COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Access Among Black and Latinx Communities - Balasuriya, Lilanthi; Santilli, Alycia; Morone, Jennifer; Ainooson, Jessica; Roy, Brita; Njoku, Anuli; Mendiola-Iparraguirre, Andrea; O’Connor Duffany, Kathleen; Macklin, Bernard; Higginbottom, Jackson; Fernández-Ayala, Celina; Vicente, Genesis; et al. (JAMA Network Open, 2021)
Black and Latinx communities have faced disproportionate harm from the COVID-19 pandemic. Increasing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and access has the potential to mitigate mortality and morbidity from COVID-19 for all communities, including those most impacted by the pandemic.To investigate and understand factors associated with facilitating and obstructing COVID-19 vaccine access and acceptance among Black and Latinx communities.This community-partnered qualitative study conducted semistructured, in-depth focus groups with Black and Latinx participants from March 17 to March 29, 2021, using a secure video conferencing platform. Participants were recruited through emails from local community-based organizations, federally qualified health centers, social service agencies, the New Haven, Connecticut, Health Department, and in-person distribution of study information from community health workers. A total of 8 focus groups were conducted, including 4 in Spanish and 4 in English, with 72 participants from a diverse range of community roles, including teachers, custodial service workers, and health care employees, in New Haven, Connecticut. Data were analyzed from March 17 to July 30, 2021.Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, translated, and analyzed using an inductive content analysis approach. Themes and subthemes were identified on the acceptability and accessibility of the COVID-19 vaccine among participants who identified as Black and/or Latinx.Among 72 participants, 36 (50%) identified as Black, 28 (39%) as Latinx, and 8 (11%) as Black and Latinx and 56 (78%) identified as women and 16 (22%) identified as men. Participants described 3 major themes that may represent facilitators and barriers to COVID-19 vaccinations: pervasive mistreatment of Black and Latinx communities and associated distrust; informing trust via trusted messengers and messages, choice, social support, and diversity; and addressing structural barriers to vaccination access.The findings of this qualitative study may impact what health care systems, public health officials, policy makers, health care practitioners, and community leaders can do to facilitate equitable uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine. Community-informed insights are imperative to facilitating COVID-19 vaccine access and acceptance among communities hardest hit by the pandemic. Preventing the further widening of inequities and addressing structural barriers to vaccination access are vital to protecting all communities, especially Black and Latinx individuals who have experienced disproportionate death and loss from COVID-19.
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; African American; African Americans; Article; Black person; COVID-19 Vaccines; Connecticut; Female; Focus Groups; Health Services Accessibility; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; SARS-CoV-2 vaccine; South and Central America; Trust; Young Adult; adolescent; adult; aged; community; content analysis; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; dept.pch; e-mail; employment; female; health auxiliary; health behavior; health care access; health care delivery; health care personnel; health care system; health center; health disparity; human; information processing; male; medical information; middle aged; outcome assessment; pandemic; patient attitude; peer-reviewed; public health service; qualitative research; risk factor; semi structured interview; social support; social worker; teacher; trust; vaccination; videoconferencing; young adult

Reconstruction and analysis of the DAN5/P1 and BSN12/P1 Gona Early Pleistocene Homo fossils - Baab, Karen L.; Rogers, Michael; Bruner, Emiliano; Semaw, Sileshi (Journal of Human Evolution, 2022)
Two Early Pleistocene fossils from Gona, Ethiopia, were originally assigned to Homo erectus, and their differences in size and robusticity were attributed to either sexual dimorphism or anagenetic evolution. In the current study, we both revisit the taxonomic affinities of these fossils and assess whether morphological differences between them reflect temporal evolution or sexual variation. We generated virtual reconstructions of the mostly complete ∼1.55 Ma DAN5/P1 calvaria and the less complete 1.26 Ma BSN12/P1 fossil, allowing us to directly compare their anterior vault shapes using landmark-based shape analysis. The two fossils are similar in calvaria shape to H. erectus and also to other Early Pleistocene Homo species based on a geometric morphometric analysis of calvaria landmarks and semilandmarks. The DAN5/P1 fossil bears a particularly close affinity to the Georgian H. erectus fossils and to KNM-ER 1813 (H. habilis), probably reflecting allometric influences on vault shape. Combined with species-specific traits of the neurocranium (e.g., midline keeling, angular torus), we confirm that these fossils are likely early African H. erectus. We calculated regression-based estimates of endocranial volume for BSN12/P1 of 882–910 cm3 based on three virtual reconstructions. Although BSN12/P1 is markedly larger than DAN5/P1 (598 cm3), both fossils represent the smallest adult H. erectus known from their respective time periods in Africa. Some of the difference in endocranial volume between the two Gona fossils reflects broader species-level brain expansion from 1.77 to 0.01 Ma, confirmed here using a large sample (n = 38) of H. erectus. However, shape differences between these fossils did not reflect species-level changes to calvaria shape. Moreover, the analysis failed to recover a clear pattern of sexually patterned size or shape differences within H. erectus based on our current assessments of sex for individual fossils.
Keywords: Africa; Animals; Biological Evolution; Brain; Brain evolution; Calvaria shape; Ethiopia; Fossils; Hominidae; Homo erectus; Intraspecific variation; Pleistocene; Sexual dimorphism; Skull; anatomy and histology; animal; brain; dept.ant; evolution; fossil; hominid; human evolution; intraspecific variation; morphology; peer-reviewed; reconstruction; sexual dimorphism; skull; temporal evolution

The Effects of a Deliberate Practice Debriefing During a Response to Rescue Patient Simulation With Undergraduate Nursing Students - Aronson, Barbara; Bell, Arleigh; Andrighetti, Tia; Meyer, Mary; Shepherd, Karen; Bambini, Deborah (Nursing Education Perspectives, 2021)
The purpose of this multisite, randomized, pretest/posttest quasi-experimental study was to compare student nurse competency, learning retention, and perceived student support after exposure to a deliberate practice debriefing versus standardized debriefing. Fifty undergraduate students participated in the complex response to rescue simulation. The intervention group had significantly higher total mean and three subscale scores on the competency tool than the comparison group, although differences in learning retention and student support were not significant. This study provides preliminary support for the effectiveness of deliberate practice debriefing to enhance students’ mastery of skills and behaviors in complex simulations.
Keywords: Baccalaureate; Clinical Competence; Education; Humans; Nurses; Nursing; Patient Simulation; Simulation Training; Students; clinical competence; dept.nur; human; nurse; nursing education; nursing student; patient simulation; peer-reviewed; simulation training

Measurement of transverse single-spin asymmetries of π 0 and electromagnetic jets at forward rapidity in 200 and 500 GeV transversely polarized proton-proton collisions - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review D, 2021)
The STAR Collaboration reports measurements of the transverse single-spin asymmetry (TSSA) of inclusive π0 at center-of-mass energies (√s) of 200 GeV and 500 GeV in transversely polarized proton-proton collisions in the pseudo-rapidity region 2.7 to 4.0. The results at the two different energies show a continuous increase of the TSSA with Feynman-x, and, when compared to previous measurements, no dependence on √s from 19.4 GeV to 500 GeV is found. To investigate the underlying physics leading to this large TSSA, different topologies have been studied. π0 with no nearby particles tend to have a higher TSSA than inclusive π0. The TSSA for inclusive electromagnetic jets, sensitive to the Sivers effect in the initial state, is substantially smaller, but shows the same behavior as the inclusive π0 asymmetry as a function of Feynman-x. To investigate final-state effects, the Collins asymmetry of π0 inside electromagnetic jets has been measured. The Collins asymmetry is analyzed for its dependence on the π0 momentum transverse to the jet thrust axis and its dependence on the fraction of jet energy carried by the π0. The asymmetry was found to be small in each case for both center-of-mass energies. All the measurements are compared to QCD-based theoretical calculations for transverse-momentum-dependent parton distribution functions and fragmentation functions. Some discrepancies are found, which indicates new mechanisms might be involved.
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Comparison of transverse single-spin asymmetries for forward π0 production in polarized pp, pAl and pAu collisions at nucleon pair c.m. energy sNN =200 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review D, 2021)
The STAR collaboration reports a measurement of the transverse single-spin asymmetries, AN, for neutral pions produced in polarized proton collisions with protons (pp), with aluminum nuclei (pAl) and with gold nuclei (pAu) at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 200 GeV. Neutral pions are observed in the forward direction relative to the transversely polarized proton beam, in the pseudorapidity region 2.7<η<3.8. Results are presented for π0s observed in the STAR forward meson spectrometer electromagnetic calorimeter in narrow Feynman x (xF) and transverse momentum (pT) bins, spanning the range 0.17<xF<0.81 and 1.7<pT<6.0 GeV/c. For fixed xF<0.47, the asymmetries are found to rise with increasing transverse momentum. For larger xF, the asymmetry flattens or falls as pT increases. Parametrizing the ratio r(A)≡AN(pA)/AN(pp)=AP over the kinematic range, the ratio r(A) is found to depend only weakly on A, with ⟨P⟩=−0.027±0.005. No significant difference in P is observed between the low-pT region, pT<2.5 GeV/c, where gluon saturation effects may play a role, and the high-pT region, pT>2.5 GeV/c. It is further observed that the value of AN is significantly larger for events with a large-pT isolated π0 than for events with a nonisolated π0 accompanied by additional jetlike fragments. The nuclear dependence r(A) is similar for isolated and nonisolated π0 events.
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

A dramaturgy of death: Performing (and spectating) filial piety in early china - Radice, T. (Journal of Chinese History, 2022)
This essay analyzes the early Chinese elite discourse on filial death rituals, arguing that early Chinese texts depict these rituals as performance events. Building on spectacle of xiao sacrifices in the Western Zhou Dynasty, Eastern Zhou authors conceived of filial death rituals as dramaturgical phenomena that underscored not only what needed to be performed, but also how it should be performed, and led to an important distinction between personal dispositions and inherited ritual protocol. This distinction, then, led to concerns about artifice in human behavior, both inside and outside the Ruist (Confucian) tradition. By end of the Warring States Period and in the early Western Han Dynasty, with the embracement of artifice in self-cultivation, the dramatic role of the filial son in death rituals became even more developed and complex, requiring the role of cultivated spectators to be engaged critics who recognized the nuances of cultivated performances. Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press.
Keywords: dept.his; peer-reviewed

Seasonal variation in the bioaccumulation of potentially toxic metals in the tissues of Astrangia poculata in the northeastern United States - Trumbauer, W.; Grace, S.P.; Rodrigues, L.J. (Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022)
Astrangia poculata inhabits coasts near dense human populations in the northeastern United States and may be exposed to elevated pollutants. No studies have assessed heavy metal concentration in temperate corals despite their proximity to anthropogenic activity. We collected colonies four times in one year and analyzed coral tissue for As, Cd, Cr, Pb, and Zn. Most heavy metals except for As were 1.5–3.3 times lower in summer compared to other seasons. Pb, As, and Cd were three orders of magnitude higher than concentrations for other Narragansett Bay benthic species, suggesting that A. poculata bioaccumulates more readily and/or inhabits more contaminated areas of the Bay. Zn, Pb, and As had similar concentrations to tropical corals inhabiting anthropogenically polluted sites. While physiological impacts are unknown, this population of A. poculata may have a higher tolerance for heavy metal pollution than most scleractinians, making it an interesting candidate for future studies. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
Keywords: Animals; Anthozoa; Anthropogenic Effects; Article; Astrangia poculata; Astrangium poculatum; Bioaccumulation; Biochemistry; Chemical; Environmental Monitoring; Exposed to; Heavy; Heavy metal concentration; Heavy metals; Heavy metals pollution; Human population; Humans; Metals; Narragansett Bay; Narragansett bay; Pollution; Rhode Island; Seasonal variation; Seasonality; Seasons; Temperate; Tissue; Toxic metals; United States; Water Pollutants; animal; anthropogenic source; arsenic; benthos; bioaccumulation; cadmium; chromium; concentration (composition); concentration (parameter); coral; dept.bio; environmental monitoring; heavy metal; human; lead; metal derivative; nonhuman; peer-reviewed; pollution; season; seasonal variation; seasonality; toxic substance; water pollutant; zinc

Canine sexual dimorphism in Ardipithecus ramidus was nearly human-like. - Suwa; Sasaki, Tomohiko; Semaw, Sileshi; Rogers, Michael J.; Simpson, Scott W.; Kunimatsu, Yutaka; Nakatsukasa, Masato; Kono, Reiko T.; Zhang, Yingqi; Beyene, Yonas; Asfaw, Berhane; White, Tim D. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021)
Body and canine size dimorphism in fossils inform sociobehavioral hypotheses on human evolution and have been of interest since Darwin’s famous reflections on the subject. Here, we assemble a large dataset of fossil canines of the human clade, including all available Ardipithecus ramidus fossils recovered from the Middle Awash and Gona research areas in Ethiopia, and systematically examine canine dimorphism through evolutionary time. In particular, we apply a Bayesian probabilistic method that reduces bias when estimating weak and moderate levels of dimorphism. Our results show that Ar. ramidus canine dimorphism was significantly weaker than in the bonobo, the least dimorphic and behaviorally least aggressive among extant great apes. Average male-to-female size ratios of the canine in Ar. ramidus are estimated as 1.06 and 1.13 in the upper and lower canines, respectively, within modern human population ranges of variation. The slightly greater magnitude of canine size dimorphism in the lower than in the upper canines of Ar. ramidus appears to be shared with early Australopithecus, suggesting that male canine reduction was initially more advanced in the behaviorally important upper canine. The available fossil evidence suggests a drastic size reduction of the male canine prior to Ar. ramidus and the earliest known members of the human clade, with little change in canine dimorphism levels thereafter. This evolutionary pattern indicates a profound behavioral shift associated with comparatively weak levels of male aggression early in human evolution, a pattern that was subsequently shared by Australopithecus and Homo. © 2021 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Animals; Australopithecus; Bayes Theorem; Bayes theorem; Biological Evolution; Cuspid; Ethiopia; Female; Fossils; Hominidae; Humans; Male; Models; Pan paniscus; Phylogeny; Sex Characteristics; Theoretical; adult; aggression; anatomy and histology; animal; article; canine tooth; cladistics; classification; dept.ant; evolution; female; fossil; hominid; human; male; mandibular canine; maxillary canine; nonhuman; peer-reviewed; phylogeny; sex difference; sexual characteristics; theoretical model

Is it possible to design a clinically viable heroin vaccine? The progress and pitfalls. - Ziaks, Therese J.; Hwang, Candy S. (Expert opinion on drug discovery, 2021)
Keywords: dept.che; peer-reviewed

What are we optimizing for in autism screening? Examination of algorithmic changes in the M-CHAT - Schjølberg, Synnve; Shic, Frederick; Volkmar, Fred R.; Nordahl-Hansen, Anders; Stenberg, Nina; Torske, Tonje; Larsen, Kenneth; Riley, Katherine; Sukhodolsky, Denis G.; Leckman, James F.; Chawarska, Katarzyna; Øien, Roald A. (Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research, 2021)
The present study objectives were to examine the performance of the new M-CHAT-R algorithm to the original M-CHAT algorithm. The main purpose was to examine if the algorithmic changes increase identification of children later diagnosed with ASD, and to examine if there is a trade-off when changing algorithms. We included 54,463 screened cases from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. Children were screened using the 23 items of the M-CHAT at 18 months. Further, the performance of the M-CHAT-R algorithm was compared to the M-CHAT algorithm on the 23-items. In total, 337 individuals were later diagnosed with ASD. Using M-CHAT-R algorithm decreased the number of correctly identified ASD children by 12 compared to M-CHAT, with no children with ASD screening negative on the M-CHAT criteria subsequently screening positive utilizing the M-CHAT-R algorithm. A nonparametric McNemar's test determined a statistically significant difference in identifying ASD utilizing the M-CHAT-R algorithm. The present study examined the application of 20-item MCHAT-R scoring criterion to the 23-item MCHAT. We found that this resulted in decreased sensitivity and increased specificity for identifying children with ASD, which is a trade-off that needs further investigation in terms of cost-effectiveness. However, further research is needed to optimize screening for ASD in the early developmental period to increase identification of false negatives. © 2021 The Authors. Autism Research published by International Society for Autism Research and Wiley Periodicals LLC.
Keywords: Article; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Autistic Disorder; Checklist; Child; Cohort Studies; Female; Humans; Infant; M CHAT R algorithm; M CHAT algorithm; Mass Screening; McNemar test; Mothers; algorithm; autism; checklist; child; cohort analysis; controlled study; cost effectiveness analysis; dept.sed; developmental stage; diagnostic accuracy; diagnostic test accuracy study; early diagnosis; false negative result; female; gold standard; human; infant; major clinical study; mass screening; mother; nonparametric test; peer-reviewed; procedures; process optimization; psychometry; reference value; scoring system; sensitivity and specificity; statistical significance

Morpholino-mediated knockdown of the brain mineralocorticoid receptor affects glucocorticoid signaling and neuroplasticity in wild ocellated wrasse (Symphodus ocellatus) - Nugent, Bridget M.; Stiver, Kelly A.; Han, Jiawei; Kindsvater, Holly K.; Marsh-Rollo, Susan E.; Hofmann, Hans A.; Alonzo, Suzanne H. (BioRxiv, 2021)
Keywords: dept.psy; ⛔ No DOI found

Road salt compromises functional morphology of larval gills in populations of an amphibian. - Szeligowski, Richard V.; Scanley, Jules A.; Broadbridge, Christine C.; Brady, Steven P. (Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 2021)
Across the planet, winter de-icing practices have caused secondary salinization of freshwater habitats. Many amphibians are vulnerable because of permeable skin and reliance on small ponds, where salinity can be high. Early developmental stages of amphibians are especially sensitive to salt, and larvae developing in salt-polluted environments must osmoregulate through ion exchange in gills. Though ionoregulation in amphibian gills is generally understood, the role of gill morphology remains poorly described. Yet gill structure should affect ionoregulatory capacity, for instance in terms of available surface area. As larval amphibian gills also play critical roles in gas exchange and foraging, changes in gill morphology from salt pollution potentially affect not only osmoregulation, but also respiration and feeding. Here, we used an exposure experiment to quantify salinity effects on larval gill morphology in wood frogs (Rana sylvatica). We measured a suite of morphological traits on gill tufts—where ionoregulation and gas exchange occur—and on gill filters used in feeding. Larvae raised in elevated salinity developed larger gill tufts but with lower surface area to volume ratio. Epithelial cells on these tufts were less circular but occurred at higher densities. Gill filters showed increased spacing, likely reducing feeding efficiency. Many morphological gill traits responded quadratically, suggesting that salinity might induce plasticity in gills at intermediate concentrations until energetic demands exceed plasticity. Together, these changes likely diminish ionoregulatory and respiratory functionality of gill tufts, and compromise feeding functionality of gill filters. Thus, a singular change in aquatic environment from a widespread pollutant appears to generate a suite of consequences via changes in gill morphology. Critically, these changes in traits likely compound the severity of fitness impacts in populations dwelling in salinized environments, whereby ionoregulatory energetic demands should increase respiratory and foraging demands, but in individuals who possess structures poorly adapted for these functions. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
Keywords: Amphibia; Animals; Article; Feeding; Freshwater habitats; Functional morphology; Gas exchange; Gill morphology; Gills; Humans; Ion exchange; Larva; Morphology; Osmoregulation; Osmosis; Osmotic stress; Plasticity; Pollution; Rana sylvatica; Ranidae; Road effect; Road salts; Roads and streets; Salinisation; Secondary salinization; Sodium Chloride; Surface area; amphibian; animal; animal cell; animal experiment; animal tissue; aquatic environment; breathing; cell density; cell structure; controlled study; dept.bio; developmental stage; embryo; energetic demand; energy; epithelium cell; exposure; foraging; functional morphology; gill; gill filter; gill length; gill tuft; human; larva; length; nonhuman; osmoregulation; peer-reviewed; plasticity; pollution exposure; road; salinity; salinization; salt; sodium chloride; surface area; volume

