orientation, a global vision, and sense of belonging to the world. These people are sophisticated and importantly engaged in the cultures outside of local geographical boundaries. But what do we know about them as consumers—their origins, values, media usage, and buyer behavior? This unique book details much about this group, and fills a knowledge gap that has long been overlooked largely because other related marketing areas have overshadowed and overlooked the notion of cosmopolitan consumers. Until this book, in fact, there has been no single authoritative source that directly and comprehensively covers the field of consumer cosmopolitanism. This book also includes original essays by an all-star cast of contributors, giving you an introduction to a powerful new approach to marketing, eclectically packed with novel ideas and insights that noticeably advance the marketing field and bring it more fully into the age of globalization.
Keywords: Business & Economics / Consumer Behavior; Consumer behavior; dept.mkt; faculty_collection

Continuties in Market Sensing - Prince, Melvin; Priporas, Constantinos-Vasilios (Market Sensing Today, 2015)
The concept and framework of market sensing was introduced by George Day more than 20 years ago into the strategic marketing literature and especially the philosophy of the market-driven organization. Market sensing can be considered an expression of a company's capabilities to scan the external environment. It does this by using real time data and intelligence to understand business or uncertain changes, to meet the current and future needs of the market, increase customer value, and outperform competitors. Market sensing enables managers to resist complacency, as well as to exploit opportunities and to design appropriate competitive strategies in order to remain successful in today's uncertain, rapidly changing, and hypercompetitive market. The present volume, Market Sensing Today, is essential reading in the marketing discipline, given the rapidly escalating innovative developments in market sensing techniques. This book of essays by acknowledged experts in the field fills an important knowledge gap and provides a realistic basis for strategy. It is replete with real-life examples of market sensing that illustrate actionable ideas for immediate impact that will improve organizational learning and accelerate growth. This book of contemporary tested and comprehensive concepts and methods grounded in diverse and rich experience is intended to stimulate creativity and insightful approaches for educators offering courses in strategy as well as for practitioners involved in crucial strategic decision making.
Keywords: Business & Economics / Marketing / General; Marketing research; dept.mkt; faculty_collection

Industry Applications of Market Sensing Foreword to the Special Issue of Journal of Marketing and Management - Prince, Melvin; Priporas, Constantinos-Vasilios (Journal of Marketing and Management, 2014)
Num Pages: 5 Place: Beverly Hills, United States
Keywords: Business And Economics–Management; Business And Economics–Marketing And Purchasing; Competition; Competitive advantage; Consumers; Knowledge management; Marketing; Product development; Product lines; Research; SWOT analysis; dept.mkt; ⛔ No DOI found

Narratives of melancholy: a humanities approach to depression. - Flynn, Deborah (Medical humanities, 2010)
This paper explores narrative literature as a means of inquiry into the sense of self in depression. Described as a disease, an identity and a way of life, depression is influenced by both internal and external factors. Although brain research has provided new insight into the relationship between neurotransmitter function and depression, the symptoms are experienced by individuals whose lives are intertwined with historical and sociocultural interpretations of illness and its manifestations. At the intersection of science and the humanities, narratives aid in the interpretation of lived experiences, provide a window to that experience, and a public medium that engages writers and readers as they interpret the world. Engaging narratives to interpret both experience and medical jargon may reveal for both those experiencing depression and those engaged in their care, a way of mediating that experience. Narratives can help dissect and thus illuminate the official language of medicine and psychiatry and the personal language of depression. Such a window can enhance the opportunities for empathy and care.
11 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: United States Flynn, Deborah. Department of Public Health, Southern Connecticut State University, 144 Farnham Avenue, New Haven, CT 06515, USA. flynnd1@southernct.edu
Keywords: *Depressive Disorder/hi [History]; *Humanities; *Narration; Depression; Depression/hi [History]; Depressive Disorder; Female; History; 18th Century; History; 19th Century; History; 20th Century; Humanities; Humans; Literature and medicine; Male; Narration; Self Concept; article; depression; dept.pch; female; history; human; humanities; male; narrative medicine; patient narrative; psychiatry; self concept; verbal communication

Review: Depressive symptoms and fatigue as mediators of relationship between poor sleep factors and medication adherence in HIV-positive women. - Petrovic, Kimberly (Journal of Research in Nursing, 2015)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: (C)2015Sage Publications
Keywords: dept.nur

The same frequency of planets inside and outside open clusters of stars. - Meibom, Soren; Torres, Guillermo; Fressin, Francois; Latham, David; Rowe, Jason; Ciardi, David; Bryson, Steven; Rogers, Leslie; Henze, Christopher; Janes, Kenneth; Barnes, Sydney; Marcy, Geoffrey; et al. (Nature, 2013)
: Most stars and their planets form in open clusters. Over 95 per cent of such clusters have stellar densities too low (less than a hundred stars per cubic parsec) to withstand internal and external dynamical stresses and fall apart within a few hundred million years 1. Older open clusters have survived by virtue of being richer and denser in stars (1,000 to 10,000 per cubic parsec) when they formed. Such clusters represent a stellar environment very different from the birthplace of the Sun and other planet-hosting field stars. So far more than 800 planets have been found around Sun-like stars in the field 2. The field planets are usually the size of Neptune or smaller 3,4,5. In contrast, only four planets have been found orbiting stars in open clusters 6,7,8, all with masses similar to or greater than that of Jupiter. Here we report observations of the transits of two Sun-like stars by planets smaller than Neptune in the billion-year-old open cluster NGC6811. This demonstrates that small planets can form and survive in a dense cluster environment, and implies that the frequency and properties of planets in open clusters are consistent with those of planets around field stars in the Galaxy., (C) 2013 Nature Publishing Group
84 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: (C) 2013 Nature Publishing Group
Keywords: Jupiter; Neptune; article; astronomy; cluster analysis; dept.phy; environment; frequency analysis; planet; priority journal; simulation; sun; velocity

Identification of Conductive Hearing Loss in Young Infants Using Tympanometry and Wideband Reflectance. - Prieve, Beth; Vander Werff, Kathy; Preston, Jonathan; Georgantas, Lea (Ear and Hearing, 2013)
Objective: The goal of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of tympanometry and wideband reflectance (WBR) in detecting conductive hearing loss (CHL) in young infants., Methods: Type of hearing loss was determined using auditory brainstem response using air- and bone-conducted tone bursts in 84 ears from 70 infants (median age = 10 weeks). Of these 84 ears, 60 are included in the current analysis: 43 with normal hearing (NH) and 17 with CHL. Tympanometry was measured using probe tone frequencies of 226, 678, and 1000 Hz. Tympanograms were evaluated in two ways: (1) Acoustic middle ear admittance (Ya, in millimhos); and (2) two-category classification (normal/abnormal), as described by Baldwin (2006). Measures of Ya were evaluated in two ways: by admittance-magnitude tympanograms and calculated admittance magnitude from subcomponents (conductance and susceptance). WBR was measured in response to a chirp stimulus after probe calibration. WBR was analyzed into thirteen 1/3 octave bands. Tests for statistical differences for two-category classification were analyzed using Chi-squared and Ya, and WBR were analyzed using repeated-measures analyses of variances. Cohen's d and likelihood ratios were computed for comparison with statistically significant differences., Results: Ya measured with 678- and 1000 Hz probe tones was significantly different between ears with CHL and NH. Two-category classification of tympanograms using a 1000 Hz probe tone was significantly different between ears with CHL and NH. Neither two-category classification nor Ya was significantly different between ears identified with CHL and NH using a 226 Hz probe tone. WBR was significantly higher in the frequency bands 800 to 2500 Hz and in the frequency band centered at 6300 Hz in infants with CHL. Effect sizes (Cohen's d) were greater than 2 for several WBR frequency bands and Ya measured with 1000 Hz probe tones. The results were similar for calculations of Ya from admittance-magnitude and subcomponent tympanograms. Positive likelihood ratios for WBR ranged between 8.1 and 38, and those for Ya using 1000 Hz ranged between 12.5 and 32., Conclusions: CHL in young infants can be detected well with WBR or tympanometry using probe frequencies of 678 and 1000 Hz., (C) 2013 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
30 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: (C) 2013 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Keywords: Acoustic Impedance Tests; Acoustic Stimulation; Evoked Potentials; Auditory; Brain Stem; Female; Hearing Loss; Conductive; Hearing Tests; Humans; Infant; Infant; Newborn; Likelihood Functions; Male; Sensitivity and Specificity; acoustic impedance; article; auditory stimulation; conduction deafness; dept.cmd; evoked brain stem auditory response; female; hearing test; human; infant; male; methodology; newborn; sensitivity and specificity; statistical model

Fluctuation-driven selection at criticality in a frustrated magnetic system: the case of multiple-k partial order on the pyrochlore lattice. - Javanparast, Behnam; Hao, Zhihao; Enjalran, Matthew; Gingras, Michel J P (Physical review letters, 2015)
We study the problem of partially ordered phases with periodically arranged disordered (paramagnetic) sites on the pyrochlore lattice, a network of corner-sharing tetrahedra. The periodicity of these phases is characterized by one or more wave vectors k={1/21/21/2}. Starting from a general microscopic Hamiltonian including anisotropic nearest-neighbor exchange, long-range dipolar interactions, and second- and third-nearest neighbor exchange, we use standard mean-field theory (SMFT) to identify an extended range of interaction parameters that support partially ordered phases. We demonstrate that thermal fluctuations ignored in SMFT are responsible for the selection of one particular partially ordered phase, e.g., the "4-k" phase over the "1-k" phase. We suggest that the transition into the 4-k phase is continuous with its critical properties controlled by the cubic fixed point of a Ginzburg-Landau theory with a four-component vector order parameter. By combining an extension of the Thouless-Anderson-Palmer method originally used to study fluctuations in spin glasses with parallel-tempering Monte Carlo simulations, we establish the phase diagram for different types of partially ordered phases. Our results elucidate the long-standing puzzle concerning the origin of the 4-k partially ordered phase observed in the Gd2Ti2O7 dipolar pyrochlore antiferromagnet below its paramagnetic phase transition temperature.
21 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: United States Javanparast, Behnam. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada. Hao, Zhihao. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada. Enjalran, Matthew. Physics Department, Southern Connecticut State University, 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06515-1355, USA. Gingras, Michel J P. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada. Gingras, Michel J P. Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, 180 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Z8, Canada. Gingras, Michel J P. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 31 Caroline Street North, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 2Y5, Canada.
Keywords: Corner-sharing tetrahedra; Crystal lattices; Ginzburg Landau theory; Hamiltonians; Intelligent systems; Interaction parameters; Mean field theory; Microscopic hamiltonians; Monte Carlo methods; Parallel tempering Monte Carlo simulations; Paramagnetic phase transitions; Paramagnetism; Phase diagrams; Spin fluctuations; Thermal fluctuations; Vector order parameter; dept.phy

An efficient extrapolation to the (T)/CBS limit. - Ranasinghe, Duminda S; Barnes, Ericka C (The Journal of chemical physics, 2014)
We extrapolate to the perturbative triples (T)/complete basis set (CBS) limit using double zeta basis sets without polarization functions (Wesleyan-1-Triples-2zeta or "Wes1T-2Z") and triple zeta basis sets with a single level of polarization functions (Wesleyan-1-Triples-3zeta or "Wes1T-3Z"). These basis sets were optimized for 102 species representing the first two rows of the Periodic Table. The species include the entire set of neutral atoms, positive and negative atomic ions, as well as several homonuclear diatomic molecules, hydrides, rare gas dimers, polar molecules, such as oxides and fluorides, and a few transition states. The extrapolated Wes1T-(2,3)Z triples energies agree with (T)/CBS benchmarks to within +/-0.65 mEh, while the rms deviations of comparable model chemistries W1, CBS-APNO, and CBS-QB3 for the same test set are +/-0.23 mEh, +/-2.37 mEh, and +/-5.80 mEh, respectively. The Wes1T-(2,3)Z triples calculation time for the largest hydrocarbon in the G2/97 test set, C6H5Me(+), is reduced by a factor of 25 when compared to W1. The cost-effectiveness of the Wes1T-(2,3)Z extrapolation validates the usefulness of the Wes1T-2Z and Wes1T-3Z basis sets which are now available for a more efficient extrapolation of the (T) component of any composite model chemistry.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: United States Ranasinghe, Duminda S. Hall-Atwater Laboratories of Chemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459-0180, USA. Barnes, Ericka C. Department of Chemistry, Southern Connecticut State University, 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06515-1355, USA.
Keywords: Calculation time; Composite modeling; Dimers; Electric circuit breakers; Extrapolation; Homonuclear diatomic molecules; Model chemistry; Molecules; Periodic table; Polar molecules; Polarization; Polarization functions; Transition state; dept.che

Is it time for a new paradigm for systemic cancer treatment? Lessons from a century of cancer chemotherapy. - Crawford, Sarah (Frontiers in pharmacology, 2013)
U.S. SEER (Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results) data for age-adjusted mortality rates for all cancers combined for all races show only a modest overall 13% decline over the past 35 years. Moreover, the greatest contributor to cancer mortality is treatment-resistant metastatic disease. The accepted therapeutic paradigm for the past half-century for the treatment of advanced cancers has involved the use of systemic chemotherapy drugs cytotoxic for cycling cells (both normal and malignant) during DNA synthesis and/or mitosis. The failure of this therapeutic modality to achieve high-level, consistent rates of disease-free survival for some of the most common cancers, including tumors of the lung, colon breast, brain, melanoma, and others is the focus of this paper. A retrospective assessment of critical milestones in cancer chemotherapy indicates that most successful therapeutic regimens use cytotoxic cell cycle inhibitors in combined, maximum tolerated, dose-dense acute treatment regimens originally developed to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia and some lymphomas. Early clinical successes in this area led to their wholesale application to the treatment of solid tumor malignancies that, unfortunately, has not produced consistent, long-term high cure rates for many common cancers. Important differences in therapeutic sensitivity of leukemias/lymphomas versus solid tumors can be explained by key biological differences that define the treatment-resistant solid tumor phenotype. A review of these clinical outcome data in the context of recent developments in our understanding of drug resistance mechanisms characteristic of solid tumors suggests the need for a new paradigm for the treatment of chemotherapy-resistant cancers. In contrast to reductionist approaches, the systemic approach targets both microenvironmental and systemic factors that drive and sustain tumor progression. These systemic factors include dysregulated inflammatory and oxidation pathways shown to be directly implicated in the development and maintenance of the cancer phenotype. The paradigm stresses the importance of a combined preventive/therapeutic approach involving adjuvant chemotherapies that incorporate anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant therapeutics.
80 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: Switzerland Crawford, Sarah. Cancer Biology Research Laboratory, Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT, USA.
Keywords: Adjuvant; Anti-inflammatory; Anti-oxidant; Chemotherapy; Drug resistance; Neoplasm; Tumor microenvironment; Vinca alkaloid; acute lymphoblastic leukemia; adjuvant therapy; advanced cancer; aminopterin; antibiotic agent; antineoplastic activity; antineoplastic agent; antioxidant; article; bladder cancer; bleomycin; brain cancer; breast cancer; cancer cell; cancer chemotherapy; cancer growth; cancer mortality; cancer recurrence; cancer regression; cancer resistance; cancer survival; carboplatin; carmustine; chemosensitivity; childhood leukemia; chlorambucil; chlormethine; choriocarcinoma; cisplatin; colon cancer; cyclophosphamide; dept.bio; disease activity; disease free survival; doxorubicin; drug intermittent therapy; drug megadose; drug tolerability; drug treatment failure; elastin; etoposide; fludarabine; fluorouracil; gemcitabine; head and neck cancer; human; hydroxyurea; infection; inflammation; leukemia; lung cancer; lymphoma; malignant neoplastic disease; maximum tolerated dose; melanoma; mercaptopurine; metastasis; methotrexate; mitoxantrone; multiple cycle treatment; multiple myeloma; nonhodgkin lymphoma; nonhuman; ovary cancer; ovary carcinoma; paclitaxel; pancreas cancer; phenotype; platinum complex; prednisone; procarbazine; solid tumor; systemic therapy; testis cancer; topotecan; tumor microenvironment; unindexed drug; vinblastine; vinblastine sulfate; vincristine

