Molluscan mucins: a unifying thread - Prezant, Robert S. (American Malacological Bulletin Special Issue, 1985)
Keywords: dept.aa; ⛔ No DOI found

Derivations of arenophilic mantle glands in the Anomalodesmata - Prezant, R. S. (Malacologia, 1985)
Keywords: dept.aa; ⛔ No DOI found

Occurrence of a digenetic trematode in a polychaete - Brown, B; Prezant, R. S. (Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 1986)
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.aa

Entrainment of larval oysters by hydraulic cutterhead dredges: An introduction - Prezant, R. S. (Entrainment of Larval Oysters, American Malacological Bulletin, 1986)
Keywords: dept.aa; ⛔ No DOI found

Spiral Crossed-Lamellar Shell Growth in Corbicula (Mollusca: Bivalvia) - Prezant, Robert S.; Tiu, Antonieto Tan (Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 1986)
Spiral and near-spiral growth patterns of the peripheral crossed-lamellar shell microstructure of the bivalve Corbicula cf. fluminea have been discovered. This is the first report of spiral microstructures outside of nacreous and "foliated calcite" deposits. The spiral growth surface in this corbiculid is underlain by a conical crossed-lamellar microstructure. This form of lath deposition is usually associated with high concentrations of organic material located beneath the undertucked periostracum along the valve's periphery. These structures can offer the bivalve additional resistance against predators that enter the valves through the shell's edge. Similar spiral structures have not been found in all "white" forms of North American Corbicula, in the "purple" form of North American Corbicula, nor in the corbiculids Polymesoda caroliniana and P. (Geloina) erosa.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.aa

Shell microstructure responses of the Atlantic ribbed mussel Geukensia demissa granosissima induced by transplantation. - Tiu, A.; Prezant, Robert (American Malacological Bulletin, 1987)
Keywords: dept.aa; ⛔ No DOI found

Shell microstructure and color changes in stressed Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) - Prezant, Robert S.; Tiu, A. Tan; Chalermwat, Kashane (The Veliger, 1988)
Keywords: dept.aa; ⛔ No DOI found

Seasonal variation of microstructure of inner structure of shell in Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Heterodonta). - Tan Tiu, A; Prezant, R. (American Malacological Bulletin, 1989)
Keywords: dept.aa; ⛔ No DOI found

Shell tubules in Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Heterodonta): functional morphology and microstructure - Tan Tiu, A; Prezant, R. S. (Shell tubules in Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Heterodonta): functional morphology and microstructure, 1989)
Place: Sanibel, FL
Keywords: dept.aa; ⛔ No DOI found

Shell and hinge ontogeny of the Antarctic bivalve Lissarca notorcadensis - Prezant, Robert (Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1990)
Lissarca notorcadensis, a small pallial-brooding mollusc with a circum-Antarctic distribution, is frequently found attached by stout byssal threads to the spines of sea urchins. Here, complete ontogenetic series can be found. Using standard, structural definitions, the prodissoconch I of L. notorcadensis is small compared to the large prodissoconch II, a feature atypical of brooded young and possibly reflective of a planktotrophic past. Fine commarginal striae are found on prodissoconch II of this subtidal clam, which also possesses more pronounced commarginal striae on the dissoconch prior to brood release. The provinculum is retained and remains functional well into adulthood. A small central ligament pit is present through the postlarval stages. This develops into a large, triangular pit in adulthood that shows obvious growth lines. Calcareous, presumably aragonitic fibres develop in the ligament of specimens still retained in the adult brood. Five to six adult hinge teeth are formed on either side of the ligament. Alignment of shell valves by these well-developed teeth is augmented by retention of larval denticles. The functional and structural demise of the provinculum occurs between 4 and 7 mm shell height and results from denticle erosion and subumbonal shell overgrowth. Many canals permeate larval and adult valves, but external pores in the adult shell differ from those of the larval shell and could indicate mode of formation. Prodissoconch form, provinculum retention, and shell canals are considered primitive traits.
6 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.aa

Chemical elements in the aragonitic and calcitic microstructural groups of shell of the oysterCrassostrea virginica: A proton probe study - Carriker, M. R.; Swann, C. P.; Prezant, R. S.; Counts, C. L. (Marine Biology, 1991)
We report the results of a study with proton-induced X-ray emissions (PIXE) of the distribution and concentration of 15 chemical elements (Na to Sr in periodic chart) in four microstructural and two mineralogical regions of shell of rapidly growing adult oysters [Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin)]. Hatchery-raised oysters were grown in Broadkill Estuary, Delaware, USA, for 16 wk in summer 1978. Their valve edges were filed as a marker, and the oysters were replaced in the estuary, where they grew rapidly. Shell deposited after marking had a normal microstructure and mineralogy after a narrow zone of disturbance. After 17 d oysters were sacrificed, and different mineralogical and microstructural regions of valves of three oysters, and parts of valves of two oysters, were analyzed for the elements Na to Sr. Quadrats (2.5 × 0.45 mm) included three calcitic groups (prismatic, foliated, chalky) and one aragonitic (myostracal) microstructural group; four quadrats were on the exterior and five on the interior of right and left valves. Inhalant and exhalant margins of valves and ground right and left valves of one oyster were also analyzed. Elemental chemistry of different regions of shell varied among the three microstructural groups within the single calcitic polymorph, between aragonitic and calcitic regions, and between exhalant and inhalant margins of the valves. Elements were most concentrated in the prismatic region of the right valve. Element concentrations were similar in ground right and left valves, except for higher levels of Si, Fe, and Zn in the right valve (corresponding to their high contents in prismatic shell) and of Cl in the left valve (reflecting high concentration in chalky shell, abundant in this valve). Na, Mg, Cl, Cr, Cu, Zn and Br were more concentrated in prismatic than in foliated shell. Chalky shell contained higher concentrations of Na than did prismatic shell, and high concentrations (but lower than in prismatic shell) of Mg, Cl, Ti, Mn, Fe, Zn and Br. Element concentration in myostracum was approximately the same as, or lower than, in foliated shell, except for Sr, which was higher than that in any other shell group. In the right valve most elements were concentrated in inhalant margins, and on the left valve, in exhalant margins. With increased weathering of the exterior surface of prismatic shell, Mg, Si, and Mn increased in concentration and Na, Al, Cl, Ti, Cr, Fe, Br, and Sr decreased.
31 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Chemical Element; Crassostrea Virginica; Elemental Chemistry; Exterior Surface; PIXE; dept.aa

The role of environment on shell growth dynamics of Corbicula fluminea - Tan Tiu, A.; Prezant, R. (Malacological Review, 1992)
Keywords: dept.aa; ⛔ No DOI found

Reproductive ecology of the Antarctic bivalve Lissarca notorcadensis. - Prezant, Robert; Showers, M.; Winstead, Ray; C.Cleveland (American Malacological Bulletin, 1992)
Keywords: dept.aa; ⛔ No DOI found

A freshwater bioprobe: Periostracum of the Asian Clam, Corbicula fluminea (Müller) combined with laser microprobe mass spectrometer - Hutchinson, P. J.; Rollins, H.; Sharkey, A. G.; Prezant, R. S.; Kim, Y.; Hercules, D. M. (Environmental Pollution (Barking, Essex: 1987), 1993)
A freshwater bioprobe, combining the Asiatic Clam, Corbicula fluminea (Müller) and the laser microprobe mass spectrometer (LAMMA), can determine anthropogenic chemical contamination of freshwater systems. Laser generated mass spectra from the periostracal layers of clams contaminated with either a salt, potassium bromide, or an aromatic compound, phenol, produce distinctive mass spectral signatures that are different from uncontaminated clams. Uncontaminated clams have characteristic signatures with distinctive spectral peaks less than m/z 41; while exposed clams have many strong peaks well above this m/z. This freshwater bioprobe, using LAMMA to analyze the surface of clams, can be used as a screening tool for monitoring the water-treatment systems, for determining the source of contaminated baseflow and return flow discharge to streams, and for monitoring the water chemistry of a body of water. This system exploits the facility of using the shell instead of soft tissue with the LAMMA and has potential to detect anthropogenically-derived chemical stress.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.aa

Detection of xenophobic response in the periostracum of the bivalve,Corbicula fluminea, through laser-induced mass spectrometry - Hutchinson, Peter J.; Rollins, Harold B.; Prezant, Robert S. (Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 1993)
Aqueous-phased xenobiotic contaminant exposure can biochemically modify newly generated periostracum of the Asian freshwater bivalve,Corbicula fluminea. Laser-induced desorption of partially polymerized periostracum produces spectra distinguishable from mass spectral images generated from uncontaminated periostracum. Organic xenobiotic contamination putatively impedes full polymerization of the periostracin protein. The detection of the effects of pollution on periostracum by the laser microprobe mass analyzer constitutes a novel bioprobe for the definitive but qualified detection of xenobiotic contamination.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Bivalve; Mass Spectrometry; Polymerization; Waste Water; Water Pollution; dept.aa

Effects of Stream Chemistry on the Distribution, Growth, and Diatom Colonization of the Freshwater Limpet, Ferrissia rivularis - Keating, S. T.; Prezant, R. S. (Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 1998)
The freshwater limpet, Ferrisla rivularis, was found in several watersheds in south-central and south-western Pennsylvania. Shell size was not significantly correlated with stream pH, calcium, iron, or manganese concentrations. Limpets tolerated stream iron concentrations up to 0.36 mg/l and manganese concentrations up to 0.25 mg/l. The shells of these snails were quickly and heavily colonized by adherent or embedded diatoms, and shell size was significantly positively correlated with diatom coverage (P=0.050). Diatom coverage was significantly positively correlated with stream phosphate concentration (P=0.002).
6 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/02705060.1998.9663592
Keywords: dept.aa

Mass exhumation and deposition of Mulinia lateralis (Bivalvia: Mactridae) on an intertidal beach, St. Catherines Island, Georgia, USA - Cleveland, C.M.; Prezant, Robert; Rollins, Harold; Toll, R.; Wylie, J. (Veliger -Berkeley-, 2002)
Episodic events which affect populations of marine invertebrate species are rarely documented. We report the catastrophic mass exhumation and deposition of a large aggregation of adult bivalves (Mulinia lateralis [Say, 1822]) to a suboptimal habitat on a sandy intertidal beach of St. Catherines Island, Georgia, USA. The displaced population impacted a large area (7000 m2) of the beach and consisted of similar-sized clams (∼ 13 mm mean shell length). We suggest that the exhumation could have been a result of storm-induced shear stress, an hypoxic event, or other environmental stress on the individuals. Events of this type could have important implications for population dynamics and cohort distribution, fisheries predictions and harvests, and interpretation of fossil assemblages.
Keywords: dept.aa; ⛔ No DOI found

Mollusca of Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia: Additions to the fauna, range extensions, and gigantism - Prezant, Robert; III, C.L.; Chapman, E.J. (Veliger, 2002)
Collections of 108 species of marine and estuarine mollusks from and around Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia, from 1991 to 1996, vary from and extend the known species lists generated by three previously published collections over the past 100 years. Extensive sampling, including benthic grabs, trawls, and hand collecting, has added 54 species of mollusks (20 bivalves, 31 gastropods, one polyplacophoran, and two cephalopods) to the 1914 list of Henderson & Bartsch and 46 (19 bivalves, 26 gastropods and one cephalopod) to that of Counts & Bashore from 1991. Homer et al. in 1997 provided a mollusk survey of Maryland coast bays and listed 73 molluscan species (including 10 species recorded as shells only and eight as taxonomic uncertainties). To the latter we have added 51 molluscan taxa they did not find (19 bivalves, 29 gastropods, one polyplacophoran, and two cephalopods). All collections represent a total described malacofauna of this region of 146 shallow-water species excluding undescribed or non-described taxa in earlier papers. Within the populations of some of the species collected were a few exceptionally large individuals, adding to previous records of unusually large specimens of mollusks from this region of the Atlantic coast. Additionally, some species of mollusks (Tectura testudinalis, Eupleura semisulcata [Gastropoda], Tridonta borealis [Bivalvia]) and some non-mollusks (the ascidian Ecteinascidia turbinata and a confirmation of an extension of the anthozoan Peachia parasitica) have been found in the waters surrounding Assateague, well outside of their previously reported geographic ranges. The results of the present study suggest the need for a re-evaluation of possible environmental shifts that could have taken place since the collections of the early 1900s and have elsewhere been implicated in the change of malacofauna of Assateague Island since that time. Additionally, range extensions reported could reflect a subtle geographic transition zone, newly introduced species, or, most likely, an understudied coastal area.
Keywords: dept.aa; ⛔ No DOI found

Marine Macroinvertebrate Diversity of St. Catherines Island, Georgia - Prezant, Robert; TOLL, RONALD; Rollins, Harold; CHAPMAN, ERIC (American Museum Novitates, 2002)
St. Catherines Island is one of several barrier islands lining the coast of Georgia, USA. This island is among the least recently anthropogenically impacted of the Georgia Sea Islands, but had not previously been examined in detail for coastal invertebrate macrofauna. From 1992 through late 1998 a coastal survey was conducted that examined the diverse marine invertebrate fauna of St. Catherines Island. Salt marshes, sand flats, mid- to low-energy sand beaches, beach wood debris, tidal creeks, shallow benthos, and artificial hard substrata (including docks) were qualitatively sampled for macroinvertebrates. Over 340 species were identified. Crustaceans composed close to 40% (14% amphipods; 15% decapods), polychaetes 17.5%, and molluscs about 25% of all species recovered. These results are compared to the few other relevant studies from the United States mid-Atlantic Coast.
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.aa

A novel method for locating tagged infaunal bivalves: Submersible pulse technology metal detectors - Toll, R.B.; Prezant, Robert; Rollins, Harold (Journal of Shellfish Research, 2002)
Hardelams, Mercenaria mercenaria (Linne, 1758), tagged with brass washers attached to the outer shell surface and replanted into their natural habitat, were located remotely through the use of a commercially available, fully submersible, pulse technology metal detector. The ability to remotely locate tagged, replanted clams can increase the speed and efficiency of field operations associated with studies of clam population dynamics. Also, this methodology can reduce localized disturbances to the habitat that routinely accompany extensive hand probing to relocate experimental clams in traditional tag and recapture based studies.
Keywords: dept.aa; ⛔ No DOI found

Freshwater Molluscs of the United States Military Academy Drainages (West Point, NY) and Comparative Regional Biodiversity of Gastropods - Prezant, Robert S.; Chapman, Eric J. (Northeastern Naturalist, 2004)
Thirty-four species of molluscs have been found in the drainage systems of the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY. A few rare species were found as well as a single specimen of a presumed new gastropod taxon. Only two species of unionids, Pyganodon cataracta and Elliptio complanata, were found within the drainages. The largest drainage system, Popolopen Brook, contained the highest diversity of molluscs. Species redundancy between drainages aligned well as a function of the extent of lentic and lotic habitats with brooks and streams having a Bray-Curtis similarity index of ≈ 64.0 when compared to lakes and ponds. On the other hand, a number of species collected were found in only a single drainage. Total drainage area did not correspond well with diversity unless determined as total predicted usable habitat. Thus the drainages with the greatest number of discernible lakes, ponds, streams, and creeks, also had the highest molluscan diversity. On the whole, molluscan diversity of these drainages compared favorably to those of other regional New York sites, but relative abundance or population densities varied, with variations reflecting survey effort, time or season of collections, and incorporation of historic museum collections.
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.aa; peer-reviewed

In utero predator-induced responses in the viviparid snail Bellamya chinensis - Prezant, R.S.; Chapman, E.J.; McDougall, A. (Canadian Journal of Zoology, 2006)
8 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.aa

Human exploitation of the quahog Mercenaria mercenaria in Eastern North America: Historical patterns and controls - Rollins, Harold; Prezant, Robert; Toll, R. (Archaeological Reports, 2008)
Keywords: dept.aa; ⛔ No DOI found

Population study of laternula truncata (bivalvia: anomalodesmata: laternulidae) in the mangrove sand flat of kungkrabaen bay, thailand, with notes on laternula cf. corrugata - Prezant, R.; Sutcharit, C.; Chalermwat, K.; Duangdee, Teerapong (Proceedings of the International Marine Bivalve Workshop, Chanthaburi, Thailand, 2008)
Overall benthic macroinvertebrate biodiversity, along with laternulid density, was higher closer to mangroves but relative infaunal invertebrate dominance increased along a transect that transcended a hummock closer to the mangrove forest, across an open sand fl at, and terminated in another isolated humMock farther from the fringing forest. A population of the anomalodesmatan bivalve Laternula truncata (Lamarck, 1818) was examined in a mangrove sand fl at in Kungkrabaen Bay, Thailand, to determine population size, cohort distribution, and basic relationships with sediment and infaunal macroinvertebrate biodiversity. Relatively high densities of L. truncata were found in muddy sands, often deeply buried in or close to tangled rootlet mats of the mangrove trees Avicennia alba Blume, 1827, and A. marina (Forsskal) Vierhapper, 1907, along isolated mangrove hummocks. They were less common in open areas of the mangrove fl at. This population of L. truncata was relatively evenly distributed across size classes, minus the smallest sizes, suggesting continuous recruitment with a possible loss of recent recruits or recruitment. Overall benthic macroinvertebrate biodiversity, along with laternulid density, was higher closer to mangroves but relative infaunal invertebrate dominance increased along a transect that transcended a hummock closer to the mangrove forest, across an open sand fl at, and terminated in another isolated hummock farther from the fringing forest. A nearby population of L. cf. corrugata (Reeve, 1863) inhabited a distinctly different habitat. Laternula cf. corrugata was shallowly buried and dwelt in the mangrove forest proper among different species of mangroves and in sandier sediments. Behavioural observations of both laternulids indicated that both were capable of reburying, with smaller specimens more rapidly, albeit still slowly, succeeding in full re-entry into the sediment. Larger specimens of L. truncata were incapable of reburial. Morphological, ecological, and behavioural distinctions between L. truncata and L. cf. corrugata are considered in light of their habitat differences, confusion within laternulid systematics, and diffi culty in resolving the taxonomy of the latter species.
Keywords: dept.aa; ⛔ No DOI found

A critical checklist of the Decapod (Arthropoda: Decapoda) of the Atlantic coastal bays of Maryland. - Counts; Prezant, Robert; Chapman, E. (The Maryland historian, 2011)
Keywords: dept.aa; ⛔ No DOI found

Temporal Variation in Molluscan Community Structure in an Urban New Jersey Pond - Chapman, Eric J.; Prezant, Robert S.; Shell, Rebecca (Northeastern Naturalist, 2012)
Barbour's Pond is a 4.45-ha pond located in Garrett Mountain Reservation in Passaic County in northern New Jersey, one of the most densely populated regions in the United States. Despite its small size and surrounding urban sprawl, the shallow waters of this pond hold 18 species of molluscs. Monthly samples from March 2004 through March 2006 found the highest diversity in December 2004, and in January, June, and July 2005. Additional samples were taken in April 2007 and May 2010 to spot-check relative diversity years after the original sampling period. Total molluscan abundance was greatest in July and November 2004, possibly reflecting new late spring and autumn cohorts. Univariate statistics demonstrate that this pond has a temporally stable and diverse malacofauna. Analysis, of basic environmental parameters including temperature and pH, however, showed little correlation with molluscan diversity over time, underscoring the stable yet complex nature of biodiversity of this small urban pond.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.aa; peer-reviewed