Estimating sexual size dimorphism in fossil species from posterior probability densities - Sasaki, Tomohiko; Semaw, Sileshi; Rogers, Michael J.; Simpson, Scott W.; Beyene, Yonas; Asfaw, Berhane; White, Tim D.; Suwa (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021)
Accurate characterization of sexual dimorphism is crucial in evolutionary biology because of its significance in understanding present and past adaptations involving reproductive and resource use strategies of species. However, inferring dimorphism in fossil assemblages is difficult, particularly with relatively low dimorphism. Commonly used methods of estimating dimorphism levels in fossils include the mean method, the binomial dimorphism index, and the coefficient of variation method. These methods have been reported to overestimate low levels of dimorphism, which is problematic when investigating issues such as canine size dimorphism in primates and its relation to reproductive strategies. Here, we introduce the posterior density peak (pdPeak) method that utilizes the Bayesian inference to provide posterior probability densities of dimorphism levels and within-sex variance. The highest posterior density point is termed the pdPeak. We investigated performance of the pdPeak method and made comparisons with the above-mentioned conventional methods via 1) computergenerated samples simulating a range of conditions and 2) application to canine crown-diameter datasets of extant known-sex anthropoids. Results showed that the pdPeak method is capable of unbiased estimates in a broader range of dimorphism levels than the other methods and uniquely provides reliable interval estimates. Although attention is required to its underestimation tendency when some of the distributional assumptions are violated, we demonstrate that the pdPeak method enables a more accurate dimorphism estimate at lower dimorphism levels than previously possible, which is important to illuminating human evolution. © 2021 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Animals; Bayes Theorem; Bayes theorem; Cuspid; Female; Fossils; Male; Models; Sex Characteristics; Statistical; animal; article; attention; canine tooth; controlled study; dept.ant; female; fossil; human; human experiment; intermethod comparison; male; nonhuman; peer-reviewed; primate; probability; sex difference; sexual characteristics; statistical model

On the calculation of time alignment errors in data management platforms for distribution grid data. - Schwefel, Hans-Peter; Antonios, Imad; Lipsky, Lester (Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021)
The operation and planning of distribution grids require the joint processing of measurements from different grid locations. Since measurement devices in low-and medium-voltage grids lack precise clock synchronization, it is important for data management platforms of distribution system operators to be able to account for the impact of nonideal clocks on measurement data. This paper formally introduces a metric termed Additive Alignment Error to capture the impact of misaligned averaging intervals of electrical measurements. A trace-driven approach for retrieval of this metric would be computationally costly for measurement devices, and therefore, it requires an online estimation procedure in the data collection platform. To overcome the need of transmission of high-resolution measurement data, this paper proposes and assesses an extension of a Markov-modulated process to model electrical traces, from which a closed-form matrix analytic formula for the Additive Alignment Error is derived. A trace-driven assessment confirms the accuracy of the model-based approach. In addition, the paper describes practical settings where the model can be utilized in data management platforms with significant reductions in computational demands on measurement devices. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Keywords: Additives; Alignment error; Clock Synchronization; Distribution grid; Electrical distribution; Electrical distribution grid; Grid data; Information management; Management platforms; Measurement data; Measurement device; Time alignment; article; averaging; calculation; dept.csc; human; information retrieval; measurement error; peer-reviewed

The impact of mass media-delivered family planning campaigns in low- and middle-income countries: A meta-analysis of advertising and entertainment-education format effects - Rogers, Dana; Snyder, Leslie B.; Rego, Michelle M. (Studies in family planning, 2021)
Effective family planning methods are shown to save lives, contribute to gender equality, and boost economic development. Mass media communication campaigns in low- and middle-income countries have been effective in increasing contraceptive use, although the strategies that increase the likelihood of success are unclear. The present study uses meta-analyses to uncover the average effect of media campaigns on family planning behaviors in low- and middle-income countries and to examine the effectiveness of two communication strategies: entertainment-education and advertising/public service announcements. Results indicated that mass media-delivered family planning campaigns have a positive impact on family planning behaviors: d = 0.19, 95% CI [0.15, 0.24] for women (k = 64), d = 0.16, 95% CI [0.11, 0.21] for men (k = 27), and d = 0.20, 95% CI [0.17, 0.23] for an undifferentiated target group of men and women (k = 37). The use of an entertainment-education format, often in addition to campaign advertising messages, was associated with greater campaign success rates for women. Men, however, responded negatively to education-entertainment and positively to campaigns using only advertising and public service announcement formats. Recommendations for future family planning mass media campaigns and academic research opportunities are discussed. © 2021 The Population Council, Inc.
Keywords: adult; advertising; article; contraceptive use; dept.com; developing world; education; family planning; female; human; human experiment; male; mass media; mass medium; meta analysis; meta-analysis; middle income country; peer-reviewed; public service announcement; type D behavior

Improving NGSS focused model-based learning curriculum through the examination of students’ experiences and iterated models - Park, Byung-Yeol; Campbell, Todd; Kelly, Miriah Russo; Gray, Ron; Arnold, Chester; Chadwick, Cary; Cisneros, Laura M.; Dickson, David; Moss, David M.; Rodriguez, Laura; Volin, John C.; Willig, Michael R. (Research in Science & Technological Education, 2021)
Background: It is crucial to support students in better understanding water and sustainability issues because water plays a vital role in maintaining global ecosystems, including human life. A wide range of curricular and instructional supports like those embodied in model-based learning (MBL) are necessary for teachers to engage students in the core epistemic commitments of the Next-Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to inform theory about students’ early attempts to engage in the complex kinds of sensemaking experiences inherent in the Framework for K-12 Science Education and the NGSS. Sample: Data for this study was collected from 74 10th grade students in a high school in the Northwest region of the New England state. Design and Methods: An explanatory sequential mixed-method research design was used to examine students’ learning outcomes, and to better understand these outcomes in connection to their experiences engaging in modeling in the MBL curriculum unit. Results: The results indicated that students’ model scores, the number of concepts in models, and the coherence and sophistication of models improved between their initial and final models. Additionally, the following patterns emerged related to ways in which students engaged in the practice of modeling: (1) students attempted to directly represent what they observed, (2) they struggled to pictorially express complex patterns or mechanisms, and (3) students experienced difficulties representing models from a diverse range of perspectives. Conclusion: The patterns identified across student models, as well as their reports of experiences related to the MBL unit implementation, provided insight into student experiences with models, while also providing meaningful implications for the refinement of the MBL curriculum unit investigated in this research specifically, while informing approaches MBL curricular units aimed at supporting NGSS implementation efforts more generally. © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Keywords: dept.egm; peer-reviewed

Changing the narrative: Structural barriers and racial and ethnic inequities in COVID-19 vaccination. - Njoku, Anuli; Joseph, Marcelin; Felix, Rochelle (International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States. Although a promising solution of the COVID-19 vaccination offers hope, disparities in access again threaten the health of these communities. Various explanations have arisen for the cause of disparate vaccination rates among racial and ethnic minorities, including discussion of vaccine hesitancy. Conversely, the role of vaccine accessibility rooted in structural racism as a driver in these disparities should be further explored. This paper discusses the impact of structural barriers on racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake. We also recommend public health, health system, and community-engaged approaches to reduce racial disparities in COVID-19 disease and mortality. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Keywords: African American; Article; Black person; COVID-19; COVID-19 Vaccines; Coronavirus; Ethnic Groups; Health Status Disparities; Healthcare Disparities; Humans; Latino people; Minority Groups; Pandemics; SARS-CoV-2; SARS-CoV-2 vaccine; United States; Vaccination; access to computer; access to information; black population; communication barrier; coronavirus disease 2019; dept.pch; ethnic disparity; ethnic group; ethnic minority; health care access; health care disparity; health care system; health disparity; health literacy; health services; human; immigrant; infection prevention; internet access; language ability; mass immunization; minority group; mortality; outcome assessment; pandemic; peer-reviewed; public access; public health service; race difference; racial disparity; racism; social behavior; social determinants of health; social inequality; structural barrier; traffic and transport; vaccination

Book Review: The keepers of the seas the blue age gregg easterbrook PublicAffairs, 2021. 304 pp. - Smith, Jason W. (Science (New York, N.Y.), 2021)
Keywords: article; book.review; dept.his

Measuring systematic risk from managerial organization capital - Yildirim, Alev; Allen, Linda (Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 2021)
Keywords: dept.fin; peer-reviewed

On the sidelines of what works: scientifically based indifference - Wolgemuth, Jennifer R.; Marn, Travis M.; Sabnis, Sujay (International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2021)
A team of systematic reviewers successfully completed a government-commissioned review of ‘what works to improve post-school outcomes for youth with disabilities’ in 2012. Despite its success, interviews with 10 review team members revealed dissatisfaction with the process and indifference to its outcomes. The purpose of our analysis was to examine how the systematic review process itself led to review team members’ feelings of indifference, resignation, and pessimism. Drawing on the writings of Henry Giroux, Gert Biesta, and Hanna Arendt that warn of the death of democracy and the rise of totalitarianism, we explored how the systematic review certification process, examinations, rules, and structures deadened democratic deliberation and critique necessary, we argue, to conducting good educational science. We end with a call for systematic reviews in education whose researchers, products, and processes remain ethically oriented to keeping democracy alive. © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Keywords: dept.cur; peer-reviewed

The academy and publishing - Neverow, Vara (The Oxford Handbook of Virginia Woolf, 2021)
Keywords: dept.eng

Intraoperative detection of human meningioma using a handheld visible resonance Raman analyzer. - Zhang, Liang; Zhou, Yan; Wu, Binlin; Zhang, Shengjia; Zhu, Ke; Liu, Cheng-hui; Yu, Xinguang; Alfano, Robert R. (Lasers in medical science, 2021)
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

A coronavirus outbreak and sector stock returns: a tale from the first ten weeks of 2020 - Nguyen, Khoa Huu (Applied Economics Letters, 2021)
This paper examines early impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on stock returns of 11 sectors using the firm-level stock price data from 10 countries. Results show that investors across sectors and countries respond differently during the outbreak. Communication Services, Consumer Staples, Health Care, Information Technology, and Utilities sectors consistently perform relatively well, compared to other sectors, in all countries except Italy, Japan and U.S. Conversely, Energy sector suffers greatest abnormal negative returns, among all sectors, in countries including Canada, Italy, U.K. and U.S. Furthermore, Japan and U.S. have highest numbers of abnormally and negatively affected sectors. © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Keywords: dept.fin; peer-reviewed

Who responds to health, environmental, and economic information about local food? Evidence from Connecticut seafood consumers - Tian, Yixing; Croog, Rose; Bovay, John; Concepcion, Anoushka; Getchis, Tessa; Kelly, Miriah Russo (Aquaculture Economics & Management, 2021)
We designed and implemented a discrete choice experiment to assess how information about the health, environmental, and economic benefits of locally produced aquaculture products affect Connecticut consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for products produced in the state, as compared with products from another state or another country. We find that information about local economic benefits tended to increase WTP for Connecticut-grown and -raised products, whereas information about health, safety, and the environment tended to decrease WTP for products from other regions. We also explore heterogeneous effects of the information treatments by respondent gender, education, and income. © 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Keywords: dept.egm; peer-reviewed

Book Review: Stuart n. Clarke and david bradshaw (eds). Jacob’s room - Neverow, vara (The Review of English Studies, 2021)
Keywords: book.review; dept.eng

Exploring library core competencies: A text mining study of american library association’s job advertisements from 2006 through 2017: - Yang, Qinghong; Shi, Zehong; Liu, Yan Quan (Social Science Computer Review, 2021)
Are core competency requirements for relevant positions in the library shifting? Applying natural language processing techniques to understand the current market demand for core competencies, this study explores job advertisements issued by the American Library Association (ALA) from 2006 to 2017. Research reveals that the job demand continues to rise at a rate of 13% (2006–2017) and that the requirements for work experience are substantially extended, diversity of job titles becomes prevalent, and rich service experience and continuous lifelong learning skills are becoming more and more predominant for librarians. This analytical investigation informs the emerging demands in the American job market debriefing the prioritization and reprioritization of the current core competency requirements for ALA librarians. © The Author(s) 2021.
Keywords: dept.ils; peer-reviewed

Cognitive behavioral therapy to sustain the antidepressant effects of ketamine in treatment-resistant depression: A randomized clinical trial. - Wilkinson, Samuel T.; Rhee, Taeho Greg; Joormann, Jutta; Webler, Ryan D.; Lopez, Mayra Ortiz; Kitay, Brandon M.; Fasula, Madonna K.; Elder, Christina; Fenton, Lisa R.; Sanacora, Gerard (Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 2021)
Introduction: Ketamine has emerged as a rapid-acting antidepressant. While ongoing treatment can prevent relapse, concerns exist regarding long-term exposure. Objective: We conducted a randomized trial to examine the feasibility and efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) following intravenous ketamine in treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Methods: Subjects with TRD were recruited and treated with 6 intravenous infusions of ketamine over 3 weeks. Subjects who experienced a clinical response (≥50% improvement in depression severity) were then randomized to receiving CBT or treatment as usual (TAU) for an additional 14 weeks, using a sequential treatment model. Results: Of the 42 patients who signed consent, 28 patients achieved a response and were randomized to CBT or TAU. When measured using the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (primary outcome measure), the effect size at the end of the study was moderate (Cohen d = 0.65; 95% CI -0.55 to 1.82), though the group-by-time interaction effect was not significant. There was a significant group-by-time interaction as measured by the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (F = 4.58; p = 0.033), favoring a greater sustained improvement in the CBT group. This corresponded to a moderate-to-large effect size of the Cohen d = 0.71 (95% CI -0.30 to 1.70) at the end of the study (14 weeks following the last ketamine infusion). In a subset of patients (N = 20) who underwent cognitive testing using the emotional N-back assessments before and after ketamine, ketamine responders showed improvement in the accuracy of emotional N-back (t[8] = 2.33; p ¡ 0.05) whereas nonresponders did not (t[10] ¡1; p ns). Conclusions: This proof-of-concept study provides preliminary data indicating that CBT may sustain the antidepressant effects of ketamine in TRD. Further study and optimization of this treatment approach in well-powered clinical trials is recommended. © 2021 S. Karger AG, Basel. Copyright: All rights reserved.
Keywords: Antidepressive Agents; Article; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Depression; Depressive Disorder; Humans; Ketamine; Major; Treatment Outcome; Treatment-Resistant; adult; antidepressant activity; antidepressant agent; clinical article; clinical effectiveness; clinical outcome; cognitive behavioral therapy; continuous infusion; controlled study; depression; dept.nur; female; human; ketamine; major depression; male; peer-reviewed; prophylaxis; prospective study; randomized controlled trial; relapse; treatment outcome; treatment resistant depression

COVID-19 and environmental racism: Challenges and recommendations - Njoku, Anuli (European Journal of Environment and Public Health, 2021)
Keywords: dept.pch; peer-reviewed

Bridging digital divides during COVID-19: Findings from the 2020-2021 connecticut state library digital inclusion survey - Real, Brian (Public Library Quarterly, 2021)
This article presents findings from the 2020–2021 Connecticut State Library Digital Inclusion Survey. The primary purpose of this study was to determine what actions public libraries in Connecticut are already taking to meet the digital inclusion needs of their communities and what information and assistance they need to better meet these goals. However, since this study was launched during the COVID-19 pandemic, the author customized numerous questions to focus on how public libraries have adjusted their operations when patrons have had limited access to library buildings. Responses from public library representatives throughout the state show that libraries have used tactics such as delivering previously in-person public programs through video conferencing formats and shifting portions of their physical materials budget to support digital items. © 2021 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Keywords: dept.ils; peer-reviewed

Radical uncertainty is not enough: (In)Justice matters of post-qualitative research: - Wolgemuth, Jennifer R.; Marn, Travis M.; Barko, Tim; Weaver-Hightower, Marcus B. (International Review of Qualitative Research, 2021)
Keywords: dept.cur; peer-reviewed

Changes in health behaviors associated with weight gain by weight classification during the COVID-19 pandemic. - Rupp, Kristie; Friel, Ciarán P (American journal of health promotion : AJHP, 2021)
Purpose: To determine whether perceived changes (i.e. perception of engagement during the pandemic relative to pre-pandemic) in specific health behaviors differ by weight status (i.e. healthy weight, overweight, obese). Design: Cross-sectional. Recruitment took place between June-August 2020, via social media posts and Qualtrics online panels. Setting: Participants completed the survey online through the Qualtrics platform. Sample: Analyses included N = 502 participants (≥18 years); 45.2% healthy weight (n = 227), 28.5% overweight (n = 143), and 26.3% obese (n = 132). Measures: Study-specific survey items included questions about demographics and perceived changes in health behaviors. Analysis: Logistic regression models, adjusted for age, race, ethnicity, gender, education, and COVID-19 diagnosis, assessed the odds of perceiving changes in health behaviors considered a risk for weight gain. Results: Participants with obesity, but not overweight, were significantly more likely to report deleterious changes to health behaviors compared to healthy weight peers, including: (1) decreased fruit/vegetable consumption [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.92; 95% confidence interval (CI): (1.13, 3.26)]; (2) increased processed food consumption [AOR = 1.85; 95%CI: (1.15, 3.00)]; (3) increased caloric intake [AOR = 1.66; 95% CI: (1.06, 2.61)]; (4) decreased physical activity [AOR = 2.07; 95%CI: (1.31, 3.28)]; and (5) deterioration in sleep quality [AOR = 2.07; 95%CI: (1.32, 3.25)]. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that adults with obesity may be at greater risk for unhealthy behaviors during a period of prolonged social distancing, potentially exacerbating the obesity epidemic. © The Author(s) 2021.
Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19 Testing; Cross-Sectional Studies; Health Behavior; Humans; Pandemics; SARS-CoV-2; Sleep Quality; Weight Gain; body weight gain; cross-sectional study; dept.hms; health behavior; human; pandemic; peer-reviewed; sleep quality

Exposure to Di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) and infertility in women, NHANES 2013-2016. - Trnka, Brittany; Polan, Maya; Zigmont, Victoria A. (Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.), 2021)
Di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) exposure is widespread in the general population and previous research has suggested that it contains endocrine-disrupting properties that can adversely affect the reproductive health system. The objective of this study was to use the 2013–2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data to assess the potential association between DEHP exposure and infertility in women. Using a nationally representative, cross-sectional study design, we used multiple logistic regression to measure the association of urinary metabolites of DEHP with self-reported history of infertility among women. Four metabolites of DEHP were examined: mono(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (MEHP), mono(2-ethyl-5-hydroxy-hexyl)phthalate (MEHHP), mono(2-ethyl-5-oxy-hexyl) phthalate (MEOHP), and mono(2-ethyl-5-carboxy-pentyl)phthalate (MECPP). These metabolites were calculated into a molar sum of DEHP (∑DEHP) and split into quartiles for analysis. After adjusting for age and race, ∑DEHP was associated with increased odds of infertility for the second quartile (AOR = 2.35, 95% CI [1.24,4.44], p = 0.01) and third quartile (AOR = 2.83, 95% CI [1.57, 5.10], p ¡ 0.01) when compared to the first quartile (reference). The adjusted OR for the highest quartile of ∑DEHP found no association and it was not statistically significant (AOR = 0.99, 95 %CI [0.57, 1.73], p = 0.98). The findings of this study add to the already complex existing literature on phthalate exposure and infertility. These findings warrant further population-based cohort studies on phthalate exposure and their relationship to infertility in humans. © 2021 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords: Adult; Article; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diethylhexyl Phthalate; Endocrine Disruptors; Environmental Exposure; Environmental Pollutants; Female; Humans; Infertility; Male; Middle Aged; Nutrition Surveys; Phthalic Acids; Young Adult; adult; cohort analysis; controlled study; cross-sectional study; dept.pch; drug urine level; electrospray mass spectrometry; endocrine disruptor; environmental exposure; exposure; female; female infertility; high performance liquid chromatography; human; infertility; limit of detection; major clinical study; male; middle aged; mono(2 ethyl 5 carboxy pentyl)phthalate; mono(2 ethyl 5 hydroxy hexyl)phthalate; mono(2 ethyl 5 oxy hexyl)phthalate; mono-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate; nutrition; peer-reviewed; phthalic acid; phthalic acid 2 ethylhexyl monoester; phthalic acid bis(2 ethylhexyl) ester; phthalic acid derivative; pollutant; questionnaire; sensitivity analysis; toxicity; unclassified drug; young adult