Does the risk of sperm competition help explain cooperation between reproductive competitors? A study in the ocellated wrasse (Symphodus ocellatus). - Stiver, Kelly A; Alonzo, Suzanne H (The American naturalist, 2013)
Although cooperating individuals may gain benefits, they risk being cheated by their allies. Therefore, to understand the persistence of cooperation by mutual benefits, it is important to document both the potential benefits of cooperation and the risks of cheating. We experimentally examined evidence of cooperation in the ocellated wrasse (Symphodus ocellatus), a fish species with males that exercise three reproductive strategies: satellite and sneaker males attempt to parasitically spawn in the nests of nesting males. Nesting males have been hypothesized to tolerate satellites as a result of satellite aid in defense against sneaker males and help in courting females. Here, we provide evidence that cooperation between reproductive competitors may arise in response to sperm competition from other males. After we experimentally removed satellites, nesting males had more sneakers at their nest and experienced a higher rate of sneaking when they spawned (increased sperm competition risk). When we experimentally distracted nesting males to prevent their acting aggressively toward satellites, satellites spawned with females and ate eggs in the nest. Our results suggest that nesting males and satellites gain fitness benefits of reduced direct reproductive and sperm competition through cooperation. However, nesting males risk losing paternity, while satellites experience increased aggression and must invest in aggression themselves (i.e., they act aggressively toward sneakers).
17 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: United States Stiver, Kelly A. Department of Psychology, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT 06515, USA. stiverk1@southernct.edu
Keywords: *Competitive Behavior/ph [Physiology]; *Cooperative Behavior; *Perciformes/ph [Physiology]; *Sexual Behavior; Animal/ph [Physiology]; *Spermatozoa/ph [Physiology]; Aggression; Alternative male tactics; Analysis of Variance; Animals; Competition; Competitive Behavior; Cooperation; Cooperative Behavior; Female; Fertility; Fertility/ph [Physiology]; Male; Models; Biological; Nesting Behavior; Nesting Behavior/ph [Physiology]; Perciformes; Sexual Behavior; Animal; Sneak-fertilization; Sperm competition; Spermatozoa; aggression; analysis of variance; animal; article; biological model; competitive behavior; cooperation; cooperative breeding; dept.psy; female; fertility; male; nesting; peer-reviewed; perciform; persistence; physiology; reproductive strategy; sexual behavior; sneak copulation; sperm competition; spermatozoon

Chocolate milk and endurance exercise recovery: protein balance, glycogen, and performance. - Lunn, William R; Pasiakos, Stefan M; Colletto, Megan R; Karfonta, Kirstin E; Carbone, John W; Anderson, Jeffrey M; Rodriguez, Nancy R (Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 2012)
Purpose: This study examined effects of fat-free chocolate milk (MILK) consumption on kinetic and cellular markers of protein turnover, muscle glycogen, and performance during recovery from endurance exercise. Methods: Male runners participated in two trials separated by 1 wk and consumed either MILK or a nonnitrogenous isocaloric carbohydrate (CHO) control beverage (CON) after a 45-min run at 65% of V̇O 2peak. Postexercise muscle protein fractional synthetic rate (FSR) and whole-body protein turnover were determined during 3 h of recovery using muscle biopsies and primed constant infusions of L-[ring-H5]phenylalanine and L-[1-C]leucine, respectively. Phosphorylation of translational signaling proteins and activity of proteolytic molecules were determined using Western blotting and enzymatic activity assays. Muscle glycogen was quantified, and treadmill time to exhaustion was determined after the recovery period. Results: Consuming MILK after exercise resulted in higher mixed muscle FSR with lower whole-body proteolysis and synthesis compared with CON (P ≤ 0.05). Phosphorylation of eIF4E-BP1 and FOXO3a was higher for MILK (P < 0.01), whereas Akt phosphorylation was lower during recovery regardless of dietary treatment (P < 0.05). Enzymatic activity assays indicated lower caspase-3 activity during recovery for MILK (P < 0.01) and higher 26S proteasome activity for CON (P < 0.01). Muscle glycogen was not affected by either dietary treatment; however, time to exhaustion was greater for MILK than for CON (P < 0.05). Conclusions: The effects of consumption of MILK after endurance exercise on FSR, signaling molecules of skeletal muscle protein turnover, leucine kinetics, and performance measures suggest unique benefits of milk compared with a CHO-only beverage. © 2012 by the American College of Sports Medicine.
66 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: United States Lunn, William R. Exercise Science Department, Southern Connecticut State University, Moore Field House, Room 169, New Haven, CT 06515, USA. lunnw1@southernct.edu
Keywords: *Athletic Performance/ph [Physiology]; *Cacao/me [Metabolism]; *Milk/me [Metabolism]; *Muscle Proteins/bi [Biosynthesis]; *Physical Endurance/ph [Physiology]; ATP dependent 26S protease; Adaptor Proteins; Signal Transducing; Adaptor Proteins; Signal Transducing/me [Metabolism]; Adult; Animals; Athletic Performance; Cacao; Cell Cycle Proteins; Dietary Carbohydrates; Dietary Carbohydrates/me [Metabolism]; EIF4EBP1 protein; human; FOXO3 protein; human; Forkhead Box Protein O3; Forkhead Transcription Factors; Forkhead Transcription Factors/me [Metabolism]; Glycogen; Glycogen/an [Analysis]; Heart Rate; Heart Rate/ph [Physiology]; Humans; Male; Milk; Muscle Proteins; Muscle; Skeletal; Muscle; Skeletal/ch [Chemistry]; Muscle; Skeletal/me [Metabolism]; Muscle; Skeletal/ph [Physiology]; Oxygen Consumption; Oxygen Consumption/ph [Physiology]; Phosphoproteins; Phosphoproteins/me [Metabolism]; Phosphorylation; Physical Endurance; Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex; Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/an [Analysis]; Protein synthesis; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/me [Metabolism]; Young Adult; adult; animal; article; athletic performance; biosynthesis; cacao; carbohydrate diet; chemistry; dept.hms; endurance; forkhead transcription factor; glycogen; heart rate; human; intracellular signaling; leucine kinetics; male; metabolism; milk; muscle glycogen; muscle protein; oxygen consumption; peer-reviewed; phosphoprotein; phosphorylation; physiology; proteasome; protein kinase B; proteolysis; signal transducing adaptor protein; skeletal muscle; time to exhaustion

Gradual vs. Maximal Acceleration: Their Influence on the Prescription of Maximal Speed Sprinting in Team Sport Athletes. - Young, Warren B; Duthie, Grant M; James, Lachlan P; Talpey, Scott W; Benton, Dean T; Kilfoyle, Anthony (Sports, 2018)
The primary purpose of this study was to determine if a difference existed between peak speed attained when performing a sprint with maximal acceleration versus from a gradual build-up. Additionally, this investigation sought to compare the actual peak speed achieved when instructed to reach 75% and 90% of maximum speed. Field sport athletes (n = 21) performed sprints over 60 m under the experimental conditions, and the peak speed was assessed with a radar gun. The gradual build-up to maximum speed (8.30 +/- 0.40 m.s-1) produced the greater peak speed (effect size = 0.3, small) than the maximum acceleration run (8.18 +/- 0.40 m.s-1), and the majority of participants (62%) followed this pattern. For the sub-maximum runs, the actual mean percentage of maximum speed reached was 78 +/- 6% for the 75% prescribed run and 89 +/- 5% for the 90% prescription. The errors in attaining the prescribed peak speeds were large (~15%) for certain individuals, especially for the 75% trial. Sprint training for maximum speed should be performed with a gradual build-up of speed rather than a maximum acceleration. For sub-maximum interval training, the ability to attain the prescribed target peak speed can be challenging for field sport athletes, and therefore where possible, feedback on peak speeds reached should be provided after each repetition.
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: Switzerland Young, Warren B. School of Health and Life Sciences, Federation University, Ballarat 3350, Australia. w.young@federation.edu.au. Duthie, Grant M. School of Exercise Science, Australian Catholic University, North Sydney 2060, Australia. grant.duthie@acu.edu.au. James, Lachlan P. School of Health and Life Sciences, Federation University, Ballarat 3350, Australia. l.james@latrobe.edu.au. James, Lachlan P. Department of Rehabilitation, Nutrition and Sport, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne 3086, Australia. l.james@latrobe.edu.au. Talpey, Scott W. School of Health and Life Sciences, Federation University, Ballarat 3350, Australia. talpeys1@southernct.edu. Talpey, Scott W. Exercise Science Department, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT 06515, USA. talpeys1@southernct.edu. Benton, Dean T. Atletico, Melbourne, Australia. dbenton@atletico.com.au. Kilfoyle, Anthony. School of Health and Life Sciences, Federation University, Ballarat 3350, Australia. tonykilfoyle@hotmail.com.
Keywords: Acceleration; Conditioning; Programming; Team sport; dept.hms; peer-reviewed

Encoding human serine phosphopeptides in bacteria for proteome-wide identification of phosphorylation-dependent interactions. - Barber, Karl W; Muir, Paul; Szeligowski, Richard V; Rogulina, Svetlana; Gerstein, Mark; Sampson, Jeffrey R; Isaacs, Farren J; Rinehart, Jesse (Nature biotechnology, 2018)
Post-translational phosphorylation is essential to human cellular processes, but the transient, heterogeneous nature of this modification complicates its study in native systems. We developed an approach to interrogate phosphorylation and its role in protein-protein interactions on a proteome-wide scale. We genetically encoded phosphoserine in recoded E. coli and generated a peptide-based heterologous representation of the human serine phosphoproteome. We designed a single-plasmid library encoding >100,000 human phosphopeptides and confirmed the site-specific incorporation of phosphoserine in >36,000 of these peptides. We then integrated our phosphopeptide library into an approach known as Hi-P to enable proteome-level screens for serine-phosphorylation-dependent human protein interactions. Using Hi-P, we found hundreds of known and potentially new phosphoserine-dependent interactors with 14-3-3 proteins and WW domains. These phosphosites retained important binding characteristics of the native human phosphoproteome, as determined by motif analysis and pull-downs using full-length phosphoproteins. This technology can be used to interrogate user-defined phosphoproteomes in any organism, tissue, or disease of interest.
27 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: United States Barber, Karl W. Department of Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Barber, Karl W. Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut, USA. Muir, Paul. Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut, USA. Muir, Paul. Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Szeligowski, Richard V. Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut, USA. Szeligowski, Richard V. Biology Department, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Rogulina, Svetlana. Department of Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Rogulina, Svetlana. Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut, USA. Gerstein, Mark. Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut, USA. Gerstein, Mark. Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Gerstein, Mark. Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Gerstein, Mark. Department of Computer Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Sampson, Jeffrey R. Agilent Laboratories, Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, California, USA. Isaacs, Farren J. Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut, USA. Isaacs, Farren J. Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Rinehart, Jesse. Department of Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Rinehart, Jesse. Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Keywords: *Peptides/ge [Genetics]; *Protein Interaction Maps/ge [Genetics]; *Proteome/ge [Genetics]; *Serine Proteases/ge [Genetics]; 14-3-3 Proteins; 14-3-3 Proteins/ch [Chemistry]; 14-3-3 Proteins/ge [Genetics]; 14-3-3 proteins; Amino Acid Motifs; Amino Acid Motifs/ge [Genetics]; Amino acids; Article; Binding characteristics; Cellular process; DNA library; Encoding (symbols); Enzyme activity; Escherichia coli; Escherichia coli/ge [Genetics]; Gene Library; Human proteins; Humans; Motif analysis; Peptides; Peptides/ch [Chemistry]; Phosphopeptides; Phosphoproteomes; Phosphorylation; Phosphoserine; Phosphoserine/ch [Chemistry]; Plasmids; Plasmids/ge [Genetics]; Protein Interaction Maps; Protein-protein interactions; Proteome; Serine Proteases; Serine Proteases/ch [Chemistry]; Signal encoding; WW Domains; WW Domains/ge [Genetics]; WW domain; amino terminal sequence; assay; carboxy terminal sequence; cell lysate; chemistry; controlled study; dept.bio; fluorescence activated cell sorting; fusion protein; gene library; genetics; high throughput sequencing; human; immunoblotting; immunoprecipitation; in vitro study; ligand binding; mass spectrometry; nonhuman; peer-reviewed; peptide; peptide library; phosphopeptide; phosphorylation; phosphoserine; plasmid; priority journal; protein 14 3 3; protein analysis; protein degradation; protein motif; protein phosphorylation; protein protein interaction; proteome; proteomics; pull down assay; serine; serine proteinase; transcription factor FKHRL1; transfer RNA

The Relationship between Carotid and Femoral Artery Intima-Media Thickness and Histopathologic Grade of Atherosclerosis in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. - Nezami, Nariman; Ghabili, Kamyar; Shokouhi-Gogani, Behrooz; Mirchi, Mohammad; Ghojazadeh, Morteza; Safa, Javid; Zomorrodi, Afshar; Gharadaghi, Abasad; Mojadidi, Mohammad Khalid; Tarzamni, Mohammad Kazem; Khajir, Ghazal; Ghorashi, Sona; et al. (Nephron, 2018)
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Variability in the grade of atherosclerosis among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) could affect the ultrasound measurements of intima media thickness (IMT). We sought to investigate IMTs of carotid (cIMT) and femoral (fIMT) arteries in CKD patients and assess the degree of their correlation with histopathological atherosclerosis., METHODS: Eighty-nine out of 99 enrolled subjects completed this study. The subjects were divided into 3 groups: 34 patients with CKD (Case group), 31 with coronary artery disease undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG, positive control group), and 24 healthy kidney donors (negative control group). For histopathological assessment of atherosclerosis, arterial tissue samples were obtained from the patients in each study group. The cIMT and fIMTs were measured by ultrasonography., RESULTS: Histopathological atherosclerosis was present in 82.3, 100, and 20.8% of CKD, CABG, and donor groups respectively (p < 0.001). CKD patients had higher values of cIMT and fIMT than the donor group (p = 0.01 and 0.004, respectively). cIMT was positively correlated with the grade of atherosclerosis in the CKD group only (p < 0.001), while fIMT was correlated with the grade of atherosclerosis in both CKD and donor groups (p < 0.001 and p = 0.009 respectively). In CKD patients, cIMT >0.65 mm and femoral values >0.57 mm predicted the presence of histopathological atherosclerosis with sensitivities of 96 and 92% respectively., CONCLUSION: Higher values of cIMT and fIMT in CKD patients are associated with higher rates and degrees of histopathological atherosclerosis. Additionally, when compared to fIMT, cIMT has a higher sensitivity for detecting atherosclerosis in CKD patients. Copyright © 2018 S. Karger AG, Basel.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: Switzerland Nezami, Nariman. Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Nezami, Nariman. Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Ghabili, Kamyar. Department of Urology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Shokouhi-Gogani, Behrooz. Department of Pathology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Mirchi, Mohammad. Department of Radiology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Ghojazadeh, Morteza. Liver and Gastrointestinal Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Safa, Javid. Department of Nephrology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Zomorrodi, Afshar. Department of Transplantation, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Gharadaghi, Abasad. Department of Surgery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Mojadidi, Mohammad Khalid. Division of Cardiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. Tarzamni, Mohammad Kazem. Liver and Gastrointestinal Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Khajir, Ghazal. Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Ghorashi, Sona. Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Revzin, Margarita. Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Keywords: *Atherosclerosis/pa [Pathology]; *Carotid Arteries/pa [Pathology]; *Carotid Intima-Media Thickness; *Femoral Artery/pa [Pathology]; *Renal Insufficiency; Chronic/pa [Pathology]; Adult; Article; Atherosclerosis; Atherosclerosis/co [Complications]; Carotid Arteries; Carotid Intima-Media Thickness; Chronic kidney disease; Common carotid artery; Female; Femoral Artery; Femoral artery; Histopathology; Humans; Intima media thickness; Male; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Renal Insufficiency; Chronic; Renal Insufficiency; Chronic/co [Complications]; adult; arterial tissue; arterial wall thickness; atherosclerosis; carotid artery; chronic kidney failure; clinical trial; complication; controlled study; coronary artery bypass graft; coronary artery disease; dept.che; disease severity; echography; female; femoral artery; histopathology; human; human tissue; logistic regression analysis; major clinical study; male; middle aged; multicenter study; pathology; peer-reviewed; priority journal; prospective study; sensitivity analysis

