Homogenization and miniaturization of habitat structure in temperate marine forests. - Pessarrodona, Albert; Filbee-Dexter, Karen; Alcoverro, Teresa; Boada, Jordi; Feehan, Colette; Fredriksen, Stein; Grace, Sean; Nakamura, Yohei; Narvaez, Carla; Norderhaug, Kjell; Wernberg, Thomas (Global Change Biology, 2021)
Humans are rapidly transforming the structural configuration of the planet's ecosystems, but these changes and their ecological consequences remain poorly quantified in underwater habitats. Here, we show that the loss of forest-forming seaweeds and the rise of ground-covering 'turfs' across four continents consistently resulted in the miniaturization of underwater habitat structure, with seascapes converging towards flattened habitats with smaller habitable spaces. Globally, turf seascapes occupied a smaller architectural trait space and were structurally more similar across regions than marine forests, evidencing habitat homogenization. Surprisingly, such habitat convergence occurred despite turf seascapes consisting of vastly different species richness and with different taxa providing habitat architecture, as well as across disparate drivers of marine forest decline. Turf seascapes contained high sediment loads, with the miniaturization of habitat across 100s of km in mid-Western Australia resulting in reefs retaining an additional ~242 million tons of sediment (four orders of magnitude more than the sediments delivered fluvially annually). Together, this work demonstrates that the replacement of marine forests by turfs is a generalizable phenomenon that has profound consequences for the ecology of temperate reefs., (C) 2021 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
31 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: (C) 2021 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Keywords: Australia; Ecosystem; Forests; Humans; Miniaturization; Seaweed; Western Australia; algal turf; climate change; dept.bio; ecological impact; ecosystem; epilithic algal matrix; forest; foundation species; habitat change; habitat structure; human; kelp forest; kelp forests; miniaturization; peer-reviewed; regime shift; seaweed; sediment pollution; species richness; temperate forest

Do managerial efficiency and social responsibility drive long-term financial performance of not-for-profit hospitals before acquisition?. - Phillips, J F (Journal of health care finance, 1999)
Due to steep declines in charitable support and reduced demand for traditional hospital services, economic goals are increasingly important to not-for-profit hospitals. Effects of efficient management and effective pursuit of not-for-profit status (for example, levels of Medicare, indigent patients, and unprofitable services) on financial viability are explored. While previous research compared hospitals of different ownership status, not-for-profit hospital operations before acquisition by for-profit hospital chains are investigated–"neutral ground" relative to ownership. Results suggest minor links between efficiency and long-term profitability despite effectiveness in pursuit of non taxable status.
Place: United States Phillips, J F. Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, USA.
Keywords: *Efficiency; Organizational; *Financial Management; Hospital; *Hospitals; Voluntary/og [Organization & Administration]; *Social Responsibility; Bed Occupancy; Case mix index; Diagnosis-Related Groups; Efficiency; Organizational; Financial Management; Hospital; Free cash flow accounting valuation; Health Facility Merger; Health Facility Merger/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]; Hospitals; Voluntary; Hospitals; Voluntary/st [Standards]; Humans; Investor-owned hospital corporations; Least-Squares Analysis; Length of Stay; Length of stay; Managerial efficiency; Median household income; Medicare; Medicare patients; Medicare/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]; Not-for-profit hospital acquisitions; Occupancy rate; Social Responsibility; Social responsibility; United States; article; dept.acc; financial management; hospital finance; hospital management; hospitalization; length of stay; medicare; profit; social behavior; ⛔ No DOI found

For-profit chains seek to acquire successful not-for-profit hospitals. - Phillips, J F (Healthcare financial management : journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, 1999)
Over the last decade, investor-owned hospital corporations have grown primarily by acquiring other for-profit hospital chains or stand-alone for-profit institutions. Between 1990 and 1995, however, these corporations also acquired nearly 50 not-for-profit hospitals and converted them to for-profit status. An examination of the long-term financial condition of 39 not-for-profit hospitals acquired by various investor-owned hospital corporations between 1992 and 1996 was conducted using free-cash-flow accounting valuation. The results suggest that, initially, only not-for-profit hospitals in dire financial straits were candidates for acquisition and conversion to for-profit status. More recent acquisitions increasingly have involved more successful not-for-profit hospitals.
Place: United States Phillips, J F. Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, USA.
Keywords: *Financial Management; Hospital/td [Trends]; *Health Facility Merger; *Hospitals; Proprietary/ec [Economics]; *Hospitals; Voluntary/ec [Economics]; *Multi-Institutional Systems/ec [Economics]; Accounts Payable and Receivable; Financial Audit; Hospitals; Proprietary/og [Organization & Administration]; Longitudinal Studies; United States; dept.acc; ⛔ No DOI found

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Assessment and management update. - Wallace, M. (Journal of gerontological nursing, 1999)
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: *Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/nu [Nursing]; Aged; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/cl [Classification]; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/pp [Physiopathology]; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/px [Psychology]; Humans; MLCS; MLOWN; Male; Middle Aged; Nursing Assessment; Nursing Assessment/mt [Methods]; Patient Care Planning; Prognosis; Risk Factors; aged; case report; classification; dept.nur; human; male; methodology; middle aged; nursing; nursing assessment; pathophysiology; patient care planning; prognosis; psychological aspect; review; risk factor

Meeting the learning needs of diverse students in BSN programs. - Thompson, C (Nurse educator, 1998)
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: United States Thompson, C. Department of Nursing, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, USA.
Keywords: *Cultural Diversity; *Education; Nursing; Baccalaureate/mt [Methods]; *Students; Nursing; Cultural Diversity; Education; Nursing; Baccalaureate; Humans; Learning; MLCS; MLOWN; Students; Nursing; article; cultural anthropology; dept.nur; human; learning; methodology; nursing education; nursing student

Chaos in nursing: make it work for you. - Vicenzi, A E; White, K R; Begun, J W (The American journal of nursing, 1997)
Place: United States Vicenzi, A E. Department of Nursing, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, USA.
Keywords: *Health Facility Environment; *Nurses/px [Psychology]; *Nursing; Adaptation; Psychological; Humans; Interprofessional Relations; Organizational Innovation; dept.nur; ❓ Multiple DOI

"Putting things in context": Literal and discourse approaches to comprehension assessment - Paul, R. (Seminars in Speech and Language, 2000)
Research on receptive language development in typical children, especially as explicated in a classic paper by Robin Chapman, is reviewed. These findings raise three challenges for clinicians assessing comprehension in children with language disorders: (1) contrary to popular wisdom, comprehension does not always precede production in a simple step-by-step way; (2) comprehension is a private event; indicators of comprehension must be used to assess it, and these indicators can be misleading; and (3) children with subtle comprehension deficits may do well on standardized tests that are not sensitive to their difficulties with real-time discourse. Some strategies for addressing these challenges, as well as a framework for assessing comprehension, are offered.
11 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: *Child Language; *Cognition; *Language Tests; *Verbal Behavior; Child Language; Child; Preschool; Cognition; Comprehension assessment; Comprehension deficits; Comprehension stages; Discourse comprehension; Humans; Language Tests; Verbal Behavior; article; cognition; dept.cmd; human; language development; language test; preschool child; verbal behavior

Promoting collaboration and cultural competence for physician assistant and physical therapist students: A cross-cultural decentralized interprofessional education (IPE) model. - De Oliveira, Kathleen; North, Sara; Beck, Barbra; Hopp, Jane (Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions, 2015)
PURPOSE: As the United States health care model progresses towards medical teams and the country's population continues to diversify, the need for health professional education programs to develop and implement culturally specific interprofessional education (IPE) becomes increasingly imperative. A wide range of models exists for delivering and implementing IPE in health education, but none have included the cultural components that are vital in educating the health professional., METHODS: A cross-cultural decentralized IPE model for physician assistant (PA) and physical therapy (PT) students was developed. This three-part IPE series was created using an established cultural curricular model and began with the exploration of self, continued with the examination of various dimensions of culture, and concluded with the exploration of the intersection between health and culture. We assessed student satisfaction of the IPE experiences and students' engagement and attitudes towards IPE using a three-item open-ended questionnaire administered after each cross-cultural activity and the Interprofessional Education Series Survey (IESS) upon the completion of the series., RESULTS: IESS responses showed that PA and PT students reported benefits in interprofessional collaboration and cultural awareness and expressed overall satisfaction with the series. Qualitative analysis revealed growth in student response depth consistent with the scaffolded focus of each IPE module in the series., CONCLUSION: The trends in this three-part series suggest that institutions looking to develop culturally inclusive IPE educational initiatives may have success through a decentralized model mirroring the effective cultural progression focused on addressing exploration of self, examination of various dimensions of culture, and exploration of the intersection between health and culture.
9 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: Korea (South) Oliveira, Kathleen De. Academic Success Center, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, USA. North, Sara. Department of Health and Human Movement Sciences, Carroll University, Waukesha, WI, USA. Beck, Barbra. Department of Health and Human Movement Sciences, Carroll University, Waukesha, WI, USA. Hopp, Jane. College of Natural Sciences, Health Sciences and Business, Carroll University, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA.
Keywords: dept.aa

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

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

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

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

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

Global [LAMBDA] hyperon polarization in nuclear collisions. - STAR Collaboration (Nature, 2017)
: The measurement of an alignment between the angular momentum of a non-central collision between heavy ions and the spin of emitted particles reveals that the fluid produced in the collision is extremely vortical., The extreme energy densities generated by ultra-relativistic collisions between heavy atomic nuclei produce a state of matter that behaves surprisingly like a fluid, with exceptionally high temperature and low viscosity 1. Non-central collisions have angular momenta of the order of 1,000h, and the resulting fluid may have a strong vortical structure 2,3,4 that must be understood to describe the fluid properly. The vortical structure is also of particular interest because the restoration of fundamental symmetries of quantum chromodynamics is expected to produce novel physical effects in the presence of strong vorticity 5. However, no experimental indications of fluid vorticity in heavy ion collisions have yet been found. Since vorticity represents a local rotational structure of the fluid, spin-orbit coupling can lead to preferential orientation of particle spins along the direction of rotation. Here we present measurements of an alignment between the global angular momentum of a non-central collision and the spin of emitted particles (in this case the collision occurs between gold nuclei and produces [LAMBDA] baryons), revealing that the fluid produced in heavy ion collisions is the most vortical system so far observed. (At high energies, this fluid is a quark-gluon plasma.) We find that [LAMBDA] and Symbol hyperons show a positive polarization of the order of a few per cent, consistent with some hydrodynamic predictions 6. (A hyperon is a particle composed of three quarks, at least one of which is a strange quark; the remainder are up and down quarks, found in protons and neutrons.) A previous measurement 7 that reported a null result, that is, zero polarization, at higher collision energies is seen to be consistent with the trend of our observations, though with larger statistical uncertainties. These data provide experimental access to the vortical structure of the nearly ideal liquid 8 created in a heavy ion collision and should prove valuable in the development of hydrodynamic models that quantitatively connect observations to the theory of the strong force., (C) 2017 Nature Publishing Group
512 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: (C) 2017 Nature Publishing Group
Keywords: dept.phy

A Prediction Of Vo2peak: Least Intrusive Model In Males 18-35 Years: 2325: Board #202 June 2 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM. - Crandall, Ian; Finn, Joan; Latchman, Peter; Thiel, Robert; Mugno, Raymond; Zenoni, Maria; Sollanek, Kurt; Axtell, Robert (Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2011)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: (C) 2011 American College of Sports Medicine
Keywords: dept.hms; dept.mat

Targeting Advanced Practice Nursing Interventions to Patient Problems in Ovarian Cancer: 2-2. - O'Sullivan, C; Ercolano, E; McCorkle, R (Psycho-oncol., 2011)
Place: Copyright (C) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Keywords: dept.nur; ⛔ No DOI found

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

DELTA9-tetrahydrocannabinol attenuates oxycodone self-administration under extended access conditions. - Nguyen, Jacques D; Grant, Yanabel; Creehan, Kevin M; Hwang, Candy S; Vandewater, Sophia A; Janda, Kim D; Cole, Maury; Taffe, Michael A (Neuropharmacology, 2019)
Growing nonmedical use of prescription opioids is a global problem, motivating research on ways to reduce use and combat addiction. Medical cannabis ("medical marijuana") legalization has been associated epidemiologically with reduced opioid harms and cannabinoids have been shown to modulate effects of opioids in animal models. This study was conducted to determine if DELTA9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) enhances the behavioral effects of oxycodone. Male rats were trained to intravenously self-administer (IVSA) oxycodone (0.15mg/kg/infusion) during 1h, 4h or 8h sessions. Following acquisition rats were exposed to THC by vapor inhalation (1h and 8h groups) or injection (0-10mg/kg, i.p.; all groups) prior to IVSA sessions. Fewer oxycodone infusions were obtained by rats following vaporized or injected THC compared with vehicle treatment prior to the session. Follow-up studies demonstrated parallel dose-dependent effects of THC, i.p., on self-administration of different per-infusion doses of oxycodone and a preserved loading dose early in the session. These patterns are inconsistent with behavioral suppression. Additional groups of male and female Wistar rats were assessed for nociception following inhalation of vaporized THC (50mg/mL), oxycodone (100mg/mL) or the combination. Tail withdrawal latency was increased more by the THC/oxycodone combination compared to either drug alone. Similar additive antinociceptive effects were produced by injection of THC (5.0mg/kg, i.p.) and oxycodone (2.0mg/kg, s.c.). Together these data demonstrate additive effects of THC and oxycodone and suggest the potential use of THC to enhance therapeutic efficacy, and to reduce the abuse, of opioids. Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
41 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: England Nguyen, Jacques D. Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. Grant, Yanabel. Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. Creehan, Kevin M. Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. Hwang, Candy S. Departments of Chemistry and Immunology, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Worm Institute for Research and Medicine (WIRM), The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA; Department of Chemistry, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, USA. Vandewater, Sophia A. Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA. Janda, Kim D. Departments of Chemistry and Immunology, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Worm Institute for Research and Medicine (WIRM), The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA. Cole, Maury. La Jolla Alcohol Research, Inc, La Jolla, CA, USA. Taffe, Michael A. Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. Electronic address: mtaffe@ucsd.edu.
Keywords: *Analgesics; Opioid/ad [Administration & Dosage]; *Cannabinoids/pd [Pharmacology]; *Dronabinol/pd [Pharmacology]; *Nociception/de [Drug Effects]; *Oxycodone/ad [Administration & Dosage]; Animals; Cannabinoid; Female; Male; Nociception; Pain Threshold/de [Drug Effects]; Rats; Rats; Wistar; Self Administration; Self-administration; dept.che; e-cigarette; peer-reviewed

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

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

DeepCNPP: Deep Learning Architecture to Distinguish the Promoter of Human Long Non-Coding RNA Genes and Protein-Coding Genes. - Alam, Tanvir; Islam, Mohammad Tariqul; Househ, Mowafa; Belhaouari, Samir Brahim; Kawsar, Ferdaus Ahmed (Studies in health technology and informatics, 2019)
Promoter region of protein-coding genes are gradually being well understood, yet no comparable studies exist for the promoter of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) genes which has emerged as a global potential regulator in multiple cellular process and different diseases for human. To understand the difference in the transcriptional regulation pattern of these genes, previously, we proposed a machine learning based model to classify the promoter of protein-coding genes and lncRNA genes. In this study, we are presenting DeepCNPP (deep coding non-coding promoter predictor), an improved model based on deep learning (DL) framework to classify the promoter of lncRNA genes and protein-coding genes. We used convolution neural network (CNN) based deep network to classify the promoter of these two broad categories of human genes. Our computational model, built upon the sequence information only, was able to classify these two groups of promoters from human at a rate of 83.34% accuracy and outperformed the existing model. Further analysis and interpretation of the output from DeepCNPP architecture will enable us to understand the difference in transcription regulatory pattern for these two groups of genes.
Place: Netherlands Alam, Tanvir. Information and Computing Technology Division, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha, Qatar. Islam, Mohammad Tariqul. Computer Science Department, Southern Connecticut State University, USA. Househ, Mowafa. Information and Computing Technology Division, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha, Qatar. Belhaouari, Samir Brahim. Information and Computing Technology Division, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha, Qatar. Kawsar, Ferdaus Ahmed. Department of Computing, East Tennessee State University, USA.
Keywords: *Deep Learning; *Promoter Regions; Genetic; *RNA; Long Noncoding; Classification (of information); Codes (symbols); Computational Biology; Convolution; Convolution neural network; Deep Learning; Deep learning; Deep neural networks; Humans; Learning architectures; Long non-coding RNA; Machine Learning; Medical informatics; Models; Theoretical; Multiple cellular process; Network architecture; Non-coding RNAs; Promoter; Promoter Regions; Genetic; Protein-coding genes; Proteins; RNA; RNA; Long Noncoding; Sequence informations; Transcription; Transcriptional regulation; biology; dept.csc; human; long untranslated RNA; machine learning; peer-reviewed; promoter region; theoretical model

DeepDSSR: Deep Learning Structure for Human Donor Splice Sites Recognition. - Alam, Tanvir; Islam, Mohammad Tariqul; Househ, Mowafa; Bouzerdoum, Abdesselam; Kawsar, Ferdaus Ahmed (Studies in health technology and informatics, 2019)
Human genes often, through alternative splicing of pre-messenger RNAs, produce multiple mRNAs and protein isoforms that may have similar or completely different functions. Identification of splice sites is, therefore, crucial to understand the gene structure and variants of mRNA and protein isoforms produced by the primary RNA transcripts. Although many computational methods have been developed to detect the splice sites in humans, this is still substantially a challenging problem and further improvement of the computational model is still foreseeable. Accordingly, we developed DeepDSSR (deep donor splice site recognizer), a novel deep learning based architecture, for predicting human donor splice sites. The proposed method, built upon publicly available and highly imbalanced benchmark dataset, is comparable with the leading deep learning based methods for detecting human donor splice sites. Performance evaluation metrics show that DeepDSSR outperformed the existing deep learning based methods. Future work will improve the predictive capabilities of our model, and we will build a model for the prediction of acceptor splice sites.
Place: Netherlands Alam, Tanvir. Information and Computing Technology Division, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha, Qatar. Islam, Mohammad Tariqul. Computer Science Department, Southern Connecticut State University, USA. Househ, Mowafa. Information and Computing Technology Division, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha, Qatar. Bouzerdoum, Abdesselam. Information and Computing Technology Division, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha, Qatar. Bouzerdoum, Abdesselam. School of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia. Kawsar, Ferdaus Ahmed. Department of Computing, East Tennessee State University, USA.
Keywords: *Deep Learning; *RNA Splice Sites; Alternative splicing; Bidirectional long short-term memory; Computational methods; Computational model; Convolution neural network; Deep Learning; Deep learning; Deep neural networks; Donor splice sites; Genes; Humans; Learning structure; Learning-based methods; Medical informatics; Nucleic acids; Performance evaluation metrics; Predictive capabilities; Proteins; RNA Splice Sites; RNA splice site; RNA; Messenger; Splice site; adult; conference paper; deep learning; dept.csc; female; human; human experiment; male; messenger RNA; molecular recognition; peer-reviewed; prediction; short term memory

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

Social determinants of health: the how, who, and where screenings are occurring; a systematic review. - O'Brien, Kyle H (Social work in health care, 2019)
Screening for social determinants of health allows health care teams to assess and address social factors that influence one's health, mental health, and access to care. These social factors include poverty, health literacy, social support, exposure to trauma, food insecurity, and housing instability. The objective of this study was to examine what screening tools for social determinants of health are being used, in what contexts, and with what populations. Findings suggest that health literacy is the most commonly screened for, followed by trauma history, social support, food insecurity and housing across diverse contexts and populations. Results from this study can be used to inform providers of available screening tools and resources that can be readily utilized in practice.
32 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: United States O'Brien, Kyle H. School of Health and Human Services, Department of Social Work, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, USA. O'Brien, Kyle H. Department of Health and Movement Sciences, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Keywords: *Food Supply/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]; *Health Literacy/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]; *Health Services Accessibility/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]; *Health Status Indicators; *Housing/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]; *Poverty/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]; *Social Determinants of Health/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]; Humans; dept.hms; peer-reviewed

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

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

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

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

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

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

Low- p T e + e − Pair Production in Au + Au Collisions at √ s N N = 200 GeV and U + U Collisions at √ s N N = 193 GeV at STAR - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review Letters, 2018)
We report first measurements of e{+}e{-} pair production in the mass region 0.4
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Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

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

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

Foliar Application of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles Suppresses Fusarium Wilt Development on Chrysanthemum. - Elmer, Wade H; Zuverza-Mena, Nubia; Triplett, Lindsay R; Roberts, Elizabeth L; Silady, Rebecca A; White, Jason C (Environmental science & technology, 2021)
Micronutrients applied as nanoparticles of metal oxides have shown efficacy in vegetable and other crops for improving yield and reducing Fusarium diseases, but their role in ornamental crop management has not been investigated. In 2017, 2018, and 2020, nanoparticles of CuO, Mn2O3, or ZnO were foliarly applied at 500 mug/mL (0.6 mg/plant) to chrysanthemum transplants and planted in potting soil noninfested or infested with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. chrysanthemi. An untreated control and a commercial fungicide, Fludioxonil, was also included. Chrysanthemums treated with nanoscale CuO had a 55, 30, and 32% reduction in disease severity ratings compared to untreated plants in 2017, 2018, and 2020, respectively. Specifically, the average dry biomass for the three years was reduced 22% by disease, but treatment with nanoscale CuO led to a 23% increase when compared to controls. Similar trends with plant height were observed. Horticultural quality was improved 28% with nano CuO and was equal to the fungicide. Nanoscale Mn2O3 and the fungicide did not consistently reduce disease ratings or increase dry biomass each year. Nanoscale ZnO was ineffective. Nanoscale CuO-treated plants had 24 to 48% more Cu/g tissue than controls (P < 0.001). These findings agree with past reports on food crops where single applications of nanoscale CuO improved plant health, growth, and yield and could offer significant impacts for managing plant diseases on ornamentals.
25 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: United States Elmer, Wade H. Department of Plant Pathology and Ecology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut 06511 United States. Zuverza-Mena, Nubia. Department of Analytical Chemistry, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut 06511 United States. Triplett, Lindsay R. Department of Plant Pathology and Ecology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut 06511 United States. Roberts, Elizabeth L. Department of Biology, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut 06515 United States. Silady, Rebecca A. Department of Biology, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut 06515 United States. White, Jason C. Department of Analytical Chemistry, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut 06511 United States.
Keywords: *Chrysanthemum; *Fusarium; *Metal Nanoparticles; *Nanoparticles; Article; Chrysanthemum; Copper; Copper oxide nanoparticles; Copper oxides; Crops; Disease ratings; Disease severity; Foliar application; Fungi; Fungicides; Fusarium; Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. chrysanthemi; Fusarium oxysporums; Fusarium wilt; II-VI semiconductors; Manganese oxide; Metal Nanoparticles; Metal nanoparticles; Nanoparticles; Nanoscale ZnO; Ornamental crops; Oxide minerals; Oxides; Soils; Untreated control; Zinc oxide; biomass; comparative study; controlled study; copper; copper oxide nanoparticle; crop protection; dept.bio; disease severity; elemental analysis; filamentous alga; foliage; food crop; gene; growing season; horticultural species; horticulture; hydrodynamics; metal nanoparticle; nanoparticle; nonhuman; oxide; peer-reviewed; plant disease; plant growth; plant height; plant tissue; trace element; wilt

Barriers and Motivators to Opioid Treatment Among Suburban Women Who Are Pregnant and Mothers in Caregiver Roles. - Boeri, Miriam; Lamonica, Aukje K; Turner, Jeffrey M; Parker, Amanda; Murphy, Grace; Boccone, Carly (Frontiers in psychology, 2021)
Women of childbearing age who misuse opioids are a particularly vulnerable population, and their barriers to treatment are unique because of their caregiver roles. Research on treatment for opioid use generally draws from urban and rural areas. This study fills a gap in research that focuses on barriers and motivators to opioid treatment in suburban areas. The aim of this study was to give voice to suburban pregnant women and mothers caring for children while using opioids. Ethnographic methods were used for recruitment, and 58 in-depth interviews were analyzed using a modified grounded theory approach. Barriers to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) included stigma, staff attitudes, and perceptions the women had about MAT treatment. Barriers associated with all types of treatment included structural factors and access difficulties. Relationships with partners, friends, family, and providers could be barriers as well as motivators, depending on the social context of the women's situation. Our findings suggest increasing treatment-seeking motivators for mothers and pregnant women by identifying lack of resources, more empathetic consideration of social environments, and implementing structural changes to overcome barriers. Findings provide a contemporary understanding of how suburban landscapes affect mothers' treatment-seeking for opioid dependence and suggest the need for more focus on emotional and structural resources rather than strict surveillance of women with opioid dependence who are pregnant or caring for children. Copyright © 2021 Boeri, Lamonica, Turner, Parker, Murphy and Boccone.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: Switzerland Boeri, Miriam. Department of Sociology, Bentley University, Waltham, MA, United States. Lamonica, Aukje K. Department of Public Health, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, United States. Turner, Jeffrey M. Department of Public Health, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, United States. Parker, Amanda. Department of Sociology, Bentley University, Waltham, MA, United States. Murphy, Grace. Department of Sociology, Bentley University, Waltham, MA, United States. Boccone, Carly. Department of Sociology, Bentley University, Waltham, MA, United States.
Keywords: dept.pch; peer-reviewed