Effects of Upper-Limit Water Temperatures on the Dispersal of the Asian Clam Corbicula fluminea - Rosa, Inês Correia; Pereira, Joana Luísa; Costa, Raquel; Gonçalves, Fernando; Prezant, Robert (PLOS ONE, 2012)
Temperature is a determinant environmental variable in metabolic rates of organisms ultimately influencing important physiological and behavioural features. Stressful conditions such as increasing temperature, particularly within high ranges occurring in the summer, have been suggested to induce flotation behaviour in Corbicula fluminea which may be important in dispersal of this invasive species. However, there has been no experimental evidence supporting this hypothesis. It was already proven that C. fluminea drift is supported by a mucilaginous drogue line produced by mucocytes present in the ctenidia. Detailed microscopic examination of changes in these cells and quantification of clam flotation following one, two and three weeks of exposure to 22, 25 and 30°C was carried out so that the effects of increasing water temperatures in dispersal patterns could be discussed. Results show that changes in temperature triggered an acceleration of the mucocytes production and stimulated flotation behaviour, especially following one week of exposure. Dilution of these effects occurred following longer exposure periods. It is possible that these bivalves perceive changing temperature as a stress and respond accordingly in the short-term, and then acclimate to the new environmental conditions. The response patterns suggest that increasing water temperatures could stimulate C. fluminea population expansion.
23 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Analysis of variance; Animal behavior; Behavior; Bivalves; Crystallization; Histology; Invasive species; Sediment; dept.aa; peer-reviewed

Going global: the introduction of the Asian isopod Ianiropsis serricaudis Gurjanova (Crustacea: Peracarida) to North America and Europe - Hobbs, Niels-Viggo; Lazo-Wasem, Eric; Faasse, Marco; Cordell, Jeffery R.; Chapman, John W.; Smith, Carter S.; Prezant, Robert; Shell, Rebecca; Carlton, James T. (Aquatic Invasions, 2015)
The Asian isopod Ianiropsis serricaudis is now well established in fouling communities, often associated with introduced ascidians, throughout the Northern Hemisphere but has gone largely unnoticed because of its diminutive size (typically less than 3 mm in length) and the difficulties of identifying small peracarid crustaceans. Known locations include the northeastern Pacific (Puget Sound, San Francisco Bay, and Monterey Bay), the northwestern Atlantic (from the Gulf of Maine to Barnegat Bay, NJ), and the northeastern Atlantic (England and the Netherlands). We predict that this species is widespread along North America and European coasts, and may already be introduced to cold temperate waters of the Southern Hemisphere as well.
11 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Arthropoda; Carcinogenicity; Carcinology; Europe; Ianiropsis serricaudis; Isopoda; Shellfish; ballast water; dept.aa; fouling; introduced species; marine; shipping

Comparative Shell Microstructure of Two Species of Tropical Laternulid Bivalves from Kungkrabaen Bay, Thailand with After-Thoughts on Laternulid Taxonomy - Prezant, Robert S.; Shell, Rebecca M.; Wu, Laying (American Malacological Bulletin, 2015)
The anomalodesmatan family Laternulidae represents a group of bivalves with a very few well-known taxa and many more poorly known taxa. Laternula rostrata (G. B. Sowerby, 1839) and L. anatina (Linnaeus, 1758) occur in close proximity to each other in and along the margins of mangroves of Kungkrabaen Bay, Thailand. Laternula rostrata resides in soft to sandy sediments often within the interstices of mangrove roots located in more open portions of the mangrove mud flat. Laternula anatina lives deeper in the mangrove in more protected environs. Laternula anatina is a smaller bivalve that has a variable shell outline, sometimes a wrinkled shell appearance, thicker periostracum, and frequently extensive umbonal erosion. Both species have high concentrations of external shell spinules anteriorly and closer to the umbos (i.e., in juvenile shell) reflecting functionality in retaining an infaunal position. The larger L. rostrata is thinner shelled and more fragile; has more distinct and longer shell spinules composed of flattened lathes; a glossy external appearance; a longer umbonal slit; and a deeper pallial sinus. Additionally, L. rostrata has a saddle-shaped lithodesma; a lithodesma is absent in L. anatina as is typical of most laternulids. Shell microstructure of both is prismatonacreous, typical of the group, but the prismatic layer is thin and appears truncated into small blocky and/or granular columns in transitional zones. The bulk of the shell is tightly packed sheet nacre. The growth lines in L. rostrata, more pronounced but fewer in number than in L. anatina, appear as shallow rolling “hills” in both the shell and chondrophore. The differences in shell microstructure in these two species are specific to the taxa but based on different habitats and burrowing depths, albeit within the confines of a tropical mangal, could represent biomineralization events that reflect environmental adaptations. Variations in the thickness of the microstructural shell layers of four species of laternulids is compared and we speculate on possible functional and/or environmental relevance of these differences.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.aa; peer-reviewed

Influence of Diphenhydramine HCl and Caffeine on Embryonic Development and Adult Reproductive Success of the Freshwater Gastropod Helisoma trivolvis - Sanchez, Diana; Prezant, Robert S. (American Malacological Bulletin, 2016)
Diphenhydramine HCl (DH) and caffeine are commonly detected contaminants in waterways and drinking water nationwide (U.S.A.) and yet little is known of their influence on the development of aquatic molluscs. The antihistamine diphenhydramine blocks the chemical effects of histamine by inhibiting the re-uptake of serotonin (5-HT). Caffeine can influence the regulation of calcium (Ca2 ) and neurotransmitters, such as 5- HT, by inhibiting the re-uptake of adenosine. Serotonin receptor-mediated signaling is key during embryonic development in the freshwater snail Helisoma trivolvis (Say 1816). Embryonic development rates of H. trivolvis depend upon external conditions such as oxygen concentration and temperature. We examine the effects of diphenhydramine (DH) and caffeine on development and reproductive potential of this common aquatic snail. Concentrations of DH at 40.0, 50.0 and 60.0 µM affect the in-capsule embryonic development and hatching rate. Caffeine at 40.0, 50.0 and 60.0 µM show no influence to the hatching rates; however, these caffeine concentrations influence the in-capsule embryonic rotation rate. Eight-month observations of adult H. trivolvis reproductive activities show no influence in number of egg masses deposited when exposed to test concentrations of DH or caffeine.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.aa; peer-reviewed

Ex-ante performance of REIT portfolios - Birz, Gene; Devos, Erik; Dutta, Sandip; Nguyen, Khoa; Tsang, Desmond (Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 2022)
The Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) market has become an increasingly important vehicle for alternative investment for equity investors. While existing research examining the cross-section of REIT returns usually employs standard risk factors in the in-sample models, it can only show the ex-post performance of REIT portfolios. The goal of our paper is to examine the ex-ante performance of REIT portfolios (i.e., the ability of investors to earn abnormal returns in real time). We employ the out-of-sample methodology of Cooper, Gutierrez, and Marcum (2005), and show that ex-ante performance of REIT portfolios is rather weak. For about half of our 19-year sample over the period of 1999 to 2017, the portfolio performances of REITs chosen ex-ante do not beat the performances of the FTSE-NAREIT or the CRSP Equal-Weighted index. After adjusting for transaction costs, the REIT portfolios significantly further underperform their benchmarks. Overall, our findings suggest that the market is relatively efficient in the REIT sector, and it is difficult for investors to devise trading strategies that improve the ex-ante performance of REIT portfolios, based on standard risk factors.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Abnormal returns; Out-of-Sample; Portfolio management; Predictability; REITs; Real estate; dept.fin; peer-reviewed

The Impact of Spirituality and Religious Practice on Senior Living Leader Career Resilience - Myers, Dennis R.; Rogers, Robin K.; Garrison, Brianna V.; Singletary, Jon E.; Groce, Haley (Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2022)
Experienced senior living leaders (SLLs) report the impact of spirituality and religious practice on SLL role adaptation and continuation. The sample included 18 SLLs in 18 skilled care settings representing public, non-profit, and for-profit types of incorporation, with oversampling of for-profit facilities. The average years of SLL experience was 24 years. In-depth interviews were examined through a thematic analysis approach using Excel software. Seventy-eight percent described how a higher power, religious beliefs, and faith practices were associated with their role. Their narratives revealed three major themes: Frame (calling and pre-dispositional spiritual beliefs and religious practices), Role Performance (how spirituality informed SLL administrative practice), and Benefits (perceived rewards of adherence to spiritual beliefs and practices). Further analysis of the three themes produced codes that added greater specification for each theme. Implications provided for normalizing the spirituality and work-life intersect and infusing ethical integration of spirituality and work-life in SLL educational programs.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: adminstration; career resilience; dept.swk; faith and work; peer-reviewed; religious practices; skilled care; spirituality

Physical Activity, Sports Participation, and Psychosocial Health in Adolescents With Hearing Loss - DeLuca, Zara Waldman; Rupp, Kristie (Journal of Adolescent Health, 2022)
Purpose This study examined the association between hearing status (i.e., adolescents with and without hearing loss) and physical activity and sports participation. Secondarily, we explored the association between physical activity and sports participation and psychosocial outcomes among adolescents with hearing loss. Methods Analyses included 29,034 adolescents (52.1% male, 13.8 ± 2.3 (M ± SD) years) from the combined 2018–2019 National Survey of Children's Health. Adolescents were grouped by hearing status. Adjusted logistic regression models assessed physical activity level (i.e., 0, 1–3, 4–6, and 7 days/week) and sports participation (i.e., participation in sports within the past 12 months) by hearing status. Secondary analyses examined associations between physical activity and sports participation with psychosocial outcomes among adolescents with hearing loss adjusting for relevant confounders. Results Relative to their hearing peers, adolescents with hearing loss (n = 359) were 40% [adjusted odds ratio (AOR), 0.60; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.44, 0.81], 43% [AOR, 0.57; 95% CI, 0.41, 0.80], and 33% [AOR, 0.67; 95% CI, 0.47, 0.95] less likely to engage in 1–3 days/week of physical activity, 4–6 days/week of physical activity, and meet physical activity guidelines, respectively. Further, adolescents with hearing loss were 31% [AOR, 0.69; 95% CI, 0.55, 0.85] less likely to participate in sports. Sports participation, but not physical activity, was associated with a significant reduction in the likelihood of experiencing adverse psychosocial outcomes among adolescents with hearing loss (p's < .05). Discussion Sports participation, but not physical activity, was associated with attenuated likelihood of experiencing adverse psychosocial outcomes in adolescents with hearing loss, suggesting unique characteristics of sports participation confer protection of psychosocial health. Increasing access to and reducing barriers to engagement in sports should be prioritized to improve psychosocial health in adolescents with hearing loss.
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Hearing loss; Physical activity; Psychosocial health; Sports participation; dept.cmd; dept.hms; peer-reviewed

Fostering Nursing Students' Moral Decision-Making Through Use of an Affective Learning Module - Morrill, Deborah; Westrick, Susan J. (Nurse Educator, 2022)
Background: The emphasis on disciplinary and preventive approaches to combating academic misconduct does little to foster student professional identity and core nursing value formation. Problem: There is a need for pedagogy designed to navigate moral decision-making within ambiguous areas of practice as nursing students integrate personal and professional values while becoming a nurse. Approach: Rest's theory of moral development offers a framework for constructing purposeful affective learning activities that operationalize moral sensitivity, judgment, motivation, and character, whereas Krathwohl's theory provides a means to identify affective learning objectives. Offering prelicensure nursing students an opportunity to discuss, reflect on, and consider actions and consequences associated with academic and practice-based situations forms the basis for this affective learning module that fosters connections between academic and professional behaviors of integrity. Conclusion: Rest's theoretical model provides a viable structured approach to moral development. Curriculum designed to engage moral decision-making offers an innovative approach to cultivating student integrity.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.nur; peer-reviewed

Beyond stakeholder engagement in the coastal zone: Toward a systems integration approach to support just transformation of the blue economy - Kelly, Miriah M. Russo (The Geographical Journal, 2022)
Transformation has become a prevailing and desirable concept in blue economy literature. In parallel, researchers have been considering ways to effectively engage stakeholders to support just transformational agendas. Globally, coastal communities are already being affected by the inevitable impacts of climate change and changes to the blue economy. These pressures present complex contexts for coastal zone stakeholder engagement. In this paper, I argue that taking a systems integration approach to interacting with stakeholders is needed to support just transformational change. Assessing stakeholder systems and their relationship to coastal resources is imperative for understanding dynamics that may promote or hinder just transformation. Taking an adaptive management approach to working alongside stakeholders through transitional processes, thus building capacity, is needed to generate momentum toward just transformational change. Lastly, I explain how applications of the subsidiarity principle in integrating stakeholder systems can support a just transformational process and can inform more durable transformational outcomes.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/geoj.12452
Keywords: blue economy; coastal; dept.egm; just transition; peer-reviewed; stakeholder; systems integration; theoretical model

Probing strangeness canonical ensemble with K−, ϕ(1020) and Ξ− production in Au+Au collisions at sNN=3 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physics Letters B, 2022)
We report the first multi-differential measurements of strange hadrons of K−, ϕ and Ξ− yields as well as the ratios of ϕ/K− and ϕ/Ξ− in Au+Au collisions at sNN=3 GeV with the STAR experiment fixed target configuration at RHIC. The ϕ mesons and Ξ− hyperons are measured through hadronic decay channels, ϕ→K+K− and Ξ−→Λπ−. Collision centrality and rapidity dependence of the transverse momentum spectra for these strange hadrons are presented. The 4π yields and ratios are compared to thermal model and hadronic transport model predictions. At this collision energy, thermal model with grand canonical ensemble (GCE) under-predicts the ϕ/K− and ϕ/Ξ− ratios while the result of canonical ensemble (CE) calculations reproduce ϕ/K−, with the correlation length rc∼2.7 fm, and ϕ/Ξ−, rc∼4.2 fm, for the 0-10% central collisions. Hadronic transport models including high mass resonance decays could also describe the ratios. While thermal calculations with GCE work well for strangeness production in high energy collisions, the change to CE at 3 GeV implies a rather different medium property at high baryon density.
10 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Autism and intersectionality: Considerations for school-based practitioners - Sassu, Kari A.; Volkmar, Fred R. (Psychology in the Schools, 2022)
The purpose of this article is to explore the intersectionality of autism and sociocultural factors as well as discuss the complexities associated with appropriate assessment, diagnosis, and intervention. Based on a review of the literature, the authors present a brief history of the emergence of the term autism and highlight factors that have contributed to current concerns about failures to appropriately recognize autism within diverse populations. Referencing extant research as well as professional practice standards, this article examines aspects of autism and intersectionality, and explores some of the associated challenges related to assessment, diagnosis, and intervention. Further, the authors reflect on the critical importance of carefully considering all aspects of a child's identity when engaging in autism assessment and intervention within the school setting. School-based practitioners are provided with guidance for addressing the needs of diverse populations of students with autism.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/pits.22757
Keywords: SES; autism; dept.csp; dept.sed; ethnicity; intersectionality; peer-reviewed; race

A Data-Driven Algorithm to Redefine the U.S. Rural Landscape: Affinity Propagation as a Mixed-Data/Mixed-Method Tool - Heumann, Benjamin W.; Graziano, Marcello; Fiaschetti, Maurizio (Economic Development Quarterly, 2022)
This study demonstrates the application of affinity propagation as a data-driven approach to identifying and mapping typologies of place along the urban-rural continuum. The authors characterize Zip Code Tabulation Areas using demographic, economic, land cover, and accessibility to transportation infrastructure, which results in 22 clusters, 15 of which have a major rural component. The spatial pattern of these clusters varies, reflecting the heterogeneity in U.S. rurality. Rural is not a single concept that can be simply defined by population density. By comparing three economic indicators before and after the global financial crisis of 2007 to 2012, the authors find that the degree of economic recovery is captured by rural typologies. They compare both the methodological results and analysis of socioeconomic resilience to two of the most used threshold-based regional typologies, one developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service and one used by the American Communities Project.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed; rural data; rural demography; rural development

Measurements of Proton High-Order Cumulants in √ s N N = 3 GeV Au + Au Collisions and Implications for the QCD Critical Point - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review Letters, 2022)
We report cumulants of the proton multiplicity distribution from dedicated fixed-target Au+Au collisions at √sNN=3.0 GeV, measured by the STAR experiment in the kinematic acceptance of rapidity (y) and transverse momentum (pT) within −0.5<y<0 and 0.4<pT<2.0 GeV/c. In the most central 0%–5% collisions, a proton cumulant ratio is measured to be C4/C2=−0.85±0.09 (stat)±0.82 (syst), which is 2σ below the Poisson baseline with respect to both the statistical and systematic uncertainties. The hadronic transport UrQMD model reproduces our C4/C2 in the measured acceptance. Compared to higher energy results and the transport model calculations, the suppression in C4/C2 is consistent with fluctuations driven by baryon number conservation and indicates an energy regime dominated by hadronic interactions. These data imply that the QCD critical region, if created in heavy-ion collisions, could only exist at energies higher than 3 GeV.
25 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis from DXA Scan and Retinal Images Using Deep Learning - Al-Absi, Hamada R. H.; Islam, Mohammad Tariqul; Refaee, Mahmoud Ahmed; Chowdhury, Muhammad E. H.; Alam, Tanvir (Sensors, 2022)
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death worldwide. People affected by CVDs may go undiagnosed until the occurrence of a serious heart failure event such as stroke, heart attack, and myocardial infraction. In Qatar, there is a lack of studies focusing on CVD diagnosis based on non-invasive methods such as retinal image or dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). In this study, we aimed at diagnosing CVD using a novel approach integrating information from retinal images and DXA data. We considered an adult Qatari cohort of 500 participants from Qatar Biobank (QBB) with an equal number of participants from the CVD and the control groups. We designed a case-control study with a novel multi-modal (combining data from multiple modalities—DXA and retinal images)—to propose a deep learning (DL)-based technique to distinguish the CVD group from the control group. Uni-modal models based on retinal images and DXA data achieved 75.6% and 77.4% accuracy, respectively. The multi-modal model showed an improved accuracy of 78.3% in classifying CVD group and the control group. We used gradient class activation map (GradCAM) to highlight the areas of interest in the retinal images that influenced the decisions of the proposed DL model most. It was observed that the model focused mostly on the centre of the retinal images where signs of CVD such as hemorrhages were present. This indicates that our model can identify and make use of certain prognosis markers for hypertension and ischemic heart disease. From DXA data, we found higher values for bone mineral density, fat content, muscle mass and bone area across majority of the body parts in CVD group compared to the control group indicating better bone health in the Qatari CVD cohort. This seminal method based on DXA scans and retinal images demonstrate major potentials for the early detection of CVD in a fast and relatively non-invasive manner.
17 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Number: 12
Keywords: DXA; Qatar Biobank (QBB); cardiovascular diseases; deep learning; dept.csc; machine learning; peer-reviewed; retina