The effects of sprint training and the Nordic hamstring exercise on eccentric hamstring strength and sprint performance in adolescent athletes. - Freeman, Brock W; Young, Warren B; Talpey, Scott W; Smyth, Andrew M; Pane, Calvin L; Carlon, Todd A (Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 2019)
BACKGROUND: Hamstring strain injuries (HSI) are among the most common injuries in field-based team sports with a high-speed running component. The implementation of the Nordic hamstring exercise (NHE) is a well-documented method of improving eccentric hamstring strength to mitigate the risk of HSI occurrence. Sprint training is specific to the injury mechanism and is thought to activate the hamstrings through maximal eccentric contractions. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of sprint training and the NHE on eccentric hamstring strength and sprint performance., METHODS: Twenty-eight participants (mean+/-SD age=16.21+/-1.34 years; height=1.75m+/-0.10m; body mass=68.5kg+/-12.1kg) completed an eccentric hamstring strength assessment and 40m sprint to assess acceleration and maximum speed. Participants were randomly allocated to either a NHE training or sprint training group. Two sessions per week for four-weeks of training was performed with baseline testing procedures repeated in the week following the intervention. Perceptions of soreness were recorded following the warm-up in each training session., RESULTS: Both the NHE (effect size=0.39, P<0.05) and sprint training (effect size=0.29, P<0.05) groups displayed significant gains in eccentric hamstring strength. The NHE group reported trivial improvements in sprint performance, whilst the sprint training group experienced a moderate improvement, specifically in maximum speed (ES=0.83 Moderate). Sprint training also produced greater perceptions of soreness than the NHE following a four-week training intervention, specifically before the start of the last session (P<0.05)., CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate that sprint training had a beneficial effect for both eccentric hamstring strength and sprint performance, whilst also producing greater soreness than the NHE following the final training session. It was concluded that a four-week block of maximum speed training may have both an injury prevention and performance enhancement benefit.
36 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: Italy Freeman, Brock W. School of Health Sciences and Psychology, Faculty of Health, Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Australia - brockw.freeman@gmail.com. Young, Warren B. School of Health Sciences and Psychology, Faculty of Health, Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Australia. Talpey, Scott W. School of Health Sciences and Psychology, Faculty of Health, Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Australia. Talpey, Scott W. School of Health and Human Services, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, USA. Smyth, Andrew M. School of Health Sciences and Psychology, Faculty of Health, Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Australia. Pane, Calvin L. Maribyrnong Sports Academy, Melbourne, Australia. Carlon, Todd A. Maribyrnong Sports Academy, Melbourne, Australia.
Keywords: *Hamstring Muscles/ph [Physiology]; *Muscle Strength/ph [Physiology]; *Running/ph [Physiology]; Adolescent; Athletic performance; Exercise; Exercise Test; Exercise Test/mt [Methods]; Exercise/ph [Physiology]; Female; Hamstring Muscles; Hamstring muscles; Humans; Male; Muscle Strength; Resistance training; Risk Factors; Running; Soft Tissue Injuries; Soft Tissue Injuries/et [Etiology]; Soft Tissue Injuries/pc [Prevention & Control]; Sports medicine; acceleration; accident prevention; adolescent; article; athlete; athletic performance; clinical article; controlled study; dept.hhs; eccentric muscle contraction; effect size; exercise; exercise test; female; hamstring muscle; human; male; muscle strength; peer-reviewed; perception; physiology; procedures; randomized controlled trial; resistance training; risk factor; running; soft tissue injury; sports medicine; warm up

Group Well-Child Care and Health Services Utilization: A Bilingual Qualitative Analysis of Parents' Perspectives. - Oldfield, Benjamin J; Nogelo, Patricia F; Vazquez, Marietta; Ona Ayala, Kimberly; Fenick, Ada M; Rosenthal, Marjorie S (Maternal and child health journal, 2019)
Objective Alternative primary care structures such as group well-child care (GWCC) may enhance care for families, particularly those subject to structural vulnerabilities such as poverty or restrictive immigration policies. The purpose of this study was to characterize how group dynamics in GWCC impact the perceptions of low-income, immigrant, and/or Spanish-speaking parents of health services. Methods Using Spanish and English interview guides that were conceptually identical, we conducted semi-structured interviews with parents who elected to participate in GWCC at an urban academic center. We drew from directed content analysis, grounded theoretically in the Andersen model of health services utilization. Modeling a bilingual, multicultural analytic strategy, we preserved the narrative of participants in the source language through all stages of analysis. Results From March through August 2017, we interviewed 22 caregivers in their preferred language. Most (82%) were mothers and half spoke Spanish only. Three themes emerged: participants perceived that (1) GWCC facilitates their and their peers' discovery of inherent expertise, which moderates parents' use of health services, (2) GWCC encourages rearrangements of hierarchies of knowledge, professional roles and genders; and (3) in the context of structural vulnerabilities, relationships formed in GWCC facilitate collective efficacy. Conclusions for Practice By considering the self and peer as sources of health-related expertise, GWCC may extend current theoretical models of health services utilization. GWCC provides opportunities to impact health services utilization among families subject to structural vulnerabilities.
13 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: United States Oldfield, Benjamin J. Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. benjamin.oldfield@yale.edu. Oldfield, Benjamin J. Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. benjamin.oldfield@yale.edu. Oldfield, Benjamin J. National Clinician Scholars Program, Yale School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208088, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA. benjamin.oldfield@yale.edu. Oldfield, Benjamin J. Fair Haven Community Health Care, New Haven, CT, USA. benjamin.oldfield@yale.edu. Nogelo, Patricia F. Department of Social Work, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA. Nogelo, Patricia F. Department of Social Work, School of Public Health and Human Services, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, USA. Vazquez, Marietta. Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. Ona Ayala, Kimberly. Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. Fenick, Ada M. Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. Rosenthal, Marjorie S. Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. Rosenthal, Marjorie S. National Clinician Scholars Program, Yale School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208088, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA.
Keywords: *Child Health Services/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]; *Child Welfare; *Parents/px [Psychology]; *Patient Acceptance of Health Care/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]; Adolescent; Adult; Child Health Services; Child Welfare; Child; Preschool; Cultural diversity; Female; Humans; Interviews as Topic; Interviews as Topic/mt [Methods]; Male; Multilingualism; Parents; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Patient Acceptance of Health Care/px [Psychology]; Primary health care; Qualitative Research; Qualitative research; Vulnerable populations; adolescent; adult; article; caregiver; case report; child; child care; child health care; child parent relation; child welfare; clinical article; content analysis; cultural diversity; dept.swk; drug efficacy; female; gender; group dynamics; health care utilization; human; human experiment; immigrant; interview; language; lowest income group; male; mother; multilingualism; narrative; patient attitude; peer-reviewed; perception; preschool child; primary health care; procedures; professional standard; psychology; qualitative analysis; qualitative research; semi structured interview; speech; vulnerable population

Combinatorial Strategies for Synthesis and Characterization of Alloy Microstructures over Large Compositional Ranges. - Li, Yanglin; Jensen, Katharine E; Liu, Yanhui; Liu, Jingbei; Gong, Pan; Scanley, B Ellen; Broadbridge, Christine C; Schroers, Jan (ACS combinatorial science, 2016)
The exploration of new alloys with desirable properties has been a long-standing challenge in materials science because of the complex relationship between composition and microstructure. In this Research Article, we demonstrate a combinatorial strategy for the exploration of composition dependence of microstructure. This strategy is comprised of alloy library synthesis followed by high-throughput microstructure characterization. As an example, we synthesized a ternary Au-Cu-Si composition library containing over 1000 individual alloys using combinatorial sputtering. We subsequently melted and resolidified the entire library at controlled cooling rates. We used scanning optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction mapping to explore trends in phase formation and microstructural length scale with composition across the library. The integration of combinatorial synthesis with parallelizable analysis methods provides a efficient method for examining vast compositional ranges. The availability of microstructures from this vast composition space not only facilitates design of new alloys by controlling effects of composition on phase selection, phase sequence, length scale, and overall morphology, but also will be instrumental in understanding the complex process of microstructure formation in alloys.
19 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: United States Li, Yanglin. Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States. Li, Yanglin. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States. Jensen, Katharine E. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States. Liu, Yanhui. Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States. Liu, Yanhui. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States. Liu, Jingbei. Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States. Liu, Jingbei. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States. Gong, Pan. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States. Scanley, B Ellen. Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States. Scanley, B Ellen. Department of Physics, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut 06515, United States. Broadbridge, Christine C. Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States. Broadbridge, Christine C. Department of Physics, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut 06515, United States. Schroers, Jan. Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States. Schroers, Jan. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States.
Keywords: *Alloys/ch [Chemistry]; *Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques/mt [Methods]; *Copper/ch [Chemistry]; *Gold/ch [Chemistry]; *Silicon/ch [Chemistry]; Alloys; Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; Copper; Gold; High-Throughput Screening Assays; Materials Testing; Physical Phenomena; Silicon; alloy; alloy microstructure; chemistry; combinatorial chemistry; combinatorial materials science; copper; dept.phy; gold; high throughput screening; high-throughput; materials testing; phase mapping; physical phenomena; procedures; silicon

Charge-Dependent Directed Flow in Cu+Au Collisions at sNN =200 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review Letters, 2017)
We present the first measurement of charge-dependent directed flow in Cu+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV. The results are presented as a function of the particle transverse momentum and pseudorapidity for different centralities. A finite difference between the directed flow of positive and negative charged particles is observed that qualitatively agrees with the expectations from the effects of the initial strong electric field between two colliding ions with different nuclear charges. The measured difference in directed flow is much smaller than that obtained from the parton-hadron-string-dynamics model, which suggests that most of the electric charges, i.e., quarks and antiquarks, have not yet been created during the lifetime of the strong electric field, which is of the order of, or less than, 1 fm/c. © 2017 American Physical Society.
17 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Antiquarks; Charged particles; Colliding beam accelerators; Directed flow; Dynamics modeling; Electric fields; Nuclear charges; Pseudorapidities; Strong electric fields; Transverse momenta; dept.phy

Dijet imbalance measurements in Au+Au and pp collisions at sNN =200 GeV at STAR - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review Letters, 2017)
We report the first dijet transverse momentum asymmetry measurements from Au+Au and pp collisions at RHIC. The two highest-energy back-to-back jets reconstructed from fragments with transverse momenta above 2 GeV/c display a significantly higher momentum imbalance in heavy-ion collisions than in the pp reference. When reexamined with correlated soft particles included, we observe that these dijets then exhibit a unique new feature - momentum balance is restored to that observed in pp for a jet resolution parameter of R=0.4, while rebalancing is not attained with a smaller value of R=0.2. © 2017 American Physical Society.
18 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Asymmetry measurements; Colliding beam accelerators; Germanium compounds; Gold compounds; Heavy ion collision; Heavy ions; Momentum; Momentum balances; Pp collisions; Rebalancing; Resolution parameters; Soft particles; Transverse momenta; dept.phy

Beam-Energy Dependence of Directed Flow of Λ, Λ , K±, Ks0, and φ in Au+Au Collisions - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review Letters, 2018)
Rapidity-odd directed-flow measurements at midrapidity are presented for Λ, Λ, K±, Ks0, and φ at sNN=7.7, 11.5, 14.5, 19.6, 27, 39, 62.4, and 200 GeV in Au+Au collisions recorded by the Solenoidal Tracker detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. These measurements greatly expand the scope of data available to constrain models with differing prescriptions for the equation of state of quantum chromodynamics. Results show good sensitivity for testing a picture where flow is assumed to be imposed before hadron formation and the observed particles are assumed to form via coalescence of constituent quarks. The pattern of departure from a coalescence-inspired sum rule can be a valuable new tool for probing the collision dynamics. © 2018 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.
62 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Au+Au collisions; Beam energies; Colliding beam accelerators; Collision dynamics; Directed flow; Elementary particles; Equation of state; Equations of state; Germanium compounds; Gold compounds; Heavy ions; High energy physics; Quantum chromodynamics; Quantum theory; Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider; Tracker detector; dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Polarization of Λ (Λ ̄) Hyperons along the Beam Direction in Au+Au Collisions at sNN =200 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review Letters, 2019)
The Λ (Λ̄) hyperon polarization along the beam direction has been measured in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV, for the first time in heavy-ion collisions. The polarization dependence on the hyperons' emission angle relative to the elliptic flow plane exhibits a second harmonic sine modulation, indicating a quadrupole pattern of the vorticity component along the beam direction, expected due to elliptic flow. The polarization is found to increase in more peripheral collisions, and shows no strong transverse momentum (pT) dependence at pT greater than 1 GeV/c. The magnitude of the signal is about 5 times smaller than those predicted by hydrodynamic and multiphase transport models; the observed phase of the emission angle dependence is also opposite to these model predictions. In contrast, the kinematic vorticity calculations in the blast-wave model tuned to reproduce particle spectra, elliptic flow, and the azimuthal dependence of the Gaussian source radii measured with the Hanbury Brown-Twiss intensity interferometry technique reproduce well the modulation phase measured in the data and capture the centrality and transverse momentum dependence of the polarization signal. © 2019 American Physical Society.
100 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Azimuthal dependence; Colliding beam accelerators; Emission angle dependence; Gaussian beams; Heavy ion collision; Heavy ions; Hyperon polarization; Interferometry; Interferometry technique; Modulation; Multiphase transport; Polarization; Polarization dependence; Polarization signals; Vorticity; dept.phy; peer-reviewed

First Observation of the Directed Flow of D0 and D0 ̄ in Au+Au Collisions at sNN =200 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review Letters, 2019)
We report the first measurement of rapidity-odd directed flow (v1) for D0 and D0̄ mesons at midrapidity (|y|<0.8) in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV using the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. In 10-80% Au+Au collisions, the slope of the v1 rapidity dependence (dv1/dy), averaged over D0 and D0̄ mesons, is -0.080±0.017(stat)±0.016(syst) for transverse momentum pT above 1.5 GeV/c. The absolute value of D0 meson dv1/dy is about 25 times larger than that for charged kaons, with 3.4σ significance. These data give a unique insight into the initial tilt of the produced matter, and offer constraints on the geometric and transport parameters of the hot QCD medium created in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. © 2019 American Physical Society.
47 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Absolute values; Au+Au collisions; Bosons; Colliding beam accelerators; Directed flow; Germanium compounds; Gold compounds; Hadrons; Heavy ions; Mid-rapidity; Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider; Relativistic heavy ion collision; Transport parameters; Transverse momenta; dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Observation of Excess J /ψ Yield at Very Low Transverse Momenta in Au+Au Collisions at sNN =200 GeV and U+ U Collisions at sNN =193 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review Letters, 2019)
We report on the first measurements of J/ψ production at very low transverse momentum (pT<0.2 GeV/c) in hadronic Au+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV and U+U collisions at sNN=193 GeV. Remarkably, the inferred nuclear modification factor of J/ψ at midrapidity in Au+Au (U+U) collisions reaches about 24 (52) for pT<0.05 GeV/c in the 60%-80% collision centrality class. This noteworthy enhancement cannot be explained by hadronic production accompanied by cold and hot medium effects. In addition, the dN/dt distribution of J/ψ for the very low pT range is presented for the first time. The distribution is consistent with that expected from the Au nucleus and shows a hint of interference. Comparison of the measurements to theoretical calculations of coherent production shows that the excess yield can be described reasonably well and reveals a partial disruption of coherent production in semicentral collisions, perhaps due to the violent hadronic interactions. Incorporating theoretical calculations, the results strongly suggest that the dramatic enhancement of J/ψ yield observed at extremely low pT originates from coherent photon-nucleus interactions. In particular, coherently produced J/ψ's in violent hadronic collisions may provide a novel probe of the quark-gluon plasma. © 2019 authors. Published by the American Physical Society.
19 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Au+Au collisions; Colliding beam accelerators; Germanium compounds; Gold compounds; Hadronic collisions; Hadronic interactions; Isomers; Nitrogen compounds; Nuclear modification factors; Quark-gluon plasma; Semicentral collisions; Theoretical calculations; Transverse momenta; dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Between You and Me: Transitional Comics - Councilor, K. C. (Drawbridge Press, 2019)
"Between You and Me: Transitional Comics is a collection of comics that reflects two transitions–from a person who doesn't draw to a cartoonist and from a butch lesbian to a transgender dude. I stopped drawing when I was a kid and didn't start drawing again until I was 33 years old and brave enough to take a course with Lynda Barry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In the four years since, I have continued working closely with her, and in that time, I have quite literally drawn myself into being. It was through the experience of drawing myself in the world on the page that allowed me to draw myself out into the world, to realize that I am transgender and that I wanted to transition–something I had been thinking about for nearly a decade but kept private and suppressed. The comics in Between You and Me reflect the experiences of a transgender and transitioning person navigating the profundities and mundanities of daily life and observing the world around him. Also present in the book is my transition from non-drawer to someone who identifies as a cartoonist. Though not linearly, readers will note a shift in the confidence of the line as my fluency as an artist increased. The book includes a back section that includes a letter to the reader, early sketchbook pages and commentary on being self-conscious, encouraging people to reclaim drawing as a form of self-expression and a way of looking at the world. The book concludes with a dialogue between me and Lynda Barry, a conversation between student and teacher about gender and drawing and discovery and identity and growing up and everything in between (and then some)! The book includes reflections that expand beyond my own life and experiences to address social issues. This comes from my grappling with the sincere belief that it is possible for people to fundamentally change–I don't think people actually want to be "haters"–while at the same time witnessing the violences of racist oppression, patriarchy, and homophobia. The book is entirely nonfiction, but it's not wholly a memoir, and certainly doesn't aim to represent any kind of authoritative version of trans experience. The specifics of my experiences of walking down the street, going to the bathroom, going through airport security or to the doctor, of coming out and not coming out are at once particular to my experience and resonate with the sticking points where many trans and gender-fluid people experience confusion, frustration, fear, and delight"–Author's website.
Keywords: Biography; Biography; Comic books; strips; etc; Biography; Female-to-male transsexuals; Biography; Female-to-male transsexuals; Female-to-male transsexuals; Cartoonists; Comic books; strips; etc; Comic books; strips; etc; Cartoonists; Comic books; strips; etc; Female-to-male transsexuals; United States; Medicine; dept.com; faculty_collection