Physiological seasonality in the symbiont and host of the northern star coral, Astrangia poculata - Trumbauer, Wolfgang; Grace, Sean P.; Rodrigues, Lisa J. (Coral reefs (Online), 2021)
Assessing physiological responses that correspond to the normal range of seasonal variation can provide a better understanding of how environmental stressors may impact physiology. Most tropical corals exhibit seasonal variation in their host and symbiont physiology within a narrow range of environmental conditions. In temperate regions and at the northern end of its distribution, Astrangia poculata must adapt to wide ranges in seasonal variability. The species is facultatively symbiotic, and it is unclear if or how symbiotic state and, consequently, host physiology is affected by environmental seasonality. We collected colonies of A. poculata with a visible range of symbiotic states from Fort Wetherill State Park in Jamestown, RI in fall, winter, spring, and summer seasons of 2018–2019. We measured physiological parameters, including symbiotic state [chlorophyll (Chl) a and c2], total lipid content, and stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopes of the host and symbiont. Seasonal variation occurred in all physiological parameters we studied. Specifically, Chl a, c2, and lipid content all reached low points in the spring, suggesting a lag, where the consequences of the coldest temperatures in the winter took up to three months to manifest in the tissue. There were seasonal fluctuations in host:symbiont ratios of δ13C, reflecting changing rates of autotrophy relative to heterotrophy during the year. While some autotrophy occurred during the year, isotopic evidence indicated that carbon acquisition in A. poculata was mostly heterotrophic in the winter. Based on δ15N, the symbiont was primarily responsible for nitrogen assimilation, although other sources likely contributed. Both carbon acquisition and nitrogen acquisition were more similar to that of other aposymbiotic coral species, regardless of the symbiotic state of A. poculata. Therefore, it may be more appropriate to view A. poculata as a unique aposymbiotic coral that is capable of symbiosis, rather than the reverse. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
Keywords: Anthozoa; Astrangia poculata; California; Jamestown; United States; autotrophy; chlorophyll a; dept.bio; heterotrophy; lipid; nitrogen; peer-reviewed; physiology; seasonal variation; seasonality; symbiont

Understanding the role of wrongdoing in technological disasters: Utilizing ecofeminist philosophy to examine commemoration. - Roe, Sarah M.; Zavar, Elyse (Studies in history and philosophy of science, 2021)
Stemming from human accident, error, or neglect, technological disasters, such as chemical spills, toxic waste contamination, nuclear radiation, transportation accidents, and factory explosions, are products of the modern industrial complex. Toxic contamination of the land can permanently displace people from their homes and erase places from the landscape. Commemoration provides an opportunity to remember the past and celebrate culturally significant place attachments while contributing to the recovery process by aiding in community healing after devastating events. We focus on two key components regarding commemoration after technological disaster, namely the acknowledgement of wrongdoing and the celebration of a resilient population and landscape. We argue that a combination of ecofeminist philosophy and environmental justice frameworks allows for a better understanding of the cycle of disaster and mitigation as it pertains to targeted groups, and that commemorative acts and artifacts following human-made disasters often fail to successfully reform this cycle. Moreover, the combination of ecofeminist philosophy and environmental justice allows us to examine the complex relationship between responsibility and targeted groups through disaster commemoration, which serves as an important way to communicate wrongdoing to both the local and greater population. Through engagement with ecofeminist philosophy and environmental justice frameworks, we explicate how commemoration after technological disaster can disrupt or reinforce systematic inequalities. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
Keywords: article; artifact; contamination; dept.his; disaster; explosion; factory; human; justice; neglect; peer-reviewed; philosophy; responsibility; toxic waste

Book Review: Free Cyntoia: My search for redemption in the American prison system: - Smoyer, Amy B. (Affilia, 2021)
Keywords: book.review; dept.swk; peer-reviewed

Athletic training employment in secondary schools by geographic setting and school size within the United States. - Suzuki-Yamanaka, Miwako; Huggins, Robert A.; Armstrong, Kirk J.; Coleman, Kelly A.; Casa, Douglas J.; Kaneoka, Koji (Journal of athletic training, 2021)
Context: The Athletic Training Locations and Services (ATLAS) Annual Report suggested that athletic trainer (AT) employment status differed based on geographic locale. However, the influence of geographic locale and school size on AT employment is unknown. Objective: To determine if differences existed in the odds of having AT services by locale for public and private schools and by student enrollment for public schools. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Public and private secondary schools with athletics programs. Patients or Other Participants: Data from 20 078 US public and private secondary schools were obtained. Main Outcome Measures(s): Data were collected by the ATLAS Project. Athletic trainer employment status, locale (city, suburban, town, or rural) for public and private schools, and school size category (large, moderate, medium, or small) only for public schools were obtained. The employment status of ATs was examined for each category using odds ratios. Logistic regression analysis produced a prediction model. Results: Of the 19 918 public and private schools with available AT employment status and locale, suburban schools had the highest access to AT services (80.1%) with increased odds compared with rural schools (odds ratio = 3.55 [95% CI = 3.28, 3.85]). Of 15 850 public schools with known AT employment status and student enrollment, large schools had the highest rate of AT services (92.1%) with nearly 18.5 times greater odds (odds ratio = 18.49 [95% CI = 16.20, 21.08]) versus small schools. The logistic model demonstrated that the odds of access to an AT increased by 2.883 times as the school size went up by 1 category. Conclusions: Nationally, suburban schools and large public schools had the greatest access to AT services compared with schools that were in more remote areas and with lower student enrollment. These findings elucidate the geographic locales and student enrollment levels with the highest prevalence of AT services. Ó by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, Inc
Keywords: adult; article; athletic trainer; athletics; controlled study; cross-sectional study; dept.hms; employment status; female; high school; human; male; outcome assessment; peer-reviewed; prediction; prevalence; training

Landscape in Middle English Romance: The Medieval Imagination and the Natural World - Richmond, Andrew M. (Cambridge studies in medieval literature, 2021)
"In Sir Isumbras, one of the most enduringly popular late medieval romances, the penitential experience of its eponymous hero (modeled off of the evergreen St. Eustace tales) is grounded in a careful exploration of hillside ironmines and the communities of smiths that rely upon them. Such an interest in natural resource management and industrial development derives from the notable focus on charting topography that distinguishes the central third of the romance - marking Isumbras's transition from secular to divine systems of values, and his geographical movement from Christian to Saracen lands. Similarly, in the fourteenth-century Middle English version of William of Palerne (hereafter William), the eponymous protagonist flees with his lover, Melior, through a world of forests and bays that overflows with topographical details. These intricate explanations of quarry pits, hollow oaks, roadside groves, seaside caves, and war-torn estates together compose a perspective on landscape defined by networks of economic exchange. In this regard, the predominant view of the natural world presented in William ties it to earlier romances such as Havelok the Dane, a text interested in the systems of exchange that knit seaside fishermen to urban markets; and to later texts such as the Middle English versions of Partonope of Blois, which demonstrates in its depictions of estates the mercantile and agricultural uses of natural spaces that underlie the successful maintenance of a noble identity. This chapter, then, will discuss how Middle English romances' attention to the management and harvest of natural resources often reveals the link between country and urban spaces created by the exchange of such goods. I will also consider how sympathetic portrayals of laborers and other low-class harvesters of natural resources suggest that romances, particularly around the turn of the fifteenth century, reflect the shifting nature of their bourgeois-gentry audience by engaging with the environmental experiences of merchants, household clerks, reeves, franklins, and gentry farmers in addition to those of the higher aristocracy"--
Keywords: History and criticism; English literature; History and criticism; Landscapes in literature; Seashore in literature; Middle English, 1100-1500; Romances, English; SCSU Faculty Scholar Award; award_winner; dept.eng

Music festival supervisor leadership style and organizational citizenship behavior: the effects of employee and volunteer relationships and dependence on their leader - Sisson, A.D. (International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 2021)
Purpose: The relationship between leadership style and employee outcomes is well established. However, organizational management research lacks an understanding of the dyadic relationship between supervisors and employees and volunteers at music festivals. This study examines a mediation model in which leader–member exchange (LMX) affects leadership style and organizational citizenship behavior. Additionally, the study examines a moderating model in which dependence on the leader moderates relationships between leadership style and leader–member exchange. Design/methodology/approach: Confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling and conditional process analysis were employed to test the model using data collected from 97 supervisors, volunteers and employees who worked at an annual large-scale music festival staged in Costa Rica. Findings: Results reveal that leadership style relates positively to LMX and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Simultaneously, the mediating effect of LMX and moderating effect of dependence on the leader was not significant on the leadership style and OCB. Research limitations/implications: Given the small sample size and accessibility to one music festival, caution should be taken in drawing causal conclusions from the results. Practical implications: The study contributes to the knowledge of event and festival management with recommendations for leadership training initiatives for supervisors and employees/volunteers. Originality/value: This study is among the first to examine the mediating role of LMX between leadership style and OCB, moderating the role of dependence on leadership style and LMX with music festival supervisors and employees/volunteers. © 2021, Emerald Publishing Limited.
Keywords: dept.rec; peer-reviewed

How was your music festival experience? Impacts on loyalty, word-of-mouth, and sustainability behaviors - Sisson, Annamarie D.; Alcorn, Michelle (Event Management, 2021)
As the popularity of music festivals increases worldwide, an essential component for successful festivals is creating an exceptional guest experience. A conceptual model is proposed, positing that experience economy has a positive effect on loyalty, word-of-mouth (WOM) intentions, and sustainability behaviors of event attendees at a music festival that focuses on sustainability. Multiple regression and structural equation modeling (SEM) were employed to test the model using data collected from 216 attendees at an annual music festival staged in Costa Rica. Results reveal that experience has a positive effect on sustainability behaviors. Additionally, some dimensions of the experience economy have a positive impact on WOM intentions and loyalty. Lastly, WOM intentions have a positive effect on sustainability behaviors. The study provides vital contributions to planning and managing sustainable music festival events. Music festival planners and marketing teams are recommended to offer activities that provide an overall positive experience.
Keywords: EXPERIENCE ECONOMY; LOYALTY; MUSIC FESTIVALS; SUSTAINABILITY BEHAVIORS; WORD-OF-MOUTH; dept.rec; peer-reviewed

Developing self-directed learning strategies through creative writing: Three case studies of snowball writing practice in a college Chinese language classroom - Tu, I. Ju (Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2021)
This study investigates three learners’ self-directed learning (SDL) strategies in a college beginner level Chinese language classroom. Using a focus group and interviews to explore how the students recognize their own learning strengths and weaknesses, what strategies they develop during the SDL process, their awareness of learning contexts while adopting SDL, and how they exercise their agencies for SDL. Findings suggest that technology fluency, the disconnection between learning goals and SDL strategies, and learners’ unawareness of their learning strengths affects individuals’ agency regarding SDL strategies. These findings suggest the need for further discussion of language teachers’ role in instructing SDL strategies, the role of technology, and the use of written corrective feedback. © 2021
Keywords: dept.wll; peer-reviewed

Partnering to create a core communication board to improve theater experiences - Tucker, Lauren (Assistive Technology Outcomes and Benefits, 2021)
This article outlines a partnership between a nonprofit theater in Connecticut and pre-service special education teachers at a local university. The goal of the collaboration was to increase the accessibility of the sensory-friendly performances and events designed for students in PK-12. The process of creating visual supports and a core communication board is shared, in addition to the designing of training and implementation phases. The project not only resulted in improved supports for the school-aged sensory-friendly events for the next season, but also in a demonstrable perspective shift on the importance of inclusivity and community communication supports among pre-service teachers and community members. © 2021, Assistive Technology Industry Association. All rights reserved.
Keywords: dept.sed; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

The effectiveness of zoom touchscreen gestures for authentication and identification and its changes over time - Wang, Leran; Hossain, Shafaeat; Pulfrey, Joshua; Lancor, Lisa (Computers & Security, 2021)
This paper focuses on how zoom touchscreen gestures can be used to continuously authenticate and identify smartphone users. The zoom gesture is critically under-researched as a behavioral biometric despite richness of data found in this gesture. Furthermore, analysing how the zoom gesture performs over time is a novel line of inquiry. Zoom samples from three different data collection sessions were sourced. In these sessions, each participant zoomed in and out on three images. Eighty-five features were extracted from each gesture. The classification models used were Support Vector Machine (SVM), Random Forest (RF), and K-nearest Neighbor (KNN). The best authentication performance of AUC 0.937 and EER 10.6% were achieved using the SVM classifier. The best identification performance of 65.5% accuracy, 69.6% precision, and 67.9% recall were achieved using the RF classifier. In terms of stability over time, SVM proved to be the most stable classifier, with an AUC degradation of only 0.007 after two weeks had elapsed. This analysis proves that zoom gestures demonstrate promise for use in continuous smartphone authentication and identification applications. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
Keywords: Authentication; Behavioural Biometric; Biometrics; Change-over time; Classification models; Data collection; Decision trees; Identification; Nearest neighbor search; Performance; Smart phones; Smartphones; Support vector machines; Support vectors machine; Touch gesture; Zoom; dept.csc; peer-reviewed

Classifying breast cancer cell lines of different metastasis potentials using visible resonance raman spectroscopy and machine learning - Wu, Binlin; Zhang, Lin; Jimenez, Kenneth; Boydston-White, Susie; Wang, Eric; Liu, Cheng-hui; Alfano, Robert R. (OSA, 2021)
Keywords: Breast cancer cells; Cancer cell lines; Cell culture; Cells; Classification accuracy; Classifieds; Diseases; Machine-learning; Metastatic potential; Principal component analysis; Principal-component analysis; Raman spectroscopy; Resonance Raman spectroscopy; Support vector machines; Support vectors machine; dept.phy

Using contemplative photography in transformative sustainability management education: Pedagogical applications in the united states, russia and germany - Yang, Charlie; Ivanova, Ekaterina; Hufnagel, Julia (The International Journal of Management Education, 2021)
Developing a sustainability mindset requires a transdisciplinary approach to business education that integrates a rational-analytic mode of thinking and an emotive-holistic understanding of the human mind. In order to cultivate the sustainability mindset of business students, we have designed a contemplative art-based project involving the creation of an electronic portfolio which consists of a student's digital photographs. We have integrated it into our teaching of management courses in the United States, Russia, and Germany, respectively. The project aims to enable business students to become more visually attentive and environmentally conscious, so that they will pay close attention to the process of building more sustainable relationships within their natural and social environments. From the interpretative phenomenological perspective, we have analyzed the students' e-portfolios in order to understand how business students make sense of environmental and human sustainability. While envisioning more transformative sustainability management education, we have also discussed the pedagogical implications of making the e-portfolios for enhancing the students' understanding of the sustainability mindset. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Private post-secondary library websites and the ADA: compliancy and COVID-19 - Bielefield, Arlene; Liu, Yan Quan; Waimon, Victoria (Universal Access in the Information Society, 2023)
This study explores whether US post-secondary institutions (PPI) follow philosophies to foster inclusive communities, providing resources for those individuals with disabilities thrive socially, personally, and academically, while there have been no thorough studies conducted to determine web accessibility of the nation’s top-ranked PPI library webpages. Additionally, this study pioneers in comparison with the accessibility of PPI’s library homepages fighting COVID-19. The study evaluated the library homepages of the premium PPIs based on Money.com’s 2019 list of “The Best Colleges in America” via the WAVE web accessibility evaluation tool. The outcomes determined that most of the library homepages analyzed were littered with numerous errors, and the shift to online-based research in learning had no significant impact on the number of errors WAVE detected. The disconcerting findings of this study demonstrate the overall failure to recognize the importance of web accessibility or perhaps even the indifference toward accessibility on the part of the PPI community.
Keywords: ADA; Academic libraries; Accessibility; COVID-19; Disability; Overall failure; Philosophical aspects; Post-secondary institutions; Private colleges and universities; SCSU-student; Section 508; WAVE; WCAG; Web accessibility; Websites; dept.ils; peer-reviewed

Constructing (3, B)-sudoku pair latin squares - Carrigan, Braxton; Diaz, David; Hammer, James; Lorch, John (Australasian Journal of Combinatorics, 2022)
An (a, b)-Sudoku pair Latin square is a Latin square that is simult-aneously an (a, b)-Sudoku Latin square and a (b, a)-Sudoku Latin square. While (a, b)-Sudoku Latin squares are known to exist for any positive integers a and b, the pairs a, b for which an (a, b)-Sudoku pair Latin square exists are largely unknown. In this article we establish the existence of (a, b)-Sudoku pair Latin squares for an infinite collection of pairs (a, b). Our results show that a (3, b)-Sudoku pair Latin square can be constructed for any positive integer b. ©The author(s).
Keywords: dept.mat; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Investigation of experimental observables in search of the chiral magnetic effect in heavy-ion collisions in the STAR experiment - Choudhury, S.; Dong, X.; Drachenberg, J. L.; Dunlop, J. C.; Esumi, ShinIchi; Feng, Yicheng; Finch, E.; Hu, Yu; Jia, Jiangyong; Lauret, Jerome; Li, Wei; Liao, Jinfeng; et al. (Chinese Physics C, 2022)
The chiral magnetic effect (CME) is a novel transport phenomenon, arising from the interplay between quantum anomalies and strong magnetic fields in chiral systems. In high-energy nuclear collisions, the CME may survive the expansion of the quark-gluon plasma fireball and be detected in experiments. Over the past two decades, experimental searches for the CME have attracted extensive interest at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The main goal of this study is to investigate three pertinent experimental approaches: the correlator, the R correlator, and the signed balance functions. We exploit simple Monte Carlo simulations and a realistic event generator (EBE-AVFD) to verify the equivalence of the core components among these methods and to ascertain their sensitivities to the CME signal and the background contributions for the isobar collisions at the RHIC. © 2022 Chinese Physical Society and the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and IOP Publishing Ltd.
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Road salt is more toxic to wood frog embryos from polluted ponds - Forgione, M.E. (Environmental Pollution, 2022)
Keywords: Amphibian; Animals; Aquatic habitats; Aquatic organisms; Article; Biological; Embryonics; Exposure history; Fresh Water; Freshwater salinization; Frog embryos; Larva; Life history stages; Metamorphosis; Pollution; Ponds; Rana sylvatica; Ranidae; Road salts; Roadsides; Salinisation; Sodium Chloride; Water; Wood; amphibian; animal; controlled study; dept.bio; embryo; embryotoxicity; exposure; forest; freshwater environment; larva; metamorphosis; nonhuman; peer-reviewed; pollution exposure; pond; population dynamics; road salt; runoff; salinization; sodium chloride; survival; unclassified drug; water pollution

Socio-economic impacts of the Great Lakes restoration initiative - Liesch, Matthew; Graziano, Marcello (Geographical Review, 2021)
Interviews illuminate impacts of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), a United States’ federal program designed to improve the Great Lakes by restoring the region’s most polluted harbors and coastal landscapes. To see how GLRI funds caused changes in the built environment and to attitudes toward place, semi-structured interviews were conducted with private- and public-sector leaders. Case studies are four EPA-designated Areas of Concern receiving substantial GLRI funds in Buffalo, New York; Duluth-Superior, Minnesota and Wisconsin; Muskegon, Michigan, and Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Results show that GLRI serves as a catalyst in three principal ways: The program leveraged local and state funds, both private and public. GLRI also leads to greater socio-spatial consciousness regarding rehabilitated places. Also, GLRI had led to stronger and deeper senses of place. This study reveals interviews help to calculate a more holistic return on investment for a prominent federal program. This study offers a way forward for ecosystem services research to take a more holistic view than has traditionally been done, in that semi-structured interviews illuminate impacts that traditional economic modeling alone cannot. Concurrently, this research is an example of how a prominent federal program affects community perceptions integral to holistic coastal planning processes. © Copyright © 2021 by the American Geographical Society of New York.
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Coded communities: organizing boundless diversity - Milburn, Trudy A. (Annals of the International Communication Association, 2021)
Communication researchers have used speech codes theory to interpret local conduct. This qualitative meta-analysis draws upon twenty years of peer-reviewed journal articles and books (2000–2019) that specifically use the concept of speech community within research about speech codes. Although speech community is incorporated into one of the six main tenets of speech codes theory, the concept has not been used consistently. After reviewing how speech codes theory researchers use the concept of speech community, I draw comparisons between those who describe mediated and intercultural practices to interrogate the a priori assertion of a speech community. I conclude by arguing that one must understand the particular social relations among speakers before asserting the existence of a speech community. © 2021 International Communication Association.
Keywords: dept.aa; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Best practices for assessing digital literacy and strengthening online teaching pedagogy of digitally immigrant stakeholders in higher education - Counselman-Carpenter, Elisabeth; Aguilar, Jemel P. (Springer International Publishing, 2021)
Keywords: dept.swk