Global polarization of ξ and ω hyperons in au+au collisions at sNN =200 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review Letters, 2021)
Global polarization of Ξ and ω hyperons has been measured for the first time in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV. The measurements of the Ξ- and Ξ¯+ hyperon polarization have been performed by two independent methods, via analysis of the angular distribution of the daughter particles in the parity violating weak decay Ξ→Λ+π, as well as by measuring the polarization of the daughter Λ hyperon, polarized via polarization transfer from its parent. The polarization, obtained by combining the results from the two methods and averaged over Ξ- and Ξ¯+, is measured to be ⟨PΞ ©=0.47±0.10(stat)±0.23(syst)% for the collision centrality 20%-80%. The ⟨PΞ. © 2021 American Physical Society. All rights reserved.
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Keywords: Angular distribution; Au+Au collisions; Colliding beam accelerators; Global polarizations; Hyperon polarization; Measurements of; Polarization; Polarization transfer; dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Measurement of e+e- momentum and angular distributions from linearly polarized photon collisions - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review Letters, 2021)
The Breit-Wheeler process which produces matter and antimatter from photon collisions is experimentally investigated through the observation of 6085 exclusive electron-positron pairs in ultraperipheral Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV. The measurements reveal a large fourth-order angular modulation of cos4DELTAphi=(16.8+/-2.5)% and smooth invariant mass distribution absent of vector mesons (phi, omega, and rho) at the experimental limit of <=0.2% of the observed yields. The differential cross section as a function of e{+}e{-} pair transverse momentum P_{} peaks at low value with sqrt[ ]=38.1+/-0.9 MeV and displays a significant centrality dependence. These features are consistent with QED calculations for the collision of linearly polarized photons quantized from the extremely strong electromagnetic fields generated by the highly charged Au nuclei at ultrarelativistic speed. The experimental results have implications for vacuum birefringence and for mapping the magnetic field which is important for emergent QCD phenomena.
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Keywords: Angular distribution; Angular-modulation; Au+Au collisions; Colliding beam accelerators; Differential cross section; Electron-positron pairs; Invariant mass distribution; Linearly polarized; Matter and antimatters; Photons; Transverse momenta; dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Observation of Ds± /D0 enhancement in au+au collisions at sNN =200 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review Letters, 2021)
We report on the first measurement of charm-strange meson Ds± production at midrapidity in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV from the STAR experiment. The yield ratio between strange (Ds±) and nonstrange (D0) open-charm mesons is presented and compared to model calculations. A significant enhancement, relative to a pythia simulation of p+p collisions, is observed in the Ds±/D0 yield ratio in Au+Au collisions over a large range of collision centralities. Model calculations incorporating abundant strange-quark production in the quark-gluon plasma and coalescence hadronization qualitatively reproduce the data. The transverse-momentum integrated yield ratio of Ds±/D0 at midrapidity is consistent with a prediction from a statistical hadronization model with the parameters constrained by the yields of light and strange hadrons measured at the same collision energy. These results suggest that the coalescence of charm quarks with strange quarks in the quark-gluon plasma plays an important role in Ds±-meson production in heavy-ion collisions. © 2021 authors. Published by the American Physical Society. Funded by SCOAP3.
11 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.art_number: 092301 tex.coden: PRLTA tex.document_type: Article tex.pubmed_id: 34506181 tex.source: Scopus
Keywords: Au+Au collisions; Bosons; Coalescence; Colliding beam accelerators; Collision energies; Collisional plasmas; Germanium compounds; Gold compounds; Hadrons; Heavy ion collision; Heavy ions; Meson production; Model calculations; Quantum theory; Quark production; Quark-gluon plasma; Transverse momenta; dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Expanding and Improving Our Library’s Virtual Chat Service: Discovering Best Practices When Demand Increases - Fruehan, Parker; Hellyar, Diana (Information Technology and Libraries, 2021)
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing shutdown of the library building for several months, there was a sudden need to adjust how the Hilton C. Buley Library at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) delivered its services. Overnight, the library’s virtual chat service went from a convenient way to reach a librarian to the primary method by which library patrons contacted the library for help. In this article, the authors will discuss what was learned during this time and how the service has been adjusted to meet user needs. Best practices and future improvements will be discussed.
6 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Number: 3
Keywords: dept.lib; peer-reviewed

Winter's Orphan - Sonnenschein, Dana (O:JA&L (Open: Journal of Arts & Letters), 2021)
Keywords: dept.eng; ⛔ No DOI found

Property, Institutions, and Social Stratification in Africa - Andoh, Samuel K. (African and Asian Studies, 2020)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000600780300006
Keywords: book.review; dept.eco

The roman catholic church in poland after the fall of communism - Gorniak-Kocikowska, Krystyna (Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe, 2020)
WOS:000574619500001
Keywords: dept.phi; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Cine Politico en Mexico (1968-2017) - Hernandez Rodriguez, Rafael (Latin Americanist, 2020)
WOS:000605954800006
Keywords: dept.wll; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Unexpectedly Large Electron Correlation Measured in Auger Spectra of Ferromagnetic Iron Thin Films: Orbital-Selected Coulomb and Exchange Contributions - Gotter, R.; Verna, A.; Sbroscia, M.; Moroni, R.; Bisio, F.; Iacobucci, S.; Offi, F.; Vaidya, S. R.; Ruocco, A.; Stefani, G. (Physical Review Letters, 2020)
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000556273400010
Keywords: dept.phy

Before-School Physical Activity Program's Impact on Social and Emotional Learning - Goh, Tan Leng; Fede, Marybeth H.; Ciotto, Carol; Fede, Jacquelyn (Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2020)
WOS:000544406600085
Keywords: dept.hms; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Beam-energy dependence of identified two-particle angular correlations ins root s(NN)=7.7-200 GeV Au + Au collisions - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review C, 2020)
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000510148200002
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Replication data for Do Monetary Incentives Undermine Performance on Intrinsically Enjoyable Tasks? A Field Test - Esteves-Sorenson, Constanca; Broce, Robert (Harvard Dataverse, 2020)
DRCI:DATA2020157019762240
Keywords: dept.swk

Nature, Ethics and Gender in German Romanticism and Idealism - Harry, Chelsea C. (Idealistic Studies, 2020)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000541068700006
Keywords: dept.phi; peer-reviewed

Development on purpose: Faith and human behavior in the social environment - Howe, Esther (Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work, 2020)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000530988200007
Keywords: dept.swk; peer-reviewed

Measurements of W and Z /γ∗ cross sections and their ratios in p+p collisions at RHIC - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review D, 2021)
We report on the W and Z/γ∗ differential and total cross sections as well as the W+/W− and (W++W−)/(Z/γ∗) cross section ratios measured by the STAR experiment at RHIC in p+p collisions at √s=500 GeV and 510 GeV. The cross sections and their ratios are sensitive to quark and antiquark parton distribution functions. In particular, at leading order, the W cross section ratio is sensitive to the ¯d/¯u ratio. These measurements were taken at high Q2∼M2W,M2Z and can serve as input into global analyses to provide constraints on the sea quark distributions. The results presented here combine three STAR datasets from 2011, 2012, and 2013, accumulating an integrated luminosity of 350 pb−1. We also assess the expected impact that our W+/W− cross section ratios will have on various quark distributions, and find sensitivity to the ¯u−¯d and ¯d/¯u distributions.
11 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Nonmonotonic energy dependence of net-proton number fluctuations - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review Letters, 2021)
Nonmonotonic variation with collision energy (sNN) of the moments of the net-baryon number distribution in heavy-ion collisions, related to the correlation length and the susceptibilities of the system, is suggested as a signature for the quantum chromodynamics critical point. We report the first evidence of a nonmonotonic variation in the kurtosis times variance of the net-proton number (proxy for net-baryon number) distribution as a function of sNN with 3.1 σ significance for head-on (central) gold-on-gold (Au+Au) collisions measured solenoidal tracker at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Data in noncentral Au+Au collisions and models of heavy-ion collisions without a critical point show a monotonic variation as a function of sNN. © 2021 American Physical Society.
101 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.art_number: 092301 tex.coden: PRLTA tex.document_type: Article tex.pubmed_id: 33750161 tex.source: Scopus
Keywords: Colliding beam accelerators; Collision energies; Correlation lengths; Gold; Hadrons; Heavy ion collision; Heavy ions; Ion sources; Monotonic variations; Non-monotonic variation; Number fluctuations; Quantum chromodynamics; Quantum theory; Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider; dept.phy; peer-reviewed

The Vocabulary of Desolation: Intertextual Allusions in Daniel 9.25-27 and the Meaning of Harus? - Scolnic, Benjamin (Bible Translator, 2020)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000601235000006
Keywords: dept.jst; peer-reviewed

Storm of the Sea: Indians & Empires in the Atlantic's Age of Sail - Smith, Jason W. (Journal of American Studies, 2020)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000570682600011
Keywords: dept.his; peer-reviewed

Preserving Maritime America: A Cultural History of the Nation's Great Maritime Museums - Smith, Jason W. (New England Quarterly-a Historical Review of New England Life and Letters, 2020)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000565265800019
Keywords: dept.his

COVID-19 and Youth in Detention - Rowe, William (Child & Youth Services, 2020)
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000605582700034
Keywords: dept.swk; peer-reviewed

Varying Postprandial, Postexercise Nutrient Timing: Effects On Substrate Oxidation And Protein Retention In Resistance-trained Men - Mangone, Laura A.; Lunn, William R. (Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 2020)
WOS:000590026300314
Keywords: dept.hms; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Physical Activity And Bullying In Adolescents With Overweight And Obesity - McCoy, Stephanie M.; Rupp, Kristie (Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 2020)
WOS:000590026301543
Keywords: dept.hms; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Breast feeding Mother's Use of a Supplemental Feeding Tube Device - Penny, Frances; Brownell, Elizabeth; Judge, Michell; McGrath, Jacqueline; Marshall-Crib, Mary (Nursing Research, 2020)
WOS:000534337800297
Keywords: dept.nur; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Guatemala's Catholic Revolution: A History of Religious and Social Reform, 1920-1968. - Kordick, Carmen (Americas, 2020)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000529165900022
Keywords: dept.his; peer-reviewed

Autonomic Dysfunction in Women with Androgen Excess PCOS - Stone, Tori; Leone, Cheryl; Ayers, Thomas; Stachenfeld, Nina (Faseb Journal, 2020)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000546107906321
Keywords: dept.hms; peer-reviewed

Paleoenvironments of Gona, Ethiopia, between 3-1 Mya: Evidence from faunal analysis - Leiss, Amanda C.; Rogers, Michael J.; Semaw, Sileshi (American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2020)
WOS:000513288902015
Keywords: dept.ant; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

They're going to kill me there. Culture, violence and the Cold War in Costa Rica (1979-1990) - Kordick, Carmen (Americas, 2020)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000509713100024
Keywords: dept.his; peer-reviewed

Exploring the optimized social advertising strategy that can generate consumer engagement with green messages on social media - Kyu Kim, Young; Yim, Mark Yi-Cheon; Kim, Eunjin; Reeves, William (Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing, 2020)
Purpose: Given that many consumers are skeptical about environmentally based advertising campaigns, the purpose of this study is to propose an optimized message strategy to facilitate consumer engagement with green messages in social media contexts. Design/methodology/approach: Four empirical studies are conducted using self-report questionnaires to test proposed hypotheses with a focus on the interplay between claim specificity and benefit appeals in green advertising on social media. Findings: The current study examines the interaction effects of claim specificity and benefit appeals on consumer engagement in social media. Specifically, the results reveal that when the message claim is abstract, using other-benefit appeals produces more positive consumer engagement than using self-benefit appeals. Moreover, the results illustrate that self-enhancement motivates consumers to engage with green product advertising messages when the advertising appeal is abstract and the advertising message is associated with benefits for others. Finally, it is found that consumers’ self-construal level moderates the interaction effect of claim specificity and benefit appeals type on consumer engagement on social media. Practical implications: This paper has practical implications to both social media managers and advertisers in the green product industry: a match with advertising claim specificity and construal level (i.e. social distance: self-benefit vs other-benefit) should be ensured to increase consumer engagement on social media. In addition, self-enhancement and self-construal should be considered for a better message strategy in social media contexts. Originality/value: The findings make important contributions to the literature in that we extend the applications of construal level theory to social media contexts as a valid theoretical tool to identify optimized green message strategies. As such, it provides future researchers and practitioners in the domain of green campaigns with useful guidelines to boost more consumption of green products. © 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited.
29 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000607792100001
Keywords: Online consumer behavior; Social media advertising; dept.mkt; peer-reviewed

The Promise of Automated Home-Cage Monitoring in Improving Translational Utility of Psychiatric Research in Rodents. - Mingrone, Alfred; Kaffman, Ayal; Kaffman, Arie (Frontiers in neuroscience, 2020)
Large number of promising preclinical psychiatric studies in rodents later fail in clinical trials, raising concerns about the efficacy of this approach to generate novel pharmacological interventions. In this mini-review we argue that over-reliance on behavioral tests that are brief and highly sensitive to external factors play a critical role in this failure and propose that automated home-cage monitoring offers several advantages that will increase the translational utility of preclinical psychiatric research in rodents. We describe three of the most commonly used approaches for automated home cage monitoring in rodents [e.g., operant wall systems (OWS), computerized visual systems (CVS), and automatic motion sensors (AMS)] and review several commercially available systems that integrate the different approaches. Specific examples that demonstrate the advantages of automated home-cage monitoring over traditional tests of anxiety, depression, cognition, and addiction-like behaviors are highlighted. We conclude with recommendations on how to further expand this promising line of preclinical research. Copyright © 2020 Mingrone, Kaffman and Kaffman.
19 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: Switzerland Mingrone, Alfred. Department of Psychology, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, United States. Kaffman, Ayal. Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States. Kaffman, Arie. Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
Keywords: Actual-HCA; Chora feeder; Intellicage system; PhenoTyper; Review; addiction; anxiety disorder; automated home cage monitoring; automation; behavioral science; cognition; depression; dept.psy; monitoring; nonhuman; peer-reviewed; preclinical study; psychiatry; rodent; rodents; translational research

In-house deals: Agency and information asymmetry perspectives - Chen, Fang; Huang, Jian; Ma, Minghui; Yu, Han (Corporate Ownership and Control, 2021)
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.fin; peer-reviewed

Assessing the resiliency of salt marshes under increasing nitrogen loading - Crosby, Sarah C.; Spiller, Nicole C.; Healy, Devan S.; Brideau, Lauren; Stewart, Luke M.; Vaudrey, Jamie M.P.; Tietz, Kasey E.; Fraboni, Peter J. (Estuaries and Coasts, 2021)
Understanding the threat to ecosystems from excess nitrogen in coastal waters is a priority issue in scientific research and natural resource management. Previous field studies have demonstrated that high nitrogen loading can decrease the health and resiliency of salt marshes through shifting biomass allocation, increasing decomposition, and causing creek bank instability, all of which can lead to increased marsh loss with sea-level rise. However, other studies have shown relatively little impact of increasing nitrogen on the structure and function of these systems. Due to the long history of eutrophication in Long Island Sound, aggressive nitrogen reduction strategies have been enacted in this region, but detrimental nutrient inputs persist at variable levels throughout the watershed. Here, the extent of nitrogen-linked salt marsh change under varying levels of nutrient stress was measured, testing the hypothesis that salt marsh resilience (as measured by Spartina alterniflora belowground biomass and marsh edge stability) decreases with increasing nitrogen loading. S. alterniflora growth (stem height, stem density, and biomass) and within-marsh creek area were quantified in 10 salt marshes along a nitrogen-loading gradient. Increasing nitrogen loading showed a significant negative relationship with dead belowground biomass in S. alterniflora; the loss of this belowground biomass in higher nitrogen systems may decrease salt marshes’ ability to keep pace with sea-level rise. Neither shifts in live biomass allocation nor a positive relationship between aboveground biomass or stem height and increasing nitrogen was observed that might promote additional sediment capture, but higher stem density could play a role in promoting sedimentation on the marsh surface in more sediment-rich systems. Aerial photography analysis revealed marsh creek expansion since 1934 at 90% of the marshes studied, but unlike findings from prior experimental enrichment studies, the rate of marsh loss did not increase with increasing nitrogen loading. Given the importance of these ecosystems and the potential of nitrogen to decrease their resiliency, understanding the impacts of eutrophication on salt marshes is critical. However, these results show that the relative importance of nitrogen in driving salt marsh loss in Long Island Sound may be less than studies from other regions have suggested. © 2021, Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85100334485
Keywords: Spartina alterniflora; dept.egm; peer-reviewed

A PEP grant’s influence on change in a school district: One year post funding - Egan, Cate A.; Abel-Berei, Catherine P.; Karp, Grace Goc (Evaluation and program planning, 2021)
This study examined teachers' and administrators' perceptions of the institutionalization phase of the Carol M. White Physical Education for Progress (PEP) grant. A qualitative exploratory single case study (Yin, 2014) was utilized to examine the elements of the PEP grant that sustained or did not sustain after its conclusion, along with elements that were institutionalized and influences on this process. The findings were represented in the following three themes: (a) positive shifts, (b) backsliding, and (c) new directions, each with their own subthemes. Positive shifts includes sub-themes: (a) philosophy, (b) instruction, assessment and curriculum, (c) collaboration, and (d) respect. Backsliding includes sub-themes: (a) wellness team functioning, (b) the loss of PD and collaboration time, and (c) reduced data collection. New directions includes sub-themes: (a) mastery learning, (b) during school physical activity, (c) stress, and (d) administrative support. The factors that were institutionalized were quality physical education leadership roles, change in teachers' philosophies that influenced their instruction and assessment, and garnered administrative support. These elements were embedded into the physical education program and the school so much so that principals now expect the same type of programming from any new hire. Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: administration; administrative personnel; article; curriculum; dept.hms; funding; health education; human; human experiment; institutional framework; institutionalization; leadership; learning; peer-reviewed; perception; philosophy; physical activity; physical education; physiological stress; primary education; single-case study; student; teacher; teaching

Current activities centered on healthy living and recommendations for the future: A position statement from the HL-PIVOT network - Arena, Ross; Myers, Jonathan; Kaminsky, Leonard A.; Williams, Mark A.; Sabbahi, Ahmad; Popovic, Dejana; Axtell, Robert S.; Faghy, Mark A.; Hills, Andrew P.; Olivares, Silvia Lizett Olivares; Lopez, Mildred; Pronk, Nicolaas P.; et al. (Current Problems in Cardiology, 2021)
We continue to increase our cognizance and recognition of the importance of healthy living (HL) behaviors and HL medicine (HLM) to prevent and treat chronic disease. The continually unfolding events precipitated by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have further highlighted the importance of HL behaviors, as indicated by the characteristics of those who have been hospitalized and died from this viral infection. There has already been recognition that leading a healthy lifestyle, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, may have a substantial protective effect in those who become infected with the virus. Now more than ever, HL behaviors and HLM are essential and must be promoted with a renewed vigor across the globe. In response to the rapidly evolving world since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the clear need to change lifestyle behaviors to promote human resilience and quality of life, the HL for Pandemic Event Protection (HL-PIVOT) network was established. The 4 major areas of focus for the network are: (1) knowledge discovery and dissemination; (2) education; (3) policy; (4) implementation. This HL-PIVOT network position statement provides a current synopsis of the major focus areas of the network, including leading research in the field of HL behaviors and HLM, examples of best practices in education, policy, and implementation, and recommendations for the future. © 2021 Elsevier Inc.
10 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Review tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85103372602
Keywords: Biomedical Research; COVID-19; Cardiorespiratory Fitness; Chronic Disease; Diabetes Mellitus; Diet; Exercise; Health Education; Health Policy; Healthy; Healthy Lifestyle; Humans; Implementation Science; Information Dissemination; Obesity; Patient Education as Topic; Quality of Life; Review; Risk Reduction Behavior; SARS-CoV-2; Sedentary Behavior; Smoking Cessation; Type 2; body mass; cardiorespiratory fitness; chronic disease; coronavirus disease 2019; dept.hms; education; epidemiology; exercise; health; health behavior; health care personnel; health care planning; health care policy; health education; health promotion; healthy diet; healthy lifestyle; healthy living medicine; human; information dissemination; knowledge; knowledge discovery; law; lifestyle; medical research; medicine; non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; nutrition; obesity; pandemic; patient education; peer-reviewed; physical activity; psychological resilience; quality of life; risk reduction; sedentary lifestyle; sleep; smoking cessation; syndemic; unhealthy lifestyle behavior

Stakeholders’ perspectives on the effects of a PEP grant on a district-wide CSPAP - Abel-Berei, Catherine P.; Karp, Grace Goc; Fennell, Marcis; Drake, Elisa M.; Olsen, Simon (Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2021)
A Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP) can help children be physically active for 60 min/day. Physical Education for Progress grants provided opportunities to improve physical education and physical activity programming. Purpose: This study explored stakeholders' perspectives on the effects of a Physical Education for Progress grant on a district-wide CSPAP. Method: Stakeholders included physical educators (n = 10; K-12), administrators (n = 6), and one superintendent. Individual, semistructured interviews were used to examine how the grant affected stakeholders' perspectives of the CSPAP. Results: The grant affected the CSPAP by providing (a) opportunities for professional development, (b) opportunities to establish a K-12 curriculum map, and (c) access to equipment and resources. Discussion: Framed in social ecological theory, intrapersonal, interpersonal, institutional, and community levels were influenced by the grant. Interactions between levels enabled changes in all CSPAP components, especially quality PE. Conclusion: A Physical Education for Progress grant is a successful mechanism to enhance a district-wide CSPAP. © 2021 Human Kinetics, Inc.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85099226945
Keywords: dept.hms; peer-reviewed

Health in the Inca heartland: A paleopathological analysis of burials from the Cuzco region of Peru - Andrushko, Valerie A. (International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2021)
While much is known about the rise and expansion of the Inca Empire (AD 1438–1532) throughout the Andean region of South America, the health effects of the empire in its capital region remain unclear. The present study addresses the Inca Empire's impact on health in the Cuzco region of Peru through an analysis of four conditions (dental enamel hypoplasias, cribra orbitalia, porotic hyperostosis and periosteal lesions) in 929 pre-Inca and Inca burials. The study results show little change in health from the Late Intermediate Period (AD 1000–1438) to the Inca Imperial Period (AD 1438–1532). When the location of the Inca burial sites was analysed, individuals from sites closest to the centre of the empire's capital showed lower frequencies in pathological conditions compared with individuals from sites in the countryside. These results suggest that individuals centred in the Inca imperial sphere benefited from their position and experienced better health. A similar finding was also seen with the previous Wari occupation of Cuzco in the Middle Horizon (AD 600–1000), as burials within the Wari imperial sphere exhibited fewer non-specific stress indicators than those outside of it. Overall, the frequencies of pathological conditions in the Cuzco region, which ranged from 4.6% for porotic hyperostosis to 18.8% for periosteal lesions, were lower than frequencies from many coastal Peruvian sites. These differences may relate to a diverse diet provided by the Cuzco region ecosystem, as well as the absence of ecological challenges that affected coastal populations. © 2021 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85103956435
Keywords: dept.ant; peer-reviewed

Hybrid methods for locating and excavating early historical conflict-related domestic sites - Farley, William A.; McBride, Kevin A.; Willison, Megan K. (Historical Archaeology, 2021)
Since 2012, the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center in Mashantucket, Connecticut, in collaboration with the University of Connecticut, has carried out a research program to survey and document the battlefields of the Pequot War (1636–1637). The unique nature of the project has required the refinement of the long-standing field methods of battlefield archaeology. In this article, we argue that these techniques, while originally developed to explore sites of conflict, can be operationalized to locate 17th-century indigenous domestic sites. We describe this modified method and provide a site-specific case study to present its efficacy. © 2021, Society for Historical Archaeology.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85103623906
Keywords: dept.ant; peer-reviewed