Satire, ecocentrism, and luddite discourse in One Hundred Years of Solitude: regional approaches for a global environmental crisis - Flores, William (Gabriel García Márquez in Retrospect: A Collection, 2016)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Retrospect gathers fifteen essays by noted scholars in the fields of Latin American literature, politics, and theater. The volume offers broad overviews of the Colombian author’s total body of work, along with closer looks at some of his acknowledged masterpieces. The Nobel laureate’s cultural contexts and influences, his variety of themes, and his formidable legacy (Hispanic, U.S., world-wide) all come up for consideration. New readings of One Hundred Years of Solitude are further complemented by fresh, stimulating, highly detailed examinations of his later novels (Chronicle of a Death Foretold, The General in His Labyrinth, Of Love and Other Demons) and stories (Strange Pilgrims). Further attention is focused on “Gabo’s” labors as journalist and as memoirist (Living to Tell the Tale), and to his sometime relationships with the cinema and the stage. Reactions to his enormous stature on the part of younger writers, including recent signs of backlash, are also given thoughtful scrutiny. Feminist and ecocritical interpretations, plus lively discussions of Gabo’s artful use of humor, character’s names, and even cuisine, are to be found here as well. In the wake of García Márquez’s passing away in 2014, this collection of essays serves as a fitting tribute to one of the world’s greatest literary figures of the twentieth century.
Google-Books-ID: TgjWDQAAQBAJ
Keywords: Literary Criticism / Caribbean & Latin American; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / Modern / 20th Century; dept.wll

Connecticut - Kenty-Drane, Jessica L.; Prince-Stewart, Jamilah (Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide, 2013)
The sociology of education is a rich interdisciplinary field that studies schools as their own social world as well as their place within the larger society. The field draws contributions from education, sociology, human development, family studies, economics, politics and public policy. Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide introduces students to the social constructions of our educational systems and their many players, including students and their peers, teachers, parents, the broader community, politicians and policy makers. The roles of schools, the social processes governing schooling, and impacts on society are all critically explored. Despite an abundance of textbooks and specialized monographs, there are few up-to-date reference works in this area. Features & Benefits: 335 signed entries fill 2 volumes in print and electronic formats, providing the most comprehensive reference resource available on this topic. Cross-References and Suggestions for Further Reading guide readers to additional resources. A thematic "Reader's Guide" groups related articles by broad topic areas as one handy search feature on the e-Reference platform, which also includes a comprehensive index of search terms, facilitating ease of use by both on-campus students and distance learners. A Chronology provides students with historical perspective on the sociology of education.
Google-Books-ID: xw5zAwAAQBAJ
Keywords: dept.soc

Wealth and education - Kenty-Drane, Jessica L. (Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide, 2013)
The sociology of education is a rich interdisciplinary field that studies schools as their own social world as well as their place within the larger society. The field draws contributions from education, sociology, human development, family studies, economics, politics and public policy. Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide introduces students to the social constructions of our educational systems and their many players, including students and their peers, teachers, parents, the broader community, politicians and policy makers. The roles of schools, the social processes governing schooling, and impacts on society are all critically explored. Despite an abundance of textbooks and specialized monographs, there are few up-to-date reference works in this area. Features & Benefits: 335 signed entries fill 2 volumes in print and electronic formats, providing the most comprehensive reference resource available on this topic. Cross-References and Suggestions for Further Reading guide readers to additional resources. A thematic "Reader's Guide" groups related articles by broad topic areas as one handy search feature on the e-Reference platform, which also includes a comprehensive index of search terms, facilitating ease of use by both on-campus students and distance learners. A Chronology provides students with historical perspective on the sociology of education.
Google-Books-ID: xw5zAwAAQBAJ
Keywords: dept.soc

Bridges: Technology and the Social - Paddock, Troy R. E. (Environment, Space, Place, 2010)
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.his

“No Man’s Land”: Forbidden and Subversive Space in War - Paddock, Troy R. E. (Environment, Space, Place, 2013)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.his

Spatial relations and the struggle for space: Friedrich Ratzel’s impact on German education from the Wilhelmine Empire to the Third Reich - Paddock, Troy (Journal of Educational Media, Memory, and Society, 2016)
This article examines the influence of Friedrich Ratzel’s idea of the struggle for space and its impact on cultural and national development depicted in German geography and history textbooks from the Wilhelmine era to the Third Reich. Ratzel’s concept of bio-geography conceived the state as a living organism that is the product of humanity’s interaction with the land and also facilitates humanity’s spread across the earth. German textbooks promoted a similar concept of the state in their portrayal of geography and history, the implications of which were appropriated by the National Socialists to support their geopolitical goals.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Education; Friedrich ratzel; Geography instruction; History instruction; National identity; State; Textbooks; dept.his

Creating the Russian Peril: Education, the Public Sphere, and National Identity in Imperial Germany, 1890-1914 - Paddock, Troy R. E. (Camden House, 2010)
German attitudes toward and stereotypes of Russia before the First World War and how they were inculcated in the public.
SCSU Faculty Scholar Award
Keywords: 1871-1918; 19th century; Education; 19th century; Nationalism; 20th century; Germany; 20th century; Nationalism; Foreign public opinion; German; Russia; Germany; Germany; Germany; Germany; Russia; History; History; Education; Political aspects; Press coverage; Public opinion; Relations; Russia; Russia; SCSU Faculty Scholar Award; award_winner; dept.his; faculty_collection

World War I and Propaganda - Paddock, Troy R. E. (Brill, 2014)
World War I and Propaganda offers a new look at a familiar subject. The contributions to this volume demonstrate that the traditional view of propaganda as top-down manipulation is no longer plausible. Drawing from a variety of sources, scholars examine the complex negotiations involved in propaganda within the British Empire, in occupied territories, in neutral nations, and how war should be conducted. Propaganda was tailored to meet local circumstances and integrated into a larger narrative in which the war was not always the most important issue. Issues centering on local politics, national identity, preservation of tradition, or hopes of a brighter future all played a role in different forms of propaganda. Contributors are Christopher Barthel, Donata Blobaum, Robert Blobaum, Mourad Djebabla, Christopher Fischer, Andrew T. Jarboe, Elli Lemonidou, David Monger, Javier Pounce,Catriona Pennell, Anne Samson, Richard Smith, Kenneth Andrew Steuer, María Inés Tato, and Lisa Todd.
Publication Title: World War I and Propaganda
Keywords: dept.his

Feelings Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Le Hénand, Alice (Twirl Books, 2019)
It’s never too early to encourage children to talk about how they feel. This newest title in the Pull and …
Keywords: dept.lib

Who Lives Where? Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Babin, Stephanie (Twirl Books, 2019)
Sliding panels of animals near and far make for a delightful and satisfying format for matching game fun! Each of …
Keywords: dept.lib

Construction Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Babin, Stephanie (Twirl Books, 2019)
Bumpy roads, rough wood beams, and smooth concrete—there’s so much to discover in this Touch and ExploreTM book that’s all …
Keywords: dept.lib

Super Mazes in Space! Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Méhée, Loïc (Twirl Books, 2019)
Ten incredible mazes combine with a space adventure to provide a stellar game book for every puzzle-solving kid! Comics artist …
Keywords: dept.lib

Cars Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Krasinski, Geraldine (Twirl Books, 2019)
Turn a wheel to see cars of yesteryear, slide a new car onto a car carrier, pull a tab to …
Keywords: dept.lib

Body Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Babin, Stephanie (Twirl Books, 2019)
Big, sturdy tabs to push and pull make for great learning fun in this brand-new nonfiction series. Preschool children learn …
Keywords: dept.lib

Pirates Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Adams, Ines (Twirl Books, 2019)
Heave ho! Set sail on a high-seas adventure with swashbuckling pirates in search of treasure in this new Magnetology™ title. …
Keywords: dept.lib

Savanna Animals Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Dussaussois, Sophie (Twirl Books, 2019)
Take a trek into the wild . . . • Hunting for food • Building homes • Keeping cool • …
Keywords: dept.lib

Astronauts Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Dussaussois, Sophie (Twirl Books, 2019)
Count down to an incredible voyage! • Learning to pilot a spacecraft • Getting used to being weightless • Going …
Keywords: dept.lib

Jungle Animals Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Mazas, Marie (Twirl Books, 2019)
The shaggy fur of a sloth, the scaly skin of an iguana, and the rough hide of a tapir—there’s so …
Keywords: dept.lib

Bathtime Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Le Hénand, Alice (Twirl Books, 2019)
Little Crocodile, Little Monkey, and all their friends can think of a lot more things they’d rather do than take …
Keywords: dept.lib

Ultimate Book of Planet Earth Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Baumann, Anne-Sophie (Twirl Books, 2019)
The internationally successful Ultimate Book series expands its scope to embrace-very appropriately-the whole world! The Ultimate Book of Planet Earth …
Keywords: dept.lib

Badadoom Badabump! Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Baou, Bartélémi (Twirl Books, 2019)
Inspiring imagination and encouraging hours of creative play, Badaboom Badabump! is an innovative play set that not only includes a …
Keywords: dept.lib

Max Ernst Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Bancquart, Marie-Claire (Qarrtsiluni Online Literary Magazine, 2011)
Keywords: dept.lib

[Three Poems] Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Bancquart, Marie-Claire (Asymptote, 2012)
Keywords: dept.lib

[Six Poems] Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Bancquart, Marie-Claire (Metamorphoses: Journal of the Five-College Seminars on Literary Translation, 2013)
Keywords: dept.lib; ⛔ No DOI found

Heart Collector Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Vandroux, Jacques (Amazon Crossing, 2015)
Finding murderers is just a day on the job for police captain Nadia Barka. But when a mutilated corpse is discovered in an old baptistery, she’s faced with some difficult questions: Who left a young woman’s body in a high-security museum in the middle of the night? And where is the victim’s heart?Barka has no leads, until several days later when unassuming computer technician Julien Lombard comes forward, claiming to have had a premonition of the woman’s abduction and murder. The ensuing investigation turns up nothing, however, and Julien is just as skeptical about his intel as the police are. But, after another woman goes missing, Barka decides to take a chance and trust in Julien’s gift. Does Julien hold the key to preventing another gruesome crime? Working together, can they find the murderer before he steals another heart?
Keywords: dept.lib; faculty_collection

Out of Sorts Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Valognes, Aurélie (Amazon Crossing, 2016)
Ferdinand Brun hasn’t always been a grumpy old man. Many years ago, he was a grumpy young man. Now he’d much rather spend time with his canine companion, Daisy, than any of his nosy neighbors. But as his behavior becomes increasingly peculiar, his daughter grows concerned and begins to consider moving him into a retirement home.In order to maintain his freedom, Ferdinand must submit to an apartment inspection by his longtime enemy, the iron-fisted concierge, Mrs. Suarez. Unfortunately, he’s never tidied up a day in his life. His neighbors, precocious ten-year-old Juliette and vivacious ninety-two-year-old Beatrice, come to the rescue. And once he lets these two into his life, things will never be the same. After an eighty-three-year reign of grouchiness, Ferdinand may finally learn that it’s never too late to start living.
Keywords: Aging; Fiction; Fiction; Families; Fiction; France; Fiction; Man-woman relationships; dept.lib; faculty_collection

Project Anastasis Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Vandroux, Jacques (Amazon Crossing, 2016)
As a former soldier, private investigator Jean Legarec is used to high stakes and sharpshooters. But he doesn’t realize what he’s getting into when he agrees to investigate the disappearance of six-year-old Alexandre, the grandson of a highly influential French politician.For a million euros, Legarec launches a dangerous search that will dig deep into some of the darkest corners of European history. With the help of the boy’s beautiful aunt, Béatrice, he uncovers evidence of a modern-day terrorist plot rooted in a long-buried enterprise of the Third Reich. From Paris to Malta to the Vosges forest, a cast of witnesses—including a death camp survivor and former mercenaries—help Legarec piece together a terrifying truth.Yet even then, the PI worries that his own dark past and his undeniable attraction to Béatrice might be clouding the investigation. Can he put the personal aside in order to do his job? And can he free an innocent child from a web of absolute evil?
Keywords: dept.lib; faculty_collection

The Matrix and the Machine Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Ravalec, Vincent (Asymptote, 2018)
Keywords: dept.lib

Persephone 2014 Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Aubry, Gwenaëlle (Asymptote, 2019)
Keywords: dept.lib

Contemporary Art is Internationally Appealing by Vincent Ravalec, translated by Wendeline A. Hardenberg - Gaffey, Marlee (Tupelo Quarterly, 2018)
The challenge was to make appealing something that was not. To transform this godforsaken city, populated by people as indifferent to art as tourists are to the idea of visiting the only historic building—a vague ruin of a castle—in a glamorous destination. After all, what the Guggenheim did for Bilbao could be reproduced […]
Keywords: dept.lib

Reducing sedentary behavior versus increasing moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity in older adults: a 12-week randomized, clinical trial - Gibbs, Bethany Barone; Brach, Jennifer S.; Byard, Tom; Creasy, Seth; Davis, Kelliann K.; McCoy, Stephanie; Peluso, Anna; Rogers, Renee J.; Rupp, Kristie; Jakicic, John M. (Journal of Aging and Health, 2016)
Objective: To compare the effects of behavioral interventions targeting decreased sedentary behavior versus increased moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical ac...
45 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Publisher: SAGE PublicationsSage CA: Los Angeles, CA
Keywords: dept.hms

Quantifying variation in landscape-scale behaviors: The oldowan from Koobi Fora - Braun, D.R.; Rogers, M.J.; Harris, J.W.; Walker, S.J. (New Perspectives on Old Stones: Analyt. Approaches to Paleolithic Technol., 2010)
Studies of stone artifact morphology are beginning to rapidly increase in complexity. While these techniques provide new insights into artifact variation, it is also necessary to insure that these methods provide data that is behaviorally relevant. Here, we provide a new technique that includes three dimensional attributes to calculate platform areas to enhance the prediction of flake area from platform attributes. This data allows the calculation of more precise measures of reduction in large unifacial flake cores in Developed Oldowan assemblages (i.e., Karari Scrapers). Here, we look at measures of curation within these tool types across a landscape scale study. We apply demographic analyses of the degree to which an assemblage can be considered to be curated (i.e., the potential use life of a tool minus the actual use life of a tool). Results suggest that even though there is significant variation within a given paleogeographic setting, a higher frequency of pieces are used to their full potential in areas where raw material is predicted to have been scarce. These data suggest that hominins fulfill some aspects of a neutral model of artifact transport, yet likely make directed movements to transport tools to specific places on the ancient landscape. © 2010 Springer-Verlag New York.
Journal Abbreviation: New Perspectives on Old Stones: Analyt. Approaches to Paleolithic Technol.
Keywords: dept.ant; ⛔ No DOI found

Feeding relationships: foodways and social networks in a women’s prison - Smoyer, Amy B. (Affilia, 2014)
Research has demonstrated the importance of supportive relationships and social networks to prisoners’ psychosocial outcomes, especially for women. Understandin...
25 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Publisher: SAGE PublicationsSage CA: Los Angeles, CA
Keywords: dept.swk; peer-reviewed

Dealing food: Female drug users’ narratives about food in a prison place and implications for their health - Smoyer, Amy B.; Blankenship, Kim M. (International Journal of Drug Policy, 2014)
18 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.swk

Setting the stage: creating study sites that promote the safety and dignity of research participants - Smoyer, Amy B.; Rosenberg, Alana; Blankenship, Kim M. (Social Work Research, 2014)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Code of Federal Regulations regarding Protection of Human Subjects (45 C.F.R. part 46) provides guidance
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.swk