Book Review: Robin James Smith, Richard Fitzgerald, and William Housley (eds), on Sacks: Methodology, materials, and inspirations - Milburn, Trudy A. (Discourse Studies, 2021)
Keywords: book.review; dept.aa

Temperature-dependent effects on fecundity in a serial broadcast spawning fish after whole-life high CO2 exposure - Concannon, Callie A; Cross, Emma L.; Jones, Lucas F; Murray, Christopher S.; Matassa, Catherine M.; McBride, Richard S.; Baumann, Hannes (ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2021)
Keywords: dept.egm; peer-reviewed

Flu vaccinations: College campus not making the grade. A study of influenza vaccination at an urban public university. - Kreiger, Joan E; Zigmont, Victoria A.; Michalski, Carrie D; Borgognone, Kristen S (Journal of American college health : J of ACH, 2021)
Objective: Even healthy college students are vulnerable to severe complications associated with seasonal influenza (flu). Despite national directives to increase influenza vaccination compliance, college campuses remain woefully below national goals. This study aimed to identify factors correlated with the decision to voluntarily receive an influenza vaccine. Additionally, students’ reasons for non-vaccination were also examined. Participants: 1021 undergraduate students across four professional schools. Methods: A representative cross-sectional survey was conducted at a public, urban university. Results: The survey measured self-reported influenza vaccination: an overall influenza vaccination rate of 38% was identified. Student characteristics associated with increased influenza vaccination included students’ enrollment in academic health disciplines; being female; human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination; and no marijuana use in the last month. Barriers to influenza vaccination included contraindications, mistrust issues, and personal reasons. Conclusion: Universities that can identify facilitators and barriers to voluntary influenza vaccination can assist with program initiatives to improve influenza vaccination compliance rates. © 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Keywords: dept.hms; dept.nur; dept.pch; peer-reviewed

Portraying mathematics pre-service teachers’ experience of creating video lessons with portable interactive whiteboards through the TPACK - Bonafini, Fernanda Cesar; Lee, Younhee (The New Educator, 2021)
This study investigates how pre-service teachers use their knowledge of technology, mathematics, and pedagogy to create video lessons using portable interactive whiteboards. The TPACK framework was used to identify the different types of knowledge pre-service teachers rely on as they create their videos. Results indicate pre-service teachers’ effective use of conveyance technology, pedagogical techniques, and mathematical representations using technology. Their videos portray their process of coordinating their TPACK. Recommendations are made for teacher educators to integrate technology in activities that aim to develop pre-service teachers’ comfort and confidence with technological tools for teaching and learning. © 2021 ATE and CCNY.
Keywords: dept.mat; peer-reviewed

Ejaculate allocation and sperm characteristics differ among alternative male types in a species of fish with cooperation and competition among unrelated males. - Alonzo, Suzanne H.; Stiver, Kelly A.; Kindsvater, Holly K.; Marsh-Rollo, Susan E.; Nugent, Bridget; Kazancıoğlu, Erem (Cells, 2021)
Sexual selection arising from sperm competition has driven the evolution of immense variation in ejaculate allocation and sperm characteristics not only among species, but also among males within a species. One question that has received little attention is how cooperation among males affects these patterns. Here we ask how male alternative reproductive types differ in testes size, ejaculate production, and sperm morphology in the ocellated wrasse, a marine fish in which unrelated males cooperate and compete during reproduction. Nesting males build nests, court females and provide care. Sneaker males only “sneak” spawn, while satellite males sneak, but also help by chasing away sneakers. We found that satellite males have larger absolute testes than either sneakers or nesting males, despite their cooperative role. Nesting males invested relatively less in testes than either sneakers or satellites. Though sneakers produced smaller ejaculates than either satellite or nesting males, we found no difference among male types in either sperm cell concentration or sperm number, implying sneakers may produce less seminal fluid. Sperm tail length did not differ significantly among male types, but sneaker sperm cells had significantly larger heads than either satellite or nesting male sperm, consistent with past research showing sneakers produce slower sperm. Our results highlight that social interactions among males can influence sperm and ejaculate production. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Keywords: Animals; Fishes; Male; Reproduction; Spermatozoa; Testis; adult; animal; article; controlled study; court; dept.psy; female; fish; human cell; male; metabolism; nesting; nonhuman; peer-reviewed; phenotypic plasticity; reproduction; seminal plasma; sexual selection; social interaction; sperm competition; sperm count; spermatozoon; spermatozoon tail; testis

Human resources and principal pipelines: The realities, challenges, and possibilities - Fowler, Denver J. (Journal of Education Human Resources, 2021)
Keywords: dept.edl; peer-reviewed

Validity and reliability of the lode excalibur sport cycle ergometer for the wingate anaerobic test. - Lunn, William R.; Axtell, Robert S. (Journal of strength and conditioning research, 2021)
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Toward a grounded theory of social and emotional learning (SEL) - Haynes, Norris M. (Academia Letters, 2021)
Keywords: dept.edl

‘The mirage of action’: Exploring the social work professions’ perpetuation of white supremacy through ‘Well-Intentioned’ actions - Aguilar, Jemel P.; Counselman-Carpenter, Elisabeth (Advances in Social Work, 2021)
This autoethnographic study highlights complex strategies for maintaining white supremacy used by “well-intentioned” heterocentric white female social workers that are enacted under the guise of practicing anti-racism in social work practice settings, classroom environments, policy initiatives, and advocacy work. Using autoethnography was both unplanned and deliberate. Unplanned, we needed a research method that allows us to explore the untouchable subject of heterocentric white female social workers and deliberate in that we could use our experiences to break ground and establish white supremacy among heterocentric white female social workers that espouse anti-racist values as an area of study. We draw on education, anthropology, sociology, and other disciplines to name some of the ongoing challenges to dismantling racism, colonialist, and reformer narratives in social work, and identify strategies used by all white folx, but particularly heterocentric white female social workers to neutralize the suggestion or accusation of their acts as racism. We name three challenges to dismantling racism among heterocentric white female social workers: hiding behind the data, anti-racist book clubs, and crying and comfort. We conclude with further questions for those who hold power in the field and a reflection upon our own continued intersecting struggles with these concepts. © 2021 Authors,.
Keywords: dept.swk; peer-reviewed

African american children and adolescents - Hyter, Yvette D.; DeJarnette, Glenda; Rivers, Kenyatta O. (Handbook of Pragmatic Language Disorders, 2021)
Keywords: dept.cmd

Deepening the learning: Intersectional experiential activities to address white supremacy - Keenan, Elizabeth King; Kozu, Shuei; Mayhew, Hunter; Saiter-Meyers, Evelyn; Meggett, Caliyah; Reynolds, Paige (Advances in Social Work, 2021)
Graduate students of multiple racial identities in predominantly White institutions enter social work programs with a wide range of knowledge about and experiences of White Supremacy, particularly the ways in which structural forms of racism continue to inflict harm, block opportunities, and perpetuate wealth inequities. In addition, White students are often challenged to grasp the ways they have been socialized to participate in perpetuating White Supremacy. This wide range of knowledge and experiences makes it likely that students will experience a range of emotions and defensive resistance necessitating skillful pedagogical design and facilitation of class interactions. Intentional use of theoretical frameworks with experiential activities can deepen self-awareness and understanding of the systemic nature of White Supremacy (Okun, 2010). In this manuscript, four students and two instructors discuss their learning experiences within a course addressing White Supremacy for students of multiple racial identities in a predominantly White institution. Post-course dialogue amongst these multiracial authors identified six core areas of learning when examining intrapersonal, interpersonal, and structural racism, cultural wealth of BIPOC peoples, and anti-racism actions. Two primary implications for education are: Weave conceptual frameworks with interpersonal experiential activities throughout the course design, and attend to interactional power dynamics during class meetings. © 2021 Authors, Vol. 21 No. 2/3 (Summer 2021), 821-840,.
Keywords: dept.swk; peer-reviewed

The effects of an upper body conditioning stimulus on lower body post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE): a pilot study - Laskin, Grant; Talpey, Scott W.; Gregory, Robert (International Journal of Strength and Conditioning, 2021)
Keywords: dept.hms; peer-reviewed

Enacting a just and sustainable blue economy through transdisciplinary action research - Heidkamp, C. Patrick; Garland, Michaela; Krak, Louie (The Geographical Journal, 2021)
To enact a just and sustainable blue economy, one must consider all the actors involved in its shaping. This paper argues that a quintuple helix approach to stakeholder engagement – involving government, academia, the business community, and civil society – and an inclusive transdisciplinary action research (TAR) methodology are promising avenues with which to do so. Embracing critical pragmatism as a foundational framework, key ideas from three strands of research are consolidated: (1) the recent work on the geographical dimension of socio-technical sustainability transitions; (2) the literature on just sustainabilities and just transition; and (3) action research and transdisciplinary approaches to problem solving. This allows for the reimagination of a common future for the blue economy that is developed through a different kind of democratic process driven and informed by co-learning, and shared experiences. By adopting a transdisciplinary action research approach, actors from different disciplines and spheres of experience can gain a better mutual understanding and find commonality through the open door of collaboration. The theoretical argument presented in this paper is illustrated by a vignette of an ongoing TAR project at Southern Connecticut State University, which outlines the challenges and opportunities inherent to implementing a TAR approach. The information, practices and views in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). © 2021 The Authors. The Geographical Journal published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
Keywords: dept.egm; peer-reviewed

As geleiras carboníferas no sul do Brasil - da Rosa, Eduardo; Vesely, Fernando Farias; Isbell, John L.; Fedorchuk, Nicholas D. (Boletim Paranaense de Geociências, 2021)
The Late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA; 362 to 256 Ma) left a record in the Gondwanan sedimentary basins as glacial successions and ice-carved features. In the Paraná Basin, the glaciation is recorded in the Itararé Group and on its basal unconformity that contains micro to mega scale erosive features. Diamictites and glacial erosive landforms such as striated surfaces have been used to reconstruct past glacial dynamics as well as to define ice kinematics and ice-spreading centers. However, soft-sediment striated surfaces generated by scouring of iceberg keels are also common in the Itararé Group strata as well as diamictites generated by nonglacial processes. Assemblages of erosive landforms left behind by Carboniferous glaciers in southern Brazil are evidence for different glaciation scenarios. In the Paraná State, flat-based, unconfined ice lobes advanced northward over Devonian sandstones of the Furnas Formation. In the Santa Catarina state, the glacial advances are characterized by an irregular topography on igneous and metamorphic basement, probably a result of advancing ice streams. In Rio Grande do Sul, an assemblage of paleovalleys is interpreted as the product of glaciation; however, these valleys could have been generated by tectonism and not by glacial erosion. The complex glacial events that took place in southern Brazil are being better understood due to detailed studies on the record left behind by Carboniferous glaciers. © 2021 Universidade Federal do Parana. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Carboniferous; Parana Basin; dept.esc; diamictite; erosion; glaciation; glacier; ice stream; peer-reviewed; subglacial deposit

Undergraduate analytical laboratory experiment: Determination of arsenic in rice with graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy and a novel digestion method - Kearns, James K.; van der Wielen, Matthew (Journal of Chemical Education, 2021)
By focusing on food and a pervasive contaminant, this experiment engages student interest and effort while providing essential instruction and experience. As institutions are challenged by existing and emerging budgetary constraints, this experiment offers a determination approach employing commonly available instrumentation, the graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometer. The module provides a broad range of experiences: it introduces the lyophilizer, offers practice in a multistep novel digestion method, presents the theoretical foundation and practical application of atomic absorption spectroscopy, and provides an opportunity to record, calculate, and report findings. Students whose math skills are in development can complete it successfully because algebraic calculations are used at each stage of the materials' examination. Finally, when their reports align with extensive international research, the lab offers students assurance of their growing scientific competence. © 2021 American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc.
Keywords: dept.che; peer-reviewed

Establishing a global standard for wearable devices in sport and exercise medicine: Perspectives from academic and industry stakeholders - Ash, Garrett I.; Stults-Kolehmainen, Matthew; Busa, Michael A.; Gaffey, Allison E.; Angeloudis, Konstantinos; Muniz-Pardos, Borja; Gregory, Robert; Huggins, Robert A.; Redeker, Nancy S.; Weinzimer, Stuart A.; Grieco, Lauren A.; Lyden, Kate; et al. (Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2021)
Millions of consumer sport and fitness wearables (CSFWs) are used worldwide, and millions of datapoints are generated by each device. Moreover, these numbers are rapidly growing, and they contain a heterogeneity of devices, data types, and contexts for data collection. Companies and consumers would benefit from guiding standards on device quality and data formats. To address this growing need, we convened a virtual panel of industry and academic stakeholders, and this manuscript summarizes the outcomes of the discussion. Our objectives were to identify (1) key facilitators of and barriers to participation by CSFW manufacturers in guiding standards and (2) stakeholder priorities. The venues were the Yale Center for Biomedical Data Science Digital Health Monthly Seminar Series (62 participants) and the New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting (59 participants). In the discussion, stakeholders outlined both facilitators of (e.g., commercial return on investment in device quality, lucrative research partnerships, and transparent and multilevel evaluation of device quality) and barriers (e.g., competitive advantage conflict, lack of flexibility in previously developed devices) to participation in guiding standards. There was general agreement to adopt Keadle et al.’s standard pathway for testing devices (i.e., benchtop, laboratory, field-based, implementation) without consensus on the prioritization of these steps. Overall, there was enthusiasm not to add prescriptive or regulatory steps, but instead create a networking hub that connects companies to consumers and researchers for flexible guidance navigating the heterogeneity, multi-tiered development, dynamicity, and nebulousness of the CSFW field. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Keywords: Consensus; Exercise; Humans; Sports; Sports Medicine; United States; Wearable Electronic Devices; adult; article; consensus; consumer; data science; dept.hms; electronic device; exercise; female; human; human experiment; investment; major clinical study; male; sport; sports medicine

No internship? No problem! - Milone, Joseph P.; Archambault, MaryJo (SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2021)
The pandemic created obstacles for our therapeutic recreation students who could not find or participate in an in-person internship. The only viable option was to create a virtual internship experience that still met NCTRC standards for national certification. This learning activity details the steps taken to create the experience, what was successful, and lessons learned.
Keywords: dept.rec; peer-reviewed

DAAB: Deep authorship attribution in bengali - Dipongkor, Atish Kumar; Islam, Saiful; Kayesh, Humayun; Hossain, Shafaeat; Anwar, Adnan; Rahman, Khandaker Abir; Razzak, Imran (IEEE, 2021)
Authorship attribution identifies the true author of an unknown document. Authorship attribution plays a crucial role in plagiarism detection and blackmailer identification, however, the existing studies on authorship attribution in Bengali are limited. In this paper, we propose an instance-based deep authorship attribution model, called DAAB, to identify authors in Bengali. Our DAAB model fuses features from convolutional neural networks and another set of features from an artificial neural network to learn the stylometry of an author for authorship attribution. Extensive experiments with three real benchmark datasets such as Bengali-Quora and two online Bengali Corpus demonstrate the superiority of our authorship attribution model. © 2021 IEEE.
Keywords: Authorship attribution; Benchmark datasets; Bengalis; Convolution; Convolutional neural network; Convolutional neural networks; Deep learning; Deep neural networks; Learn+; Plagiarism detection; Sets of features; Stylometry; dept.csc

Enhancing performance and user convenience of multi-biometric verification systems - Hossain, Shafaeat; Phoha, Vir V. (Pattern Analysis and Applications, 2021)
A multi-biometric verification system lowers the verification errors by fusing information from multiple biometric sources. Information can be fused in parallel or serial modes. While parallel fusion gives a higher accuracy, it may suffer from a serious problem of taking a longer verification time. Serial fusion can alleviate this problem by allowing the users to submit a subset of the available biometric characteristics. Unfortunately, several studies show that serial fusion may not reach the level of accuracy of parallel fusion. In this paper, we propose a fusion framework which combines the advantages of both parallel and serial fusion. The core of the framework is a new concept of “confident reject region” which incurs nearly zero verification error. We evaluate our framework by performing experiments on two multi-biometric verification systems built with NIST biometric scores set release 1. The experimental results show that our framework achieves a lower equal error rate and takes a shorter verification time than standard parallel fusion. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature.
Keywords: dept.csc; peer-reviewed

Taste receptors in aquatic mammals: Potential role of solitary chemosensory cells in immune responses. - Barboza, Meghan Lee Bills; Reyno, Beau (Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007), 2021)
The sense of taste is associated with the evaluation of food and other environmental parameters such as salinity. In aquatic mammals, anatomic and behavioral evidence of the use of taste varies by species and genomic analysis of taste receptors indicates an overall reduction and, in some cases, complete loss of intact bitter and sweet taste receptors. However, the receptors used by taste buds in the oral cavity are found on cells in other areas of the body and play an important role in immune responses. In the respiratory tract, an example of such cells is solitary chemosensory cells (SCCs) which have bitter and sweet taste receptors. The bitter receptors detect chemicals given off by pathogens and initiate an innate immune response. Although many aquatic mammals may not have a role for taste in the assessment of food, they likely would benefit from the added protection that SCCs provide, especially considering respiratory diseases are a problem for many aquatic mammals. While evidence indicates that some species do not possess functional bitter receptors for taste, many do have intact bitter receptor genes and it is important for researchers to be aware of all roles for these receptors in homeostasis. Through a better understanding of the anatomy and physiology of aquatic mammal's respiratory systems, better treatment and management is possible. © 2021 American Association for Anatomy.
Keywords: Article; bitter taste; cell protection; chemoreceptor cell; dept.bio; homeostasis; innate immunity; mammal; nonhuman; peer-reviewed; receptor gene; respiratory system; respiratory tract disease; solitary chemosensory cell; sweetness; taste; taste bud

A parent-implemented embedded AAC intervention for teaching navigational requests and other communicative functions to children with Autism spectrum disorder. - Gevarter, Cindy; Groll, Mariah; Stone, Erin; Najar, Adriana Medina (Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985), 2021)
This study evaluated the effectiveness of an embedded naturalistic intervention for teaching augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) application responses to three preschool-aged males with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Parents were taught to embed opportunities for their child to communicate with a grid-based AAC application during every-day routines such as play or mealtime. Communication targets included requesting objects using two-step taxonomic navigational responses, and requesting assistance, rejecting items, or making social comments/responses using a two-step message-strip response. During intervention, parents used strategies such as time delay, prompting, reinforcement, and device proximity (faded over time) to encourage target responses. Display formats and intervention targets were selected in consideration of prior dynamic assessment results. Effects of intervention were evaluated using a multiple probe across participants design. For functional navigational AAC item requesting, all three participants showed an immediate increase in responding that maintained at high levels. Functional AAC responding for other communicative purposes also increased, but at a more gradual pace. All three participants showed generalized responding when new items were added to displays, and when display pages with a larger array of folders and vocabulary items were introduced. Generalization to labeling tasks was mixed. © 2021 International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication.
Keywords: Alternative communication; Augmentative and alternative communication application; Augmentative-and-alternative communication; Autism spectrum disorders; Communication application; Communicative functions; Diseases; Embedded instruction; Human rehabilitation engineering; Naturalistic intervention; Navigation; Steps responding; Two-step responding; dept.cmd; peer-reviewed

La técnica del fluir de la conciencia joyceana como característica integral del canon literario argentino del siglo XX - Dirschel, Michael (Boletín de Literatura Comparada, 2021)
Keywords: dept.eng; peer-reviewed