Combining MRI and cognitive evaluation to classify concussion in university athletes - Ly, Monica T.; Scarneo-Miller, Samantha E.; Lepley, Adam S.; Coleman, Kelly; Hirschhorn, Rebecca; Yeargin, Susan; Casa, Douglas J.; Chen, Chi-Ming (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2022)
Current methods of concussion assessment lack the objectivity and reliability to detect neurological injury. This multi-site study uses combinations of neuroimaging (diffusion tensor imaging and resting state functional MRI) and cognitive measures to train algorithms to detect the presence of concussion in university athletes. Athletes (29 concussed, 48 controls) completed symptom reports, brief cognitive evaluation, and MRI within 72 h of injury. Hierarchical linear regression compared groups on cognitive and neuroimaging measures while controlling for sex and data collection site. Logistic regression and support vector machine models were trained using cognitive and neuroimaging measures and evaluated for overall accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity. Concussed athletes reported greater symptoms than controls (∆R2 = 0.32, p < .001), and performed worse on tests of concentration (∆R2 = 0.07, p < .05) and delayed memory (∆R2 = 0.17, p < .001). Concussed athletes showed lower functional connectivity within the frontoparietal and primary visual networks (p < .05), but did not differ on mean diffusivity and fractional anisotropy. Of the cognitive measures, classifiers trained using delayed memory yielded the best performance with overall accuracy of 71%, though sensitivity was poor at 46%. Of the neuroimaging measures, classifiers trained using mean diffusivity yielded similar accuracy. Combining cognitive measures with mean diffusivity increased overall accuracy to 74% and sensitivity to 64%, comparable to the sensitivity of symptom report. Trained algorithms incorporating both MRI and cognitive performance variables can reliably detect common neurobiological sequelae of acute concussion. The integration of multi-modal data can serve as an objective, reliable tool in the assessment and diagnosis of concussion.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Classification; Concussion; Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI); Resting state functional MRI; dept.hms; peer-reviewed

Climate change adaptation, gender, and mainstreaming: the role of gender in Fiji's relocation initiative - Bertana, Amanda; Blanton, Natalie (Climate and Development, 2022)
Climate change has elucidated already existing gender inequalities associated with unequal access to resources, decision-making processes, and higher exposure to environmental shocks and stressors. Growing acknowledgment of the gender-differentiated implications of climate change in recent years has placed gender equality as a focal point in international discourses on climate change adaptation. The policy perspective of gender equality is universalized, but how it transcribes in local climate change adaptation projects remains elusive. Using the relocation of Vunidogoloa, Fiji, this article explores the tension and compatibility between the way gender equality is discussed and how it is implemented in climate change adaptation projects.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2022.2055524
Keywords: Climate change; Fiji; adaptation; dept.soc; gender equality; gender mainstreaming; peer-reviewed; relocation; sea level rise

Visual Culture Art Education to Cultivate Critical Racial Consciousness - Bode, Patty (Art Education, 2022)
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/00043125.2022.2027724
Keywords: dept.art; peer-reviewed

The ins and outs of posttraumatic growth in children and adolescents: A systematic review of factors that matter - Ferris, Cheyenne; O'Brien, Kyle (Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2022)
Posttraumatic growth (PTG) refers to a positive psychological change that occurs following a seismic and highly challenging life circumstance. An individual who experiences PTG reports posttrauma development that surpasses their baseline level of pretrauma function in various domains. The present systematic review of the current literature aimed to explore factors related to the development of PTG in children and adolescents exposed to trauma. Included studies investigated a range of factors that impact PTG development in youth from five countries: the United States, Israel, China, Japan, and Norway. Studies addressed multiple types of traumatic experiences, including medical trauma, war- and terror-related trauma, and environmental trauma. Findings suggested that factors that impact the development of PTG include the presence of posttraumatic stress symptoms, specifically intrusiveness, and cognitive factors, such as the use of positive reappraisal and deliberate rumination. Many factors demonstrated inconsistencies across studies, such as the impact of age, gender, social support, and parent factors. The findings from this systematic research study encourage the notion that certain clinical intervention strategies, such as deliberate rumination, positive reappraisal coping strategies, and trauma-informed group therapy, may facilitate growth in trauma survivors. Future research should test if these intervention strategies directly impact growth and whether there is an evidence-based form of intervention that can assist clinicians in taking a growth- and strengths-based perspective after trauma.
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jts.22845
Keywords: dept.swk; peer-reviewed

Beyond maladaptation: structural barriers to successful adaptation - Bertana, Amanda; Clark, Brett; Benney, Tabitha M.; Quackenbush, Cameron (Environmental Sociology, 2022)
Around the world adaptation projects are being implemented, with the hope of essentially climate proofing communities. While there is an abundance of failed adaptation schemes in developing and developed countries alike, there has been little scholarship on this problem. Through interviews with twenty-two climate change adaptation practitioners, we identify four structural challenges that contribute to maladaptation: the focus on technological fixes versus holistic approaches; the difficultly of distinguishing between adaptation and development; the problem of quantifying non-quantifiable variables; and the existence of competing problems given that failure to mainstream climate change adaptation. Addressing these maladaptation dynamics is necessary to enhance successful adaptation processes.
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/23251042.2022.2068224 SCSU Faculty Scholar Award
Keywords: SCSU Faculty Scholar Award; award_winner; climate change; climate change adaptation; dept.soc; development; maladaptation; peer-reviewed; policy

Differential measurements of jet substructure and partonic energy loss in Au + Au collisions at √ s N N = 200 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review C, 2022)
The STAR collaboration presents jet substructure measurements related to both the momentum fraction and the opening angle within jets in p+p and Au+Au collisions at √sNN =200GeV. The substructure observables include SoftDrop groomed momentum fraction (zg), groomed jet radius (Rg), and subjet momentum fraction (zSJ) and opening angle (θSJ). The latter observable is introduced for the first time. Fully corrected subjet measurements are presented for p+p collisions and are compared to leading-order Monte Carlo models. The subjet θSJ distributions reflect the jets leading opening angle and are utilized as a proxy for the resolution scale of the medium in Au+Au collisions. We compare data from Au+Au collisions to those from p+p which are embedded in minimum-bias Au+Au events in order to include the effects of detector smearing and the heavy-ion collision underlying event. The subjet observables are shown to be more robust to the background than zg and Rg. We observe no significant modifications of the subjet observables within the two highest-energy, back-to-back jets, resulting in a distribution of opening angles and the splittings that are vacuumlike. We also report measurements of the differential dijet momentum imbalance (AJ) for jets of varying θSJ. We find no qualitative differences in energy loss signatures for varying angular scales in the range 0.1< θSJ<0.3, leading to the possible interpretation that energy loss in this population of high-momentum dijet pairs, is due to soft medium-induced gluon radiation from a single color charge as it traverses the medium.
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

New England Town Meeting and the Cultivation of Deliberative Play - Townsend, Rebecca M.; Milburn, Trudy (American Behavioral Scientist, 2022)
Participants of New England town meeting must follow protocols to participate in this direct democratic process. Over the past 200 years, the protocols have been enacted and adapted by participants in small towns across the region. Within annual meetings, one can find small breaches that could be interpreted as playful acts. In this paper, we use the comic frame as a theoretical lens to interpret instances of such play within the rhetorical deliberation of one New England town meeting. We analyze two instances where speakers playfully use recognized parts of town meeting to achieve their rhetorical ends. We conclude with a discussion of the way play can help accomplish identification in public discourse.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.aa; peer-reviewed

Tools for Healthy Living: Lessons Learned About Program Efficacy, Youth Knowledge, and Youth Engagement - Gray, Sharon; Cushman, Jennifer; Kelly, Miriah; Gaudio, Mary Margaret; Gubbins, E. Jean (The Journal of Extension, 2022)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.egm; peer-reviewed

Teaching Children with Autism to Create Multi-symbol Messages on Augmentative Alternative Communication Applications During Play - Gevarter, Cindy; Najar, Adriana Medina; Siciliano, Mariah (Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2022)
Research involving the use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) applications on mobile technology devices for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) needs to expand beyond teaching simple requesting skills. Children’s abilities to create multi-symbol AAC messages is one skill that can be further explored.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Augmentative alternative communication; Autism; Multi-symbol messages; Naturalistic intervention; dept.cmd; peer-reviewed

Cognitive-Affective Styles of Biden and Trump Supporters: An Automated Text Analysis Study - Abe, Jo Ann A. (Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2022)
Are conservatives more simple-minded and happier than liberals? To revisit this question, 1,518 demographically diverse participants (52% females) were recruited from an online participant-sourcing platform and asked to write a narrative about the upcoming 2020 U.S. Presidential Election as well as complete self and candidates’ ratings of personality. The narratives were analyzed using three well-validated text analysis programs. As expected, extremely enthusiastic Trump supporters used less cognitively complex and more confident language than both their less enthusiastic counterparts and Biden supporters. Trump supporters also used more positive affective language than Biden supporters. More simplistic and categorical modes of thinking as well as positive emotional tone were also associated with positive perceptions of Trump’s, but not Biden’s personality. Dialectical complexity and positive emotional tone accounted for significant unique variance in predicting appraisals of Trump’s trustworthiness/integrity even after controlling for demographic variables, self-ratings of conscientiousness and openness, and political affiliation.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: AutoIC; FFM; LIWC; cognitive-affective styles; dept.psy; peer-reviewed; political preferences

Improving Psychological and Emotional Well-Being of the First-Year College Students - Robinson, Dyan; Yavuz, Olcay (FIRE: Futuristic Implementations of Research in Education, 2021)
Almost half of the students who begin college are not retained at the institution in which they began. The purpose of this research was to explore the perceptions of first-year college students to improve their psychological and emotional well-being. This quantitative study utilized the College Student Mentoring Scale that includes two interrelated constructs which are, Psychological and Emotional Support and The Existence of a Role Model. The research found that multiple factors impact first-year students' perceptions of their psychological and emotional well-being. Additional findings indicated that response levels were highest for The Existence of a Role Model. It is the intention that this study will add to the somewhat limited research on improving the psychological and emotional well-being of first-year college students in higher education. Also, it will assist in future policies and practices by providing a foundation of the components that influence first-year student success through improving the effectiveness of peer mentoring programs.
Number: 2
Keywords: dept.com; dept.edl; dept.fye; first-year college students; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Bidirectional reservoir networks trained using SVM$$+$$privileged information for manufacturing process modeling - Rodan, Ali; Sheta, Alaa F.; Faris, Hossam (Soft Computing, 2017)
In the last decade, a wide range of machine learning approaches were proposed and experimented to model highly nonlinear manufacturing processes. However, improving the performance of such models is challenging due to the complexity and high dimensionality of the manufacturing processes in general. In this paper, we propose bidirectional echo state reservoir networks (Bi-ESNs) trained using support vector machine privileged information method (SVM$$+$$) to model a winding machine process. The proposed model will be applied, tested and compared to reported models in the literature such as classical ESN with linear regression, ESN with a linear SVM readout, genetic programming, feedfoward neural network with backpropagation, radial basis function network, adaptive neural fuzzy inference system and local linear wavelet neural network. The developed results show that Bi-ESNs trained with SVM$$+$$are promising. It was able to provide better generalization performance compared to other models.
19 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Engineering process; Privileged information; Recurrent neural network; Reservoir computing; Support vector machines; Winding machines; dept.csc; peer-reviewed

'How could I choose my health insurance plan?' Determinants of employer-sponsored health insurance plan selection: application of machine learning technique - Zhang, Yi; Yu, Jia (International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 2022)
Selecting the appropriate, reasonable, and affordable health insurance plan becomes a very important question to solve for both employers and employees. Our research tries to locate the factors determining private sector health insurance plan enrolment decision, and also provides a guideline to both private companies and employees on health insurance plan selection strategies. By using Kaiser Family Foundation Annual Employer Health Benefits Survey (KFF EHBS) data, we apply random decision forest machine learning methodology to study the determinants of employees' health insurance selection, as well as to compare the prediction accuracy among different methodologies. The results indicate: 1) the employees at large firms and the firms with higher eligible rate would tend to choose PPO plan; 2) employees who need family coverage would have different choices comparing employees who seek for single coverage only; 3) employer's contribution and annual total contribution to the health insurance plan are the most important determinants on employees' insurance selection. The conclusion also can provide some suggestions to insurance companies on health insurance package design for different types of employers and employees.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: HDP; PPO; dept.eco; health insurance; high-deductible health plan; logit regression; machine learning; peer-reviewed; random decision forest

Vulnerability to Ideologically-Motivated Violence Among Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder - Woodbury-Smith, Marc R.; Loftin, Rachel; Westphal, Alexander; Volkmar, Fred R. (Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022)
People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are represented among those who espouse extremist thought and have committed violent acts associated with their beliefs. Media often highlight a perpetrator's psychiatric diagnosis following acts of mass violence, which in some instances has included ASD. ASD may itself not provide useful information for understanding motivations. Instead, understanding specific traits and neuropsychological and other vulnerabilities may offer an opportunity to make sense of these very complex events.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.sed; peer-reviewed

Lady Macbeth, her book - Sonnenschein, Dana (Embark: A Literary Journal for Novelists, 2022)
A.D. 1034 The king and queen took hawks out that day, and their retinue trailed along hills and swales, watching as Duncan and then Suthen lifted gauntleted arms and opened their fists. The hunting…
Keywords: dept.eng; ⛔ No DOI found

Salted roads lead to oedema and reduced locomotor function in amphibian populations - Brady, S.P.; Goedert, D.; Frymus, L.E.; Zamora-Camacho, F.J.; Smith, P.C.; Zeiss, C.J.; Comas, M.; Abbott, T.A.; Basu, S.P.; DeAndressi, J.C.; Forgione, M.E.; Maloney, M.J.; et al. (Freshwater Biology, 2022)
Human activities have caused massive losses of natural populations across the globe. Like many groups, amphibians have experienced substantial declines worldwide, driven by environmental changes such as habitat conversion, pollution, and disease emergence. Each of these drivers is often found in close association with the presence of roads. Here we report a novel consequence of roads affecting an amphibian native to much of North America, the wood frog (Rana sylvatica). Across 38 populations distributed from southern to central New England, we found that adult wood frogs living adjacent to roads had higher incidence and severity of oedema (indicated by obvious bloating caused by subcutaneous fluid accumulation) during the breeding season than frogs living away from the influence of roads. This effect was best explained by increased conductivity of breeding ponds, probably caused by runoff pollution from road salt used for de-icing. Oedema severity was negatively correlated with locomotor performance in more northerly populations. Interestingly, northern populations experience more intense winters, which tends to result in more de-icing salt runoff and increased energetic demands associated with overwintering cryoprotection needs. Thus, this emerging consequence of roads appears to impose potential fitness costs associated with locomotion, and these effects might be most impactful on populations living in regions where de-icing is most intense. Together, our findings reveal a novel set of impacts of roads and runoff pollution on wood frog physiology and performance, which seem likely to contribute to population decline. Given the global prevalence of roads and increasing salinisation of freshwater habitats, oedema and related impacts could be widespread consequences faced by amphibian populations across much of the planet's temperate zones. © 2022 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: amphibian; bloating; dept.bio; freshwater salinisation; peer-reviewed; performance; physiology; pollution; road salt runoff; winter de-icing

High school mathematics teachers’ discernment of invariant properties in a dynamic geometry environment - Nagar, G.G.; Hegedus, S.; Orrill, C.H. (Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2022)
Variance and invariance are two powerful mathematical ideas to support geometrical and spatial thinking, yet there is limited research about teachers’ knowledge of variance and invariance. In this paper, we examined how high school teachers deal with the task of looking for invariant properties in a dynamic geometry environment (DGE) setting. Specifically, we investigated if they even attend to invariant properties; what invariant properties they discern and discuss; and how DGE can support such discernment. Our analysis found that teachers tend to discern and discuss invariant properties mainly when they were probed to consider invariance. We also found four categories of invariant properties that seem to be important for a robust and rich understanding of geometric objects in the context of invariance and DGE. The use of DGE allowed teachers to see and interact with invariant properties, thus suggesting that accessing geometry dynamically may have structural affordances especially when exploring invariance. Teachers were able to enact different DGE movements to discern and discuss invariant properties, as well as to reason with and about them. We also saw that teachers’ backgrounds and past experiences can play an important role in their descriptions of invariant properties. Possible future research directions and implications to teacher education are discussed. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Digital technologies; Discernment of invariant properties; Dynamic geometry environment; Geometric reasoning; Geometrical and spatial perception; Variance and invariance; dept.edu; peer-reviewed

Probing the Gluonic Structure of the Deuteron with J/ψ Photoproduction in d+Au Ultraperipheral Collisions - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review Letters, 2022)
Understanding gluon density distributions and how they are modified in nuclei are among the most important goals in nuclear physics. In recent years, diffractive vector meson production measured in ultraperipheral collisions (UPCs) at heavy-ion colliders has provided a new tool for probing the gluon density. In this Letter, we report the first measurement of J/ψ photoproduction off the deuteron in UPCs at the center-of-mass energy sNN=200 GeV in d+Au collisions. The differential cross section as a function of momentum transfer -t is measured. In addition, data with a neutron tagged in the deuteron-going zero-degree calorimeter is investigated for the first time, which is found to be consistent with the expectation of incoherent diffractive scattering at low momentum transfer. Theoretical predictions based on the color glass condensate saturation model and the leading twist approximation nuclear shadowing model are compared with the data quantitatively. A better agreement with the saturation model has been observed. With the current measurement, the results are found to be directly sensitive to the gluon density distribution of the deuteron and the deuteron breakup process, which provides insights into the nuclear gluonic structure. © 2022 American Physical Society.
6 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

The Solar Neighborhood. XLIX. New Discoveries and Orbits of M-dwarf Multiples with Speckle Interferometry at SOAR - Vrijmoet, E.H.; Tokovinin, A.; Henry, T.J.; Winters, J.G.; Horch, E.; Jao, W.-C. (Astronomical Journal, 2022)
We present the first results of a multiyear program to map the orbits of M-dwarf multiples within 25 pc. The observations were conducted primarily during 2019-2020 using speckle interferometry at the Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope in Chile, using the High-Resolution Camera mounted on the adaptive optics module (HRCam+SAM). The sample of nearby M dwarfs is drawn from three sources: multiples from the RECONS long-term astrometric monitoring program at the SMARTS 0.9 m; known multiples, for which these new observations will enable or improve orbit fits; and candidate multiples flagged by their astrometric fits in Gaia Data Release 2 (DR2). We surveyed 333 of our 338 M dwarfs via 830 speckle observations, detecting companions for 63% of the stars. Most notably, this includes new companions for 76% of the subset selected from Gaia DR2. In all, we report the first direct detections of 97 new stellar companions to the observed M dwarfs. Here we present the properties of those detections, the limits of each nondetection, and five orbits with periods 0.67-29 yr already observed as part of this program. Companions detected have projected separations of 0.″024-2.″0 (0.25-66 au) from their primaries and have ΔI ≲ 5.0 mag. This multiyear campaign will ultimately map complete orbits for nearby M dwarfs with periods up to 3 yr, and provide key epochs to stretch orbital determinations for binaries to 30 yr. © 2022. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
8 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