Being on the mat: a process evaluation of trauma-informed yoga for women with substance use disorders - Smoyer, Amy (The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 2016)
Yoga practice is associated with positive health outcomes, including benefits related to managing substance use disorders and trauma symptomology. However, low-income vulnerable communities have limited access to yoga. This process evaluation of a trauma-informed yoga program for women with substance use disorders demonstrates the feasibility and utility of using noncertified yoga instructors to offer a basic yoga in community-based agencies. Participants describe outcomes related to relaxation, mindfulness, and movement that are well-aligned with their recovery needs. Study findings suggest the utilization of instructors with minimal training has the potential to expand research about and access to yoga among marginalized communities. © 2016, Western Michigan University. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Evaluation; Qualitative; Substance use; Women; Yoga; dept.swk; ⛔ No DOI found

Hominin exploitation of animal resources at the Gona Plio-Pleistocene archeological sites (Afar, Ethiopia) - Cáceres, Isabel; Rogers, Michael J.; Semaw, Sileshi; Leiss, Amanda C. (Proceedings of the II meeting of african prehistory - Burgos 15-16 April, 2015 = Actas de las II Jornadas de prehistoria africana, 2017)
tex.crossref: https://zenon.dainst.org/Record/001516034
Keywords: dept.ant; ⛔ No DOI found

Mapping prison foodways - Smoyer, A.B. (Experiencing imprisonment: research on the experience of living and working in carceral institutions, 2016)
Journal Abbreviation: Exp. Imprisonment: Res. on the Exp. of Living and Work. in Carcer. Institutions
Keywords: dept.swk

Gona - Semaw, Sileshi; Rogers, Michael J. (The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology, 2018)
tex.ids: semawGona2018a
Keywords: dept.ant

Calm in Chaos: Prose on Tensions of Hate and Distrust in Society - Green, Cheryl; Green, Joshua William (Westbow Press, 2019)
Keywords: Hate; Poetry; Poetry; Racism; dept.nur; faculty_collection

Local authors can be friends - Froetschel, Susan (Library Journal, 2010)
tex.unique-id: ISI:000274606200018
Keywords: dept.jrn; ⛔ No DOI found

Book Review: Black Woman’s Burden: Commodifying Black Reproduction - Jackson, Shirley A. (Contemporary Sociology, 2010)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: ISI:000284818800053, lens.org/019-048-940-787-433, lens.org/122-733-001-266-479, pop00332 tex.type: [object Object] tex.unique-id: [object Object]
Keywords: book.review; dept.soc

Integrating DSM-IV factors to predict violence in high-risk psychiatric patients - Lynch, Donna M.; Noel, Helen C. (Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2010)
This study incorporated Axis-II and Axis-IV factors in DSM-IV to test the relationship between predicted risk for violence assessed in the psychiatric emergency room and actual violence during hospitalization. Psychiatric nurses lack an objective instrument to use during the acute psychiatric assessment. The retrospective study comprised consecutive psychiatric admissions (n = 161) in one tertiary veterans' hospital. Statistical testing for the predictive power of risk factors, relationships between variables, and violent events included nonparametric tests, factor analysis, and logistic regression. Of the 32 patients who committed violence during hospitalization, 12 had committed violence in the psychiatric emergency room. Statistical significance was shown for violent incidents and dementia, court-ordered admission, mood disorder, and for three or more risk factors. The 13-item Risk of Violence Assessment (ROVA) scale suggests validity and sensitivity for rating DSM-IV factors and psychosocial stressors to predict risk for violence during hospitalization. Replication studies are recommended to strengthen validity of the ROVA scale.
8 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/005-672-952-996-516 tex.eissn: [object Object] tex.unique-id: [object Object]
Keywords: Adult; Aged; Aged; 80 and over; Aggression; Assault; Assessment; Commitment of Mentally Ill; Dementia; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-IV); Emergency Services; Psychiatric; Female; Forensic Psychiatry; Forensic science; Hospitals; Veterans; Humans; Instrument; Male; Mental Disorders; Middle Aged; New England; Psychiatric; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Risk factors; Self-harm; Suicidal; United States; Violence; adult; aged; article; dementia; dept.psy; diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders; emergency health service; female; forensic psychiatry; human; male; mental disease; middle aged; psychological aspect; psychological rating scale; public hospital; reproducibility; retrospective study; risk assessment; violence

The green MBA: a competing values matrix - Page, Robert A; Collins, Kirsten A (Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal Incorporating Journal of Global Competitiveness, 2010)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review and categorize the different strategies Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs have adopted towards incorporating environmental sustainability into business administration. Design/methodology/approach – Through extensive internet research looking at colleges and universities, data are collected from primary source web sites and administrative school contacts. There are 35 institutions whose MBA programs address sustainability in some way. Each of these institutions is then organized by location, tuition cost, enrollment, year founded, accreditation, and curriculum. Findings – Green educational strategies differentiate themselves by the size and maturity of the program. Larger, established institutions typically opt for the green major, or a dual degree, and tend to leave systematic integration of sustainability to the individual student. Newer and smaller entrants tend to either dabble in green with a few sustainability courses, or completely embrace and systemically integrate sustainability throughout the program. Research limitations/implications – The sample focuses on US institutions and treats sustainability as an externally validated curricular choice when it may merely be an educational fad. The sample excludes potential green MBA programs that lack a strong internet presence. Practical implications – Four archetypes are identified: dual degree, all-green, green major, and green coursework. Institutions can analyze their performances and see where they fall on the two major continua – integration and maturity/size. Originality/value – Green MBA programs are relatively new on the academic landscape, and this research paper is one of the first to systematically analyze and categorize them. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/062-866-418-386-446 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: Curricula; Economic sustainability; Education; Environmental studies; Master of business administration; dept.mgt

The role of conflict in continuity and change: life events associated with identity development in racially and ethnically diverse women - Anthis, Kristine (Identity, 2011)
In this archival study, life events were identified that served as precursors to identity transitions in 149 European American, African American, Mexican American, and Puerto Rican women. The data were collected during a period from the late 1970s to the early 1980s in the United States. Participants were interviewed and asked to describe events that had influenced their understanding of themselves. Events were coded into relational, career, education, personal, health-related, and miscellaneous categories. Results indicated that women were more likely to report life events regarding their relationships than events in other categories. A reexamination of the data revealed that that there were more similarities than differences among the racial and ethnic groups in terms of the life events described. Respondents were more likely to report continuity than change in their identities in response to life events serving as possible precursors to change. Results also revealed that when change did occur, it was associated with high levels of conflict particularly for the domains of relationships and educational achievement expectations. © 2011 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/090-314-655-157-524 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: dept.psy

William Ludlam: portrait of an eighteenth-century mathematician - Decesare, Richard (Bshm Bulletin: Journal of The British Society for The History of Mathematics, 2011)
In 1785, William Ludlam wrote a book entitled The rudiments of mathematics. After I purchased the 1790 edition of this text some years ago at an antiquarian bookstore in Connecticut, I became interested in learning more about him. Ludlam's name had appeared as a footnote in several histories of mathematics, but little else had been written about him. I began some research, simply out of curiosity. What emerged was a story of an interesting mathematician, scientist, inventor, and clergyman - and a man who often found himself in the middle of controversy and subject to personal attacks, whether deserved or not. This article is a biography of Ludlam, in which I have used his own words, as well as those of his adversaries, wherever possible. © 2011 British Society for the History of Mathematics.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/012-309-362-685-774 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: dept.mat

Facilitating trust engenderment in secondary school nurse interactions with students. - Summach, Anne H J (The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses, 2011)
School nurses are involved in a complex framework of interactions with students, other professionals, parents, and administrators. Trust between nurse and student is critical for interaction effectiveness. The goal of this study was to understand through phenomenology the process of engendering trust in school nurse-high school student interactions. The qualitative approach explored school nurse perceptions of experiences interacting with students, yielding insights into nurse- and setting-based factors contributing to the development of trust. Subthemes within these included key behaviors and attributes enhancing trust engenderment in school nurse-student interactions. Study findings were well supported by the existing nursing and psychological research literature. Nurses that purposefully strive to develop trust in young people will maximize adolescent health results.
11 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: United States Summach, Anne H J. Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Keywords: *Nurse-Patient Relations; *Schools/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]; *Students/px [Psychology]; *Trust/px [Psychology]; Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior; Adult; Clinical Competence; Humans; Nurse-Patient Relations; Patient Satisfaction; Qualitative Research; Schools; Students; Trust; Young Adult; adolescent; adult; article; child behavior; clinical competence; dept.nur; high school; human; nurse patient relationship; patient satisfaction; psychological aspect; qualitative research; role promotion/development; school; school nurse characteristics; school nurse knowledge/perceptions/self-efficacy; statistics; student; trust

Parental knowledge and substance use among african american adolescents: influence of gender and grade level - Tebes, Jacob Kraemer; Cook, Emily C.; Vanderploeg, Jeffrey J.; Feinn, Richard; Chinman, Matthew J.; Shepard, Jane K.; Brabham, Tamika; Connell, Christian M. (Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2011)
Parental knowledge is defined as parental awareness and information about a child's activities, whereabouts, and associations that is obtained through parental monitoring, parental solicitation, or self-disclosure. Increased parental knowledge is generally associated with lower adolescent substance use; however, the influence of various contextual factors, such as adolescent gender and grade level is not well understood, particularly for different racial or ethnic groups. In the present study, we used Hierarchical Generalized Linear Modeling analyses to examine the longitudinal relationship of parental knowledge to adolescent substance use in the context of adolescent gender and grade level among 207 urban African American adolescents in grades 6-11. Results indicated that increased parental knowledge is associated with a concurrent lower likelihood of substance use across all types of substances examined (alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, other drug use, and any drug use), but it did not predict changes in substance use 1 year later for the entire sample. However, analyses by gender and grade level showed that for boys and middle school youth, parental knowledge was a protective factor for increases in substance use across 1 year. Findings are discussed in terms of their implications for prevention and health promotion interventions for adolescent substance use among African American youth.
18 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/042-995-594-679-649 tex.unique-id: [object Object]
Keywords: African American adolescents; Developmental differences; Gender; Parental knowledge; Substance use; dept.mat

Challenges in recruiting minority-serving private practice primary care physicians to a quality improvement project - Meehan, Jr., Thomas P.; Van Hoof, Thomas J.; Galusha, Deron; Barr, Judith K.; Curry, Maureen; Kelvey-Albert, Michele; Meehan, Thomas P. (American Journal of Medical Quality, 2011)
The objectives of this study were the following: (1) describe one organization's experience with recruiting minority-serving private practice primary care physicians to an ambulatory quality improvement (QI) project; (2) compare and contrast physicians who agreed to participate with those who declined; and (3) list incentives and barriers to participation. The authors identified eligible physicians by analyzing Medicare Part B claims data, a publicly available physician database, and office staff responses to telephone inquiries. The recruitment team had difficulty identifying, contacting, and recruiting eligible physicians. Solo practitioners and physicians who had lower scores on certain quality measures were more likely to participate. Barriers to participation were similar in all practices and included concerns about extra work, difficulty of change, and impact on office work flow. Commonly used incentives were offered but were not universally embraced. Additional work is required to refine the process of physician recruitment and to find more compelling incentives for QI.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.unique-id: ISI:000294067900004
Keywords: African American; African Americans; Diabetes Mellitus; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Humans; Medicare Part B; Personnel Selection; Physicians; Primary Care; Quality Improvement; United States; article; dept.pch; diabetes mellitus; general practitioner; human; medicare; minority; organization and management; personnel management; primary care physicians; quality improvement; recruitment; statistics; total quality management; underserved

Challenges of transitioning from a faculty to an administrative role: part 3, from solving problems to managing polarities. - Thompson, Cesarina M (Nurse Educator, 2011)
Many new nursing leaders assuming deanships, assistant, or interim deanships have limited education, experience, or background to prepare them for the job. To assist new deans and those aspiring to be deans, Jana L. Pressler, PhD, RN, and Carole A. Kenner, PhD, RNC-NIC, FAAN, the editors of this department, address common issues, challenges, and opportunities that face academic executive teams, such as negotiating an executive contract, obtaining faculty lines, building effective work teams, managing difficult employees, and creating nimble organizational structure to respond to changing consumer, healthcare delivery, and community needs. In this article, the editors asked guest author, Dr Cesarina Thompson, to discuss the transition process from faculty to administrative role.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: United States Thompson, Cesarina M. School of Health & Human Services, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Keywords: *Education; Nursing; *Efficiency; Organizational; *Faculty; Nursing; *Leadership; *Nurse Administrators; *Professional Role/px [Psychology]; Curriculum; Education; Nursing; Efficiency; Organizational; Faculty; Nursing; Humans; Leadership; Nurse Administrators; Professional Role; Time Factors; article; curriculum; dept.aa; human; leadership; nurse administrator; nursing education; organization and management; peer-reviewed; professional standard; psychological aspect; time

Challenges of transitioning from a faculty to an administrative role: part 2, moving from individual contributor to group leader. - Thompson, Cesarina M (Nurse Educator, 2011)
Many new nursing leaders assuming deanships, assistant, or interim deanships have limited education, experience, or background to prepare them for the job. To assist new deans and those aspiring to be deans, Jana L. Pressler, PhD, RN, and Carole A. Kenner, PhD, RNC-NIC, FAAN, the editors of this department, address common issues, challenges, and opportunities that face academic executive teams, such as negotiating an executive contract, obtaining faculty lines, building effective work teams, managing difficult employees, and creating nimble organizational structure to respond to changing consumer, healthcare delivery, and community needs. In this article, the editors asked guest author, Dr Cesarina Thompson, to discuss the transition process from faculty to administrative role.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: United States Thompson, Cesarina M. School of Health & Human Services, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Keywords: *Faculty; Nursing; *Group Processes; *Leadership; *Nurse Administrators; Education; Nursing; Faculty; Nursing; Group Processes; Humans; Leadership; Nurse Administrators; Schools; Nursing; Social Support; article; dept.aa; group process; human; leadership; nurse administrator; nursing education; peer-reviewed; social support

Transitioning from a faculty to an administrative role: part 1, moving from individual to collective accountability. - Thompson, Cesarina M (Nurse Educator, 2011)
Many new nursing leaders assuming deanships, assistant, or interim deanships have limited education, experience, or background to prepare them for the job. To assist new deans and those aspiring to be deans, Jana L. Pressler, PhD, RN, and Carole A. Kenner, PhD, RNC-NIC, FAAN, the editors of this department, address common issues, challenges, and opportunities that face academic executive teams, such as negotiating an executive contract, obtaining faculty lines, building effective work teams, managing difficult employees, and creating nimble organizational structure to respond to changing consumer, healthcare delivery, and community needs. In this article, the editors asked guest author, Dr Cesarina Thompson, to discuss the transition process from faculty to administrative role.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: United States Thompson, Cesarina M. School of Graduate Studies, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, USA.
Keywords: *Career Mobility; *Faculty; Nursing/og [Organization & Administration]; *Nurse Administrators/og [Organization & Administration]; *Professional Role; Career Mobility; Employee Performance Appraisal; Faculty; Nursing; Humans; Leadership; Nurse Administrators; Professional Role; United States; article; career mobility; dept.aa; human; leadership; nurse administrator; nursing education; organization and management; peer-reviewed; personnel management; professional standard

A comprehensive evaluation of a diabetes quality improvement project in privately owned primary care practices that serve minority patients - Hoof, Thomas J Van; Meehan, Thomas P; Kelveyalbert, Michele; Galusha, Deron; Curry, Maureen; Barr, Judith K (American Journal of Medical Quality, 2012)
The authors conducted a diabetes quality improvement project in 5 privately owned primary care practices serving at least 25% minority patients. Interventions included group-specific and practice-specific training on an electronic patient registry, cultural competency practices and tools, and selected quality improvement strategies. The authors conducted a comprehensive evaluation involving quantitative and qualitative data to assess project impact. Although overall clinical performance did not improve over the 14- to 20-month project time frame, other practice structural characteristics and processes did show improvement: successful implementation of the registry and clinician reminders in all practices, institution of team care and patient reminders in 4 practices, and collection of patient race/ethnicity data in 4 practices. These results highlight the difficulty of bringing about clinical improvement in this subset of practices and also the importance of conducting comprehensive evaluations to fully understand and interpret multicomponent quality improvement projects. © 2012 by the American College of Medical Quality.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/094-542-892-323-004 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: Aged; Diabetes Mellitus; Humans; Minority Groups; Primary Health Care; Private Practice; Program Evaluation; Quality Assurance; Health Care; Quality Improvement; aged; article; dept.pch; diabetes; diabetes mellitus; evaluation; health care quality; human; methodology; minority group; minority patients; organization and management; primary care; primary health care; private practice; quality improvement; standard; total quality management