Healthcare-induced trauma in correctional facilities: a qualitative exploration. - Elumn, Johanna; Keating, Layne; Smoyer, Amy B.; Wang, Emily A. (Health & justice, 2021)
Background: While incarcerated people are known to experience trauma at higher rates than the general population, little is known about how the correctional health system contributes to trauma rates. Methods: We conducted 20 semi-structured qualitative interviews with men who were recently released from a correctional system to understand their experiences with healthcare systems and medical staff during incarceration. Using reflexive thematic analysis within a critical realist framework, we coded and analyzed the data iteratively to refine and unify emerging themes. Results: The unanticipated concept of healthcare-induced trauma emerged and was revealed in three overall themes: (1) healthcare leading to fear of serious illness or death, (2) healthcare leading to fear of people, including healthcare providers, correctional staff, and other incarcerated people, and (3) the correctional institutional, social, and physical environment leads to fear of place. Conclusions: Healthcare in correctional settings has the potential to induce trauma, even when the medical conditions addressed are not life-threatening. Future research should examine the factors contributing to the development of healthcare-induced trauma in correctional settings and develop interventions to prevent and address this phenomenon. © 2021, The Author(s).
Keywords: dept.swk; peer-reviewed

An economic model of machine translation - Aiken, Milam; Park, Mina (International Journal of Computers & Technology, 2021)
Keywords: dept.bis; peer-reviewed

Selected topics in electronics and systems - nanotechnology for electronics, biosensors, additive manufacturing and emerging systems applications - Jain, F; Broadbridge, Christine; Gherasimova, M; Tang, H (WORLD SCIENTIFIC, 2021)
Keywords: dept.phy

HAT-P-58b – HAT-P-64b: Seven planets transiting bright stars - Bakos, G. Á.; Hartman, Joel D.; Bhatti, Waqas; Csubry, Z.; Penev, Kaloyan; Bieryla, Allyson; Latham, D. W.; Quinn, S. N.; Buchhave, Lars A.; Kovács, Gábor L.; Torres, Guillermo; Noyes, R. W.; et al. (The Astronomical Journal, 2021)
We report the discovery and characterization of seven transiting exoplanets from the HATNet survey. The planets, which are hot Jupiters and Saturns transiting bright Sun-like stars, include: HAT-P-58b (with mass M p = 0.37 M J, radius R p = 1.33 R J, and orbital period P = 4.0138 days), HAT-P-59b (M p = 1.54 M J, R p = 1.12 R J, P = 4.1420 days), HAT-P-60b (M p = 0.57 M J, R p = 1.63 R J, P = 4.7948 days), HAT-P-61b (M p = 1.06 M J, R p = 0.90 R J, P = 1.9023 days), HAT-P-62b (M p = 0.76 M J, R p = 1.07 R J, P = 2.6453 days), HAT-P-63b (M p = 0.61 M J, R p = 1.12 R J, P = 3.3777 days), and HAT-P-64b (M p = 0.58 M J, R p = 1.70 R J, P = 4.0072 days). The typical errors on these quantities are 0.06 M J, 0.03 R J, and 0.2 s, respectively. We also provide accurate stellar parameters for each of the host stars. With V = 9.710 0.050 mag, HAT-P-60 is an especially bright transiting planet host, and an excellent target for additional follow-up observations. With R p = 1.703 0.070 R J, HAT-P-64b is a highly inflated hot Jupiter around a star nearing the end of its main-sequence lifetime, and is among the largest known planets. Five of the seven systems have long-cadence observations by TESS which are included in the analysis. Of particular note is HAT-P-59 (TOI-1826.01) which is within the northern continuous viewing zone of the TESS mission, and HAT-P-60, which is the TESS candidate TOI-1580.01. © 2021. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved..
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Economic forecasts, anchoring bias, and stock returns - Birz, Gene; Dutta, Sandip; Yu, Han (Financial Management, 2021)
By utilizing survey forecasts of macroeconomic statistics, we find that market participants’ expectations are not rational as they exhibit an anchoring bias. The forecasts systematically underpredict macroeconomic statistics and the forecast errors are predicted by past macroeconomic announcements. Most importantly, we find that the stock market does not see through this bias, that is, we find statistically significant stock price effects of “anticipated” components of macroeconomic announcements. Investors overweight the importance of historical information and do not make sufficient adjustments after the arrival of new information. © 2021 Financial Management Association International
Keywords: dept.fin; peer-reviewed

Growing up in the age of COVID-19 through the lens of psychodynamic theory - Grady, Melissa D.; O’Toole, Randall; Schneider, Dana A. (Psychoanalytic Social Work, 2021)
The long-term effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic on individuals, families, and society are not yet known. For social workers, it is critical to consider how the pandemic is impacting families, and in particular, children and their development. This manuscript applies psychodynamic theory and research on neurobiology to explore some of the potential effects of COVID-19 on children and their developmental trajectories. The discussion of these psychodynamic concepts is also placed within the context of the heightened tensions around equity and social justice issues within the U.S. society. In addition, this article provides guidelines, strategies, and resources for social workers that can be used when working with families and caregivers to mitigate any potential negative effects that the pandemic is having on children and their families. A case presentation is included to further illustrate these issues. © 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Keywords: dept.swk; peer-reviewed

Book Review: Disaster by choice. How our actions turn natural hazards into catastrophes Ilan Kelman Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2020. ISBN: 9780198841340. - Jung, Betty C. (World Medical & Health Policy, 2021)
Keywords: book.review; dept.pch

CT-free attenuation correction for dedicated cardiac SPECT using a 3D dual squeeze-and-excitation residual dense network. - Chen, Xiongchao; Zhou, Bo; Shi, Luyao; Liu, Hui; Pang, Yulei; Wang, Rui; Miller, Edward J.; Sinusas, Albert J.; Liu, Chi (Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, 2021)
Background: Attenuation correction (AC) using CT transmission scanning enables the accurate quantitative analysis of dedicated cardiac SPECT. However, AC is challenging for SPECT-only scanners. We developed a deep learning-based approach to generate synthetic AC images from SPECT images without AC. Methods: CT-free AC was implemented using our customized Dual Squeeze-and-Excitation Residual Dense Network (DuRDN). 172 anonymized clinical hybrid SPECT/CT stress/rest myocardial perfusion studies were used in training, validation, and testing. Additional body mass index (BMI), gender, and scatter-window information were encoded as channel-wise input to further improve the network performance. Results: Quantitative and qualitative analysis based on image voxels and 17-segment polar map showed the potential of our approach to generate consistent SPECT AC images. Our customized DuRDN showed superior performance to conventional network design such as U-Net. The averaged voxel-wise normalized mean square error (NMSE) between the predicted AC images by DuRDN and the ground-truth AC images was 2.01 ± 1.01%, as compared to 2.23 ± 1.20% by U-Net. Conclusions: Our customized DuRDN facilitates dedicated cardiac SPECT AC without CT scanning. DuRDN can efficiently incorporate additional patient information and may achieve better performance compared to conventional U-Net. © 2021, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.
Keywords: adult; article; body mass; controlled study; deep learning; dept.mat; excitation; female; gender; human; male; myocardial perfusion imaging; patient information; peer-reviewed; physiological stress; qualitative analysis; quantitative analysis; single photon emission computed tomography; x-ray computed tomography

Observations with the differential speckle survey instrument. X. Preliminary orbits of k-dwarf binaries and other stars - Horch, Elliott P.; Broderick, Kyle G.; Casetti-Dinescu, Dana I.; Henry, Todd J.; Fekel, Francis C.; Muterspaugh, Matthew W.; Willmarth, Daryl W.; Winters, Jennifer G.; van Belle, Gerard T.; Clark, Catherine; Everett, Mark E. (The Astronomical Journal, 2021)
This paper details speckle observations of binary stars taken at the Lowell Discovery Telescope, the WIYN telescope, and the Gemini telescopes between 2016 January and 2019 September. The observations taken at Gemini and Lowell were done with the Differential Speckle Survey Instrument (DSSI), and those done at WIYN were taken with the successor instrument to DSSI at that site, the NN-EXPLORE Exoplanet Star and Speckle Imager (NESSI). In total, we present 378 observations of 178 systems, and we show that the uncertainty in the measurement precision for the combined data set is ∼2 mas in separation, ∼1°-2° in position angle depending on the separation, and ∼0.1 mag in magnitude difference. Together with data already in the literature, these new results permit 25 visual orbits and one spectroscopic-visual orbit to be calculated for the first time. In the case of the spectroscopic-visual analysis, which is done on the ternary star HD 173093, we calculate masses with a precision of better than 1% for all three stars in that system. Twenty-one of the visual orbits calculated have a K dwarf as the primary star; we add these to the known orbits of K-dwarf primary stars and discuss the basic orbital properties of these stars at this stage. Although incomplete, the data that exist so far indicate that binaries with K-dwarf primaries tend not to have low-eccentricity orbits at separations of one to a few tens of astronomical units, that is, on solar system scales. © 2021 Institute of Physics Publishing. All rights reserved.
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Routine-biased technological change and declining employment rate of immigrants - Kim, Younjun; Thompson, Eric (Eastern Economic Journal, 2021)
We find that routine-biased technological change decreases the employment-to-population ratio of foreign-born population over the last three decades (1980–2010). This impact is greater for foreign-born population with lower English proficiency. As computerization and automation substitute for workers in routine occupations, switching from routine jobs to non-routine cognitive jobs may be more challenging for foreign-born workers than for native workers. © 2021, EEA.
Keywords: dept.eco

Methods for a blind analysis of isobar data collected by the STAR collaboration - STAR Collaboration (Nuclear Science and Techniques, 2021)
Keywords: Au+Au collisions; Calculating efficiencies; Colliding beam accelerators; Data challenges; Germanium compounds; Gold; Magnetic effects; Nitrogen compounds; Quality assurance; Quality control; Ruthenium compounds; Species specifics; Stars; Time dependent; Time-dependent changes; Tuning analysis; Zirconium compounds; dept.phy; peer-reviewed

40Ar/39Ar and LA-ICP-MS U–Pb geochronology for the new england portion of the early cretaceous new england-quebec igneous province: Implications for the postrift evolution of the eastern north american margin - Boemmels, Jennifer Cooper; Crespi, Jean M.; Webb, Laura E.; Fosdick, Julie C. (American Journal of Science, 2021)
The Early Cretaceous New England-Quebec igneous province is a classic example of postrift magmatism along the eastern North American passive margin. Although a suite of 40Ar/39Ar ages has been available for the Monteregian Hills lobe in the Quebec portion of the New England-Quebec igneous province for many years, only a single high accuracy radiometric age has been published for the Burlington lobe and none for the Taconic lobe in the New England portion of the province. As a result, the timing of and driving mechanisms behind the magmatism have remained unresolved, and a hotspot origin for the entire province persists in the literature. We have dated four dikes and one pluton in the Burlington and Taconic lobes using 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb geochronology to improve understanding of the age of magmatism in the New England portion of the province. In the Burlington lobe, 40Ar/39Ar plateau ages include a 137.55 ± 1.80 Ma biotite age and a 136.9 ± 4.2 Ma amphibole age for a lamprophyre dike from Charlotte, Vermont, and a 133.6 ± 2.2 Ma biotite age for a lamprophyre dike from Colchester, Vermont. In the Taconic lobe, ages include an 40Ar/39Ar plateau amphibole age of 107.09 ± 1.32 Ma for a lamprophyre dike from Castleton, Vermont, a 122 Ma minimum 40Ar/39Ar biotite age for a lamprophyre dike from Poultney, Vermont, and a 103.13 ± 0.53 Ma LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon age from the quartz syenite of the Cuttingsville complex. These results show that magmatism spanned at least 35 Ma, from 138 to 103 Ma, which is broadly consistent with the span of magmatism suggested by workers in the 1970s and 1980s based on K-Ar and Rb-Sr ages. This extended span of magmatism for the Burlington and Taconic lobes is in contrast to the brief 1 to 2 Ma episode of magmatism at 124 Ma inferred for the Monteregian Hills lobe. The New England- Quebec igneous province has traditionally been attributed to passage of the Great Meteor hotspot. However, given the close proximity of the Burlington and Taconic lobes, the magmatism in these lobes should span only a few Ma if the product of a hotspot. The age data are also difficult to reconcile with a more complex expression of hotspot magmatism in continental lithosphere related to either plume head magmatism or long-distance migration of plume material. Instead, the extended duration of Early Cretaceous New England-Quebec igneous province magmatism in New England may represent an expression of edge-driven convection, a process known to occur along passive margins and inferred to be operating beneath the eastern North American margin today. © 2021 American Journal of Science. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Canada; Cretaceous; New England; Quebec [Canada]; United States; argon-argon dating; dept.esc; geochronology; igneous province; inductively coupled plasma method; magmatism; mass spectrometry; passive margin; peer-reviewed; rifting

Inter-pass motion correction for whole-body dynamic parametric PET imaging - Guo, Xueqi; Wu, Jing; Chen, Ming-Kai; Onofrey, John A.; Pang, Yulei; Pigg, David; Casey, Michael E.; Dvornek, Nicha C.; Liu, Chi (The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2021)
Keywords: dept.mat; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Naturalistic communication training for early intervention providers and latinx parents of children with signs of autism. - Gevarter, Cindy; Najar, Adriana Medina; Flake, Jennifer; Tapia-Alvidrez, Felicia; Lucero, Alixandria (Journal of developmental and physical disabilities, 2021)
In this study, researchers implemented a brief training plus coaching program in naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention with three participant triads. Each triad consisted of an early intervention provider, an English-speaking Latinx parent, and that parent’s young child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or early signs of ASD who had limited vocal speech. The effects a single training session, plus two researcher coaching sessions were evaluated using a nonconcurrent multiple probes across participants design. Primary dependent variables included (a) the number of completed targeted communication turns between the parent and child and (b) the number of child independent target communication responses (gestures and manual signs) during family-selected routines. Additional measures examined whether parents used strategies taught to them during training, and whether early intervention providers addressed strategies taught via coaching. A social validity measure was used to determine parent and provider views of the training. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, training and post-training sessions were delivered via telehealth for two triads. While data trends and variability differed across triads, following training, all three families increased the number of completed target communication turns and all three children showed higher rates of independent communication responses. Parents and providers implemented strategies taught and reported positive effects of the program. Implications regarding the use of naturalistic intervention methods for Latinx families, the utility of brief training models to meet the needs of under-resourced early intervention programs, and potential uses of telehealth are discussed. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
Keywords: dept.cmd; peer-reviewed

The mock (paradoxical, ironic) encomium and the visual arts - Feigenbaum, Gail; Levine, David A. (2021)
Keywords: dept.art

Initial support for a behavioral skills training package with computer-based instruction to teach conversation skills to adults with autism spectrum disorders, with an assessment of socially meaningful behavior change1 - Groskreutz, Nicole C.; Groskreutz, Mark P. (Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention, 2021)
Keywords: Article; Asperger syndrome; adolescent; adult; autism; behavior change; behavior therapy; clinical article; communication skill; computer aided design; conversation; dept.sed; follow up; human; parental attitude; patient attitude; peer-reviewed; skill; social validity

Book Review: FrielSharon. Climate Change and the People's Health. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2019. $29.95. pp. 232. ISBN: 9780190492731. - Jung, Betty C. (World Medical & Health Policy, 2021)
Keywords: Health Policy; book.review; dept.pch

Is good news good and bad news bad in the REIT market - Birz, Gene; Devos, Erik; Dutta, Sandip; Tsang, Desmond (Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, 2021)
Keywords: dept.fin; peer-reviewed

Environmental performance, environmental management and company valuation - Abrams, Roy; Han, Seungmin; Tanzeeb Hossain, Mehdi (Journal of Global Responsibility, 2021)
Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the relationship between environmental performance and management and company valuation. With a specific focus on company valuation, this study shows how a firm’s environmental activities, including its environmental management practices, are perceived and valued by its stockholders. Design/methodology/approach: Newsweek’s green ranking data between 2014 and 2016 were used to support this analysis. Environmental performances and environmental management practices of 345 Fortune 500 companies from various industries were included in the data set. Findings: The analysis finds higher valuations for US companies that are more efficient in managing greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, it empirically shows that investors place a higher value on companies with the following environment-related management policies: initiatives that reward top management for achieving environmental goals and third-party auditing of environmental performance. Originality/value: By incorporating corporate environmental management practices as an additional environmental performance criterion, this research fills a gap in the literature on the potential relationship between corporate environmental performance and company valuation. © 2021, Emerald Publishing Limited.
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed

Property rights and economic growth: A dynamic GMM analysis - Ang, J.; Patalinghug, Jason (Economics Bulletin, 2021)
This paper examines the role of property rights and other factors to the growth of real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. We show using a two-step system generalized method of moments (GMM) dynamic model and a panel data set of around 150 countries from 2006 to 2018 that property rights have a positive and significant effect on the growth of real GDP per capita. The paper also found that human capital, physical capital and inflation have significant effects on real GDP per capita growth. © 2021. All Rights Reserved.
Keywords: dept.eco; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

The virtuous brand: The perils and promises of brand virtue signaling - Berthon, Pierre; Ferguson, Sarah Lord; Pitt, Leyland; Wang, Emma (Business Horizons, 2021)
Keywords: dept.mkt; peer-reviewed

Quad Swipe Pattern: A New Point-of-Entry Security Measure for Smartphone Users - Brown, James F.; Hossain, Md S.; Lancor, Lisa (IEEE access : practical innovations, open solutions, 2021)
In this paper, we develop a new point-of-entry security measure for smartphone users. We devise a concept, the “Quad Swipe Pattern”, which includes four swipes from a user in four directions and utilizes the user’s swipe behavior for authentication. The Quad Swipe Pattern overcomes several shortcomings present in current point-of-entry security measures. We performed several experiments to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Quad Swipe Pattern in smartphone user authentication. We evaluated the Quad Swipe Pattern using five machine learning classifiers, three datasets of different sizes, and five different fingers. In addition, we studied how fusion of information from multiple fingers and multiple classifiers can improve the performance of Quad Swipe Pattern. All of our experimental results show significant promise of the Quad Swipe Pattern as a new point-of-entry security measure for smartphones. With a Neural Network model, the Quad Swipe Pattern achieves the Accuracy of 99.7%, False Acceptance Rate of 0.4%, and False Rejection Rate of 0%. With Support Vector Machine, the Quad Swipe Pattern achieves the Accuracy of 99.5%, False Acceptance Rate of 0.4%, and False Rejection Rate of 1.7%. With fusion of two best fingers, the Quad Swipe Pattern demonstrates an excellent performance of a zero Equal Error Rate.
Keywords: 'current; Authentication; Biometrics; Biometrics (access control); Classification (of information); Face recognition; False acceptance rate; False rejection rate; Mobile security; Passwords; Performance; Pins; Point of entries; Security; Security measure; Smart phones; Smartphone securities; Smartphones; Support vector machines; Swipe gesture; User authentication; authentication; dept.csc; peer-reviewed; smartphone security; swipe gesture; touchscreen

Skolem number of cycles and grid graphs - Carrigan, Braxton; Asplund, John (Theory and Applications of Graphs, 2021)
A Skolem sequence can be thought of as a labelled path where two vertices with the samelabelarethatdistanceapart.Thisconcepthasnaturallybeengeneralizedto labellingsofothergraphs,butalwaysusingatmosttwoofanyintegerlabel.Giventhat more than two vertices can be mutually distance d apart, wedefine a new generalization of aSkolemsequenceongraphsthatwecallaproperSkolemlabelling.Thisbrings rise tothequestion;use to proper Skolemlabel a graph?"This will be known as the Skolem number of the graph. In this paper we give the Skolem number for cycles and grid graphs,while also providing other related results along the way. Published by Digital Commons@Georgia Southern, 2021. © 2021 Georgia Southern University. All rights reserved.
Keywords: dept.mat; peer-reviewed

List colorings count rokudoku-pair squares - Carrigan, Braxton; Hammer, James; Lorch, John; Lorch, Robert; Owens, Caitlin (Bulletin of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications, 2021)
A rokudoku-pair square is an order-6 sudoku Latin square for both 2 x 3 and 3 x 2 tiling regions simultaneously. We count the distinct rokudoku-pair squares as well as orbits under the action of a suitable group. Our arguments employ group actions and list colorings of graphs. As an application we determine which rokudoku-pair squares are based on groups. © 2021. All Rights Reserved.
Keywords: dept.mat; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