The many sizes and characters of the Blue Economy - Graziano, M.; Alexander, K.A.; McGrane, S.J.; Allan, G.J.; Lema, E. (Ecological Economics, 2022)
This article analyses the economic size and resilience of five established definitions of the Blue Economy across two geographical locations: Scotland (UK) and Michigan (USA). The article analyses sector-level employment, labor productivity and Gross Value Added (GVA) data, and uses graphical representations to highlight the differences in conceptualizing the Blue Economy in ways that affect its weight and contribution to regional economies. Further, it analyses how each definition has fared in the post-2007/2011 crisis, assessing their resilience. This novel work tackles the emerging discourse around the Blue Economy by highlighting its regional character, and by problematizing the divergent definitions of the concept. © 2022 Elsevier B.V.
6 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Blue Economy; Employment; Regional analysis; Wages; dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Zoom gesture analysis for age-inappropriate internet content filtering - Pulfrey, J.; Hossain, M.S. (Expert Systems with Applications, 2022)
The Internet contains large amounts of adult content. With only a few taps, or mis-taps, an under-aged user can be exposed to age-inappropriate content. Currently, this can be avoided by creating age-restricted profiles or restricting users to child-friendly applications (apps). However, these existing measures are time-consuming, laborious, and require a higher level of technical literacy than many parents can afford. We believe a better solution is to use a browser or an app that automatically detects the user's age then applies any appropriate content filters. For such a browser/app to be developed, we must learn that age estimation can indeed be performed with an acceptable rate of error. To that end, we created an Android app that collects biometric touchscreen data from elementary school, middle school, high school, and university students. Touch samples were collected from participants aged 5 to 61 on both smartphones and tablets. We focused exclusively on zoom-in and zoom-out touchscreen data samples. We made this decision because we found the zoom gesture to be rich with data and highly used among the most popular applications. Furthermore, we identify a niche within the current research landscape: no other machine learning experiments have leveraged the benefits of the zoom gesture for age estimation. We collected a total of 41,911 zoom data samples. From each zoom sample, 90 features were extracted. Those features were then used to train and test on six regressors and six classifiers to build a method that can accurately estimate the user's age from their touchscreen behavior. The regressors performed with the best mean absolute errors (MAEs) of 2.27 and 2.54 years for smartphones and tablets, respectively. The classifiers performed with the best accuracies of 90% and 91% for smartphones and tablets, respectively. Given these results, it is our belief that not only is touch-based age estimation viable, but developing a child-safe browser or a parental control app with this underlying technology is a worthwhile endeavor. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Age estimation; Child safety; Smartphone; Touch gesture; Zoom gesture; dept.csc; peer-reviewed

Solution thermochemistry of Cuo and entropy of the aqueous cupric ion - Abajian, P.G.; Wulff, C.A. (Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 1969)
The heats of reaction of CuO-Cu(OH)2-H2O samples with aqueous HClO4 have been obtained as a function of concentration. Extrapolated to the normal standard state, the values are ΔH°298 = -15.00 and -15.37 kcal. per mole for CuO and Cu(OH)2, respectively. These data are consistent with thermochemical paths based on data in the literature. The entropy of Cu2+(aq) has been determined as -21.5 ± 1.5 cal. per mole 0 K. No evidence was obtained for stable “hydrates” of CuO in the H2O/CuO range 0 to 1.25. © 1969, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.che

Effects of temperature acclimation on electrical properties of earthworm giant axons - Dierolf, B.M.; McDonald, H.S. (Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Physiologie, 1969)
1. The effects of temperature acclimation on electrical properties of earthworm axons (Lumbricus terrestris) were studied using intracellular stimulating and recording techniques. 2. Cold acclimation, compared to warm acclimation, was associated with decreased action potential duration and cable input resistance and increased maximum rate of rise and decline of the action potential and increased excitation threshold. In each case the direction of change occurring during acclimation to 5° C was opposite to that occurring immediately after cooling to 5° C, i.e., the acclimation changes were compensatory. 3. The significance of these changes is discussed with regard to their influence on over-all nerve function after thermal acclimation. © 1969 Springer-Verlag.
21 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.bio

Nickel(II)-2,2′-Bipyridylamine System. I. Synthesis and Stereochemistry of the Complexes - Hurley, T.J.; Robinson, M.A. (Inorganic Chemistry, 1968)
The reaction of 2,2′-bipyridylamine (abbreviated BPAH) with divalent nickel salts results in the formation of several products, the type of which depends on the metal:ligand ratio and the coordinating ability of the associated anion. Thus, tetrahedral [Ni(BPAH)Cl2] and octahedral [Ni(BPAH)3] (ClO4)2 and [Ni(BPAH)2Cl2] have been isolated and characterized. In these complexes, dipyridylamine coordinates in a bidentate manner through the two pyridine nitrogens. Deprotonation of the amine at ambient temperature in butanol results in the conversion of the paramagnetic [Ni(BPAH)2Cl2] species into a six-coordinate polymeric material of the general formula Ni(BPA)2 where the deprotonated bipyridylamine moiety (ab¬breviated BPA) is coordinating in a tridentate manner with the amine nitrogen acting as a bridge. This polymer is cleaved quite readily by the action of water, pyridine, and, presumably, other complexing solvents. Deprotonation of [Ni(BPAH)-Cl2] at high temperatures in naphthalene or reaction of the deprotonated polymer with nickel(II) chloride, also at high temperatures, yields a red crystalline trinuclear complex of the molecular formula [Ni3(BPA)4Cl2]. Deprotonation of bis(2,2′-bipyridylamine)copper(II) chloride and bis(2,2′-bipyridylamine)palladium(II) perchlorate give the expected four-coordinate square-planar product. The deprotonated complexes of palladium, copper, and nickel are compared and corre¬lations are made between their ease of formation and the geometry and electronic arrangement of the central metal ion. © 1968, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.
78 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.che

Some Human Factors Problems and Possibilities in Developing Ethiopia - Messing, S.D. (Human Factors: The Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 1968)
Both negative and positive cultural factors affect innovative efforts in developing countries. In the case of Ethiopia, negative factors include a low esteem for craftsmanship. Even where modern education is making inroads on some negative factors, as in the towns, feudalistic attitudes toward labor and the preference for unskilled labor on the assumption that it is more economical, act to continue functionally inefficient attitudes. In contrast, positive factors exist in traditions of mutual aid, now spreading from South Ethiopian cultures northward. An excellent model for mutual aid may be found in the practices of the migrant weavers' association of the Gurage and some neighboring tribes. Ethiopia provides an interesting area for the study of human factors in developing countries since it has not passed through a colonial period. Various stages of development can be traced comparatively free of outside influences. © 1968, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. All rights reserved.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.ant

The reaction of transition metal ions with n-(2-thiobenzothiazole)-2-pyridinaldimine - Natoli, F.S.; Robinson, M.A. (Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry Letters, 1968)
6 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.che

A Novel Synthesis of N, N', N''-Trisubstituted Guanidines - Gavin, D.F.; Schnabel, W.J.; Kober, E.; Robinson, M.A. (Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1967)
The action of phosgene on N, N'-disubstituted ureas is described in literature as giving a variety of products depending upon the reaction conditions. However, in no instance has the formation of N, N', N''-trisubstituted guanidines been reported from the above reaction. A novel synthesis is now presented in which these aforementioned guanidines are obtained. This reaction involves the phosgenation of N, N'-dialkyl- or N-alkyl-N'-arylureas at temperatures between 110 and 120° in an inert solvent such as monochlorobenzene. In the case of symmetrically disubstituted alkylureas, the N, N', N''-trialkylguanidines in the form of their hydrochloride salts are obtained. Unsymmetrically substituted ureas upon phosgenation also give guanidines, the type of which, in terms of their substituents, is dependent upon the ability of the urea nitrogen to act as a nucleophile as well as the steric nature of the substituent itself. Thus, phosgenation of N-cyclohexyl-N'-phenylurea gives N, N'-dicyclohexyl-N''-phenylguanidine exclusively. In cases where the substituents on nitrogen atoms of the urea molecule are alike in electron-donating abilities, product distributions are obtained, as with Ncyclohexyl-N'-isopropylurea. Where one urea nitrogen is strongly deactivated, as with N-cyclohexyl-N'-trifluoroethylurea, there is no indication of guanadine formation. Different types of compounds are isolated from these reactions. A mechanism is proposed to account for these observed patterns. Copyright © 1967, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.
15 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.che

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis recovered from the intestinal tract of three bats (artibeus lituratus) in Colombia, S.A. - Grose, E.; Tamsitt, J.R. (Medical Mycology, 1965)
A total of 243 bats belonging to six species were collected in the tropical zone of west central Colombia. Three individuals of Artibeus lituratus (2 males and 1 female) from Melgar, Colombia, harboured Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; cultures being taken directly from the intestinal tract. To our knowledge this is the first report of recovery of P. brasiliensis from animals. © 1965 Informa UK Ltd All rights reserved: reproduction in whole or part not permitted.
54 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Animal; Blastomycosis; Chiroptera; Colombia; Intestinal Diseases; Parasitic; animal; animal disease; article; bat; blastomycosis; dept.bio; intestine infection

An atomic and molecular orbital models kit - Stone, A.H.; Siegelman, I. (Journal of Chemical Education, 1964)
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.che

Letter to the editor - Kuslan, L.I. (Journal of Chemical Education, 1962)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.che

How Connecticut pediatricians view polluted air - Kane, D.N. (Connecticut Medicine, 1978)
Keywords: Air Pollution; Attitude of Health Personnel; Connecticut; Pediatrics; air pollution; dept.egm; editorial; ⛔ No DOI found

Effects of interrupted normal speech flow on post-interruption speech rates - Sansone, F.E. (IRCS Medical Science: Nervous System, 1978)
Keywords: central nervous system; dept.cmd; human cell; larynx; normal human; speech; ⛔ No DOI found

An isoperimetric inequality involving conformal mapping - Berlinghoff, W.P.; Reid, J.D. (Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 1977)
This paper characterizes quasi-pure projective (q.p.p.) and quasi-pure injective (q.p.i.) p-groups, and hence characterizes all such (abelian) torsion groups. A p-group is q.p.i. if and only if it is the direct sum of a divisible group and a torsion complete group. A nonreduced p-group is q.p.p. if and only if it is the direct sum of a divisible group and a bounded group; a reduced p-group is q.p.p. if and only if it is a direct sum of cyclic groups. © 1977 American Mathematical Society.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Abelian group; Direct sum of cyclic groups; Pure exact sequence; Quasi-injective; Quasi-projective; Torsion complete; dept.mat

An interpersonal skills workshop for preparing special education teachers - Gerber, S.A.; Drezek, S. (Education and the Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1977)
The findings in this study that self reported acceptance of self and others and interpersonal skills increased following the Workshop must themselves be regarded within the limitations of a small sample, an analysis of only one leader's group participants, measurements by ratings, and a quasi experimental design. Nevertheless, human relations training appears to be a valuable component to program more systematically into teacher education. Work in developing specific training goals and procedures relevant to personal growth as related to competence in the classroom is the next step. The fact that such a short training program could affect the way student teachers feel about themselves should encourage further research and experimentation.
Keywords: dept.sed; mental deficiency; methodology; normal human; psychodrama; teacher; theoretical study; training; vocational education; ⛔ No DOI found

Corridor displays in glass cabinets - Matthews, L.D. (American Journal of Physics, 1976)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy

Ethiopian revolution [3] - Messing, S.D. (Science, 1975)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.ant

Coordination behavior of the N-hydroxyethyliminoacetate ion - Horrigan, P.; Canelli, R.A.; Kashmann, J.R.; Hoffmann, C.A.; Bauer, R.; Boston, D.R.; Bailar, J.C. (Inorganic Chemistry, 1974)
Several cobalt(III) complexes of the V-hydroxyethyliminodiacetate ion (“heida”) have been prepared. Infrared and nmr studies, as well as exchange studies with D2O, show that the ligand tends to be tridentate and that the alcoholic hydroxyl group does not coordinate. Moreover, the alcoholic group in the complex can be acetylated without destruction of the complex. However, in [Co(en)(heida)]0, the alcoholic OH loses its proton, and the ligand becomes trinegative and tetradentate. © 1974, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.che

A Second Meléndez Self-Portrait: The Artist as Still Life - Tufts, E.M. (The Art Bulletin, 1974)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.art

The Dilemma of the Artist-Teacher - Orsini, N. (Art Journal, 1973)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.art

Symposium on Cooperative Efforts in Information Processing. Introduction - Schlessinger, B.S. (Journal of Chemical Documentation, 1973)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.ils

The Amount of Reading Material in Book Form Printed Yearly in the USSR and the USA - Vebra, G.I. (Libri, 1973)
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.ils

"Facilitation of Stereoscopic Depth Perception by a Relative-Size Cue in Ambiguous Disparity Stereograms": Erratum - Fineman, M.B. (Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1972)
Reports an error in the original article by Mark B. Fineman (Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1971[Oct], 90[2]], 215-221). Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 on pp. 216 and 217 were shown inverted. This mistake made it appear that Stimulus 1 was Stimulus 2, and that Stimulus 3 was Stimulus 4, and that the four stimuli were upside down. (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in record.) Proposed that the cue of relative size may facilitate depth perception in accordance with a crossed or uncrossed disparity in stereograms in which both tendencies are equally represented. A concurrent concept was that the latency associated with the perception of depth in random-dot stereograms may be due, in part, to a cue conflict between binocular disparity and relative size. 4 male and 2 female graduate students were given 8 presentations of 5 stereographic stimuli, in which disparity was ambiguous but relative size was systematically altered. Ss were tested for direction of depth preferences and response latency. Both the relative-size effects and an uncrossed disparity bias were evidenced in the data. The latter effect was attributed to binocular rivalry between dissimilar elements in the stereoscopic half-fields. It is concluded that depth cue relationships are more complex than had been suggested by simple dominance theories. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1972 American Psychological Association.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: ambiguous disparity stereograms; dept.psy; relative size cue; stereoscopic depth perception facilitation

On two level symmetrical factorial designs - Kounias, E.G.; Gulati, B.R. (Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, 1972)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.mat

Total Reflection in a Moving Medium - Porter, W.S. (American Journal of Physics, 1972)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy

Improving the Small Hole Air Track and Table - Chonacky, N.J.; Snyder, J.W.; Matthews, L.D. (American Journal of Physics, 1971)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy

Correction note to "on maximal (k,t)-sets" - Gulati, B.R. (Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, 1971)
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.mat

A study of H-spaces via left translations - Nowlan, R.A. (Pacific Journal of Mathematics, 1971)
H-spaces are examined by studying left translations, actions and a homotopy version of left translations to be called homolations. If (F, m) is an H-space, the map s: F-→FF given by s(x) = Lx, i.e. s(x) is left translation by x, is a homomorphism if and only if m is associative. In general, s is an An-map if and only if (F, m) is an An+1 space. The action r: FF × F → F is given by r(φ, x) = φ(x). The map s respects the action only of left translations. In general, s respects the action of homolations up to higherorder homotopies. Each homolation generates a family of maps to be called a homolation family. Denoting the set of all homolation families by H∞(F), s: F -→ FF factors through F → H∞(F) and this latter map is a homotopy equivalence. © 1971 Pacific Journal of Mathematics.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.mat

Teaching scientific literature in the small college and university - Powell, A.; Schlessinger, B.S. (Journal of Chemical Education, 1971)
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.ils

Symposium on Functions and Contributions of the Industrial Information Center - Schlessinger, B.S. (Journal of Chemical Documentation, 1971)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.ils

Social problems related to the development of health in Ethiopia - Messing, S.D. (Social Science and Medicine, 1970)
The relationship between the development of public health programs and "social problems" is of increasing concern to students of social and cultural problems. Health is obviously related to the availability of good nutrition, essential in building resistance against contagious diseases that form the bulk of preventable health problems in underdeveloped countries. Good nutrition, in turn, is dependent upon availability of agricultural products, basic income to buy them, and education to utilize them properly. This article attempts to trace, briefly, some of the etiology of these interrelated problems in a country in which traditional values have not been distorted by a foreign-established colonial period, and which has experienced only superficial change in modern times. This makes it possible to view relationships more clearly than in other underdeveloped countries where they may exist in more complex forms. © 1970.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Agriculture; Attitude to Health; Circumcision; Ethiopia; Folklore; Government; Health Planning; Human; Nutrition; Public Health; Rural Health; Social Change; Socioeconomic Factors; Taboo; Urbanization; agriculture; article; attitude; circumcision; cultural anthropology; dept.ant; ethnic group; government; health; health care planning; human; nutrition; public health; socioeconomics; sociology; urbanization

Fractal Feature Analysis and Classification in Medical Imaging - Chen, C.-C.; Daponte, J.S.; Fox, M.D. (IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 1989)
Following Mandelbrot's fractal theory, it was found that the fractal dimension could be obtained in medical images by the concept of fractional Brownian motion. An estimation concept for determination of the fractal dimension based upon the concept of fractional Brownian motion was discussed. Two applications were found: 1) classification; 2) edge enhancement and detection. For the purpose of classification, a normalized fractional Brownian motion feature vector was defined from this estimation concept. It represented the normalized average absolute intensity difference of pixel pairs on a surface at different scales. The feature vector used relatively few data items to represent the statistical characteristics of the medical image surface and was invariant to linear intensity transformation. Finally, by calculating normalized fractional Brownian motion feature vectors in five different ultrasonic image surfaces, it was found that the classification of normal and abnormal ultrasonic liver images could be obtained from the differences between their feature vectors. For edge enhancement and detection application, a transformed image was obtained by calculating the fractal dimension of each pixel over the whole medical image. The fractal dimension value of each pixel was obtained by calculating the fractal dimension of a 7 x 7 pixel block centered on this pixel. Preliminary results using projection radiographs suggest that the fractal based image transformation appears to hold promise as an edge enhancement and preprocessing algorithm that does not increase noise in the way that gradient operators do. © 1989 IEEE
296 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Acoustic Imaging; Fractal Feature Analysis; Fractional Brownian Motion; Image Processing–Enhancement; Imaging Techniques; Mathematical Techniques–Vectors; Medical Imaging Classification; Probability–Random Processes; Ultrasonic Liver Images Classification; Ultrasonics–Medical Applications; dept.csc

Pesticide residues in Arizona peregrine falcon eggs and prey - Ellis, D.H.; DeWeese, L.R.; Grubb, T.G.; Kiff, L.F.; Smith, D.G.; Jarman, W.M.; Peakall, D.B. (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 1989)
11 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: 1; 1 dichloro 2; 2 bis(4 chlorophenyl)ethylene; Animal; Arizona; Birds; DDE; DDT; Egg Shell; Pesticide Residues; USA; Arizona; bird; chlorphenotane; dept.bio; dieldrin; egg; eggshell thinning; endrin; falcon; hexachlorobenzene; hexachlorocyclohexane; nonhuman; organochlorine; oxychlordane; peregrine; pesticide; polychlorinated biphenyl; residue analysis; united states; wildlife

The Need to Test Hypotheses About Paranoid Schizophrenia: Reply to Clementz and Sweeney - Glick, M.; Zigler, E. (American Psychologist, 1989)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Depressive Disorder; Diagnosis; Differential; Human; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Schizophrenia; Paranoid; article; depression; dept.psy; differential diagnosis; human; paranoid schizophrenia; psychological aspect; rating scale

The nature of geography and the Schaefer-Hartshorne debate - Martin, G.J. (Reflections on Richard Hartshorne's "The nature of geography', 1989)
The tendency by geographers to cast Hartshorne as either hero or villain in modern American geography is clearly represented in this essay considering the Hartshorne-Schaefer controversy, a dispute of almost mythical proportions in the modern history of American geography. Through analysis of unpublished and published documents, the author provides us with a wealth of historical information concerning the relation between the two antagonists and the events surrounding the publication of their methodological statements. The reportage has an additional, illocutionary impact that derives from the introduction of historical specificities into the discussion of mythologized events. The description and evaluation of the events surrounding this episode in American geography, especially its portrayal of spatial analysts in the uncharacteristic role of loyal sentimentalists, will probably add fuel to the dying embers of this controversy. -from Editors
Keywords: American geography; Hartshorne; R.; Schaefer; dept.egm; geographers; historical information; illocutionary impact; methodological statement; spatial analysts; ⛔ No DOI found

Access to archives and privacy: The twenty-third international archival round table conference proceedings - Newhall, A.C. (American Archivist, 1989)
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.his

Interleukin-1 induces time-dependent potentiation in isolated rat islets: Possible involvement of phosphoinositide hydrolysis - Zawalich, W.S.; Dierolf, B.; Zawalich, K.C. (Endocrinology, 1989)
Prior exposure of isolated perifused rat islets to the monokine interleukin-1 (IL-1) amplifies their subsequent insulin secretory response to 10 mM glucose. This potentiating effect of the monokine is dose dependent, lasts for at least 45 min after IL-1 removal from the medium, and is not confined to glucose; IL-1 also potentiates the insulin secretory responses to tolbutamide and glyceraldehyde. IL-1 exposure of islets incubated with myo-[2â€ 3H]inositol to label their phosphoinositides (PI) results in an increase in [3H]inositol efflux, an event that persists long after removal of IL-1 from the medium. Direct measurements of labeled inositol phosphate accumulation substantiate the concept that this sustained [3H] inositol efflux response is the direct result of a sustained increase in PI hydrolysis. These results expand the list of compounds that induce time-dependent potentiation in islets to include IL-1. This action of the monokine, mediated at least in part by Pi-derived second messenger molecules, may contribute to its postulated effects on insulin and glucose homeostasis. © 1989 by The Endocrine Society.
Keywords: Animal; Hydrolysis; In Vitro; Inositol Phosphates; Insulin; Interleukin-1; Islets of Langerhans; Kinetics; Male; Phosphatidylinositols; Rats; Rats; Inbred Strains; Reference Values; Support; Non-U.S. Gov't; Time Factors; animal cell; controlled study; dept.nur; insulin; interleukin 1; male; nonhuman; pancreas islet; phosphatidylinositide; priority journal; radioisotope; rat; tolbutamide; ⚠️ Invalid DOI

Systematic political geography. 4th edition - Glassner, M.I.; De Blij, H.J. (Systematic political geography. 4th edition, 1988)
The fourth edition of this text has been thoroughly updated and includes expanded chapters on Antarctica and outer space as well as new chapters on the geography of elections and the geography of war and peace. A chapter is devoted to outlaws and merchants of death which covers piracy, drug trafficing, the arms trade, and terrorism. Other additions include coverage of international economic sanctions, transnational corporations, refugees, and pollution across international boundaries. -from Publisher
Keywords: arms trade; dept.egm; economic sanctions; elections; peace; political geography; pollution; refugees; terrorism; war; ⛔ No DOI found

Historical background of emergency medical services in the United States - Gonsalves, D. (Emergency Care Quarterly, 1988)
Keywords: United States; dept.hms; emergency health service; history; review; theoretical study; ⛔ No DOI found

The Roman Limekilns of the Bamboccianti - Levine, D.A. (The Art Bulletin, 1988)
Pieter van Laer and his followers — the so-called Bamboccianti — have usually been interpreted as realists or near-realists who painted simple, unassuming scenes of everyday life in seventeenth-century Rome. The testimony of their earliest critics gives us reason to suspect, however, that the Bamboccianti were actually pursuing a contrived form of painting that expressed meaning through irony and paradox. This idea is tested by examining one theme treated frequently by the artists in question — limekilns in Roman settings. By witty allusion to both the destruction and persistence of antiquity, pictures of Roman limekilns lead the viewer to contemplate a paradox regarding the nature of greatness and eternity. © 1988, College Art Association of America, Inc. All rights reserved.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.art

Fast Hartley Transforms for Spectral Analysis of Ultrasound Doppler Signals - Paik, C.H.; Cote, G.L.; DaPonte, J.S.; Fox, M.D. (IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 1988)
Spectral analysis of Doppler ultrasound has been known to yield valuable information to assess the state of circulation in the peripheral blood vessels. In the past, the raw Doppler data have been directly input into a dedicated spectrum analyzer or, more recently, transformed on a microcomputer with the fast Fourier technique. The fast Hartley technique is used to transform these data. The Hartley transform has the advantages of being a purely real-numbered transform, and therefore for real Doppler data, is not only more conceptually straightforward, but also requires less computer memory, is simpler to calculate, and is better suited to large-scale integration implementation. © 1988 IEEE
7 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Algorithms; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTERS; MICROCOMPUTER; Carotid Arteries; Comparative Study; FAST HARTLEY TRANSFORMS; Human; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; Mathematical Computing; Numerical Analysis; Computer-Assisted; SIGNAL PROCESSING – Digital Techniques; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; Support; Non-U.S. Gov't; Support; U.S. Gov't; P.H.S.; Time Factors; ULTRASOUND DOPPLER SIGNALS; Ultrasonics; VELOCIMETERS – Ultrasonic Doppler; algorithm; blood flow; computer analysis; dept.csc; doppler flowmeter; methodology

Classifying Aquatic Habitats - Smith, D.G.; Leskowitz, I. (American Biology Teacher, 1987)
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.egm

Trigant burrow and robert mearns yerkes the men and their papers - Stark, B.P. (Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian, 1986)
Trigant Burrow and Robert Mearns Yerkes were two important behavioral scientists whose papers have recently been processed in Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. Burrow was a pioneer American psychoanalyst and initiator of group analysis, while Yerkes was a prominent psychologist who is best known for his intelligence testing experiments in World War I and his studies of primate behavior. The paper discusses the lives and careers of both men; the research value of the two collections; the processing, arranging, and describing of the papers; and concludes with thoughts on access and the importance of finding aids to researchers and the institution that produces them. © 1986 by The Haworth Press, Inc.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.ils

Economic Specification of Cost Estimates in Dental Programs - Doherty, N.J.G.; Crakes, G.M. (Journal of Dental Research, 1985)
This paper compares two approaches to the estimation of costs in dental care programs: a conventional approach and an approach based on theoretical expectations. The conventional approach typically uses a linear extrapolation of an average figure - e.g., cost per visit - over various program sizes and thus predicts constant costs. Constant costs are, however, theoretically implausible, and it should be anticipated that their use in program planning or analysis would generate biased estimates. This hypothesis is examined using annual costs and visits from a group of uniform clinics over a five-year period. Results show that costs calculated by the conventional method are underestimated at low volumes and increasingly overestimated at higher volumes. The findings, which illustrate how inefficiency can inadvertently be incorporated into program design, have implications for cost-effectiveness of dental care delivery in the public sector. © 1985, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Child; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Delivery of Health Care; Dental Care; Dental Clinics; Dental Health Services; Human; cost; dental health; dept.eco; economic aspect; geographic distribution; health program; human; normal human; organization and management; prevention; short survey; therapy; tooth; united states

Competitive excellence: It's a matter of mind and body - Finn, J.A. (Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1985)
6 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: arousal; athlete; dept.hms; emotional stress; human; normal human; performance; psychological aspect; sport

The Iconography of the St. Andrew Auckland Cross - Calvert, J. (The Art Bulletin, 1984)
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.art

John Paul Goode, 1862-1932. - Martin, G.J. (Geographers: biobibliographical studies, vol. 8, 1984)
In 1901 Goode obtained his doctorate - only the second in the USA to break away from the geology/physiography tradition. As his career developed he increasingly specialized in cartography, developed coloured wall maps for Rand McNally, and an interrupted homolosine projection. His name has survived on a school atlas for over 60 years. There is a chronological bibliography and a summary of his life.-K.Clayton
Keywords: dept.egm; ⛔ No DOI found

Frequency and duration effects on perceptions of rise-time rate - Sansone Jr., F.E. (IRCS Medical Science, 1983)
The ability to accurately perceive the acoustic correlate of glottal attack, phonatory onset rise-time rate, can be diagnostically critical for speech pathologists conducting voice function examinations. Signal onset duration may serve as a cue in these perceptions because an inverse relationship exists between onset duration and rise-time rate. Other acoustic information such as frequency, present during voice initiation, might also affect phonatory onset rise-time perceptions. This study was designed to determine if listeners can detect duration related rise-time rate differences in the presence of variable frequency. Listeners accurately detected rise-time rates associated with onset duration differences independent of the frequency variable. A significant duration effect was revealed with no frequency or variable interaction effects. All judgement means were significantly different from one another. It was determined that as stimulus onset duration decreased, onset rise-time rate was perceived to occur more rapidly.
Keywords: auditory discrimination; auditory system; dept.cmd; hearing; human; human experiment; normal human; phonation; speech; ⛔ No DOI found

Microcomputer data management in an introductory physics laboratory - Chonacky, N. (American Journal of Physics, 1982)
A microcomputer/mini-floppy disk system is used by students in the laboratory portion of an introductory physics course for science majors. Its purposes are to store their experimental data, do data analyses, and exchange messages with the lab instructor. The system also provides computer-assisted instruction (CAI) simulations of certain lab experiments, and interfaces with measuring equipment in certain experiments. Each student has a personal diskette for data files and basic utility programs for an entire semester. The ease of disk data manipulation under program control is exploited in the following ways: (i) a wide variety of data reduction techniques are introduced that permit quantitative comparisons between experimental results and theoretical expectations; (ii) facile data reduction and analyses permit preliminary processing of experimental data during the course of the lab period, so that decisions can be made by students concerning the course of the remainder of the experiment; (iii) accumulated data from various experiments become a course database permitting subsequent analyses of old data adapted in several different logical ways (e.g., RC curcuit data first treated as energy storage, later as one of a number of exponential relationships); (iv) comprehensive course database formed by merging regarding the reliability of experiments. These considerations favor laboratory goals different from the demonstration and confirmation of given physical laws. Specifically they inculcate critical thinking and hypothetico-deductive reasoning. I discuss several very real problem areas that plagued this novice and compromised implementation. I compare these problems with the qualitative improvements in laboratory learning. © 1982, American Association of Physics Teachers. All rights reserved.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy

Effects of electronic voice intensity monitoring on hard glottal attack - Sansone Jr., F.E. (IRCS Medical Science, 1982)
An electronic device capable of monitoring the rate at which voice intensity increases during voice onset provides an indicator of the abruptness of phonatory initiation. Two groups of 8 subjects were taught to reduce the abruptness of glottal attack. Group A used a seven step program employing the electronic monitor while Group B used the same seven step program but with a traditional approach to the reduction of abrupt glottal attack substituted for monitor use. Both groups used a self-instruct teaching paradigm. Subject recordings of pre and post program production of five voice onset moments were submitted to sonographic amplitude analysis and a time/intensity slope ratio was calculated for each. Further, the pre and post program recordings were judged for abruptness of glottal attack. Post program slope ratios and attack judgments were significantly different (p < 0.01) from pre program data for Group A only. These data suggest that electronic monitoring was effective in producing gradual phonatory initiation.
Keywords: central nervous system; dept.cmd; glottis spasm; human cell; larynx; normal human; phonation; voice; ⛔ No DOI found

Who me, addicted? - Stern, R. (Health Education, 1981)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Human; Patient Education; Questionnaires; Self Assessment (Psychology); Substance-Related Disorders; addiction; article; dept.hms; human; patient education; questionnaire; self evaluation

Satellite cloud analyses for a radiation model. - Parikh, J.A.; Ball, J.T. (Pattern recognition in practice. Proc. workshop Amsterdam, May 1980, 1980)
Pattern recognition techniques for cloud type and cloud amount classification were applied to digital infrared SMS-1 data. The cloud classification results were used in a numerical radiation model to determine solar radiation during Phase III of the GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment. In order to assess the effects on radiation computations of cloud information derived from both satellite and ship data, cloud analyses based on both data sources were prepared for input into the numerical radiation model. -from Authors
Keywords: Atlantic Tropical Experiment; dept.csc; numerical radiation model; pattern recognition techniques; ⛔ No DOI found

The road not taken: an integrative theoretical model of reading disability. - Spear-Swerling, L.; Sternberg, R.J. (Journal of learning disabilities, 1994)
This article describes a theoretical model of reading disability that integrates a wide range of research findings in cognitive psychology, reading, and education across the age and grade span. The model shows how reading disability relates to normal reading acquisition, and includes four possible patterns of reading disability: nonalphabetic readers, compensatory readers, nonautomatic readers, and readers delayed in the acquisition of word-recognition skills. We compare our model to the models of other investigators and argue that our model is especially useful to practitioners. Finally, we discuss some of the educational implications of the model.
60 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Child; Dyslexia; Education; Special; Educational Status; Humans; MLCS; MLOWN; Mental Recall; Phonetics; Verbal Learning; adolescent; adult; child; dept.sed; dyslexia; education; educational status; human; learning; phonetics; psychological aspect; recall; review

The sundown syndrome: Will the specialized training of nurse's aides help elders with sundown syndrome? - Wallace, M. (Geriatric Nursing, 1994)
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Aged; Humans; Nurses' Aides; Social Behavior Disorders; Time Factors; aged; article; dept.nur; human; nursing; nursing assistant; sociopathy; time

Nursing Diagnosis in Home Care: Audit Tool Development - Zink, M.R. (Journal of Community Health Nursing, 1994)
Little research has been done to document the value of using nursing diagnosis in home care and the impact that increased acuity levels have had in diagnostic selection. Nursing diagnosis documentation in home care was examined to see whether it had a relation to select client and visit pattern variables. This retrospective chart audit, which piloted a newly developed instrument called the Home Care Audit Tool, utilized a sample of 199 closed records of a large midwestem Visiting Nurse Association. The mean age of the client population was 76 years, with 64% female. There were 269 initial nursing diagnoses cited in the sample records, averaging 1.75 diagnoses per case. The number of recorded visits increased when select nursing diagnoses were cited together in a single case. © 1994, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Aged; Community Health Nursing; Female; Home Care Services; Human; Male; Models; Nursing; Nursing Audit; Nursing Diagnosis; Nursing Records; Pilot Projects; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Severity of Illness Index; article; community care; dept.nur; home care; medical assessment; nursing; nursing education

Nursing ethics committees —where are they? - Zink, M.R.; Titus, L. (Nursing Management, 1994)
When establishing Nursing Ethics Committees (NECs), statewide nursing organizations play an important role in developing and disseminating resources. The Connecticut Nurses Association Ethics and Human Rights Committee surveyed 85 healthcare facilities to identify active NECs. Representatives facilitated other committees by providing guidelines and assistance to those agencies developing NECs — the ultimate goal. © 1994 by Springhouse Corporation.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Bioethics and Professional Ethics; Clinical Approach/Source; Connecticut; Empirical Approach; Ethics Committees; Ethics Committees; Clinical; Ethics; Nursing; Human; Patient Advocacy; Questionnaires; Survey; United States; article; dept.nur; human; human rights; medical ethics; organization and management; professional standard; questionnaire; survey

Dual assignment: An alternative clinical teaching strategy - Fugate, T.; Rebeschi, L.M. (Nurse Educator, 1992)
Meeting students’ learning needs in acute care settings is challenging. The authors discuss dual assignment in the pediatric setting with beginning nursing students. © 1992 Lippincott-Raven Publishers.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Clinical Competence; Education; Nursing; Baccalaureate; Human; Pediatric Nursing; article; competence; dept.nur; education; human; methodology; nursing; nursing education; standard

Family violence - Hutchings, N. (Peace Review, 1992)
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.swk

Choice Behavior in Transition: Development of Preference With Ratio and Interval Schedules - Mazur, J.E. (Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 1992)
In Experiment 1, the choice responses of 8 pigeons were observed during 50 periods of transition. Each condition began with equal probabilities of reinforcement on 2 response keys and switched to unequal probabilities. With the ratio of the 2 probabilities held constant, preference for the higher probability developed more rapidly when the 2 probabilities were high than when they were low. In Experiment 2, each condition began with 2 equal variable-interval schedules, but later 1 key delivered 60%, 75%, or 90% of the reinforcers. The rate of approach to asymptotic performance was roughly the same with all 3 reinforcement percentages. These and previous results pose difficulties for some well-known models of acquisition, but the results are well described by a simple model that states that the strength of each response is independently increased by reinforcement and decreased by nonreinforcement.
30 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Animal; Attention; Choice Behavior; Color Perception; Motivation; Orientation; Pigeons; Probability Learning; Problem Solving; Reinforcement Schedule; Support; U.S. Gov't; P.H.S.; animal; article; attention; color vision; decision making; dept.psy; learning; motivation; orientation; pigeon; problem solving; reinforcement

Navigational restrictions within the new LOS contexts: Georgaphical Implications for the United States. Lewis M. Alexander, Peace Dale, RI: Offshore Consultants, Inc., December 1986 - Glassner, M.I. (Political Geography Quarterly, 1991)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.egm

Extending health care to afdc recipients who obtain jobs: Results of a demonstration - Rofuth, T.W.; Weiss, H. (Health and Social Work, 1991)
This study investigated the outcomes of a demonstration project that provided free medical coverage to former Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients who were holding jobs with limited or no health benefits. Data were collected on the Medicaid expenditures of 54 eligible participants and their dependents for up to two years before they exited welfare; the expenditures averaged 56 percent less for adults and 45 percent less for children than the respective AFDC averages for the county. Because only 22 percent of the eligible participants took advantage of the program, telephone interviews also were conducted with 24 people who did not participate in or dropped out of the health plan. The main reasons cited for not enrolling were a misunderstanding of the program, a claim that no notification of the program was received, and a lack of interest. These results and their policy implications are presented in the context of the Family Support Act's mandate that states extend medical assistance coverage to AFDC recipients whose cases are closed because of employment. © 1991 by the National Association of Social Workers, Inc.
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Aid to Families with Dependent Children; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Employment; Female; Health Education; Health Expenditures; Human; Insurance; Health; Male; Maryland; Medicaid; United States; article; cost benefit analysis; dept.swk; economics; employment; female; health care cost; health education; health insurance; human; male; medicaid; organization and management; social security; standard; utilization review

The impact of local tape databases on the library: The M(I)das touch - Bakowski, V.B.; Moeckel, L.E. (Online (Wilton, Connecticut), 1990)
There is no abstract available for the item entitled The impact of local tape databases on the library: The M(I)das touch.
Keywords: dept.ils; ⛔ No DOI found

Foucault’s critique of functional marxism - Gold, S.J. (Rethinking Marxism, 1990)
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phi

Dual assignments: An effective clinical teaching strategy - Gotschall, L.A.; Thompson, C. (Nurse Educator, 1990)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.nur

The 1989 Mary E. Switzer lecture: marketing health care services for the new millennium. - Holley, S.C. (Journal of allied health, 1990)
Keywords: Allied Health Personnel; Human; Marketing of Health Services; United States; article; dept.cmd; economics; financial management; human; paramedical personnel; ⛔ No DOI found

Comparison of scores of bilingual urban and monolingual suburban elementary school children for two measures of intelligence - Murphy, D.G. (Psychological Reports, 1990)
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: article; child; dept.csp; human; intelligence; language; mental test; normal human

Preliminary study of effect of decision making on locus of control among prison inmates - Murphy, D.G. (Psychological Reports, 1990)
To study the effect of teaching decision-making to inmates in a maximum security facility on locus of control 19 adult male inmates who were incarcerated at a community correctional center were pre- and posttested on the Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control Scale. In this preliminary study there was no statistically significant difference at pretest or posttest so teaching decision-making skills in group settings versus teaching in a group combined and one-to-one contact did not affect locus of control as measured. This personality trait appears stable over time and a more thorough means of intervention is required to effect change.
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: adult; article; clinical article; decision making; dept.csp; human; male; personality; prisoner

Roger & me: A review essay - Rosso, T. (Rethinking Marxism, 1990)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.eng

Hungary 1956 in the eyes of red diaper baby - Vegso, A.H. (Rethinking Marxism, 1990)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.eng

Habitat and spatial relationships of nesting Swainson's Hawks (Buteo swainsoni) and red-tailed hawks (B. jamaicensis) in northern Utah - Bosakowski, T.; Kamsey, R.D.; Smith, D.G. (Great Basin Naturalist, 1996)
A total of 28 Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) and 30 Red-tailed Hawk (B. jamaicensis) nests were found in Cache Valley. Utah, during the summers of 1992 and 1993. All nests were in trees, but only Red-tailed Hawks nested in dead trees (30%). In the intensive study area, nesting densities were 0.10 nests/km2 for Swainson's Hawk and 0.08 nests/km2 for Red-tailed Hawk. Nearest-neighbor nest distances were significantly shorter among Swainson's Hawks (1.74 km) than among Red-tailed Hawks (2.83 km). Congeneric nearest- neighbor distances were significantly shorter than conspecific distances for Red-tailed Hawks (1.59 vs. 2.83 km) but not for Swainson's Hawks (1.52 vs. 1.74 km). GIS analysis of habitat types was made for 2-km radii around nest sites. Cropland was the dominant land cover type of nest sites of both species and no significant difference was found between species. Swainson's Hawk nest sites contained significantly more pasture, whereas Red-tailed nest sites contained significantly more juniper, maple, and sagebrush. Only Red- tailed Hawk nests (n=8; 27%) were found on the periphery of the valley at the base of foothills of the Cache Mountains. This preference resulted in a significantly higher elevation for Red-tailed Hawk nest sites. Swainson's Hawk nests occurred only on the valley floor on level terrain. Distance to the nearest paved road and building was very similar for both species, implying that little difference exists in tolerance levels for human activities. Overall, multivariate niche overlap for habitat was high (0.89), indicating a lack of habitat partitioning between these 2 Buteos in Cache Valley.
Keywords: Buteo; Buteo jamaicensis; Buteo swainsoni; GIS; Red-tailed Hawk; Swainson's Hawk; dept.bio; habitat; nest sites; ⛔ No DOI found

Group hunting forays of wintering Northern Harriers, Circus cyaneus: An adaption of juveniles? - Bosakowski, T.; Smith, D.G. (Canadian Field-Naturalist, 1996)
The social interactions of a wintering population of Northern Harriers (Circus cyaneus) were studied in the Hackensack Meadowlands tidal marshes in New Jersey. Juvenile harriers were numerically dominant in the population and participated in hunting groups significantly more often than adult males or females. Group sizes varied from 2-4 birds (total groups observed = 66 duets, five trios and two quartets). The occasional inclusion of adults in a foraging group was usually the result of juveniles following the adult, presumably for the parasitic benefits of grabbing flushed prey or exploiting high yield foraging patches. Our observations suggested a non-territorial wintering harrier population documented by observations of 3-6 different individuals frequently hunting the same 12-ha area each day as well as random use of our study quadrats (3-ha) by individuals of all sexes and ages. Territorial defense was observed in only one adult female, which infrequently attempted to defend a territory. Overall, the prevalence of group-foraging behavior is consistent with the general lack of winter territory in this population.
Keywords: Circus cyaneus; Hackensack Meadowlands; New Jersey; Northern Harrier; dept.bio; following; foraging; group hunting; winter ecology; ⛔ No DOI found

Planning more powerful ways to deliver information to the desktop - Dykman, E.K. (Online (Wilton, Connecticut), 1996)
Keywords: dept.ils; ⛔ No DOI found

What are you thinking? - Groninger, S. (Psychological Perspectives, 1996)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.eco

Interpersonal conflict from a younger point of view: Exploring the perspectives of children - Hale, C.L.; Farley-Lucas, B.; Tardy, R.W. (International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 1996)
This study breaks from traditional adult-centered models of interpersonal conflict by privileging children’s experiences. As part of an assessment for establishing a school-based peer mediation program, focus group interviews were conducted with second graders through high school students. Analysis focuses on the sites (causes), signs, and aftermath (or responses) of conflict. Children’s impressions regarding fairness and gender differences are also addressed. With respect to the sites and signs of conflict, the main themes that were found include conflict as a product of the spoken word and conflict as a dirty look. Additionally, a symbolic representation of these intrusions emerged in the metaphor of conflict as an explosion. Analysis of the children's discussions concerning the aftermath of conflicts revealed four general themes: confronting, seeking involvement of third parties, ignoring others, and treating others with kindness. Differences in the children’s perceptions of gender-based differences are explored as are their perceptions of the construct of “fairness” and its associated dictates in favor of equality of treatment, struggles with inferiority/superiority, and expression of conflict as a betrayal. © 1996, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.com

A profile analysis of psychopathology in clusters of depersonalization types - Jacobs, J.R.; Bovasso, G. (Dissociation, 1996)
Five types of depersonalization experiences based on scales developed by Jacobs and Bovasso (1992) were used to cluster subjects into six groups. Four relatively small groups which had regular depersonalization experiences were identified: the Derealized, the Self-negating, the Body-detached, and the Profoundly Depersonalized. The fifth group, the Fleetingly Depersonalized, and the sixth group, the Non-depersonalized, constituted 25% and 50% of the population, respectively. A profile analysis indicated qualitative differences between the six groups in their pathological traits, which fell along a continuum of pathological severity. The results support the validity of a multidimensional depersonalization construct which may clarify some of the contradictions and inconsistencies in the literature on depersonalization. Further, the results may facilitate clinicians' differentiation of their patients along a continuum of pathological severity based on the type and frequency of depersonalization experiences which they report.
Keywords: dept.psy; ⛔ No DOI found

Saying, singing, or semiotics: "Prima la musica e poi le Parole" revisited - Marsoobian, A.T. (Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 1996)
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phi

Academic preparation of athletic trainers as counselors - Misasi, S.P.; Davis Jr., C.F.; Morin, G.E.; Stockman, D. (Journal of Athletic Training, 1996)
Athletic trainers have assumed several roles and responsibilities over the years, but perhaps there is no more important role than that of a counselor. Are they prepared to do so? One hundred and thirty-two modified Revised Wylie Inventories were mailed to college/university athletic trainers to examine their educational preparation and experiences with counseling in various areas. Most athletic trainers surveyed reported that they were predominantly counseling in the areas of injury prevention, injury rehabilitation, and nutrition, and felt academically prepared to do so. However, it was reported that preparation to counsel in other less common areas (eg, family matters, financial matters, etc) was not adequately addressed in academic programs. The athletic trainers surveyed sought continuing education in order to meet the other counseling needs of student-athletes. Although they used several psychological referral services, it was apparent that most athletic trainers frequently served as counselors on many nonorthopedic topics. We suggest that athletic training educators consider incorporating both academic knowledge and clinical experience in a wider variety of counseling areas into their curricula.
Keywords: dept.hms; ⛔ No DOI found

Nonnegativity results for generalized q-binomial coefficients - Fishel, S. (Discrete Mathematics, 1995)
Let q be a prime number. The number of subgroups of order qk in an abelian group G of order qn and type λ is a polynomial in q, [kλ′]q. In 1987, Lynne Butler showed that the first difference, [kλ′] - [k - 1λ′], has nonnegative coefficients as a polynomial in q, when 2k ≤ |λ|. We generalize the first difference to the rth difference, and give conditions for the nonnegativity of its coefficients. © 1995.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.mat

Contentious intimations: John Donne, Richard III, and the transgressive structures of seduction - Larocco, S. (Exemplaria, 1995)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.eng

Case study: Isokinetic rehabilitation of a ruptured biceps tendon - Martens, D.W.; Axtell, R.S.; Stofan, J.R. (Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 1995)
A 37-year-old male ruptured the distal biceps brachii tendon performing a gymnastics routine. At Week 8 postsurgery, a bilateral isokinetic test demonstrated a 64 and 50% (at 60° • s-1and 300° • s-1) peak torque deficit between uninjured and injured arms during elbow flexion. The subject participated in a concentric isokinetic exercise program 3 days a week for 4 months. At 1 year postsurgery a bilateral test demonstrated a 14% deficit in peak torque at 60° • s-1, and faster test velocities of 180° • s-1and 300° • s-1indicated higher torques for the injured biceps muscle. The rehabilitation program returned the ruptured biceps to a level of concentric strength nearly equivalent to the contralateral limb at the velocities tested. © 1995 National Strength & Conditioning Association.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Avulsion; Bilateral; Specificity; Strength; dept.hms

Caring for a young child in a body cast: Impact on the care giver - Newman, D.M.L.; Fawcett, J. (Orthopaedic Nursing, 1995)
Data from an open-ended questionnaire and the comments section of a structured questionnaire were combined and ana-lyzed to determine the challenges faced and alterations in usual daily activities required by mothers caring for a young child at home in a body cast. The sample consisted of 35 mothers who identified themselves as the primary care givers of a child in a body cast. The challenges of caring for a child in a body cast required major adjustments in almost every aspect of the mothers' lives, including household activities, social and community activities, child care activities, personal care activities, occupational activities, and educational activities. © 1995 National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses.
17 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Caregivers; Casts; Surgical; Child; Preschool; Cost of Illness; Female; Hip Dislocation; Congenital; Home Nursing; Human; Infant; Infant; Newborn; Male; Mothers; Questionnaires; Support; Non-U.S. Gov't; adolescent; adult; article; caregiver; congenital hip dislocation; cost of illness; dept.nur; education; female; home care; human; infant; male; mother; newborn; nursing; plaster cast; preschool child; psychological aspect; questionnaire

Managerial resistance to change: Romania’s quest for a market economy - Catana, D.; Catana, A.; Finlay, J.L. (Journal of East European Management Studies, 1999)
This exploratory investigation relates traditional theories on resistance to change to privatization of the Romanian economy. The authors identified several “inhibitors” which have served to stall Romania’s attempts to achieve a free-market economy. While a lack of practical training in western-style management practices may be a limiting factor, Romanian managers are generally open to change. However, they are still deeply rooted in the thought processes instilled during Romania’s command economy and a belief that the size and economic importance of their firms will serve as buffers against the “agents of change”. To the extent that change is viewed as a threat to their personal interests, resistance can be expected. The question, “what is in it for me?”, must be satisfactorily addressed if Romanian managers are expected to become active partners in implementing necessary changes. © 1999, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH und Co. All rights reserved.
6 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.mgt

Quadruple covers of algebraic varieties - Hahn, D.W.; Miranda, R. (Journal of Algebraic Geometry, 1999)
Let X and Y be varieties over a field k; π : X → Y is a quadruple cover of Y if π*script O signX is a locally free, rank 4 script O signY-algebra. If char k ≠ 2, we see that π*script O signX splits as script O signY ⊕ε where ε is a locally free rank 3 sheaf over script O signY, which is locally the "trace zero" module. For each y ∈ Y, we therefore have a rank 4 associative, commutative algebra over script O signY,y. We find that these algebras are parametrized by an affine cone over the Grassmanian G(2, 6) with vertex corresponding to the algebra k[x, y, z]/(x, y, z)2. We then show that a quadruple cover with trace zero module ε over a variety Y is determined by a totally decomposable section η ∈ H0(∧2S2 E* ⊗ ∧3 E). We then examine the case in which the section η has no zeros. Here, each rank 4 algebra may be associated to a pencil of conics. As a special case of this, we look at the work of G. Casnati and T. Ekedahl on Gorenstein covers, and we show that their analysis is the subcase where the pencil of conics has length 4 base locus. Finally, we study the case in which the trace zero module ε is split. In this context, Galois covers, which are covers induced by the action of a group of order 4 on the covering variety X, are also studied.
Keywords: dept.mat; ⛔ No DOI found

Reducing interethnic social distance among adolescents through participation in life-skills groups - Howe, E. (International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 1999)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: adolescence; adolescent; article; attitude; cognitive defect; coping behavior; counseling; dept.swk; ethnic group; female; group psychology; human; human experiment; male; peer-reviewed; problem solving; social behavior; social interaction; social psychology; social status; socialization

Predicting outcomes of early expressive language delay - Paul, R.; Fountain, R. (Infant-Toddler Intervention, 1999)
A group of children was identified as 'late talkers' who were slow in expressive language development (SELD) on the basis of small expressive vocabulary size at 20-34 months of age. The subjects were followed yearly throughout the preschool and early school-age periods in order to track growth in language and related skills. When the subjects were in second grade, their expressive language skills, as indexed by the Developmental Sentence Score, were measured. This measure was used as the outcome variable in regression and discriminant function analyses. Predictor variables included those gathered when the subjects entered the study at age 2. They included measures of early expressive and receptive language by parent report, nonverbal cognitive performance, Bayley Mental Scale score (a combined verbal and nonverbal cognitive measure), phonological skill, motor skills, maladaptive behaviors, social skills, birth order, socioeconomic (SES) level, and gender. Only SES and early expressive language skills predicted expressive language outcome in second grade. Discriminant function analysis revealed these two factors were significant in predicting success (scores above the tenth percentile), along with a contribution of early gross motor skills. The implications of these findings for understanding early language delays are discussed.
Keywords: article; child; child development; clinical article; dept.cmd; developmental disorder; discriminant analysis; female; human; language development; language disability; male; outcomes research; prediction; ⛔ No DOI found

Supermarket botany - Smith, D.G.; Avery, D.F. (American Biology Teacher, 1999)
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.bio

Nest site selection by urban and rural Great Horned Owls in the northeast - Smith, D.G.; Bosakowski, T.; Devine, A. (Journal of Field Ornithology, 1999)
We studied nest site and habitat characteristics associated with 75 Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) nests in Connecticut, northern New Jersey, and southeastern New York. Nest sites were categorized as either urban (30) or rural (45) and were compared to data from available habitat (24 random sites for microhabitat; 70 random sites for macro-habitat). Urban nest trees were significantly larger in diameter and taller than rural nest trees, and accordingly, nests were higher in urban nest trees as well. Urban nest sites were significantly different than random sites for all eight habitat variables, but rural nests were significantly different for only five variables. Urban nests were significantly different than rural nests for five of eight habitat variables. Only urban owl nests had significantly lower site basal area, higher conifer composition, and lower shrub cover. Both urban and rural owl nests showed lower canopy cover and closer proximity to forest edge, paved roads, human habitation, and water than random sites. Although both urban and rural Great Horned Owls demonstrated habitat selection (use different from availability), urban owls showed a stronger degree of selection, probably because of the greater complexity of habitats available in the urban landscape.
Keywords: Bubo virginianus; Coniferophyta; Strigiformes; dept.bio; ⛔ No DOI found

Endoscopy: A Noninvasive Solution - Watson, C.E.; Sobel, D.S. (Veterinary Technician, 1999)
Because clients are demanding better health care for their pets, more advanced and quicker techniques for obtaining a diagnosis are essential. Veterinary endoscopy gives veterinarians and clients a noninvasive option for evaluating diseased tissue without surgical intervention. Although patients must be anesthetized, they often are released from the veterinary facility on the same day the procedure is performed. Technicians play a vital role in communication between veterinarians and clients and provide valuable procedural skills during the endoscopy.
Keywords: dept.bio; ⛔ No DOI found

A video technique for the quantitative analysis of the Poisson spot and other diffraction patterns - Wein, G.R. (American Journal of Physics, 1999)
A new approach is presented for the observation and analysis of diffraction phenomena. Using the discussed procedures, direct comparison between measured light intensity and theoretical predictions is possible. A modified version of a Poisson spot experiment where the resulting diffraction pattern is recorded by a Sanyo vidicon camera is presented. A double slit experiment is also discussed, demonstrating the quantitative possibilities while addressing detector linearity. A video signal is connected directly to a computer and analyzed using public domain software. This is an excellent arrangement for demonstrations, student labs, or a more general diffraction experiment. © 1999 American Association of Physics Teachers.
10 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy

Centroptilum ozarkensum (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) a new long-clawed baetid from Missouri - Wiersema, N.A.; Burian, S.K. (Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 1999)
Centroptilum ozarkensum, new species is described from distinctive adult males collected from springs within the Ozark National Scenic Rivers area of southeastern Missouri. The adult male of this species is similar to the widespread species C. album, hut is easily distinguished from it by color and morphological characters.
Keywords: dept.bio; ⛔ No DOI found

Response of a forest raptor community to broadcasts of heterospecific and conspecific calls during the breeding season - Bosakowski, T.; Smith, D.G. (Canadian Field-Naturalist, 1998)
We investigated the response of the forest raptor community to broadcasts of all potentially occurring raptors in a New Jersey watershed. Raptors were systematically surveyed using high-volume broadcasts of conspecific and heterospecific calls during the breeding season at a total of 81 survey stations. Results showed 107 responses from 10 species of breeding raptors following 891 broadcasts of 11 species. Among responses that occurred during or after broadcasts, at least 50% of the forest raptor species responded to heterospecific calls. Response rates to conspecific or heterospecific broadcasts were significantly different between hawks (68% heterospecific) and owls (26% heterospecific), suggesting that hawks showed greater heterospecific conflict than members of the owl guild. The hawk guild had a higher species packing (six versus four species) which is thought to increase the likelihood of competition in the community. In addition, most hawks probably need to re-establish territories each spring because the vast majority of them will migrate south for the winter. In contrast, most of the owl guild members are permanent residents and territories may be more permanent. Overall, the prevalence of heterospecific response is an indicator that current competition exists and continues to shape present-day community structure among forest raptors.
Keywords: Behavior; Community; Forest; Hawks; Owls; Raptors; Survey; United States; Vocalizations; breeding season; calling behavior; community structure; dept.bio; forest; intersexual interaction; raptor; ⛔ No DOI found