Super teachers - Corde, Salvatore J. (Phi Delta Kappan, 2012)
Superintendents have the responsibility to engage in the act of teaching their colleagues what they have learned about the most important work of school districts-ensuring high student achievement. They also must provide strong leadership that will foster and nurture powerful learning communities.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.unique-id: ISI:000301306000008
Keywords: dept.edl

Postnatal development of NT3 and TrkC in mouse ventral cochlear nucleus. - Feng, J; Bendiske, J; Morest, D K (Journal of Neuroscience Research, 2010)
In the developing nervous system, neurotrophin 3 (NT3) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) have been shown to interact with each other and with different parts of a neuron or glia and over considerable distances in time and space. The auditory system provides a useful model for analyzing these events, insofar as it is subdivided into well-defined groups of specific neuronal types that are readily related to each other at each stage of development. Previous work in our laboratory suggested that NT3 and its receptor TrkC in the mouse cochlear nucleus (CN) may be involved in directing neuronal migration and initial targeting of inputs from cochlear nerve axons in the embryo. NT3 is hard to detect soon after birth, but TrkC lingers longer. Here we found NT3 and TrkC around P8 and the peak around P30. Prominent in ventral CN, associated with globular bushy cells and stellate cells, they were localized to different subcellular sites. The TrkC immunostain was cytoplasmic, and that of NT3 was axonal and perisomatic. TrkC may be made by CN neurons, whereas NT3 has a cochlear origin. The temporal pattern of their development and the likelihood of activity-dependent release of NT3 from cochlear axons suggest that it may not be critical in early synaptogenesis; it may provide long-term trophic effects, including stabilization of synapses once established. Activity-related regulation could coordinate the supply of NT3 with inner ear activity. This may require interaction with other neurotrophins, such as BDNF.
9 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: United States Feng, J. Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Keywords: *Cochlear Nucleus/me [Metabolism]; *Neurons/me [Metabolism]; *Neurotrophin 3/me [Metabolism]; *Receptor; trkC/me [Metabolism]; Age Factors; Animals; Cochlear Nucleus; Fluorescent Antibody Technique; Gene Expression Regulation; Developmental; Mice; Microscopy; Fluorescence; NT3; Neurons; Neurotrophin 3; Postnatal development; Receptor; trkC; TrkC; Ventral cochlear nucleus (VCN); animal cell; animal experiment; article; brain derived neurotrophic factor; cellular distribution; cochlear nerve; cochlear nucleus; controlled study; cytoplasm; dept.bio; embryo; female; immunohistochemistry; inner ear; male; mouse; nerve cell; nerve fiber; nerve root; neurotrophin 3; neurotrophin 3 receptor; nonhuman; postnatal development; priority journal; protein interaction; regulatory mechanism; stellate cell; synapse; synaptogenesis

Degeneration in the ventral cochlear nucleus after severe noise damage in mice - Feng, J; Bendiske, J; Morest, D K (Journal of Neuroscience Research, 2012)
To study the mechanisms of noise-induced hearing loss and the phantom noise, or tinnitus, often associated with it, we used a mouse model of noise damage designed for reproducible and quantitative structural analyses. We selected the posteroventral cochlear nucleus, which has shown considerable plasticity in past studies, and correlated its changes with the distribution of neurotrophin 3 (NT3). We used volume change, optical density analysis, and microscopic cluster analysis to measure the degeneration after noise exposure. There was a fluctuation pattern in the reorganization of nerve terminals. The data suggest that the source and size of the nerve terminals affect their capacity for regeneration. We hypothesize that the deafferentation of ventral cochlear nucleus is the structural basis of noise-induced tinnitus. In addition, the immunofluorescent data show a possible connection between NT3 and astrocytes. There appears to be a compensatory process in the supporting glial cells during this degeneration. Glia may play a role in the mechanisms of noise-induced hearing loss. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
15 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/021-539-907-848-327 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Calcium-Binding Proteins; Cluster Analysis; Cochlea; Cochlear Nucleus; Disease Models; Animal; Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 2; Hearing Loss; Sensorineural; Hearing loss; Membrane Glycoproteins; Mice; Mice; Inbred C57BL; Mouse model; NT3; Nerve Growth Factors; Nerve Tissue Proteins; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Noise; Time Factors; Tinnitus; animal cell; animal experiment; animal model; animal tissue; article; astrocyte; controlled study; deafferentation; dept.bio; disease severity; environmental exposure; glia cell; hearing loss; immunofluorescence; mouse; nerve cell plasticity; nerve degeneration; nerve ending; nerve regeneration; neurotrophin 3; noise; nonhuman; optical density; posteroventral cochlear nucleus; priority journal; quantitative analysis; tinnitus

Inventing the self, fictionalizing the other: false memories in the theatre of mario vargas llosa - Melendez, Priscilla (Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures, 2012)
The Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the most prolific and distinguished Spanish American novelists of the twentieth century and the winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, is also the author of eight plays, which have frequently been overshadowed by his narrative production. Going beyond the relationship traced by critics between his novels and his plays, this essay underscores the prevalence in his theatrical work of a tug of war between biographical and autobiographical voices as part of a fundamental exploration of real and fictional memory. From Vargas Llosa's early plays of the 1980s to his most recent ones, he has frequently dramatized the life of both real and imaginary, famous and infamous others and selves, creating the illusion that the audience is witnessing someone's life trajectory. This is the analytical angle from which this essay approaches not only Vargas Llosa's first play, La seorita de Tacna (1981), but in particular one of his most recent ones, Odiseo y Penélope (2007). In both analyses, the definitions of biographical and autobiographical discourses are interpreted in light of theatrical representation, underscoring in this way the subjective, dramatic, and metaphorical perspectives of these expressions. © 2012 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/013-132-663-189-569
Keywords: La seorita de Tacna; Odiseo y Penélope; Vargas Llosa; autobiography; dept.wll; theatre

Twitter at the office - Thomas, Lisa Carlucci (Journal of Web Librarianship, 2010)
10 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/077-080-070-112-03X tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: dept.lib

Subscriptions are us: content, access, & collections - Thomas, Lisa Carlucci (Journal of Web Librarianship, 2012)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/137-350-398-102-179 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: dept.lib

Handheld app offering visual support to students with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) - Zamfir, Bogdan; Tedesco, Robert; Reichow, Brian (International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, 2012)
iPrompts® is a software application for handheld devices that provides visual support to individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). Caregivers use the application to create and present visual schedules, visual countdown timers, and visual choices, to help individuals with ASDs stay organized, understand upcoming events, and identify preferences. The developer of the application, HandHold Adaptive, LLC, initially introduced iPrompts on the iPhone and iPod Touch in May of 2009. The research team from the Center of Excellence on Autism Spectrum Disorders at Southern Connecticut State University conducted a study of iPrompts in 2010, investigating its use by educators working with students with ASDs. Among other findings, educators indicated a desire to present visual supports on a larger, "tablet"-sized display screen, leading the developer to produce an iPad-specific product, iPrompts® XL. Described in this paper are the research effort of iPrompts and subsequent development effort of iPrompts XL. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.
7 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.type: Proceedings paper
Keywords: ASD; Applications; Autism spectrum disorders; Diseases; Education; Hand held computers; Hand held device; Smartphones; app; application; autism spectrum disorder; dept.aa; handheld device; iPad; iPhone; iPrompts; smartphone; tablet

Mindfulness and modification therapy for behavioral dysregulation: results from a pilot study targeting alcohol use and aggression in women - Wupperman, Peggilee; Marlatt, G. Alan; Cunningham, Amy; Bowen, Sarah; Berking, Matthias; Mulvihill-Rivera, Nicole; Easton, Caroline (Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2012)
Objectives: Increasing evidence suggests that deficits in mindfulness (awareness, attentiveness, and acceptance of the present moment) play a role in a range of disorders involving behavioral dysregulation. This paper adds to that literature by describing a transdiagnostic psychotherapy (Mindfulness & Modification Therapy; MMT) developed to target behavioral dysregulation. Design: An open-treatment pilot-trial investigated the feasibility, acceptability, and pre-post effects of MMT targeting women (N = 14) court-referred for alcohol abuse/dependence and aggression. Results: Pre-post comparisons revealed significant decreases in alcohol use, drug use, and aggression. In addition, the retention rate was 93%. Conclusion: Preliminary evidence suggests that MMT is a feasible and acceptable treatment that decreases dysregulated behaviors such as substance use and aggression, while also potentially increasing retention. (c) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 67:117, 2011.
48 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/106-354-822-412-533 tex.unique-id: [object Object]
Keywords: Adult; Aggression; Alcoholism; Anger; Attention; Awareness; Behavior dysregulation; Cognitive Therapy; Domestic Violence; Emotion regulation; Emotions; Female; Humans; Intervention; Middle Aged; Mindfulness; Pilot Projects; Substance; Transdiagnostic; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult; adult; aggression; alcoholism; article; attention; awareness; cognitive therapy; dept.psy; domestic violence; emotion; female; human; legal aspect; methodology; middle aged; physiology; pilot study; psychological aspect; treatment outcome

Negotiating pedagogical authority: the rhetoric of writing center tutoring styles and methods - Corbett, Steven J (Rhetoric Review, 2013)
Writing centers have long been rich sites of critical inquiry into individualized instructional styles and methods. One of the great writing center debates involves directive versus nondirective tutoring styles and methods. While many writing center scholars have discussed the intricacies of directive or interventionist versus nondirective or minimalist pedagogical methods, few have examined the rhetorical implications of this important debate in relation to more classroom-based peer collaborations. This article rhetorically analyzes the literature on directive/nondirective methods and various approaches to tutoring writing, drawing pedagogical and rhetorical connections and implications useful for all teachers of writing and rhetoric. © 2013 Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/159-402-799-690-469 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: dept.eng

Maynard weston dow (1929–2011) and “Geographers on film” - Martin, Geoffrey J (Annals of The Association of American Geographers, 2013)
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/049-899-990-263-922 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: art; dept.egm

Portion size variably affects food intake of 6-year-old and 4-year-old children in kunming, china - Smith, Lindsey; Conroy, Katharine; Wen, Hongmei; Rui, Li; Humphries, Debbie (Appetite, 2013)
Age and portion size have been found to influence food intake in American children but have not been examined in an international context. This study evaluated the association between age and the effects of portion size on the food intake of kindergarteners in Kunming, China. Using a within-subjects crossover design in a classroom setting, 173 children in two age groups, mean age 4.2 years and 6.1 years, were served a predefined reference, small (-30%) and large (+30%) portion of rice, vegetables, and a protein source during lunchtime over three consecutive days. Each portion was weighed before and after the meal to determine amount of food consumed. Linear mixed modeling, controlling for repeated measures and clustering by classroom, was used to compare food intake under small and large portion size conditions to the reference portion. Children ate significantly less food when served small portions. When served a large portion, 6-year-old children increased food intake while 4-year-old children decreased food intake in comparison to the reference portion. Findings indicate that portion size affects food intake in Chinese children 4-6-years old. Older children show larger increases in food intake with increased portion size than do younger children. (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
25 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/096-055-335-394-445 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: Age Factors; Body Mass Index; Child; Child; Preschool; Children; China; Cross-Over Studies; Dietary intake; Eating; Feeding Behavior; Female; Food; Humans; Kindergarten; Male; Meals; Portion size; Preschool; Questionnaires; article; child; child nutrition; controlled study; crossover procedure; dept.pch; female; food intake; groups by age; human; human experiment; kindergarten; male; meal; normal human; peer-reviewed; portion size; preschool child; rice; vegetable

Students in the new millennium: how much do we know about them? - Wu, Jianxiong (Computer-Assisted Foreign Language Teaching and Learning: Technological Advances, 2013)
Vast and fast technological advancements mark the new millennium. New emerging technologies are changing the world and our society at a magnitude and scope never witnessed before. Who are our students in this new millennium? What do they look like? Are they a fundamentally different new generation as some claim, or do they still look similar to us in many ways? A clear understanding of the characteristics of our students is vitally important for our educational practice. The current study was conducted to contribute to this understanding. The findings of the study show that while students nowadays do enjoy a much broader access to new technology than students of the past, they still look similar to us in many ways. As educators, it is important for us to treat our students as individuals instead of just labeling them and placing them in a black and white dichotomy.
Citation Key Alias: lens.org/016-023-260-719-437
Keywords: Emerging technologies; Students; Technological advancement; Technology transfer; dept.wll

Assistive technology - Newton, Deborah A.; Dell, Amy G. (Journal of Special Education Technology, 2010)
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Assistive technology - Newton, Deborah A.; Dell, Amy G. (Journal of Special Education Technology, 2010)
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.sed

Assistive technology - Newton, Deborah A.; Dell, Amy G. (Journal of Special Education Technology, 2011)
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.sed

Assistive technology - Newton, Deborah A.; Dell, Amy G. (Journal of Special Education Technology, 2011)
22 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.sed

Assistive technology - Newton, Deborah A.; Dell, Amy G.; Walker, Harry (Journal of Special Education Technology, 2011)
22 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.sed

TLC‐SERS of mauve, the first synthetic dye - Cañamares, María Vega; Reagan, D.A.; Lombardi, John R.; Leona, Marco (Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 2014)
Mauve was the first synthetic organic dyestuff to be manufactured industrially. It was synthesized in 1856 by William H. Perkin. It is composed by different molecules named mauveine A, B, B2 and C. In this study, the dye was synthesized, and its individual components were analyzed by ordinary Raman spectroscopy (both dispersive and Fourier-transform-), and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, after separation by thin-layer chromatography. Only surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) gave rise to satisfactory Raman spectra of the dye. Five different fractions were separated on the thin layer chromatography plate, and Raman and SERS measurements were carried out directly on each separated spot on the plate. As in the analysis of the raw product of the synthesis, only SERS gave high quality Raman spectra for the eluted spots. The assignment of the normal modes of mauveine was aided by performing density functional theory calculations. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
50 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: pop00062 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: DFT; Mauveine; SERS; Synthetic dyes; TLC; dept.che

Siate Felici: Garden imagery in a Messinese Biancheria di Letto, c. 1900 - Inguanti, Joseph J. (Embroidered Stories: Interpreting Women's Domestic Needlework from the Italian Diaspora, 2014)
For Italian immigrants and their descendants, needlework represents a marker of identity, a cultural touchstone as powerful as pasta and Neapolitan music. Out of the artifacts of their memory and imagination, Italian immigrants and their descendants used embroidering, sewing, knitting, and crocheting to help define who they were and who they have become. This book is an interdisciplinary collection of creative work by authors of Italian origin and academic essays. The creative works from thirty-seven contributors include memoir, poetry, and visual arts while the collection as a whole explores a multitude of experiences about and approaches to needlework and immigration from a transnational perspective, spanning the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. At the center of the book, over thirty illustrations represent Italian immigrant women's needlework. The text reveals the many processes by which a simple object, or even the memory of that object, becomes something else through literary, visual, performance, ethnographic, or critical reimagining. While primarily concerned with interpretations of needlework rather than the needlework itself, the editors and contributors to Embroidered Stories remain mindful of its history and its associated cultural values, which Italian immigrants brought with them to the United States, Canada, Australia, and Argentina and passed on to their descendants.
Keywords: dept.art

Improving sleep-wake disturbances in patients with cancer - Lamberti, Mary Patricia (Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2014)
Patients with cancer tend to suffer sleep-wake disturbances at a higher rate than the general population. Insomnia and fatigue should be regarded as a significant patient safety issue, as poor sleep can elevate patients' risks of falls, motor vehicle accidents, and acute infectious illnesses. To alleviate those risks, oncology nurses should be familiar with effective evidence-based practices for assessing and improving patients' sleep quality.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/007-927-422-564-577 tex.eissn: [object Object] tex.unique-id: [object Object]
Keywords: Accidental Falls; Accidents; Traffic; Cancer; Humans; Infection; Interventions; Neoplasms; Patient Safety; Safety; Sleep; Sleep Wake Disorders; complication; dept.nur; falling; human; infection; neoplasm; patient safety; traffic accident

AACSB accreditation and possible unintended consequences: A deming view. - Stepanovich, Paul L; Mueller, James; Benson, Dan (The Journal of Education for Business, 2014)
The AACSB accreditation process reflects basic quality principles, providing standards and a process for feedback for continuous improvement. However, implementation can lead to unintended negative consequences. The literature shows that while institutionalism and critical theory have been used as a theoretical base for evaluating accreditation, W. E. Deming's philosophy has not. This article fills that void by examining possible negative consequences in meeting faculty qualification requirements in institutions with a teaching mission. © 2014, Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
8 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/019-359-118-710-616 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: AACSB accreditation; Deming; dept.mgt; profound knowledge