ECT-LSTM-RNN: An electrical capacitance tomography model-based long short-term memory recurrent neural networks for conductive materials - Deabes, W.A.; Sheta, Alaa; Braik, Malik (IEEE access : practical innovations, open solutions, 2021)
Image reconstruction for industrial applications based on Electrical Capacitance Tomography (ECT) has been broadly applied. The goal of image reconstruction based ECT is to locate the distribution of permittivity for the dielectric substances along the cross-section based on the collected capacitance data. In the ECT-based image reconstruction process: (1) the relationship between capacitance measurements and permittivity distribution is nonlinear, (2) the capacitance measurements collected during image reconstruction are inadequate due to the limited number of electrodes, and (3) the reconstruction process is subject to noise leading to an ill-posed problem. Thence, constructing an accurate algorithm for real images is critical to overcoming such restrictions. This paper presents novel image reconstruction methods using Deep Learning for solving the forward and inverse problems of the ECT system for generating high-quality images of conductive materials in the Lost Foam Casting (LFC) process. Here, Long Short-Term Memory Recurrent Neural Network (LSTM-RNN) models were implemented to predict the distribution of metal filling for the LFC process-based ECT. The recurrent connection and the gating mechanism of the LSTM is capable of extracting the contextual information that is repeatedly passing through the neural network while filtering out the noise caused by adverse factors. Experimental results showed that the presented ECT-LSTM-RNN model is highly reliable for industrial applications and can be utilized for other manufacturing processes. © 2013 IEEE.
Keywords: Brain; Capacitance; Capacitance measurement; Casting; Conductive materials; Contextual information; Deep learning; Dielectric substances; Distribution of metal; Electric impedance tomography; Electrical Capacitance Tomography; Image reconstruction; Information filtering; Inverse problems; Long short-term memory; Manufacturing process; Novel image reconstruction; Permittivity; Permittivity distributions; Reconstruction process; dept.csc; peer-reviewed

Positive psychology: Exploring a mindful approach to online learning in higher education - DeLucia, Christine A. (Emerging Realities and the Future of Technology in the Classroom, 2021)
Keywords: dept.psy

Transfer of writing skills across genres among deaf and hard of hearing elementary writers - Dostal, Hannah M.; Wolbers, Kimberly A.; Weir, Joan (International Journal of Educational Research, 2021)
Thirty-seven deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students in grades four through six participated in a year of Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction, an approach to writing instruction designed to be responsive to DHH students’ unique language experiences and profiles. The current study investigated the transfer of writing skills between genres by analyzing participants’ recount, information report, and persuasive writing samples at four time points: at the beginning of the academic year, immediately before genre-focused instruction, at the end of 9 weeks of instruction in a genre, and 9 weeks after the conclusion of instruction in a genre. Results from the study demonstrate that DHH students transfer genre-specific writing skills between genres. © 2021 The Authors
Keywords: dept.sed; peer-reviewed

Effectiveness of deep learning on serial fusion based biometric systems - Edwards, Tiffanie; Hossain, Shafaeat (IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, 2021)
Keywords: dept.csc; peer-reviewed

Legacy and shockwaves: A spatial analysis of strengthening resilience of the power grid in Connecticut - Gallaher, Adam; Graziano, Marcello; Fiaschetti, Maurizio (Energy Policy, 2021)
Grid resilience and reliability are pivotal in the transition to low and zero carbon energy systems. Tree-trimming operations (TTOs) have become a pivotal tool for increasing the resilience power grids, especially in highly forested regions. Building on recent literature, we aim at assessing the temporal and spatial extents of the benefits that TTOs produce on the grid from three perspectives: the frequency, extent, and duration of outages. We use a unique dataset provided by Eversource Energy, New England's largest utility company, with outage events from 2009 to 2015. We employ spatial econometrics to investigate both the legacy and spatial extent of TTOs. Our results show TTOs benefits occur for all three metrics for at least 4 years, and benefits spillover to up to 2 km throughout the treated areas, with significant spatial spillovers across the state greater than direct effects. Implications lead to supporting TTOs as part of the hardening policies for utility companies, especially as home-based activities increase in importance in a post-COVID19 world. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
Keywords: COVID-19; Connecticut; Economics; Electric power transmission networks; Energy transitions; Low carbon; Outages; Power grids; Spatial analysis; Spatial extent; Spatial modelling; Statistics; Tree trimmings; Trimming; Trimming operations; United States; Utilities companies; Vegetation management; atmospheric electricity; data set; dept.mgt; econometrics; electricity; smart grid; spatiotemporal analysis; utility sector

Examining and Solving Health Disparities in the United States: Emerging Research and Opportunities - Green, Cheryl (Medical Information Science Reference, 2021)
"This book provides awareness and discussion on the topic of inequities in healthcare that impact health disparities"--
Keywords: Health status indicators; United States; Health Status Disparities; Healthcare Disparities; United States; Health services accessibility; dept.nur; economics; Health Services Accessibility; economics; Socioeconomic Factors; Minority Health; United States; faculty_collection

Research anthology on mental health stigma, education, and treatment - health and mental health - Green, Cheryl (Research Anthology on Mental Health Stigma, Education, and Treatment, 2021)
Keywords: dept.nur

Spiritual health first aid for self-care: Nursing during COVID-19. - Green, Cheryl (Journal of Christian nursing : a quarterly publication of Nurses Christian Fellowship, 2021)
Keywords: dept.nur; peer-reviewed

The search for support and healing - Green, Cheryl (Research Anthology on Nursing Education and Overcoming Challenges in the Workplace, 2021)
Chapter 6 provides nurses, nurse leaders, and organizations interventions to understand, confront, and eliminate bullying and incivility from the workplace. Emotional intelligence (EI) and cognitive rehearsal are techniques when taught to nurses via in-services provided by organizations, can build awareness of verbal and nonverbal cues used in their communication as well as those of others. By understanding how we communicate and respond to others and vice versa, insight to what are appropriate and inappropriate responses can hold nurses accountable to how they treat one another. The neuroscience of oxytocin release at a biochemical level supports the benefits of organizations investing in the mental and physical health of their employees by empowering them to grow individually and as a collaborative team. © 2021, IGI Global.
Keywords: dept.nur

Metabolic response to temperature stress in the Colombian freshwater crab Neostrengeria macropa (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) - Hudson, D.M. (Journal of Crustacean Biology, 2021)
Freshwater crustaceans are distributed throughout the montane and lowland areas of Colombia, and are therefore a useful indicator group for how aquatic species will respond to climate change. As such, metabolic determination of physiological performance was evaluated for the Colombian pseudothelphusid crab, Neostrengeria macropa (H. Milne Edwards, 1853), over a temperature range inclusive of current temperatures and those predicted by future scenarios in the plateau around the city of Bogotá, namely from 8 °C to 30 °C. The performance results mostly aligned with previous exploratory behavioral determination of the ideal temperature range in the same species, although the metabolism increased at the highest temperature treatments, a point when exploratory behavior declined. These results indicate that this species of montane crab behaviorally compensates for increased thermal stress by decreasing its physical activity, which could have negative predator-prey consequences with changes to community structure as different species undergo climate-mediated geographic range shifts in the region. As this species is endemic to the plateau surrounding Bogotá, it also experiences a number of other stressors to its survival, including infrastructure development and invasive species. © 2021 The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Crustacean Society. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
Keywords: dept.egm; peer-reviewed

Evaluation of physical and chemical proxies used to interpret past glaciations with a focus on the late Paleozoic Ice Age - Isbell, John L.; Vesely, Fernando Farias; Rosa, Eduardo L.M.; Pauls, Kathryn N.; Fedorchuk, Nicholas D.; Ives, Libby R.W.; McNall, Natalie B.; Litwin, Scott A.; Borucki, Mark K.; Malone, John E.; Kusick, Allison R. (Earth-Science Reviews, 2021)
The late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA) was one of Earth's most important Phanerozoic climatic events lasting for over 100 Mys. Despite its importance, its history is controversial with two hypotheses that portray glaciation differently (Fig. 1). Traditional views characterize the LPIA as a continuous glacial event that lasted from the Middle Mississippian until the Late Permian with a massive ice sheet that covered Gondwana throughout this interval. This approach often uses only one or two proxies to define the glaciation. The other emerging hypothesis suggests that numerous ice sheets occurred in Gondwana with individual glacial events lasting up to 10 Mys alternating with glacial minima/non-glacial intervals of similar duration. Both views are still prevalent. Both near- and far-field proxies are used to define the ice age. Near-field proxies include the occurrence/absence of diamictites, glaciotectonic deposits/landforms, striated clasts and clast pavements, outsized clasts (dropstones), rhythmites, cyclic diamictite-bearing successions, glendonites, grooved and striated surfaces, streamline landforms, and U-shaped paleovalleys. Detrital zircons and chemical index of alteration (CIA) studies help to delineate the occurrence, extent, and location of glaciation. Multiple complexities occur with the use of these proxies as different non-glacial processes and driving factors can produce similar features or results. Far-field proxies focus on identifying changes in eustacy. These include the occurrence of cyclic successions composed of alternating nonmarine and marine strata (cyclothems), depth of incised valleys, paleotopographic relief, phosphatic black shales, and changing oxygen isotope ratios. Like the near-field record, far-field proxies are complex indicators with varied nuances that make their application challenging. Here we discuss the limitations and use of these proxies and promote a multiproxy approach to investigating Earth's glacial intervals. We suggest that studies incorporate multiple proxies coupled with detailed environmental, paleoflow, and paleogeographic analyses to better constrain the occurrence, timing, and extent of glaciation and its influence on global systems. This approach will provide a robust view of the LPIA. We also consider the magnitude and nature of sea-level response to changing ice volumes by discussing ice-volume fluctuations, basin subsidence's modification of glacioeustacy, and sea-level's response to global isostatic adjustment (GIA). In considering these features, it becomes apparent that glacioeustacy is more complex than previously envisioned. © 2021 Elsevier B.V.
Keywords: Gondwana; Mississippian; Paleozoic; Pleistocene; dept.esc; glaciation; glacioeustacy; ice sheet; peer-reviewed

Integrating returns and costs in examining faster firm speed - Lee, Minjae (Academy of Management Proceedings, 2021)
Keywords: dept.mgt

Preparing educators for inclusive bilingual education: A boundary crossing laboratory between professional groups - Martínez-Álvarez, P; López-Velásquez, A; Kajamaa, A (Cultural-Historical Psychology, 2021)
Teacher education programs prepare candidates for bilingual, English as a second language, or special education as separate professionals. This creates challenges when teaching bilingual children with disabilities. There is a need to cross boundaries combining expertise and preparing teachers for children's uniqueness. Responding to this need, the researchers organized a change laboratory with 14 professors and two State Department of Education consultants. The study explored boundary expressions and their relationship to the larger activity. It also looked at the learning that took place during boundary crossing efforts. Boundaries were identified around bilingual teacher preparation, cross-disciplinary programmatic, and paradigmatic aspects. While boundary crossing at the intrapersonal level and at the interpersonal level were important, the need to engage multiple institutions was centered. In addition, the discussion manifested that for inclusive bilingual education teacher preparation, there was a need to go beyond the institutional level to reach to policy makers and address the sociopolitical resistance against bilingual education. Throughout the study, participants engaged primarily in the epistemic learning actions of analyzing and modeling. Through volitional actions, the participants realized a renewed object for their activity. This study widens the understanding of possibilities for taking shared educational responsibility through boundary crossing between professionals in preparation programs. © 2021. All Rights Reserved.
Keywords: dept.sed; peer-reviewed

Comparing the performance on the MI and SAT/PSAT for the purpose of monitoring student achievement - McDonald, Michael; Pang, Yulei (International Journal of Information and Education Technology, 2021)
This paper will discuss the correlation between the SAT and the Math Inventory Test. Many school districts adopted the Math Inventory as a tool to measure student growth from grades kindergarten through high school. The Math Inventory is a computer-administered test that gives students math problems spanning from counting to high school level math. When completed, the students are given a quantile measure, much like a Lexile score for reading skill. The purpose of this study is to figure out if success on the Math Inventory is a good indicator for performing well on the SAT. For most high schools around the United States, objectives and lessons are aligned with those of the SAT. The goal of high school teachers is for students to excel on the SAT so that they can go to college, which means the tests used in middle school should be aligned with that goal. If the Math Inventory is not, then it might not be a very good use of school time and resources. Data was analyzed from the 2017-2018 school year from ten different high schools in an urban school district to determine the correlation between Math Inventory score, and the math score/sub scores of SAT/PSAT. The value of the Pearson’s correlation coefficient is used to suggest a fairly moderate positive relationship between these two variables. © 2021, International Journal of Information and Education Technology. All rights reserved.
Keywords: dept.mat; peer-reviewed

Readings of “Hum dekhenge” by faiz ahmed faiz. Islamic images, revolution, or anti-Hindu sentiments? - Meagher, G.C. (Estudios de Asia y Africa, 2021)
This article examines the controversy caused by the Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poem “Hum Dekhenge” during the protests triggered by the approval of the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Registry of Citizens at the end of 2019 in India. In addition to a Spanish translation of the actual text, it also offers a background of the debate, a biographical sketch of the poem’s author, and diverse interpretations. The production of meaning is a complex articulation between text, readers, and the sociopolitical context. “Hum Dekhenge” is a poem of various linguistic, literary, and political registers. Without question its reading is open to multiple possibilities. © 2021. Estudios de Asia y África.
Keywords: dept.wll

SAS Mobile Application for Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Utilizing Machine Learning Models - Haberfeld, Carl; Sheta, Alaa; Hossain, Md Shafaeat; Turabieh, Hamza; Surani, Salim (2020 11th IEEE Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON), 2020)
In this paper, we provide a consistent, inexpensive, and easy to use graphical user interface (GUI) smart phone application named Sleep Apnea Screener (SAS) that can diagnosis Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) based on demographic data such as: gender, age, height, BMI, neck circumference, waist, etc., allowing a tentative diagnosis of OSA without the need for overnight tests. The developed smart phone application can diagnosis sleep apnea using a model trained with 620 samples collected from a sleep center in Corpus Christi, TX. Two machine learning classifiers (i.e., Logistic Regression (LR) and Support Vector Machine (SVM)) were used to diagnosis OSA. Our preliminary results show that at-home OSA screening is indeed possible, and that our application is effective method for covering large numbers of undiagnosed cases.
Keywords: COVID-19; Corpus christi; Demographic data; Graphical user interfaces; Graphical user interfaces (GUI); Learning systems; Logistic regression; Logistics; Machine Learning; Machine learning; Machine learning models; Mathematical model; Medical services; Mobile applications; Mobile telecommunication systems; OSA; Obstructive sleep apnea; SVM; Sleep Apnea; Sleep apnea; Sleep research; Smart phones; Smart-phone applications; Smartphones; Support vector machines; Support vector regression; Two machines; Ubiquitous computing; dept.csc; pretesting

Trends in Weight among Undergraduate Students in a Northeast Public University - Evans, Marian; Zigmont, Victoria A. (Journal of Public Health Issues and Practices, 2020)
Objective: Increasing BMI, overweight, and obesity are urgent and grave problems in the US. The goal of this study is to begin to understand trends in overweight and obesity among undergraduate students in the U.S. to assist in informing public health education and health promotion practices. Methods: Data on self-reported weight and height were collected in 2012, 2014, and 2016 from randomly selected college students who were enrolled in a public university in Northeast US. Spearman's Rank Order Test was used to evaluate trends within specific demographic categories. Results: BMI increased for almost all studentsfrom 2012-2016. Groups with significant increases in BMI included: males, females, sophomores, and seniors. Conclusions: Results suggest the need for interventions to reduce increases in overweight and obesity that are experienced during college years. College is a critical transitional time when students adopt health behaviors that they continue into adulthood. Increasing BMI in college students indicates a need for additional research to understand the factors that contribute to the increasing trend of overweight and obesity in this population. College is an optimal setting for implementation of effective interventions that can help prevent BMI increases in this population and establish healthy behaviors for the future. Keywords: Overweight, Obesity, College Students, BMI, Spearman’s Rank, Interventions
Keywords: dept.pch; peer-reviewed

Comprehensive Contraceptive Education Inter-vention in a College Setting: Design and Methodology - Evans, M.; De Leon, B.; Bathrick, R.; Ricupero, A. (Journal of Public Health Issues and Practices, 2021)
Keywords: dept.pch; peer-reviewed

Social Crisis and Deviance: Theoretical Foundations - Bloch, Herbert Aaron; Prince, Melvin (Random House, 1967)
Keywords: dept.mkt

Consumer research for management decisions - Prince, Melvin; Silbert, Irene A. (John Wiley & Sons Incorporated, 1982)
Keywords: dept.mkt

Inside Advertiser and Agency Relationships: A Hands-On Guide for Practitioners - Prince, Melvin; Davies, Mark (Lulu. com, 2006)
Keywords: dept.mkt

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

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

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

Consumer centrism : an integrative review: BAM 25th Annual Conference, Building and Sustaining High Performance Organisations in a Challenging Environment - Davies, Mark Alexander; Manolis, C; Prince, Melvin; Windsor, R D (2011)
Keywords: dept.mkt; ⛔ No DOI found

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

Lord of the Forest | Good Fences - Sonnenschein, Dana (Kosmos Journal, 2021)
Keywords: dept.eng; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Collaborating With Parks and Recreation Departments to Address Youth Health - Risisky, Deb; MacGregor, James (Health Promotion Practice, 2021)
Adolescence is an important time for addressing health, including mental health, obesity, substance use, and food insecurity. As the myriad health and wellness needs of community members expands, it becomes increasingly difficult for one profession alone to address these needs. The park and recreation field was founded to address the health and wellness needs of people, and much of their programming is focused on youth. Thus, municipal park and recreation departments are becoming increasingly involved in collaborative partnerships with other health-serving agencies within their community. This study explored park and recreation directors’ experiences in collaborating with health agencies to better address health and wellness factors that affect the youth in their communities. This phenomenological qualitative study employed in-depth interviews with park and recreation directors and used thematic analysis. Nine interviews were conducted from four of the six New England states. The most common health concern seen by the directors was mental health, primarily behavioral health challenges. Parks and recreation collaboration with public health organizations ranged from none to close collaborations; directors regularly spoke about wanting to strengthen their collaborations. Public health and park and recreation staff have similar challenges with staffing and resources; additionally, they have complimentary skills with regard to planning and implementing health-related programs. For that reason, creating purposeful collaborative partnerships between public health agencies and park and recreation departments, focused on measurable outcomes, may increase benefits to the health of youth in a community.
Keywords: adolescent health; collaboration; dept.pch; dept.rec; mental health; multisector; park and recreation; peer-reviewed; physical activity; prevention; trauma

The effect of mindfulness on service encounter quality - Wang, Emma Junhong; Berthon, Pierre R.; Bechwati, Nada Nasr (Journal of Services Marketing, 2020)
Purpose This paper aims to explore the effect of employees’ state mindfulness, a short period of mindful presence, on the quality of the service they provide in a service encounter. Design/methodology/approach Three studies are conducted. A pilot study explores the relationship between state mindfulness and service encounter quality. Experiment 1 examines whether a 15-min mindfulness exercise results in an increase in service employees’ state mindfulness. Experiment 2 tests whether induced state mindfulness produces higher service quality and whether a reminding technique can prolong state mindfulness between service encounters. Findings The results demonstrate the following. First, that more mindful employees provide better service quality. Second, that a short, easily implemented, mindfulness exercise can reliably increase employees’ state mindfulness. Third, induced mindfulness has an impact on subsequent service quality in terms of reliability, assurance, empathy and responsiveness. These effects persist regardless of the service encounter structure (high vs low structure) or the degree of emotional labor involved (high vs low emotionally charged). Finally, the reminding technique developed as part of this research suggests that state mindfulness can be maintained between service encounters. Research limitations/implications As simulated (programmed) customers are used, independent evaluators to assess service quality are used. Service providers in this study are college students; future field studies should consider a wider range of service providers. The research focuses on state mindfulness; exploration of trait mindfulness offers future research opportunities. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this research is the first to empirically examine the link between mindfulness and service quality. It shows that mindfulness can be induced, and through a reminding technique be maintained, and improve service quality across service interactions. This is a powerful finding for marketing managers, for it offers a new method to enhance service provision. Moreover, this research implies that the increase in service quality is likely to be accompanied by reduced job burnout: a double win for employees, employers and customers.
Keywords: Emotional labor; Induced state mindfulness; Mindfulness; Service encounter quality; Service encounter structure; dept.mkt; peer-reviewed

A comparison between parametric and non-parametric soft computing approaches to model the temperature of a metal cutting tool - Faris, Hossam; Sheta, Alaa F. (International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 2015)
Keywords: dept.csc; ⛔ No DOI found

Modeling the Tennessee Eastman chemical process reactor using bio-inspired feedforward neural network (BI-FF-NN) - Sheta, Alaa; Braik, Malik; Al-Hiary, Heba (The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2019)
Keywords: dept.csc; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Rich Feature Hierarchies for Accurate Object Detection and Semantic Segmentation - Girshick, Ross B.; Donahue, Jeff; Darrell, Trevor; Malik, J. (2014 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2014)
Object detection performance, as measured on the canonical PASCAL VOC dataset, has plateaued in the last few years. The best-performing methods are complex ensemble systems that typically combine multiple low-level image features with high-level context. In this paper, we propose a simple and scalable detection algorithm that improves mean average precision (mAP) by more than 30% relative to the previous best result on VOC 2012 – achieving a mAP of 53.3%. Our approach combines two key insights: (1) one can apply high-capacity convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to bottom-up region proposals in order to localize and segment objects and (2) when labeled training data is scarce, supervised pre-training for an auxiliary task, followed by domain-specific fine-tuning, yields a significant performance boost. Since we combine region proposals with CNNs, we call our method R-CNN: Regions with CNN features. We also present experiments that provide insight into what the network learns, revealing a rich hierarchy of image features. Source code for the complete system is available at http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/ rbg/rcnn.