Ferrar large igneous province: petrology - Elliot, David H.; Fleming, Thomas H. (Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 2021)
The Lower Jurassic Ferrar Large Igneous Province consists predominantly of intrusive rocks, which crop out over a distance of 3500 km. In comparison, extrusive rocks are more restricted geographically. Geochemically, the province is divided into the Mount Fazio Chemical Type, forming more than 99% of the exposed province, and the Scarab Peak Chemical Type, which in the Ross Sea sector is restricted to the uppermost lava. The former exhibits a range of compositions (SiO2 = 52–59%; MgO = 9.2–2.6%; Zr = 60–175 ppm; Sri = 0.7081– 0.7138; εNd = −6.0 to −3.8), whereas the latter has a restricted composition (SiO2 = c. 58%; MgO = c. 2.3%; Zr = c. 230 ppm; Sri = 0.7090–0.7097; εNd = −4.4 to −4.1). Both chemical types are characterized by enriched initial isotope compositions of neodymium and strontium, low abundances of high field strength elements, and crust-like trace element patterns. The most basic rocks, olivine-bearing dolerites, indicate that these geochemical characteristics were inherited from a mantle source modified by subduction processes, possibly the incorporation of sediment. In one model, magmas were derived from a linear source having multiple sites of generation each of which evolved to yield, in sum, the province-wide coherent geochemistry. The preferred interpretation is that the remarkably coherent geochemistry and short duration of emplacement demonstrate derivation from a single source inferred to have been located in the proto-Weddell Sea region. The spatial variation in geochemical characteristics of the lavas suggests distinct magma batches erupted at the surface, whereas no clear geographical pattern is evident for intrusive rocks. © 2021. The Author(s).
7 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.esc; peer-reviewed

Ferrar large igneous province: volcanology - Elliot, David H.; White, James D. L.; Fleming, Thomas H. (Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 2021)
Preserved rocks in the Jurassic Ferrar Large Igneous Province consist mainly of intrusions, and extrusive rocks, the topic of this chapter, comprise the remaining small component. They crop out in a limited number of areas in the Transantarctic Mountains and southeastern Australia. They consist of thick sequences of lavas and sporadic occurrences of volcaniclastic rocks. The latter occur mainly beneath the lavas and represent the initial eruptive activity, but also are present within the lava sequence. The majority are basaltic phreatomagmatic deposits and in at least two locations form immense phreatocauldrons filled with structureless tuff breccias and lapilli tuffs with thicknesses of as much as 400 m. Stratified sequences of tuff breccias, lapilli tuffs and tuffs are up to 200 m thick. Thin tuff beds are sparsely distributed in the lava sequences. Lava successions are mainly 400–500 m thick, and comprise individual lavas ranging from 1 to 230 m thick, although most are in the range of 10–100 m. Well-defined colonnade and entablature are seldom displayed. Lava sequences were confined topographically and locally ponded. Water played a prominent role in eruptive activity, as exhibited by phreatomagmatism, hyaloclastites, pillow lava and quenching of lavas. Vents for lavas have yet to be identified. © 2021. The Author(s).
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.esc; peer-reviewed

Investigating prospective teachers’ TPACK and their use of mathematical action technologies as they create screencast video lessons on iPads - Bonafini, Fernanda Cesar; Lee, Younhee (TechTrends : for leaders in education & training, 2021)
The increasing number of technological devices available in schools, aligned with curriculum guidance, set an expectation for mathematics teachers to incorporate these devices into their teaching. This qualitative study investigated prospective teachers’ use of TPACK and mathematical action technologies as they created screencast video lessons using iPads. Results showed prospective teachers’ effective use of pedagogical techniques and the screencast app as an amplifier tool, according to the amplifier-reorganizer metaphor. Half of the participants used mathematics technology to confirm and expand the results they had found without technology. The other half had mathematics technology integrated into their solution exercising the balance among TPACK components. For some, their use of the mathematical tool had the potential of expanding the mathematical repertoire of virtual students. We conclude by making recommendations for teacher educators to implement cycles of learning for pre-service teachers to design, enact, and reflect upon the creation of screencast video lessons. © 2021, Association for Educational Communications & Technology.
8 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85100189375
Keywords: dept.mat; peer-reviewed

Plagiarism as a social contract, a new way to approach plagiarism - Gregory, Jess L. (Journal of Academic Ethics, 2021)
Most cases of plagiarism involve a power differential where not every person has the same ability to enter into a social contract. A social contract requires that each party understands the expectations or norms of the contract, has a voice in setting or changing the norms and has the ability to exit the contract. If those with less power want to gain power then they have to engage in activities bound by norms set by others with little or no ability to exit and no voice. Even if one determines that it is an option to choose a role that requires academic writing, even at the earliest grades, then the social contract demands a shared norm of what constitutes correct behavior. This study reviewed the abstracts of articles indexed in Google Scholar from 1999–2019 through the lens of integrative social contract theory (ISCT) and found, in the case of plagiarism, an existing consensus of correct behavior does not exist. Recommendations for establishing a social contract conclude the article.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85103650269
Keywords: dept.edl; peer-reviewed

Multimodal person detection system - Barello, Philip; Hossain, Shafaeat (Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2021)
Person detection is often critical for personal safety, property protection, and national security. Most person detection technologies implement unimodal classification, making predictions based on a single sensor data modality, which is most often vision. There are many ways to defeat unimodal person detectors, and many more reasons to ensure technologies responsible for detecting the presence of a person are accurate and precise. In this paper, we design and implement a multimodal person detection system which can acquire data from multiple sensors and detect persons based on a variety of unimodal classifications and multimodal fusions. We present two methods of generating system-level predictions: (1) device perspectives which makes a final decision based on multiple device-level predictions and (2) system perspectives which combines data samples from multiple devices into a single data sample and then makes a decision. Our experimental results show that system-level predictions from system perspectives are generally more accurate than system-level predictions from device perspectives. We achieve an accuracy of 100%, zero false positive rate and zero false negative rate with fusion of system perspectives motion and distance data. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC part of Springer Nature.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85099450439
Keywords: Design and implements; False negative rate; False positive rates; Forecasting; Generating system; Multi-modal fusion; Multiple devices; National security; Person detection; Property protection; dept.csc; peer-reviewed

Risk factors and comorbidities associated to cardiovascular disease in qatar: A machine learning based case-control study - Al-Absi, Hamada R. H.; Refaee, Mahmoud Ahmed; Rehman, Atiq ur; Islam, Mohammad Tariqul; Belhaouari, Samir Brahim; Alam, Tanvir (IEEE access : practical innovations, open solutions, 2021)
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is reported to be the leading cause of mortality in the middle eastern countries, including Qatar. But no comprehensive study has been conducted on the Qatar specific CVD risk factors identification. The objective of this case-control study was to develop machine learning (ML) model distinguishing healthy individuals from people having CVD, which could ultimately reveal the list of potential risk factors associated to CVD in Qatar. To the best of our knowledge, this study considered the largest collection of biomedical measurements representing the anthropometric measurements, clinical biomarkers, bioimpedance, spirometry, VICORDER readings, and behavioral factors of the CVD group from Qatar Biobank (QBB). CatBoost model achieved 93% accuracy, thereby outperforming the existing model for the same purpose. Interestingly, combining multimodal datasets into the proposed ML model outperformed the ML model built upon currently known risk factors for CVD, emphasizing the importance of incorporating other clinical biomarkers into consideration for CVD diagnosis plan. The ablation study on the multimodal dataset from QBB revealed that physio-clinical and bioimpedance measurements have the most distinguishing power to classify these two groups irrespective of gender and age of the participants. Multiple feature subset selection techniques confirmed known CVD risk factors (blood pressure, lipid profile, smoking, sedentary life, and diabetes), and identified potential novel risk factors linked to CVD-related comorbidities such as renal disorder (e.g., creatinine, uric acid, homocysteine, albumin), atherosclerosis (intima media thickness), hypercoagulable state (fibrinogen), and liver function (e.g., alkaline phosphate, gamma-glutamyl transferase). Moreover, the inclusion of the proposed novel factors into the ML model provides better performance than the model with traditional known risk factors for CVD. The association of the proposed risk factors and comorbidities are required to be investigated in clinical setup to understand their role in CVD better. © 2013 IEEE.
17 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85100930619
Keywords: Anthropometric measurement; Anthropometry; Bioimpedance measurement; Biomarkers; Biomedical measurements; Blood pressure; Cardiology; Cardiovascular disease; Classification (of information); Diagnosis; Disease control; Diseases; Healthy individuals; Intima-media thickness; Machine learning; Multi-modal dataset; Multimodal datasets; Turing machines; dept.csc; peer-reviewed

Open code biometric tap pad for smartphones - Haberfeld, Carl; Hossain, Shafaeat; Lancor, Lisa (Journal of Information Security and Applications, 2021)
Poor security practices among smartphone users, such as the use of simple, easily guessed passcodes for logins, are a result of the effort required to memorize stronger ones. In this paper, we devise a concept of “open code” biometric tap pad to authenticate smartphone users, which eliminates the need of memorizing secret codes. A biometric tap pad consists of a grid of buttons each labeled with a unique digit. The user attempting to log into the phone will tap these buttons in a given sequence. He/she will not memorize this tap sequence. Instead, the sequence will be displayed on the screen. The focus here is how the user types the sequence. This typing behavior is used for authentication. An open code biometric tap pad has several advantages, such as (1) users do not need to memorize passcodes, (2) manufacturers do not need to include extra sensors, and (3) onlookers have no chance to practice shoulder-surfing. We designed three tap pads and incorporated them into an Android app. We evaluated the performance of these tap pads by experimenting with three sequence styles and five different fingers: two thumbs, two index fingers, and the “usual” finger. We collected data from 33 participants over two weeks. We tested three machine learning algorithms: Support Vector Machine, Artificial Neural Network, and Random Forest. Experimental results show significant promise of open code biometric tap pads as a solution to the problem of weak smartphone security practices used by a large segment of the population.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Authentication; Biometrics; Decision trees; Extra sensors; Fasteners; Index finger; Learning algorithms; Mobile security; Neural networks; Open codes; Secret code; Security Practice; Security systems; Shoulder surfing; Smartphone securities; Smartphones; Support vector machines; Typing behaviors; dept.csc; peer-reviewed

Correction to: Abnormalities of aspiration and swallowing function in survivors of acute respiratory failure - Langmore, Susan E.; Krisciunas, Gintas P.; Warner, Heather L.; White, S. David; Dvorkin, Daniel; Fink, Daniel S.; McNally, Edel; Scheel, Rebecca; Higgins, Carrie; Levitt, Joseph E.; McKeehan, Jeffrey; Deane, Sandra; et al. (Dysphagia, 2021)
Due to the errors occurred in the originally published version, this article is being reprinted in its entirety as Correction. All errors have been corrected. It is the correct version. © 2021, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.cmd; erratum; peer-reviewed

Empirical insights into college students’ academic reading comprehension in the united states - Kalbfleisch, Elizabeth; Schmitt, Elena; Zipoli, Richard P. (Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2021)
This article reports on a collaborative research project involving faculty in writing studies, communication disorders, and applied linguistics that sought to empirically describe the reading skills of students (N = 910) in freshman composition classes at one college and two universities in the northeast United States. The research team developed and administered a questionnaire that evaluated students’ reading abilities according to six categories: inferential ability, background knowledge, general comprehension, vocabulary, figurative language/jargon, and morphosyntactic structures (grammar/syntax). Our statistically significant results showed that students scored best in the categories of background knowledge and general comprehension, which are well researched in a college population. However, students struggled in categories such as figurative language/jargon and morpho-syntactic structures, which are not well researched in a college population. Further, comprehension seemed generally discrete (understanding specific points of an essay) rather than holistic (indicated by an ability synthesize those points into a general statement about the author’s thesis). These findings suggest that further empirical research in this area will help describe the reading skills of college students and consequently will inform the development of pedagogical approaches that more effectively address students’ current needs. © 2021 College Reading and Learning Association.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85101017685
Keywords: dept.cmd; dept.eng; dept.wll; peer-reviewed

A continuum of genetic mixing for conservation management along the (mal)adaptation spectrum: A comment on Hoffmann et al. - Crispo, Erika; Derry, Alison M.; Brady, Steven P. (Evolutionary Applications, 2021)
When restoring gene flow for conservation management, genetic variation should be viewed along a continuum of genetic divergence between donor and recipient populations. On the one hand, maintaining local adaptation (low divergence between donors and recipients) can enhance conservation success in the short term. On the other hand, reducing local adaptation in the short term by increasing genetic diversity (high divergence between some donors and recipients) might have better long-term success in the face of changing environmental conditions. Both Hoffman et al. (2020) and a paper we previously published in a Special Issue on Maladaptation in Applied Conservation (Derry et al., 2019) provide frameworks and syntheses for how best to apply conservation strategies in light of genetic variation and adaptation. A key difference between these two studies was that whereas Derry et al. (2019) performed a quantitative meta-analysis, Hoffman et al. (2020) relied on case studies and theoretical considerations, yielding slightly different conclusions. We here provide a summary of the two studies and contrast of the main similarities and differences between them, while highlighting terminology used to describe and explain main concepts. © 2021 The Authors. Evolutionary Applications published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Note tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85099868646
Keywords: dept.bio; peer-reviewed

Impact of risk aversion, reactance proneness and risk appraisal on travel destination risk perception: - Prince, Melvin; Kim, Young Kyu (Journal of Vacation Marketing, 2021)
The aim of the study is to investigate the motivational effects of tourist traits and risk appraisal on tourist destination risk perception. Risk appraisal involves subjective estimates of vulnerability to a threat and the threat’s consequential severity. Fear levels influence both of these elements of risk appraisal. Individual differences in reactance proneness and risk aversion are introduced into the study model to more fully account for differences in travel destination risk perceptions. The study design involves US adults, who have used their passports for international travel in the past 5 years. Travel risk assessments were studied for four destination sites: London, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur and Istanbul. A general structural model is developed to test hypotheses about antecedents and consequents of risk appraisal and destination risk perception. © The Author(s) 2021.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85100166276
Keywords: dept.mkt; peer-reviewed

Toward early literacy as a site of belonging - Souto-Manning, Mariana; Ghim, Hyeyoung; Madu, Nicole K. (Reading Teacher, 2021)
Drawing connections between traditional notions of academic language and literacy and long‐standing systems of marginalization and exclusion, in this article, we invite you to (re)read and (re)story early literacy in the pursuit of linguistic justice.
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85103555117
Keywords: dept.cur; peer-reviewed

Audiovisual speech perception in children with autism spectrum disorders: Evidence from visual phonemic restoration. - Irwin, Julia; Avery, Trey; Kleinman, Daniel; Landi, Nicole (Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2021)
Children with autism spectrum disorders have been reported to be less influenced by a speaker’s face during speech perception than those with typically development. To more closely examine these reported differences, a novel visual phonemic restoration paradigm was used to assess neural signatures (event-related potentials [ERPs]) of audiovisual processing in typically developing children and in children with autism spectrum disorder. Video of a speaker saying the syllable /ba/ was paired with (1) a synthesized /ba/ or (2) a synthesized syllable derived from /ba/ in which auditory cues for the consonant were substantially weakened, thereby sounding more like /a/. The auditory stimuli are easily discriminable; however, in the context of a visual /ba/, the auditory /a/ is typically perceived as /ba/, producing a visual phonemic restoration. Only children with ASD showed a large /ba/-/a/ discrimination response in the presence of a speaker producing /ba/, suggesting reduced influence of visual speech. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC part of Springer Nature.
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85101748846
Keywords: Auditory Perception; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Child; Cues; Evoked Potentials; Humans; Speech; Speech Perception; Visual Perception; association; autism; child; dept.psy; evoked response; hearing; human; peer-reviewed; speech; speech perception; vision

The offspring of alcohol-exposed sires exhibit heightened ethanol intake and behavioral alterations in the elevated plus maze. - Koabel, Jennifer; McNivens, Meghan; McKee, Paul; Pautassi, Ricardo; Bordner, Kelly; Nizhnikov, Michael (Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.), 2021)
Research suggests that addictive traits are indeed heritable, but very few preclinical studies have explored transgenerational effects of paternal alcohol exposure. The present study addressed this gap in knowledge. We explored whether offspring of ethanol-exposed sires would be more likely to accept ethanol than descendants of water-exposed and control sires. We also investigated whether the second generation of ethanol-exposed descendants would accept ethanol more than controls and were more or less likely to experience anxiety-like behavior in behavioral assessments. We exposed male rats to repeated binge doses of alcohol (4 g/kg/day across 8 days), water, or left them untreated and mated them with untreated females. We then bred the offspring of these rats to test transgenerational effects of paternal alcohol exposure. We tested 14-day-old offspring from the first and second filial generation for their acceptance of ethanol and water, and measured anxiety-like behavior in 38-day-old, second-generation offspring using an elevated plus maze. The results indicate that offspring of ethanol-exposed sires increase ethanol acceptance in the first generation compared to untreated controls, whereas in the second-generation increased ethanol acceptance vs. these controls is seen in descendants of both ethanol- and vehicle-treated sires. At adolescence, the second generation of rats derived from alcohol-exposed sires exhibited significantly more time spent in the open arms and significantly more arm entries than any other group. The present study suggests that parental ethanol exposure is associated with lingering effects in the infant and adolescent offspring. The second filial generation was also found to be affected, albeit similarly by grandparental ethanol exposure or by the stress of the vehicle administration. Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: United States Koabel, Jennifer. Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, New York, 11794, United States. Electronic address: Jennifer.Koabel@stonybrook.edu. McNivens, Meghan. Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, New York, 11794, United States. McKee, Paul. Southern Connecticut State University, 501 Crescent St., New Haven, CT, 06515, United States. Pautassi, Ricardo. Instituto de Investigaciones Medicas M. y M. Ferreyra (INIMEC-CONICET), Friuli 2434, Cordoba, Cba, 5016, Argentina. Bordner, Kelly. Southern Connecticut State University, 501 Crescent St., New Haven, CT, 06515, United States. Nizhnikov, Michael. Southern Connecticut State University, 501 Crescent St., New Haven, CT, 06515, United States.
Keywords: Addictive; Alcohol Drinking; Animals; Anxiety; Article; Behavior; Elevated Plus Maze Test; Ethanol; Male; Maze Learning; Rats; Sprague Dawley rat; addiction; adolescence; adolescent; adult; alcohol; alcohol consumption; animal; animal experiment; animal model; anxiety; behavior disorder; binge drinking; breeding; concentration (parameter); controlled study; dept.psy; drinking behavior; elevated plus maze test; experience; exposure; female; grandparent; inhibitory control; male; maze test; newborn; nonhuman; paternal exposure; peer-reviewed; progeny; rat; sire; vertical transmission; water

Measurement of Motivation States for Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior: Development and Validation of the CRAVE Scale. - Stults-Kolehmainen, Matthew A; Blacutt, Miguel; Fogelman, Nia; Gilson, Todd A; Stanforth, Philip R; Divin, Amanda L; Bartholomew, John B; Filgueiras, Alberto; McKee, Paul C; Ash, Garrett I; Ciccolo, Joseph T; Brotnow Decker, Line; et al. (Frontiers in psychology, 2021)
Physical activity, and likely the motivation for it, varies throughout the day. The aim of this investigation was to create a short assessment (CRAVE: Cravings for Rest and Volitional Energy Expenditure) to measure motivation states (wants, desires, urges) for physical activity and sedentary behaviors. Five studies were conducted to develop and evaluate the construct validity and reliability of the scale, with 1,035 participants completing the scale a total of 1,697 times. In Study 1, 402 university students completed a questionnaire inquiring about the want or desire to perform behaviors "at the present moment (right now). " Items related to physical activity (e.g., "move my body") and sedentary behaviors (e.g., "do nothing active"). An exploratory structural equation model (ESEM) revealed that 10 items should be retained, loading onto two factors (5 each for Move and Rest). In Study 2, an independent sample (n = 444) confirmed these results and found that Move and Rest desires were associated with stage-of-change for exercise behavior. In Study 3, 127 community-residing participants completed the CRAVE at 6-month intervals over two years- two times each session. Across-session interclass correlations (ICC) for Move (ICC = 0.72-0.95) and Rest (ICC = 0.69-0.88) were higher than when they were measured across 24-months (Move: ICC = 0.53; Rest: ICC = 0.49), indicating wants/desires have state-like qualities. In Study 4, a maximal treadmill test was completed by 21 university students. The CRAVE was completed immediately pre and post. Move desires decreased 26% and Rest increased 74%. Changes in Move and Rest desires were moderately associated with changes in perceived physical fatigue and energy. In Study 5, 41 university students sat quietly during a 50-min lecture. They completed the CRAVE at 3 time points. Move increased 19.6% and Rest decreased 16.7%. Small correlations were detected between move and both perceived energy and tiredness, but not calmness or tension. In conclusion, the CRAVE scale has good psychometric properties. These data also support tenets of the WANT model of motivation states for movement and rest (Stults-Kolehmainen et al., 2020a). Future studies need to explore how desires to move/rest relate to dynamic changes in physical activity and sedentarism. Copyright © 2021 Stults-Kolehmainen, Blacutt, Fogelman, Gilson, Stanforth, Divin, Bartholomew, Filgueiras, McKee, Ash, Ciccolo, Brotnow Decker, Williamson and Sinha.
11 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: Switzerland Stults-Kolehmainen, Matthew A. Digestive Health Multispecialty Clinic, Yale - New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, United States. Stults-Kolehmainen, Matthew A. Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States. Blacutt, Miguel. Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States. Fogelman, Nia. Yale Stress Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States. Gilson, Todd A. Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, United States. Stanforth, Philip R. Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States. Divin, Amanda L. Department of Health and Human Performance, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA, United States. Bartholomew, John B. Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States. Filgueiras, Alberto. Department of Cognition and Human Development, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. McKee, Paul C. Department of Psychology, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, United States. Ash, Garrett I. Pain, Research, Informatics, Medical Comorbidities and Education Center (PRIME), VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, United States. Ash, Garrett I. Center for Medical Informatics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States. Ciccolo, Joseph T. Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States. Brotnow Decker, Line. Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States. Brotnow Decker, Line. Division of Mental Health, Akershus University Hospital, Lorenskog, Norway. Williamson, Susannah L. Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States. Sinha, Rajita. Yale Stress Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States. Sinha, Rajita. Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
Keywords: dept.psy; peer-reviewed

Defense against outside competition is linked to cooperation in male-male partnerships - Hellmann, Jennifer K.; Stiver, Kelly A.; Marsh-Rollo, Susan; Alonzo, Suzanne H. (Behavioral Ecology, 2020)
Male–male competition is a well-known driver of reproductive success and sexually selected traits in many species. However, in some species, males work together to court females or defend territories against male competitors. Dominant (nesting) males sire most offspring, but subordinate (satellite) males are better able to obtain fertilizations relative to unpartnered males. Because satellites only gain reproductive success by sneaking, there has been much interest in identifying the mechanisms enforcing satellite cooperation (defense) and reducing satellite sneaking. One such potential mechanism is outside competition: unpartnered satellites can destabilize established male partnerships and may force partnered satellites to restrain from cheating to prevent the dominant male from replacing them with an unpartnered satellite. Here, we manipulated perceived competition in the Mediterranean fish Symphodus ocellatus by presenting an “intruding” satellite male to established nesting and satellite male pairs. Focal satellite aggression to the intruder was higher when focal satellites were less cooperative, suggesting that satellites increase aggression to outside competitors when their social position is less stable. In contrast, nesting male aggression to the intruder satellite increased as spawning activity increased, suggesting that nesting males increase their defense toward outside competitors when their current relationship is productive. We found no evidence of altered spawning activity or nesting/satellite male interactions before and after the presentation. These results collectively suggest that response to outside competition is directly linked to behavioral dynamics between unrelated male partners and may be linked to conflict and cooperation in ways that are similar to group-living species.
8 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000537266400017
Keywords: Satellites; Symphodus ocellatus; alternative reproductive tactics; biological market theory; cooperation; cooperative behavior; defense mechanism; dept.psy; interspecific competition; intraspecific interaction; outside options; peer-reviewed; satellite male; sneak

The Diagnosis of Autism: From Kanner to DSM-III to DSM-5 and Beyond - Rosen, Nicole E.; Lord, Catherine; Volkmar, Fred R. (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021)
In this paper we review the impact of DSM-III and its successors on the field of autism—both in terms of clinical work and research. We summarize the events leading up to the inclusion of autism as a “new” official diagnostic category in DSM-III, the subsequent revisions of the DSM, and the impact of the official recognition of autism on research. We discuss the uses of categorical vs. dimensional approaches and the continuing tensions around broad vs. narrow views of autism. We also note some areas of current controversy and directions for the future.
Keywords: Article; Asperger syndrome; Autism; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Autistic Disorder; Categorical; DSM; DSM-5; DSM-III; DSM-IV; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Dimensional; History; Humans; ICD-10; ICD-11; Psychology; Recognition; autism; clinical feature; clinical research; cognition; cultural factor; dept.sed; dept.swk; developing country; echolalia; ethnic group; human; language ability; medical history; peer-reviewed; pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified; psychiatric diagnosis; psychological aspect; race; sex difference; social class; symptom; tension

The past and future of social group work in Germany: contributions of Louis Lowy - Gardella, Lorrie Greenhouse (Social Work with Groups, 2021)
Louis Lowy (1920 to 1991), the international social work educator, remembered surviving the Holocaust as a formative professional experience. After joining the faculty of Boston University School of Social Work, Lowy returned to Germany every summer for 20 years to help restore social work education. This SPARC project, “The Past and Future of Social Group Work in Germany: Contributions of Louis Lowy,” was proposed in collaboration with Klaus-Martin Ellerbrock and the German Chapter of IASWG at the height of the 2015 global refugee crisis, when Germany admitted more than one million refugees. The purposes of the project were to encourage ongoing international scholarship on the implications of Lowy’s teachings for social work with groups; to facilitate research and writing from an international perspective on group work with migrants and other disenfranchised populations; and to foster international collaborations among group workers in the spirit of Louis Lowy. © 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85102314456
Keywords: dept.swk; peer-reviewed

Masculine embodiment among sexual minorities in a women’s prison - Smoyer, Amy B.; Divita, David; Perrault, Allison (Australian Social Work, 2021)
Sexual minority women are disproportionately incarcerated and more likely to experience structural and interpersonal violence while incarcerated than heterosexual cisgender women. To build knowledge about this population and inform social work practice, theories of embodiment were used to conduct thematic analysis of five interviews with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer masculine-identified people who had been incarcerated in a women’s prison. This analysis explicates how participants used bodily practices to construct gender and communicate identity to themselves and others. Uniforms, prison regulations, and physical manifestations of female embodiment complicated these efforts. Participants described the ways in which they monitored and evaluated their own bodies while also managing the constant surveillance of their bodies by others. Taken together, these findings explicate the ways in which participants’ bodies were produced both through their actions and the external gaze of others. Implications for social work include exploration of language and masculinity in practice settings and suggestions for correctional policies. Findings encourage inclusion of non-binary frameworks and increased attention to the embodied self in order to expand understandings of human behaviour in the social environment. IMPLICATIONS Interpret with caution any information about gender identity surmised from intake forms and observation of clients’ bodily practices. Ask clients to describe their gender identity. Prioritise correctional policies that promote the health and safety of incarcerated people and staff over policies that enforce social norms related to gender and have no implications on security. Encourage re-entry service providers to collaborate with LGBTIQA+ organisations that provide social support to clients who identify as sexual minorities. © 2021 Australian Association of Social Workers.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85101127893
Keywords: LGBTQIA+ people; adult; article; attention; correctional facility; dept.swk; female; gaze; gender identity; human; interview; language; male; masculinity; organization; peer-reviewed; security; social environment; social norm; social support; social work practice; thematic analysis

‘Suppression on top of oppression’: A symbolic interactionist perspective on the affective experience of incarceration - Umamaheswar, Janani (The British Journal of Criminology, 2021)
Penological research has extensively documented how incarcerated men's identities are shaped by the prison setting, highlighting how these men cope with and adapt to the 'pains of imprisonment' through careful emotion management. Significantly less research has focused explicitly on the role of emotion in incarcerated men's constructions of their selves. In this article, I draw on 24 in-depth interviews with incarcerated men to reveal how the prison setting generates negative emotions (such as sadness, shame, humiliation, and anger) that in turn perpetuate the isolation that these men face. Emotions thus constitute an overlooked source of these men's social marginalization. Additionally, I draw on theoretical literature derived from symbolic interactionism (and identity theory in particular) to explore how participants cope with, and make efforts to overcome, their negative emotions by engaging in active emotion and identity work centred on constructing morality narratives of pride, self-worth, and superiority. © 2021 The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (ISTD). All rights reserved.
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.swk; peer-reviewed

“On the street, the only person you gotta bow down to is yourself”: Masculinity, homelessness, and incarceration - Umamaheswar, Janani (Justice Quarterly, 2021)
Despite the well-established link between homelessness and incarceration, very little qualitative research has focused on the social processes that underlie this nexus. In this article, I draw on 19 in-depth interviews with incarcerated men who reported pre-prison housing instability, supplemented with 5 interviews with formerly-incarcerated men experiencing homelessness, to explore the gendered nature of the homelessness-incarceration nexus. I propose the concept of “liberative instability”—defined as an unfettered lifestyle characterized by double-edged freedom and independence—to explore the changing meaning of homelessness in men’s narratives of their life course. Additionally, I explore how themes of masculinity and liberative instability are embedded in men’s narratives of freedom and confinement as they reflect on their experiences with homelessness and incarceration. These findings animate existing quantitative research by highlighting that the homelessness-incarceration nexus cannot be understood fully or disrupted without considering the significance of age-graded cultural scripts regarding masculinity. © 2021 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Homelessness; dept.soc; incarceration; masculinity; peer-reviewed; the life course

Correlates of Strength and Balance Training Exercises in Older African American Adults. - Jiakponnah, Nwanyieze; Ngozi MD, MPH; Unson, Christine; Chukwurah, Queendaleen; Chinenye MD, MPH (Gerontologist, 2021)
Background and Objectives: This study investigated the behavioral and psychological correlates of strength and balance training (SBT) participation among older African Americans. Research Design and Methods: A cross-sectional survey of 90 older African Americans (M = 66.7 ± 8.7 years; 70% female) was conducted to assess correlates of intention to undertake SBT exercises and the number of days that they currently engage in SBT. The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and the threat appraisal of the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) were used as frameworks for the analyses. Results: The intention to do SBT exercises was positively associated with favorable attitudes and subjective norm, knowledge about the benefits of SBT, and hours worked per week. The frequency of SBT participation was significantly correlated with behavioral intention, high fear of falling, and a low score on the kinesiophobia scale. Discussion and Implications: This study demonstrated the utility of the TPB and PMT's threat appraisal construct in modeling intention and number of days of SBT participation among African American older adults. The study affirmed the link between intention and behavior and between knowledge of the benefits of SBT and intention. Fear of falling's positive association with days of SBT suggests that respondents' saw SBT's efficacy in reducing falls. The unique contributions of this study are the inclusions of kinesiophobia as a correlate and multiple threat appraisals in the PMT. Health promotion interventions should consider the interrelationship among these constructs. © 2021 The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. All rights reserved.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: (C) Copyright Oxford University Press 2021.
Keywords: Accidental Falls; African American; African Americans; Aged; Attitude; Cross-Sectional Studies; Exercise; Fear; Fear of falling; Female; Humans; Intention; Kinesiophobia; Male; Psychological Theory; Subjective norm; Surveys and Questionnaires; Theory of Planned Behavior; adult; aged; article; behavior; controlled study; cross-sectional study; dept.pch; exercise; falling; fear; fear of falling; female; health promotion; human; male; motivation; peer-reviewed; prevention and control; psychological theory; questionnaire; theoretical study

The Socialization of Unpaid Family Caregivers: A Scoping Review. - McAllum, Kirstie; Simpson, Mary; Unson, Christine; Fox, Stephanie; Kilpatrick, Kelley (Res Aging, 2021)
As unpaid family caregiving of older adults becomes increasingly prevalent, it is imperative to understand how family caregivers are socialized and how they understand the caregiving role. This PRISMA-ScR-based scoping review examines the published literature between 1995-2019 on the socialization of potential and current unpaid family caregivers of older adults. Of 4,599 publications identified, 47 were included. Three perspectives of socialization were identified: (1) role acculturation; (2) role negotiation and identification; and (3) specialized role learning. The findings show how socialization involves different contexts (e.g., cultures), imperatives for action (e.g., circumstances), socialization agents (e.g., family), processes (e.g., modeling), and internal (e.g., normalization) and external (e.g., identification) consequences for caregivers. Future research could fruitfully explore how caregivers manage key turning points within the socialization process, disengage from the caregiving role, and negotiate the socialization and individualization processes within diverse cultural and funding contexts., (C)2021Sage Publications
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: (C)2021Sage Publications
Keywords: Aged; Caregivers; Family; Humans; Socialization; aged; care behavior; caregiver; caregiving; cultural factor; dept.pch; elder care; family; funding; human; individualization; intergenerational support; learning; negotiation; peer-reviewed; review; socialization

A data-based approach to identifying regional typologies and exemplars across the urban–rural gradient in Europe using affinity propagation - Fiaschetti, Maurizio; Graziano, Marcello; Heumann, Benjamin W. (Regional Studies, 2021)
We apply recent developments in data-mining and statistics, using affinity propagation (AP) to identify regional typologies in the European Union (EU) and characterize major factors between rural–rural and rural–urban regional differences, without predetermined thresholds. We identify a representative ‘exemplar’ within each cluster using the drivers of Copus enriched with climate and land-cover/land-use variables to provide geographical context and pinpoint differences driven by natural and human–natural landscapes. Building upon the works of Dijkstra and the Eudora Project, we expand the dimensions of regional differences, introducing a threshold-less, data-driven model able to identify exemplars, and the main characteristics of each cluster or regional typology. © 2021 Regional Studies Association.
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85100769962
Keywords: Europe; European Union; data mining; dept.mgt; economic development; peer-reviewed; regional development; urban-rural migration

Literacy development at camp: Leveraging language models - Dostal, Hannah M.; Scott, Jessica A.; Weir, Joan; Kang, Ki Y.; Amadi-Ihebuzor, Chidinma; Bernard, Teri-Ann (Reading Teacher, 2021)
There is little research on effective educational experiences for deaf and hard-of-hearing (d/hh) children in Jamaica. Using a formative and design experiment framework, in this project we explored the potential efficacy of an intensive literacy camp that provided professional development for d/hh adults working in classrooms with d/hh children, and provided literacy instruction for elementary-age campers. We found that the children improved in all tested areas, and observations of d/hh adults provided evidence that with minimal training they were able to implement important facets of literacy instruction with the campers. Further research on these types of experiences and their potential for lasting impact after the camp is necessary. © 2021 International Literacy Association
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85102715654
Keywords: dept.sed; peer-reviewed

Student perception on the impact of the Livescribe smartpen as an accommodation - Tucker, Lauren; Zamfir, Bogdan (Universal Access in the Information Society, 2021)
The goal of this exploratory qualitative study was to determine how students with disabilities in higher education are using the Livescribe smartpen in their note-taking process and the perceived impact on their academic tasks. Based on participant interviews, many are using the Livescribe smartpen for recording class lectures while taking notes and for engaging with the content outside of the class session. All but one participant reported a perceived positive impact from the use of the Livescribe pen. The positive impacts included improved focus, higher academic outcomes, independence, and capturing complete notes. One unexpected trend that was revealed is that the majority of the participants adjusted their use of the Livescribe smartpen accommodation based on the professor’s teaching style and course structure. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85103414669
Keywords: Course structure; Higher education; Information science; Information systems; Note taking; Qualitative study; Software engineering; Student perceptions; Teaching styles; dept.sed; peer-reviewed

Seeing the forest and the trees: Disentangling autism phenotypes in the age of DSM-5 - Volkmar, Fred R.; Woodbury-Smith, Marc; Øien, Roald A. (Development and Psychopathology, 2021)
This paper, written in honor of Professor Ed Zigler, focuses on some of the themes in developmental disabilities research that were so central to his work. It has now been nearly 80 years since Leo Kanner first identified the prototypic form – early infantile autism – of what is now autism spectrum disorder. In this article we summarize the development of the concept and the important accumulation of knowledge over time that has now led us to the recognition of a broader autism phenotype just as, at the same time, the current official diagnostic system in the USA has narrowed the concept. We also address current controversies regarding autism as the diagnosis is impacted by age and developmental factors, gender, and cultural issues. In parallel to the work on intellectual deficiency and development pioneered by Zigler and his colleagues, we summarize some of the challenges for the years ahead.
8 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85102496361
Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorder; Autistic Disorder; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Humans; Phenotype; Psychology; Recognition; autism; dept.sed; human; peer-reviewed; phenotype

Complexity science, nursing, and COVID-19 - White, Kenneth R.; Begun, James W.; Vicenzi, Angela E (The American journal of nursing, 2021)
Understanding a bewildering crisis like a pandemic as 'normal' may be empowering. Copyright © 2021 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85103432985
Keywords: COVID-19; Health Policy; Humans; Nurse's Role; Systems Analysis; dept.nur; epidemiology; health care policy; human; nurse attitude; peer-reviewed; system analysis; therapy

Identifying metastatic ability of prostate cancer cell lines using native fluorescence spectroscopy and machine learning methods - Xue, Jianpeng; Pu, Yang; Smith, Jason T.; Gao, Xin; Wang, Chun; Wu, Binlin (Scientific Reports, 2021)
Metastasis is the leading cause of mortalities in cancer patients due to the spreading of cancer cells to various organs. Detecting cancer and identifying its metastatic potential at the early stage is important. This may be achieved based on the quantification of the key biomolecular components within tissues and cells using recent optical spectroscopic techniques. The aim of this study was to develop a noninvasive label-free optical biopsy technique to retrieve the characteristic molecular information for detecting different metastatic potentials of prostate cancer cells. Herein we report using native fluorescence (NFL) spectroscopy along with machine learning (ML) to differentiate prostate cancer cells with different metastatic abilities. The ML algorithms including principal component analysis (PCA) and nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF) were used for dimension reduction and feature detection. The characteristic component spectra were used to identify the key biomolecules that are correlated with metastatic potentials. The relative concentrations of the molecular spectral components were retrieved and used to classify the cancer cells with different metastatic potentials. A multi-class classification was performed using support vector machines (SVMs). The NFL spectral data were collected from three prostate cancer cell lines with different levels of metastatic potentials. The key biomolecules in the prostate cancer cells were identified to be tryptophan, reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) and hypothetically lactate as well. The cancer cells with different metastatic potentials were classified with high accuracy using the relative concentrations of the key molecular components. The results suggest that the changes in the relative concentrations of these key fluorophores retrieved from NFL spectra may present potential criteria for detecting prostate cancer cells of different metastatic abilities.
7 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85099803629
Keywords: Cell Line; Fluorescence; Humans; Lactic Acid; Machine Learning; Male; NAD; Neoplasm Metastasis; Principal Component Analysis; Prostatic Neoplasms; ROC Curve; Reproducibility of Results; Spectrometry; Support Vector Machine; Tryptophan; Tumor; dept.phy; diagnostic imaging; human; lactic acid; machine learning; male; metabolism; metastasis; nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide; pathology; principal component analysis; prostate tumor; receiver operating characteristic; reproducibility; spectrofluorometry; support vector machine; tryptophan; tumor cell line

Speckle imaging characterization of radial velocity exoplanet systems - Dalba, Paul A.; Kane, Stephen R.; Howell, Steve B; Horch, Elliott P; Li, Zhexing; Hirsch, Lea A.; Burt, Jennifer; Brandt, Timothy D.; Močnik, Teo; Henry, Gregory W. (Astronomical Journal, 2021)
We conducted speckle imaging observations of 53 stellar systems that were members of long-term radial velocity (RV) monitoring campaigns and exhibited substantial accelerations indicative of planetary or stellar companions in wide orbits. Our observations were made with blue and red filters using the Differential Speckle Survey Instrument at Gemini-South and the NN-Explore Exoplanet Stellar Speckle Imager at the WIYN telescope. The speckle imaging identifies eight luminous companions within 2" of the primary stars. In three of these systems-HD 1388, HD 87359, and HD 104304-the properties of the imaged companion are consistent with the RV measurements, suggesting that these companions may be associated with the primary and the cause of the RV variation. For all 53 stellar systems, we derive differential magnitude limits (i.e., contrast curves) from the imaging. We extend this analysis to include upper limits on companion mass in systems without imaging detections. In 25 systems, we rule out companions with masses greater than 0.2 M⊙, suggesting that the observed RV signals are caused by late-M dwarfs or substellar (potentially planetary) objects. On the other hand, the joint RV and imaging analysis almost entirely rules out planetary explanations of the RV signal for HD 19522 and suggests that the companion must have an angular separation below a few tenths of an arcsecond. This work highlights the importance of combined RV and imaging observations for characterizing the outer regions of nearby planetary systems. © 2021 Institute of Physics Publishing. All rights reserved.
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85101618449
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Speckle observations of TESS exoplanet host stars: Understanding the binary exoplanet host star orbital period distribution - Howell, Steve B; Matson, Rachel A.; Ciardi, David R; Everett, Mark E; Livingston, John H.; Scott, Nicholas J; Horch, Elliott P; Winn, Joshua N (Astronomical Journal, 2021)
We present high-resolution speckle interferometric imaging observations of TESS exoplanet host stars using the NN-EXPLORE Exoplanet and Stellar Speckle Imager instrument at the 3.5 m WIYN telescope. Eight TESS objects of interest that were originally discovered by Kepler were previously observed using the Differential Speckle Survey Instrument. Speckle observations of 186 TESS stars were carried out, and 45 (24%) likely bound companions were detected. This is approximately the number of companions we would expect to observe given the established 46% binarity rate in exoplanet host stars. For the detected binaries, the distribution of stellar mass ratio is consistent with that of the standard Raghavan distribution and may show a decrease in high-q systems as the binary separation increases. The distribution of binary orbital periods, however, is not consistent with the standard Ragahavan model, and our observations support the premise that exoplanet-hosting stars with binary companions have, in general, wider orbital separations than field binaries. We find that exoplanet-hosting binary star systems show a distribution peaking near 100 au, higher than the 40–50 au peak that is observed for field binaries. This fact led to earlier suggestions that planet formation is suppressed in close binaries.
24 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85102449269
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Helps my family survive hard times: An innovative summertime food relief program in new haven, connecticut - Zigmont, V.A.; Tomczak, S.M.; Bromage, B.; Vignola, A.; Gallup, P (Journal of Poverty, 2021)
To achieve healthy communities, addressing food insecurity (FI) is critical. This study describes a unique food distribution program combining a mobile Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) for children with a mobile pantry for adults. A survey (n = 153) of participants at six locations in New Haven Connecticut revealed that 36% reported FI and 76% were first-time pantry users. Three- quarters participated in SNAP, WIC, or both, and two-thirds had children who were fed by SFSP. Major federal programs do not eliminate FI, therefore local voluntary organizations are essential partners to address the food crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85102796303
Keywords: dept.pch; dept.swk; peer-reviewed

Application of the Weathering Framework: Intersection of Racism, Stigma, and COVID-19 as a Stressful Life Event among African Americans - Wakeel, Fathima; Njoku, Anuli (Healthcare, 2021)
The disproportionate impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on African American communities necessitates an increased focus on the intersectional roles of racism, stigma, and other social determinants of health in influencing disease and mortality risk. The Weathering Framework is applied to demonstrate the dynamic interrelationships between these factors and to conceptualize COVID-19 as a stressful life event that will have profound health implications over the life course for African Americans. Recommendations for population health research, interventions and policies aimed at reducing COVID-19 incidence and mortality, and mitigation of the long-term impacts of the pandemic on communities of color are discussed.
22 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Number: 2
Keywords: Blacks/African Americans; COVID-19/coronavirus; dept.pch; health disparities; peer-reviewed; race/ethnicity; racism; social determinants of health; stigma; systemic racism

DiaNet: A deep learning based architecture to diagnose diabetes using retinal images only - Islam, Mohammad Tariqul; Al-Absi, Hamada R. H.; Ruagh, Essam A.; Alam, Tanvir (IEEE Access, 2021)
Diabetes is one of the leading fatal diseases globally, putting a huge burden on the global healthcare system. Early diagnosis of diabetes is hence, of utmost importance and could save many lives. However, current techniques to determine whether a person has diabetes or has the risk of developing diabetes are primarily reliant upon clinical biomarkers. In this article, we propose a novel deep learning architecture to predict if a person has diabetes or not from a photograph of his/her retina. Using a relatively small-sized dataset, we develop a multi-stage convolutional neural network (CNN)-based model DiaNet that can reach an accuracy level of over 84% on this task, and in doing so, successfully identifies the regions on the retina images that contribute to its decision-making process, as corroborated by the medical experts in the field. This is the first study that highlights the distinguishing capability of the retinal images for diabetes patients in the Qatari population to the best of our knowledge. Comparing the performance of DiaNet against the existing clinical data-based machine learning models, we conclude that the retinal images contain sufficient information to distinguish the Qatari diabetes cohort from the control group. In addition, our study reveals that retinal images may contain prognosis markers for diabetes and other comorbidities like hypertension and ischemic heart disease. The results led us to believe that the inclusion of retinal images into the clinical setup for the diagnosis of diabetes is warranted in the near future.
18 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85099733279
Keywords: Clinical biomarkers; Convolutional neural network; Convolutional neural networks; Decision making; Decision making process; Deep learning; Diabetes; Diabetes patients; Diagnosis; Feature extraction; Health-care system; Ischemic heart disease; Learning architectures; Licenses; Machine learning models; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical experts; Medical imaging; Network architecture; Ophthalmology; Qatar; Qatar Biobank (QBB); Retina; Retinopathy; Task analysis; deep learning; dept.csc; diabetes; machine learning; retina

Public library events: Who, what, where, when, and why? - Kukiolczynski, Katie Teresa; Liu, Yan Quan (Public Library Quarterly, 2021)
An explorative survey pertaining to organization and execution of programs and events offered in public libraries across Connecticut revealed that library programs have been steadily increasing in recent years, with most libraries providing one hundred or more programs a year. The types of programs that are most popular vary throughout the library’s open hours. Children’s programming appears to be more popular during the day while adult programming is more popular in the evening. Program popularity is based on grouping and continuous support from external partners. While this study confirmed that both library space and library staff sizes are adequate for programming, a further investigation would assert that this is the case within nationwide library programming.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85103569958
Keywords: Connecticut; Public libraries; dept.ils; library events; library programs; peer-reviewed

Book Review: Superpredators: The Demonization of Our Children by the Law, by Peter Elikann, Perseus Publishing, 1999. - Kenty, Jessica L. (Bimonthly Review of Law Books, 2000)
Keywords: book.review; dept.soc; ⛔ No DOI found

Early Isolation: Racial and Economic Segregation in U.S. Public Elementary Schools - Kenty-Drane, Jessica L. (Race, Gender & Class, 2009)
The literature shows that racially and economically segregated schools diminish educational outcomes for students in non white schools with impoverished peers (Frankenberg & Lee, 2002; Mayer, 2000). To reveal which children are apt to begin their education in high minority and poor schools, this study drew on nationally representative data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study. Evidence documents variations in school racial and economic contexts according to children's race and social class backgrounds. Over half of Black and Hispanic first-graders attend segregated minority and poor schools while very few White first-graders do so. Additional analyses reveal that while social class is a useful predictor of educational segregation, it is less predictive for Black and Asian students than for White and Hispanic students.
Keywords: dept.soc; ⛔ No DOI found

Plenty of barbarians, but no bird's milk: The depiction of Russia in German school books, 1890-1914 - Paddock, Troy R. E. (Internationale Schulbuchforschung, 1998)
This article examines the description of Russia in German history and geography textbooks. Nineteenth-century German pedagogical theory linked the natural sciences and the human sciences; the connection supplies further evidence of the perceived organic nature of the nation-state. Although regional and confessional differences among the German states affected the description of German history, the depiction of Russia was consistent. Russia was depicted as a barbaric, backward, and Asiatic empire. The implicit, and often explicit, comparison in the texts was between Russia and Germany. The description of a foreign power served to reinforce German national identity. Moreover, an examination of German geography and history textbooks reveals striking similarities between the perception of Russia in Germany and the Anglo-French depiction of the Near East. Dieser Aufsatz befaßt sich mit dem Rußlandbild in deutschen Schulbüchern für Geschichte und Geographie. Deutsche Pädagogik im 19. Jahrhundert verband die Naturwissenschaft mit der Geisteswissenschaft; diese Verbindung ist noch ein Beweis für die Auf- fassung des Nationalstaats als organisches Wesen. Obwohl regionale und konfessionelle Unterschiede unter den deutschen Ländern die Darstellung von deutscher Geschichte beeinflußten, war die Schilderung von Rußland übereinstimmend. Rußland wurde als ein barbarisches, rückständiges, asiatisches Reich gezeichnet. Der unausgesprochene, und manchmal doch ausgesprochene Vergleich in den Büchern galt Deutschland und Rußland. Die Darstellung der fremden Macht verstärkte die deutsche Nationalidentität. Außerdem enthüllt eine Untersuchung der Schulbücher überraschende Ähnlichkeiten zwischen der deutschen Beschreibung von Rußland und den englischen und französischen Darstellungen des Nahen Osten. L'auteur de cet article analyse l'image de la Russie dans les manuels scolaires allemands d'histoire et de géographie. La pédagogie allemande du 19ème siècle faisait le lien entre les sciences naturelles et les sciences humaines; cette association fournit une preuve supplémentaire du fait que l'Etat-nation était perçu comme un organisme vivant. Alors que les différences régionales et confessionnelles existant entre les différents Etats allemands influençaient la présentation de l'histoire allemande, la description de la Russie était concordante. La Russie était dépeinte comme un empire barbare, arriéré et asiatique. La comparaison implicite, et souvent explicite des textes scolaires concernait la Russie et l'Allemagne. La représentation d'une puissance étrangère servait à renforcer l'identité allemande. En outre, l'analyse de ces manuels révèle des ressemblances étonnantes entre la perception de la Russie et les portraits français et anglais du Proche-Orient.
Keywords: dept.his; ⛔ No DOI found

Dobra ruska miza, slaba ruska miza - Thomas Mann in nemški orientalizem - Paddock, Troy R. E. (Borec, 2004)
Keywords: dept.his; ⛔ No DOI found

Rethinking Friedrich Meinecke's historicism - Paddock, Troy R. E. (Rethinking History, 2006)
This essay revisits the work of the German historian Friedrich Meinecke and offers new interpretation of his major works, Weltbürgertum und Nationalstaat (1907), Die Ideen der Staatsräson in der neuen Geschichte (1924), and Die Entstehung des Historismus (1936). The standard interpretation of Meinecke's work maintains that World War I caused a break in his thinking and caused him to rethink the role of power in the state. By stressing the first half of Weltbürgertum rather than the second, this article delineates a continuity of Meinecke's thought and points to the limitations of historicism as a historical narrative. It offers a possible explanation for how the conservative implications in the thought of an individual, who personally and politically was a Vernuftrepublikaner, could escape the author himself. This article also discusses what could be called the classical liberal critique of Meinecke's historicism, points to some of its limitations, and offers a more measured criticism of Meinecke that examines him on his own terms—and finds him wanting.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/13642520500474857
Keywords: Classical liberalism; Historicism; Historiography; Meinecke; Natural law; State; dept.his

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

Teaching the Great War through Peace - Shortell, Catherine K.; Paddock, Troy R. E. (The History Teacher, 2011)
Keywords: dept.his; ⛔ No DOI found

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

Building within space: thoughts towards an environmental ethics - Paddock, Troy (Ethics in Progress, 2014)
The need for constructing an environmental ethics that keeps sustainability in mind is the result of a collision of the realization that the natural environment is neither limitless nor impervious to actions with a view of nature that has been fundamentally instrumentalist and anthropocentric. This paper will borrow from architectural theory in an effort to do two things: First, it will point to some of the limitations of an anthropocentric view of nature and how it impacts efforts to influence environmental policy; second, it will suggest that ideas from Aristotle and Actor Network Theory can help to provide a paradigm within which we can think about nature in a way that offers an alternative framing of questions about the environment.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.his

Performing Politics - Paddock, Troy R. E. (Contemporary Aesthetics, 2015)
Walter Benjamin’s observation that fascism turns politics into aesthetics is, by now, a well-worn idea. This article argues that Benjamin’s critique of politics can apply just as much to the modern democratic politics of the United States. Borrowing from Benjamin, Jürgen Habermas, and Carl Schmitt, this article suggests that modern political discourse in the United States does not follow the classical liberal ideal of rational discourse in the marketplace of ideas within the public sphere. Instead, contemporary politics has become spectacle where images and slogans replace thought and debate in a 24/7 news cycle and political infotainment programs. The result is that progressives and conservatives have their own political “ecospheres” which enable them to have their own perspective reinforced, and debate is replaced by straw man arguments and personal attacks.
Keywords: dept.his; ⛔ No DOI found

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

"Foreword," special issue on "New Perspectives on the Transatlanic Slave Trade - Forbes, Robert P.; Davis, David Brion (William & Mary Quarterly, 2005)
Keywords: dept.his; ⛔ No DOI found

Eliade, Joyce, and the Terror of History - Forbes, Robert P. (CrossCurrents, 1986)
Keywords: dept.his; ⛔ No DOI found

Connecticut Connections: African American Sites in Connecticut: A Laboratory for the History of Slavery and Human Rights - Forbes, Robert P. (Connecticut History Review, 2005)
Keywords: dept.his; ⛔ No DOI found

“The Cause of This Blackness”: The Early American Republic and the Construction of Race - Forbes, Robert Pierce (American Nineteenth Century History, 2012)
Race is routinely defined as “socially constructed,” from which it follows that there was a time before its construction. What that time looked like, and how Africans were then viewed by white Americans, is difficult to perceive from a vantage point within the paradigm of race. This essay considers important but neglected cultural referents to argue that a binary distinction between black and white did not emerge on theoretical grounds until the 1780s, when Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia shrewdly redirected growing challenges to slavery into quasi-metaphysical reflections on the gulf between whites and blacks.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/14664658.2012.681949
Keywords: Thomas Jefferson; dept.his; race

"Grating the Nutmeg: Slavery, Race and Sectionalism in Connecticut from the Colonial Era to the Civil War" - Forbes, Robert Pierce (Connecticut History, 2013)
Keywords: dept.his; ⛔ No DOI found

[Three Poems] Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Bancquart, Marie-Claire (Ezra: An Online Journal of Translations, 2009)
Keywords: dept.lib; ⛔ No DOI found

[Two Poems] Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Bancquart, Marie-Claire (Absinthe: New European Writing, 2018)
Keywords: dept.lib; ⛔ No DOI found

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

Police brutality against Blacks in the United States and ensuing protests: Implications for social distancing and Black health during COVID-19 - Njoku, Anuli; Ahmed, Yussuf; Bolaji, Bolanle (Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 2020)
The pandemic of respiratory disease spreading from person-to-person, named “coronavirus disease 2019” (abbreviated “COVID-19”), presents a public health emergency of international concern. This pandemic is occurring during renewed attention to the persistent issue of police brutality against Blacks in the United States. Protests have ensued to highlight perceived and observed injustice against minorities, particularly Black people. Concerns arise that these protests may complicate efforts to adhere to social distancing and increase risks of COVID-19 exposure among Black persons, who are already disproportionality affected by COVID-19 outcomes due to systemic barriers within the healthcare system and society. This article discusses police brutality against Blacks in the United States and subsequent protests, considerations for social distancing and racial disparities in health during COVID-19, and the need for policies to ensure fair and equitable enforcement of social distancing mandates. We also discuss the need for policies to improve access to COVID-19 testing, diagnosis, and management among underserved and minority communities. © 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
27 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000603749800001
Keywords: African Americans; COVID-19; Coronavirus; dept.pch; peer-reviewed; police brutality; public health

Road Damage Detection Utilizing Convolution Neural Network and Principal Component Analysis - Endri, Elizabeth; Sheta, Alaa; Turabieh, Hamza (International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA), 2020)
Roads should always be in a reliable con-dition and maintained regularly. One of the problems that should be maintained well is the pavement cracks problem. This a challenging problem that faces road engineers, since maintaining roads in a stable condition is needed for both drivers and pedestrians. Many meth-ods have been proposed to handle this problem to save time and cost. In this paper, we proposed a two-stage method to detect pavement cracks based on Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to solve this classification problem. We employed a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) method to extract the most significant features with a di˙erent number of PCA components. The proposed approach was trained using a Mendeley Asphalt Crack dataset, which contains 400 images of road cracks with a 480×480 resolution. The obtained results show how PCA helped in speeding up the learning process of CNN.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Number: 6
Keywords: Condition; Convolution; Convolution neural network; Convolutional neural network; Convolutional neural network (CNN); Crack detection; Crack problems; Damage detection; Network component analysis; Neural networks; Pavement crack; Pavement cracks; Pavements; Principal component analyse; Principal component analysis; Principal component analysis (PCA); Principal-component analysis; Problem solving; Road damage; dept.csc; peer-reviewed

Visual Orbits of Spectroscopic Binaries with the CHARA Array. III. HD 8374 and HD 24546 - Lester, Kathryn V.; Fekel, Francis C.; Muterspaugh, Matthew; Gies, Douglas R.; Schaefer, Gail H.; Farrington, Christopher D.; Guo, Zhao; Matson, Rachel A.; Monnier, John D.; Brummelaar, Theo ten; Sturmann, Judit; Weiss, Samuel A. (The Astronomical Journal, 2020)
We present the visual orbits of two long-period spectroscopic binary stars, HD 8374 and HD 24546, using interferometric observations acquired with the CHARA Array and the Palomar Testbed Interferometer. We also obtained new radial velocities from echelle spectra using the APO 3.5 m and Fairborn 2.0 m telescopes. By combining the visual and spectroscopic observations, we solve for the full, three-dimensional orbits and determine the stellar masses and distances to within 3% uncertainty. We then estimate the effective temperature and radius of each component star through Doppler tomography and spectral energy distribution analyses, in order to compare the observed stellar parameters to the predictions of stellar evolution models. For HD 8374, we find masses of M 1 = 1.636 ± 0.050M ⊙ and M 2 = 1.587 ± 0.049M ⊙, radii of R 1 = 1.84 ± 0.05R ⊙ and R 2 = 1.66 ± 0.12R ⊙, temperatures of K and K, and an estimated age of 1.0 Gyr. For HD 24546, we find masses of M 1 = 1.434 ± 0.014M ⊙ and M 2 = 1.409 ± 0.014M ⊙, radii of R 1 = 1.67 ± 0.06R ⊙ and R 2 = 1.60 ± 0.10R ⊙, temperatures of K and K, and an estimated age of 1.4 Gyr. HD 24546 is therefore too old to be a member of the Hyades cluster, despite its physical proximity to the group.
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

A Deep Learning Approach to Urban Street Functionality Prediction Based on Centrality Measures and Stacked Denoising Autoencoder - Noori, Fatemeh; Kamangir, Hamid; A. King, Scott; Sheta, Alaa; Pashaei, Mohammad; SheikhMohammadZadeh, Abbas (Isprs International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020)
In urban planning and transportation management, the centrality characteristics of urban streets are vital measures to consider. Centrality can help in understanding the structural properties of dense traffic networks that affect both human life and activity in cities. Many cities classify urban streets to provide stakeholders with a group of street guidelines for possible new rehabilitation such as sidewalks, curbs, and setbacks. Transportation research always considers street networks as a connection between different urban areas. The street functionality classification defines the role of each element of the urban street network (USN). Some potential factors such as land use mix, accessible service, design goal, and administrators’ policies can affect the movement pattern of urban travelers. In this study, nine centrality measures are used to classify the urban roads in four cities evaluating the structural importance of street segments. In our work, a Stacked Denoising Autoencoder (SDAE) predicts a street’s functionality, then logistic regression is used as a classifier. Our proposed classifier can differentiate between four different classes adopted from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDT): principal arterial road, minor arterial road, collector road, and local road. The SDAE-based model showed that regular grid configurations with repeated patterns are more influential in forming the functionality of road networks compared to those with less regularity in their spatial structure.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000556509900001
Keywords: Centrality measures; Deep learning; Machine learning; Stacked denoising autoencoder; Street functionality classification; Urban transportation network; centrality measures; deep learning; dept.csc; machine learning; peer-reviewed; stacked denoising autoencoder; street functionality classification; urban transportation network

Measurement of the mass difference and the binding energy of the hypertriton and antihypertriton - STAR Collaboration (Nature Physics, 2020)
According to the CPT theorem, which states that the combined operation of charge conjugation, parity transformation and time reversal must be conserved, particles and their antiparticles should have the same mass and lifetime but opposite charge and magnetic moment. Here, we test CPT symmetry in a nucleus containing a strange quark, more specifically in the hypertriton. This hypernucleus is the lightest one yet discovered and consists of a proton, a neutron and a Λ hyperon. With data recorded by the STAR detector1–3 at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, we measure the Λ hyperon binding energy BΛ for the hypertriton, and find that it differs from the widely used value4 and from predictions5–8, where the hypertriton is treated as a weakly bound system. Our results place stringent constraints on the hyperon–nucleon interaction9,10 and have implications for understanding neutron star interiors, where strange matter may be present11. A precise comparison of the masses of the hypertriton and the antihypertriton allows us to test CPT symmetry in a nucleus with strangeness, and we observe no deviation from the expected exact symmetry.
66 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Number: 4
Keywords: Binding energy; Charge conjugation; Colliding beam accelerators; Combined operations; Cpt symmetries; Heavy ions; Magnetic moments; Mass difference; Opposite charge; Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider; Stars; Stringent constraints; Time reversal; dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Comparing Machine Learning Approaches for Predicting Spatially Explicit Life Cycle Global Warming and Eutrophication Impacts from Corn Production - Romeiko, Xiaobo Xue; Guo, Zhijian; Pang, Yulei; Lee, Eun Kyung; Zhang, Xuesong (Sustainability, 2020)
Agriculture ranks as one of the top contributors to global warming and nutrient pollution. Quantifying life cycle environmental impacts from agricultural production serves as a scientific foundation for forming effective remediation strategies. However, methods capable of accurately and efficiently calculating spatially explicit life cycle global warming (GW) and eutrophication (EU) impacts at the county scale over a geographic region are lacking. The objective of this study was to determine the most efficient and accurate model for estimating spatially explicit life cycle GW and EU impacts at the county scale, with corn production in the U.S.’s Midwest region as a case study. This study compared the predictive accuracies and efficiencies of five distinct supervised machine learning (ML) algorithms, testing various sample sizes and feature selections. The results indicated that the gradient boosting regression tree model built with approximately 4000 records of monthly weather features yielded the highest predictive accuracy with cross-validation (CV) values of 0.8 for the life cycle GW impacts. The gradient boosting regression tree model built with nearly 6000 records of monthly weather features showed the highest predictive accuracy with CV values of 0.87 for the life cycle EU impacts based on all modeling scenarios. Moreover, predictive accuracy was improved at the cost of simulation time. The gradient boosting regression tree model required the longest training time. ML algorithms demonstrated to be one million times faster than the traditional process-based model with high predictive accuracy. This indicates that ML can serve as an alternative surrogate of process-based models to estimate life-cycle environmental impacts, capturing large geographic areas and timeframes.
15 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Number: 4
Keywords: Agriculture; Eutrophication; Global warming; Life cycle assessment; Machine learning; Midwest; Spatial assessment; United States; Zea mays; agricultural production; agriculture; crop production; dept.mat; eutrophication; global warming; life cycle analysis; life cycle assessment; machine learning; peer-reviewed; prediction; spatial analysis; spatial assessment

How the operationalization of exposure impacts studies on direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs - Savelli, Melanie R. (International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, 2020)
Purpose: Without having a shared operationalization of what constitutes a direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) exposure, it is impossible to accurately generalize findings about their effects. First, it needs to be established how the variables involved in exposures impact outcomes. This will allow for more accurate operationalizations. Design/methodology/approach: A sample of 216 participants were recruited from Amazon’s Mechanical Turk and randomly assigned into one of four conditions to take an online survey. A 2 × 2 experiment (active/passive attention × low/high exposure) was conducted to determine if the level of attention, otherwise known as attentiveness, and the number of exposures impacted preferences for a fictitious prescription sleep aid. Findings: Results indicated a significant difference among active and passive conditions such that active exposures resulted in stronger positive preferences. Research limitations/implications: Studies using different operationalizations should not be aggregated for generalizations about the effects of DTCA of prescription drugs. Originality/value: This paper urges researchers to clearly operationalize their definitions for “exposure” and to be hesitant about generalizing findings studies using different definitions. © 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000533593100001
Keywords: Advertising; Direct-to-consumer; Exposure; Pharmaceutical marketing; Prescription drugs; dept.com; peer-reviewed

Learning in the time of COVID-19: capitalizing on the opportunity presented by the pandemic - Trombly, Christopher E. (Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 2020)
Purpose: This paper addresses the current disruption in the educational status quo ante that has been caused by the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19. Its purpose is to suggest how practicing educators, their professional associations and the university-based researchers with whom they partner might capitalize on the unanticipated opportunity to impact education policy that the pandemic presents. Design/methodology/approach: The author draws upon his own preparation and experiences – first as a long-time practitioner in the elementary and secondary school setting, then as a university professor – to offer insights and suggestions to practicing educators, their professional associations and the university-based researchers with whom they partner. Findings: Despite the unexpected challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has presented to educators – challenges to which educators around the globe have risen admirably – the current crisis also affords practicing educators, their professional associations and the university-based researchers with whom they partner to change the status quo ante for the better. Originality/value: The particular value of this piece is twofold: its analysis of the impact of this unanticipated crisis upon education by an author who has served both in the elementary/secondary setting and at the university level, and its assertion that educators must avail themselves of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change the educational status quo ante for the better. © 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited.
17 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000546450400001
Keywords: Collaboration; Community; Professional judgment; dept.edl; peer-reviewed

Revelations of ancient head shape: Cranial modification in the Cuzco region of Peru, Early Horizon to Inca Imperial Period - Andrushko, V.A. (American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2021)
Objectives: Cranial vault modification (CVM), the intentional reshaping of the head, indicated group affiliation in prehistoric Andean South America. This study aims to analyze CVM data from the Cuzco region of Peru to illuminate patterns of early migration and settlement along with the later impact of the Inca Empire (AD 1438–1532) on the ethnic landscape. Materials and Methods: 419 individuals from 10 archaeological sites spanning over 2300 years were assessed for CVM using morphological analysis. Results: CVM patterns show distinct temporal attributes: the tabular type of modification appeared first and dominated the early sample (900 BC–AD 600), followed by an influx of unmodified crania during the Middle Horizon (AD 600–1000). The annular type appeared later during the Late Intermediate Period (AD 1000–1438). In the subsequent period of Inca imperialism, modification rates were higher at sites in the Cuzco countryside than in Cuzco city sites. Discussion: The study results, combined with archaeological and ethnohistoric data, reveal the sociopolitical transformations that occurred prior to and during the rise of the Inca Empire. The influx of unmodified crania during the Middle Horizon resulted at least partly from Wari occupation, while the appearance of the annular type during the LIP points to migration into the area, possibly from the Lake Titicaca region. In the Inca Imperial Period, Inca individuals at Cuzco city sites refrained from modification as a sign of their ethnic identity, while modification patterns in the Cuzco countryside likely reflect state-coerced resettlement of different ethnic groups. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85097844845
Keywords: 15th Century; American Indian; Ancient; Archaeology; Body Modification; Female; History; Human Migration; Humans; Indians; Male; Medieval; Non-Therapeutic; Peru; Skull; South American; adult; archeology; article; body modification; controlled study; dept.ant; ethnic group; ethnology; female; history; human; human experiment; major clinical study; male; migration; occupation; pathology; peer-reviewed; skull

Which Small Towns Attract Start-Ups and Why? Twenty Years of Evidence from Iowa - Artz, Georgeanne M.; Kim, Younjun; Orazem, Peter F.; Han, Peter J. (American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2021)
Using data on a sample of small Iowa towns consistently collected over two decades, we investigate how agglomeration economies, social capital, human capital, local fiscal policy, and natural amenities affect new firm entry. We find that human capital and agglomeration are more conducive to new firm entry than are natural amenities, local fiscal policy, or social capital. The impact of local fiscal policy is too small to overcome the locational disadvantages from insufficient endowment of human capital and agglomeration. A rural development approach that encourages firm entry in rural towns with the largest endowments of human capital and market agglomeration would be more successful than trying to raise firm entry in every town.
_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ajae.12144
Keywords: M13; R11; R39; agglomeration; dept.eco; firm location; human capital; peer-reviewed; rural

The hollow: A theory on workplace bullying in nursing practice - Green, C. (Nursing Forum, 2021)
Background: Incivility and bullying within the profession of nursing remains a problem within the workplace. As a result, healthcare workplaces can become unhealthy and difficult for nurses to function within. Work productivity is impacted and patients' healthcare is placed at risk when nurses are emotionally and physically affected by workplace incivility and bullying. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) applying theoretical reasoning and nursing competencies' in addressing bullying and incivility within the workplace, can provide an organized and effective organizational approach to addressing bullying and incivility in work environments. Methods: Theoretical reasoning and nursing competencies in addressing bullying and incivility within the workplace, will be examined as a means to identify nurses exhibiting signs and symptoms of bullying and incivility in work environments. The theory of The Hollow will identify the origins of affected nurses' behaviors and the physiological and psychological impact of bullying and incivility. The CNL role will be used as a facilitator of change at the microsystem level. And competencies for addressing behaviors associated with bullying and incivility will be addressed. Approach: Innovation adapted from prior research and literature developed by the author, extrapolated from the literature on workplace bullying and incivility in nursing practice. Outcomes: Bullying and incivility can be resolved in the workplace when competencies are set forth by nursing leaders to educate and empower nursing staff on expectations of healthy work environments. Conclusion: Healthy workplaces are achievable when nurse leaders, such as CNLs, educate and empower nurses to have the expectation of healthy work environments not only for themselves, but for all nurses. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC
6 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.author_keywords: bullying; clinical nurse leader; incivility; nurses; the hollow tex.coden: NUFOA tex.document_type: Article tex.pubmed_id: 33350483 tex.source: Scopus
Keywords: Bullying; Humans; Incivility; Nurses; Workplace; article; bullying; clinical nurse leader; dept.nur; expectation; human; incivility; leadership; nurse; nurses; nursing practice; nursing staff; peer-reviewed; reasoning; the hollow; theoretical study; work environment; workplace

Circumstances of overdose among suburban women who use opioids: Extending an urban analysis informed by drug, set, and setting. - Lamonica, Aukje K; Boeri, Miriam; Turner, Jeffrey (The International journal on drug policy, 2021)
BACKGROUND: Opioid overdoses are primarily discussed by the pharmacological properties of the drugs used. Research shows that other factors such as the social/physical environment and the mental/emotional states can have an impact on overdose events. Ataiants and colleagues (2020) used Zinberg's "drug, set, and setting" framework to identify circumstances surrounding overdose experiences of street-involved women in Philadelphia. The aim of this paper is to extend their analysis to a diverse sample of suburban women who experienced overdoses., METHODS: The mixed-methods design consisted of ethnographic fieldwork, in-depth interviews, and brief surveys with 32 suburban women who use opioids. Inductive theoretical reasoning and constant comparative analysis facilitated themes emerging within the "drug, set, and setting" framework., RESULTS: Eighteen out of 32 women identified "drug" as the primary factor involved in their overdose events. Major themes were an inability to identify the synthetic opioid fentanyl, lack of knowledge or control over how much to use, poly-substance use, and an insufficient understanding of risks. Eleven out of 32 women linked "set" to their overdose experiences. Themes included emotional trauma, such as death of a child, child custody issues, and mental health conditions, such as depression. Six out of 32 women associated "setting" with one of their overdose experiences. Themes were related to being with friends or partners that used, and having recently been released from treatment or incarceration., CONCLUSION: Findings show similar themes found among an urban sample, adding insight on the need for effective overdose interventions targeted for suburban populations. The opioid crisis is not confined to the cities, and neither should services aimed at addressing opioid overdose. The knowledge provided here can help policy makers support female-centered harm reduction services not only in urban areas but also in the suburbs. Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier B.V.
9 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: Netherlands Lamonica, Aukje K. Southern Connecticut State University, 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT 06515, United States. Electronic address: lamonicaa1@southernct.edu. Boeri, Miriam. Bentley University, 175 Forest Street, Waltham, MA 02452, United States. Turner, Jeffrey. Southern Connecticut State University, 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT 06515, United States.
Keywords: *Drug Overdose; *Pharmaceutical Preparations; Analgesics; Analgesics; Opioid/tu [Therapeutic Use]; Article; Child; Drug Overdose; Drug Overdose/dt [Drug Therapy]; Drug Overdose/ep [Epidemiology]; Female; Fentanyl; Humans; Opioid; Pennsylvania; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Philadelphia; adult; child; child custody; childhood mortality; controlled study; depression; dept.pch; drug; drug overdose; ethnography; female; fentanyl; human; incarceration; inductive reasoning; interview; major clinical study; mental health; narcotic analgesic agent; opiate addiction; peer-reviewed; polypharmacy; priority journal; psychotrauma; risk factor; suburban area; urban area; women's health

Measurement of inclusive charged-particle jet production in Au + Au collisions at sNN =200 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review C, 2020)
The STAR Collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider reports the first measurement of inclusive jet production in peripheral and central Au+Au collisions at √sNN=200 GeV. Jets are reconstructed with the anti-kT algorithm using charged tracks with pseudorapidity |η|<1.0 and transverse momentum 0.2<pchT,jet<30 GeV/c, with jet resolution parameter R=0.2, 0.3, and 0.4. The large background yield uncorrelated with the jet signal is observed to be dominated by statistical phase space, consistent with a previous coincidence measurement. This background is suppressed by requiring a high-transverse-momentum (high-pT) leading hadron in accepted jet candidates. The bias imposed by this requirement is assessed, and the pT region in which the bias is small is identified. Inclusive charged-particle jet distributions are reported in peripheral and central Au+Au collisions for 5<pchT,jet<25 GeV/c and 5<pchT,jet<30 GeV/c, respectively. The charged-particle jet inclusive yield is suppressed for central Au+Au collisions, compared to both the peripheral Au+Au yield from this measurement and to the pp yield calculated using the PYTHIA event generator. The magnitude of the suppression is consistent with that of inclusive hadron production at high pT and that of semi-inclusive recoil jet yield when expressed in terms of energy loss due to medium-induced energy transport. Comparison of inclusive charged-particle jet yields for different values of R exhibits no significant evidence for medium-induced broadening of the transverse jet profile for R <0.4 in central Au+Au collisions. The measured distributions are consistent with theoretical model calculations that incorporate jet quenching.
13 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.ids: adamMeasurementInclusiveChargedparticle2020 tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85097626551 type: Article
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Measurement of inclusive J/ψ polarization in p+p collisions at s =200 GeV by the STAR experiment - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review D, 2020)
We report on new measurements of inclusive J/ψ polarization at midrapidity in p+p collisions at √s=200 GeV by the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. The polarization parameters, λθ, λϕ, and λθϕ, are measured as a function of transverse momentum (pT) in both the helicity and Collins-Soper (CS) reference frames within pT<10 GeV/c. Except for λθ in the CS frame at the highest measured pT, all three polarization parameters are consistent with 0 in both reference frames without any strong pT dependence. Several model calculations are compared with data, and the one using the Color Glass Condensate effective field theory coupled with nonrelativistic QCD gives the best overall description of the experimental results, even though other models cannot be ruled out due to experimental uncertainties.
7 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.ids: adamMeasurementInclusivePs2020 tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85097129164 type: Article
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Beam-energy dependence of the directed flow of deuterons in Au+Au collisions - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review C, 2020)
We present a measurement of the first-order azimuthal anisotropy v1 of deuterons from Au+Au collisions at √sNN=7.7, 11.5, 14.5, 19.6, 27, and 39 GeV recorded with the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The energy dependence of the v1(y) slope, dv1/dy|y=0, for deuterons, where y is the rapidity, is extracted for semicentral collisions (10%–40% centrality) and compared with that of protons. While the v1(y) slopes of protons are generally negative for √sNN>10GeV, those for deuterons are consistent with zero, a strong enhancement of the v1(y) slope of deuterons is seen at the lowest collision energy (the largest baryon density) at √sNN=7.7GeV. In addition, we report the transverse momentum dependence of v1 for protons and deuterons. The experimental results are compared with transport and coalescence models.
8 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.ids: adamBeamenergyDependenceDirected2020 tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85094100808 type: Article
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Strange hadron production in Au+Au collisions at sNN =7.7, 11.5, 19.6, 27, and 39 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review C, 2020)
We present STAR measurements of strange hadron (K0S, Λ, ¯¯¯Λ, Ξ−, ¯¯¯Ξ+, Ω−, ¯¯¯Ω+, and ϕ) production at midrapidity (|y|<0.5) in Au+Au collisions at √sNN = 7.7–39 GeV from the Beam Energy Scan Program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). Transverse-momentum spectra, averaged transverse mass, and the overall integrated yields of these strange hadrons are presented versus the centrality and collision energy. Antibaryon-to-baryon ratios (¯¯¯Λ/Λ, ¯¯¯Ξ+/Ξ−, ¯¯¯Ω+/Ω−) are presented as well and used to test a thermal statistical model and to extract the temperature normalized strangeness and baryon chemical potentials at hadronic freeze-out (μB/Tch and μS/Tch) in central collisions. Strange baryon-to-pion ratios are compared to various model predictions in central collisions for all energies. The nuclear modification factors (RCP) and antibaryon-to-meson ratios as a function of transverse momentum are presented for all collision energies. The K0S RCP shows no suppression for pT up to 3.5 GeV/c at energies of 7.7 and 11.5 GeV. The ¯¯¯Λ/K0S ratio also shows baryon-to-meson enhancement at intermediate pT (≈2.5 GeV/c) in central collisions at energies above 19.6 GeV. Both observations suggest that there is likely a change of the underlying strange quark dynamics at collision energies below 19.6 GeV.
52 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.ids: adamStrangeHadronProduction2020 tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85092797509 type: Article
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Beam energy dependence of net- Λ fluctuations measured by the STAR experiment at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review C, 2020)
The measurements of particle multiplicity distributions have generated considerable interest in understanding the fluctuations of conserved quantum numbers in the quantum chromodynamics (QCD) hadronization regime, in particular near a possible critical point and near the chemical freeze-out. Net-protons and net-kaons have been used as proxies for the net-baryon number and net-strangeness, respectively. We report the measurement of efficiency- and centrality-bin width-corrected cumulant ratios (C2/C1, C3/C2) of net-Λ distributions, in the context of both strangeness and baryon number conservation, as a function of collision energy, centrality, and rapidity. The results are for Au+Au collisions at five beam energies (√sNN=19.6, 27, 39, 62.4, and 200 GeV) recorded with the Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC (STAR). We compare our results to the Poisson and negative binomial (NBD) expectations, as well as to ultrarelativistic quantum molecular dynamics (UrQMD) and hadron resonance gas (HRG) model predictions. Both NBD and Poisson baselines agree with data within the statistical and systematic uncertainties. UrQMD describes the measured net-ΛC1 and C3 at 200 GeV reasonably well but deviates from C2, and the deviation increases as a function of collision energy. The ratios of the measured cumulants show no features of critical fluctuations. The chemical freeze-out temperatures extracted from a recent HRG calculation, which was successfully used to describe the net-proton, net-kaon, and net-charge data, indicate Λ freeze-out conditions similar to those of kaons. However, large deviations are found when comparing with temperatures obtained from net-proton fluctuations. The net-Λ cumulants show a weak but finite dependence on the rapidity coverage in the acceptance of the detector, which can be attributed to quantum number conservation.
10 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.ids: adamBeamEnergyDependence2020 tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85092548370 type: Article
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Underlying event measurements in p+p collisions at s =200 GeV at RHIC - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review D, 2020)
Particle production sensitive to nonfactorizable and nonperturbative processes that contribute to the underlying event associated with a high transverse momentum (pT) jet in proton+proton collisions at √s=200 GeV is studied with the STAR detector. Each event is divided into three regions based on the azimuthal angle with respect to the highest-pT jet direction: in the leading jet direction (“Toward”), opposite to the leading jet (“Away”), and perpendicular to the leading jet (“Transverse”). In the Transverse region, the average charged particle density is found to be between 0.4 and 0.6 and the mean transverse momentum, ⟨pT⟩, between 0.5 and 0.7 GeV/c for particles with pT>0.2 GeV/c at mid-pseudorapidity (|η|<1) and jet pT>15 GeV/c. Both average particle density and ⟨pT⟩ depend weakly on the leading jet pT. Closer inspection of the Transverse region hints that contributions to the underlying event from initial- and final-state radiation are significantly smaller in these collisions than at the higher energies, up to 13 TeV, recorded at the LHC. Underlying event measurements associated with a high-pT jet will contribute to our understanding of QCD processes at hard and soft scales at RHIC energies, as well as provide constraints to modeling of underlying event dynamics.
11 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.ids: adamUnderlyingEventMeasurements2020 tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85083517688 type: Article
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Bulk properties of the system formed in Au+Au collisions at sNN =14.5 GeV at the BNL STAR detector - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review C, 2020)
We report systematic measurements of bulk properties of the system created in Au+Au collisions at √sNN=14.5 GeV recorded by the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The transverse momentum spectra of π±, K±, and p(¯p) are studied at midrapidity (|y|<0.1) for nine centrality intervals. The centrality, transverse momentum (pT), and pseudorapidity (η) dependence of inclusive charged particle elliptic flow (v2), and rapidity-odd charged particles directed flow (v1) results near midrapidity are also presented. These measurements are compared with the published results from Au+Au collisions at other energies, and from Pb+Pb collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV. The results at √sNN=14.5 GeV show similar behavior as established at other energies and fit well in the energy dependence trend. These results are important as the 14.5-GeV energy fills the gap in μB, which is of the order of 100 MeV, between √sNN=11.5 and 19.6 GeV. Comparisons of the data with UrQMD and AMPT models show poor agreement in general.
16 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.ids: adamBulkPropertiesSystem2020 tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85082714606 type: Article
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Gross and microscopic anatomy of the nasal cavity, including olfactory epithelium, of the florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) - Barboza, Meghan L. B.; Larkin, Iskande L.V. (Aquatic Mammals, 2020)
As a fully aquatic mammal, the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) spends a limited amount of time at the water's surface. However, as a mammal that breathes air, they do need to filter, warm, and humidify that air, and anecdotal evidence indicates manatees have a sense of smell. This study characterized the nasal turbinate system, including identification of the olfactory epithelium, and compared it to other mammals using a combination of gross and micro-anatomic examination. Major turbinates were present, including nasal, maxillary, and ethmoturbinates, but with minimal convolution. The respiratory epithelium was found throughout much of the nasal cavity and covered maxillary and nasal turbinates, as well as the septum. Mucus-producing cells and cavernous veins were extensive. The olfactory epithelium was found in the dorsocaudal ethmoturbinates. As a herbivore that feeds predominantly underwater, the manatee likely relies on taste and touch for assessing food and, therefore, does not need to use smell in the same way as other marine mammals such as mysticetes (Bouchard et al., 2019) and pinnipeds (Kowalewsky et al., 2006). However, there are still substantial numbers of olfactory cells, especially considering the decreased amount of exposure time to odorants when breathing at the surface. Therefore, the question remains of why manatees have maintained their ability to smell while other fully aquatic species such as odontocetes have not. Future research should focus on a combination of behavioral and molecular techniques to fully understand the olfactory capabilities of the Florida manatee. © 2020, European Association for Aquatic Mammals.
8 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85086587381
Keywords: Anatomy; Chemoreception; Mammalia; Manatee; Nasal; Olfaction; Pinnipedia; Trichechidae; Trichechus manatus; Trichechus manatus latirostris; anatomy; comparative study; dept.bio; herbivore; olfaction; peer-reviewed; sirenian

Gender-collaborative training in elite university sport: Challenging gender essentialism through integrated training in gender-segregated sports - Ogilvie, M. F.; McCormack, Mark (International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 2020)
Competitive teamsport at university level is predominantly segregated by gender in many western countries, despite concerns that gender segregation in sport can perpetuate sexism and gender inequality. While policies and activities seek to challenge sexism and gender inequality, the use of gender collaboration within a gender-segregated system as a method to achieve this has received little attention. In this article, we draw on a year-long ethnography of elite sport and 48 in-depth interviews with elite male and female athletes at a British university to explore the impact of various forms of gender mixing during training, which we call ‘gender-collaborative training’. While men’s and women’s teams competing against each other in practice matches resulted in gender-essentialist narratives attributing difference to biology, gender-integrated practices and workouts provided opportunities for men and women to train together without the gendered sport-specific associations that can reproduce sexism. We call for gender-collaborative training to be adopted by gender-segregated teams, and suggest that where there is resistance to any integration, teams start with mixed physical workouts and progress to mixed sport-specific training and then mixed competitive training. © The Author(s) 2020.
7 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000599892600001
Keywords: adult; article; dept.soc; ethnography; female; human; interview; male; narrative; peer-reviewed; sexism; training

Evaluation of an innovative curriculum enhancement: The conversation project - Pagano, Michael; Manger, Diana R.; O'Shea, Eileen; O'Sullivan, Cynthia (Nursing Education Perspectives, 2020)
Two northeast nursing schools piloted an innovative curriculum to teach The Conversation Project (TCP) to the next generation of nurses. The goal was to educate 26 graduate nursing students about how to have end-of-life and advance care planning conversations with people before they experience a crisis. The focus of assignments was on communicating newly learned TCP information. Postreflections demonstrated that participants felt their communication skills had been enhanced while their anxieties were reduced. The students' abilities to have end-of-life conversations increased. © Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85094221077
Keywords: Advance Care Planning; Communication; Conversation Project; Curriculum; End-of-Life Care; Graduate Nursing Education; Humans; Learning; Schools; Nursing; Students; Nursing; adult; advance care planning; anxiety; article; clinical article; communication skill; conversation; curriculum; dept.nur; female; graduate nursing student; human; interpersonal communication; learning; male; nursing education; nursing student; peer-reviewed

Cultural adaptation and consumer disidentification in the us - Prince, M.; Kwak, L (Journal of Empirical Generalisations in Marketing Science, 2020)
Alexander Josiassen (2011) initiated research on the consumer disidentification (CDI). More specifically, in his investigation of 2nd generation Turks in the Netherlands, he introduced the concept of acculturation as an antecedent to consumer disidentification among this ethnic group. Josiassen's study showed that acculturation negatively affects CDI. The present replication research among American 2nd generation US immigrants confirmed Josiassen’s findings with respect to CDI. It also confirmed his findings that acculturation positively affects consumer ethnocentrism (CET). In elaborating his model, the US study found that (a) national disidentification (NDI) is inversely predictive of acculturation, and (b) acculturation is negatively predictive of consumer xenocentrism (XEN). Replication of the Netherland CDI model in the U.S. results in an acceptable measurement fit and structural fit. © 2020, University of South Australia. All rights reserved.
Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85096865217
Keywords: Consumer disidentification; Cross-cultural; Ethnocentrism; National disidentification; Xenocentrism; dept.mkt; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Review of" Indigenous Persistence in the Colonized Americas: Material & Documentary Perspectives on Entanglement" - Farley, William A. (Historical Archaeology, 2020)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: book.review; dept.ant; peer-reviewed

P. Thomas: I See Things Differently: A First Look at Autism - Kuvish (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.sed

A comparison of two multilingual meeting systems - Aiken, Milam; Park, Mina (International Journal of Computers & Technology, 2020)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Google Translate; dept.bis; dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

A novel lifetime scheme for enhancing the convergence performance of salp swarm algorithm - Braik, Malik; Sheta, Alaa; Turabieh, Hamza; Al-Hiary, Heba (Soft Computing, 2021)
The performance of any meta-heuristic algorithm depends highly on the setting of dependent parameters of the algorithm. Different parameter settings for an algorithm may lead to different outcomes. An optimal parameter setting should support the algorithm to achieve a convincing level of performance or optimality in solving a range of optimization problems. This paper presents a novel enhancement method for the salp swarm algorithm (SSA), referred to as enhanced SSA (ESSA). In this ESSA, the following enhancements are proposed: First, a new position updating process was proposed. Second, a new dominant parameter different from that used in SSA was presented in ESSA. Third, a novel lifetime convergence method for tuning the dominant parameter of ESSA using ESSA itself was presented to enhance the convergence performance of ESSA. These enhancements to SSA were proposed in ESSA to augment its exploration and exploitation capabilities to achieve optimal global solutions, in which the dominant parameter of ESSA is updated iteratively through the evolutionary process of ESSA so that the positions of the search agents of ESSA are updated accordingly. These improvements on SSA through ESSA support it to avoid premature convergence and efficiently find the global optimum solution for many real-world optimization problems. The efficiency of ESSA was verified by testing it on several basic benchmark test functions. A comparative performance analysis between ESSA and other meta-heuristic algorithms was performed. Statistical test methods have evidenced the significance of the results obtained by ESSA. The efficacy of ESSA in solving real-world problems and applications is also demonstrated with five well-known engineering design problems and two real industrial problems. The comparative results show that ESSA imparts better performance and convergence than SSA and other meta-heuristic algorithms.
19 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85087610380
Keywords: Benchmarking; Comparative performance analysis; Convergence performance; Engineering design problems; Exploration and exploitation; Global optimum solutions; Heuristic algorithms; Iterative methods; Meta heuristic algorithm; Optimal parameter settings; Optimization; Parameter estimation; Real-world optimization; Testing; dept.csc; peer-reviewed

Provenance of late paleozoic glacial/post-glacial deposits in the eastern chaco-paraná basin, uruguay and southernmost paraná basin, brazil - Fedorchuk, Nicholas D.; Griffis, Neil; Isbell, John L.; Goso, César; Rosa, Eduardo L.M.; Montañez, Isabel P.; Yin, Qing-Zhu; Huyskens, Magdalena H.; Sanborn, Matthew E.; Mundil, Roland; Vesely, Fernando Farias; Iannuzzi, Roberto (Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2021)
The Paraná Basin, Brazil and the Chaco-Paraná Basin, Uruguay both contain sedimentary records that are critical to reconstructing late Paleozoic ice centers in central Gondwana. The orientations of subglacial landforms and glaciotectonic structures suggest that late Paleozoic glacial deposits in the eastern Chaco-Paraná Basin and the southernmost Paraná Basin are genetically related, as they were likely glaciated by the same ice center. However, the location and extent of the ice center responsible for depositing these sediments are unclear. Furthermore, changes in sediment dispersal patterns between glacial, inter-glacial, and post-glacial intervals are not understood for this region of Gondwana. Therefore, this study utilized U–Pb detrital zircon geochronology to assess the provenance of glacial and post-glacial sediments from the eastern Chaco-Paraná Basin (San Gregorio, Cerro Pelado, Tres Islas Formations) and the southernmost Paraná Basin (Itararé Group). Results show dominant age peaks at 520–555 Ma, 625 Ma, 750–780 Ma, and 900–1000 Ma in all samples from the eastern Chaco-Paraná Basin. These zircons are interpreted to have been derived from sources in the Cuchilla Dionisio Terrane and Punta del Este Terrane in southeastern Uruguay, and possibly the Namaqua Belt in southern Namibia. Another important source was likely Devonian sedimentary rocks of the Durazno Group in central/eastern Uruguay. Meanwhile, a sample of the glaciogenic Itararé Group from the southernmost Paraná Basin contains a different detrital zircon signature with peaks at 580 Ma, 780 Ma, 2110 Ma, and 2500 Ma that closely resembles underlying sedimentary and meta-sedimentary rocks of the Precambrian/Cambrian Camaquã Basin. Detrital zircon ages in the glacial and post-glacial sediments indicate that local sources were dominant. In contrast, zircon ages from relatively ice-distal glaciomarine intervals in the Chaco-Paraná Basin reflect more distal sources to the east and southeast, which indicates a larger drainage catchment opened when glaciers retreated and/or the zone of maximum subglacial erosion shifted. Although most zircon ages in the Chaco-Paraná Basin can be attributed to Uruguayan sources, results support the hypothesis that glaciers emanated from southern Namibia and southeast Uruguay into the Chaco-Paraná Basin. From there, ice flowed northwest into the Paraná Basin and then receded back towards Africa as the paleoclimate warmed. The detrital zircon inventory in our study region is distinct from the eastern Paraná Basin, suggesting at least two unique African source regions for glaciers that deposited sediments in the Paraná and Chaco-Paraná Basins. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85096118918
Keywords: Brazil; Carboniferous; Chaco Basin; Paleozoic; Parana Basin; Uruguay; dept.esc; geochronology; glacial deposit; glacial landform; peer-reviewed; provenance; sediment transport; sedimentary rock; subglacial environment; uranium-lead dating; zircon

Measurement of groomed jet substructure observables in p+p collisions at s=200 GeV with STAR - STAR Collaboration (Physics Letters B, 2020)
In this letter, measurements of the shared momentum fraction (zg) and the groomed jet radius (Rg), as defined in the SoftDrop algorithm, are reported in p+p collisions at s=200 GeV collected by the STAR experiment. These substructure observables are differentially measured for jets of varying resolution parameters from R=0.2−0.6 in the transverse momentum range 15<pT,jet<60 GeV/c. These studies show that, in the pT,jet range accessible at s=200 GeV and with increasing jet resolution parameter and jet transverse momentum, the zg distribution asymptotically converges to the DGLAP splitting kernel for a quark radiating a gluon. The groomed jet radius measurements reflect a momentum-dependent narrowing of the jet structure for jets of a given resolution parameter, i.e., the larger the pT,jet, the narrower the first splitting. For the first time, these fully corrected measurements are compared to Monte Carlo generators with leading order QCD matrix elements and leading log in the parton shower, and to state-of-the-art theoretical calculations at next-to-leading-log accuracy. We observe that PYTHIA 6 with parameters tuned to reproduce RHIC measurements is able to quantitatively describe data, whereas PYTHIA 8 and HERWIG 7, tuned to reproduce LHC data, are unable to provide a simultaneous description of both zg and Rg, resulting in opportunities for fine parameter tuning of these models for p+p collisions at RHIC energies. We also find that the theoretical calculations without non-perturbative corrections are able to qualitatively describe the trend in data for jets of large resolution parameters at high pT,jet, but fail at small jet resolution parameters and low jet transverse momenta.
16 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.ids: adamMeasurementGroomedJet2020 tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85095685198 type: Article
Keywords: Groomed jet radius; Jet substructure; SoftDrop; Splitting function; dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Affordability, security, sustainability? Grassroots community energy visions from Liverpool, United Kingdom - Morrissey, J.; Schwaller, E.; Dickson, D.; Axon, S. (Energy Research & Social Science, 2020)
Envisioning societal futures for systemic low carbon transition is key to supporting the emergence of new configurations of the energy system. Such visions or ‘imaginaries’ facilitate wider societal support for system change. Given the urgency of the decarbonisation agenda, societal understandings of transitions processes and community ideas and visions about pathways for change assume a key role. The paper addresses an important gap in knowledge of place-based visions of energy system transition by soliciting views of community residents through a survey instrument, on what their perspectives on energy transition are. A case-study of Liverpool UK is presented, conducted as part of the EU Horizon 2020 ENTRUST project. Through a cluster analysis approach of study respondent perspectives, this study identities 4 distinct energy visions: (1) Community Affordability; (2) The Centre Ground; (3) Security First; and (4) Green Affordability. Identified visions present different perspectives on how energy is framed, with each vision characterised by distinct preferences on the extent to which stakeholder groups may influence the energy system as well as different views on the role of specific energy generation methods. Further, visions differ on the role of different actors and institutions in the energy transition. Identified energy visions provide insight into the ways in which grassroots communities consider how the energy system should transition in the coming years. The study contributes to understanding of spatially-situated and socially differentiated views of energy system transition, providing insight into contrasting viewpoints on current and future energy system priorities of residents of Liverpool, UK. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
11 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000596623700014
Keywords: Community; Energy visions; Energy-system; Grassroots; Low carbon transition; dept.egm; peer-reviewed

Contextualizing climate justice activism: Knowledge, emotions, motivations, and actions among climate strikers in six cities - Martiskainen, Mari; Axon, Stephen; Sovacool, Benjamin K.; Sareen, Siddharth; Del Rio, Dylan Furszyfer; Axon, Kayleigh (Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions, 2020)
In August 2018, Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg started to strike from school on Fridays to protest against a lack of action on the climate crisis. Her actions sparked a historically large youth movement, leading to a series of school strikes across the world. Over the course of one week in September 2019, striking school children, students and other grassroots movements, such as Extinction Rebellion, called for everyone to participate in a global Climate Strike. This paper is based on comparative research with climate protesters in six cities: Brighton and London (United Kingdom), Montreal (Canada), New Haven and New York (USA), and Stavanger (Norway). Based on original interviews with 64 protesters, the study examines their knowledge, emotions, motivations, and actions in relation to climate change, including any lifestyle changes they have undertaken before or after their protests. Our findings show that protesters have varying degrees of knowledge about climate change, and have taken a range of actions in their own lives to address climate change. They also manifest a wide spectrum of emotions about climate change, and different motivations for taking part in climate strikes. These features are under-studied and dynamically evolving at the present conjuncture. On this basis, we call for expanded academic attention to human, emotional, epistemic, and seemingly mundane aspects of climate protests, their structural tendencies and relational expressions, and the implications for our ability to address underlying drivers. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
81 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000600041700006
Keywords: Brighton; Brighton and Hove; Canada; Climate protests; Climate strikes; Connecticut; England; Fridays for Future; Greta; Greta Thunberg; London; London [England]; Montreal; New Haven; New York; Norway; Quebec [Canada]; Rogaland; Social activism; Social movements; Stavanger; United Kingdom; United States; action plan; climate change; dept.egm; environmental justice; knowledge; lifestyle; peer; peer-reviewed; psychology

Investigation of the linear and mode-coupled flow harmonics in Au+Au collisions at sNN = 200 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physics Letters B, 2020)
Flow harmonics (vn) of the Fourier expansion for the azimuthal distributions of hadrons are commonly employed to quantify the azimuthal anisotropy of particle production relative to the collision symmetry planes. While lower order Fourier coefficients (v2 and v3) are more directly related to the corresponding eccentricities of the initial state, the higher-order flow harmonics (vn>3) can be induced by a mode-coupled response to the lower-order anisotropies, in addition to a linear response to the same-order anisotropies. These higher-order flow harmonics and their linear and mode-coupled contributions can be used to more precisely constrain the initial conditions and the transport properties of the medium in theoretical models. The multiparticle azimuthal cumulant method is used to measure the linear and mode-coupled contributions in the higher-order anisotropic flow, the mode-coupled response coefficients, and the correlations of the event plane angles for charged particles as functions of centrality and transverse momentum in Au+Au collisions at nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy sNN= 200 GeV. The results are compared to similar LHC measurements as well as to several viscous hydrodynamic calculations with varying initial conditions.
10 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.ids: adamInvestigationLinearModecoupled2020, adamInvestigationLinearModecoupled2020a tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85090403270 type: Article
Keywords: Collectivity; Correlation; Shear viscosity; dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Results on total and elastic cross sections in proton–proton collisions at s=200 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physics Letters B, 2020)
We report results on the total and elastic cross sections in proton-proton collisions at s=200 GeV obtained with the Roman Pot setup of the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The elastic differential cross section was measured in the squared four-momentum transfer range 0.045≤−t≤0.135 GeV2. The value of the exponential slope parameter B of the elastic differential cross section dσ/dt∼e−Bt in the measured −t range was found to be B=14.32±0.09(stat.)−0.28+0.13(syst.) GeV−2. The total cross section σtot, obtained from extrapolation of the dσ/dt to the optical point at −t=0, is σtot=54.67±0.21(stat.)−1.38+1.28(syst.) mb. We also present the values of the elastic cross section σel=10.85±0.03(stat.)−0.41+0.49(syst.) mb, the elastic cross section integrated within the STAR t-range σeldet=4.05±0.01(stat.)−0.17+0.18(syst.) mb, and the inelastic cross section σinel=43.82±0.21(stat.)−1.44+1.37(syst.) mb. The results are compared with the world data.
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.ids: adamResultsTotalElastic2020 tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85089410330 type: Article
Keywords: Diffraction; Elastic scattering; Proton-proton collisions; dept.phy; peer-reviewed

The socio-cultural dimensions of community-based sustainability: Implications for transformational change - Axon, Stephen (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020)
There is substantial difficulty with effectively, and meaningfully, engaging the public with community-based sustainability projects as a method to facilitate sustainable lifestyles. Individuals engage with community projects in numerous ways: cognitively (knowledge), affectively (emotions), and behaviourally (actions). One prevalent consideration that individuals consider is other peoples’ (lack of) engagement; given that the success of community-based approaches addressing climate change is dependent upon the actions, and participation, of all local residents. Findings from focus groups in seven urban communities in the UK are presented that illustrate clear elements of ‘Othering’ as part of individual engagements with community-based sustainability projects. Primarily, there is substantial consideration towards what other people within the community know, feel, and do to engage with community-based projects. Residents distinguish themselves in opposition to those they view as engaging, and not engaging, in the same way as themselves and indicate the need for equitable participation amongst all residents. These considerations have the potential to project particular barriers on wider community engagement if left to develop, cause tension, and are not resolved. Implications for participatory strategies to meaningfully and effectively engage individuals with community-based sustainability and transformational change are outlined. Insights into how considerations of ‘Othering’ can be overcome so as not to cause negative engagements with other residents and attempts to live sustainably as part of a community approach are illustrated. © 2020
21 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000546633900005
Keywords: Climate change; Communities; Community based approach; Community engagement; Community project; Community-based; Community-based projects; Local residents; Othering; Public engagement; Sustainability project; Sustainability science; Sustainable development; Sustainable lifestyles; Transformational change; Transformations; Urban community; dept.egm; peer-reviewed

Language, labor and reification - McGill, Kenneth (Language Sciences, 2020)
In this article, I attempt to describe how language is reified, using the call center as an extended example. I take up recent debates regarding language and economic value, attempting to disentangle a by now substantial series of arguments about language and commodification. The theoretical core of the paper is drawn from the work of Georg Lukács, who provided the account of reification that was at the root of twentieth century critical theory. Following Lukács, I argue that what is indispensable in the process of reification is both a “contemplative stance” in relation to economic laws and the presence of “special partial systems” within the production process of commodities. These are particularly important considerations for what I refer to as the one-sided rationalization of language that occurs in call centers in particular, but also on a more widespread social basis. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000541167600006
Keywords: Commodity; Consciousness; Economic value; Language; Reification; dept.ant; peer-reviewed

Reducing Student Nurse Stigmatization of the Patient Who Misuses Opioids A Scoping Review - Maynard, Kristi (Journal of Addictions Nursing, 2020)
The United States is in the midst of an opioid epidemic. The numbers of opioid-related deaths have been steadily climbing, magnifying the need for innovative intervention. Stigma is a set of preconceived, negative assumptions about a patient population or group. Stigma is a known deterrent to communication and the delivery of healthcare. Nurses serve as a primary contact for many marginalized patients within the healthcare system. The purpose of this scoping review is to gather known data on the use of educational interventions with nursing students to reduce stigmatizing tendencies. Inclusion criteria constituted an educational intervention involving student nurses and an effort to reduce stigmatizing attitudes toward patients who misuse opioids. The intervention must have taken place in an institute of higher learning between the years of 2003 and 2018. Exclusion criteria included community-wide studies. A single study was identified addressing nursing student reduction of stigmatization of the individual who uses opioids, and so, the search was expanded to include any student nursing intervention developed to reduce stigma toward any marginalized population. The following electronic databases were utilized in the search process: Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Google Scholar, Journal Storage, Microsoft Academic, and ScienceDirect. Reference pages of selected or related articles were reviewed in an attempt to identify additional pertinent literature through citation mapping. Fifteen studies were identified, each of which utilized a variable methodology for stigma reduction with varying levels of success. © Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000526707500008
Keywords: Attitude of Health Personnel; Clinical Competence; Humans; Opioid-Related Disorders; Social Stigma; Stereotyping; Students; Nursing; clinical competence; dept.nur; education; health personnel attitude; human; nurse; nursing student; opiate addiction; opioid misuse; peer-reviewed; psychology; social stigma; stereotyping; stigma; student

Big five, linguistic styles, and successful online learning - Abe, J. (Internet and Higher Education, 2020)
With the tremendous growth in online classes and programs at institutions of higher education, conflicting claims are increasingly being made on media and blog sites about the personality types that are compatible with this new learning format. The relations between the Five Factor Model of Personality (FFM) and linguistic styles with measures of academic performance in fully online asynchronous classes were examined. Consistent with findings based on research in face-to-face classes, Conscientiousness, Openness to Experience, and Analytic Thinking were associated with academic success. There was no support for the views propagated on the internet that extraversion, introversion, or anxiety hinder or foster online learning. The most robust predictor of academic performance throughout the semester, independent of the personality variables, was the number of words students contributed to the online discussions. These finding are interpreted within the Community of Inquiry framework (CoI; Garrison, 2003) and future lines of research are suggested. © 2020 Elsevier Inc.
31 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.ids: abeBigFiveLinguistic2020 tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85078113247 type: Article
Keywords: Academic performance; Community of Inquiry framework (CoI); Community of inquiry; E-learning; Education computing; Five Factor Model Of Personality (FFM); Five-factor model of personality; LIWC; Linguistic analysis; Linguistics; Online learning; dept.psy; peer-reviewed

Equity, achievement, and thriving in nursing academic progression - Aragon, Sofia; Beauvais, Audrey M.; Friday, Vivienne; Green, Cheryl; Kiger, Anna J.; King, Simmy; Lear, Tina; Mahowald, Jane; McGuill, Gail; Perkins, Danielle; Valdez, Anna Maria; Velasco, Brian; et al. (Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 2020)
8 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.ids: aragonEquityAchievementThriving2020a tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85088786114 type: Article
Keywords: dept.nur; equity; nursing education; peer-reviewed; progression

Establishing a global standard for wearable devices in sport and fitness: Perspectives from the new england chapter of the american college of sports medicine members. - Ash, Garrett I.; Stults-Kolehmainen, Matthew A.; Busa, Michael A.; Gregory, Robert; Garber, Carol Ewing; Liu, Jason; Gerstein, Mark; Casajús, José A.; González-Agüero, A.; Constantinou, Demitri; Geistlinger, Michael; Guppy, Fergus M.; et al. (Current sports medicine reports, 2020)
The recent explosion of wearable technology and the associated concerns prompted the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS) to create a quality assurance standard for wearable devices, which provides commissioned testing of marketing claims and endorsement of commercial wearables that test favorably. An open forum as announced in the conference advertising was held at the Annual Meeting of the New England Regional Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (NEACSM) November 7 to 8, 2019, in Providence, Rhode Island, USA for attending NEACSM members to voice their input on the process. Herein, we report the proceedings. The round table participants perceived the quality assurance standard to be important, but identified some practical process challenges that included the broad scope and complexity of the device universe, the need for a multiphase testing pathway, and the associated fees for product evaluation. The participants also supported the evaluation of device data analysis, behavioral influences, and user experience in the overall evaluation. Looking forward, the FIMS quality assurance standard faces the challenge of balancing these broader perspectives with practical constraints of budget, facilities, time, and human resources. © 2020 by the American College of Sports Medicine.
14 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.ids: ashEstablishingGlobalStandard2020a tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85079081076 type: Article
Keywords: Fitness Trackers; Humans; New England; Sports; Sports Medicine; United States; Wearable Electronic Devices; activity tracker; adult; article; budget; cosmos; data analysis; dept.hms; electronic device; human; peer-reviewed; quality control; sport; sports medicine

Detection of multiple grapevine viruses in New England vineyards - Borges, Darlan Ferreira; Preising, Stephanie; de Queiroz Ambrósio, Márcia Michelle; da Silva, Washington Luis (Crop Protection, 2020)
Vineyards in the New England region of the USA were surveyed for the occurrence of grapevine viruses. A total of ten vineyards were visited and 62 composite samples of leaves with the petioles were collected from symptomatic grapevines (Vitis spp.). All of the samples were assayed by double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (DAS-ELISA) using antibodies specific for four major grapevine leafroll-associated viruses (GLRaV-1, GLRaV-2, GLRaV-3, and GLRaV-4), grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV), tobacco ringspot virus (TRSV), and tomato ringspot virus (ToRSV). Positive ELISA samples were further tested by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) with primers specific for each of the viruses to confirm the ELISA results. Twenty-two samples were infected with at least one of the viruses tested. GLRaV-3 (24.19%) was the most prevalent virus detected followed by GLRaV-1 (12.90%), ToRSV (3.23%), and GLRaV-2 and TRSV (1.61%). This is the first study reporting on the presence of grapevine viruses in New England. Extensive surveys need to be conducted to evaluate the prevalence and economic impact of these viruses on New England vineyards. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.ids: borgesDetectionMultipleGrapevine2020a tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85081269363 type: Article
Keywords: Grapevine fanleaf virus; Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 1; Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3; Grapevine viruses; New England; Tobacco ringspot virus; Tomato ringspot virus; United States; Vineyards; Vitis; dept.bio; detection method; economic impact; pathogen; peer-reviewed; tobacco; vineyard; viral disease; virus

Educational leadership, leader-member exchange and teacher self-efficacy - Flores, Gabriela L.; Fowler, Denver J; Posthuma, Richard A. (Journal of Global Education and Research, 2020)
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.edl; peer-reviewed

Increasing demand and a tradeoff between speed-cost efficiencies and total profits - Lee, Minjae (Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.mgt

Developing the elusive construct of speed-cost efficiency - Lee, Minjae; Mahoney, Joseph T. (Academy of Management Proceedings, 2020)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.mgt

A coronavirus outbreak and sector stock returns: The tale from the first ten weeks of 2020 - Nguyen, Khoa Huu (SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020)
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.fin

Do monetary incentives undermine performance on intrinsically enjoyable tasks? A field test - Esteves-Sorenson, Constança; Broce, Robert (The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2022)
Economists have long been intrigued by an influential literature in psychology positing that monetary pay lowers performance on enjoyable tasks by crowding out agents’ intrinsic interest in them. But typical experiments in this literature do not report a full set of performance metrics, which might reveal conflicting evidence on crowding out. Further, they may suffer from confounds. To evaluate these issues, we review over 100 prior tests and run a field experiment building on the canonical two-session test for crowding out wherein agents receive pay for an interesting activity in session 1 that is withdrawn unexpectedly in session 2. We test whether pay harms performance using a comprehensive set of performance measures, and if so, whether unmet pay expectations might also contribute to this decline. Our results on output, productivity and quits are most consistent with a standard economics model than with a crowding-out one. Additional, though more speculative, evidence suggests that unmet pay expectations may harm output quality. © 2020 The President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.document_type: Article tex.source: Scopus
Keywords: dept.swk; peer-reviewed

Re/Un/Discover: An embodied heuristic for uncertainties in social work practice - Keenan, Elizabeth King (Australian Social Work, 2021)
Social workers have always worked with and within uncertainties in practice, but the COVID-19 pandemic is amplifying the frequency and degree of uncertainty across ecological levels. Social workers need enhanced capacity to work with these uncertainties and the impact on individual and collective wellbeing. The RE/UN/DIScover heuristic guides social workers’ responses to the wide range of practice uncertainties experienced in the moment and over time. Drawing on understandings of embodied wellbeing from interpersonal neurobiology and the power relations manifest in intersectional positionality, RE/UN/DIScover offers embodied, iterative practices to access the wealth of capabilities within self and others. IMPLICATIONS Disruptions and uncertainties connected with pandemics, economic recessions, continued systemic injustices and other human-made problems can challenge social workers and impact the wellbeing of individuals and communities. Heuristics are guides that sort, order, and inform decisions and actions. The RE/UN/DIScover heuristic uses knowledge about embodied wellbeing and various forms of power to guide social workers. RE/UN/DIScover offers social workers practices to use with uncertainties both in the moment and over time. © 2020 Australian Association of Social Workers.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85097057855
Keywords: dept.swk; peer-reviewed

A novel meta-heuristic search algorithm for solving optimization problems: capuchin search algorithm - Braik, Malik; Sheta, Alaa; Heba, Al-Hiary (Neural Computing & Applications, 2021)
Meta-heuristic search algorithms were successfully used to solve a variety of problems in engineering, science, business, and finance. Meta-heuristic algorithms share common features since they are population-based approaches that use a set of tuning parameters to evolve new solutions based on the natural behavior of creatures. In this paper, we present a novel nature-inspired search optimization algorithm called the capuchin search algorithm (CapSA) for solving constrained and global optimization problems. The key inspiration of CapSA is the dynamic behavior of capuchin monkeys.The basic optimization characteristics of this new algorithm are designed by modeling the social actions of capuchins during wandering and foraging over trees and riverbanks in forests while searching for food sources. Some of the common behaviors of capuchins during foraging that are implemented in this algorithm are leaping, swinging, and climbing. Jumping is an effective mechanism used by capuchins to jump from tree to tree. The other foraging mechanisms exercised by capuchins, known as swinging and climbing, allow the capuchins to move small distances over trees, tree branches, and the extremities of the tree branches. These locomotion mechanisms eventually lead to feasible solutions of global optimization problems. The proposed algorithm is benchmarked on 23 well-known benchmark functions, as well as solving several challenging and computationally costly engineering problems. A broad comparative study is conducted to demonstrate the efficacy of CapSA over several prominent meta-heuristic algorithms in terms of optimization precision and statistical test analysis. Overall results show that CapSA renders more precise solutions with a high convergence rate compared to competitive meta-heuristic methods. © 2020, Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature.
94 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85087487517
Keywords: Biomimetics; Constrained optimization; Cost engineering; Effective mechanisms; Engineering problems; Forestry; Global optimization; Global optimization problems; Heuristic algorithms; Heuristic methods; Learning algorithms; Locomotion mechanism; Meta heuristic algorithm; Meta-heuristic methods; Meta-heuristic search algorithms; Optimization problems; dept.csc; peer-reviewed

A fig deal: A global look at fig mosaic disease and its putative associates. - Preising, Stephanie; Borges, Darlan; de Queiroz Ambrósio, Márcia Michelle; da Silva, Washington L. (Plant disease, 2021)
16 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Badnavirus; Connecticut; Ficus; Phylogeny; Plant Diseases; dept.bio; peer-reviewed; phylogeny; plant disease

COVID-19: effectiveness of socioeconomic factors in containing the spread and mortality - Ang, Joshua Ping; Dong, Fang; Patalinghug, Jason (International Review of Applied Economics, 2021)
This paper presents a study on 80 countries that evaluates the socioeconomic factors in containing the spread and mortality of COVID-19. Our results show that the long-term social factors such as lower personal freedom, better education in science, and past coronavirus outbreak experience are more effective than the economic factors such as higher healthcare-associated factors per 1000 population and larger GDP. However, using GDP per capita as the instrumental variable, we also find that the richer countries with a high degree of personal freedom have a higher number of infection or death cases per million population because they would be less likely to adhere to and implement the policy of the movement restrictions to restrict their access to goods and services. © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
7 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85097015963
Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Gross Domestic Product; dept.eco; disease control; disease spread; epidemic; global perspective; mortality; pandemic; peer-reviewed; regression analysis; socioeconomic conditions

Effectiveness of symmetric rejection for a secure and user convenient multistage biometric system - Hossain, Md. S.; Balagani, Kiran S.; Phoha, Vir V. (Pattern Analysis and Applications, 2021)
A multistage biometric verification system uses multiple biometrics and/or multiple biometric verifiers to generate a verification decision. The core of a multistage biometric verification system is reject option which allows a stage not to give a genuine/impostor decision when it is not confident enough. This paper studies the effectiveness of symmetric rejection for multistage biometric verification systems. The symmetric rejection method determines the reject region by symmetrically rejecting equal proportion of genuine and impostor scores. The applicability of a multistage biometric verification system depends on how secure and user convenient it is, which is measured by the performance–cost trade-off. This paper analyzes the performance–cost trade-off of symmetric rejection method by conducting extensive experiments. Experiments are performed on two biometric databases: (1) publicly available NIST database and (2) a keystroke database. In addition, the symmetric rejection method is empirically compared with two existing rejection methods: (1) sequential probability ratio test-based method, which uses score-fusion and (2) Marcialis et al.’s method, which does not use score fusion. Results demonstrate strong effect of symmetric rejection method on creating a secure and user convenient multistage biometric verification system.
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85087048573
Keywords: dept.csc; peer-reviewed

Motivating students with learning disabilities to read - Wei, Yan; Spear-Swerling, Louise; Mercurio, Mia (Intervention in School and Clinic, 2021)
Students may lack the motivation to read for many reasons, including inadequate access to interesting texts, limited encouragement to read for pleasure from adults, instructional practices that do not foster engagement in learning, or a history of reading failure. This article focuses on students with reading disabilities who may have a long-standing dislike of reading born of repeated negative experiences with learning to read. Motivating these students to read for pleasure may seem like an unattainable goal. However, past difficulties in reading do not necessarily mean that children will dislike reading forever. In conjunction with appropriate academic interventions, student interest in reading might be improved by motivational interventions aligned with a theoretical framework discussed in this article: (a) choosing interesting texts to read, (b) stimulating knowledge-based interest, and (c) enhancing task-based interest.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85086673210
Keywords: dept.sed; peer-reviewed

Derivative use, ownership structure and lending activities of US banks - Abugri, Benjamin A; Osah, Theophilus Teye (Journal of Economics and Finance, 2021)
Following the 2007–2008 financial crisis, there is widespread interest in understanding how derivative use drives bank lending behavior. Our paper examines the impact of bank ownership structure on the relationship between derivative use and lending activities of U.S. banks. We find that lending recovered faster in larger banks than smaller banks post-crisis and in line with Diamond’s (Diamond DW 1984 Financial intermediation and delegated monitoring. Rev Econ Stud 51:393–414) systemic risk reduction theory, derivative use is positively associated with lending growth. Ownership is significant in explaining the magnitude of the relationship even after controlling for alternative specifications of the derivative use variable. In both normal and crisis periods, the speed of adjustment of lending to derivatives use by stock banks lags that of mutual banks. We suggest that speculative trading in derivatives substitutes for lending growth to a larger extent for stock banks compared to mutual banks. These findings may have important implications for investors and bank regulators. © 2020, Academy of Economics and Finance.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85096023364
Keywords: dept.eco; dept.fin; peer-reviewed

Identifying bound stellar companions to kepler exoplanet host stars using speckle imaging - Colton, Nicole M.; Horch, Elliott P; Everett, Mark E; Howell, Steve B; Davidson, James W., Jr.; Baptista, Brian J.; Casetti-Dinescu, Dana I (Astronomical Journal, 2021)
The Kepler mission and subsequent ground-based follow-up observations have revealed a number of exoplanet host stars with nearby stellar companions. This study presents speckle observations of 57 Kepler objects of interest (KOIs) that are also double stars, each observed over a 3-8 yr period, which has allowed us to track their relative motions with high precision. Measuring the position angle and separation of the companion with respect to the primary can help determine if the pair exhibits common proper motion, indicating it is likely to be a bound binary system. We report on the motions of 34 KOIs that have close stellar companions, three of which are triple stars, for a total of 37 companions studied. Eighteen of the 34 systems are confirmed exoplanet hosts, including one triple star, while four other systems have been subsequently judged to be false positives and twelve are yet to be confirmed as planet hosts. We find that 21 are most likely to be common proper motion pairs, 4 are line-of-sight companions, and 12 are of an uncertain disposition at present. The fraction of the confirmed exoplanet host systems that are common proper motion pairs is approximately 86% in this sample. In this subsample, the planets are exclusively found with periods of less than 110 days, so that in all cases the stellar companion is found at a much larger separation from the planet host star than the planet itself. A preliminary period-radius relation for the confirmed planets in our sample suggests no obvious differences at this stage with the full sample of known exoplanets. © 2020. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
10 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85098523712
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Consumer responses toward symmetric versus asymmetric facial expression emojis - Hewage, G.S. Urumutta; Liu, Yue; Wang, Ze; Mao, Huifang (Marketing Letters, 2021)
Facial expression emojis are commonly used in digital communications and marketing campaigns. However, it is less known how the design of emojis may affect consumer responses. To address this gap, this research examines the impact of emojis’ facial asymmetry levels on consumer judgments. Findings across four studies demonstrate that compared with their symmetric counterparts, asymmetric facial expression emojis are more likely to receive favorable consumer evaluations. This effect is driven by perceptions of human expression resemblance and emotional expression strength and tends to be more prominent among consumers with a higher level of emotional sensitivity. Moreover, marketing messages including an asymmetric (vs. a symmetric) emoji are more likely to generate positive consumer responses.
8 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85094917562
Keywords: dept.mkt; peer-reviewed

HAT-P-68b: A transiting hot jupiter around a K5 dwarf star - Lindor, Bethlee M.; Hartman, Joel D.; Bakos, Gáspár Á.; Bhatti, Waqas; Csubry, Zoltan; Penev, Kaloyan; Bieryla, Allyson; Lathman, David W; Torres, Guillermo; Buchhave, Lars A; de Val-Borro, Miguel; Howard, Andrew W; et al. (Astronomical Journal, 2021)
We report the discovery by the ground-based Hungarian-made Automated Telescope Network (HATNet) survey of the transiting exoplanet HAT-P-68b, which has a mass of 0.724 ± 0.043 MJ, and radius of 1.072 ± 0.012 RJ. The planet is in a circular P = 2.2984 day orbit around a moderately bright V = 13.937 ± 0.030 magnitude K-dwarf star of mass ${0.673}_{-0.014}{+0.020}$ M⊙, and radius 0.6726 ± 0.0069 R⊙. The planetary nature of this system is confirmed through follow-up transit photometry obtained with the Fred L. Whipple Observatory (FLWO) 1.2 m telescope, high-precision radial velocities measured using Keck I/High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer (HIRES), FLWO 1.5 m/Tillinghast Reflector Echelle Spectrograph (TRES), and Observatoire de Haute-Provence (OHP) 1.9 m/Sophie, and high-spatial-resolution speckle imaging from WIYN 3.5 m/DSSI. HAT-P-68 is at an ecliptic latitude of +3° and outside the field of view of both the NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite primary mission and the K2 mission. The large transit depth of 0.036 mag (r band) makes HAT-P-68b a promising target for atmospheric characterization via transmission spectroscopy.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85101652867
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

An ecological framework for understanding HIV- and AIDS-related stigma among Asian American and Pacific Islander men who have sex with men living in the USA - Sen, Soma; Aguilar, Jemel P.; Petty, Mac (Culture, Health and Sexuality, 2021)
Despite the fact that HIV- and AIDS-related stigma is consistently identified as an impediment to HIV prevention, a multilevel conceptualisation of HIV- and AIDS-related stigma continues to be poorly understood. The role of multilevel HIV- and AIDS-related stigma in the HIV prevention and intervention behaviours of Asian American and Pacific Islander who have sex with men in the USA is particularly overlooked. Psychology has contributed significantly to the identification of individual or interpersonal level factors influencing HIV- and AIDS-related stigma, while sociology has contributed to a more societal perspective. This dichotomy has led to the absence of a multilevel conceptual framework for analysing the HIV- or AIDS-related stigma experienced by Asian American and Pacific Islander who have sex with men in the USA. In this paper, we argue for need to develop such a model which is culturally grounded and bridges the individual, interpersonal and societal conceptualisations of stigma prominent in the social science literature. To that end, we use Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory to explore the manifestation of HIV stigma at the micro, meso and macro levels and how these might impact on HIV testing and HIV service utilisation among Asian American and Pacific Islander men who have sex with men. We conclude by identifying some practice and research implications.
4 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Type: Article tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85079445506
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Asian American; Asian Americans; HIV Infections; Homosexuality; Human immunodeficiency virus infection; Humans; Male; Sexual and Gender Minorities; United States; acquired immune deficiency syndrome; dept.swk; human; male; male homosexuality; peer-reviewed; sexual and gender minority

Prediction of ethanol self-administration in pre-weanling, adolescent, and young adult rats. - Soledad Fernandez, Macarena; Edward Nizhnikov, Michael; Garcia Virgolini, Rodrigo; Marcos Pautassi, Ricardo (Developmental Psychobiology, 2021)
Alcohol (ethanol) use is almost normative by late adolescence, in most western countries. It is important to identify factors that distinguish those who progress from alcohol initiation to sustained use of the drug, from those that keep a controlled pattern of drinking. The factors precipitating this transition may change across development. This study analyzed associations between behavioral endophenotypes and ethanol intake at three developmental periods. Exp. 1 measured ethanol drinking at postnatal day 18, via an intraoral infusion procedure, in male or female pre-weanling rats screened for anxiety response in the light-dark box test and for distance traveled in a novel open field. Exp. 2 measured, in juvenile/adolescent or young adult rats, the association between shelter seeking, exploratory/risk-taking behaviors, anxiety or hedonic responses, and ethanol intake. Ethanol intake in pre-weanlings was explained by distance traveled in a novel environment, whereas anxiety responses, measured in the multivariate concentric square field apparatus (MSCF), selectively predicted ethanol intake at adolescence, but not at adulthood. Those juvenile/adolescents with lower mean duration of visit to areas of the MSCF that evoke anxiogenic responses exhibited heightened ethanol intake. These findings suggest that the association between anxiety and ethanol intake may be specifically relevant during adolescence. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: (C) 2021 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Keywords: Alcohol Drinking; Animals; Anxiety; Ethanol; Female; Male; Rats; Self Administration; Wistar; Wistar rat; adolescents; alcohol; animal; anxiety; dept.psy; drinking behavior; drug self administration; ethanol intake; female; male; peer-reviewed; pre-weanling rat; rat

Examining student achievement, teacher effectiveness, and merit pay in a rural school district - Boudreaux, Mary; Faulkner, Jill (Voices of Reform, 2020)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.edl; peer-reviewed

Short selling prior to going concern disclosures - Huang, Jian; Wang, Lei; Yu, Han; Zhang, Zhen (Accounting and Business Research, 2020)
We provide insights into how the market processes going concern audit opinions based on the trading of some well-documented sophisticated investors–short sellers. We find that abnormal short selling increases significantly upon impending going concern disclosures. While prior literature attributed much of short selling around some corporate events to private information, we find evidence that pre-going-concern announcement short selling reflects both privately informed trading and processing of public information by short sellers. Further, a negative relation between pre-announcement short selling and post-announcement short-term stock returns exists for stocks with less short sale constraints. We also find moderate evidence associating short selling with subsequent bankruptcy to some extent. Overall, these results suggest that short sellers front run going concern announcements based on private information and fundamentals, although trading constraints prevent them fully impounding the severity of negative information in the short run, providing a partial explanation for the long-run price drift post-going concern. © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.ids: huangShortSellingPrior2020a tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85097052844 type: Article
Keywords: dept.fin; peer-reviewed

The problem of evil in the Neo-Confucian context: Wang Yangming’s view on evil - Yang, Xiaomei (Asian Philosophy, 2020)
Wang Yangming believes that human nature is entirely good. A question naturally arises: where is evil from? It has been argued that Wang’s idealism gives rise to the problem of evil. I first argue that the difficulty for Wang to have a coherent account of evil can be removed when his idealism is understood in a narrow sense. Second, I offer an account of Wang’s view on evil in three steps. First, I argue that evil comes from the interaction between humans and the external world according to Wang. Second, I show that given Wang’s account of human nature with three aspects, there is no contradiction between Wang’s claim that human nature is the same in everyone and Wang’s claim about differences in our natural endowment which affect our moral practice. Third, I argue that Wang’s doctrine of non-distinction of good and evil in the original substance of human nature is uniquely Confucian. © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.ids: yangProblemEvilNeoConfucian2020a tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85096538386 type: Article
Keywords: Human nature; dept.phi; idealism; origin of evil; peer-reviewed; physical nature

N400 amplitude, latency, and variability reflect temporal integration of beat gesture and pitch accent during language processing. - Morett, Laura M; Landi, Nicole; Irwin, Julia; McPartland, James C (Brain Research, 2020)
This study examines how across-trial (average) and trial-by-trial (variability in) amplitude and latency of the N400 event-related potential (ERP) reflect temporal integration of pitch accent and beat gesture. Thirty native English speakers viewed videos of a talker producing sentences with beat gesture co-occurring with a pitch accented focus word (synchronous), beat gesture co-occurring with the onset of a subsequent non-focused word (asynchronous), or the absence of beat gesture (no beat). Across trials, increased amplitude and earlier latency were observed when beat gesture was temporally asynchronous with pitch accenting than when it was temporally synchronous with pitch accenting or absent. Moreover, temporal asynchrony of beat gesture relative to pitch accent increased trial-by-trial variability of N400 amplitude and latency and influenced the relationship between across-trial and trial-by-trial N400 latency. These results indicate that across-trial and trial-by-trial amplitude and latency of the N400 ERP reflect temporal integration of beat gesture and pitch accent during language comprehension, supporting extension of the integrated systems hypothesis of gesture-speech processing and neural noise theories to focus processing in typical adult populations. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
8 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] Place: Netherlands Morett, Laura M. University of Alabama, United States. Electronic address: lmorett@ua.edu. Landi, Nicole. Haskins Laboratories, University of Connecticut, United States. Irwin, Julia. Haskins Laboratories, Southern Connecticut State University, United States. McPartland, James C. Yale University, United States.
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Beat gesture; Brain; Electroencephalography; Evoked Potentials; Evoked response variability; Female; Humans; Language; Male; N400; Pitch Perception; Pitch accent; Speech; Speech Perception; Temporal integration; Young Adult; adolescent; adult; article; brain; comprehension; controlled study; dept.psy; electroencephalography; event related potential; evoked response; female; gesture; human; human experiment; language; language processing; male; noise; peer-reviewed; physiology; pitch; pitch perception; speech; speech perception; videorecording; young adult

Nurses and Patients' Perspectives on Spiritual Health Assessment - Green, Cheryl (Journal of Religion & Health, 2020)
Nurses conduct physical and psychosocial assessments during admissions to healthcare facilities. Patients rely upon nurses to provide support and education during their journey, from periods of health decline to states of optimal wellness. Therefore, nurses are an ideal population to assess spiritual health. The value and necessity of spiritual assessment were explored on an inpatient unit providing medical and palliative care to patients. Two spiritual assessment tools, comprised each of five items, were evaluated by nursing staff and patients. Spiritual Assessment Tool 1 used language that was unaffiliated with religion, nor a belief in God, and Spiritual Assessment Tool 2 used language affiliated with faith and belief in God. © 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000584350300004
Keywords: Attitude of Health Personnel; Humans; Nursing Staff; Palliative Care; Patients; Religion; Spirituality; adult; article; dept.nur; health personnel attitude; hospital patient; human; language; nursing staff; palliative therapy; patient; peer-reviewed; religion

No more nursing homes? Changes in consumer preferences for long-term care facilities following COVID-19 - Schultz, Amber F; Yu, Jia (British Journal of Healthcare Management, 2020)
Since the first COVID-19 case was discovered in December 2019, over 12.1 million cases have been reported in more than 188 countries and territories. In the USA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed almost 3.05 million COVID-19 cases, with more than 132 000 deaths. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a particularly dramatic impact on the elderly and those with chronic underlying medical disorders. Before the second outbreak in July, long-term care facilities were the most severely affected in terms of case numbers, especially nursing homes. This article provides information and insight into the potential changes in consumer preferences toward long-term care facility selection and the possible structural change of the long-term care industry in three aspects; structure, conduct and performance. © 2020 MA Healthcare Ltd. All rights reserved.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: Covid-19; Home care service; Long-term care facility; Nursing home; dept.eco; peer-reviewed

The Association Between Endotracheal Tube Size and Aspiration (During Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing) in Acute Respiratory Failure Survivors - Krisciunas, Gintas P.; Langmore, Susan E.; Gomez-Taborda, Stephanie; Fink, Daniel; Levitt, Joseph E.; McKeehan, Jeffrey; McNally, Edel; Scheel, Rebecca; Rubio, Alix C.; Siner, Jonathan M.; Vojnik, Rosemary; Warner, Heather; et al. (Critical Care Medicine, 2020)
Objectives: To determine whether a modifiable risk factor, endotracheal tube size, is associated with the diagnosis of postextubation aspiration in survivors of acute respiratory failure. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: ICUs at four academic tertiary care medical centers. Patients: Two hundred ten patients who were at least 18 years old, admitted to an ICU, and mechanically ventilated with an endotracheal tube for longer than 48 hours were enrolled. Interventions: Within 72 hours of extubation, all patients received a flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing examination that entailed administration of ice, thin liquid, thick liquid, puree, and cracker boluses. Patient demographics, treatment variables, and hospital outcomes were abstracted from the patient's medical records. Endotracheal tube size was independently selected by the patient's treating physicians. Measurements and Main Results: For each flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing examination, laryngeal pathology was evaluated, and for each bolus, a Penetration Aspiration Scale score was assigned. Aspiration (Penetration Aspiration Scale score ≥ 6) was further categorized into nonsilent aspiration (Penetration Aspiration Scale score = 6 or 7) and silent aspiration (Penetration Aspiration Scale score = 8). One third of patients (n = 68) aspirated (Penetration Aspiration Scale score ≥ 6) on at least one bolus, 13.6% (n = 29) exhibited silent aspiration, and 23.8% (n = 50) exhibited nonsilent aspiration. In a multivariable analysis, endotracheal tube size (≤ 7.5 vs ≥ 8.0) was significantly associated with patients exhibiting any aspiration (Penetration Aspiration Scale score ≥ 6) (p = 0.016; odds ratio = 2.17; 95% CI 1.14-4.13) and with risk of developing laryngeal granulation tissue (p = 0.02). Conclusions: Larger endotracheal tube size was associated with increased risk of aspiration and laryngeal granulation tissue. Using smaller endotracheal tubes may reduce the risk of postextubation aspiration. © 2020 International Anesthesia Research Society.
15 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000576935300034
Keywords: Adult; Aged; Airway extubation; Deglutition; Deglutition disorders; Female; Humans; Intensive Care Units; Intratracheal intubation; Intubation; Intratracheal; Male; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Respiration; Artificial; Respiratory Aspiration; Respiratory Insufficiency; Respiratory aspiration; Respiratory distress syndrome; Risk Factors; Survivors; acid aspiration; adverse event; aged; artificial ventilation; clinical trial; dept.cmd; devices; endotracheal intubation; female; human; intensive care unit; male; middle aged; multicenter study; peer-reviewed; physiology; procedures; prospective study; respiratory failure; risk factor; survivor; swallowing

Development of an Accurate Bedside Swallowing Evaluation Decision Tree Algorithm for Detecting Aspiration in Acute Respiratory Failure Survivors - Moss, Marc; White, S. David; Warner, Heather; Dvorkin, Daniel; Fink, Daniel; Gomez-Taborda, Stephanie; Higgins, Carrie; Krisciunas, Gintas P.; Levitt, Joseph E.; McKeehan, Jeffrey; McNally, Edel; Rubio, Alix; et al. (Chest, 2020)
Background: The bedside swallowing evaluation (BSE) is an assessment of swallowing function and airway safety during swallowing. After extubation, the BSE often is used to identify the risk of aspiration in acute respiratory failure (ARF) survivors. Research Question: We conducted a multicenter prospective study of ARF survivors to determine the accuracy of the BSE and to develop a decision tree algorithm to identify aspiration risk. Study Design and Methods: Patients extubated after ≥ 48 hours of mechanical ventilation were eligible. Study procedures included the BSE followed by a gold standard evaluation, the flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES). Results: Overall, 213 patients were included in the final analysis. Median time from extubation to BSE was 25 hours (interquartile range, 21-45 hours). The FEES was completed 1 hour after the BSE (interquartile range, 0.5-2 hours). A total of 33% (70/213; 95% CI, 26.6%-39.2%) of patients aspirated on at least one FEES bolus consistency test. Thin liquids were the most commonly aspirated consistency: 27% (54/197; 95% CI, 21%-34%). The BSE detected any aspiration with an accuracy of 52% (95% CI, 45%-58%), a sensitivity of 83% (95% CI, 74%-92%), and negative predictive value (NPV) of 81% (95% CI, 72%-91%). Using recursive partitioning analyses, a five-variable BSE-based decision tree algorithm was developed that improved the detection of aspiration with an accuracy of 81% (95% CI, 75%-87%), sensitivity of 95% (95% CI, 90%-98%), and NPV of 97% (95% CI, 95%-99%). Interpretation: The BSE demonstrates variable accuracy to identify patients at high risk for aspiration. Our decision tree algorithm may enhance the BSE and may be used to identify patients at high risk for aspiration, yet requires further validation. Trial Registry: ClinicalTrials.gov; No.: NCT02363686; URL: www.clinicaltrials.gov; © 2020 American College of Chest Physicians
13 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000596845800029
Keywords: Airway Extubation; Algorithms; Article; Decision Trees; Deglutition; Female; Humans; Male; Point-of-Care Testing; Predictive Value of Tests; Reproducibility of Results; Respiration; Artificial; Respiratory Aspiration; Respiratory Insufficiency; Risk Assessment; Survivors; Symptom Assessment; United States; acid aspiration; acute respiratory failure; adult; adverse event; aged; algorithm; artificial ventilation; aspiration; bedside swallowing evaluation; clinical trial; controlled study; decision tree; dept.cmd; diagnostic accuracy; diagnostic test accuracy study; digestive system examination; dysphagia; epidemiology; extubation; female; flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing; gastrointestinal endoscopy; high risk patient; human; intubation; major clinical study; male; multicenter study; oxygen; oxygen therapy; pathophysiology; peer-reviewed; point of care testing; predictive value; priority journal; procedures; prospective study; pulmonary aspiration; reproducibility; respiratory failure; risk assessment; sensitivity and specificity; speech language pathologist; survivor; swallowing; symptom assessment

“Dad, wash your hands”: Gender, care work, and attitudes toward risk during the COVID-19 pandemic - Umamaheswar, Janani; Tan, Catherine (Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 2020)
Recent analyses of responses to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have posited that men’s dismissive attitudes toward the risks of the virus reflect their attempts to conform to masculine norms that valorize bravery and strength. In this article, the authors develop an alternative account of the gender differences in attitudes toward COVID-19. Drawing on three waves of in-depth interviews with college students and members of their households (n = 45) over a period of 16 weeks (for a total of 120 interviews), the authors find that men and women in comparable circumstances perceive similar risks of COVID-19, but they diverge in their attitudes toward, and responses to, these risks. Connecting scholarship on gender and care work with research on risk, the authors argue that gender differences in attitudes toward risk are influenced by the unique and strenuous care work responsibilities generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which are borne primarily by women—and from which men are exempt. © The Author(s) 2020.
20 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.ids: umamaheswarDadWashYour2020a tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85093675574 type: Article
Keywords: COVID-19; care work; dept.soc; gender; pandemic; peer-reviewed; risk perception

Redemptive children and historical memory: Luis mateo díez’s la gloria de los niños (2007) - Weng, Miaowei (Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 2020)
This article explores contemporary Spanish writer Luis Mateo Díez’s 2007 novel, La gloria de los niños, focusing on the construction of a redemptive child who mends the broken world and keeps alive historical memory. The author looks beyond one single nation state in his reconstruction of children and childhood under the Franco regime. Hidden behind his approach to the reconstruction of the ‘glorious children’ under Franco emerges, on the one hand, his dissolution of any authoritative version of Franco-era children and, on the other, his broader vision and desire to examine Spain and Spanish historical memory in a global context. © 2020 Bulletin of Spanish Studies.
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.ids: wengRedemptiveChildrenHistorical2020 tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85095847122 type: Article
Keywords: Childhood under Franco; Historical Memory; La gloria de los niños; Ladri di biciclette (1948); Luis Mateo Díez; Post Civil War period; Redemptive Child; Vittorio de Sica; Walter Benjamin; dept.wll; peer-reviewed

Looking back and moving forward: SOPHE's 70 years of contributions to health education. - Alber, Julia M.; Allegrante, John P.; Auld, M. Elaine; Breny, Jean M. (Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education, 2020)
Founded in 1950, the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) provides leadership to the health education profession and promotes the health of all people through six strategic commitments: developing and promoting standards for professional preparation and credentialing of community and school health educators; stimulating research on the theory, practice, and teaching of health education; supporting elimination of health disparities and the achievement of health equity; providing continuing education of the health education workforce; advocating for policy and legislation affecting public health and health promotion; and supporting a network of local chapters. This article describes how SOPHE has pursued these strategic commitments during the past 70 years and discusses challenges that will influence the future of SOPHE and the contours of the research and practice agendas of the field going forward. © 2020 Society for Public Health Education.
3 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] tex.ids: alberLookingBackMoving2020a tex.citation: https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85092779244 type: Article
Keywords: Education; Public Health Professional; Health Education; Health Educators; Health Promotion; Humans; Public Health; SOPHE; accreditation; achievement; article; credentialing; dept.pch; education; health disparity; health education; health educator; health equity; health promotion; history; human; human experiment; law; leadership; medical education; occupation; peer-reviewed; public health; school health service; teaching; theory-practice relationship; workforce

Changing What We Might Have Done on Our Own: Improving Classroom Culture and Learning through Teacher Collaboration - Randall, Régine; Marangell, Joseph (The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2020)
Student achievement is not always the equivalent of what students learn, especially when educators use their feedback to shape daily instruction. When students share their classroom experiences, we can determine better ways to create interdisciplinary partnerships, manage workload, enhance historical understandings, and communicate conclusions. Being able to trust in what students are doing in class, how well they are doing it, and what they will be able to do motivated the authors, who are two veteran educators, to reevaluate when their own teaching seemed most effective. What they discovered is incongruent with the traditional delivery of instruction by a single teacher. The authors found that their collaboration as co-teachers not only benefited their students but increased their own professional learning in terms of pedagogy, content knowledge, and the use of disciplinary literacy.
_eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/00098655.2020.1828240
Keywords: Co-teaching; dept.cur; interdisciplinary partnerships; peer-reviewed; professional collaboration; secondary education; student engagement

Tensions and connections between social work and anti-capitalist disability activism: disability rights, disability justice, and implications for practice - Eiler, Elijah C.; D'Angelo, Karen (Journal of Community Practice, 2020)
Social work’s relationship to disability activism under capitalism is an underexplored area of the profession’s literature. This paper aims to help address this gap by providing a conceptual discussion of the tensions within disability activism, within social work, and between the two. Lenin’s analysis of the state is used to integrate opposing ideologies. We begin by providing a historical overview of the disability rights and disability justice movements along with recommendations for an integrated approach. We then connect ideological trends within social work to these models. We end with implications for social work practice with disabled people and suggested research. © 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
5 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000592552800001
Keywords: Lenin; Radical social work; anarchism; dept.swk; disability justice; disability rights; mutual aid; peer-reviewed

Who are My Family Members? A Solution Based on Image Processing and Machine Learning - Kiley, Matthew R.; Hossain, Md Shafaeat (International Journal of Image and Graphics, 2020)
Image creation and retention are growing at an exponential rate. Individuals produce more images today than ever in history and often these images contain family. In this paper, we develop a framework to detect or identify family in a face image dataset. The ability to identify family in a dataset of images could have a critical impact on finding lost and vulnerable children, identifying terror suspects, social media interactions, and other practical applications. We evaluated our framework by performing experiments on two facial image datasets, the Y-Face and KinFaceW, comprising 37 and 920 images, respectively. We tested two feature extraction techniques, namely PCA and HOG, and three machine learning algorithms, namely K-Means, agglomerative hierarchical clustering, and K nearest neighbors. We achieved promising results with a maximum detection rate of 94.59% using K-Means, 89.18% with agglomerative clustering, and 77.42% using K-nearest neighbors. © 2020 World Scientific Publishing Company.
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000589375900007
Keywords: Agglomerative clustering; Agglomerative hierarchical clustering; Exponential rates; Facial images; Family detection; Feature extraction techniques; Hierarchical clustering; Image creation; K -means; K-means clustering; K-nearest neighbors; Learning algorithms; Machine learning; Maximum detection rates; Motion compensation; Nearest neighbor search; agglomerative hierarchical clustering; dept.csc; face image clustering; family identification; peer-reviewed

The print exposure of teacher candidates in relation to their achievement and self-ratings of early reading experiences - Spear-Swerling, Louise; Wei, Yan; Dostal, Hannah; Hernandez, Brittney (Reading and Writing, 2020)
This study examined the print exposure of teacher candidates (N = 195) in relation to their GPAs, achievement in reading and writing on the SAT, and their self-ratings of their own early (K to Grade 5) reading experiences. Participants came from undergraduate and Masters programs in varied certification areas and from two different universities. Print exposure measures included author recognition tests for both fiction and nonfiction; a questionnaire about participants’ current voluntary reading habits for books, magazines, newspapers, and digital print media; and favorite authors/books questions. Exploratory factor analysis suggested four factors underlying the different print exposure measures: (1) fiction book reading volume; (2) current magazine and newspaper reading; (3) nonfiction book reading volume and (4) current book reading habits for enjoyment. Only fiction and nonfiction book reading volume related positively to participants’ achievement, in writing as well as reading, and to their early reading experience ratings. A subgroup of participants who had taken a specific reading methods course involving structured language content, and who had positive early reading experience self-ratings, had higher performance in the course than did participants with mixed or negative self-ratings, although the two groups did not differ in overall GPA. Findings support the view that different measures of print exposure tap somewhat different aspects of print exposure, with differing relationships to varied indicators of achievement. Results also support concerns about the reading volume and print exposure of some teacher candidates. © 2020, Springer Nature B.V.
2 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000563131900009
Keywords: Print exposure; Reading; Reading habits; Teacher candidates; Teacher preparation; Writing; dept.sed; peer-reviewed

Transdisciplinary Approach Practicum for Speech-Language Pathology and Special Education Graduate Students - Weiss, Deborah; Cook, Barbara; Eren, Ruth (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020)
Speech-language pathology and special education graduate student teams participated in an intensive summer practicum for social communication skills with children with autism spectrum disorders, utilizing a transdisciplinary approach that aligned to the frameworks utilized for implementation science. Questionnaires measuring transdisciplinary approach knowledge and comfort level were administered pre/post-practicum. Results of the questionnaires, written daily team reflections, course evaluations, and a focus group interview indicated an increase in all measures, including an increased knowledge of TA, increased understanding and comfort level with the other discipline, and a higher level of confidence and openness in working collaboratively utilizing a transdisciplinary approach. © 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
12 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000516272800002
Keywords: Academic Performance; Article; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Autism spectrum disorder; Child; Collaborative teaming; Communication; Education; Special; Female; Humans; Implementation science; Interdisciplinary Research; Interprofessional collaboration; Male; Special education; Speech-Language Pathology; Speech-language pathology; Students; Health Occupations; Surveys and Questionnaires; Transdisciplinary; academic achievement; autism; child; comfort; communication skill; course evaluation; dept.cmd; dept.sed; education; female; graduate student; health student; human; implementation science; interdisciplinary education; interdisciplinary research; interpersonal communication; interview; knowledge; male; peer-reviewed; pretest posttest design; priority journal; procedures; professional development; psychology; quantitative analysis; questionnaire; social competence; special education; speech disorder; teacher; training

Further exploration in the specialization of school psychology: Graduate training and self-study - Starling, Natalie R.; Elias, Eric M.; Coleman, Mykelle S. (Contemporary School Psychology, 2020)
1 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Keywords: dept.csp

The Rumble in the Jungle: Muhammad Ali and George Foreman on the Global Stage - Rondinone, Troy (Journal of American History, 2020)
0 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31] WOS:000584507900131
Keywords: dept.his; peer-reviewed