Out of the mouths of babes: vocal production in infant siblings of children with ASD - Paul, Rhea; Fuerst, Yael; Ramsay, Gordon J.; Chawarska, Kasia; Klin, Ami (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2010)
Background: Younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are at higher risk for acquiring these disorders than the general population. Language development is usually delayed in children with ASD. The present study examines the development of pre-speech vocal behavior in infants at risk for ASD due to the presence of an older sibling with the disorder. Methods: Infants at high risk (HR) for ASD and those at low risk, without a diagnosed sibling (LR), were seen at 6, 9, and 12 months as part of a larger prospective study of risk for ASD in infant siblings. Standard clinical assessments were administered, and vocalization samples were collected during play with mother and a standard set of toys. Infant vocal behavior was recorded and analyzed for consonant inventory, presence of canonical syllables, and of non-speech vocalizations, in a cross-sectional design. Children were seen again at 24 months for provisional diagnosis. Results: Differences were seen between risk groups for certain vocal behaviors. Differences in vocal production in the first year of life were associated with outcomes in terms of autistic symptomotology in the second year. Conclusions: Early vocal behavior is a sensitive indicator of heightened risk for autistic symptoms in infants with a family history of ASD.
162 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: pop00023 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: *Child Development Disorders; Pervasive/px [Psychology]; *Infant Behavior/px [Psychology]; *Language Development; *Siblings/px [Psychology]; *Speech; Autism; Child Development Disorders; Pervasive; Child Development Disorders; Pervasive/ge [Genetics]; Child; Preschool; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant Behavior; Language Development; Male; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors; Siblings; Speech; Speech Acoustics; Speech Production Measurement; article; autism; child behavior; cross-sectional study; dept.cmd; female; genetics; human; infant; infant siblings; language development; male; preschool child; prospective study; psychological aspect; risk factor; sibling; speech; speech analysis; vocalization

Deaf writers' application of american sign language knowledge to english - Wolbers, Kimberly A; Bowers, Lisa M; Dostal, Hannah M; Graham, Shannon C (International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2014)
Language transfer theory elucidates how first language (L1) knowledge and grammatical features are applied in second language (L2) writing. Deaf and hard of hearing (d/hh) students who use or are developing American Sign Language (ASL) as their L1 may demonstrate the use of ASL linguistic features in their writing of English. In this study, we investigated the extent to which 29 d/hh students in Grades 6-8 (mean age=13.2) with diverse ASL exposure incorporated ASL features in their English writing. We also investigated the impact of one year of Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction (SIWI) to increase students' metalinguistic knowledge and linguistic competence, and subsequently reduce ASL features in writing. Results indicate that ASL transfer is found in the writings of students with varied L1 experiences, and that SIWI can lead to significant reductions of ASL features in writing. The findings suggest that bilingual literacy programs where there is an emphasis on implicit language competence and metalinguistic knowledge can support d/hh students in the development of written English.
22 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/092-626-258-729-096 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: ASL; bilingual education; deaf; dept.sed; language transfer; writing

Fat in school: applied interdisciplinarity as a basis for consultation in oppressive social context - Clare, Mary M.; Ardron-Hudson, Elise A.; Grindell, Jessica (Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 2015)
Children and youth in schools are subject to the effects of the larger culture's attitudes and values related to body size. When negatively biased, these attitudes and values can have detrimental effects and thus emerge as relevant to educational and psychological consultants. Drawing on the nascent field of Fat Studies with its focus on the cultural meanings attached to large bodies, we identify direct implications of fat phobia for school-age children and youth. Via a brief case example, an initial review of literature, and several examples of health-positive programming, we describe the social justice implications of fat phobia for consultants in school and community settings. In this consideration of the role of consultants for addressing fat bias and supporting health, we also suggest the merit of applied interdisciplinarity as a strong ground for consultation research and practice. The academic area of Fat Studies provides illustration of the integration of disciplinary perspectives (e.g., sociology, anthropology, biology, psychology). Educational and psychological consultation is ideally situated for systematically engaging such interdisciplinarity in support of practical outcomes that are healthy, sustainable, and socially just.
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/016-800-206-439-585 tex.eissn: [object Object] tex.unique-id: [object Object]
Keywords: dept.mft

A complete assessment of tagging quality: A consolidated methodology - Choi, Yunseon (Association for Information Science and Technology, 2015)
This paper presents a methodological discussion of a study of tagging quality in subject indexing. The data analysis in the study was divided into 3 phases: analysis of indexing consistency, analysis of tagging effectiveness, and analysis of the semantic values of tags. To analyze indexing consistency, this study employed the vector space model-based indexing consistency measures. An analysis of tagging effectiveness with tagging exhaustivity and tag specificity was conducted to ameliorate the drawbacks of consistency analysis based on only the quantitative measures of vocabulary matching. To further investigate the semantic values of tags at various levels of specificity, a latent semantic analysis (LSA) was conducted. To test statistical significance for the relation between tag specificity and semantic quality, correlation analysis was conducted. This research demonstrates the potential of tags for web document indexing with a complete assessment of tagging quality and provides a basis for further study of the strengths and limitations of tagging.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.type: Proceedings paper Citation Key Alias: ISI:000351395800010
Keywords: Consistency analysis; Consistency measures; Correlation analysis; Indexing (of information); Information retrieval; Latent Semantic Analysis; Organization of informations; Quality control; Quantitative measures; Semantics; Statistical significance; Subject indexing; Vector spaces; clinical trial; correlation analysis; data analysis; dept.ils; human; information retrieval; linguistics; model; organization of information; quantitative study; statistical significance; subject indexing

Analyzing tagging patterns by integrating visual analytics with the inferential test - Choi, Yunseon (ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, 2015)
Due to the large volume and complexity of data, exploring data using visual analytics has become more helpful to interpret and analyze it. The box plot is one of graphical ways and is the most common technique for presenting and summarizing statistics. In this paper, we focus on discussing the tagging patterns by integrating visualization assessment using the box plot with the Shapiro-Wilk test. © 2015 Author.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.type: Proceedings paper
Keywords: Data analytics; Data visualization; Digital libraries; Large volumes; Shapiro-Wilk tests; Social tagging; Visual analytics; Visualization; data analytics; data visualization; dept.ils; social tagging

Content analysis of social tags generated by health consumers - Joo, Soohyung; Choi, Yunseon (ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, 2015)
This poster presents preliminary findings of user tag analysis in the domain of consumer health information. To obtain user terms, 36,205 tags from 38 consumer health information sites were collected from delicious.com. Content analysis was applied to identify the dimensions and types of the collected tags. The preliminary findings showed that user generated tags covers a variety of aspects of health information, ranging from general terms, subject terms, knowledge type, and to audience. General terms and subject terms were observed dominantly by showing 31.7% and 22.8% respectively. © 2015 Authors.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.type: Proceedings paper
Keywords: Consumer health information; Content analysis; Digital libraries; Health; Health informations; Knowledge types; Qualitative analysis; Social Tags; Social networking (online); Social tagging; User-generated; consumer health information; dept.ils; qualitative analysis; social tagging

American Geography and Geographers: Toward Geographical Science - Martin, Geoffrey J. (Oxford University Press, 2014)
The rise of American geography as a distinctive science in the United States straddles the 19th and 20th centuries, extending from the post-Civil war period to 1970. American Geography and Geographers: Toward Geographic Science is the first book to thoroughly and richly explicate this history. Its author, Geoffrey J. Martin, the foremost historian on the subject and official archivist of the Association of American Geographers, amassed a wealth of primary sources from archives worldwide, which enable him to chart the evolution of American geography with unprecedented detail and context. From the initial influence of the German school to the emergence of Geography as a unique discipline in American universities and thereafter, Martin clarifies the what, how and when of each advancement. Expansive discussion of the arguments made, controversies ignited and research voyages move hand in hand with the principals who originated and animated them: Davis, Jefferson, Huntington, Bowman, Johnson,, Sauer, Hartshorne, and many more. From their grasp of local, regional, global and cultural phenomena, geographers also played pivotal roles in world historical events, including the two world wars and their treaties, as the US became the dominant global power. American Geography and Geographers: Toward Geographical Science is a conclusive study of the birth and maturation of the science. It will be of interest to geographers, teachers and students of geography, and all those compelled by the story of American Geography and those who founded and developed it.
Keywords: Geography; History; History; Geographers; History; United States; Study and teaching; Study and teaching (Higher); United States; dept.egm; faculty_collection

Fragmented images: how can the eye see itself? A relational and intersubjective reformulation of cross-cultural therapy with cecilia - Pizzanello, Heather (Psychoanalytic Social Work, 2015)
This article discusses why it is crucial in the cross-cultural clinical encounter to practice from both Jessica Benjamin's intersubjective frame as well as relational theory when the therapist is from the dominant White culture and the client is African American. Intersubjective and relational theories are utilized to illustrate how it is in this clinical situation, however, that some therapists may find themselves avoiding the use of a more relational practice. A case illustration is presented from the lens of Winnicott's theory of object relations to convey the dynamic complexities that may impede a therapist from practicing out of these (more relational) frames and then the case is reconceptualized from both a relational and intersubjective perspective. © 2015, Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/074-979-765-535-879 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: Winnicott; cross-cultural therapy; dept.swk; intersubjectivity; peer-reviewed; relational practice

Dependence and interdependence in marketing relationships: meta-analytic insights - Scheer, Lisa K.; Miao, C. Fred; Palmatier, Robert W. (Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 2015)
The authors conduct a meta-analysis to examine dependence and interdependence in marketing relationships. Analyses reveal that dependence affects performance primarily through relationship quality and cooperation, while interdependence has substantial direct effects as well as effects mediated through relationship-specific investments and cooperation. Regarding relationship context, effects of dependence are stronger in channel relationships than end-user relationships and for services than goods; interdependence does not display the same pattern. Regarding methodological context, dependence measures that emphasize relationship value versus switching costs have different moderating effects; greater general dependence content is associated with weaker effect sizes for dependence but conversely greater effect sizes for interdependence. These results suggest that new insights can be gained by distinguishing relationship value and switching cost components of dependence and by investigating the possibility that the conceptual domain of interdependence differs from that of dependence. Future research that strives for greater precision in the measurement of dependence and interdependence constructs and that simultaneously examines dependence and interdependence is recommended.
83 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/051-075-141-803-787 tex.eissn: [object Object] tex.researcherid-numbers: [object Object] tex.unique-id: [object Object]
Keywords: Channels; Dependence; Interdependence; Measurement; Meta-analysis; Relationship value dependence; Relationships; Switching cost dependence; dept.mkt

Residential perspectives: the value of Floodplain‐ buyout open space - Zavar, Elyse (Geographical Review, 2015)
This mixed-methods case study identifies how floodplain property acquisitiona buyoutimpacts an urban environment at the neighborhood scale while considering the role of individual residents in formal and informal land-use decision making. In floodplain buyouts, the reopening of urban space is enabled by federal structural drivers, primarily Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), but it is repurposed as a cultural landscape constructed and produced by individuals. This research explores how residents perceive and ascribe values to the buyout landscape in Lexington, Kentucky. Enabled by federal funds, but left largely to their own devices, residents in Lexington adopted uses, ascribed values, and produced their own land-use norms in each buyout neighborhood.
31 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/007-849-610-654-018 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: dept.egm; floodplain; land management; land value; peer-reviewed; property acquisition

The convergence of critical pedagogy with arts-based service-learning - Alexander, Amanda; Schlemmer, Ross H (Convergence of Contemporary Art, Visual Culture, and Global Civic Engagement, 2016)
Neoliberal globalization and politics are reshaping the landscape in the United States and other countries; consequently, broader and more critical perspectives about education, community, and the arts are becoming increasingly more important. In the field of education, critical pedagogy has become a philosophy to expose, critique, and challenge neoliberal free market capitalism. Critical pedagogy becomes the link between local and global perspectives that reveals conditions of social and cultural injustices. Through socially engaged art education and service-learning initiatives, the authors have been engaging their students to become actively engaged citizens. This chapter offers a qualitative critique of the authors' own pedagogical practices through the convergence of critical pedagogy and arts-based service-learning by applying, adapting, and revising existing models of critical pedagogy such as Cipolle's (2010) “four elements of critical consciousness development” (p. 40) and Shor's (1992) methods for implementing critical pedagogy.
Citation Key Alias: lens.org/155-893-139-768-359
Keywords: dept.art

Is Fifty Really the New Thirty? The Stigma of Age as a Form of Strain and its Role in Drug and Alcohol Abuse and Dependence by Women - Black, Pamela; Brown, Alan D. (Deviant Behavior, 2016)
Aging bodies stigmatize women. The effects of stigma, health issues, goal disappointment, and a combination of age and minority group status, overwhelm older women's coping strategies, leading to maladaptive behaviors. General strain theory posits a relationship between negative stimuli and deviant behavior. Advancing age and age-related stigma reflect this strain. This study explores the relationship between strain and substance abuse or dependence, comparing subsamples of middle age (35- to 49-year-old women) and older middle age (50- to 64-year-old) women. Data suggest that minority age status coupled with acute or mental health issues increase substance abuse or dependence by older women.
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/047-113-646-643-985 tex.eissn: [object Object] tex.unique-id: [object Object]
Keywords: dept.soc

Closing in on close reading - Boyles, Nancy (Educational Leadership, 2012)
tex.eissn: 1943-5878 tex.unique-id: ISI:000311877600006
Keywords: dept.rdg; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Close reading without tears - Boyles, Nancy (Educational Leadership, 2014)
tex.eissn: 1943-5878 tex.unique-id: ISI:000340866300005
Keywords: dept.rdg; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Pursuing the DEPTHS of knowledge - Boyles, Nancy (Educational Leadership, 2016)
tex.eissn: 1943-5878 tex.unique-id: ISI:000384400000009
Keywords: dept.rdg; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Mind-body health in the school environment - Bray, Melissa A; Maykel, Cheryl (International Journal of School and Educational Psychology, 2016)
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/026-180-143-210-553 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: dept.csp

Organizing lesbian/queer bathhouse events: Emerging forms of sexual experience. - Brown, A D; Gailey, Nerissa (Journal of Lesbian Studies, 2016)
Discussions of public sexual spaces in the social science literature have, until recently, been dominated by analyses of men's use of these spaces for erotic expression. In the late 1990s, feminist collectives began to explore the emancipatory potentials these spaces can have for lesbian sexualities. After a police raid on one such event called the "Pussy Palace," scholars in diverse disciplines began to explore how these events have both opened up and restricted erotic possibilities for lesbians, queer women, and trans* attendees. This article reviews the existing social science literature on lesbian and queer bathhouse events and highlights several key themes and subthemes that have dominated the discourse, including the importance that these spaces be recognized for their ability to both shape and be shaped by principles of community, safety, and sexual health/wellness.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: England Brown, A D. a Department of Sociology, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Gailey, Nerissa. b Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Keywords: *Homosexuality; Female; *Homosexuality; Male; *Public Facilities; *Sexual Behavior; Baths; Female; Homosexuality; Female; Homosexuality; Male; Humans; Lesbian; Male; Public Facilities; Sexual Behavior; Social Behavior; bath; bathhouse; dept.soc; ethic of care; female; human; lesbianism; male; male homosexuality; public sex; sanitation; sexual behavior; sexual politics; social behavior

Robert patterson: american ‘revolutionary’ mathematician - Decesare, Richard (Bshm Bulletin: Journal of The British Society for The History of Mathematics, 2016)
You will not see Robert Patterson's name mentioned in many mathematics books. While his mathematical works survive, his name is more likely to appear in American history books dealing with the Colonial period, given his associations with the most influential men of that time. In this article, we will examine his mathematical work, as well as his contributions to a newly-formed nation. Most of what we know about Robert Patterson's ancestors and life is due to his grandson, William Ewing DuBois, who wrote a family history in 1847. For other information, I have drawn upon diaries and a great many letters. All spelling and syntax are copied exactly as they appear. © 2015 British Society for the History of Mathematics.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/039-320-570-393-191 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: dept.mat