Strategies for enhancing student learning by managing ambiguities in clinical settings. - Taylor, P.A. (Nurse educator, 2000)
Have you ever watched as care providers, be they student nurses or staff nurses, display behaviors that seem to indicate that they are becoming overwhelmed by situations in the acute care setting? Have you also observed other providers who seem to thrive on the "challenges" presented by these same situations? The same situation stimulates responses that reflect opposite ends of a continuum, the continuum of tolerance of ambiguity. The nurse educator needs to develop a greater understanding of the elements in the clinical situation (the ambiguities) that have stimulated the behavioral responses, and how an individual's level of tolerance of ambiguity influences reactions to the ambiguous situations. These understandings provide the nurse educator with the foundation for developing teaching strategies to facilitate effective management of ambiguous situations in clinical settings.
Keywords: *Burnout, Professional/pc [Prevention & Control]; *Education, Nursing/mt [Methods]; *Nurses/px [Psychology]; *Teaching/mt [Methods]; Burnout, Professional; Education, Nursing; Humans; Nurses; Nursing Process; Teaching; article; burnout; dept.nur; human; methodology; nurse; nursing education; nursing process; psychological aspect; teaching

Care of the adult patient with cystic fibrosis. - Aronson, Barbara S; Marquis, Melissa (Medsurg nursing : official journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses, 2004)
Recently published consensus statements and conference proceedings from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation provide new direction with regard to the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of the adult patient with cystic fibrosis (CF). Survival has improved through early diagnosis and improved treatment, and aggressive management of complications. The current state of knowledge, the most recent evidence-based treatment options, and essentials of nursing care for the adult patient with CF are outlined.
Keywords: *Cystic Fibrosis/th [Therapy]; Adult; Age Factors; Cystic Fibrosis; Cystic Fibrosis/di [Diagnosis]; Cystic Fibrosis/ep [Epidemiology]; Cystic Fibrosis/et [Etiology]; Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus/et [Etiology]; Diabetes Mellitus/pc [Prevention & Control]; Female; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Gastrointestinal Diseases/et [Etiology]; Gastrointestinal Diseases/pc [Prevention & Control]; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genetic Predisposition to Disease/ge [Genetics]; Humans; Infection Control; Infection Control/mt [Methods]; Longevity; Nurse's Role; Phenotype; Reproductive Medicine; Reproductive Medicine/mt [Methods]; Respiratory Therapy; Respiratory Therapy/mt [Methods]; Respiratory Tract Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections/et [Etiology]; Respiratory Tract Infections/pc [Prevention & Control]; Terminal Care; Terminal Care/mt [Methods]; adult; age; artificial ventilation; case report; cystic fibrosis; dept.nur; diabetes mellitus; female; gastrointestinal disease; genetic predisposition; genetics; human; infection control; longevity; methodology; nurse attitude; phenotype; reproduction; respiratory tract infection; review; terminal care; ⛔ No DOI found

HIV medication adherence programs: the importance of social support. - Bontempi, Jean M Breny; Burleson, Laura; Lopez, Melissa Hofilena (Journal of community health nursing, 2004)
Since the advent of medical treatments for HIV, the promotion of adherence to these difficult treatment regimens has proven critical to disease management. Three Connecticut state-funded HIV medication adherence programs were evaluated.1 The purpose of this process evaluation was to explore and compare the goals and modality of each adherence program, assess client and staff satisfaction, and provide recommendations for the improvement of these programs. Focus group interviews with clients and individual interviews with staff were conducted at each of the programs. Interviews were transcribed, coded and analyzed with a code and retrieve method of theme identification. Focus group themes included the importance of social support on medication adherence and the "lifesaving" effect the program has had. The staff expressed that although complete adherence should be the long-term objective, more intermediate objectives should be considered (e.g., behavioral changes to increase clients' ability, self-esteem, and self-efficacy to take medications).
Keywords: *Anti-HIV Agents/tu [Therapeutic Use]; *HIV Infections; *Health Promotion/og [Organization & Administration]; *Patient Compliance/px [Psychology]; *Social Support; Anti-HIV Agents; Attitude of Health Personnel; CD4 antigen; Connecticut; Female; Focus Groups; HIV Infections; HIV Infections/dt [Drug Therapy]; HIV Infections/px [Psychology]; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health Promotion; Human immunodeficiency virus infection; Humans; Male; Needs Assessment; Nursing Methodology Research; Organizational Objectives; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care); Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; Patient Compliance; Patient Education; Patient Education as Topic/og [Organization & Administration]; Program Evaluation; Questionnaires; Self Efficacy; Social Support; Surveys and Questionnaires; United States; antiretrovirus agent; article; attitude; behavior therapy; clinical article; controlled study; dept.pch; drug dose regimen; emotion; evaluation; female; health program; health promotion; human; interview; job satisfaction; male; outcomes research; patient compliance; patient education; professional practice; self concept; self esteem; self medication; social support; staff

Contributions of Sahgal and colleagues: the "vasopression central arousal theory". - McEwen, Barbara B (Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.), 2004)
Keywords: *Arousal/ph [Physiology]; *Central Nervous System/ph [Physiology]; *Vasopressins/ph [Physiology]; Animals; Learning/de [Drug Effects]; Learning/ph [Physiology]; Memory/de [Drug Effects]; Memory/ph [Physiology]; Rats; Vasopressins/pd [Pharmacology]; dept.psy; ⛔ No DOI found

De Wied and colleagues I: evidence for a VP and an OT influence on MP: launching the "VP/OT central memory theory". - McEwen, Barbara B (Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.), 2004)
Keywords: *Memory/ph [Physiology]; *Oxytocin/ph [Physiology]; *Vasopressins/ph [Physiology]; Amnesia/pp [Physiopathology]; Animals; Avoidance Learning/ph [Physiology]; Humans; Learning/ph [Physiology]; dept.psy

De Wied and colleagues II: further clarification of the roles of vasopressin and oxytocin in memory processing. - McEwen, Barbara B (Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.), 2004)
Keywords: *Memory/ph [Physiology]; *Oxytocin/ph [Physiology]; *Vasopressins/ph [Physiology]; Animals; Arousal/ph [Physiology]; Pituitary Gland, Posterior/ph [Physiology]; Rats; Rats, Brattleboro; dept.psy

De Wied and colleagues III: brain sites and transmitter systems involved in the vasopressin and oxytocin influence on memory processing. - McEwen, Barbara B (Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.), 2004)
Keywords: *Brain/ph [Physiology]; *Memory/ph [Physiology]; *Neurotransmitter Agents/ph [Physiology]; *Oxytocin/ph [Physiology]; *Vasopressins/ph [Physiology]; Animals; Brain Chemistry/ph [Physiology]; Catecholamines/ph [Physiology]; Humans; dept.psy

De Wied and colleagues IV: research into mechanisms of action by which vasopressin and oxytocin influence memory processing. - McEwen, Barbara B (Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.), 2004)
Keywords: *Memory/ph [Physiology]; *Oxytocin/ph [Physiology]; *Vasopressins/ph [Physiology]; Animals; Brain/ph [Physiology]; Hippocampus/ph [Physiology]; Humans; Receptors, Oxytocin/ph [Physiology]; Receptors, Vasopressin/ph [Physiology]; dept.psy

General introduction to vasopressin and oxytocin: structure/metabolism, evolutionary aspects, neural pathway/receptor distribution, and functional aspects relevant to memory processing. - McEwen, Barbara B (Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.), 2004)
Keywords: *Biological Evolution; *Memory/ph [Physiology]; *Neural Pathways/ph [Physiology]; *Oxytocin/ph [Physiology]; *Receptors, Oxytocin/ph [Physiology]; *Receptors, Vasopressin/ph [Physiology]; *Vasopressins/ph [Physiology]; Adrenal Medulla/pp [Physiopathology]; Animals; Glucose/ph [Physiology]; Humans; Oxytocin/ch [Chemistry]; Oxytocin/me [Metabolism]; Pituitary Gland, Anterior/pp [Physiopathology]; Stress, Psychological/pp [Physiopathology]; Vasopressins/ch [Chemistry]; Vasopressins/me [Metabolism]; dept.psy

Research studies of Koob and colleagues: the "vasopressin dual action theory". - McEwen, Barbara B (Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.), 2004)
Keywords: *Memory/ph [Physiology]; *Vasopressins/ph [Physiology]; Animals; Avoidance Learning/de [Drug Effects]; Avoidance Learning/ph [Physiology]; Humans; Maze Learning/de [Drug Effects]; Maze Learning/ph [Physiology]; Memory/de [Drug Effects]; Vasopressins/pd [Pharmacology]; dept.psy

The effects of a 10-week, periodized, off-season resistance-training program and creatine supplementation among collegiate football players. - Wilder, Nathan; Gilders, Roger; Hagerman, Frederick; Deivert, Richard G (Journal of strength and conditioning research, 2002)
The periodized resistance-training model has not been well documented in the literature. Further research is needed to determine if periodized resistance training in conjunction with creatine supplementation can cause changes in strength, performance, total body weight, girth, and lean muscle mass. Therefore, the purpose of this investigation was to determine the effects of periodized resistance training in conjunction with low-dose (LD) and high-dose (HD) creatine supplementation on strength, body composition, and anaerobic muscular endurance. Subjects were divided into 3 groups: LD, HD, and placebo (P). Testing took place pre-, mid-, and postsupplementation for the following: weight, body composition (fat-free mass and fat mass), 1 repetition maximum squat, and anaerobic muscular endurance testing. Results revealed no significant differences in either creatine group when compared with the P group. However, significant differences were noted over time. These data suggest that 10 weeks of periodized resistance training was effective for causing changes in strength, body composition, and anaerobic muscular endurance.
Keywords: *Creatine/ad [Administration & Dosage]; *Dietary Supplements; *Exercise/ph [Physiology]; *Football; Adolescent; Adult; Anaerobiosis; Anthropometry; Body Composition; Body Weight; Creatine; Dietary Supplements; Exercise; Football; Humans; Male; Muscle, Skeletal; Muscle, Skeletal/ph [Physiology]; Periodization; Physical Endurance; Resistance training; Single-Blind Method; Supplementation; adolescence; adult; anaerobic growth; anthropometry; article; athlete; body composition; body weight; controlled study; creatine; dept.hms; diet supplementation; exercise; football; human; male; muscle exercise; muscle mass; muscle strength; normal human; peer-reviewed; performance; physical stress; physiology; single blind procedure; skeletal muscle; supplementation; training; ❓ Multiple DOI

Maximum length sequences-auditory brainstem responses from children with auditory processing disorders - Jirsa, R.E. (Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 2001)
This study was designed to evaluate maximum length sequences-auditory brainstem responses (MLS-ABR) in children with auditory processing disorders and to compare these results with a normal control group matched for age, intelligence, and gender. Although each waveform was analyzed for the presence of waves I, III, and V, the primary focus was wave V. Although absolute latency measures for wave V were obtained from all subjects, waves I and III were not always identified. Although the results showed latency increases for all waveforms in both groups, the only significant difference noted was an increase in wave V latency for both the left and right ears in the clinical group. These results suggest that the MLS-ABR may be useful in the assessment of auditory processing disorders. Implications for the potential use of the MLS-ABR in management programs are discussed.
Keywords: *Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem/ph [Physiology]; *Hearing Disorders/di [Diagnosis]; Adolescent; Auditory brainstem response; Auditory evoked potentials; Auditory processing disorders; Child; Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; Female; Hearing Disorders; Hearing Disorders/ep [Epidemiology]; Hearing Tests; Humans; Male; Maximum length sequences; Random Allocation; Speech Perception; Speech Perception/ph [Physiology]; Time Factors; adolescent; age; article; child; clinical article; comparative study; controlled study; dept.cmd; evoked brain stem auditory response; female; gender; hearing impairment; human; intelligence; latent period; male; medical assessment; peer-reviewed; priority journal; sensory system electrophysiology; waveform

Estrogen dependent growth inhibitory effects of tamoxifen but not genistein in solid tumors derived from estrogen receptor positive (ER+) primary breast carcinoma MCF7: single agent and novel combined treatment approaches. - Nobert, Gayle S; Kraak, Martha M; Crawford, Sarah (Bulletin du cancer, 2006)
While many studies have documented tamoxifen's benefits as an adjuvant therapy in the treatment and prevention of recurrent breast cancer in estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast carcinoma, this beneficial effect may decrease with long-term tamoxifen use. This experimental study was designed to compare the cytotoxic responses of ER+ primary breast cancer solid tumors derived from the MCF7 cell line to experimental therapeutics, including genistein, tamoxifen, all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) and parthenolide in the presence and absence of exogenous beta-estradiol. The results of this study suggest that the growth inhibitory effects of tamoxifen, were dependent on beta-estradiol levels. In contrast, the cytotoxic effects of the isoflavone soy derivative, genistein, were observed to be independent of exogenous estrogen. Moreover, combined therapy using tamoxifen and genistein produced enhanced cytotoxic effects also independent of beta-estradiol levels. Additional studies involving the use of the novel agents all trans retinoic acid (ATRA) and parthenolide produced notable tumor responses and combined effects that were also estrogen-independent. Overall, these preclinical research findings suggest possible clinical applications suggesting that genistein might be a useful clinical adjuvant, particularly in post-menopausal women in whom breast cancer occurs more frequently. Moreover, this research suggests that combined treatment approaches involving the use of tamoxifen in conjunction with agents that inhibit NFkappaB pathway signaling, such as parthenolide and genistein, warrant further study.
Keywords: *Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/tu [Therapeutic Use]; *Breast Neoplasms/dt [Drug Therapy]; *Genistein/tu [Therapeutic Use]; *Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent/dt [Drug Therapy]; *Tamoxifen/tu [Therapeutic Use]; Anticarcinogenic Agents; Anticarcinogenic Agents/tu [Therapeutic Use]; Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal/tu [Therapeutic Use]; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; Breast Neoplasms; Breast Neoplasms/ch [Chemistry]; Cell Line, Tumor; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/de [Drug Effects]; Estradiol; Estradiol/pd [Pharmacology]; Female; Genistein; Humans; Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent; Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent/ch [Chemistry]; Receptors, Estrogen; Sesquiterpenes; Sesquiterpenes/tu [Therapeutic Use]; Spheroids, Cellular; Spheroids, Cellular/de [Drug Effects]; Tamoxifen; Tretinoin; Tretinoin/tu [Therapeutic Use]; antineoplastic agent; antineoplastic hormone agonists and antagonists; article; breast tumor; chemistry; dept.bio; dose response; drug effect; drug resistance; estradiol; estrogen receptor; female; genistein; human; multicellular spheroid; neoplasm; parthenolide; retinoic acid; sesquiterpene; tamoxifen; tumor cell line; ⛔ No DOI found

Brain-fluid barriers: relevance for theoretical controversies regarding vasopressin and oxytocin memory research. - McEwen, Barbara B (Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.), 2004)
Keywords: *Blood-Brain Barrier/ph [Physiology]; *Memory/ph [Physiology]; *Oxytocin/ph [Physiology]; *Vasopressins/ph [Physiology]; Animals; Arginine Vasopressin/pd [Pharmacology]; Humans; Oxytocin/cf [Cerebrospinal Fluid]; Oxytocin/pd [Pharmacology]; Vasopressins/cf [Cerebrospinal Fluid]; Vasopressins/pd [Pharmacology]; dept.psy

Closing remarks: review and commentary on selected aspects of the roles of vasopressin and oxytocin in memory processing. - McEwen, Barbara B (Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.), 2004)
Keywords: *Memory/ph [Physiology]; *Oxytocin/ph [Physiology]; *Vasopressins/ph [Physiology]; Animals; Cognition/de [Drug Effects]; Cognition/ph [Physiology]; Humans; Learning/de [Drug Effects]; Learning/ph [Physiology]; Memory/de [Drug Effects]; Mice; Oxytocin/pd [Pharmacology]; Social Behavior; Vasopressins/pd [Pharmacology]; dept.psy

Expansion of olfactory-based social recognition memory research: the roles of vasopressin and oxytocin in social recognition memory. - McEwen, Barbara B (Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.), 2004)
Keywords: *Memory/ph [Physiology]; *Oxytocin/ph [Physiology]; *Smell/ph [Physiology]; *Social Behavior; *Vasopressins/ph [Physiology]; Animals; Behavior, Animal/de [Drug Effects]; Female; Humans; Male; Memory/de [Drug Effects]; Oxytocin/pd [Pharmacology]; Sex Characteristics; Vasopressins/pd [Pharmacology]; dept.psy

Expansion of vasopressin/oxytocin memory research I: peripheral administration. - McEwen, Barbara B (Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.), 2004)
Keywords: *Memory/de [Drug Effects]; *Oxytocin/pd [Pharmacology]; *Vasopressins/pd [Pharmacology]; Animals; Appetitive Behavior/de [Drug Effects]; Avoidance Learning/de [Drug Effects]; Discrimination Learning/de [Drug Effects]; Humans; Maze Learning/de [Drug Effects]; Oxytocin/ad [Administration & Dosage]; Vasopressins/ad [Administration & Dosage]; dept.psy

Expansion of vasopressin/oxytocin memory research II: brain structures and transmitter systems involved in the influence of vasopressin and oxytocin on memory processing. - McEwen, Barbara B (Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.), 2004)
Keywords: *Brain/ph [Physiology]; *Memory/ph [Physiology]; *Neurotransmitter Agents/ph [Physiology]; *Oxytocin/ph [Physiology]; *Vasopressins/ph [Physiology]; Animals; Humans; dept.psy

Expansion of vasopressin/oxytocin memory research III: research summary and commentary on theoretical and methodological issues. - McEwen, Barbara B (Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.), 2004)
Keywords: *Memory/ph [Physiology]; *Oxytocin/ph [Physiology]; *Vasopressins/ph [Physiology]; Animals; Humans; dept.psy

Research contributions of Dantzer, Bluthe, and colleagues to the study of the role of vasopressin in olfactory-based social recognition memory. - McEwen, Barbara B (Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.), 2004)
Keywords: *Memory/ph [Physiology]; *Smell/ph [Physiology]; *Social Behavior; *Vasopressins/ph [Physiology]; Animals; Brain/ph [Physiology]; Humans; dept.psy

Role of attentional processing in mediating the influence of vasopressin on memory processing. - McEwen, Barbara B (Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.), 2004)
Keywords: *Attention/ph [Physiology]; *Memory/ph [Physiology]; *Vasopressins/ph [Physiology]; Animals; Humans; Rats; dept.psy