Kinematic analysis of a dynamic balance task by children who are deaf - Butterfield, S.A.; Lehnhard, R.A.; Martens, D.; Moirs, K. (Clinical Kinesiology, 1998)
The purpose of this investigation was to identify dynamic balance strategies used by 18 boys and girls who were deaf. Each child was simultaneously videotaped from the frontal and sagittal planes while walking forward on a balance beam and stepping over a stick placed knee high. Next their performance was evaluated on a pass-fail basis. Following testing, each participant was assigned to the respective group (pass n = 9; fail n = 9) for kinematic analysis. Based on a discriminant function analysis of the data, head and trunk ranges of motion (ROM) were significant (p < .05) predictors of pass/fail performance. Children in the fail group had significantly greater head and trunk sway causing them to lose balance. Factors contributing to poor dynamic balance among children who are deaf are discussed as are implications for intervention and further research.
Keywords: Deaf; Dynamic balance; Proprioception; Vestibular; adolescent; article; child; clinical article; dept.hms; discriminant analysis; female; head movement; hearing impairment; human; male; proprioception; trunk; videotape; ⛔ No DOI found

Toward a professional position on the translocation of problem wildlife - Craven, S.; Barnes, T.; Kania, G. (Wildlife Society Bulletin, 1998)
Keywords: Live capture; Policy; Translocation; Wildlife damage management; dept.bio; ⛔ No DOI found

Foxwoods Casino Resort: An unusual experiment in economic development - D'Hauteserre, A.-M. (Economic Geography, 1998)
The Foxwoods Casino Resort owned by the Mashantucket Pequots of Connecticut is the largest gambling casino in the Western world. The Pequots' Connecticut location enabled the tribe to open a casino, with accessibility to a large market and limited competition. The opening of Foxwoods is also the result of changes in relationships between Americans and Indians and shifts in American attitudes toward gambling. As attitudes and laws change, however, there is little chance that another Indian Foxwoods will be created here or elsewhere in the United States.
6 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: American Indian sovereignty; Connecticut; Gambling; Mashantucket Pequots; Pequots people; USA; Connecticut; casino; dept.egm; gambling; indigenous population; recreational activity

Can applied science in environmental monitoring transform science education? - Holloway, S.; Rofuth, T.W.; Gruner, H.; Mimo, A. (Educational Forum, 1998)
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.swk

Counseling Skills and the Athletic Therapist - Misasi, S.P.; Kemler, D.S.; Redmond, C.J. (Athletic Therapy Today, 1998)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.hms

A second look at thorstein veblen the aesthetics of thorstein veblen revisited - Tilman, R.; Griffin, R. (Cultural Dynamics, 1998)
The aesthetics of Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) have been evaluated by aestheticians and social scientists of various ideological persuasions. Because of Veblen's stature as an American critical theorist and the debate which has ensued over the nature of his aesthetics, further efforts to both clarify and extrapolate from them are self-justificatory. The focus here is on (1) Veblen's view of aesthetic experience, (2) the nature of the non-invidiously beautiful in his aesthetics, (3) his distinction between pure and applied art forms and its importance to the common person and (4) the social basis and artistic consequences of the non-invidious as exemplified in the painting of the American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910). Problematic areas in Veblen's social theory and aesthetics are addressed and a non-invidious aesthetic of countervailence articulated using Homer's work. Copyright © 1998 SAGE Publications.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Aesthetic countervailence economics non-invidious aesthetics; dept.com

Distribution and species richness of a forest raptor community in relation to urbanization - Bosakowski, T.; Smith, D.G. (Journal of Raptor Research, 1997)
We studied the species richness and distribution of the forest raptor community in a New Jersey watershed in relation to urbanization. Raptors were systematically surveyed using high volume broadcasts of conspecific and heterospecific calls during the breeding season at a total of 81 survey stations. Ten habitat variables relevant to urbanization were measured at each survey station using topographic maps and aerial photographs. Results showed a community composed of 10 species of breeding raptors. Buteo lineatus, Accipiter gentilis and Strix varia showed a significant avoidance of suburban habitat, whereas B. jamaicensis and Bubo virginianus had a greater tendency to occupy such areas. Lowland habitat was significantly selected by S. varia, B. lineatus and A. cooperii, a habitat usually most susceptible to development in the study region. Raptor species richness showed a strong positive correlation (r = 0.79, P < 0.01) with wilderness area size. No wilderness area less than 1000 ha had more than four raptor species while four to eight species were found in areas from 1000-8000 ha. Utilization of three increasing size classes of wilderness areas showed increasing trends for B. lineatus, A. gentilis and S. varia, and decreasing trends for B. jamaicensis and Bubo virginianus. © 1997 The Raptor Research Foundation, Inc.
Keywords: Community; Forest fragmentation; Forest raptors; Survey; Urbanization; Wilderness; dept.bio; ⛔ No DOI found

First record of Anthopotamus verticis and new records of A. Distinctus (Ephemeroptera: Potamanthidae) in New England - Burian, S.K. (Entomological News, 1997)
The species Anthopotamus verticis is recorded for the first time in New England from the Housatonic River in western Connecticut. Notes on the larval habitat and observations on the sympatric occurrence of this species with A. distinctus are presented. New distribution records for A. distinctus are presented for Massachusetts and Vermont.
Keywords: Anthopotamus distinctus; Anthopotamus verticis; dept.bio; ⛔ No DOI found

New record of Brachycercus maculatus berner (Ephemeroptera: Caenidae) from New York and a key to larvae of northeastern species - Burian, S.K.; Novak, M.A.; Bode, R.W.; Abele, L. (Great Lakes Entomologist, 1997)
Brachycercus maculatus, a member of a rare group of mayflies, is now recorded for the first time from New York State in the upper Hudson River. An illustrated key to the Brachycercus larvae of northeastern North America is provided to spur further study of the genus in the region.
Keywords: Brachycercus maculatus; dept.bio; ⛔ No DOI found

The summer stars program - Cantrell, M.L.; Ebdon, S.A.; Firlik, R.; Johnson, D.; Rearick, D. (Educational Leadership, 1997)
Space, futurism, exploration, and stardom are some of the themes at a summer camp inspired by Howard Gardner's theories.
Keywords: dept.bio; dept.edu; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Non-linear characteristics of the sterling/european currency unit exchange rate: 1984–1992 - Chappell, D.; Eldridge, R.M. (International Journal of Phytoremediation, 1997)
The behaviour of the Sterling/European Currency Unit (ECU) exchange rate is examined both during the time before Britain joined the European exchange rate mechanism (ERM) and during the time of Britain's membership. During the latter period, a GARCH (1, 1) model fits the data well but during the pre-ERM period there is evidence of significant non-linear - possibly chaotic - structure in the GARCH residuals. Analysis of the dominant Lyapunov exponents and correlation dimension for the pre-ERM period suggests that the data generation process may be chaotic and this is reinforced by the highly significant BDS statistics obtained for this sample period. © 1997, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Non-linearity; Sterlingecu exchange rate; dept.eco; dept.fin

The effect of upper trapezius taping on electromyographic activity in the upper and middle trapezius region - Morin, G.E.; Tiberio, D.; Austin, G. (Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, 1997)
A characteristic of scapulothoracic dysfunction is the tendency for the upper regions of the trapezius to hypertrophy in relation to its middle and lower portions. This creates a muscular imbalance that can alter scapular position and subsequently the length-tension relationship of the shoulder muscles. Tape was applied over the right upper trapezius to inhibit electrical activity in the muscles of 10 uninjured subjects. EMG activity was recorded in two locations of the upper trapezius and one location in the middle to lower trapezius region while each subject maintained an isometric contraction designed to activate both muscles. With the tape applied, there was a statistically significant reduction in EMG activity of the upper trapezius with a corresponding increase in the middle/lower trapezius. The ability of the tape to alter trapezius activity in this fashion may help correct muscular imbalances in the trapezius muscle.
23 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: article; controlled study; dept.hms; electromyography; human; human experiment; muscle isometric contraction; normal human; scapula; shoulder pain; trapezius muscle

Facilitating transitions in language development for children using AAC - Paul, R. (AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 1997)
Several major transitions in language use take place during the first 5 years of life. Each transition allows the child to move to a higher level of complexity of expression and to accomplish communicative goals more flexibly and precisely than was done at the previous level. At least three of these transitions appear to be modulated to some degree by speech. In the first transition, prellnguistic to early linguistic communication, babbling provides the infant with a prelinguistic form of vocal behavior that is in many ways analogous to language. A second transition takes place in the movement from single words to multiword combinations. In the process of this transition, word order becomes a means by which children convey semantic role information, and transitional forms such as successive one-word utterances help to facilitate the child's leap from single-word speech to multiword sentences. A third transition involves the development of phonological awareness, an important basis for the acquisition of literacy, which builds on the foundation laid by the phonological system for articulation. In each of these transitions, speech appears important for mediating the move to a higher language level. This paper considers the question of how these transitions can be facilitated in children who use augmentative and alternative communication rather than speech as a first expressive system, in order to provide as precise and flexible a communication modality as possible to children with severe speech impairments.
37 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); Biocommunications; Children with severe speech and physical impairments; Language acquisition; Linguistics; Pediatrics; Speech; dept.cmd

A comparison of the relative abundance and size of Juvenile winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, in natural intertidal and anthropogenically altered marina habitats - Carlson, J.K.; Mroczka, M.E.; Randall, T.A.; Pellegrino, P.E. (Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 2000)
The relative abundance and size distributions of juvenile winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, were compared in two areas; an anthropogenically altered marina basin and a natural intertidal flat habitat. Winter flounder were sampled from March through November 1990-95 with a 1.0 m beam trawl. No significant difference was observed in catch-per-unit-effort between areas but significant differences were found between seasons. Relative abundance (number of flounder/m2) increased from spring (0.007 marina and 0.011 intertidal flats) to summer (0.059 marina and 0.051 intertidal flats) and then declined slightly in the autumn (0.047 marina and 0.027 intertidal flats). Relative abundance was similar between areas from 1990-95 but differed between years. Length frequency distributions of winter flounder were similar between areas for all seasons but mean sizes were statistically different in summer. These results suggest that juvenile winter flounder are equally abundant in both natural intertidal habitats and marina basins, indicating that both could serve as nursery areas. However, more specific research is required to resolve the relative importance of marinas and the factors involved in utilization of each habitat.
6 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Clinton Harbor; Connecticut; Flounder; Intertidal flats; Marina; Nursery; Pseudopleuronectes americanus; United States; dept.bio; ecological impact; intertidal environment; marina; nursery ground; relative abundance; size distribution

Three new species of Jaltomata (Solanaceae) from Ancash, Peru - Mione, T.; Leiva G., S.; Yacher, L. (Novon, 2000)
Three new Jaltomata species from the department of Ancash, Peru, are described and illustrated. The three species are distinguished from others in the genus by features of the flowers, hairs, and leaves. Fruits of Jaltomata cajacayensis S. Leiva and Mione are gathered for consumption. Jaltomata lomana Mione and S. Leiva is known only from a single fog-dependent plant community, a lomas formation. Jaltomata yungayensis Mione and S. Leiva is widely distributed at high elevations.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Jaltomata; Jaltomata cajacayensis; Jaltomata lomana; Jaltomata yungayensis; Magnoliophyta; Solanaceae; dept.egm

The misunderstood discipline of composition studies [3] - Hood, C.L. (Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003)
Keywords: dept.eng; ⛔ No DOI found

Life history aspects of the mayfly Siphlonurus typicus (Ephemeroptera: Siphlonuridae) with a new application for measuring nymphal development and growth - Kosnicki, E.; Burian, S. (Hydrobiologia, 2003)
Little is known about the life history of mayflies that inhabit temporary ponds. The purpose of this study was to observe and quantify life histories attributes of Siphlonurus typicus, which is known to reside in temporary ponds. Weekly samples of nymphs were taken from two temporary ponds in eastern Connecticut from March to June, 1999. Individuals were graded into 11 maturity classes, based on developmental characteristics, as a means of predicting population maturity rates. Head capsule widths (HCWs) were used to determine if growth occurred between maturity classes. Degree days were found to be an excellent predictor for population maturity (r2 = 0.963, p < 0.0001). Nymphs that hatched earlier in the year had larger HCWs than nymphs that hatched later in the year, possibly because of different temperature regimes. The University of Connecticut Forest pond (UCF) population matured faster than the Merrow Meadows pond (MER) population, but both sexes of the UCF population tended to be smaller than their counter parts from the MER population. Sex ratios were female bias for the UCF population (1.35:1), but were not different for the MER population. Adult emergence and mating occurred from 27 May to 21 June. There was a positive relationship between number of eggs per female and female body length. Oviposition at both sites occurred directly on the ponds, pond inlets, and outlets, indicating that pond populations were the result of local migrants as well as permanent residents. Temperature was a determining factor of maturity and fecundity for Siphlonurus typicus.
10 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Age classes; Arthropoda; Biodiversity; Ephemeroptera; Growth rates; Invertebrata; Marine biology; Mating behavior; Maturity; Maturity rates; Mayflies; Ponds; Population statistics; Siphlonuridae; Siphlonurus; Siphlonurus typicus; Swarming; dept.bio; ephemeral pool; growth; larval development; life history; mayfly; swarming

Art gallery theorems for guarded guards - Michael, T.S.; Pinciu, V. (Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications, 2003)
We prove two art gallery theorems in which the guards must guard one another in addition to the gallery. A set G of points (the guards) in a simple closed polygon (the art gallery) is a guarded guard set provided (i) every point in the polygon is visible to some point in G; and (ii) every point in G is visible to some other point in G. We prove that a polygon with n sides always has a guarded guard set of cardinality ⌊(3n-1)/7⌋ and that this bound is sharp (n5); our result corrects an erroneous formula in the literature. We also use a coloring argument to give an entirely new proof that the corresponding sharp function for orthogonal polygons is ⌊n/3⌋ for n≤6; this result was originally established by induction by Hernández-Peñalver. © 2003 Elsevier B.V.
16 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Art gallery theorems; Visibility in polygons; dept.mat

Illusions of a public, locations of conflict: Feeling like populace in William Dean Howells' A Hazard of New Fortunes - Stretch, C. (American Literary Realism, 2003)
Keywords: dept.eng; ⛔ No DOI found

Counselors’ conceptualizations of caring in the counseling relationship - Halstead, R.W.; Wagner, L.D.; Vivero, M.; Ferkol, W. (Counseling and Values, 2002)
Caring is a concept that has been studied in numerous helping professions but has yet to be researched from a counseling perspective. In this qualitative research study, 13 master’s-level counseling interns were interviewed to better understand their perceptions of caring in the counseling relationship. Results suggest that these interns perceive that supporting desired outcomes, a personal capacity for caring, maintaining therapeutic conditions, mutuality in the counseling relationship, and a dynamic flow of communication are important attributes of the counseling relationship when caring is present The findings suggest further research that explores the concept of caring in the counseling relationship may be warranted. © 2002 American Counseling Association.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.nur

Clinical efficacy of electrophysiologic measures in APD management programs - Jirsa, R.E. (Seminars in Hearing, 2002)
Determining the relative efficacy of various intervention programs for auditory processing disorders (APD) is a major goal in the field of rehabilitative audiology. Currently, because of their widespread availability, the most commonly used measuring tools to assess the central auditory system have been behaviorally based. Such measures do have notable disadvantages in that they may be influenced by a number of extraneous variables that may impede, or at least influence, efficacy measures. Electrophysiologic measures offer unique advantages not available from the behavioral measures. A significant amount of research has been completed offering compelling evidence relative to the clinical utility of a number of these electrophysiologic measures, including the maximum length sequences-auditory brainstem response, the middle latency response, the obligatory long latency responses, and the MMN and P3 event-related potentials. This article will review the current research related to electrophyiologic measures and present a rationale for including them in the management program.
11 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Clinical efficacy; Electrophysiology; Middle latency response; Mismatch negativity; P3 event-related potential; Speech perception; auditory nervous system; clinical practice; dept.cmd; diagnostic accuracy; diagnostic procedure; electrophysiology; event related potential; evoked auditory response; human; middle latency response; mismatch negativity; perception deafness; review; speech perception

Competitive hagiography in biographies of al-Awzā'ī and Sufyān al-Thawrī - Judd, S.C. (Journal of the American Oriental Society, 2002)
The present paper examines how followers of 'Abd al-Rahcombining dot belowmān b. 'Amr al-Awzā'ī and Sufyān al-Thawrī tried to create boundaries between the nascent madhhabs that claimed them as eponyms. In the absence of significant differences in legal method, students turned to the two shaykhs' responses to the 'Abbāsid revolution to draw distinctions between them. The Arabic biographical sources contain stories of their responses to the revolution that reveal a dialogue between followers of the two shaykhs about the relative merits of their choices. The changing interpretations of their attitudes toward the 'Abbāsid regime and the exaggeration evident in the anecdotes examined have significant implications for our reading of medieval Arabic biographical sources.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.his

Industrial espionage: The dark side of the "Digital Age" - Nodoushani, O.; Nodoushani, P.A. (Competitiveness Review, 2002)
Amid all enthusiasm regarding the rise of the Digital Age, industrial espionage remains the dark side of the post-industrial revolution. The Federal Industrial Espionage Act of 1996 aimed at leveling the field regarding widespread cheating and stealing of intellectual properties by competitors in the marketplace. In this paper we aim at defining various forms of industrial espionage in the light of the ongoing information technology revolution. © Emerald Backfiles 2007.
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.mgt

Co-branding partners: What do they see in each other? - Prince, M.; Davies, M. (Business Horizons, 2002)
The decision about whether to co-brand is based on two conditions: the opportunities for creating a competitive advantage, and the operational benefits that will result. When these conditions are favorable, a firm must pick the right co-branding partner, using such criteria as (a) compatibility between brands, (b) market volatility, (c) investment requirements and arrangements, and (d) the prospective partner's commitment to the agreement. The firm and its chosen partner then enter the phase of courtship and potential conflict, which involves planning, negotiation, and conflict avoidance and management. Finally, they must create an exit strategy, in case the co-branding arrangement fails to live up to its promise.
22 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.mkt; peer-reviewed

Executive function ability in persons with aphasia - Purdy, M. (Aphasiology, 2002)
Background: There is an increasing recognition that the communication problems one observes in persons with aphasia extend beyond verbal deficits and that the myriad of symptoms observed are not solely due to a faulty linguistic system. Rather, there exists a coalition of causal elements resulting in a wide range of communicative deficits. There is some preliminary evidence suggesting that communicative success of clients with aphasia may depend on the integrity of executive function skills. Executive functions are called into play when an individual is involved in a complex, novel activity. They allow us to plan, sequence, organise, and monitor goal-directed activities in a flexible manner as demanded by situational and environmental changes. When linguistic skills are impaired, individuals need to rely on other cognitive skills in order to communicate. Aims: The purpose of this study was to explore executive functioning ability in persons with aphasia. Methods & procedures: A total of 15 individuals with aphasia and 12 healthy control subjects participated in this study. Three dimensions of performance were examined (accuracy, speed, and efficiency) in the context of neuropsychological tests designed to examine cognitive flexibility and goal-directed planning (Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, Porteus Maze Test, Tower of London, and Tower of Hanoi). Outcomes & results: Results indicated that the two groups performed with similar levels of accuracy on two of the four tests. However, significant differences were found on all speed and efficiency variables, suggesting decreased executive functioning skills in the group of individuals with aphasia. Conclusions: It is important to consider executive functioning ability in clients with aphasia and attempt to determine the influence of executive function skill on communicative performance. Understanding the cognitive abilities as well as the linguistic abilities of these clients may ultimately help clinicians determine which patients are better candidates for intervention as well as which treatment approaches would be most efficient and beneficial.
108 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Wisconsin card sorting test; accuracy; adult; aged; aphasia; article; clinical article; cognition; communication disorder; comparative study; controlled study; dept.cmd; human; interpersonal communication; language ability; linguistics; maze test; mental function; mental performance; neuropsychological test; peer-reviewed; planning; skill; treatment planning

Script knowledge following stroke - Purdy, M.H. (Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 2002)
This study examined script knowledge in 20 subjects who sustained a stroke (10 with left hemisphere brain damage and aphasia and 10 with right hemisphere brain damage) and 10 neurologically normal subjects. Script knowledge was examined via performance on three tasks: procedural sequencing, procedure production, and procedural discourse. Neurologically normal subjects performed all tasks accurately, and all subjects in the stroke group completed at least one of the three tasks for each script accurately, suggesting that script knowledge was preserved in this mildly brain-damaged population. However, significant differences were obtained between the neurologically normal and stroke groups when overall performance was examined. These findings suggest that additional cognitive processes influence task performance. Implications of these findings are discussed.
Keywords: adult; aged; aphasia; article; clinical article; controlled study; dept.cmd; female; human; information processing; language ability; left hemisphere; male; priority journal; right hemisphere; stroke; task performance; ⛔ No DOI found

Regioselective one-pot bromination of aromatic amines - Smith, M.B.; Guo, L.; Okeyo, S.; Stenzel, J.; Yanella, J.; LaChapelle, E. (Organic Letters, 2002)
(Matrix Presented) Treatment of aniline with n-butyllithium and then trimethyltin chloride gave the tin amide (PhNH-SnMe3) in situ. Without isolation of the tin amide reaction with bromine and workup with aqueous fluoride ion gave p-bromoaniline in 76% yield, with no dibromoaniline or o-bromoaniline. Application of this sequence to 11 different aromatic amines gave selective bromination in 36-91% yields, without formation of dibromides. This constitutes a good general method for the regioselective bromination of aromatic amines.
37 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: article; dept.che

Care of the Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication Patient - Aronson, B.S.; Yeakel, S.; Ferrer, M.; Caffrey, E.; Quaggin, C. (Gastroenterology Nursing, 2001)
Gastroesophageal reflux disease can usually be successfully managed with conservative medical treatment. Anti-reflux surgery is a safe alternative when treatment fails or patients desire a more definitive treatment option. Through a case study approach, this article describes the indications for surgery, the essentials of the authors’ multi-disciplinary approach to care and the components of a well-designed education plan for a patient undergoing laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication. Although most patients do well after surgery, diligent nursing care is required before and after surgery to prevent or manage complications and ensure patients have a rapid recovery and successful outcome. © 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Fundoplication; Gastroesophageal Reflux; Gastroscopy; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Patient Care Team; Patient Discharge; Patient Education; Patient Selection; Perioperative Care; Treatment Outcome; case report; dept.nur; gastroesophageal reflux; gastroscopy; hospital discharge; human; male; methodology; middle aged; nursing; organization and management; patient care; patient education; patient selection; perioperative period; review; stomach fundoplication; treatment outcome

Selecting appropriate controls in studies of owl nest-site selection (reply to Marks) - Bosakowski, T.; Smith, D.G. (Journal of Field Ornithology, 2001)
Marks (2001) is critical of our study of nest-site selection in Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus) because we compared our data from owl nests with data from random points rather than from unused stick nests. We argue that Great Horned Owls have so many options for nesting in eastern forests that there is little constraint on nest-site selection. Therefore, their choice of nest sites is determined largely by vegetation characteristics in the surrounding landscape, and comparison of owl nests with random points is the best way to assess nest-site selection. Furthermore, we believe that use of unused nests as controls, as advocated by Marks, is biased because control nests will have many of the same characteristics as nests used by owls.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Bubo virginianus; Strigiformes; dept.bio

The lead project. An environmental instrumental analysis case study - Breslin, V.T.; Sañudo-Wilhelmy, S.A. (Journal of Chemical Education, 2001)
19 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.egm; peer-reviewed

Ethics and Information Technology: Guest editor's introduction - Bynum, T.W. (Ethics and Information Technology, 2001)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Information technology; Social sciences; dept.phi

Introduction - Flynn, D.S.; Siegel, E. (Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, 2001)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.swk

Spectacle at the disco: Boogie nights, soundtrack, and the New American musical - Ritter, K. (Journal of Popular Film and Television, 2001)
In our postmodern visual culture, the idea of spectacle conjures images of excess. In defining spectatorship, we emphasize the visual, drawing physical eyewitnesses toward the spectacular moment itself and into the reification of that moment on the film screen. However, recent Hollywood cinema has challenged the notion that all spectacle must take place within the realm of the visual, as many films strive to reach spectators aurally, via their soundtracks. In particular, popular song has been used in many commercially successful films to re-create each spectator's relationship with his or her past. Films with best-selling pop soundtracks, such as The Wedding Singer and Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion, among others, have financially exploited the spectator's attention to familiar song within comedic narratives, prompting viewers to purchase collections of songs they may already own, motivated by nostalgia and pleasant rearrangements of these songs within light, entertaining narratives. In other cases, “retro” films such as 54 and The Last Days of Disco have attempted to capitalize on the popularity of musical trends, such as disco, to revisit what the “scene” meant to its patrons, as well as what disco might mean commercially to new generations. But rarely do the songs in this type of film serve as anything but collective backdrop or the means by which a filmmaker might establish setting, particularly in terms of a decade. They merely reconfigure radio programming, reorder Top 40 hits for a theatrical space. © 2001 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.eng

Online research to guide knowledge management planning - Steckler, A.; Farel, A.; Bontempi, J.B.; Umble, K.; Polhamus, B.; Trester, A. (Health Education Research, 2001)
The current paper describes the process and results of an effort to find a way to effectively manage and diffuse prevention knowledge. This study shows the role that today's communication technologies can play in ensuring collaboration and participation in both the design and use of a knowledge management system (KMS) for prevention research, practice and policy. In the context of this study, 'prevention research' includes primary through tertiary prevention efforts consistent with general applied public health research in the US. An online Delphi study was used to engage a set of prevention research constituencies in the design of a mechanism to enhance the potential for effective technology transfer. A three-round Delphi was conducted with 58 stakeholders and key informants involved in prevention: government-level policy makers, researchers and front-line practitioners. The study resulted in consensus on 34 functions and 32 output/content elements of a proposed web-based KMS called Prevention-Effects.net. The paper also describes the implications of both the processes of development and the benefits of the proposed system for those interested in prevention.
18 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Delphi Technique; Health Services Research; Humans; Information Services; Internet; Online Systems; Planning Techniques; Preventive Health Services; Technology Transfer; United States; User-Computer Interface; adult; article; dept.pch; health care planning; health care policy; health care system; human; interpersonal communication; major clinical study; management; medical research; priority journal; scoring system

Pain in older adults - Wallace, M. (Annals of Long-Term Care, 2001)
Pain is a prevailing clinical problem among older adults resulting in systemic agitation and altered quality of life. Although the possibility remains that older adults experience and report less pain, the need exists to objectively evaluate pain in order to provide the most effective pain management. Several standardized tools are available to assess pain in older adults at baseline and at subsequent, frequent intervals. Following an objective assessment, pain may be managed with pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic methods.
Keywords: Alzheimer disease; acetylsalicylic acid; aged; amitriptyline; analgesic agent; anticonvulsive agent; carbamazepine; choline magnesium trisalicylate; clonazepam; codeine; corticosteroid; dementia; dept.nur; desipramine; dose response; doxepin; drug effect; drug formulation; drug indication; fentanyl; gabapentin; human; hydrocodone; hydromorphone; ibuprofen; imipramine; intravenous anesthetic agent; local anesthetic agent; morphine sulfate; naproxen; narcotic analgesic agent; nonsteroid antiinflammatory agent; nortriptyline; opiate; oxycodone; pain; pain assessment; paracetamol; prednisone; review; side effect; tricyclic antidepressant agent; unindexed drug; visual analog scale; ⛔ No DOI found

The Effects of Low-Dose Creatine Supplementation Versus Creatine Loading in Collegiate Football Players - Wilder, N.; Deivert, R.G.; Hagerman, F.; Gilders, R. (Journal of Athletic Training, 2001)
Objective: To compare the effects of low doses of creatine and creatine loading on strength, urinary creatinine concentration, and percentage of body fat. Design and Setting: Division IA collegiate football players took creatine monohydrate for 10 weeks during a sport-specific, periodized, off-season strength and conditioning program. One-repetition maximum (1-RM) squat, urinary creatinine concentrations, and percentage of body fat were analyzed. Subjects: Twenty-five highly trained, Division IA collegiate football players with at least 1 year of college playing experience. Measurements: We tested strength with a 1-RM squat exercise before, during, and after creatine supplementation. Percentage of body fat was measured by hydrostatic weighing before and after supplementation. Urinary creatinine concentration was measured via light spectrophotometer at 0, 1, 3, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 48, 56, and 63 days. An analysis of variance with repeated measures was computed to compare means for all variables. Results: Creatine supplementation had no significant group, time, or interaction effects on strength, urinary creatinine concentration, or percentage of body fat. However, significant time effects were found for 1-RM squat and fat-free mass in all groups. Conclusions: Our data suggest that creatine monohydrate in any amount does not have any beneficial ergogenic effects in highly trained collegiate football players. However, a proper resistance training stimulus for 10 weeks can increase strength and fat-free mass in highly trained athletes.
Keywords: Creatine phosphate; Ergogenic aids; Resistance training; dept.ath; ⛔ No DOI found

Charles Brockden Brown's Ormond, property exchange, and the literary marketplace in the early American republic - Ellis, S. (Studies in the Novel, 2005)
Keywords: dept.eng; ⛔ No DOI found

Transformation in Deleuze and Heidegger: Serial and thematic repetition - Gilliland, R. (Philosophy Today, 2005)
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phi

The paper bag principle: Of the myth and the motion of colorism - Kerr, A.E. (Journal of American Folklore, 2005)
This article, extracted from a larger study, is attentive to the national folk culture of African-American communities - especially rumor and legend - in a number of city centers. The study begins with Washington, D.C., as a representative model to examine the role of complexion-related lore in black neighborhoods, organizations, and institutions, and then extends outward to other urban areas. Complexion lore, the article argues, functioned as a sophisticated negotiation of racism, wherein black residents complicated American urban principles of inclusion and exclusion by integrating color notions into institutional oral history. Copyright © 2005 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.
25 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.eng; dept.wgs

Generation, isolation, and characterization of a stable enol from grignard addition to a bis-ester - Nicaise, O.J.-C.; Ostrom, K.F.; Dalke, B.J. (Journal of Chemical Education, 2005)
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Addition reactions; Bis-ester; Characterization; Chemistry; Esters; Experiments; Grignard addition; Infrared spectroscopy; Ketones; Molecular structure; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Organic chemistry; Organometallics; Reaction kinetics; Stable enol; Synthesis (chemical); Temperature dependent formation; Thermodynamic stability; dept.che; peer-reviewed

Moving forward together: The practice doctorate in nursing - O'Sullivan, A.L.; Carter, M.; Marion, L.; Pohl, J.M.; Werner, K.E. (Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 2005)
Societal drivers, as well as trends in education and health care, are advancing the practice doctorate in nursing. For nurse practitioner preparation, the current resurgence of interest in the practice doctorate could precipitate change that mimics the evolution from post-basic certificate to Master's level education. The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) is a resource for the study of the practice doctorate relative to quality nurse practitioner education. This article will offer some insights into the movement toward the practice doctorate by describing, from the NP perspective, the societal impetus for change, the historical perspective of NP and doctoral education, the 4 Ws (why, what, where, and when) of the movement, and some of the myths and realities about the practice doctorate. © 2005 Online Journal of Issues in Nursing.
Keywords: NONPF; Nurse practitioner; Nursing education; Practice doctorate; cultural anthropology; demography; dept.nur; education program; evolution; health care; health care organization; health care quality; health care system; health practitioner; medical education; medical practice; nursing; review; ⛔ No DOI found

From l'état, c'est moi to l'état, c'est l'état: Mapping in early modern France - Petto, C.M. (Cartographica, 2005)
Using the printed works of two French cartographers, Alexis-Hubert Jaillot and Guillaume Delisle, I investigate how the changing interests of the government directed not only the process of map-making but the rhetoric evident in printed maps and atlases. Jaillot, a commercial map publisher flourishing during the second half of the seventeenth century, produced maps that participated in the fabrication of the image of Louis XIV. Maps served this "cult of image" and contributed to a multimedia show to glorify the reign of the Sun King and to support his personal state - l'état, c'est moi. In the eighteenth century, while a rhetoric of image was still present on printed maps, the "cult of image" was dead and mapping appealed to the rise of the impersonal or bureaucratized state - l'état, c'est l'état. Delisle produced maps as instruments of statecraft that aided the state in furthering its domestic and international interests. In particular, printed maps of the Americas served the government's need to acquire greater territorial control. While images were still powerful on New World maps, the French boundary claims, egregious to some, if uncontested could be produced time and again as a true representation and legitimization of territorial control.
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Cartography; France; History; Image; Louis XIV; Printed maps; Rhetoric; Scientific authority; dept.his; eighteenth century; historical cartography; mapping method; territorial delimitation

Diamond geezers - Prince, M. (Business Strategy Review, 2005)
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.mkt

The economics of authorship: Online paper mills, student writers, and first-year composition - Ritter, K. (College Composition and Communication, 2005)
Using sample student analyses of online paper mill Web sites, student survey responses, and existing scholarship on plagiarism, authorship, and intellectual property, this article examines how the consumerist rhetoric of the online paper mills construes academic writing as a commodity for sale, and why such rhetoric appeals to students in first-year composition, whose cultural disconnect from the academic system of authorship increasingly leads them to patronize these sites.
Keywords: dept.eng; ⛔ No DOI found

Exercise modifications and strategies to enhance shoulder function - Ronai, P. (Strength and Conditioning Journal, 2005)
The purposes of this article are to identify exercise performance-related factors that may contribute to shoulder pain and dysfunction and to describe appropriate training strategies for promoting shoulder stability and enhanced function. This article is not intended to help the reader diagnose and treat injuries or prescribe therapeutic interventions. Strength and conditioning professionals should encourage injured clients to consult a physician, physical therapist, or other appropriate health care professional before starting a conditioning program. © National Strength and Conditioning Association.
8 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Exercise technique; Flexibility; Posture; Rotator cuff impingement; Scapular stability; Sensorimotor control; Strength; dept.hms

Polynomial identities of matrices with the symplectic involution: The low degrees - D'Amour, A.; Racine, M. (Communications in Algebra, 2004)
The *-polynomial identities of minimal degree of Mn(F) are determined for n = 2, 4, * the symplectic involution. Copyright © 2004 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.
6 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: *-Polynomial identity; Polynomial identity; Symplectic involution; dept.mat

Theory of paramagnetic scattering in highly frustrated magnets with long-range dipole-dipole interactions: The case of the Tb2Ti 2O7 pyrochlore antiferromagnet - Enjalran, M.; Gingras, M.J.P. (Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2004)
Highly frustrated antiferromagnets composed of magnetic rare-earth moments are currently attracting much experimental and theoretical interest. Rare-earth ions generally have small exchange interactions and large magnetic moments. This makes it necessary to understand in detail the role of long-range magnetic dipole-dipole interactions in these systems, in particular, in the context of spin-spin correlations that develop in the paramagnetic phase, but are often unable to condense into a conventional long-range magnetic-ordered phase. This scenario is most dramatically emphasized in the frustrated pyrochlore antiferromagnet material Tb2Ti2O7, which does not order down to 50 mK despite an antiferromagnetic Curie-Weiss temperature TCW∼-20 K. In this paper we report results from mean-field theory calculations of the paramagnetic elastic neutron scattering in highly frustrated magnetic systems with long-range dipole-dipole interactions, focusing on the Tb2Ti2O7 system. Modeling Tb 2Ti2O7 as an antiferromagnetic 〈111〉 Ising pyrochlore, we find that the mean-field paramagnetic scattering is inconsistent with the experimentally observed results. Through simple symmetry arguments we demonstrate that the observed paramagnetic correlations in Tb 2Ti2O7 are precluded from being generated by any spin Hamiltonian that considers only Ising spins, but are qualitatively consistent with Heisenberg-like moments. Explicit calculations of the paramagnetic scattering pattern for both 〈111〉 Ising and Heisenberg models, which include finite single-ion anisotropy, support these claims. We offer suggestions for reconciling the need to restore spin isotropy with the Ising-like structure suggested by the single-ion properties of Tb3+.
74 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: anisotropy; antiferromagnets; article; atom; calculation; dept.phy; dipole; magnetism; mathematical analysis; molecular interaction; neutron scattering; oxygen; paramagnetic scattering; temperature; terbium; thallium; theory

Neutron scattering investigation of the spin ice state in Dy 2Ti2O7 - Fennell, T.; Petrenko, O.A.; Fåk, B.; Bramwell, S.T.; Enjalran, M.; Yavors'kii, T.; Gingras, M.J.P.; Melko, R.G.; Balakrishnan, G. (Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2004)
Dy2Ti2O7 has been advanced as an ideal spin ice material. We present a neutron scattering investigation of a single-crystal sample of 162Dy2Ti2O 7. The scattering intensity has been mapped in zero applied field in the h,h,l and h,k,0 planes of reciprocal space at temperatures between 0.05 and 20 K. The measured diffuse scattering has been compared with that predicted by the dipolar spin ice model. The comparison is good, except at the Brillouin-zone boundaries where extra scattering appears in the experimental data. It is concluded that the dipolar spin ice model provides a successful basis for understanding Dy2Ti2O7, but that there are issues which remain to be clarified.
60 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Monte Carlo method; article; crystal; dept.phy; dysprosium; neutron scattering; temperature; temperature dependence; titanium

Education of students with visual impairments in Kenya: Trends and issues - Kiarie, M.W. (International Journal of Special Education, 2004)
Until the nineteen hundreds, people with disabilities did not receive formal educational services in Kenya. This paper discusses available educational services for individuals with visual impairments in terms of their forms, materials provided, and educational placements. Areas of most progress are discussed along with obstacles that stand in the way of efficient services for this population. This paper contributes to the rather scarce literature on educational services for students with disabilities in developing countries.
Keywords: dept.sed; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Audit effectiveness preceding bankruptcy in UK financial institutions - Malgwi, C.A.; Emenyonu, E.N. (International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation, 2004)
This study investigates audit effectiveness (or the lack thereof) of audit opinions issued by auditors preceding company bankruptcies. Data from all 26 bankrupt UK financial institutions were used to determine if auditor appropriately issued opinions other than unqualified, as signs of non-going concern determine any differences in audit-opinion effectiveness between international and domestic audit firms. Results show that unqualified opinions issued was significantly higher than other opinions prior to bankruptcy. While international audit firms were less likely to issue unqualified opinions than their domestic counterparts no firm issued adverse or disclaimer of opinions in any given year, despite serious warning signals from return on assets (ROA), return on equity (ROE) and current ratios. © 2004 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: audit effectiveness; audit opinion; bankruptcy; dept.acc; financial institutions; going concern