Beyond either/or: Reading trans* lesbian identities. - Gailey, Nerissa; Brown, A D (Journal of Lesbian Studies, 2016)
Previous research has explored the affiliation and distancing strategies employed in published memoirs of gender transition. In this article, we are particularly interested in elucidating the ways in which individuals construct identities and characterize their sexualities, and how sociohistorical constraints might influence what is expressed with respect to this in personal narratives of transition. Using the memoirs of Lili Elbe (Hoyer, 1933) and Joy Ladin (2013) as conceptual brackets, this article investigates the complex relationship between the development and articulation of trans* identities and lesbian sexualities within the context of published memoirs of gender transition.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: England Gailey, Nerissa. a Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Brown, A D. b Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Keywords: *Homosexuality; Female/px [Psychology]; *Transgender Persons/px [Psychology]; Female; Gender Identity; Homosexuality; Female; Humans; Lesbian; Male; Personal Narratives as Topic; Sex Reassignment Surgery; Sex Reassignment Surgery/px [Psychology]; Transgender Persons; Women's Rights; dept.soc; female; feminist movements; gender identity; human; identity; lesbianism; literature; male; memoirs; psychology; sex reassignment; sexuality; trans*; transgender; women's rights

Thinking in new ways and in new times about reading - Leu, Donald J; Maykel, Cheryl (Literacy Research and Instruction, 2016)
12 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/070-033-594-976-852 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: dept.csp

Time horizon of investments in the resource allocation process: review and framework for next steps - Reilly, Greg; Souder, David; Ranucci, Rebecca (Journal of Management, 2016)
Corporate investment inherently relies on time horizon, as profits result from acquiring assets or developing capabilities that yield future benefits that exceed upfront costs. Despite the importance of time horizon to understanding resource allocation, knowledge about the subject has accumulated slowly. Our review therefore encompasses insights from several research streams that partially address the subject even though time horizon is not the central construct in any of them. We aim to clarify key constructs related to time horizon, organize prior research about the antecedents of time horizon, explain the implications of several theoretical traditions for time horizon, and detail the range of measures that have been used to capture time horizon empirically. By focusing narrowly on this topic but searching broadly for references, we provide integrative summaries of existing research and identify opportunities for new and unique research.
50 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/002-114-184-051-652 tex.eissn: [object Object] tex.unique-id: [object Object]
Keywords: behavioral strategy; decision making; dept.mgt; resource allocation/management

Meaning-based scoring: A systemic functional linguistics model for automated test tasks - Gleason, Jesse (Hispania-a Journal Devoted to the Teaching of Spanish and Portuguese, 2014)
Communicative approaches to language teaching that emphasize the importance of speaking (e.g., task-based language teaching) require innovative and evidence-based means of assessing oral language. Nonetheless, research has yet to produce an adequate assessment model for oral language (Chun 2006; Downey et al. 2008). Limited by automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology, which compares non-native speaker discourse to native-like discourse, most tests exclusively focus on accuracy while ignoring how examinees use language to make meaning. In order to offer stakeholders more trustworthy evidence of how examinees might use language in target language domains, a model anchored in systemic functional linguistics (SFL) is put forth. Specific examples are given of how SFL might be used to evaluate test task types, such as the story retell:three examinees' responses are contrasted using genre analysis (Derewianka 1990) and transitivity analysis (Ravelli 2000) in order to demonstrate elements in their linguistic profiles that ASR-based assessment would overlook. In so doing, implications are drawn regarding the potential of SFL models for enhancing automated scoring procedures by focusing on the meaning-form relations in the linguistic construction of narrative.
7 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.eissn: 2153-6414 tex.unique-id: ISI:000345494100012
Keywords: Adult Spanish literacy alfabetización adulta de español; Automated language assessment evaluación automática del lenguaje; Discourse analysis análisis del discurso; Systemic functional linguistics lingüística sistémico-funcional; Transitivity analysis análisis de transitividad; dept.wll; peer-reviewed

Using big questions to apprentice students into language-rich classroom practices - Verplaetse, Lorrie Stoops (TESOL Quarterly, 2014)
10 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/067-055-821-290-826 tex.eissn: [object Object] tex.unique-id: [object Object]
Keywords: dept.wll

“It helps me get closer to their writing experience” Classroom ethnography and the role of technology in third-year FL courses - Gleason, Jesse (System, 2014)
Research has shown a disjunction between language instruction at the lower and upper levels of foreign language (FL) study. Whereas lower-division courses focus on grammatical patterns, upper-level courses focus on specific content. The third-year writing course is in a unique position to help learners prepare for the types of learning that they will encounter in more advanced language use contexts. Using grounded classroom ethnography, this multiple case study of two classrooms chronicles how a collaborative partnership between an instructor and an applied linguist facilitated the integration of two types of technology into a third-year Spanish writing course at a North American University. Technology was carefully chosen based on pedagogical considerations and teacher goals. Students in these courses included a mixture of heritage and FL Spanish learners with a mean age of 21 years. Findings included four ways that technology played a role in third-year Spanish language learning, including as: (a) a way to alleviate their workloads, (b) a motivator, (c) a way to improve the quality and quantity of feedback students received in the course, and in some cases (d) antagonistic to language learning. Implications of classroom ethnography for research on blended learning are drawn. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: ISI:000345155800012, lens.org/016-859-492-698-057 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: Blended language learning; Discourse analysis; Ethnography; Language-content gap; Spanish; Teacher-researcher collaboration; Technology; Third-year FL courses; Writing; dept.wll

Developing cultural humility through critical service learning - Breda, Karen Lucas; Groot, Kim; Towle, Antoinette (Ciencia y enfermería, 2013)
Marked inequities or disparities in health care and health outcomes exist for millions in the United States of America. Urban apartheid and increasing social stratification separate social groups making it difficult for them to understand each other. Many U.S. health care professionals, including nurses, hold negative stereotypes toward the urban poor and disenfranchised. Creating vehicles for understanding and respect between health care professionals and the social groups they care for is needed. Cultural humility uses self-reflection, self-critique, openness and transcendence to address power inequities between providers and clients. "Critical service-learning" is a type of "service-learning" that adopts the tenets of critical theory and pedagogy in engaged partnerships to foster social responsibility and a justice-oriented framework. The purpose of this article is to showcase Project Horizon, an innovative university-based health and social advocacy partnership that uses critical service learning with the urban community to foster cultural humility. Project Horizon outcomes show that this long-term engaged partnership is an effective vehicle for developing and enhancing cultural humility among health care professionals participating in the endeavor. Implications: Replication of social and health advocacy projects such as the one conducted through Project Horizon can be made in other settings to increase the capacity for democratically oriented nurses and other health care professionals who have an enhanced sense of cultural humility.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/076-789-415-089-173
Keywords: Critical service learning; Cultural humility; Health consortia; Health personnel; Healthcare disparities; dept.wll

Benedetta and the creation of ‘Second Futurism’ - Larkin, Erin (Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 2013)
Despite the recent vogue in studies on Futurism, writer and artist Benedetta Cappa Marinetti has received little critical attention. Few scholarly works have focused on her essays regarding woman and the Fascist state, and in particular the role of mother. It has been argued that these texts support not only the position that women futurists - in adhering to a movement remembered for its disprezzo della donna - were victims of their self-accepting inferiority, but also the view that Futurist attitudes towardswomen were a precursor of Fascist-era gender politics. Larkin challenges this position, and discusses crucial new archival research, which reveals how maternity in Benedetta's works is actually linked to her radical new reformulation of Futurism. Far from seconding woman's inferior position within the avant-garde, or indeed the Fascist state, Benedetta uses the issue of maternity subtly to subvert her status - in both the movement and society - from within. © 2013 Taylor & Francis.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/102-795-659-868-757 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: Avant-garde; Benedetta; Cappa; Futurism; Marinetti; Women writers; dept.wll

Assessing strategic cultural competency: holistic approaches to student learning through media - Hammer, Judith; Swaffar, Janet (The Modern Language Journal, 2012)
The current study investigated the impact of a German television program on changes in 4th-semester German students' reflections on cultural perceptions over the course of 1 semester. Sixty-nine students at the University of Texas at Austin watched 4 episodes of the popular German television program Lindenstrasse. After viewing, students were asked to reflect in written response papers on cultural features and patterns of behavior and on cultural differences and similarities. The study results suggest that students' perceptions of another culture can become more sophisticated when being exposed to authentic filmic material and asked to reflect in writing about observed plot features and cultural manifestations. The key to these results is a strategy for assessing not just students' recall of cultural content, but also their strategic competencies in negotiating cultural difference. Changes in students' cognitive styles were tracked by a scale that rewards students' strategic ability tomanage details of cultural knowledge and sociolinguistic content, including the following categories: (a) rhetorical organization; (b) content; (c) comparative point of view; and (d) interpretive substance. The article provides a model for the assessment of cultural competency (MACC), which can be adapted to assess students' engagement with the culture represented in various materials.
14 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/036-725-840-773-327 tex.eissn: [object Object] tex.unique-id: [object Object]
Keywords: dept.wll

Utopian worlds: vico, la capria and mazzotta - Palma, Giuseppina (MLN - Modern Language Notes, 2012)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/014-683-427-020-179 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: dept.wll

Bilingualism and Learning - Verplaetse, L. S.; Schmitt, E. (International Encyclopedia of Education (Third Edition), 2010)
Bilingualism is defined as a speaker's ability to use two languages for communication. Due to the complexity of its nature, the study of bilingualism relies on several fields within linguistics, anthropology, psychology, neuroscience, and education. The study of bilingualism describes language behaviors of bilingual speakers, social and pragmatic patterns of using two languages, language development, and acquisition and loss, among other issues. Researchers attempt to explain the effect that bilingualism has on human cognition, societal relationships, and education of bilingual children. This article discusses bilingualism and learning from three perspectives: types of bilingualism, bilingual processing, and bilingualism and academic learning.
Citation Key Alias: lens.org/011-256-520-522-91X, pop00385
Keywords: Academic language; Additive bilingualism; Anomie; Balanced bilingualism; Bilingualism; Code switching; Diglossia; Immersion model; Maintenance bilingual (education); Semilingualism; Sequential bilingualism; Sheltered content (instruction); Simultaneous bilingualism; Societal bilingualism; Subtractive bilingualism; Transitional bilingual (education); dept.wll

When boundaries are crossed: Evaluating language attrition data from two perspectives - Schmitt, Elena (Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2010)
This study provides an account for a long-term selective loss of L1 (Russian) morpho-syntactic and content components in early immigrants to the US. The analysis of naturally occurring data is carried out from the perspective of two theoretical approaches - three models developed within language contact (Myers-Scotton 2002, 2005) and the Activation Threshold hypothesis as a component of a neurolinguistic approach to bilingualism (Paradis, 2004, 2007). The results show that the language contact approach is useful in identifying morpheme types that are most vulnerable to attrition. The second approach helps explain the differential rate of loss of content morphemes in a variety of topics and account for variability in the rate of attrition of late system morphemes through frequency factors. The study demonstrates that by crossing the boundaries of one theory, and one view of language researchers can achieve a stronger explanatory power and identify the common and complementary features that both models provide.
14 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/038-866-199-464-167 tex.unique-id: [object Object]
Keywords: dept.wll

Perspectives on Learning Disabilities: The Vectors of a New Convergence - Barsch, Ray H. (Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2016)
Learning disabilities is what this Journal is about. In the following article, Dr. Barsch sets forth past, present and possibilities for the future of the field...
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: ISI:A1968ZE76300001 tex.unique-id: [object Object]
Keywords: dept.sed

Reading achievement in the middle school years: A study investigating growth patterns by high incidence disability. - Yakimowski, Mary E.; Faggella-Luby, Michael; Kim, Yujin; Wei, Yan (Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2016)
Numerous research studies (e.g., Anderson, Kutash, & Duchnowski, 2001; Lane, Carter, Pierson, & Glaeser, 2006; Volpe, Dupaul, Jitendra, & Tresco, 2009; Wei, Blackorby, & Schiller, 2011) have shown that students with disabilities generally exhibit lower reading scores than their peers without disabilities. However, questions remain about the possibility of longitudinal differences among high-incidence disability classifications (e.g., speech/language impairments, SLI; emotional disturbances, ED; learning disabilities, LD; and attention deficit disorders, ADD). This study investigated growth patterns in reading achievement among middle school students from 5th to 8th grade with different high incidence disability classifications on one state's high-stakes assessment. After a repeated measures analysis of variance and post hoc testing, results reveal that students identified as LD and SLI evidenced more growth in reading than those classified as either ADD or ED. In light of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 legislation, findings about the various growth patterns are discussed with respect to policy, measurement, and practical implications. © 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
12 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: pop00217 tex.type: [object Object]
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Prosody growth and reading comprehension : a longitudinal study from 2nd through the end of 3rd grade - Lopes, João; Silva, Maria Madalena; Moniz, Antonio Vargas; Spear-Swerling, Louise; Zibulsky, Jamie (Revista De Psicodidactica, 2014)
Prosody is an important but not fully understood component of reading. In this longitudinal study with a sample of 98. Portuguese elementary school children, a multilevel growth model with four repeated measures over time showed steady progress in participants’ reading prosody from the middle of 2nd to the end of 3rd grade. However, children’s growth in this area varied across time points. Results also showed that individual differences in prosody’s scores at baseline affect the performance of most but not of all students. Simple linear regressions showed that the prosody dimension “phrasing/expression” significantly predicted reading comprehension at all time points. Partial correlation analysis showed that when reading rate was accounted for, the unique contribution of prosody to reading comprehension was marginal, except at the third measurement © UPV/EHU.
10 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: pop00144 tex.type: [object Object]
Keywords: Prosody; Reading comprehension; Reading prosody; dept.sed

Making time for literacy: teacher knowledge and time allocation in instructional planning - Spear-Swerling, Louise; Zibulsky, Jamie (Reading and Writing, 2014)
This study examined how K-5 general and special educators (N = 102) would choose to allocate time in a 2-h language arts block if they could do so as they wished, and how these choices related to their knowledge base for reading instruction. Preferences for time allocation were assessed through an open grid on which participants listed descriptions of planned instructional activities and amount of time for each activity; teacher knowledge was assessed via a multiple-choice measure involving questions about assessment and instruction in the five components of reading. Results showed that many teachers planned little or no time for areas such as assessment, vocabulary, phonemic awareness, and spelling; also, relatively little time was devoted to basic writing skills and virtually none to writing processes such as planning or revision. There were few significant differences between general and special educators in time allocation on the grid, although there were more differences by grade level (e.g., grids for Grades K-1 vs. Grades 4-5). Teacher knowledge did predict teachers' time allocation plans, particularly for teachers with relatively high knowledge of phonemic awareness and phonics. Overall, however, many teachers chose to allocate time in ways inconsistent with scientific recommendations, in writing as well as in reading. The study highlights the importance of research-based, targeted teacher professional development in literacy, as well as the need for schools to provide comprehensive, research-based core reading and writing curricula to educators, with attention to fidelity of implementation.
40 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/033-473-976-832-915 tex.eissn: [object Object] tex.unique-id: [object Object]
Keywords: Literacy; Reading; Reading instruction; Teacher beliefs; Teacher knowledge; Writing instruction; dept.sed; peer-reviewed

Teachers' knowledge base for implementing response-to-intervention models in reading - Spear-Swerling, Louise; Cheesman, Elaine (Reading and Writing, 2012)
This study examined the knowledge base of 142 elementary-level educators for implementing response-to-intervention (RTI) models in reading. A questionnaire assessed participants' professional background for teaching reading, as well as their familiarity with specific assessments, research-based instructional models, and interventions potentially useful in RTI approaches. A multiple-choice knowledge survey patterned after a teacher licensure exam, including items situated in classroom contexts, assessed participants' knowledge about different components of reading, assessment, and RTI practices. Overall, participants obtained the highest scores on a knowledge survey subscale involving fluency/vocabulary/comprehension and the lowest on a subscale involving assessment/RTI practices, with a subscale involving phonemic awareness/phonics in the middle. Mean percentages correct on the subscales ranged from about 58-65% correct. However, participants who said they had prior code-focused professional development outperformed other participants on all survey subscales. General elementary certified teachers performed comparably to special education certified teachers on two out of three subscales, with both groups outperforming unlicensed participants; on the assessment/RTI subscale, only the special educators outperformed unlicensed participants. Most participants were familiar with basic features of RTI such as the three tiered model but were unfamiliar with the research-based instructional approaches and interventions named in the study questionnaire, although participants who had experienced code-focused PD were significantly more likely to be familiar with certain interventions. The study suggests that professional development will be important to enable many educators to implement RTI effectively in reading.
53 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Citation Key Alias: lens.org/067-538-663-824-787 tex.unique-id: [object Object]
Keywords: Literacy; RTI; Reading; Response to intervention; Teacher knowledge; Teacher preparation; dept.sed; peer-reviewed