Effects of sprint interval training and body weight reduction on power to weight ratio in experienced cyclists. - Lunn, William R; Finn, Joan A; Axtell, Robert S (Journal of strength and conditioning research, 2009)
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of supramaximal sprint interval training (SIT), body weight reduction, and a combination of both treatments on peak and average anaerobic power to weight ratio (PPOan:Wt, APOan:Wt) by manipulating peak and average anaerobic power output (PPOan, APOan) and body weight (BW) in experienced cyclists. Participants (N = 34, age = 38.0 +/- 7.1 years) were assigned to 4 groups for a 10-week study. One group performed twice-weekly SIT sessions on a cycle ergometer while maintaining body weight (SIT). A second group did not perform SIT but intentionally reduced body weight (WR). A third group simultaneously performed SIT sessions and reduced body weight (SIT+WR). A control group cycled in their normal routine and maintained body weight (CON). The 30-second Wingate Test assessed pretest and posttest POan:Wt scores. There was a significant mean increase (p < 0.05) from pretest to posttest in PPOan:Wt and APOan:Wt (W x kg(-1)) scores in both SIT (10.82 +/- 1.71 to 11.92 +/- 1.77 and 8.05 +/- 0.64 to 8.77 +/- 0.64, respectively) and WR (10.33 +/- 2.91 to 11.29 +/- 2.80 and 7.04 +/- 1.45 to 7.62 +/- 1.24, respectively). PPOan and APOan (W) increased significantly only in SIT (753.7 +/- 121.0 to 834.3 +/- 150.1 and 561.3 +/- 62.5 to 612.7 +/- 69.0, respectively). Body weight (kg) decreased significantly in WR and SIT + WR (80.3 +/- 13.7 to 75.3 +/- 11.9 and 78.9 +/- 10.8 to 73.4 +/- 10.8, respectively). The results demonstrate that cyclists can use SIT sessions and body weight reduction as singular training interventions to effect significant increases in anaerobic power to weight ratio, which has been correlated to enhanced aerobic cycling performance. However, the treatments were not effective as combined interventions, as there was no significant change in either PPOan:Wt or APOan:Wt in SIT + WR.
Keywords: *Bicycling/ph [Physiology]; *Physical Education and Training/mt [Methods]; *Weight Loss; Adult; Analysis of Variance; Bicycling; Body Composition; Body Mass Index; Body Weight; Female; Humans; Male; Physical Education and Training; Physical Endurance; Physical Endurance/ph [Physiology]; Reproducibility of Results; Weight Loss; Wingate test; adult; analysis of variance; article; bicycle; body composition; body mass; body weight; dept.hms; endurance; female; human; male; methodology; peer-reviewed; physical education; physiology; reproducibility; weight reduction

Reflections: neurology and the humanities. You had the choice, Martha. - Shipley, Vivian (Neurology, 2009)
Keywords: *Abortion, Induced/es [Ethics]; *Abortion, Induced/px [Psychology]; *Caregivers/px [Psychology]; *Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome/ge [Genetics]; *Maternal Behavior/px [Psychology]; *Neurology/es [Ethics]; Abortion, Induced; Adult; Caregivers; Choice Behavior; Choice Behavior/es [Ethics]; Female; Humans; Infant; Lesch Nyhan syndrome; Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome; Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome/pp [Physiopathology]; Male; Maternal Behavior; Muscle Weakness; Muscle Weakness/ge [Genetics]; Neurology; Poetry as Topic; Self-Injurious Behavior; Self-Injurious Behavior/ge [Genetics]; Self-Injurious Behavior/pc [Prevention & Control]; adult; article; automutilation; caregiver; decision making; dept.eng; ethics; female; genetics; human; induced abortion; infant; literature; male; maternal behavior; muscle weakness; neurology; pathophysiology; psychological aspect

The performance-level model of hospital decontamination preparedness. - Phelps, Scot; Doering, Garrett (American journal of disaster medicine, 2008)
OBJECTIVE: Describe a multilevel model of decontamination capacity for hospitals., DESIGN: Descriptive model., SETTING: Acute care hospitals with decontamination responsibilities., PATIENTS, PARTICIPANTS: None., INTERVENTIONS: None., MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): None., RESULTS: This multilevel model of defining decontamination capacity would allow more realistic assessment of current capacity, allow for fluctuating service levels depending on time of day, incorporate realistic ramp-up and ramp-down of decontamination services, allow for a defined fall-back decontamination model should decontamination processes fail, allow hospitals to define long-term decontamination service level goals, and allow better understanding of when and why to focus on low-risk/low-resource patients rather than high-risk/high-resource patients., CONCLUSIONS: This multiple-level model would allow for more realistic and effective hospital-based decontamination service models and should become part of the national decontamination paradigm.
Keywords: *Decontamination/st [Standards]; *Disaster Planning/st [Standards]; *Emergency Service, Hospital/og [Organization & Administration]; *Hospital Administration/st [Standards]; *Models, Organizational; Decontamination; Disaster Planning; Emergency Service, Hospital; Hospital Administration; Hospitals; Hospitals/st [Standards]; Humans; MLCS; MLOWN; Models, Organizational; Terrorism; article; dept.hms; disaster planning; emergency health service; hospital; hospital management; human; nonbiological model; organization and management; standard; terrorism; waste management

Too toxic - Saccomano, Scott; Deluca, Deborah A (Nursing management, 2008)
Firm up on the facts and considerations associated with acetaminophen toxicity.
Keywords: *Acetaminophen/po [Poisoning]; *Analgesics, Non-Narcotic/po [Poisoning]; *Liver Failure, Acute/ci [Chemically Induced]; Acetaminophen; Acetaminophen/pk [Pharmacokinetics]; Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; Analgesics, Non-Narcotic/pk [Pharmacokinetics]; Antidotes; Drug Overdose/nu [Nursing]; Drug Overdose/pp [Physiopathology]; Drug Overdose/th [Therapy]; Humans; Liver Failure, Acute; Liver Failure, Acute/nu [Nursing]; Liver Failure, Acute/pp [Physiopathology]; Liver Failure, Acute/th [Therapy]; Overdose; Patient Education as Topic; Sorption Detoxification; Sorption Detoxification/mt [Methods]; analgesic agent; antidote; chemically induced disorder; dept.nur; detoxification; human; intoxication; liver failure; methodology; nursing; paracetamol; pathophysiology; patient education; peer-reviewed; review

Enhancing evidence bases for interventions in a baccalaureate program. - Aronson, Barbara S; Rebeschi, Lisa M; Killion, Susan Westrick (Nursing education perspectives, 2007)
Modifying the sequence, objectives, and research-based content for a nursing interventions course in a baccalaureate curriculum resulted in improved outcomes including enhancement of the evidence bases for nursing interventions. A mixed methods research study demonstrated better student preparation for clinical experiences and improved satisfaction with course content, consistency, and sequencing. Faculty reported improved integration of theory, research, and practice. Although grades were slightly lower in the new course, the positive outcomes greatly outweighed this expected finding. A foundation for improving the evidence bases for future nursing practice is guided by the curricular modifications described in this article.
Keywords: *Attitude of Health Personnel; *Curriculum; *Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate/og [Organization & Administration]; *Evidence-Based Medicine/ed [Education]; *Nursing Research/ed [Education]; *Students, Nursing/px [Psychology]; Attitude of Health Personnel; Clinical Competence; Connecticut; Curricular and course development; Curriculum; Curriculum/st [Standards]; Diffusion of Innovation; Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; Evidence-Based Medicine; Evidence-based interventions; Faculty, Nursing; Focus Groups; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health Services Needs and Demand; Humans; Nursing Education Research; Nursing Methodology Research; Nursing Research; Organizational Objectives; Program Evaluation; Qualitative Research; Questionnaires; Skills laboratory; Student learning outcomes; Students, Nursing; Surveys and Questionnaires; United States; article; attitude to health; clinical competence; curriculum; dept.nur; education; evaluation; evidence based medicine; health care quality; health personnel attitude; health service; human; information processing; mass communication; nursing education; nursing methodology research; nursing research; nursing student; organization; organization and management; peer-reviewed; psychological aspect; qualitative research; questionnaire; standard; ⛔ No DOI found

Registered nurses and delegation. - Saccomano, Scott J (The Pennsylvania nurse, 2007)
Keywords: *Delegation, Professional/og [Organization & Administration]; *Nursing Assistants/og [Organization & Administration]; *Nursing Staff/og [Organization & Administration]; *Nursing, Supervisory/og [Organization & Administration]; American Nurses' Association; Clinical Competence; Delegation, Professional; Humans; Licensure, Nursing; Nurse's Role; Nurses' Aides; Nursing Assistants/ed [Education]; Nursing Staff; Nursing, Supervisory; Practice Guidelines; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Professional Autonomy; United States; clinical competence; dept.nur; education; human; licensing; medical society; nurse attitude; nursing; nursing assistant; nursing staff; organization and management; practice guideline; professional delegation; professional practice; review; ⛔ No DOI found

Using an ounce of prevention: does it reduce health care expenditures and reap pounds of profits? A study of the financial impact of wellness and health risk screening programs. - Phillips, Janet F (Journal of health care finance, 2009)
As we are all well aware, health care expenditures in the United States are out of control and growing at epic proportions. Since private industry shoulders a significant burden of paying these rising health care costs, the huge and ever increasing sum paid by these corporations continues to impact the US economy translating into higher prices of services and manufactured goods and reduced job opportunities when companies outsource jobs or locate manufacturing facilities to avoid paying health care benefits for workers. As a result, health care expenditures have become a centerpiece of an enormous public policy debate as Congress is currently working on several versions of a bill to completely revise health care from the ground up. This research project was accomplished to examine the effectiveness of one approach to control rising health care costs and contain corporate financial responsibility--the establishment of wellness and health risk screening programs to improve the health of employees. Total health care cost per insured individual was gathered through an online survey directly from health care benefit administrators. The survey also asked information about wellness and health risk screening programs and the related responses were used to determine if there were a relationship between health care costs and health prevention programs. While statistical analysis was hampered in the current study because of the small sample size, some valid conclusions were reached. The study was successful in identifying a benchmark of Average Total Health Care Cost per Individual from $5,100 to $5,800 for 2005 through 2007. This is especially interesting in light of the fact that an average of $7,026 was spent on health care per person in 2006 in the United States. The study was also able to contribute an estimate of the increase realized in these expenditures of 6 percent in 2007 over 2006, and 4 percent in 2006 over 2005, which were in fact similar to the national average. The final contribution of the study is to suggest an explanation for the costs which appear to be holding their own in terms of the national average. While this cannot be statistically verified, it does seem that the active participation of these companies in wellness programs could be a factor. Wellness programs were very popular in this sample of companies as 82 percent of the respondents answered "YES" when asked if the company funds their own employee wellness program. This is an impressive number of companies that have recognized wellness programs as a potential means to reduce employee health care costs. In regards to specific programs, at least 50 percent of respondents answered that they have smoking cessation, employee fitness, counseling, health risk screening, and bio-metric screening programs. The existence of health screening variables show an impressive 73 percent of respondents do practice some sort of health care screening, 50 percent offer biometric screening while 18 percent have onsite clinics and 23 percent run annual employee fairs.
Keywords: *Health Care Costs/td [Trends]; *Health Expenditures; *Health Promotion/ec [Economics]; *Occupational Health Services/ec [Economics]; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Health Care Costs; Health Expenditures; Health Promotion; Health risk screening program; Humans; Mass Screening; Mass Screening/ec [Economics]; Occupational Health Services; Preventative health programs; Risk Assessment; Risk Assessment/ec [Economics]; United States; Wellness program; article; biometry; dept.acc; employee; financial management; fitness; funding; government; health care cost; health care financing; health care industry; health care policy; health hazard; occupational health service; patient counseling; preventive health service; profit; responsibility; risk assessment; smoking cessation; wellbeing; ⛔ No DOI found

Assessment of nursing student's learning outcomes and employment choice after the implementation of a senior capstone course. - Rebeschi, Lisa; Aronson, Barbara (International journal of nursing education scholarship, 2009)
Many undergraduate baccalaureate nursing programs incorporate clinical emersion courses at the end of the program. Nursing capstone courses have become increasingly important in facilitating student transition into practice. However, little is known regarding the overall effectiveness of this teaching model for students, nursing programs, and clinical agencies. Previous studies revealed conflicting results about the benefits of a senior level precepted clinical experience. In this multi-method study, the authors examined student learning outcomes, perceptions, employment choice and retention following implementation of a new capstone nursing course. Results of this study indicated that a capstone course does not necessarily significantly improve scores on achievement exams or NCLEX RN first time pass rates. Nevertheless, qualitative content analysis revealed the following themes: integration, autonomy, confidence, authority, and advocacy consistent with a perceived enhanced competence in the nursing role. Data indicated that graduates often seek employment and remain at their capstone site or within their capstone specialty.
Keywords: *Attitude of Health Personnel; *Choice Behavior; *Clinical Competence; *Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate/og [Organization & Administration]; *Employment/px [Psychology]; *Students, Nursing/px [Psychology]; Adult; Attitude of Health Personnel; Capstone; Choice Behavior; Clinical Competence; Clinical Competence/st [Standards]; Clinical teaching; Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; Employment; Female; Humans; Licensure, Nursing; Male; Middle Aged; Models, Educational; Models, Nursing; New England; Nurse's Role; Nurse's Role/px [Psychology]; Nursing Education Research; Nursing Methodology Research; Nursing education; Personnel Turnover; Personnel Turnover/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]; Preceptorship; Preceptorship/og [Organization & Administration]; Professional Autonomy; Program Development; Program Evaluation; Qualitative Research; Self Efficacy; Students, Nursing; United States; Use of preceptors; adult; article; clinical competence; decision making; dept.nur; education; educational model; employment; evaluation; female; health care quality; health personnel attitude; human; licensing; male; middle aged; model; nurse attitude; nursing education; nursing methodology research; nursing student; organization and management; personnel management; professional practice; program development; psychological aspect; qualitative research; self concept; standard; statistics

Onset, course, and outcome of schizophrenia. - Rakfeldt, Jaak; McGlashan, Thomas (Current Opinions in Psychiatry, 1996)
The studies reviewed here reflect many important aspects of the onset, course, and outcome of schizophrenia; that is, premorbid factors, childhood and late-life onset, the positive-negative syndrome dichotomy, co-occurring substance abuse, outcome research, and theoretical issues. Unsurprisingly, heterogeneity of course and outcome emerges as a major theme., (C) Lippincott-Raven Publishers.
Keywords: depression; dept.swk; disease course; human; onset age; schizophrenia; short survey; substance abuse

Guest Editor's introduction. - Bynum, Terrell (Ethics and Information Technology, 2001)
Keywords: dept.phi; ❓ Multiple DOI

The Brooks-Dwyer Varsity Weight Room at Yale University. - Plisk, Steven; DeRosa, Russell; Hughan, William (Strength and Conditioning Journal, 1999)
Keywords: Olympic-style training stations; dept.hms; equipment; facilities; planning

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

Review: Depressive symptoms and fatigue as mediators of relationship between poor sleep factors and medication adherence in HIV-positive women. - Petrovic, Kimberly (Journal of Research in Nursing, 2015)
Keywords: dept.nur

Self-Transcendence and Medication Adherence in Older Adults With Hypertension. - Thomas, Nezbile; Dunn, Karen (Journal of Holistic Nursing, 2014)
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between self-transcendence and medication adherence among older adults prescribed antihypertensive medication., Design: Descriptive, correlational research design., Method: Forty-six older adults who were prescribed antihypertensive medications from an independent living facility participated in this study. Participants were given a survey that included a demographic questionnaire, the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale, and Reed's Self-Transcendence Scale., Findings: No significant relationship was found between medication adherence and self-transcendence (r = -.20, p = .18). Ninety percent of the participants however, admitted to cutting back or stopping their medication without notifying their providers., Conclusion: Continued investigation is needed to identify reasons why older adults fail to adhere to taking prescribed hypertension medications in order to improve health outcomes in this population., (C)2014Sage Publications
Keywords: dept.nur; hypertension older adults; medication adherence; peer-reviewed; self-transcendence

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

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

Tell Me What You See: An Arts-Based Health Education Program for Youth. - Edmondson, Bonnie (Health Promotion Practice, 2021)
A cross-sector collaboration among a community-based organization, a prison arts program, and state departments of Public Health, Education, and Correction was established to address critical health education prevention efforts for at-risk high school-aged youth. The Tell Me What You See initiative utilizes artwork and poetry created by incarcerated youth to promote sexually transmitted disease (STD), HIV, and hepatitis prevention with students in public high schools and juvenile justice facilities. This innovative intervention integrates functional health knowledge and skills-based education through an art-based interdisciplinary approach reaching various populations of youth in multiple settings across a state. Evaluation results indicated that the materials effectively engage youth and open up a critical dialogue among peers and adults by addressing the role personal behavior can have in the prevention of STDs, hepatitis, and HIV. Lessons learned and recommendations are provided., (C)2021Sage Publications
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Child; Educational Status; HIV/AIDS; Health Education; Health Promotion; Humans; STDs; Schools; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; adolescent; adolescent health; adult; arts; arts in public health; arts-based education; behavior change; child; community organization; creative arts; dept.hms; educational status; health education; health promotion; hepatitis; human; incarcerated youth; juvenile justice; partnerships; peer-reviewed; public health; school; school health; sexually transmitted disease

Physical activity participation, flourishing and academic engagement in adolescents with obesity. - McCoy, Stephanie; Rupp, Kristie (Pediatric Obesity, 2021)
Background: Adolescents with obesity are less likely to flourish and be academically engaged in comparison to their healthy weight peers. However, it is unknown how participation in physical activity influences flourishing and academic engagement in adolescents with obesity. The current study examined engagement in varying levels of physical activity and the likelihood of flourishing and academic engagement in adolescents with obesity. Methods: Analyses included 26 764 adolescents, ages 10–17 years, from the parent-reported, combined 2016–2017 National Survey of Children's Health. Participants were grouped by physical activity levels (none, low, moderate, daily). Outcome variables included flourishing (finishing tasks, staying calm when faced with a challenge and showing interest in new things) and academic engagement (completing all required homework and caring about doing well in school). Logistic regression models, adjusted for age, sex, race, household income, highest level of education in the household, behavioural conduct problems and depression assessed the likelihood of each outcome comparing physical activity levels among adolescents with obesity. Results: Adolescents with obesity who participated in any amount of physical activity (low, moderate and daily) or sports had significantly greater likelihood of flourishing and academic engagement compared those that did not engage in any physical activity (p's ¡ 0.05). Conclusions: Participation in even low amounts of physical activity or participation in sports increases the likelihood of flourishing and academic engagement in adolescents with obesity, which expands on previous findings that adolescents with obesity are less likely to flourish and be academically engaged in comparison to their healthy weight peers. © 2021 World Obesity Federation
Keywords: Adolescent; Child; Exercise; Health Status; Humans; Pediatric Obesity; Schools; adolescence; adolescent; child; childhood obesity; dept.hms; exercise; flourishing; health status; human; obesity; peer-reviewed; physical activity; school

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
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.
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.
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)
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)
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

Internet based data collection and analysis - Workman, R.; Beatty, E.; Workman, D. (IOS Press, 1998)
This paper will discuss Internet based data collection and analysis utilizing a Windows 95 and a UNIX hosted system. Forms on the World Wide Web (WWW) that illustrate the use of this technology in medical research, conference registration, and. patient care will be highlighted. Some of the details involved with creating data collection forms will be presented. The paper concludes with the recommendation that the Health Telematics curricula should include a unit on creating Internet based data collection forms.
Keywords: *Computer Communication Networks; *Data Collection/mt [Methods]; Computer Communication Networks; Data Collection; Data Collection/is [Instrumentation]; Data acquisition; Data collection; Health; Humans; Internet based; Medical Informatics; Medical Informatics/og [Organization & Administration]; Medical research; Patient care; Telematics; Wireless telecommunication systems; World wide webs (WWW); article; computer network; dept.csc; human; information processing; instrumentation; medical informatics; methodology; organization and management; ⛔ No DOI found

Chaos in nursing: make it work for you. - Vicenzi, A E; White, K R; Begun, J W (The American journal of nursing, 1997)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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
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)
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed