Review of 'Ethics of life: contemporary Iberian debates' - Flores, William (Hispania-a Journal Devoted to the Teaching of Spanish and Portuguese, 2017)
Keywords: dept.wll; peer-reviewed

The elderly and the opioid epidemic: A case study - Green, Cheryl A. (Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment, 2017)
Opioid addiction is a problem within the United States that is impacting all age groups. The elderly are a population that is seldom discussed as being affected by opioids. Physiologically, the older adult is more susceptible for complications associated with an alteration in pharmacokinetics and late diagnosis of diseases such as viral hepatitis C. Health promotion for this population is imperative in the prevention and treatment of opioid addiction problems.
Keywords: Article; Hepatitis C virus; United States; aged; boceprevir; buprenorphine plus naloxone; case report; clinical article; creatinine; creatinine blood level; dept.nur; diamorphine; follow up; health care personnel; health promotion; hepatitis C; human; male; medicare; methadone; methadone treatment; older adults; opiate addiction; opioids; oxycodone; priority journal; protein blood level; self report; telaprevir; urea nitrogen blood level; weight reduction

Confucius and filial piety - Radice, Thomas (A Concise Companion to Confucius, 2017)
Keywords: dept.his

Examining school-aged youth - Adimando, Andrea (Legal Resources for School Health Services, 2017)
A comprehensive resource that addresses the legal issues regarding school health services for school nurses, school administrators and school attorneys. Over 50 topics are included including information on federal laws, compliance, medication administration, professional licensure and malpractice, minor rights and mental health and much more. Over 70 authors include school nurse experts, and education and nurse attorneys. Each chapter is evidence based and peer reviewed by both school nurse content experts and attorneys. Responds to questions submitted by school nurses and school administrators. A reference that will support school nurse and school health practice, enhance care to children and provide guidance to protect the school and school nurse.
Keywords: dept.nur

The process for delegation in the school setting - Resha, Cheryl Ann (Legal Resources for School Health Services, 2017)
A comprehensive resource that addresses the legal issues regarding school health services for school nurses, school administrators and school attorneys. Over 50 topics are included including information on federal laws, compliance, medication administration, professional licensure and malpractice, minor rights and mental health and much more. Over 70 authors include school nurse experts, and education and nurse attorneys. Each chapter is evidence based and peer reviewed by both school nurse content experts and attorneys. Responds to questions submitted by school nurses and school administrators. A reference that will support school nurse and school health practice, enhance care to children and provide guidance to protect the school and school nurse.
Keywords: dept.nur

Dreams of antiquity: H. P. Lovecraft’s great Roman dream of 1927 - Nakamura, Byron (Lovecraftian Proceedings No. 2, 2017)
This second volume of Lovecraftian Proceedings contains a wealth of cutting-edge scholarship on the dreamer from Providence, including substantial articles from both recipients of the S. T. Joshi Endowed Research Fellowship for H. P. Lovecraft at Brown University.  Lovecraftian Proceedings fosters exploration of Lovecraft as a rationalist who created an elaborate cosmic mythology, and how this mythology was influenced by, and has come to influence, numerous other authors and artists. The papers which comprise Lovecraftian Proceedings were presented during a key part of the NecronomiCon Providence convention, the Dr. Henry Armitage Memorial Symposium. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction             Dennis P. Quinn Dreams of Antiquity:  H. P. Lovecraft's Great Roman Dream of 1927Byron Nakamura The Poet’s Nightmare: The Nature of Things According to LovecraftSean Moreland Reordering the Universe: H. P. Lovecraft’s Subversion of the Biblical DivineRené J. Weise Resisting Cthulhu:  Milton and Lovecraft’s Errand in the Wilderness Marcello Ricciardi “The Discriminating Urban Landscapist": Tradition and Innovation in the Architectural Writings of H. P. LovecraftConnor Pitetti Tentacles in the Madhouse: The Role of the Asylum in the Fiction of H. P. LovecraftTroy Rondinone Unspeakable Languages: Lovecraft Editions in Spanish Juan L. Pérez-de-Luque Color out of Mind: Correlating the Cthulhu Mythos Universe to the Autism Disorder SpectrumLars G. Backstrom Darwin and the Deep Ones: Anthropological Anxiety in "The Shadow over Innsmouth" and Other StoriesJeffrey Shanks The “Inside” of H. P. Lovecraft’s Supernatural Horror in the Visual Arts Nathaniel R. Wallace H. P. Lovecraft’s OptimismMatthew Beach Insider, Outsider: From the Commonplace to the Uncanny in H. P. Lovecraft’s Narration and DescriptionsDaphnée Tasia Bourdages-Athanassiou H. P. Lovecraft, Georges Bataille, and the Fascination of the Formless: One Crawling Chaos Seen Emerging from Opposite ShoresChristian Roy  Ripples from Carcosa: H. P. Lovecraft, True Detective, and the Artist-InvestigatorHeather Poirier Lovecraft for the Little Ones: ParaNorman, Plushies, and MoreFaye Ringel and Jenna Randall Contributors AppendixAbstracts of Papers Presented at the Dr. Henry Armitage Memorial Scholarship Symposium,NecronomiCon Providence 20-23 August, 2015Chair: Dennis P. Quinn Index
Keywords: dept.his

Energy dependence of J/ψ production in Au + Au collisions at √sNN=39,62.4 and 200GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physics Letters B, 2017)
The inclusive J/ψ transverse momentum spectra and nuclear modification factors are reported at mid-rapidity (|y|<1.0) in Au + Au collisions at sNN = 39, 62.4 and 200 GeV taken by the STAR experiment. A suppression of J/ψ production, with respect to the production in p+p scaled by the number of binary nucleon–nucleon collisions, is observed in central Au + Au collisions at these three energies. No significant energy dependence of nuclear modification factors is found within uncertainties. The measured nuclear modification factors can be described by model calculations that take into account both suppression of direct J/ψ production due to the color screening effect and J/ψ regeneration from recombination of uncorrelated charm–anticharm quark pairs. © 2017 The Author
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

A woman doing life: Notes from a prison for women - Smoyer, Amy B. (Affilia-Journal of Women and Social Work, 2017)
Keywords: dept.swk

Book Review: The people between the rivers: the rise and fall of a bronze drum culture, 200-750 CE - Thompson, C. Michele (Journal of Asian Studies, 2017)
Keywords: book.review; dept.his

Land-use change at temporary group-housing sites in post-Katrina Louisiana - Zavar, Elyse; Hagelman, III, Ronald; Lavy, Brendan; Prince, Benjamin (Natural Hazards Review, 2017)
To shelter the large number of displaced households following Hurricane Katrina (2005), FEMA, in conjunction with local governments, established 110 temporary group-housing sites throughout impacted Louisiana. The purpose of this study is to identify how temporary group-housing sites influenced the land use of post-Katrina Louisiana. Using aerial imagery, this study assessed the land use of each temporary group-housing site prior to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and again in 2010. Of the 110 group-housing sites, 54.5% reverted to the previous land use, 29.1% returned to the previous land use with improvements, and 16.3% of the sites changed land use. Using census data from 2000 and 2010, site characteristics, and property records, this study employed a multinomial logistic regression to identify statistically significant variables in predicting land-use change in post-Katrina Louisiana. The results indicate that, especially in neighborhoods with high demand for land, FEMA temporary group-housing sites tended to be redeveloped into new land uses.
Keywords: Aerial imagery; Aerial photography; Group housing; Housing; Hurricane Katrina; Hurricane Katrina 2005; Hurricane katrina; Hurricanes; Land use; Land-use change; Local government; Louisiana; Multinomial logistic regression; Population statistics; Significant variables; Site characteristics; Temporary group housing; United States; aerial photograph; census; dept.egm; hazard assessment; hazard management; housing project; land use change; local government; neighborhood

A familiarization protocol facilitates the participation of children with asd in electrophysiological research - Turcios, Jacqueline; Cook, Barbara; Irwin, Julia; Rispoli, Taylor; Landi, Nicole (JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), 2017)
This paper includes a detailed description of a familiarization protocol, which is used as an integral component of a larger research protocol to collect electroencephalography (EEG) data and Event-Related Potentials (ERPs). At present, the systems available for the collection of high-quality EEG/ERP data make significant demands on children with developmental disabilities, such as those with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Children with ASD may have difficulty adapting to novel situations, tolerating uncomfortable sensory stimuli, and sitting quietly. This familiarization protocol uses Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs) to increase research participants' knowledge and understanding of the specific activities and steps of the research protocol. The tools in this familiarization protocol are a social narrative, a visual schedule, the Premack principle, role-playing, and modeling. The goal of this familiarization protocol is to increase understanding and agency and to potentially reduce anxiety for child participants, resulting in a greater likelihood of the successful completion of the research protocol for the collection of EEG/ERP data.
Keywords: dept.cmd; dept.psy

The role of student major in grade perception in chemistry courses - Karatjas, Andrew; Webb, Jeffrey (International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2017)
Keywords: dept.che

Development of the citizens measure into a tool to guide clinical practice and its utility for case managers - Bellamy, Chyrell; Kriegel, Liat; Barrenger, Stacey L.; Klimczak, Michele; Rakfeldt, Jaak; Benson, Victoria; Baker, Michaella; Benedict, Patricia; Williamson, Bridgett; MacIntyre, Gillian (American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 2017)
A measure of citizenship was developed and validated by Rowe and colleagues (O’Connell, Clayton, & Rowe, 2017). The items clustered around the 5 Rs of citizenship as defined by Rowe et al.: relationships, rights, resources, roles, and rights, and a sense of belonging. Although a measure has its utility in clinical settings, to address time constraints and other administrative burdens expressed by providers in their day-to-day practice, a citizens tool was developed as a practical way that providers can enhance dialogue between providers and clients on citizenship for clients served in mental health and criminal justice reentry settings. This article describes the development of the tool, testing of the tool’s utility with case managers, and implications for practice. © 2017 Taylor & Francis.
Keywords: Article; adult; case management; case manager; citizenship; clinical practice; community inclusion; community integration; dept.swk; evidence based medicine; female; human; major clinical study; male; marginalized communities; mental capacity; mental disease; mental health service; poverty; practical clinical tools; priority journal; psychological well-being; self concept; social support; socioeconomics; translational research

Geospatial sculpture: Nonverbal communication through the tactilization of geospatial data - Heidkamp, C. Patrick; Slomba, Jeffrey T. (GeoHumanities, 2017)
Keywords: 3D visualization; Connecticut; Escultura Geoespacial; GeoSpatial Sculpture; dept.art; dept.egm; geografías no verbales; nonverbal geographies; peer-reviewed; tactilización; tactilization; visualización en 3D; 三维可视化; 地理空间雕塑; 康涅狄格; 触觉化; 非语言的地理

The bilingual reading practices and performance of two Hispanic first graders - López-Velásquez, Angela M.; García, Georgia Earnest (Bilingual Research Journal, 2017)
This qualitative study used a sociocultural lens to examine how two bilingual Hispanic first-grade girls demonstrated bilingual reading practices (i.e., heteroglossia and translanguaging) as they discussed and read texts in Spanish and English. One girl predominantly received school reading instruction in Spanish, while the other received school reading instruction in English. They both participated in Spanish reading at home. The school reading instruction employed Spanish or English versions of Success for All, and emphasized word recognition strategies appropriate for the language of instruction along with meaning-making strategies. In April, the two girls scored mid- to end-of first grade on a curriculum-based reading assessment in the language of instruction. Neither of them received biliteracy instruction. Their reading levels in the instructional language and exposure to the other language appeared to be sufficient for them to develop and demonstrate heteroglossic practices. Bilingual dynamic reading assessments and home reading sessions with a bilingual researcher revealed that both girls utilized bilingual reading practices to discuss and comprehend texts in their non-instructional or alternate language. One of the girls also used bilingual reading practices to discuss texts in the instructional language. To read in the alternate language, they both employed word-recognition and meaning-making strategies, which had been emphasized in their school reading instruction. However, one girl’s attempt to use a decoding strategy she had learned in English (i.e., onset-rime) to decode unfamiliar Spanish words did not work effectively. Implications are delineated for the bilingual reading instruction and assessment of young bilingual children.
Keywords: dept.sed

Direct virtual photon production in Au+Au collisions at √sNN=200 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physics Letters B, 2017)
We report the direct virtual photon invariant yields in the transverse momentum ranges 1<pT<3 GeV/c and 5<pT<10 GeV/c at mid-rapidity derived from the dielectron invariant mass continuum region 0.10<Mee<0.28 GeV/c2 for 0–80% minimum-bias Au+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV. A clear excess in the invariant yield compared to the nuclear overlap function TAA scaled p+p reference is observed in the pT range 1<pT<3 GeV/c. For pT>6 GeV/c the production follows TAA scaling. Model calculations with contributions from thermal radiation and initial hard parton scattering are consistent within uncertainties with the direct virtual photon invariant yield. © 2017 The Author
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Visioning hope: embracing higher education's role with urban public charter schools - Bergeron, Bette S. (Urban Education, 2017)
The purpose of this study is to reflect on the evolution of a partnership between a university and urban charter high school serving a predominately African American population. Because of the author's embeddedness both as the researcher and participant member, this research assumes the paradigm of autoethnography. Reflections on key components of this evolution provide implications for teacher education, particularly in regard to a call for engagement between urban charter schools and educator preparation programs, and a challenge to higher education to analyze existing perceptions of public charter schools within a wider institutional mission to prepare educators for all children.
Keywords: African American students; charter school; dept.aa; high school; programs; teacher education; universities; urban education

Counseling strategies for empowering people living in poverty: the I‐CARE model - Foss-Kelly, Louisa L.; Generali, Margaret M.; Kress, Victoria E. (Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 2017)
Poverty has an impact on mental health and the counseling process in profound ways; however, counselors may fail to recognize the importance of poverty in clients' lives. The authors propose a model to help counselors navigate the complexities of counseling clients who are living in poverty. The I-CARE Model may help counselors develop insight about personal biases, acknowledge harsh realities of poverty, remove barriers to growth, and expand on the clients' own strengths.
Keywords: I-CARE Model; counseling; counselor; counselors; dept.csp; dura mater; human; human experiment; mental health; model; poverty; socioeconomic status

Personality, Emotional Qualities of Leisure, and Subjective Well-Being in the Elderly. - Kahlbaugh, Patricia; Huffman, Loreen (International journal of aging & human development, 2017)
In this study, we examined personality traits of older adults and their emotional experiences associated with engaging in specific leisure activities. Older individuals (17 males, 32 females), ages ranging from 65 to 97 years (mean age 74), completed measures of Big Five personality traits, positive and negative affect, subjective well-being (SWB), independent functioning, and an emotion-activity inventory. As expected, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Openness to experience were related to positive affect, while Neuroticism was related to negative affect. Openness and Agreeableness were related to positive emotions experienced in social and cognitive domains, and Agreeableness was related to greater SWB, greater positive affect, and more positively experienced activities. Neuroticism was related to lower SWB and fewer positively experienced activities. These findings suggest that assessing the fit between personality and emotions experienced during activities should be considered when creating programs tailored to elderly individuals, with the goal of encouraging more active and rewarding lives.
Keywords: *Aging/px [Psychology]; *Emotions; *Leisure Activities; *Personal Satisfaction; *Personality; Affect; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Emotions; Female; Humans; Leisure Activities; Male; Personal Satisfaction; Personality; affect; aged; aging; dept.psy; emotion; emotions; female; human; leisure; male; personality; psychology; satisfaction; subjective well-being; successful aging; very elderly

Snacking, satiety, and weight: A randomized, controlled trial - Njike, Valentine Yanchou; Kavak, Yasemin; Treu, Judith A.; Doughty, Kimberly; Katz, David L. (American Journal of Health Promotion, 2017)
Purpose. To compare the effects of nut-based snack bars (NBSB) vs. prepackaged 200-kcal portions of typical conventional snack foods, when consumed over a 12-week period by a group of overweight adults. Design. Randomized, single-blind parallel design with two treatment groups. Setting. Clinical trial. Subjects. Thirty-four overweight participants were enrolled. Intervention. Commercially available NBSB or conventional snack foods as part of an ad libitum diet for 12 weeks. Measures. Primary outcome measures: body mass index, body weight, body composition, waist circumference. Secondary outcome measures: blood pressure, lipid profile, nutrients intake, hunger/satiety, quality of life. Analysis. Generalized linear models with time as repeated measure were used to analyze these data. Results. Daily consumption of NBSB for 12 weeks, as compared to daily consumption of conventional snacks, significantly reduced percentage body fat (-1.7% +/- 10.8% vs. 6.2% 6 9.3%; p = .04) and visceral fat (-1.3 +/- 5.9 vs. 2.7 +/- 4.0; p = .03). There were no between-group differences (p ¿ .05) for blood pressure, lipid panel, satiety, or quality of life measures. Conclusion. Our data suggest that daily consumption of NBSB for 12 weeks reduced body fat and had no adverse effects on weight, blood pressure, lipid profile, satiety, or quality of life in this small sample of overweight adults.
Keywords: Adult; Aged; Blood Pressure; Body Mass Index; Body Weight; Body Weights and Measures; Diet; Energy Intake; Female; Health focus: hunger/satiety, nutrition, quality of life; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nuts; Outcome measure: body mass index, body weight, body composition, waist circumference, blood pressure, lipid profile, nutrients intake, hunger/satiety, quality of life; Overweight; Quality of Life; Research purpose: intervention testing; Satiation; Setting: clinical; Single-Blind Method; Snacking, Satiety, Overweight, Prevention Research. Manuscript format: research; Snacks; Strategy: education, incentive; Study design: randomized, single-blind parallel trial; Target population age: overweight adults; Target population circumstances: geographic location; adult; aged; blood pressure; body mass; body weight; caloric intake; controlled study; dept.pch; diet; diet therapy; fast food; female; human; male; middle aged; morphometry; nut; obesity; peer-reviewed; quality of life; randomized controlled trial; satiety; single blind procedure

El género Jaltomata Schltdl. (Solanaceae) en la región La Libertad y un nuevo taxón del Norte de Perú - González, Segundo Leiva; Mione, Thomas; Yacher, Leon (Arnaldoa, 2017)
Keywords: dept.egm

Socially engaged art education: practices, processes, and possibilities - Schlemmer, Ross H.; Carpenter, B. Stephen; Hitchcock, Erika (Art Education, 2017)
Keywords: dept.art; peer-reviewed

Stale economic news, media and the stock market - Birz, Gene (Journal of Economic Psychology, 2017)
I employ a classification of headlines from newspapers and wire services to examine whether stale macroeconomic news affects stock prices. Unlike with individual stocks, the cost of obtaining information about major economic releases is relatively low. Thus, stock prices should adjust to economic news announcements prior to their coverage in newspapers. I find statistically and economically significant relationship between stale news stories on unemployment and next week's S&P 500 returns. This effect is then completely reversed during the following week. These findings show that investors are affected by salient information and support the hypothesis that investors overreact to stale macroeconomic news reported in newspapers. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Attention; Efficient markets; Macroeconomic announcements; Media; Salience; dept.eco; dept.fin

Determination of critical cooling rates in metallic glass forming alloy libraries through laser spike annealing. - Bordeenithikasem, Punnathat; Liu, Jingbei; Kube, Sebastian A; Li, Yanglin; Ma, Tianxing; Scanley, B Ellen; Broadbridge, Christine C; Vlassak, Joost J; Singer, Jonathan P; Schroers, Jan (Scientific reports, 2017)
The glass forming ability (GFA) of metallic glasses (MGs) is quantified by the critical cooling rate (R C). Despite its key role in MG research, experimental challenges have limited measured R C to a minute fraction of known glass formers. We present a combinatorial approach to directly measure R C for large compositional ranges. This is realized through the use of compositionally-graded alloy libraries, which were photo-thermally heated by scanning laser spike annealing of an absorbing layer, then melted and cooled at various rates. Coupled with X-ray diffraction mapping, GFA is determined from direct R C measurements. We exemplify this technique for the Au-Cu-Si system, where we identify Au56Cu27Si17 as the alloy with the highest GFA. In general, this method enables measurements of R C over large compositional areas, which is powerful for materials discovery and, when correlating with chemistry and other properties, for a deeper understanding of MG formation.
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Environmental exposure does not explain putative maladaptation in road-adjacent populations. - Brady, Steven P (Oecologia, 2017)
While the ecological consequences of roads are well described, little is known of their role as agents of natural selection, which can shape adaptive and maladaptive responses in populations influenced by roads. This knowledge gap persists despite a growing appreciation for the influence of evolution in human-altered environments. There, insights indicate that natural selection typically results in local adaptation. Thus, populations influenced by road-induced selection should evolve fitness advantages in their local environment. Contrary to this expectation, wood frog tadpoles from roadside populations show evidence of a fitness disadvantage, consistent with local maladaptation. Specifically, in reciprocal transplants, roadside populations survive at lower rates compared to populations away from roads. A key question remaining is whether roadside environmental conditions experienced by early stage embryos induce this outcome. This represents an important missing piece in evaluating the evolutionary nature of this maladaptation pattern. Here, I address this gap using a reciprocal transplant experiment designed to test the hypothesis that embryonic exposure to roadside pond water induces a survival disadvantage. Contrary to this hypothesis, my results show that reduced survival persists when embryonic exposure is controlled. This outcome indicates that the survival disadvantage is parentally mediated, either genetically and/or through inherited environmental effects. This result suggests that roadside populations are either truly maladapted or potentially locally adapted at later life stages. I discuss these interpretations, noting that regardless of mechanism, patterns consistent with maladaptation have important implications for conservation. In light of the pervasiveness of roads, further resolution explaining maladaptive responses remains a critical challenge in conservation.
Keywords: *Adaptation, Physiological; *Environmental Exposure; *Ranidae; *Selection, Genetic; Acclimatization; Adaptation, Physiological; Amphibia; Amphibians; Animals; Contemporary evolution; Environmental Exposure; Inherited environmental effects; Larva; Local adaptation; Rana sylvatica; Ranidae; Ranidae/ph [Physiology]; Runoff; Selection, Genetic; acclimatization; adaptation; amphibian; animal; dept.bio; embryonic development; environmental conditions; environmental effect; environmental exposure; evolutionary biology; fitness; frog; genetic selection; larva; local adaptation; natural selection; physiology; pond; population type; roadside environment; runoff; survival

Positive sire effects and adaptive genotype by environment interaction occur despite pattern of local maladaptation in roadside populations of an amphibian - Brady, Steven P.; Goedert, Debora (Copeia, 2017)
The global road network causes many negative ecological effects. Contrasting our knowledge of these effects, insights into evolutionary consequences of roads remain undeveloped. Here, we study a suite of populations of the Wood Frog that appear to be evolving maladaptively in response to road-adjacency. Specifically, when raised together in roadside pools, roadside populations survive at lower rates compared to populations away from roads. To begin to understand the cause of this survival disadvantage, we investigated potential parental and genetic sources of maladaptation. First, to assess whether parental effects might induce maladaptation, we measured adult body weight to length ratio ('relative weight') and its influence on offspring survival in a reciprocal transplant experiment across 12 populations. Next, to assess whether genetic effects might limit adaptive responses in offspring, we estimated genetic correlations between environments for survival and fitness-related traits. We found that relative weight was higher in roadside populations and, for males, had a positive influence on offspring survival. This demonstrates a novel transgenerational effect of Wood Frog adult males but suggests that this effect is not causing maladaptive survival. Genetic correlations indicated that a subset of roadside genotypes respond adaptively to road-adjacency despite population level maladaptive survival. This suggests that metapopulation dynamics and/or high levels of nonadditive genetic variance may be limiting adaptation or that insufficient time has elapsed for adaptation to occur. Together, these results highlight the complexity and scale of responses to a pervasive feature of landscape alteration revealed by evolutionary approaches.
Keywords: Amphibia; Rana sylvatica; adaptation; amphibian; dept.bio; environmental conditions; evolutionary biology; frog; genotype; genotype-environment interaction; heritability; local adaptation; metapopulation; population type; roadside environment; survival

Sentiment analysis of the correlation between regular tweets and retweets - Chen, Jundong; Li, He; Wu, Zeju; Hossain, Md Shafaeat (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017)
In this paper, we study the influence from the sentiment of regular tweets on retweeting. We propose a method to calculate the sentiment score for each tweet and each Twitter user. This method enables us to place the tweets and retweets into the same time period to explore the sentiment factor. We adopt the correlation coefficient between the sentiment scores of regular tweets and those of retweets to measure the influence. We categorize the Twitter users in three different ways to investigate three factors, which are the number of followers, betweenness centrality and the types of accounts. Community detection and machine learning are integrated into our approach. We find that the difference for correlation coefficients exists between different levels of the number of followers, and different types of users. Our method sheds a light on better predicting the dynamics of tweets diffusion by including the sentiment factor into the prediction model. © 2017 IEEE.
Keywords: Artificial intelligence; Betweenness centrality; Community detection; Correlation coefficient; Data mining; Learning systems; Prediction model; Sentiment analysis; Sentiment scores; Social networking (online); Time-periods; Twitter classification; dept.csc; machine learning; sentiment analysis; social network

A facilitated natural mentoring program: Young adults with autism learn to negotiate college life in a class with university students - Cook, Barbara; Weiss, Deborah; Hodge, Virginia (The ASHA Leader, 2017)
Young adults with autism learn to negotiate college life in a class with university students. © 2017 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Keywords: dept.cmd

Lifestyle Medicine and the Management of Cardiovascular Disease. - Doughty, Kimberly N; Del Pilar, Nelson X; Audette, Amanda; Katz, David L (Current cardiology reports, 2017)
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Evidence has clearly demonstrated the importance of lifestyle factors (e.g., diet, physical activity, smoking) in the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Interventions targeting these behaviors may improve outcomes for CVD patients. The aim of this review is to summarize the effects of lifestyle interventions in individuals with established CVD., RECENT FINDINGS: Most recent trials focused on diet, physical activity, stress reduction, or a combination of these. Findings were mixed, but most interventions improved at least some markers of cardiovascular risk. Few studies measured long-term clinical outcomes, but some suggested a possible benefit of stress reduction and multifaceted interventions on cardiovascular events. The benefits of lifestyle change for CVD patients have been established by decades of evidence. However, further research is needed to determine the optimal intensity, duration, and mode of delivery for interventions. Additional studies with long-term follow-up and measurement of clinical outcomes are also needed.
Keywords: *Cardiovascular Diseases; *Healthy Lifestyle; Cardiovascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases/pc [Prevention & Control]; Cardiovascular Diseases/px [Psychology]; Diet; Disease Management; Exercise; Healthy Lifestyle; Humans; Life Style; Lifestyle; Mediterranean diet; Physical activity; Review; Stress reduction; aerobic exercise; cardiovascular disease; cardiovascular risk; dept.pch; disease management; evidence based medicine; follow up; healthy lifestyle; human; lifestyle; lifestyle modification; outcome assessment; physical activity; psychology; risk reduction; stress; therapy effect

Equitable access: Information seeking behavior, information needs, and necessary library accommodations for transgender patrons - Drake, Aubri A.; Bielefield, Arlene (Library & Information Science Research, 2017)
This study highlights the unique accommodations integral to welcoming transgender library patrons. Research shows transgender people have unique needs which differ from lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer (LGBQ) individuals, and experience substantial barriers to obtaining quality library service. Most studies in the past exploring the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender library users focused exclusively on LGBQ users. This study surveyed adult transgender individuals (n = 102) with an online questionnaire. The majority of participants were white, designated female at birth, and under 40 years old. Survey respondents needed libraries to make accommodations for them to feel safe (p ¡ 0.001). The top 5 accommodations needed were recent transgender literature, gender identity or expression as part of library nondiscrimination policy, gender neutral, single-stall bathrooms where a key did not need to be requested, recent LGBQ literature), and an established remote process for name change.
Keywords: dept.ils

Dose of physical activity, physical functioning and disability risk in mobility-limited older adults: Results from the LIFE study randomized trial. - Fielding, Roger A; Guralnik, Jack M; King, Abby C; Pahor, Marco; McDermott, Mary M; Tudor-Locke, Catrine; Manini, Todd M; Glynn, Nancy W; Marsh, Anthony P; Axtell, Robert S; Hsu, Fang-Chi; Rejeski, W Jack; et al. (PLoS ONE, 2017)
Understanding the minimal dose of physical activity required to achieve improvement in physical functioning and reductions in disability risk is necessary to inform public health recommendations. To examine the effect of physical activity dose on changes in physical functioning and the onset of major mobility disability in The Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) Study. We conducted a multicenter single masked randomized controlled trial that enrolled participants in 2010 and 2011 and followed them for an average of 2.6 years. 1,635 sedentary men and women aged 70-89 years who had functional limitations were randomized to a structured moderate intensity walking, resistance, and flexibility physical activity program or a health education program. Physical activity dose was assessed by 7-day accelerometry and self-report at baseline and 24 months. Outcomes included the 400 m walk gait speed, the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), assessed at baseline, 6, 12, and 24 months, and onset of major mobility disability (objectively defined by loss of ability to walk 400 m in 15 min). When the physical activity arm or the entire sample were stratified by change in physical activity from baseline to 24 months, there was a dose-dependent increase in the change in gait speed and SPPB from baseline at 6, 12, and 24 months. In addition, the magnitude of change in physical activity over 24 months was related to the reduction in the onset of major mobility disability (overall P < 0.001) (highest versus the lowest quartile of physical activity change HR 0.23 ((95% CI:0.10-0.52) P = 0.001) in the physical activity arm. We observed a dose-dependent effect of objectively monitored physical activity on physical functioning and onset of major mobility disability. Relatively small increases (> 48 minutes per week) in regular physical activity participation had significant and clinically meaningful effects on these outcomes., TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalsTrials.gov NCT00116194.
Keywords: *Activities of Daily Living; *Disabled Persons; *Exercise; *Mobility Limitation; Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Article; Disabled Persons; Exercise; Female; Humans; Male; Mobility Limitation; accelerometry; aged; controlled study; daily life activity; dept.hms; disabled person; education program; exercise; exercise intensity; female; human; incidence; major clinical study; male; multicenter study; outcome assessment; peer-reviewed; physical activity; physical activity, capacity and performance; physical disability; physical functioning; physical mobility; physical performance; randomized controlled trial; resistance training; risk assessment; risk factor; sedentary lifestyle; self report; very elderly; walking difficulty; walking speed

How valid are old species lists? How archived samples can be used to update Ephemeroptera biodiversity information for northern Canada - Giberson, Donna J.; Burian, Steven K. (The Canadian Entomologist, 2017)
Abstract Broad-scale aquatic insect ecological studies are an important potential source of biodiversity information, though taxa lists may contain outdated names or be incompletely or incorrectly identified. We re-examined over 12 000 archived Ephemeroptera (mayfly) specimens from a large environmental assessment project (Mackenzie Valley pipeline study) in Yukon and the Northwest Territories, Canada (1971–1973) and compared the results to data from five recent (post-2000) collecting expeditions. Our goals were to update the species list for Ephemeroptera for Yukon and the Northwest Territories, and to evaluate the benefits of retaining and re-examining ecological samples to improve regional biodiversity information, particularly in isolated or inaccessible areas. The original pipeline study specimen labels reported 17 species in 25 genera for the combined Yukon and Northwest Territories samples, of which six species and 15 genera are still valid. Re-examination of specimens resulted in 45 species in 29 genera, with 14 and seven newly recorded species for Northwest Territories and Yukon, respectively. The recent collecting resulted in 50 species, 29 of which were different from the pipeline study, and five of which were new territorial records (Northwest Territories: four species; Yukon: one species). Re-examination of archived ecological specimens provides a cost-effective way to update regional biodiversity information.
Keywords: Canada; Ephemeroptera; Hexapoda; Mackenzie Valley; Northwest Territories; Yukon Territory; aquatic organism; biodiversity; dept.bio; environmental assessment; information; mayfly; new record; sampling; species inventory

Dynamic responses and tail-dependence among commodities, the US real interest rate and the dollar - Huang, Wanling; Mollick, André Varella; Nguyen, Khoa Huu (Empirical Economics, 2017)
Keywords: dept.fin

Device-measured physical activity as a predictor of disability in mobility-limited older adults - Mankowski, Robert T.; Anton, Stephen D.; Axtell, Robert; Chen, Shyh-Huei; Fielding, Roger A.; Glynn, Nancy W.; Hsu, Fang-Chi; King, Abby C.; Layne, Andrew S.; Leeuwenburgh, Christiaan; Manini, Todd M.; Marsh, Anthony P.; et al. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2017)
OBJECTIVES: To examine associations between objectively measured physical activity (PA) and incidence of major mobility disability (MMD) and persistent MMD (PMMD) in older adults in the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) Study. DESIGN: Prospective cohort of individuals aged 65 and older undergoing structured PA intervention or health education. SETTING: The LIFE Study was a multicenter (eight sites) randomized controlled trial designed to compare the efficacy of a long-term structured PA intervention with that of a health education (HE) program in reducing the incidence of MMD in mobility-limited older adults. PARTICIPANTS: LIFE Study participants (n = 1,590) had a mean age +/- standard deviation of 78.9 +/- 5.2, low levels of PA, and measured mobility-relevant functional impairment at baseline. MEASUREMENTS: Activity data were collected using hip-worn 7-day accelerometers at baseline and 6, 12, and 24 months after randomization to test for associations with incident MMD and PMMD (¿= 2 consecutive instances of MMD). RESULTS: At baseline, every 30 minutes spent being sedentary (¡100 accelerometry counts per minute) was associated with higher rate of subsequent MMD (10%) and PMMD (11%) events. Every 500 steps taken was associated with lower rate of MMD (15%) and PMMD (18%). Similar associations were observed when fitting accelerometry-based PA as a time-dependent variable. CONCLUSION: Accelerometry-based PA levels were strongly associated with MMD and PMMD events in older adults with limited mobility. These results support the importance of daily PA and lower amounts of sedentary time levels in this population and suggest that accelerometry may be a useful tool for assessing risk of mobility disability.
Keywords: Accelerometry; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Article; Disability Evaluation; Exercise; Female; Geriatric Assessment; Humans; Male; Mini Mental State Examination; Mobility Limitation; Physical Therapy Modalities; Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; Sedentary Lifestyle; Time Factors; accelerometry; aged; clinical trial; cohort analysis; controlled study; depression; dept.hms; disability; educational status; ethnic group; exercise; female; functional disease; geriatric assessment; health education; human; major clinical study; major mobility disability; male; marriage; mobility disability; multicenter study; older adults; peer-reviewed; persistent major mobility disability; physical activity; physiotherapy; procedures; prospective study; randomized controlled trial; sedentary lifestyle; sedentary time; sleep quality; time factor; very elderly; walking difficulty

Culturally responsive practice and the role of school administrators - Minkos, Marlena L.; Sassu, Kari A.; Gregory, Jess L.; Patwa, Shamim S.; Theodore, Lea A.; Femc-Bagwell, Michele (Psychology in the Schools, 2017)
In recent years, student populations within public schools in the United States have become increasingly diverse, both culturally and linguistically, and are projected to continue to grow in diversity in the future. Consequently, educators must be prepared to support the needs and education of students with multicultural backgrounds who may differ from them. School administrators play an important role in creating safe, accepting school environments and guiding the education of diverse student populations. However, there is a need for additional guidance for school leaders in cultivating schools that promote equity for all students. Using the National Policy Board for Educational Administration (NPBEA) Professional Standards for Educational Leaders as a guiding framework, this paper provides practical suggestions regarding culturally responsive strategies and practices that school administrators might employ in leading diverse school communities.
Keywords: culturally responsive practice; dept.csp; dept.edl; diversity; educational leadership; peer-reviewed

Classical literature gives life to business paradox and systems integration - Page, Robert; Andoh, Samuel; Smith, Robert (Administrative Issues Journal Education Practice and Research, 2017)
Keywords: dept.eco; dept.mgt

Li (ritual) in early Confucianism - Radice, Thomas (Philosophy Compass, 2017)
Keywords: dept.his

Global Λ hyperon polarization in nuclear collisions - STAR Collaboration (Nature, 2017)
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. Non-central collisions have angular momenta of the order of 1,000h, and the resulting fluid may have a strong vortical structure 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. 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 Λ 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 Λ and hyperons show a positive polarization of the order of a few per cent, consistent with some hydrodynamic predictions. (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 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 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. © 2017 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Article; baryon; dept.phy; gluon; heavy ion; hydrodynamics; hyperon; polarization; priority journal; proton; quantum mechanics; quark; viscosity

Effects of a Long-Term Physical Activity Program on Activity Patterns in Older Adults. - Wanigatunga, Amal A; Tudor-Locke, Catrine; Axtell, Robert S; Glynn, Nancy W; King, Abby C; McDermott, Mary M; Fielding, Roger A; Lu, Xiaomin; Pahor, Marco; Manini, Todd M (Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 2017)
PURPOSE: To examine the effect of a long-term structured physical activity (PA) intervention on accelerometer-derived metrics of activity pattern changes in mobility-impaired older adults., METHODS: Participants were randomized to either a PA or health education (HE) program. The PA intervention included a walking regimen with strength, flexibility, and balance training. The HE program featured health-related discussions and a brief upper body stretching routine. Participants (n = 1341) wore a hip-worn accelerometer for >=10 h.d for >=3 d at baseline and again at 6, 12, and 24 months postrandomization. Total PA (TPA)-defined as movements registering 100+ counts per minute-was segmented into the following intensities: low-light PA (LLPA; 100-759 counts per minute), high light PA (HLPA; 760-1040 counts per minute), low moderate PA (LMPA; 1041-2019 counts per minute), and high moderate and greater PA (HMPA; 2020+ counts per minute). Patterns of activity were characterized as bouts (defined as the consecutive minutes within an intensity)., RESULTS: Across groups, TPA decreased an average of 74 min.wk annually. The PA intervention attenuated this effect (PA = -68 vs HE: -112 min.wk, P = 0.002). This attenuation shifted TPA composition by increasing time in LLPA (10+ bouts increased 6 min.wk), HLPA (1+, 2+, 5+, and 10+ bouts increased 6, 3, 2, and 1 min.wk, respectively), LMPA (1+, 2+, 5+, and 10+ bouts increased: 19, 17,16, and 8 min.wk, respectively), and HMPA (1+, 2+, 5+, and 10+ bouts increased 23, 21, 17, and 14 min.wk, respectively)., CONCLUSIONS: The PA intervention increased PA by shifting the composition of activity toward higher-intensity activity in longer-duration bouts. However, a long-term structured PA intervention did not completely eliminate overall declines in total daily activity experienced by mobility-impaired older adults.
Keywords: *Aged/ph [Physiology]; *Exercise; *Health Promotion; ACCELEROMETER; ACTIVITY BOUTS; Accelerometry; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; ELDERLY; Exercise; Female; Health Promotion; Humans; LIGHT-INTENSITY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; Male; Mobility Limitation; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTION; Program Evaluation; Sedentary Behavior; Sedentary Lifestyle; accelerometry; age; aged; clinical trial; controlled study; dept.hms; exercise; female; health promotion; human; male; multicenter study; peer-reviewed; physiology; program evaluation; randomized controlled trial; sedentary lifestyle; very elderly; walking difficulty

Restraint stress enhances alcohol intake in adolescent female rats but reduces alcohol intake in adolescent male and adult female rats. - Wille-Bille, Aranza; Ferreyra, Ana; Sciangula, Martina; Chiner, Florencia; Nizhnikov, Michael E; Pautassi, Ricardo Marcos (Behavioural brain research, 2017)
Adolescents may be more sensitive to stress-induced alcohol drinking than adults, which would explain the higher prevalence of alcohol abuse and dependence in late adolescence than in adulthood. The present study analyzed the impact of restraint stress on the initiation of alcohol intake across 2 weeks of intermittent, two-bottle choice intake in male and female adolescent rats and adult female rats. Restraint stress significantly increased alcohol intake and preference in female adolescent rats but decreased alcohol intake and preference in male adolescent and female adult rats. The effects of restraint stress on alcohol intake were mitigated in adolescent females following administration of the kappa opioid receptor antagonist norbinaltorphimine. Adolescent but not adult female rats that were subjected to restraint stress spent more time on the open arms of the elevated plus maze. Female adolescents exposed to stress also exhibited greater risk-taking behaviors in a concentric square field test compared with non-stressed controls. These results indicate age- and sex-related differences in the sensitivity to alcohol-stress interactions that may facilitate the initiation of alcohol use in female adolescents. The facilitatory effect of stress on alcohol intake was related to greater exploratory and risk-taking behaviors in young females after stress exposure. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords: *Aging/ph [Physiology]; *Aging/px [Psychology]; *Alcohol Drinking/pp [Physiopathology]; *Alcohol Drinking/px [Psychology]; *Sex Characteristics; *Stress, Psychological/pp [Physiopathology]; Adolescents; Adults; Age differences; Aging; Aging/de [Drug Effects]; Alcohol; Alcohol Drinking; Alcohol Drinking/dt [Drug Therapy]; Animals; Article; Central Nervous System Depressants; Central Nervous System Depressants/ad [Administration & Dosage]; Choice Behavior; Choice Behavior/de [Drug Effects]; Choice Behavior/ph [Physiology]; Disease Models, Animal; Ethanol; Ethanol/ad [Administration & Dosage]; Exploratory Behavior; Exploratory Behavior/de [Drug Effects]; Exploratory Behavior/ph [Physiology]; Female; Male; Motor Activity; Motor Activity/de [Drug Effects]; Motor Activity/ph [Physiology]; Naltrexone; Naltrexone/aa [Analogs & Derivatives]; Naltrexone/pd [Pharmacology]; Narcotic Antagonists; Narcotic Antagonists/pd [Pharmacology]; Rats, Wistar; Receptors, Opioid, kappa; Receptors, Opioid, kappa/ai [Antagonists & Inhibitors]; Receptors, Opioid, kappa/me [Metabolism]; Restraint, Physical; Risk-Taking; Sex Characteristics; Stress; Stress, Psychological; Stress, Psychological/dt [Drug Therapy]; Wistar rat; [kappa] opioid receptors; adolescent; adult; age; aging; alcohol; alcohol consumption; analogs and derivatives; animal; animal experiment; antagonists and inhibitors; behavior assessment; central depressant agent; comparative study; concentric square field test; controlled study; decision making; dept.psy; disease model; drinking behavior; drug effects; drug therapy; elevated plus maze test; exercise; experimental study; exploratory behavior; exploratory behavior test; female; high risk behavior; immobilization stress; kappa opiate receptor; kappa opiate receptor antagonist; male; mental stress; metabolism; motor activity; naltrexone; narcotic antagonist; nonhuman; norbinaltorphimine; pathophysiology; peer-reviewed; physiology; priority journal; psychology; rat; risk assessment; sensitivity analysis; sex difference; sexual characteristics; κ opioid receptors

What does improved spectrum management mean for the Philippines? - Patalinghug, Epictetus; Patalinghug, Jason (Annals of the Constantin Brancusi University of Targu Jiu, Economy Series, 2019)
This paper analyzes spectrum management practices in the Philippines. The regulatory body allocates available spectrum via an administrative approach which lacks transparency and due process. The paper recommends that the regulatory body adopts the auction method in allocating spectrums which is more transparent, fair, and cost-effective if a suitable design is adopted.
Keywords: Allocation Methods; Auction; Philippines; Spectrum Management; dept.eco; ⛔ No DOI found

Soldier-poet or écrivain-combattant: How the French trenches of World War I defined witnessing - Gleisner, Nichole T. (Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature, 2017)
Keywords: dept.wll

Will You Ever Change? Translated by Wendeline Hardenberg - Valognes, Aurélie (Amazon Crossing, 2017)
Charming, quirky, and funny, this oh-so-relatable novel from the bestselling author of Out of Sorts shines a light on the always-complicated je ne sais quoi of every family’s relationship.As Martine and Jacques Le Guennec prepare for their annual family Christmas dinner, Martine reminds her husband to be on his best behavior. Their son Nicolas is bringing his girlfriend, Jeanne, to their home for the first time, and she doesn’t want Jacques to scare this one off.Jacques has always ruled his roost with patriarchal bravado, and he can’t help but verbally antagonize everyone—especially the wives of his sons. Jeanne, a strong-willed woman who grew up without a father, clashes with the curmudgeon, and she worries that her boyfriend might be too much like his father.It’s all starting to make Martine question everything about her relationship with her husband. And, though she makes that perfectly clear to him, the old dog is not anxious to learn new tricks.When Jeanne saves Jacques’s life, he begins to realize it may be time to change his ways if he wants to hold on to his wife and keep the family close. But is it too late?
Keywords: dept.lib

Foucault, confession, and Donne - Dodson, Joel M. (Forms of faith, 2017)
Keywords: dept.eng

Technology use and technological self-efficacy among undergraduate nursing faculty - Roney, Linda N.; Westrick, Susan J.; Acri, Mary C.; Aronson, Barbara S.; Rebeschi, Lisa M. (Nursing Education Perspectives (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2017)
AIM This study explored faculty responses to a survey about using technology to teach undergraduate nursing students. BACKGROUND Little is known regarding faculty confidence, technology use, or supports for integrating technology into nursing education. METHOD A descriptive correlational design was utilized to explore the relationship between technology use and technological self-efficacy in faculty (N = 272) who teach at Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education--accredited nursing programs. Instruments used were a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Roney Technology Use Scale, and the Technology Self-Efficacy Scale. RESULTS Participants who taught didactic content had moderate technology use as compared to those teaching didactic and clinical/laboratory who reported high levels of technology use. A weak relationship between age and technological self-efficacy (ρ =.127, p < .05) was also found. CONLUSION This research was an initial step in understanding levels of technology use and responses to this challenge by undergraduate nursing faculty.
Keywords: Adult; Bivariate Statistics; Coefficient Alpha; Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer Literacy; Confidence; Confidence Intervals; Content Validity; Correlational Studies; Data Analysis Software; Descriptive Research; Descriptive Statistics; Education Research; Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; Educational Status; Educational Technology -- Utilization; Faculty Development; Faculty Practice; Faculty, Nursing; Female; Human; Male; Middle Age; Nonexperimental Studies; Nurse Faculty; Nursing Education; P-Value; Promotion and Tenure; Questionnaires; Scales; Schools, Nursing; Self-Efficacy; Socioeconomic Factors; Students, Nursing, Baccalaureate; Summated Rating Scaling; Surveys; T-Tests; Teaching Methods; Technological Self-Efficacy; Technology; adult; age; article; clinical laboratory; controlled study; dept.nur; dept.swk; female; human; human experiment; major clinical study; male; nursing education; nursing student; peer-reviewed; questionnaire; self concept; teaching

Leveraging information technology literacy to enhance college and career readiness for secondary students with disabilities - Lombardi, Allison; Izzo, Margo V.; Gelbar, Nicholas; Murray, Alexa; Buck, Andrew; Johnson, Victor; Hsiao, Jay; Wei, Yan; Kowitt, Jennifer (Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 2017)
BACKGROUND: In the 21st century, information technology (IT) literacy is crucial for all students, and may better prepare students with disabilities for transition to postsecondary employment or education. OBJECTIVE: In this study, the potential of IT literacy embedded into an online transition curriculum is explored in the context of secondary special education. The curriculum aligns with Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts that are relevant to reading comprehension, writing, as well as searching for and analyzing sources of information online. METHODS: A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design was utilized in six high schools. RESULTS: Findings show that intervention group students improved in IT literacy; whereas, comparison group students did not make similar gains. CONCLUSION: Implications for embedding transition services into specific courses and curricula for secondary students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) are discussed. © 2017-IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Article; Transition; adolescent; attention deficit disorder; autism; career; career readiness; college; comprehension; controlled study; curriculum; dept.rdg; dept.sed; disability; education program; emotional disorder; employment; female; high school student; human; information technology; intellectual impairment; language disability; learning disorder; literacy; major clinical study; male; quasi experimental study; special education; technology; vocational education; writing

Coastal Sustainability I: Challenges, Methods and Opportunities - Heidkamp, C. Patrick; Morrissey, John E. (Regions Magazine, 2017)
Keywords: dept.egm

Assessing the transition potential of 3D ocean farming in Long Island Sound - Kelly, Erin; Heidkamp, Patrick; Miller, Matthew D. (Regions Magazine, 2017)
Keywords: dept.egm

Transition issues and challenges for youth with autism spectrum disorders - Volkmar, Fred R.; Jackson, Scott L. J.; Hart, Logan (Pediatric Annals, 2017)
Keywords: dept.aa; dept.sed

Is it safe to bring myself to work? Understanding LGBTQ experiences of workplace dignity - Baker, Sara J; Lucas, Kristen (Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences-revue Canadienne Des Sciences De L Administration, 2017)
Despite increased efforts by more organizations to be seen as “gay-friendly,” workplaces remain challenging sites for LGBTQ employees to navigate. We examine the ways in which LGBTQ employees experience dignity threats in the workplace and the protection strategies they use to deflect those threats. Interviews with 36 LGBTQ working adults revealed that their dignity is threatened by a range of identity-sensitive inequalities that undermine their safety and security when they claim authentic gendered/sexual identities. Specific safety and security threats to dignity include social harm, autonomy violations, career harm, and physical harm. To (re)claim their dignity, they engage in four primary dignity protection strategies: avoiding harm by seeking safe spaces, deflecting harm with sexual identity management, offsetting identity devaluations by emphasizing instrumental value, and creating safe spaces for authenticity and dignity. Copyright (C) 2017 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Keywords: authenticity; dept.com; gay-friendly; heteronormativity; safety; sexual identity management; workplace dignity

Interdependent group contingency to promote physical activity in children - Foote, Catherine; Bray, Melissa A.; Kehle, Thomas J.; VanHeest, Jaci L.; Gelbar, Nicholas W.; Byer-Alcorace, Gabriel; Maykel, Cheryl; DeBiase, Emily (Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2017)
As the number of children affected by obesity increases in the United States, it is necessary to intervene with preventive and intervention techniques that will enact change. Because children spend a significant amount of their time in school, it is of particular interest to target strategies during the school day. Given the recommendations for the total duration and intensity of physical activity children should participate in, recess period is a means of acquiring a portion of this daily recommendation. Contingent reinforcement is a technique that is consistently used in schools to promote behavior change. One of these techniques, group contingencies, has repeatedly been shown to increase desired behavior and decrease inappropriate behavior in schools. In the present study, a multiple baseline design was utilized to investigate the use of interdependent group contingencies in physical activity performance during recess, as measured by pedometers, with one class from each of the third, fourth, and fifth grades at an elementary school. Some of the variability existed in gender- and body mass index-specific (BMI) subgroups, in regard to the effectiveness of the intervention and continued maintenance of increased physical activity levels, following the removal of the intervention. However, the overall results support the use of an interdependent group contingency intervention to increase the amount of physical activity students engaged in during recess.
Keywords: dept.csp; exercise; obesity; school-based treatment

Sally modules and reduction numbers of ideals - Ghezzi, L.; Goto, S.; Hong, J.; Vasconcelos, W. V. (Nagoya Mathematical Journal, 2017)
We study the relationship between the reduction number of a primary ideal of a local ring relative to one of its minimal reductions and the multiplicity of the corresponding Sally module. This paper is focused on three goals: (i) to develop a change of rings technique for the Sally module of an ideal to allow extension of results from Cohen–Macaulay rings to more general rings; (ii) to use the fiber of the Sally modules of almost complete intersection ideals to connect its structure to the Cohen–Macaulayness of the special fiber ring; (iii) to extend some of the results of (i) to two-dimensional Buchsbaum rings. Along the way, we provide an explicit realization of the S2S_{2} -fication of arbitrary Buchsbaum rings.
Keywords: 13D40; 13H15; Primary 13H10; Secondary 13A30; dept.mat

Use of mindfulness in coping with incivility - Green, Cheryl (Nurse Educator, 2017)
Keywords: dept.nur; peer-reviewed

Electrophysiological Indices of Audiovisual Speech Perception in the Broader Autism Phenotype. - Irwin, Julia; Avery, Trey; Turcios, Jacqueline; Brancazio, Lawrence; Cook, Barbara; Landi, Nicole (Brain sciences, 2017)
When a speaker talks, the consequences of this can both be heard (audio) and seen (visual). A novel visual phonemic restoration task was used to assess behavioral discrimination and neural signatures (event-related potentials, or ERP) of audiovisual processing in typically developing children with a range of social and communicative skills assessed using the social responsiveness scale, a measure of traits associated with autism. An auditory oddball design presented two types of stimuli to the listener, a clear exemplar of an auditory consonant-vowel syllable /ba/ (the more frequently occurring standard stimulus), and a syllable in which the auditory cues for the consonant were substantially weakened, creating a stimulus which is more like /a/ (the infrequently presented deviant stimulus). All speech tokens were paired with a face producing /ba/ or a face with a pixelated mouth containing motion but no visual speech. In this paradigm, the visual /ba/ should cause the auditory /a/ to be perceived as /ba/, creating an attenuated oddball response; in contrast, a pixelated video (without articulatory information) should not have this effect. Behaviorally, participants showed visual phonemic restoration (reduced accuracy in detecting deviant /a/) in the presence of a speaking face. In addition, ERPs were observed in both an early time window (N100) and a later time window (P300) that were sensitive to speech context (/ba/ or /a/) and modulated by face context (speaking face with visible articulation or with pixelated mouth). Specifically, the oddball responses for the N100 and P300 were attenuated in the presence of a face producing /ba/ relative to a pixelated face, representing a possible neural correlate of the phonemic restoration effect. Notably, those individuals with more traits associated with autism (yet still in the non-clinical range) had smaller P300 responses overall, regardless of face context, suggesting generally reduced phonemic discrimination.
Keywords: Article; Audiovisual speech perception; Broader autism phenotype; Development; ERP; audiovisual aid; audiovisual equipment; audiovisual speech perception; autism; behavior; broader autism phenotype; child; clinical article; dept.cmd; dept.hls; dept.psy; development; electrophysiology; female; human; male; participant observation; phenotype; social adaptation; social competence; speech perception; stimulus; vision test

Range extensions for recently described North American species of Acentrella Bengtsson (Insecta: Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) - Webb, Jeffrey M.; Burian, Steven K. (Check List, 2017)
New state records are provided for two recently described species of North American Acentrella Bengtsson, 1912. Acentrella nadineae McCafferty, Waltz & Webb, 2009 is newly reported from Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Minnesota, and A. rallatoma Burian & Myers, 2011 is reported from Minnesota.
Keywords: Mayfly; Nearctic; New records; Range extension; dept.bio; mayfly; new records; range extension

Measurement of d0 azimuthal anisotropy at midrapidity in Au+Au collisions at √sNN =200 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review Letters, 2017)
We report the first measurement of the elliptic anisotropy (v2) of the charm meson D0 at midrapidity (|y|<1) in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV. The measurement was conducted by the STAR experiment at RHIC utilizing a new high-resolution silicon tracker. The measured D0 v2 in 0%-80% centrality Au+Au collisions can be described by a viscous hydrodynamic calculation for a transverse momentum (pT) of less than 4 GeV/c. The D0 v2 as a function of transverse kinetic energy (mT-m0, where mT=pT2+m02) is consistent with that of light mesons in 10%-40% centrality Au+Au collisions. These results suggest that charm quarks have achieved local thermal equilibrium with the medium created in such collisions. Several theoretical models, with the temperature-dependent, dimensionless charm spatial diffusion coefficient (2πTDs) in the range of ∼2-12, are able to simultaneously reproduce our D0 v2 result and our previously published results for the D0 nuclear modification factor. © 2017 American Physical Society.
Keywords: Anisotropy; Au+Au collisions; Azimuthal anisotropy; Bosons; Colliding beam accelerators; Hadrons; Hydrodynamic calculation; Kinetic energy; Kinetics; Local thermal equilibrium; Nuclear modification factors; STAR experiment; Star trackers; Temperature dependent; Transverse momenta; dept.phy

Antimicrobial evaluation of 5-substituted aryl 1H-tetrazoles - Feinn, Liana; Dudley, Joshua; Coca, Adiel; Roberts, Elizabeth Lewis (Medicinal Chemistry, 2017)
Background: Tetrazole derivatives such as 1-substituted dinitrobenzyl tetrazoles and their oxa and selanyl analogs have previously been studied against drug-susceptible and multidrugresistant mycobacteria. In addition, other tetrazole derivatives have been shown to inhibit CTX-M class A μ-lactamases. Objective: To study the antibacterial activity of 5-substituted aryl 1H-tetrazole derivatives. Methods: The antibacterial activity of several known 5-substituted aryl 1H-tetrazole derivatives was evaluated against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The activity was assessed by determining the minimum inhibitory concentration of these tetrazole derivatives and comparing them to the known antibiotics amoxicillin, trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole. Results: Some derivatives showed significant antibacterial activity with the most active derivatives exhibiting a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 125-250 μg/mL against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. Using some of these tetrazole compounds in combination with trimethoprim led to a synergistic effect that gave MIC values ranging from 0.24-1.95 μg/mL against Escherichia coli and 3.91-31.3 μg/mL against Staphylococcus aureus. The tetrazole derivatives were prepared in an isopropanol/water mixture using microwave heating at 160 °C for 1h. The cycloaddition between organonitriles and sodium azide was catalyzed by indium chloride. Conclusion: This study shows a significant synergistic effect between the tetrazole compounds tested and trimethoprim which could be used to potentially develop new antibacterial agents. © 2017 Bentham Science Publishers.
Keywords: 1,4 di(tetrazol 5 yl)benzene; 2 propanol; 4 acetylbenzonitrile; 4 acetylbenzotetrazole; 4 bromobenzotetrazole; 5 substituted aryl tetrazole derivative; 5-substituted 1H-tetrazoles; Antibacterial activity; Antimicrobial activity; Article; Escherichia coli; Indium chloride; Microwave chemistry; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus; [2 + 3] cycloaddition; amoxicillin; antibacterial activity; antibiotic agent; catalysis; clinical assessment; comparative study; controlled study; cycloaddition; dept.bio; dept.che; drug effect; drug screening; drug structure; indium chloride; microwave cooking; minimum inhibitory concentration; nonhuman; peer-reviewed; priority journal; reaction analysis; sodium azide; sulfamethoxazole; tetrazole derivative; trimethoprim; unclassified drug; water

Predicting revolt: Fragility indexes and the level of violence and instability in the Arab Spring - Buterbaugh, Kevin Neil; Calin, Costel; Marchant-Shapiro, Theresa (Terrorism and Political Violence, 2017)
This article is one of the first to systematically assess the ability of state fragility measures to predict violent protests and adverse regime changes in countries. We focus on the Arab Spring as an example of a situation that such measures ought to predict. Through a variety of analyses, we find that none of the measures are predictive. We then create a simple model using the literature of protest and revolts to predict both the level of violence and the extent of regime change in the Arab Spring countries. This simpler model does a better job of predicting the level of involvement in the Arab Spring than any of the complex State Fragility Indexes. Thus, the goal of this article is not to explain the causes of the Arab Spring, but to add to the discussion of the predictive value of measures of instability.
Keywords: Arab Awakening; Arab Spring; Arab awakening; Arab spring; Political violence; Protest; State Fragility Indexes; State fragility; State fragility indexes; dept.psc; political violence; protest; state fragility

Constructing costa rica’s inter-american highway and building U.S. empire: Social, economic, and political change at the local level, 1941-44 - Coury Kordick, Carmen (Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research, 2017)
Before 1944, countless Costa Rican travelers perished on the narrow rocky trail that traversed the 3,491 meter Cerro de la Muerte. Undaunted, between 1941 and 1944 U.S. engineers and Costa Rican workers built a 49-mile segment of the Inter-American Highway that conquered the Cerro. For many, both in the countryside and in the city, the roadway was a symbol of progress and modernization that inspired an image of the San José-centered state as a benevolent patriarch and the United States as a wealthy and generous Good Neighbor. The roadway, however, also had its detractors, namely communist labor organizers, who saw the project as a symbol of U.S. imperial exploitation that threatened Costa Rican sovereignty and harmed workers. The Communist press and labor organizers sought to mobilize highway workers and popular discontent against the roadway, but their efforts were largely ineffective. Indeed, ultimately, roadway workers, their families, and neighbors were grateful for the increased transportation and communication the roadway furnished their communities and the well-remunerated labor opportunities this transnational infrastructure provided. In sum, the roadway’s detractors failed to foster negative perceptions of the roadway as a symbol of the exploitative nature of the U.S. Empire on the ground.
Keywords: Costa Rica; Infrastructure Development; Inter-American Highway; Nation Building; U.S. Empire; World War II; dept.his

Patterns of tasks, patterns of talk: L2 literacy building in university Spanish classes - Gleason, Jesse; Slater, Tammy (Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2017)
Second language (L2) classroom research has sought to shed light on the processes and practices that develop L2 learners' abilities [Nunan, D. 2004. Task-based language teaching. London: Continuum; Verplaetse, L. 2014. Using big questions to apprentice students into language-rich classroom practices. TESOL Quarterly, 179, 632-641; Zeungler, J., & Mori, J. 2002. Microanalyses of classroom discourse: A critical consideration of method. Applied Linguistics, 23(3), 283-288]. Honing in on the micro-level of classroom tasks and even further into the language of the tasks can help to reveal the patterns in teacher- and student-talk that help scaffold students' academic literacy. Literacy, from a systemic functional view of language learning, entails having the tools to function in the social contexts that are valued in students' lives. This study illustrates how grounded ethnography was used in conjunction with functional discourse analysis to illuminate bi-literacy development in two third-year university Spanish writing classes. Findings uncovered unique patterns of tasks and oral interactions that helped build students' academic bi-literacy. While grammar tasks helped build students' knowledge of wording-meaning relationships, culture and writing tasks supported their evolving understanding of how language construes content. This study puts forth a systemic functional curricular model for literacy-based tasks that aims to bridge the previously observed language-content gap.
Keywords: Language learning tasks; academic literacy; blended learning; classroom discourse; dept.wll; systemic functional linguistics; third-year Spanish courses

Nursing students' access to test banks: are your tests secure? - Madara, Bernadette; Resha, Cheryl; Krol, Maria D.; Lacey, Kimberly; Martin, Elaine F.; O'Sullivan, Cynthia; Smith, Jan Weingrad (Journal of Nursing Education, 2017)
Background: Schools of nursing have moved to multiple choice test questions to help prepare students for licensure and practice. However, students can buy test banks to help them “get through” nursing school. Accurate assessment of nursing students' knowledge and judgment comprises access to test banks. Method: The purpose of this exploratory study was to gain an understanding about nursing faculty's knowledge concerning test bank security issues, to assess whether publishers were aware of this issue, and vendor's reasons for supplying test banks to students. Results: Overall, the results indicated that the majority of faculty were unaware of student access to test banks, and although most do not use test banks verbatim, general consensus existed that test bank security is a concern. Conclusion: Implications include increasing faculty awareness of test bank access by students, supporting educators to develop their own test bank items, and promoting security of all examinations.
Keywords: Attitude of Health Personnel; Commerce; Databases as Topic; Education, Nursing; Educational Measurement; Faculty, Nursing; Humans; Internet; Surveys and Questionnaires; awareness; commercial phenomena; consensus; data base; dept.nur; education; exploratory research; health personnel attitude; human; human experiment; nursing; nursing education; questionnaire; student; university

Young stars in the periphery of the Large Magellanic Cloud - Moni Bidin, C.; Casetti-Dinescu, D. I.; Girard, T. M.; Zhang, L.; Méndez, R. A.; Vieira, K.; Korchagin, V. I.; van Altena, W. F. (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2017)
Despite their close proximity, the complex interplay between the two Magellanic Clouds, the Milky Way and the resulting tidal features, is still poorly understood. Recent studies have shown that the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) has a very extended disc strikingly perturbed in its outskirts.We search for recent star formation in the far outskirts of the LMC, out to ~30° from its centre.We have collected intermediate-resolution spectra of 31 young star candidates in the periphery of the LMC and measured their radial velocity, stellar parameters, distance and age. Our measurements confirm membership to the LMC of six targets, for which the radial velocity and distance values match well with those of the Cloud. These objects are all young (10-50 Myr), main-sequence stars, projected between 7° and 13° from the centre of the parent galaxy. We compare the velocities of our stars with those of a disc model, and find that our stars have low to moderate velocity differences with the disc model predictions, indicating that they were formed in situ. Our study demonstrates that recent star formation occurred in the far periphery of the LMC, where thus far only old objects were known. The spatial configuration of these newly formed stars appears ring-like with a radius of 12 kpc and a displacement of 2.6 kpc from the LMC's centre. This structure, if real, would be suggestive of a star formation episode triggered by an off-centre collision between the Small Magellanic Cloud and the LMC's disc. © 2016 The Authors.
Keywords: Magellanic Clouds; Stars: early-type; dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Book Review: The baptism of early Virginia: how Christianity created race: Goetz, Rebecca Anne, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press 240 pp., 29.95, ISBN 978-1421419817 publication date: august 2012 - McDaniel, Marie Basile (History: Reviews of New Books, 2017)
Keywords: book.review; dept.his

Observations of binary stars with the Differential Speckle Survey Instrument. VII. Measures from 2010 September to 2012 February at the WIYN Telescope - Horch, Elliott P.; Casetti-Dinescu, Dana I.; Camarata, Matthew A.; Bidarian, Akbar; Altena, William F. van; Sherry, William H.; Everett, Mark E.; Howell, Steve B.; Ciardi, David R.; Henry, Todd J.; Nusdeo, Daniel A.; Winters, Jennifer G. (The Astronomical Journal, 2017)
We report on speckle observations of binary stars carried out at the WIYN Telescope over the period from 2010 September through 2012 February, providing relative astrometry for 2521 observations of 883 objects, 856 of which are double stars and 27 of which are triples. The separations measured span a range of 0.01-1.75 arcsec. Wavelengths of 562, 692, and 880 nm were used, and differential photometry at one or more of these wavelengths is presented in most cases. 66 components were resolved for the first time. We also estimate detection limits at 0.2 and 1.0 arcsec for high-quality observations in cases where no companion was seen, a total of 176 additional objects. Detection limits vary based on observing conditions and signal-to-noise ratio, but are approximately 4 mag at 0.2 arcsec and 6 mag at 1.0 arcsec on average. Analyzing the measurement precision of the data set, we find that the individual separations obtained have linear measurement uncertainties of approximately 2 mas, and photometry is uncertain to approximately 0.1 mag in general. This work provides fundamental, well-calibrated data for future orbit and mass determinations, and we present three first orbits and total mass estimates of nearby K-dwarf systems as examples of this potential. © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved..
Keywords: binaries: visual; dept.phy; peer-reviewed; techniques: high angular resolution; techniques: interferometric; techniques: photometric

HAT-P-67b: An extremely low density Saturn transiting an F-subgiant confirmed via doppler tomography - Zhou, G.; Bakos, G. Á.; Hartman, J. D.; Latham, D. W.; Torres, G.; Bhatti, W.; Penev, K.; Buchhave, L.; Kovács, G.; Bieryla, A.; Quinn, S.; Isaacson, H.; et al. (The Astronomical Journal, 2017)
We report the discovery of HAT-P-67b, which is a hot-Saturn transiting a rapidly rotating F-subgiant. HAT-P-67b has a radius of Rp=2.085 -0.071 +0.096 RJ, and orbites a M∗ = 1.642-0.072 +0.155 M, R∗ = 2.546-0.099 +0.0084 R host star in a ∼4.81 day period orbit. We place an upper limit on the mass of the planet via radial velocity measurements to be Mp < 0.59 MJ, and a lower limit of >0.056 MJ by limitations on Roche lobe overflow. Despite being a subgiant, the host star still exhibits relatively rapid rotation, with a projected rotational velocity of v sin I∗ = 35.8 ±1.1 km s-1, which makes it difficult to precisely determine the mass of the planet using radial velocities. We validated HAT-P-67b via two Doppler tomographic detections of the planetary transit, which eliminate potential eclipsing binary blend scenarios. The Doppler tomographic observations also confirm that HAT-P-67b has an orbit that is aligned to within 12, in projection, with the spin of its host star. HAT-P-67b receives strong UV irradiation and is among one of the lowest density planets known, which makes it a good candidate for future UV transit observations in the search for an extended hydrogen exosphere. © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed; planetary systems; stars: individual (HAT-P-67); techniques: photometric; techniques: spectroscopic

Feeding the body politic: metaphors of digestion in Progressive Era US immigration discourse - Councilor, KC (Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, 2017)
In the era between the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act and the Immigration Act of 1924, nativist advocates for immigration restriction commonly invoked metaphors of eating and digestion to support their cases. This essay draws on political, popular, and scientific discourses around immigration and digestion in order to analyze the affective power of the rhetorically constructed “body politic.” While numerous scholars have addressed the ways immigrants have been variously figured as threats to the nation—as pollutants, toxins, disease, floods, or invading armies—few have analyzed metaphors of eating and digestion. I argue that the national body became a metonym for the ideal (white) citizen body, which supported anti-immigrant rhetoric through metaphors of eating, digesting, and eliminating undesirable aliens—those who did not agree with the national stomach. The body politic came to represent the ideal US American body as individuals were invited to identify with the nation through the trope of the body politic; immigrants who did not share this ideal body were rendered undesirable through their association with indigestibility and disgust. This essay demonstrates the affective and thus political power that digestion metaphors provided, shedding light on an early instantiation of the disgust that pulses through twenty-first-century anti-immigrant discourse in the United States.
Keywords: dept.com; digestion; immigration; nativism; race; rhetoric

Risk of reading difficulty among students with a history of speech or language impairment: Implications for Student Support Teams - Zipoli, Richard P.; Merritt, Donna D. (Preventing School Failure: Alternative Education for Children and Youth, 2017)
Many students with a history of speech or language impairment have an elevated risk of reading difficulty. Specific subgroups of these students remain at risk of reading problems even after clinical manifestations of a speech or language disorder have diminished. These students may require reading intervention within a general education system of supports and services. The first part of this article describes three speech-language disorders that place elementary students at risk of reading problems: functional speech disorders, childhood apraxia of speech, and specific language impairment. Emphasis is given to research findings on the reading outcomes of students with these disorders. The second part of the article provides recommendations within an RTI framework that will assist Student Support Teams in identifying, monitoring, and supporting these students. © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Keywords: Assessment; Language impairment; RTI; Reading disability; Speech sound disorders; dept.cmd; peer-reviewed

A Clustering-Based Test Case Classification Technique for Enhancing Regression Testing - Pang, Yulei; Xue, Xiaozhen; Akbar, Akbar (Journal of Software, 2017)
Keywords: dept.mat

Hungry on the inside: Prison food as concrete and symbolic punishment in a women’s prison - Smoyer, Amy B; Lopes, Giza (Punishment & Society, 2017)
Women’s perceptions of the prison experience and the punishing dimensions of their confinement are under-examined. To expand knowledge in this area, Sexton’s theory of penal consciousness is used to analyze formerly incarcerated women’s narratives about prison food. This analysis builds understanding about the lived experience of incarceration by explicating one dimension of prisoners’ understandings and perceptions of punishment. Women’s narratives describe both concrete and symbolic punishments associated with food. Participants spoke about poorly designed, sloppy food systems that left them feeling uncared for, ignored, frustrated, and humiliated. Women articulate experiences of hunger that reflect both a deprivation of adequate food and a rationing of humane attentions. These punishing perceptions may inhibit the efforts of social service and health providers to engage incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women in care. In contrast, exceptional participant narratives about positive, non-punishing food experiences suggest that ameliorated food systems could improve the lived experience of incarceration and promote the engagement in services that is needed to improve the outcomes of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women.
Keywords: dept.swk; food; prison; punishment; women

Using Gaia as an astrometric tool for deep ground-based surveys - Casetti-Dinescu, Dana I.; Girard, Terrence M.; Schriefer, Michael (Cambridge University Press, 2017)
Gaia DR1 positions are used to astrometrically calibrate three epochs’ worth of Subaru SuprimeCam images in the fields of globular cluster NGC 2419 and the Sextans dwarf spheroidal galaxy. Distortion-correction “maps” are constructed from a combination of offset dithers and reference to Gaia DR1. These are used to derive absolute proper motions in the field of NGC 2419. Notably, we identify the photometrically-detected Monoceros structure in the foreground of NGC 2419 as a kinematically-cold population of stars, distinct from Galactic-field stars. This project demonstrates the feasibility of combining Gaia with deep, ground-based surveys, thus extending high-quality astrometry to magnitudes beyond the limits of Gaia.
Keywords: Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; astrometry; dept.phy; galaxies: dwarf

Electrophysiology of perception and processing of phonological information as indices of toddlers' language performance - Harwood, Vanessa; Preston, Jonathan; Grela, Bernard; Roy, Dooti; Harold, Olivia; Turcios, Jacqueline; Andrada, Kiyomi; Landi, Nicole (Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 2017)
Purpose: The toddler years are a critical period for language development and growth. We investigated how event-related potentials (ERPs) to repeated and novel nonwords are associated with clinical assessments of language in young children. In addition, nonword repetition (NWR) was used to measure phonological working memory to determine the unique and collective contribution of ERP measures of phonemic discrimination and NWR as predictors of language ability. Method: Forty children between the ages of 24-48 months participated in an ERP experiment to determine phonemic discrimination to repeated and novel nonwords in an old/new design. Participants also completed a NWR task to explore the contribution of phonological working memory in predicting language. Results: ERP analyses revealed that faster responses to novel stimuli correlated with higher language performance on clinical assessments of language. Regression analyses revealed that an earlier component was associated with lower level phonemic sensitivity, and a later component was indexing phonological working memory skills similar to NWR. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that passive ERP responses indexing phonological discrimination and phonological working memory are strongly related to behavioral measures of language.
Keywords: Brain; Child Language; Child, Preschool; Discrimination (Psychology); Electroencephalography; Evoked Potentials; Female; Humans; Language Tests; Male; Memory, Short-Term; Pattern Recognition, Physiological; Phonetics; Reaction Time; Regression Analysis; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Speech Perception; adult; brain; child; clinical article; dept.psy; electroencephalography; event related potential; evoked response; female; human; language ability; language development; language test; male; pattern recognition; perception; perceptive discrimination; phonetics; physiology; preschool child; reaction time; regression analysis; short term memory; signal processing; speech perception; stimulus; working memory; young adult; ⚠️ Invalid DOI

Trust relationships in schools: supporting or subverting implementation of school-wide initiatives - Gregory, Jess L. (School Leadership & Management, 2017)
This article explores trust relationships in schools that involve disparities in power. Trust is a key factor in developing a positive school culture and strong leadership in schools. Even with the flattening of hierarchies through more distributive models of leadership, disparities in power exist and they influence the trust relationships in schools. Through both French and Raven’s and Follett’s conceptualisations of power, five brief autobiographical stories about trust in schools are deconstructed. Lessons for leadership are gleaned from the power relationships in the autobiographical stories of trust shared by public school educators. In addition, general recommendations are offered that are relevant for all levels of school leadership including but not limited to the instructional coach, the curriculum supervisor, the building principal, and the classroom teacher.
Keywords: Follett; French & Raven; Trust; change leadership; dept.edl; educational leadership; power

Four sub-Saturns with dissimilar densities: Windows into planetary cores and envelopes - Petigura, Erik A.; Sinukoff, Evan; Lopez, Eric D.; Crossfield, Ian J. M.; Howard, Andrew W.; Brewer, John M.; Fulton, Benjamin J.; Isaacson, Howard T.; Ciardi, David R.; Howell, Steve B.; Everett, Mark E.; Horch, Elliott P.; et al. (The Astronomical Journal, 2017)
We present results from a Keck/HIRES radial velocity campaign to study four sub-Saturn-sized planets, K2-27b, K2-32b, K2-39b, and K2-108b, with the goal of understanding their masses, orbits, and heavy-element enrichment. The planets have similar sizes (RP=4.5-5.5 ), but have dissimilar masses (MP=16-60 ), implying a diversity in their core and envelope masses. K2-32b is the least massive (MP = 16.5 ± 2.7 M) and orbits in close proximity to two sub-Neptunes near a 3:2:1 period commensurability. K2-27b and K2-39b are significantly more massive at MP = 30.9 ± 4.6 M and MP = 39.8 ± 4.4 M, respectively, and show no signs of additional planets. K2-108b is the most massive at MP = 59.4 ± 4.4 M, implying a large reservoir of heavy elements of about ≈50 . Sub-Saturns as a population have a large diversity in planet mass at a given size. They exhibit remarkably little correlation between mass and size; sub-Saturns range from ≈6-60 M, regardless of size. We find a strong correlation between planet mass and host star metallicity, suggesting that metal-rich disks form more massive planet cores. The most massive sub-Saturns tend to lack detected companions and have moderately eccentric orbits, perhaps as a result of a previous epoch of dynamical instability. Finally, we observe only a weak correlation between the planet envelope fraction and present-day equilibrium temperature, suggesting that photo-evaporation does not play a dominant role in determining the amount of gas sub-Saturns accrete from their protoplanetary disks. © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved..
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed; planets and satellites: composition; planets and satellites: detection; planets and satellites: dynamical evolution and stability; planets and satellites: formation; planets and satellites: gaseous planets; planets and satellites: interiors

Popular history in the imperial empire: family magazines as actors of the German history culture 1890-1913 - Paddock, Troy (German History, 2017)
Keywords: dept.his

An investigation into the sensitivity of money demand to interest rates in the Philippines - Patalinghug, Jason C. (Journal of Applied Business and Economics, 2017)
A scholarly article by author Jason C. Patalinghug, published in the Journal of Applied Business and Economics
Keywords: dept.eco; ⛔ No DOI found

Participation of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities in extracurricular activities: does inclusion end at 3:00? - Agran, Martin; Achola, Edwin; Nixon, Cynthia Allen; Wojcik, Andrew; Cain, Irma; Thoma, Colleen; Austin, Kira M.; Tamura, Ronald B. (Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2017)
Although participation in extracurricular activities for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities has been advocated, a limited number of students appear to be involved in such activities. Further, there is little empirical research on how extracurricular activities are valued, supported, and encouraged. This study surveyed a sample of special educators across five states to learn about their opinions regarding extracurricular activities. As reported in other research, the findings confirm that few students participated in these activities; few parents requested these services for their children; and few teachers believed that planning them is their responsibility, despite the fact that they thought these activities were of value and provided several benefits. The implications of these findings are discussed.
Keywords: dept.sed

Winter Quiescence, Growth Rate, and the Release from Competition in the Temperate Scleractinian Coral Astrangia poculata (Ellis & Solander 1786) - Grace, Sean (Northeastern Naturalist, 2017)
I examined winter quiescence (dormancy), growth rate, and competition in the scleractinian coral Astrangia poculata (Northern Star-coral) at an intertidal and a subtidal site in Rhode Island. I observed the onset, duration, and cessation of quiescence from November 2013 to May 2014 and noted when coral tentacles no longer exhibited tactile responses, which I used as a proxy for quiescence. Results demonstrated that intertidal corals entered quiescence in December 2013, when air/water temperatures ranged from 0.71 °C to 5.7 °C, whereas subtidal populations entered quiescence in January when water temperatures ranged from 3.4 °C to 4.3 °C. Corals exited quiescence at similar temperatures (6.0–8.5 °C), again doing so earlier in the intertidal than subtidal populations (April and May 2014, respectively). Corals at both sites grew (added polyps) over the course of the study, but during quiescence, growth ceased in subtidal corals, and intertidal corals lost peripheral polyps. Competitive interactions between Northern Star-coral and the tunicate Didemnum vexillum (Carpet Tunicate) decreased during quiescence with a corresponding increase in “halo” width around each coral. I observed no change in halo-width between coral and the sponge Cliona celata (Red Boring Sponge). All corals examined exhibited winter quiescence, grew during the course of the study, and were released from competition with Carpet Sea-squirt Tunicate; no change in competition with Red Boring Sponge was observed.
Keywords: dept.bio; peer-reviewed

Bridging the response to mass shootings and urban violence: exposure to violence in New Haven, Connecticut - Santilli, Alycia; Duffany, Kathleen O'Connor; Carroll-Scott, Amy; Thomas, Jordan; Greene, Ann; Arora, Anita; Agnoli, Alicia; Gan, Geliang; Ickovics, Jeannette (American Journal of Public Health, 2017)
We have described self-reported exposure to gun violence in an urban community of color to inform the movement toward a public health approach to gun violence prevention. The Community Alliance for Research and Engagement at Yale School of Public Health conducted community health needs assessments to document chronic disease prevalence and risk, including exposure to gun violence. We conducted surveys with residents in six low-income neighborhoods in New Haven, Connecticut, using a neighborhood-stratified, population-based sample (n=1189; weighted sample to represent the neighborhoods, n = 29 675). Exposure to violence is pervasive in these neighborhoods: 73% heard gunshots; many had family members or close friends hurt (29%)or killed (18%)by violent acts. Although all respondents live in low-income neighborhoods, exposure to violence differs by race/ ethnicity and social class. Residents of color experienced significantly more violence than did White residents, with a particularly disparate increase among young Black men aged 18 to 34 years. While not ignoring societal costs of horrific mass shootings, we must be clear that a public health approach to gun violence prevention means focusingonthedualepidemicofmass shootings and urban violence.
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; African American; African Americans; Aged; Caucasian; Connecticut; European Continental Ancestry Group; Exposure to Violence; Female; Humans; Male; Mass Casualty Incidents; Middle Aged; Poverty Areas; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Self Report; Surveys and Questionnaires; Urban Population; Wounds, Gunshot; adolescent; adult; aged; dept.pch; ethnology; exposure to violence; female; gunshot injury; human; male; mass disaster; middle aged; poverty; prevalence; questionnaire; risk factor; self report; statistics and numerical data; urban population

Historical persecution reaction complex: exploring a link between racial identity and poor leadership outcomes - Searcy, Yan Dominic; Hines, Resche D. (Journal of Black Studies, 2017)
This original study examines the reluctance of oppressed populations to publicly criticize the recognized performance shortcomings of leaders who are members of their identity group. Using critical race theory (CRT), this article utilizes three case examples of Black American leadership that present evidence of what the authors identify as Historical Persecution Reaction Complex (HPRC). HPRC describes four elemental arguments reflecting an oppressed identity group's attempt to protect itself from perceived further social marginalization, limit the exacerbation of oppression, and to preserve the identity group's leadership gains in the larger society by supporting leadership despite recognized shortcomings in the leadership. Although asserting HPRC operates as a functional reaction to oppression by serving both as an act of cohesion and resistance to oppressive structures, the authors suggest that HPRC is paradoxically detrimental to oppressed identity groups due to maintaining substandard leadership.
Keywords: Black identity; antiracism; dept.hhs; leadership; oppression; racial identity

Advancing school and community engagement now for disease prevention (ASCEND): A quasi-experimental trial of school-based interventions to prevent childhood obesity - Treu, Judith A.; Doughty, Kimberly; Reynolds, Jesse S.; Njike, Valentine Y.; Katz, David L. (American Journal of Health Promotion, 2017)
Purpose. To compare two intensity levels (standard vs. enhanced) of a nutrition and physical activity intervention vs. a control (usual programs) on nutrition knowledge, body mass index, fitness, academic performance, behavior, and medication use among elementary school students. Design. Quasi-experimental with three arms. Setting. Elementary schools, students' homes, and a supermarket. Subjects. A total of 1487 third-grade students. Intervention. The standard intervention (SI) provided daily physical activity in classrooms and a program on making healthful foods, using food labels. The enhanced intervention (EI) provided these plus additional components for students and their families. Measures. Body mass index (zBMI), food label literacy, physical fitness, academic performance, behavior, and medication use for asthma or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Analysis. Multivariable generalized linear model and logistic regression to assess change in outcome measures. Results. Both the SI and EI groups gained less weight than the control (p ¡ .001), but zBMI did not differ between groups (p = 1.00). There were no apparent effects on physical fitness or academic performance. Both intervention groups improved significantly but similarly in food label literacy (p = .36). Asthma medication use was reduced significantly in the SI group, and nonsignificantly (p - .10) in the EI group. Use of ADHD medication remained unchanged (p = .34). Conclusion. The standard intervention may improve food label literacy and reduce asthma medication use in elementary school children, but an enhanced version provides no further benefit.
Keywords: Anti-Asthmatic Agents; Asthma; Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity; Body Mass Index; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Child; Diet; Educational Status; Exercise; Female; Health Behavior; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health Promotion; Health focus: fitness/physical activity, nutrition; Humans; Male; Manuscript format: research; Obesity; Outcome measure: cognitive, behavioral, biometric; Physical Fitness; Prevention Research; Research purpose: intervention testing/program evaluation; School Health Services; Setting: family, school, local community; Socioeconomic Factors; Strategy: education, skill building/behavior change; Students; Study design: quasi-experimental; Target population age: youth; Target population circumstances: geographic location; antiasthmatic agent; attitude to health; body mass; central stimulant agent; child; clinical trial; dept.pch; diet; educational status; exercise; female; fitness; health behavior; health promotion; human; male; organization and management; peer-reviewed; school health service; socioeconomics

Unraveling difficult sentences: strategies to support reading comprehension - Zipoli, Jr., Richard P. (Intervention In School And Clinic, 2017)
The ability to understand sentences contributes to students' reading comprehension. However, many reading programs tend to underemphasize explicit instruction aimed at enhancing students' knowledge of sentence structures. Children with language impairments, students with learning disabilities, and English language learners may particularly benefit from instruction that targets potentially challenging sentence structures. This article is designed to help educators and clinicians more effectively identify and teach several sentence structures that can compromise elementary and middle school students' understanding of written text. Four types of sentence structures that may be difficult to process are introduced and systematically explored: (a) sentences with passive verb constructions, (b) adverbial clauses with temporal and causal conjunctions, (c) center-embedded relative clauses, and (d) sentences with three or more clauses. Information is presented on syntactic structures, sources of confusion, developmental considerations, assessment caveats, and instructional strategies.
Keywords: dept.cmd; peer-reviewed; reading comprehension; reading instruction; sentence comprehension; syntax

Assessing the effect of stellar companions from high-resolution imaging of Kepler objects of interest - Hirsch, Lea A.; Ciardi, David R.; Howard, Andrew W.; Everett, Mark E.; Furlan, Elise; Saylors, Mindy; Horch, Elliott P.; Howell, Steve B.; Teske, Johanna; Marcy, Geoffrey W. (The Astronomical Journal, 2017)
We report on 176 close (<2″) stellar companions detected with high-resolution imaging near 170 hosts of Kepler Objects of Interest (KOIs). These Kepler targets were prioritized for imaging follow-up based on the presence of small planets, so most of the KOIs in these systems (176 out of 204) have nominal radii <6 . Each KOI in our sample was observed in at least two filters with adaptive optics, speckle imaging, lucky imaging, or the Hubble Space Telescope. Multi-filter photometry provides color information on the companions, allowing us to constrain their stellar properties and assess the probability that the companions are physically bound. We find that 60%-80% of companions within 1″ are bound, and the bound fraction is >90% for companions within 0.″5; the bound fraction decreases with increasing angular separation. This picture is consistent with simulations of the binary and background stellar populations in the Kepler field. We also reassess the planet radii in these systems, converting the observed differential magnitudes to a contamination in the Kepler bandpass and calculating the planet radius correction factor, X R = R p(true)/R p(single). Under the assumption that planets in bound binaries are equally likely to orbit the primary or secondary, we find a mean radius correction factor for planets in stellar multiples of X R = 1.65. If stellar multiplicity in the Kepler field is similar to the solar neighborhood, then nearly half of all Kepler planets may have radii underestimated by an average of 65%, unless vetted using high-resolution imaging or spectroscopy. © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
Keywords: binaries: visual; dept.phy; peer-reviewed; planets and satellites: detection; planets and satellites: fundamental parameters; techniques: high angular resolution; techniques: photometric

Resonance raman of BCC and normal skin - Liu, Cheng-hui; Sriramoju, Vidyasagar; Boydston-White, Susie; Wu, Binlin; Zhang, Chunyuan; Pei, Zhe; Sordillo, Laura; M.d, Hugh Beckman; Alfano, Robert R. (Optical Biopsy XV: Toward Real-Time Spectroscopic Imaging and Diagnosis, 2017)
The Resonance Raman (RR) spectra of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and normal human skin tissues were analyzed using 532nm laser excitation. RR spectral differences in vibrational fingerprints revealed skin normal and cancerous states tissues. The standard diagnosis criterion for BCC tissues are created by native RR biomarkers and its changes at peak intensity. The diagnostic algorithms for the classification of BCC and normal were generated based on SVM classifier and PCA statistical method. These statistical methods were used to analyze the RR spectral data collected from skin tissues, yielding a diagnostic sensitivity of 98.7% and specificity of 79% compared with pathological reports.
Keywords: Basal cell carcinoma; Basel cell carcinoma (BCC); Biopsy; Cell carcinoma; Diagnostic algorithms; Histology; Human skin; Human skin tissues; Laser excitation; Principal component analysis; Principal component analysis (PCA); Resonance; Resonance Raman spectra; Resonance Raman spectroscopy; Skin cancer; Skin cancers; Spectral differences; Statistical methods; Support vector machine (SVM); Support vector machines; Tissue; Tissue engineering; dept.phy

Rapid measurement of meat spoilage using fluorescence spectroscopy - Wu, Binlin; Dahlberg, Kevin; Gao, Xin; Smith, Jason; Bailin, Jacob (Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues XV, 2017)
Food spoilage is mainly caused by microorganisms, such as bacteria. In this study, we measure the autofluorescence in meat samples longitudinally over a week in an attempt to develop a method to rapidly detect meat spoilage using fluorescence spectroscopy. Meat food is a biological tissue, which contains intrinsic fluorophores, such as tryptophan, collagen, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) etc. As meat spoils, it undergoes various morphological and chemical changes. The concentrations of the native fluorophores present in a sample may change. In particular, the changes in NADH and FAD are associated with microbial metabolism, which is the most important process of the bacteria in food spoilage. Such changes may be revealed by fluorescence spectroscopy and used to indicate the status of meat spoilage. Therefore, such native fluorophores may be unique, reliable and nonsubjective indicators for detection of spoiled meat. The results of the study show that the relative concentrations of all above fluorophores change as the meat samples kept in room temperature (~19° C) spoil. The changes become more rapidly after about two days. For the meat samples kept in a freezer (~-12° C), the changes are much less or even unnoticeable over a-week-long storage.
Keywords: Amino acids; Bacteria; Biological tissues; Biomolecules; Collagen; Flavin adenine dinucleotide; Fluorescence; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Fluorophores; Food microbiology; Histology; Meat food; Meats; Metabolism; Microbial metabolism; Molecular biology; NADH; Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotides; Nucleotides; Physiology; Rapid measurement; Relative concentration; Spectrum analysis; Spoilage; Tissue; Tryptophan; dept.phy

Optical biopsy using fluorescence spectroscopy for prostate cancer diagnosis - Wu, Binlin; Gao, Xin; Smith, Jason; Bailin, Jacob (Therapeutics and Diagnostics in Urology: Lasers, Robotics, Minimally Invasive, and Advanced Biomedical Devices, 2017)
Native fluorescence spectra are acquired from fresh normal and cancerous human prostate tissues. The fluorescence data are analyzed using a multivariate analysis algorithm such as non-negative matrix factorization. The nonnegative spectral components are retrieved and attributed to the native fluorophores such as collagen, reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH), and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) in tissue. The retrieved weights of the components, e.g. NADH and FAD are used to estimate the relative concentrations of the native fluorophores and the redox ratio. A machine learning algorithm such as support vector machine (SVM) is used for classification to distinguish normal and cancerous tissue samples based on either the relative concentrations of NADH and FAD or the redox ratio alone. The classification performance is shown based on statistical measures such as sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy, along with the area under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. A cross validation method such as leave-one-out is used to evaluate the predictive performance of the SVM classifier to avoid bias due to overfitting.
Keywords: Artificial intelligence; Biopsy; Cross validation; Diseases; Factorization; Fluorescence; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Fluorophores; Learning algorithms; Learning systems; Matrix algebra; Multivariant analysis; Nonnegative matrix factorization; Nucleotides; Optical biopsies; Prostate cancers; Redox ratio; Robotics; Support vector machines; Tissue; Urology; cross validation; dept.phy; fluorescence spectroscopy; machine learning; nonnegative matrix factorization; optical biopsy; prostate cancer; redox ratio; support vector machine

Epidemiology in community health care - Jung, Betty C. (Community & Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Public's Health, 2017)
Help your students understand that community/public health nursing skills benefit their nursing practice as well as patient outcomes in acute care This student-friendly, highly visual text expands students’ viewpoints from the client-nurse relationship to a population focus. Acknowledging that population-focused tools and interventions are needed in acute care, as infection rates continue to rise and nurse-sensitive outcome indictors are closely monitored, Cherie Rector weaves in meaningful, real-life examples, case studies, and perspectives to help students understand that transitions in care are critical in today’s healthcare system. Covering a multitude of community and public settings, situations, and populations, the book helps students learn about promoting health, preventing disease (not just treating it), and protecting at-risk populations—including the elderly, the LGBT community, and veterans. This fully updated 9th Edition encourages students to think more globally and covers new innovations and emerging threats to the public’s health.KEY FEATURESNEW! QSEN sections tie key chapter concepts to quality and safety competencies, such as patient-centered care, teamwork & collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and informatics, to help students understand the importance of these concepts.NEW! Application to Population Health explores chapter concepts from a population-focused viewpoint and offers current examples of effective population interventions.What Do YOU Think? encourages students to reflect on thought-provoking current topics or dilemmas, enhancing critical thinking skills.Evidence-based Practice demonstrates how current research examples can be applied to public/community health nursing practice to achieve optimal outcomes.From the Case Files presents case study scenarios with application-based questions, challenging students to reflect on assessment and intervention.Perspectives from nursing students, novice to expert public health nurses, faculty members, policy makers, and clients cover commonly held misconceptions about community health nursing and link between skills across settings.Healthy People 2020 highlights pertinent goals and objectives to promote health.Activities to Promote Critical Thinking at the end of each chapter challenge students, promote critical-thinking skills, and encourage active involvement in solving community health problems.Unique Levels of Prevention Pyramid boxes address a chapter topic and describe nursing actions at each of the three levels of prevention to help students understand this basic community health nursing concept. Content from the text is embedded into two integrated digital learning solutions— Lippincott CoursePoint for pre-licensure programs and Lippincott RN to BSN Online for post-licensure programs—that feature experiential, case-based instructional design aligned with the approach of the Ninth Edition. To learn more about Lippincott CoursePoint and Lippincott RN to BSN Online and to see our Video Cases, please visit http://nursingeducationsuccess.com.
Keywords: dept.nur

Chemical composition of young stars in the leading arm of the Magellanic system - Zhang, Lan; Moni Bidin, Christian; Casetti-Dinescu, Dana I.; Méndez, Réne A.; Girard, Terrence M.; Korchagin, Vladimir I.; Vieira, Katherine; van Altena, William F.; Zhao, Gang (The Astrophysical Journal, 2017)
Chemical abundances of eight O- and B-type stars are determined from high-resolution spectra obtained with the MIKE instrument on the Magellan 6.5 m Clay telescope. The sample is selected from 42 candidates for membership in the Leading Arm (LA) of the Magellanic System. Stellar parameters are measured by two independent grids of model atmospheres and analysis procedures, confirming the consistency of the stellar parameter results. Abundances of seven elements (He, C, N, O, Mg, Si, and S) are determined for the stars, as are their radial velocities and estimates of distances and ages. Among the seven B-type stars analyzed, the five that have radial velocities compatible with membership of the LA have an average [Mg/H] of -0.42 ±0.16, significantly lower than the average of the remaining two, [Mg/H] = -0.07 ±0.06, which are kinematical members of the Galactic disk. Among the five LA members, four have individual [Mg/H] abundance compatible with that in the LMC. Within errors, we cannot exclude the possibility that one of these stars has an [Mg/H] consistent with the more metal-poor, SMC-like material. The remaining fifth star has an [Mg/H] close to Milky Way values. Distances to the LA members indicate that they are at the edge of the Galactic disk, while ages are of the order of ∼50-70 Myr, lower than the dynamical age of the LA, suggesting a single star-forming episode in the LA. V LSR of the LA members decreases with decreasing Magellanic longitude, confirming the results of previous LA gas studies. © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved..
Keywords: dept.phy

Examining the dynamic linkages of performance and volatility of REIT returns - Dania, Akash; Dutta, Sandip (The Journal of Wealth Management, 2017)
This article extends the literature on the financial performance of real estate investment trusts (REITs) by examining whether U.S. REIT returns are impacted by global REITs and other real estate subsectors, such as the U.S. Real Estate Index (USRE) and the U.S. Mortgage Finance Index (USMF). The authors also explore the issue of volatility transmission and the asymmetric effect of volatility spillover on U.S. REIT returns from innovations originating in other real estate subsectors and Global REITs. Results suggest that U.S. REITs are impacted by USRE and USMF returns. There is also evidence of volatility spillover from key real estate constituents-that is, USRE and USFM returns and global REIT markets. These results can be attributed to the changing dynamics of the real estate sector and the gradual integration of the global real estate sector as an asset class. These findings have strong implications for constructing global portfolios including REITs.
Keywords: dept.eco; dept.fin

EdPsych modules - Durwin, Cheryl Cisero; Reese-Weber, Marla J. (SAGE Publications, Inc, 2017)
Now with SAGE Publications, Cheryl Cisero Durwin and Marla Reese-Weber’s EdPsych Modules uses an innovative implementation of case studies and a modular format to address the challenge of effectively connecting theory and research to practice.  Each module is a succinct, stand-alone topic that represents every subject found in traditional chapter texts and can be used in any order for maximum flexibility in organizing your course.  Each of the book’s eight units of modules begins with a set of four case studies–early childhood, elementary, middle school, and secondary–and ends with "Assess" and "Reflect and Evaluate" questions and activities to encourage comprehension and application of the research and theories presented. The case approach and the extensive pedagogy that support it allows students to constantly see the applications of the theories and research that they are studying in the text.
Keywords: dept.psy

The Kepler follow-up observation program. I. a catalog of companions to Kepler stars from high-resolution imaging - Furlan, E.; Ciardi, D. R.; Everett, M. E.; Saylors, M.; Teske, J. K.; Horch, E. P.; Howell, S. B.; van Belle, G. T.; Hirsch, L. A.; Gautier, T. N.; Adams, E. R.; Barrado, D.; et al. (The Astronomical Journal, 2017)
We present results from high-resolution, optical to near-IR imaging of host stars of Kepler Objects of Interest (KOIs), identified in the original Kepler field. Part of the data were obtained under the Kepler imaging follow-up observation program over six years (2009-2015). Almost 90% of stars that are hosts to planet candidates or confirmed planets were observed. We combine measurements of companions to KOI host stars from different bands to create a comprehensive catalog of projected separations, position angles, and magnitude differences for all detected companion stars (some of which may not be bound). Our compilation includes 2297 companions around 1903 primary stars. From high-resolution imaging, we find that ∼10% (∼30%) of the observed stars have at least one companion detected within 1″ (4″). The true fraction of systems with close (≲4″) companions is larger than the observed one due to the limited sensitivities of the imaging data. We derive correction factors for planet radii caused by the dilution of the transit depth: assuming that planets orbit the primary stars or the brightest companion stars, the average correction factors are 1.06 and 3.09, respectively. The true effect of transit dilution lies in between these two cases and varies with each system. Applying these factors to planet radii decreases the number of KOI planets with radii smaller than 2 R⊕ by ∼2%-23% and thus affects planet occurrence rates. This effect will also be important for the yield of small planets from future transit missions such as TESS. © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
Keywords: binaries: general; catalogs; dept.phy; peer-reviewed; planets and satellites: detection; surveys; techniques: high angular resolution; techniques: photometric

Educational leadership and a comprehensive reform for improving underrepresented urban students’ college access - Yavuz, Olcay (International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2017)
Disparities in college access for underrepresented urban students are one of the most urgent educational problems of America’s education system. In response to growing national concern, this longitudinal study investigated how school leaders worked collaboratively with key stakeholders to implement research-supported student services in order to improve college access for underrepresented urban students. The quantitative investigation showed that when educational leaders and key stakeholders worked collaboratively to deliver comprehensive student services, urban students in a high-poverty school district experienced measurable benefits in terms of their college enrolment. This study may be of particular value to policymakers, school leaders, and educators concerned with the low college access rates of students in urban schools, as well as to those who are seeking to understand what works betterto prepare urban students for post-secondary education.
Keywords: dept.edl; peer-reviewed

The effects of auditory training on dichotic listening: A neurological case study - McCullagh, Jennifer; Palmer, Shannon B. (Hearing, Balance and Communication, 2017)
Background: Individuals with neurological impairment have been shown to have deficits in auditory processing abilities. One auditory processing ability shown to be affected is dichotic listening. To date, limited evidence exists demonstrating the effectiveness of dichotic listening intervention on dichotic listening in individuals with neurological impairment. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the dichotic listening training on dichotic listening abilities over multiple training periods in an individual with a long-standing and stable neurological history. Method: This study used a case study design. Over the course of 3 years, an individual with dichotic listening deficits following a left cerebral vascular accident underwent multiple auditory training periods using a dichotic listening training paradigm. Initial assessments indicated a bilateral deficit on the Dichotic Digits test with the right ear performing more poorly than the left ear and a right ear deficit on the Dichotic Rhyme test. Training sessions took place 2–3 times per week for a period of 4–11 weeks in the years 2012, 2013 and 2014. Pre- and post-training assessments of dichotic listening and hearing in noise ability were completed for each training period. Results: Results indicated improvements in the trained (right) ear on the Dichotic Digits test following each of the three training periods. Results also indicated stable performance in the right ear on the Dichotic Rhyme test and variable performance on the Words-in-Noise (WIN) test following each training session. Performance on the Dichotic Digits test decreased slightly between training periods; however, overall performance showed improvement over time. Conclusion: These results suggest improved binaural integration abilities as measured by the Dichotic Digits test following dichotic listening training in an individual with neurological impairment. However, the effects of the training did not transfer to tasks of binaural fusion (Dichotic Rhyme test) or hearing in noise (WIN test) tasks. © 2016 International Association of Physicians in Audiology.
Keywords: Article; Auditory training; adult; aphasia; auditory evoked potential; auditory processing disorder; carotid artery obstruction; case report; cerebrovascular accident; dept.cmd; dichotic listening; distortion product otoacoustic emission; follow up; general condition improvement; human; left hemisphere; male; neurological impairment; noise; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; patient referral; peer-reviewed; priority journal; pure tone audiometry; speech and language rehabilitation; speech audiometry; speech language pathologist; training; tympanometry

Teaching students to write: Arguing against the overuse of argument - Randall, Régine; Mercurio, Mia Lynn (Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2017)
This personal editorial written by two education professors considers the Common Core State Standards and argues against the overuse of argument in the teaching of writing. © Kappa Delta Pi.
Keywords: Common core; Writing; dept.cur; dept.sed

Affirmative counseling with LGBTQI+ people - Ginicola, Misty M. (Amer Counseling Assn, 2017)
This current and comprehensive handbook will guide educators, students, and clinicians in developing the awareness, knowledge, and skills necessary to work effectively with LGBTQI+ populations. Twenty-five chapters written by experts in the field provide direction for working with clients in an authentic, ethical, and affirmative manner that is tailored to their individual strengths, needs, and identity. The book is divided into four sections, which explore the science behind gender and affectional orientation; developmental issues across the life span and treatment issues; the specialized needs of nine distinct populations; and the intersectionality of ethnicity and overlapping identities, the role of religion, and counselor advocacy. To further a deeper understanding of the content, each chapter contains an "Awareness of Attitudes and Beliefs Self-Check," a case narrative relating to the material covered, questions for discussion, and a list of online resources. The book concludes with an extensive glossary of terms, both preferred and problematic, which counselors working with these communities should understand and use appropriately. © 2017 by the American Counseling Association. All rights reserved.
Keywords: dept.csp

“To feel him love me”: Emerging intersections of identity, queerness, and differing ability - Harvey, Rebecca (Gender, sex, and sexuality among contemporary youth, 2017)
AbstractOriginality/value This paper provides an alternative approach to nurturing queer identity by (1) creating refuge for emerging sexualities; (2) allowing for difficult dialogues where ability, sexuality, and gender can be pragmatically discussed, performed, and negotiated; (3) tolerating the discomfort of these difficult dialogues and pushing through to nurturing the unique queerness that evolves out of these conversations; and finally (4) encouraging transformation of all participants including client and practitioners. The practitioners discuss their own transformation through the co-created dialog with each other and with the client.
Keywords: Disability; Gay; Gay couple; Intersectionality; Queer; dept.mft; dept.swk

Ibn ʿAsākir’s peculiar biography of Khālid al-Qasrī - Judd, Steven (New Perspectives on Ibn ʿAsākir in Islamic Historiography, 2017)
Keywords: dept.his

Empathy as Orientation Rather than Feeling: Why Empathy Is Ethically Complex - Larocco, Steve (Exploring Empathy, 2017)
"Empathy as Orientation Rather than Feeling: Why Empathy Is Ethically Complex" published on 01 Jan 2017 by Brill | Rodopi.
Keywords: dept.eng

Jan Miense Molenaer’s 'Boys with Dwarfs' and the heroic tradition of art - Levine, David A. (The primacy of the image in northern European art, 1400-1700, 2017)
Keywords: dept.art

Combinatorial screening of Pd-based quaternary electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline media - Li, Jinyang; Stein, Helge S.; Sliozberg, Kirill; Liu, Jingbei; Liu, Yanhui; Sertic, Genevieve; Scanley, Ellen; Ludwig, Alfred; Schroers, Jan; Schuhmann, Wolfgang; Taylor, André D. (Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2017)
The implementation of electrochemical systems such as fuel cells has been hindered by the slow development of low cost high activity catalysts. Here we examine the oxygen reduction reaction performance of a combinatorial Pd-Au-Ag-Ti thin film library using high-throughput screening and correlate the electrochemical behavior to the crystallographic properties. We find compositions of ca. 40-60 at% Pd and 30-35 at% Au exhibit both a low overpotential of close to the value of pure Pt as well as high current density. We also observe a volcano-like relationship between the overpotential and the solid formation strain. This study provides compositional guidance towards the future synthesis of nanostructured quaternary Pd-Au-Ag-Ti alloys and suggests the potential for broader application of high-throughput electrochemical characterization by means of an automatic scanning droplet cell. © The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Keywords: Catalyst activity; Combinatorial screenings; Crystallographic properties; Electrocatalysts; Electrochemical behaviors; Electrochemical characterizations; Electrochemical systems; Electrolytic reduction; Fuel cells; Gold; High current densities; High throughput screening; Oxygen reduction reaction; Reduction; Silver; Silver alloys; Throughput; Titanium alloys; dept.phy

Noble metal high entropy alloys - Sohn, Sungwoo; Liu, Yanhui; Liu, Jingbei; Gong, Pan; Prades-Rodel, Silke; Blatter, Andreas; Scanley, B. Ellen; Broadbridge, Christine C.; Schroers, Jan (Scripta Materialia, 2017)
A series of noble metal high entropy alloys with up to six constituent elements has been produced by casting. PtPdRhIrCuNi forms single-phase face-centered cubic solid solution, and its stability is confirmed by annealing experiments. This alloy deforms homogeneously to ~30% to a high ultimate compression strength of 1839MPa. We discuss rules for the formation of single-phase solid solution.
Keywords: Annealing experiments; Compressive properties; Compressive property; Constituent elements; Entropy; FCC structure; Face-centered cubic; Fcc structures; High entropy alloys; Phase stability; Precious metals; Single phase; Solid solution; Solid solutions; Ultimate compression; dept.phy

Prophage-mediated defence against viral attack and viral counter-defence. - Dedrick, Rebekah M; Jacobs-Sera, Deborah; Bustamante, Carlos A Guerrero; Garlena, Rebecca A; Mavrich, Travis N; Pope, Welkin H; Reyes, Juan C Cervantes; Russell, Daniel A; Adair, Tamarah; Alvey, Richard; Bonilla, J Alfred; Bricker, Jerald S; et al. (Nature Microbiology, 2017)
Temperate phages are common, and prophages are abundant residents of sequenced bacterial genomes. Mycobacteriophages are viruses that infect mycobacterial hosts including Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis, encompass substantial genetic diversity and are commonly temperate. Characterization of ten Cluster N temperate mycobacteriophages revealed at least five distinct prophage-expressed viral defence systems that interfere with the infection of lytic and temperate phages that are either closely related (homotypic defence) or unrelated (heterotypic defence) to the prophage. Target specificity is unpredictable, ranging from a single target phage to one-third of those tested. The defence systems include a single-subunit restriction system, a heterotypic exclusion system and a predicted (p)ppGpp synthetase, which blocks lytic phage growth, promotes bacterial survival and enables efficient lysogeny. The predicted (p)ppGpp synthetase coded by the Phrann prophage defends against phage Tweety infection, but Tweety codes for a tetrapeptide repeat protein, gp54, which acts as a highly effective counter-defence system. Prophage-mediated viral defence offers an efficient mechanism for bacterial success in host-virus dynamics, and counter-defence promotes phage co-evolution.
Keywords: *Mycobacteriophages/ph [Physiology]; *Mycobacterium smegmatis/vi [Virology]; *Mycobacterium tuberculosis/vi [Virology]; *Prophages/ph [Physiology]; DNA, Viral; DNA, Viral/ge [Genetics]; Genetic Variation; Genome, Bacterial; Genome, Viral; Ligases; Ligases/ge [Genetics]; Lysogeny; Mycobacteriophages; Mycobacteriophages/ge [Genetics]; Mycobacterium smegmatis; Mycobacterium smegmatis/ge [Genetics]; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis/ge [Genetics]; Phylogeny; Prophages; Prophages/en [Enzymology]; Prophages/ge [Genetics]; Viral Proteins; Viral Proteins/ge [Genetics]; bacterial genome; dept.bio; enzymology; genetic variation; genetics; guanosine 3',5'-polyphosphate synthetases; ligase; lysogenization; mycobacteriophage; phylogeny; physiology; prophage; viral protein; virology; virus DNA; virus genome

A new state of being: the lived experience of parental bereavement - Denhup, Christine Yvonne (OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 2017)
In spite of growing bereavement literature, the meaning of the lived experience of parental bereavement is not well understood. This article presents selected findings from a Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenological study which aimed to describe the lived experience of bereaved parents who experienced the death of a child due to cancer. Conversational interviews were conducted with six parents who experienced the death of a young child due to cancer at least one year prior to participation. The nature of parental bereavement was revealed to be a new state of being into which parents enter immediately after the death of a child and which has no end point. Findings will equip health professionals and others who work with bereaved parents with a deeper understanding of the meaning of parental bereavement.
Keywords: Adult; Bereavement; Child; Child, Preschool; Death; Female; Humans; Male; Models, Psychological; Neoplasms; Parents; Pediatric Nursing; adult; bereavement; child; child death; death; dept.nur; female; hermeneutic phenomenology; human; male; neoplasm; parent; parental bereavement; pediatric nursing; preschool child; psychological model; psychology

Introducing an analytical solution and an improved one-factor gaussian copula model for the pricing of heterogeneous CDOs - Gao, Xin; Wu, Binlin; Schäfer, Tobias (International Journal of Financial Engineering, 2017)
This paper introduced an analytical solution and improved one-factor Gaussian copula models to the pricing of tranches of a Collateralized debt obligations (CDO) portfolio. Prices of CDO tranches are calculated and compared using the analytical model and different one-factor Gaussian copula models including a two-category heterogeneous model and a completely heterogeneous model that uses individual rate parameter and correlation coefficient for each reference entity in a CDO portfolio. When correlation among reference entities is low, the price calculated from the analytical model matches very well with the one-factor Gaussian copula models. However, as the correlation among reference entities increases, prices calculated using both the analytical solution and the homogeneous or two-category one-factor Gaussian copula models significantly deviate from the completely heterogeneous one-factor Gaussian copula model. This result verifies our belief that uniform parameters cannot completely capture all the heterogeneities in a CDO portfolio. Completely heterogeneous one-factor Gaussian copula model using individual rate parameters and correlation coefficients for each reference entities provides more reliable and accurate prices for structured securities.
Keywords: dept.phy

Physiological consequences of exposure to salinized roadside ponds on wood frog larvae and adults - Hall, Emily M.; Brady, Steven P.; Mattheus, Nichole M.; Earley, Ryan L.; Diamond, Molly; Crespi, Erica J. (Biological Conservation, 2017)
Keywords: dept.bio

The development of gaze to a speaking face. - Irwin, Julia; Brancazio, Lawrence; Volpe, Nicole (The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2017)
When a speaker talks, the visible consequences of what they are saying can be seen. Listeners are influenced by this visible speech both in a noisy listening environment and even when auditory speech can easily be heard. While visible influence on heard speech has been reported to increase from early to late childhood, little is known about the mechanism that underlies this developmental trend. One possible account of developmental differences is that looking behavior to the face of a speaker changes with age. To examine this possibility, the gaze to a speaking face was examined in children from 5 to 10 yrs of age and adults. Participants viewed a speaker's face in a range of conditions that elicit looking: in a visual only (speech reading) condition, in the presence of auditory noise (speech in noise) condition, and in an audiovisual mismatch (McGurk) condition. Results indicate an increase in gaze on the face, and specifically, to the mouth of a speaker between the ages of 5 and 10 for all conditions. This change in looking behavior may help account for previous findings in the literature showing that visual influence on heard speech increases with development.
Keywords: *Facial Expression; *Fixation, Ocular; *Speech Acoustics; *Speech Perception; *Visual Perception; *Voice Quality; Acoustic Stimulation; Acoustics; Age Factors; Audiometry, Speech; Child; Child, Preschool; Cues; Early-to-late; Facial Expression; Female; Fixation, Ocular; Humans; Male; Noise; Noise/ae [Adverse Effects]; Perceptual Masking; Photic Stimulation; Physics; Speech; Speech Acoustics; Speech Perception; Speech in noise; Speech reading; Video Recording; Visible speech; Visual Perception; Voice Quality; Young Adult; age; association; auditory stimulation; child; dept.hls; dept.psy; eye fixation; facial expression; female; human; male; masking; noise; photostimulation; preschool child; speech; speech audiometry; speech perception; videorecording; vision; voice; young adult

A "Just Sense of Well-Being": Social Work's Unifying Purpose in Action. - Keenan, Elizabeth King; Limone, Christine; Sandoval, Silvia L (Social work, 2017)
For over a century the social work profession has had a dual purpose, to promote both human well-being and social justice, but we have not found research that explores how social workers understand and work toward both purposes across multiple practice roles and settings. Authors of this article conducted qualitative research to examine how 18 social workers in various roles and settings understand and implement both purposes in their practice. Instead of a dual purpose, participants described a unifying purpose: a "just sense of well-being" that transcends role and setting. Valuing the dignity and worth of all human beings frames and fuels their work toward a just sense of well-being through three interactive themes: challenging injustice on every level; constructing justice through relationship and resource organizing; and constructing justice through the creation of accepting environments where professionals, clients, and community members can reflect and question, and change mind-sets and actions. Participants provided an array of possibilities for action with clients, professionals, and public leaders within organizations and communities. The implication here is that social workers are charged to reinvigorate purpose and values back into practice with value-based assessment thinking that frames possibilities for action across methods and settings. Copyright © 2016 National Association of Social Workers.
Keywords: *Professional Role/px [Psychology]; *Social Justice/px [Psychology]; *Social Work/mt [Methods]; *Social Workers/px [Psychology]; Adult; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Professional Role; Qualitative Research; Social Justice; Social Work; Social Workers; Social justice; Social work practice; Values; Well-being; adult; dept.swk; dual purpose; female; human; human dignity; human experiment; leadership; male; middle aged; occupation; organization; procedures; professional standard; psychology; qualitative research; social justice; social work; social work practice; social worker; thinking; wellbeing

Broadband internet and new firm location decisions in rural areas - Kim, Younjun; Orazem, Peter F. (American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2017)
Keywords: dept.eco; peer-reviewed

Town & gown: Building successful university-community partnerships - King, Beth M.; Gordon, Shirley C.; Barry, Charlotte D.; Goodman, Rhonda; Jannone, Laura T.; Foley, Marie; Resha, Cheryl; Hendershot, Candace (NASN School Nurse, 2017)
Keywords: dept.nur

Do the kinds of achievement errors made by students diagnosed with ADHD vary as a function of their reading ability? - Pagirsky, Matthew S.; Koriakin, Taylor A.; Avitia, Maria; Costa, Michael; Marchis, Lavinia; Maykel, Cheryl; Sassu, Kari; Bray, Melissa A.; Pan, Xingyu (Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2017)
A large body of research has documented the relationship between attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and reading difficulties in children; however, there have been no studies to date that have examined errors made by students with ADHD and reading difficulties. The present study sought to determine whether the kinds of achievement errors made by students diagnosed with ADHD vary as a function of their reading ability. The participants in this study were 91 students in the ADHD clinical validity standardization sample of the Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement-Third Edition (KTEA-3), as well as a control group of 63 students selected from the larger standardization sample. Students with ADHD and reading difficulties demonstrated a statistically significant greater amount of errors across tests of academic achievement. Findings from the study are discussed within the context of past research, as well as implications for the field of school psychology and practitioners.
Keywords: achievement; attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; dept.csp; reading; special education

Strain-specific programming of prenatal ethanol exposure across generations. - Popoola, Daniel O; Nizhnikov, Michael E; Cameron, Nicole M (Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.), 2017)
Behavioral consequences of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) can be transmitted from in utero-exposed F1 generation to their F2 offspring. This type of transmission is modulated by genetic and epigenetic mechanisms. This study investigated the intergenerational consequences of prenatal exposure to a low ethanol dose (1 g/kg) during gestational days 17-20, on ethanol-induced hypnosis in adolescent male F1 and F2 generations, in two strains of rats. Adolescent Long-Evans and Sprague-Dawley male rats were tested for sensitivity to ethanol-induced hypnosis at a 3.5-g/kg or 4.5-g/kg ethanol dose using the loss of righting reflex (LORR) paradigm. We hypothesized that PAE would attenuate sensitivity to ethanol-induced hypnosis in the ethanol-exposed animals in these two strains and in both generations. Interestingly, we only found this effect in Sprague-Dawley rats. Lastly, we investigated PAE related changes in expression of GABAA receptor alpha1, alpha4, and delta subunits in the cerebral cortex of the PAE sensitive Sprague-Dawley strain. We hypothesized a reduction in the cerebral cortex GABAA receptor subunits' expression in the F1 and F2 PAE groups compared to control animals. GABAA receptor alpha1, alpha4, and delta subunits protein expressions were quantified in the cerebral cortex of F1 and F2 male adolescents by western blotting. PAE did not alter cerebral cortical GABAA receptor subunit expressions in the F1 generation, but it decreased GABAA receptor alpha4 and delta subunits' expressions in the F2 generation, and had a tendency to decrease alpha1 subunit expression. We also found correlations between some of the subunits in both generations. These strain-dependent vulnerabilities to ethanol sensitivity, and intergenerational PAE-mediated changes in sensitivity to alcohol indicate that genetic and epigenetic factors interact to determine the outcomes of PAE animals and their offspring. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords: *Alcohol Drinking/ae [Adverse Effects]; *Behavior, Animal/de [Drug Effects]; *Cerebral Cortex/de [Drug Effects]; *Ethanol/to [Toxicity]; *Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; *Receptors, GABA-A/de [Drug Effects]; 4 aminobutyric acid A receptor; 4 aminobutyric acid A receptor alpha1; 4 aminobutyric acid A receptor alpha4; Age Factors; Alcohol Drinking; Alcohol Drinking/ge [Genetics]; Alcohol Drinking/me [Metabolism]; Alcohol Drinking/px [Psychology]; Animals; Article; Behavior, Animal; Blood Alcohol Content; Cerebral Cortex; Cerebral Cortex/me [Metabolism]; Cerebral Cortex/pa [Pathology]; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Epigenesis, Genetic; Epigenesis, Genetic/de [Drug Effects]; Ethanol; Ethanol/bl [Blood]; Female; Gestational Age; Long Evans rat; Male; Maternal Exposure; Pregnancy; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; Rats, Long-Evans; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Reaction Time; Receptors, GABA-A; Receptors, GABA-A/ge [Genetics]; Receptors, GABA-A/me [Metabolism]; Reflex, Righting; Reflex, Righting/de [Drug Effects]; Species Specificity; Sprague Dawley rat; Time Factors; Western blotting; adolescent; adult; age; alcohol; alcohol blood level; alcohol consumption; animal; animal behavior; animal experiment; animal model; animal tissue; blood; brain cortex; comparative study; controlled study; correlational study; dept.psy; dose response; drinking behavior; drug effects; epigenetics; female; genetic epigenesis; genetics; gestation period; gestational age; hemoglobin delta chain; heredity; hypnosis; male; maternal exposure; metabolism; nonhuman; outcome assessment; pathology; peer-reviewed; pregnancy; prenatal exposure; progeny; protein expression; psychology; rat; rat strain; reaction time; righting reflex; species difference; time factor

Exploring English and Spanish rhyme awareness and beginning sound segmentation skills in prekindergarten Spanish-speaking English Learners - Raynolds, Laura B.; López-Velásquez, Angela; Olivo Valentín, Laura E. (Reading and Writing, 2017)
Twenty-five 4- and 5-year-old Spanish-speaking English Learners (ELs) were tested in order to compare their English and Spanish performance in two phonological awareness skills: Rhyme awareness (RA) and beginning sound segmentation (BSS). The children had received formal instruction of phonological awareness, with an emphasis on RA and BSS for 1 year and in English only, using the Opening the World of Learning curriculum (Schickedanz & Dickinson, 2005). The results showed that the children scored higher on the English BSS than on the English RA tests (p ¡ .001), even though RA is generally considered to be an earlier developing skill than BSS among English-monolingual children. No significant difference was found between the English BSS and Spanish BSS tests despite the fact that the children had received English-only instruction in these phonological awareness skills for 1 year. The results are discussed in terms of the possible impact of the similarities and differences between the Spanish and English linguistic structures on the learning and cross-linguistic transfer of phonological awareness skills in young Spanish-speaking ELs.
Keywords: Beginning sound segmentation; English-only instruction; Phonological awareness; Prekindergarten; Rhyme awareness; Spanish-speaking English Learners; dept.cur; dept.sed; peer-reviewed

Household support for physical activity in adolescent girls recruited from lower SES neighborhoods - Rupp, Kristie; Taverno Ross, Sharon E.; Gary-Webb, Tiffany L.; Akiva, Thomas; Jakicic, John M. (Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2017)
Keywords: dept.hms

Associations between prediagnostic blood glucose levels, diabetes, and glioma. - Schwartzbaum, Judith; Edlinger, Michael; Zigmont, Victoria; Stattin, Par; Rempala, Grzegorz A; Nagel, Gabriele; Hammar, Niklas; Ulmer, Hanno; Foger, Bernhard; Walldius, Goran; Manjer, Jonas; Malmstrom, Hakan; et al. (Scientific Reports, 2017)
Previous literature indicates that pre-diagnostic diabetes and blood glucose levels are inversely related to glioma risk. To replicate these findings and determine whether they could be attributed to excess glucose consumption by the preclinical tumour, we used data from the Apolipoprotein MOrtality RISk (AMORIS) (n = 528,580) and the Metabolic syndrome and Cancer project (Me-Can) cohorts (n = 269,365). We identified individuals who were followed for a maximum of 15 years after their first blood glucose test until glioma diagnosis, death, emigration or the end of follow-up. Hazard ratios (HRs), 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and their interactions with time were estimated using Cox time-dependent regression. As expected, pre-diagnostic blood glucose levels were inversely related to glioma risk (AMORIS, P trend = 0.002; Me-Can, P trend = 0.04) and pre-diagnostic diabetes (AMORIS, HR = 0.30, 95% CI 0.17 to 0.53). During the year before diagnosis, blood glucose was inversely associated with glioma in the AMORIS (HR = 0.78, 95% CI 0.66 to 0.93) but not the Me-Can cohort (HR = 0.99, 95% CI 0.63 to 1.56). This AMORIS result is consistent with our hypothesis that excess glucose consumption by the preclinical tumour accounts for the inverse association between blood glucose and glioma. We discuss additional hypothetical mechanisms that may explain our paradoxical findings.
Keywords: *Blood Glucose/me [Metabolism]; *Brain Neoplasms/di [Diagnosis]; *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/di [Diagnosis]; *Glioma/di [Diagnosis]; *Prediabetic State/di [Diagnosis]; Adult; Aged; Biomarkers; Biomarkers/bl [Blood]; Blood Glucose; Brain Neoplasms; Brain Neoplasms/bl [Blood]; Brain Neoplasms/mo [Mortality]; Brain Neoplasms/pa [Pathology]; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/bl [Blood]; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/mo [Mortality]; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/pa [Pathology]; Female; Glioma; Glioma/bl [Blood]; Glioma/mo [Mortality]; Glioma/pa [Pathology]; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Prediabetic State; Prediabetic State/bl [Blood]; Prediabetic State/mo [Mortality]; Prediabetic State/pa [Pathology]; Prognosis; Proportional Hazards Models; Risk Factors; Time Factors; adult; aged; biological marker; blood; brain tumor; dept.pch; female; glioma; glucose blood level; human; impaired glucose tolerance; longitudinal study; male; metabolism; middle aged; mortality; non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; pathology; peer-reviewed; prognosis; proportional hazards model; risk factor; time factor

Biological gender differences in students’ errors on mathematics achievement tests - Stewart, Christie; Root, Melissa M.; Koriakin, Taylor; Choi, Dowon; Luria, Sarah R.; Bray, Melissa A.; Sassu, Kari; Maykel, Cheryl; O’Rourke, Patricia; Courville, Troy (Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2017)
This study investigated developmental gender differences in mathematics achievement, using the child and adolescent portion (ages 6-19 years) of the Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement-Third Edition (KTEA-3). Participants were divided into two age categories: 6 to 11 and 12 to 19. Error categories within the Math Concepts & Applications and Math Computation subtests of the KTEA-3 were factor analyzed and revealed five error factors. Multiple ANOVA of the error factor scores showed that, across both age categories, female and male mean scores were not significantly different across four error factors: math calculation, geometric concepts, basic math concepts, and addition. They were significantly different on the complex math problems error factor, with males performing better at the p ¡ .05 significance level for the 6 to 11 age group and at the p ¡ .001 significance level for the 12 to 19 age group. Implications in light of gender stereotype threat are discussed.
Keywords: KTEA-3; achievement; dept.csp; error analysis; factor analysis; gender; math

The implications of gia truyền: Family transmission texts, medical authors, and social class within the healing community in Vietnam - Thompson, C. Michele (South East Asia Research, 2017)
In Vietnamese medicine, gia truyen ("family recipes") refers to a set of texts, primarily in chu nôm (demotic Vietnamese characters), that preserves local knowledge about how practitioners in a specific family-based medical circle could use various plants and other materia medica to cure disease. This article traces the history of the transmission of gia truyen in the 19th and 20th centuries. It suggests that prior to the 1920s, gia truyen were written anonymously to protect the author's identity in the face of the Nguyen dynasty's repression of ch? nom writing. In the 1920s, precisely at the time that hán-nôm writing was being eclipsed by education in French and quoc ngu (Romanized Vietnamese), Vietnamese medical practitioners experienced a renaissance in the writing of chu nôm gia truyen. Moreover, chu nôm writing in the gia truyen genre continued until at least the 1990s. ©SOAS University of London 2017.
Keywords: Chu nom; Colonial; Materia medica; Medical texts; Traditional medicine; Viet Nam; class; dept.his; disease treatment; historical perspective; medical geography; nineteenth century; social history; traditional knowledge; traditional medicine; twentieth century

School nurse guidelines for: Developmental disabilities - Towle, Antoinette (Legal resource for school health services, 2017)
Keywords: dept.nur

School nurse guidelines for: Enuresis - Towle, Antoinette (Legal resource for school health services, 2017)
Keywords: dept.nur

School nurse guidelines for: Fifth disease (erythema infectiosum) - Towle, Antoinette (Legal resource for school health services, 2017)
Keywords: dept.nur

School nurse guidelines for: Homelessness - Towle, Antoinette (Legal resource for school health services, 2017)
Keywords: dept.nur

School nurse guidelines for: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) - Towle, Antoinette (Legal resource for school health services, 2017)
Keywords: dept.nur

School nurse guidelines for: Life Threatening cardiac conditions, (Long QT intervals and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy) - Towle, Antoinette (Legal resource for school health services, 2017)
Keywords: dept.nur

School nurse guidelines for: Mental health - Towle, Antoinette (Legal resource for school health services, 2017)
Keywords: dept.nur

School nurse guidelines for: Service animals - Towle, Antoinette (Legal resource for school health services, 2017)
Keywords: dept.nur

School nurse guidelines for: Suicide - Towle, Antoinette (Legal resource for school health services, 2017)
Keywords: dept.nur

School nurse guidelines for: Teen pregnancy - Towle, Antoinette (Legal resource for school health services, 2017)
Keywords: dept.nur

National Collegiate Academic Association? The implications of increased NCAA oversight of academics - Trachsler, Tracy A.; Cotrufo, Raymond J. (Journal of Contemporary Athletics, 2017)
Keywords: dept.rec; ⛔ No DOI found

Predictors of success for community-driven water quality management—Lessons from three catchments in New Zealand - Tyson, Ben; Unson, Christine; Edgar, Nick (Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 2017)
Three community engagement projects on the South Island of New Zealand are enacting education and communication initiatives to improve the uptake of best management practices on farms regarding nutrient management for improving water quality. Understanding the enablers and barriers to effective community-based catchment management is fundamental to planning, implementing and evaluating these initiatives. This article investigates some key predictors of success or determinants of effective community engagement. Six factors were identified: access to science, training, and information; confidence in regulatory policies; leadership; farm planning and monitoring; trust in the public; and concern for water quality. © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Keywords: dept.pch

Assisting college students with athletic disengagement. - Van Lone, Jeffrey S.; Siembor, Michael; Mistler, Brian J; Mapstone, David J (Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2017)
This article examines college student disengagement from sports, presents a multidimensional concept of athletic identity, and introduces a new measure intended to assist college counselors in their work with disengaged athletes. The Multidimensional Athletic Identity and Engagement Scale (MAIES) is introduced (Cronbach alpha.98, with subscale alphas between.78 and.96), and the results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and convergent and divergent validity with 250 college student participants are presented. Using case examples, the authors discuss how counselors may use the MAIES in their work with students. Limitations of the study and suggestions for future research are discussed. © 2017 Taylor & Francis.
Keywords: Cronbach alpha coefficient; athlete; athletic disengagement; athletic identity; college student; college students; counseling; counselor; dept.counseling; factor analysis; human; identity; major clinical study; sport; validity

Workplace bullying: A growing epidemic - Wall, Alison E.; Smith, Robert A.; Nodoushani, Omid (Competition Forum, 2017)
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Campaigning for social justice: increasing public access to professional social workers - Wayne, Raymie Harvard; Limone, Christine; Karp, Stephen A (Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping, 2017)
Keywords: dept.swk; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

A revised embedded planning tool for intensive reading instruction - Wei, Yan; Lombardi, Allison; Simonsen, Brandi; Coyne, Michael; Faggella-Luby, Michael; Freeman, Jennifer; Kearns, Devin (Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2017)
Keywords: dept.rdg; dept.sed

Ghost returns and historical memories in Zhang Yimou's Gui lai and Pedro Almodóvar's Volver - Weng, Miaowei (Canadian Review of Comparative Literature / Revue Canadienne de Littérature Comparée, 2017)
Keywords: dept.wll

Legal and ethical accountability for nursing errors: disclosure and apology - Westrick, Susan J (2017)
Keywords: dept.nur; ⛔ No DOI found

Carbon nanotube synthesis from block copolymer deposited catalyst - Woods, K; Silliman, J; Schwendemann, Todd C (International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems, 2017)
A block copolymer/metal-salt solution was used to deposit metal nanoparticles on substrates, from which carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were grown in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) chamber. Mono and hybrid catalysts of Fe, Ni, and Co-nitrates were tested, and separately Co, Ni, and Cu-chlorides. In both cases cobalt/cobalt-hybrids produced the highest density of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). Slight vertical growth, though sparse, was observed after growth at 800°C from a nickel catalyst on single-crystal aluminium oxide (~130nm diameter). © 2017 World Scientific Publishing Company.
Keywords: Aluminium oxide; Block copolymers; Carbon nanotube synthesis; Carbon nanotubes; Catalysts; Chemical vapor deposition; Chemical vapor depositions (CVD); Hybrid catalysts; Metal nanoparticles; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCN); Nanotubes; Nickel; Nickel catalyst; Vertical growth; Yarn; block copolymer; carbon nanotube; dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Universal demographic data collection standardization for better decision-making - Yahav, Lara; Thorson, James (American Journal of Management, 2017)
Keywords: dept.eco; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Improving student achievement through strengthening principal and school counselor partnership - Yavuz, Olcay; Cayirdag, Nur; Dahir, Carol; Gümüşeli, Ali İlker (International Journal of Educational Reform, 2017)
Keywords: dept.edl; peer-reviewed

School principal perceptions of the school counsellor's role: Traditional or transformed? - Yavuz, Olcay; Dahir, Carol; Gumuseli, Ali Ilker (Journal of Educational Leadership, Policy and Practice, 2017)
There is a continued emphasis on the importance of building collaborative working relationships between school principals and counsellors to address the growing academic, career and college readiness, and social-emotional needs of students in K-12 schools. This study explored and analysed 1466 school principals' perceptions around important school counselling priorities, perceptions, and activities that are carried out in Turkish public and private schools. The study additionally explored school principals' expectations of school counsellors' roles and responsibilities as aligned with traditional and transformed school counselling programmes and practices. This study may be of value to school leaders, policy makers and educators interested in revising and improving their school counselling services to meet the complex academic and counselling needs of students in contemporary schools.
Keywords: dept.edl; ⛔ No DOI found

Comparison of Single-Payer and Non Single-Payer Health Care Systems: A Study of Health Administration Efficiency - Yu, Jia; Zhang, Yi (Modern Economy, 2017)
The United States spends nearly twice as much per capita on health care as several OECD countries. Based on previous research, universal health care decreases the total health care expenditure due to the single-payer system; it is still unknown whether a mixed health care system has superiority. In this study, we compare and evaluate both quality of care and administrative costs among six developed countries, upon three groups: single-payer universal health care system (Australia and Canada), two-tier health care system (France and Japan), and insurance mandate health care system (Switzerland and the US). The results show that both single-payer system and two-tier system are superior to insurance mandate system on health insurance administration costs. Also, regarding insurance mandate system, the healthcare system in Switzerland is more efficient than that in the US. So, we conclude that it is possible for the US to choose a diverse healthcare system, instead of focusing on one system, to trim the healthcare administration cost and improve the quality of care for the entire country.
Keywords: dept.eco

Research on the current situation and countermeasures of the mobile information service in Chinese academic journals of library and information science - Zhao, F; Liu, Yan Quan; Wang, Y (Library and Information Service, 2017)
Keywords: dept.ils

Quantitative characterization for identification of brain cancer surgical margin using resonance Raman spectroscopy - Zhou, Yan; Liu, Chenghui; Wu, Binlin; Yu, Xinguang; Cheng, Gangge; Zhang, Chunyuan; Alfano, R R (OSA - The Optical Society, 2017)
A new criterion was developed to characterize brain tissue using resonance Raman spectroscopy, by which, negative margins of cancer can be differentiated from normal tissues. This method may help a surgeon better decide surgical margins. © OSA 2017.
Keywords: Brain cancer; Brain tissue; Diseases; Normal tissue; Quantitative characterization; Raman spectroscopy; Resonance Raman spectroscopy; Surgery; Tissue; dept.phy

School counseling: Partnering with a school district to provide postsecondary opportunities for first generation, low income, and students of color - Perusse, Rachelle; Deronck, Nicole G; Parzych, Jennifer (Psychology in the Schools, 2017)
A classroom activity led by district school counselors was conducted in a K-12 school district to ensure educational equity for students in relation to postsecondary attendance. This took place in a school setting that has a large population of students of color, predominately Latino and African American students, as well as low-income students. As part of their practicum field experience, university school counseling students were supervised by school counselors at their sites to help provide a readily available and modified curriculum to instruct students about their options related to postsecondary awareness, planning, and attendance, as well as demonstrate career pathways that engender high expectations and college and career readiness. Instruction took place in the classroom as well as in small group settings.
Keywords: dept.csp; peer-reviewed; postsecondary opportunities

Hawthorne, a pilgrimage to Salem, and the poetics of literary tourism - Baraw, Charles (Canadian Review of American Studies, 2017)
From the 1830s to the end of his career, Nathaniel Hawthorne used the tropes of aesthetic tourism to call out, or interpellate, the reader as a literary tourist. In many cases, Hawthorne’s focalizi...
Keywords: "Alice Doane's appeal" Caroline Gilman; Literary tourism; Narrative poetics; Nathaniel Hawthorne; Samuel Gilman; Touristic poetics; dept.eng

After the gap analysis: Education and practice changes to prepare nurses of the future - Beauvais, Audrey Marie; Kazer, Meredith Wallace; Aronson, Barbara; Conlon, Suzanne E.; Forte, Pamela; Fries, Kathleen S.; Hahn, Judith M.; Hullstrung, Russell; Levvis, Meg; McCauley, Paula; Morgan, Patricia Padula; Perfetto, Linda; et al. (Nursing Education Perspectives, 2017)
AIM The purpose of the study was to describe the Connecticut Nursing Collaborative-Action Coalition’s work in identifying and addressing gaps between nursing education and practice based on the Institute of Medicine’s Future of Nursing report. BACKGROUND Massachusetts Nurse of the Future (NOF) Competencies highlight the knowledge, skills, and attitudes/behaviors required for professional nurses. Integrating these concepts into the educational system will prepare the nursing workforce to respond to current/future health care needs and population health issues. METHOD Education and practice partners in four regions conducted a gap analysis of the education to practice transition for new graduate nurses using NOF as a framework for assessment. RESULTS Gaps in competencies were similar across regions. However, each organization uniquely addressed curricular gaps to best prepare nurses of the future. CONCLUSION Curriculum improvements will provide students the advantage of being prepared for the rapid changes happening in health care. Copyright © 2017 National League for Nursing
Keywords: Academic-Practice Partnership; Connecticut; Curriculum; Education, Nursing; Forecasting; Future of Nursing Competencies; Gap Analysis; Humans; Massachusetts; New Graduate Nurses; Nursing Curriculum; Nursing Education; Nursing Staff; article; curriculum; dept.nur; forecasting; health care need; human; human experiment; nursing education; nursing staff; peer-reviewed; population health; skill; student; workforce

Perceptions of PEP grant influences on CSPAP implementation - Berei, Catherine P.; Karp, Grace Goc; Olsen, Simon; Fennell, Marcis; Drake, Elisa (Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2017)
Keywords: dept.hms; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Guideposts and roadblocks to the career-long scholarly engagement of physical education teacher education faculty - Berei, Catherine P; Pratt, Erica; Parker, Melissa; Shephard, Kevin; Liang, Tanjian; Nampai, Udon; Neamphoka, Guntima (Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2017)
Purpose: Scholarship is essential for the growth and development of the physical education field. Over time, scholarship expectations have changed, forcing faculty members to alter time spent for research, teaching, and service. Social-cognitive career theory (SCCT) presents a model for understanding performance and persistence in an occupational environment. The interconnected aspects of SCCT have different emphasis related to self-efficacy, outcome expectations, or personal goals pursuit. This study explored physical education teacher education (PETE) faculty members' continuing engagement in scholarly activity through SCCT. Method: Data collection included interviews with 9 senior PETE faculty members who met the criteria for “productive scholars over time.” Curriculum vitae were collected to verify productivity. Results: Data analysis revealed guidepost themes that included collaborating, finding balance, defining a research process, and maintaining a strong work ethic. Roadblocks encountered included other obligations and lack of support for research. Conclusions: Participants demonstrated strong self-efficacy; held high, positive expectations for success; and set very specific, clear, and deliberate goals. Participant behavior was moderated by their personal attributes (capacity to build relationships, set goals, and maintain interest and passion) and was tempered by the environments in which they worked. Fostering similar behaviors has the potential to guide future and current PETE faculty members in creating supportive and encouraging atmospheres for sustained productivity. The lack of literature relating to this topic warrants the need for more research exploring the influential factors and benefits gained from sustained scholarly productivity over time for PETE faculty members.
Keywords: Academic publishing; Ethics, Professional; Female; Goals; Humans; Male; Physical Education and Training; Research; School Teachers; Self Efficacy; adult; atmosphere; barriers to productivity; career; curriculum; data analysis; dept.hms; expectation; faculty research productivity; female; higher education research; human; human experiment; interview; male; medical ethics; motivation; peer-reviewed; physical education; productivity; psychology; publishing; research; school teacher; self concept; teacher training; theoretical study

Blues women, blues writers - Blackmer, Corinne E. (Gale Researcher American Literature, 2017)
Keywords: dept.eng

Principals’ dispositions regarding their autonomy in site-based school management - Boudreaux, Mary Keller (National Forum, 2017)
Keywords: dept.edl; ⛔ No DOI found

Re-drawing the line: Queering our pedagogy in the early childhood classroom - Bower-Phipps, L.; Powell, Jessica S; Bivona, M.; Harmon, R.; Olcott, A. (Possibilities in practice: Social justice teaching in the disciplines, 2017)
Keywords: dept.cur

Discourses governing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual teachers' disclosure of sexual orientation and gender history. - Bower-Phipps, Laura (Issues in Teacher Education, 2017)
Keywords: dept.cur; ⛔ No DOI found

Evolutionary toxicology: Toward a unified understanding of life's response to toxic chemicals. - Brady, Steven P; Monosson, Emily; Matson, Cole W; Bickham, John W (Evolutionary Applications, 2017)
Keywords: dept.bio; peer-reviewed

Road ecology: shifting gears toward evolutionary perspectives - Brady, Steven P.; Richardson, Jonathan L. (Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2017)
Recent advances in understanding the often rapid pace of evolution are reshaping our view of organisms and their capacity to cope with environmental change. Though evolutionary perspectives have gained traction in many fields of conservation, road ecology is not among them. This is surprising because roads are pervasive landscape features that generate intense natural selection. The biological outcomes from these selection pressures – whether adaptive or maladaptive – can have profound consequences for population persistence. We argue that studying evolutionary responses is critical to accurately understand the impacts of roads. Toward that end, we describe the basic tenets and relevance of contemporary evolution and showcase the few examples where it has been documented in road ecology. We outline practical ways that road ecologists can estimate and interpret evolutionary responses in their research. Finally, we suggest priority research topics and discuss how evolutionary insights can inform conservation in landscapes traversed by roads.
Keywords: dept.bio; peer-reviewed

Incorporating evolutionary insights to improve ecotoxicology for freshwater species - Brady, Steven P.; Richardson, Jonathan L.; Kunz, Bethany K. (Evolutionary Applications, 2017)
Ecotoxicological studies have provided extensive insights into the lethal and sublethal effects of environmental contaminants. These insights are critical for environmental regulatory frameworks, which rely on knowledge of toxicity for developing policies to manage contaminants. While varied approaches have been applied to ecotoxicological questions, perspectives related to the evolutionary history of focal species or populations have received little consideration. Here, we evaluate chloride toxicity from the perspectives of both macroevolution and contemporary evolution. First, by mapping chloride toxicity values derived from the literature onto a phylogeny of macroinvertebrates, fish, and amphibians, we tested whether macroevolutionary relationships across species and taxa are predictive of chloride tolerance. Next, we conducted chloride exposure tests for two amphibian species to assess whether potential contemporary evolutionary change associated with environmental chloride contamination influences chloride tolerance across local populations. We show that explicitly evaluating both macroevolution and contemporary evolution can provide important and even qualitatively different insights from those obtained via traditional ecotoxicological studies. While macroevolutionary perspectives can help forecast toxicological end points for species with untested sensitivities, contemporary evolutionary perspectives demonstrate the need to consider the environmental context of exposed populations when measuring toxicity. Accounting for divergence among populations of interest can provide more accurate and relevant information related to the sensitivity of populations that may be evolving in response to selection from contaminant exposure. Our data show that approaches accounting for and specifically examining variation among natural populations should become standard practice in ecotoxicology.
Keywords: LC50; acute exposure; adaptation; chloride; dept.bio; maladaptation; peer-reviewed; road salt runoff

Getting men to explore safer sex responsibility: the use of Photovoice in health promotion research - Breny, Jean M.; Lombardi, Deirdre; Madden, Devin; Smoyer, Amy B. (SAGE Research Methods Cases: Health, 2017)
Keywords: dept.pch; dept.swk

The internet of things in CS education: current challenges and future potential - Burd, Barry; Elahi, Ata; Russell, Ingrid; Barker, Lecia; Perez, Armando Fermin; Siever, Bill; Divitini, Monica; Parker, Alcwyn; Tudor, Liviana; Guerra, Jorge Guerra (2017)
Keywords: dept.csc

The taxonomy of the North American species of Parameletus Bengtsson, 1908 (Ephemeroptera: Siphlonuridae), with keys to nymphs and male imagos - Burian, Steven K. (Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification, 2017)
Abstract In North America, the Holarctic genus Parameletus Bengtsson is widely distributed across the northern tier of the continent and parts of the Rocky Mountains. Four species occur in North America (Parameletus chelifer, P. columbiae, P. croesus, and P. midas) with P. chelifer having the greatest range and currently the only species of Parameletus detected broadly across the subarctic of Canada. In this paper, new detailed comparative descriptions are provided for nymphs and imagos. The nymph of P. croesus is described for the first time. A final instar nymph of P. croesus was positively associated with the male imago stage based on the observation of diagnostic characters of the male imago through the cuticle of the last instar nymph. New illustrated keys to male imagos and late instar nymphs are presented. New distribution records are presented and geographic variation in diagnostic characters of species is discussed. New information on the aquatic habitats of nymphs and the biology of species is presented.
Keywords: dept.bio

Book Review: The labor of literature: democracy and literary culture in modern Chile. by Jane D. Griffin. Amherst and Boston: U of Massachusetts p, 2016, p. 218, 25.95/85.00. - Cardone, Resha Sophia (The Latin Americanist, 2017)
Keywords: book.review; dept.wll

Further results on minimizing positive integer sequences without duplicate substrings - Carrigan, Braxton; Kagey, Peter; O’Brien, Joseph (Congressus Numerantium, 2017)
Keywords: dept.mat; ⛔ No DOI found

Minimizing positive integer sequences without duplicate substrings - Carrigan, Braxton; Kagey, Peter; O’Brien, Joseph (Geombinatorics, 2017)
Keywords: dept.mat; ⛔ No DOI found

Value individualism and the popular-choice theory of secession - Cavallero, Eric (Social Theory and Practice, 2017)
Keywords: dept.phi

Strategic corporate giving - Cha, Wonsuk; Park, Miyoung (International Journal of Corporate Strategy and Social Responsibility, 2017)
Keywords: dept.mgt

Integrating CSPAP into the PETE programs at Southern Connecticut State University and Central Connecticut State University - Ciotto, Carol M; Fede, Marybeth H (The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2017)
Keywords: dept.hms

Tools for enhancing resilience and addressing internalized heterosexism: Bibliotherapy and cinematherapy in groupwork for individuals who come out as an adult - Counselman-Carpenter, Beth; Redcay, Alex; Freeman, Amy (Groupwork, 2017)
Keywords: dept.swk; peer-reviewed

A “chaotic” approach to the treatment of advanced cancer - Crawford, Sarah Adelaide (Journal of Traditional Medicine & Clinical Naturopathy, 2017)
Keywords: dept.bio

Autism risk: What do vaccines have to do with - Crawford, Sarah Adelaide (Academic Journal of Pediatrics & Neonatology, 2017)
Keywords: dept.bio; ⚠️ Invalid DOI

Responding to the oppression of addiction: Canadian social work perspectives - Csiernik, Rick; Rowe, William (Canadian Scholars' Press, 2017)
Uniting top academics, researchers, and practitioners, this contributed volume offers new perspectives on the meaning, role, and history of addiction in our society and the construction of illicit drug use as a social problem. This substantially revised second edition provides an authoritative focus on policy issues that will extend and enrich the education and on-going discussion of addiction within the social work community
Keywords: Canada; Social work with alcoholics; Canada; Substance abuse; Canada; Substance-Related Disorders; Social work with drug addicts; Treatment; Compulsive gambling; dept.swk; therapy; Social Work; Canada

Attitudes of Croatian and Polish elementary school teachers towards inclusive education of children with disabilities - Cwirynkalo, Katarzyna; Kisovarivanda, Tamara; Gregory, Jess L; Żyta, Agnieszka; Arciszewska, Aleksandra; Zrilic, Smiljana (Hrvatska Revija za Rehabilitacijska Istraživanja, 2017)
Inclusive education has been gaining increasing attention from governments throughout the world. Croatia and Poland, two European Union members that ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, have been working on issues related to improving the quality of education of children with special educational needs. The aim of this article was to explore the attitudes of Croatian and Polish elementary education teachers towards inclusion of these children in regular classes. The sample consisted of 98 elementary education teachers from Croatia (N=50) and Poland (N=48). A diagnostic survey based on the Teacher Attitudes Toward Inclusion Scale (TATIS) (Cullen, Gregory, & Noto, 2010) was used. The instrument allows measurement of three main components of attitudes: teacher perceptions of students with mild to moderate disabilities (POS), their beliefs about the efficacy of inclusion (BEI), perceptions of professional roles and functions (PRF), as well as their general attitudes towards inclusion. We found that Polish teachers received significantly higher scores on two subscales: POS and BEI. We also found that age and place of living influenced the attitudes of teachers in the two groups. Implications for practice are discussed. © 2017, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Political Sciences. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Children with disabilities; Inclusive education; Teachers’ attitudes; dept.edl; ⛔ No DOI found

Mindfulness as a prerequisite to effective leadership; exploring the constructs that foster productive use of feedback for professional learning - Day, Danette V; Gregory, Jess L (Interchange, 2017)
This paper proposes a model that integrates mindfulness, ego, and mindset as filters of the information available for professional learning. The paper explores connections between mindset, ego, and mindfulness that promote or inhibit an educator’s ability to use feedback for learning. A leader’s commitment to creating spaces for meaningful use of all types of feedback promotes a school climate that encourages risk taking in learning. Mindfulness, the cultivation of the ability to pay attention to the present moment non-judgmentally, is a prerequisite skill to the effective delivery and use of feedback to promote professional learning. The development of mindfulness requires practice of a method and the continual application of mindfulness to remain open to learning from feedback. © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Keywords: Effective leadership; Ego; Feedback; Mindfulness; Mindset; Professional learning; dept.edl

The Lower Jurassic Hanson Formation of the Transantarctic Mountains: implications for the Antarctic sector of the Gondwana plate margin - Elliot, David H; Larsen, D; Fanning, Christopher; Fleming, T H; Vervoort, J D (Geological Magazine, 2017)
The Hanson Formation, Antarctica, consists of interbedded sandstones and tuffaceous rocks of Early Jurassic age. The sandstones, pebbly to medium-grained, range between quartzo-feldspathic and volcaniclastic, with some of the former being coarse-grained arkoses that imply proximal sources. Geochronology of detrital zircons provides evidence for source rock ages, whereas sandstone petrology demonstrates a mixed provenance. Tuffaceous strata are reworked fine to very fine-grained tuffs resulting from distal Plinian eruptions. Dated tuffs provide time constraints on the duration of volcanism. The sandstones and tuffs accumulated in a rift environment. Geochemically the tuffs are rhyolitic in composition, and the Sr and Nd isotope data together with the patterns on multi-element diagrams suggest they were derived from a volcanic arc, which is interpreted to have been located along the West Antarctic Gondwana margin. The silicic volcanism extends the distribution and timing of magmatism in the Early Jurassic along that margin. The Early Jurassic extensional regime was delimited by the plate margin region and the East Antarctic craton. The rift valley system along the East Antarctic craton margin, in which the Hanson strata accumulated, was the focus for subsequent emplacement of the intrusive and extrusive rocks of the Lower Jurassic Ferrar Large Igneous Province. The Early Jurassic extensional rifts may have been reactivated during Cretaceous-Cenozoic development of the West Antarctic Rift System. © 2017 Cambridge University Press.
Keywords: Antarctica; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Gondwana; Igneous rocks; Jurassic; Large igneous provinces; Plinian eruption; Sandstone; Sandstone petrologies; Silicic volcanism; Sr and Nd isotopes; Stratigraphy; Tectonics; Time constraints; Transantarctic Mountains; dept.esc; extensional tectonics; geochemistry; lithostratigraphy; rift zone; sandstone; stratigraphy; tectonic plate; tectonics; tuff

Liberating trapped cash: A case study of Apple and Microsoft - Engel, Russell; Lyons, Bridget; Pannese, Danny A (The Accounting Educators' Journal, 2017)
Keywords: dept.acc; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Invariants of Cohen–Macaulay rings associated to their canonical ideals - Ghezzi, Laura; Goto, Shiro; Hong, Jooyoun; Vasconcelos, Wolmer V (Journal of Algebra, 2017)
The purpose of this paper is to introduce new invariants of Cohen–Macaulay local rings. Our focus is the class of Cohen–Macaulay local rings that admit a canonical ideal. Attached to each such ring R with a canonical ideal C, there are integers–the type of R, the reduction number of C–that provide valuable metrics to express the deviation of R from being a Gorenstein ring. We enlarge this list with other integers–the roots of R and several canonical degrees. The latter are multiplicity based functions of the Rees algebra of C. © 2017 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords: Analytic spread; Canonical degree; Cohen–Macaulay type; Reduction number; Roots; dept.mat; peer-reviewed

Byte-sized learning: A review of video tutorial engagement in a digital media skills course - Gil, Jodie M.; Williams, Vern (Teaching Journalism & Mass Communication, 2017)
Keywords: dept.jrn; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Using time dynamically in static intervals: Does it close the achievement gap? - Grace, Lori (Learning Environments Research, 2017)
A mixed-methods study was undertaken with 118 biology students in two urban high schools. A Student-Centered Adaptable Learning Environment (SCALE) was created to improve engagement from affective and cognitive perspectives using choice, creativity and technological allowances. Results demonstrated that fast and slow learners are generally separated by about 30 min in terms of inputting speeds, but can be as much as 65 min apart from one another. Given that traditional classrooms afford students only 45 min in which to learn, static time could have become a source of inequity in public schools. SCALE optimally allowed for the dynamic use of time in constrained periods, therefore reducing and even eliminating any negative relationships between speed of learning and resultant achievement gains in the block setting. Especially benefitting from their ability to maneuver were the slowest learners, who showed the largest achievement improvements in either time interval amongst ability groupings. As learning speed can be the most critical contributing component of resultant educational outcomes, providing students the ability to use time dynamically should be considered as a feasible solution to helping teachers reestablish equity in mixed-ability classrooms in public schools. © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
Keywords: Cognitive levelling; Dynamic time; Educational technology; Learning equity; Learning speed gap; Psychosocial learning environments; dept.bio

Teaching Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) in the pre-college classroom as a vehicle for NGSS implementation - Granucci, Nicole; Jenkins, Carol; Bauer, Melanie; Gard, Ashley L.; Pinkerton, Bryn; Broadbridge, Christine (MRS Advances, 2017)
Adoption of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) into the pre-college classroom is an ideal strategy for addressing Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), specifically the Science and Engineering Practices. MSE offers core science and engineering topics that can be incorporated into existing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematic (STEM) curricula through teaching modules. Using MSE as a teaching vehicle, the Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena (CRISP) conducted a series of small-scale studies of its teacher professional development workshops and a student summer program, along with related teaching modules, in an effort to measure the contribution MSE has on students and K-12 STEM educators. Based on participant survey feedback, CRISP found improvement in students' MSE knowledge, interests, and career goals. For teachers, in addition to improving their MSE knowledge, they also increased their comfort and confidence in teaching MSE concepts in their classroom. These results provide evidence for the use of MSE modules as productive teaching tools for NGSS Science and Engineering Practices, as well as producing workforce-competitive STEM students. Copyright © Materials Research Society 2017.
Keywords: Aerogels; Curricula; Education; Government interactions; Interface structures; Materials science and engineering; STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics); Science , technology , engineering , and mathematics; Science and engineering; Science standards; Standards; Students; Surveys; Teacher professional development; Teaching; Teaching materials; aerogel; dept.phy; education; government interactions; peer-reviewed

µUAS: New tools for monitoring coastal resilience - Graves, Scott M (Regions, 2017)
Keywords: dept.egm; ⛔ No DOI found

Exploring clinical environmental awareness and its impact on patient safety - Green, Cheryl Ann (2017)
Keywords: dept.nur; ⛔ No DOI found

Interprofessional health promotion - Green, Cheryl Ann (2017)
Keywords: dept.nur; ⛔ No DOI found

Instructional scaffolding to promote an autonomous learner - Gregory, Jess L (Preparing Pre-Service Teachers for the Inclusive Classroom, 2017)
An autonomous learner has developed an intrinsic motivation that drives him or her to pursue learning for the inherent satisfaction and enjoyment that stems from the acquisition of knowledge. This chapter presents strategies for teachers to develop a classroom of more autonomous learners. In addition to some strategies and sequencing of activities to maximize their impact, the chapter presents Universal Design for Learning as a framework for thinking about all teaching and ways to apply differentiated instruction to meet the needs of all learners. While there is a focus on the experience of a novice teacher, the content of this chapter is relevant for all educators looking to reinvigorate their practice to empower students to be more in command of their own learning.
Keywords: dept.edl

The latest study of digital virtual reference service in Chinese top university libraries - He, X; Wang, Y; Liu, Yan Quan (Journal of Intelligence, 2017)
Keywords: dept.ils; ⛔ No DOI found

The latest study of reading promotion activities in American public libraries - He, X; Wang, Y; Liu, Yan Quan (Library and Information, 2017)
Keywords: dept.ils; ⛔ No DOI found

Uses of technology in upper secondary mathematics education - Hegedus, Stephen; Laborde, Colette; Brady, Corey; Dalton, Sara; Siller, Hans-Stefan; Tabach, Michal; Trgalova, Jana; Moreno-Armella, Luis (Springer, 2017)
Keywords: dept.edu

Topic Study Group No. 43: Uses of Technology in Upper Secondary Education (Age 14–19) - Hegedus, Stephen; Laborde, Colette; Moreno Armella, Luis; Siller, Hans-Stefan; Tabach, Michal (Springer International Publishing, 2017)
Keywords: dept.edu

Poesía concreto: Vuelta o la ciudad de México petrificada - Hernandez, Rafael (Revista Boletín Redipe, 2017)
Keywords: dept.wll; ⛔ No DOI found

Caring for the child welfare client: am I good enough? - Hoffler, Steven J (Smith College Studies in Social Work, 2017)
Given the demographics of youth served by the child welfare system, culturally responsive approaches are critical to effective social work practice and desperately needed. Like many adolescents who grow up in the child welfare system, Paul, a White adolescent male in foster care, was beset by a lack of adequate environmental resources and multiple stressors and had little hope or motivation to work on improving his situation. This article highlights the author's use of self as an African American male therapist who worked with Paul, using a Winnicottian and caring framework. Because child welfare workers are often overburdened by the demands of work, including large caseloads and clients with few to no resources, they find it difficult to consistently provide empathic and caring behaviors for their clients. The author highlights his therapeutic work and struggles with Paul and offers cultural insights and Winnicottian strategies when working with adolescents in the child welfare system who are ultimately in need of permanency and stability.
Keywords: Caring; Winnicott; child welfare; culture; dept.swk

Presidential Framing in the 21st Century News Media: The Politics of the Affordable Care Act - Hopper, Jennifer Rose (Routledge, 2017)
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act came into existence at a time when the president’s ability to lead the public was in question, political polarization had intensified, and the media environment appeared ever more fragmented, fast-moving, and resistant to control. Under such circumstances, how can contemporary American presidents such as Barack Obama build and maintain support for themselves and their policies, particularly as controversies arise? Using case studies of major contests over how key elements of the Affordable Care Act would be framed, and analysis of how those frames fared in influential and popular U.S. news sources, Hopper examines the conditions under which the president can effectively shape public debates today. She argues that despite the difficult political and communications context, the president retains substantial advantages in framing major controversial issues for the media and the public. These presidential framing advantages are conditional, however, and Hopper explores the factors that help make presidential frames more or less likely to gain hold in the news today. More so than in the past, an element of unpredictability in this news environment means that in pursuing favorable messaging, the president and his surrogates may also generate some unintentional consequences in how issues are portrayed to the public. Presidential frames can evolve with unfolding events to take on new meanings and applications, a process facilitated alternately by supporters, opponents, and media actors. Still, media figures and political opponents remain largely reactive to presidential communications, even as some seek to publicize and exploit weaknesses in the administration’s narratives. A close look at these recent cases casts new light on the scholarly debate surrounding the president’s ability to persuasively communicate and challenges conventional wisdom that the 21st century media largely present an unmanageable news environment for the White House. Presidential Framing in the 21st Century News Media engages with current events in American politics, focusing on the Obama Administration and the Affordable Care Act, while also reflecting upon the state of the American presidency, the news media, and the public in ways that have substantial implications for all of these actors, not merely in the present, but into the future, making it a compelling read for scholars of Political Science, Media Studies, Communication Studies, and Public Policy. © 2017 Taylor & Francis.
Keywords: Public opinion; United States. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Health care reform; United States; Medical policy; United States; Medicare; dept.psc; faculty_collection

An empirical study on verifier order selection in serial fusion based multi-biometric verification system - Hossain, Md Shafaeat; Rahman, Khandaker Abir (Springer International Publishing, 2017)
Selecting the order of verifier in a serial fusion based multi-biometric system is a crucial parameter to fix because of its high impact on verification errors. A wrong choice of verifier order might lead to tremendous user inconvenience by denying a large number of genuine users and might cause severe security breach by accepting impostors frequently. Unfortunately, this design issue has been poorly investigated in multi-biometric literature. In this paper, we address this design issue by performing experiments using three different serial fusion based multi-biometric verification schemes, in particular (1) symmetric scheme, (2) SPRT-based scheme, and (3) Marcialis et al.’s scheme. We experimented on publicly available NIST-BSSR1 multi-modal database. We tested 24 orders—all possible orders originated from four individual verifiers—on a four-stage biometric verification system. Our experimental results show that the verifier order “best-to-worst”, where the best performing individual verifier is placed in the first stage, the next best performing individual verifier is placed in the second stage, and so on, is the top performing order for all three serial fusion schemes mentioned above.
Keywords: Biometric verification; Biometrics; Crucial parameters; Intelligent systems; Multi biometrics; Multi-biometric verification; Multibiometric systems; Multimodal database; Order selection; Security breaches; Serial fusion; Verifier order selection; dept.csc

Greece and the birth of containment: An American perspective - Iatrides, John O. (The Balkans in the Cold War, 2017)
America’s strategy of containment, designed to confront postwar Soviet aggression, real and perceived, grew out of a series of disparate and seemingly unrelated conflicts. Thus the clash over the future of defeated Germany was direct, immediate and of obvious importance for vital United States interests in Europe and the world. By contrast, the communist insurgency in Greece was originally perceived as a basically domestic affair of a small country in a remote region of little strategic value. Yet the Truman Doctrine, which paved the way for containment’s gradual global implementation—Marshall Plan, Berlin airlift, NATO, wars in Korea and Indochina—was ostensibly focused primarily on Greece. After remaining a benevolent but deliberately passive observer of turmoil and violence in Greece, Washington boldly replaced Britain as the foreign patron of that small and troubled Balkan state. This study documents the transformation of United States policy toward Greece, and the birth of containment. It argues that the change was fundamentally one of perceptions of the nature of Soviet policy itself within the Truman administration, rather than of realities in Greece. In retrospect, Greece was an unlikely springboard for launching the strategy of containing Moscow’s ideology and power. The significance of the communist threat in Greece was more a matter of alarmist assumptions, loose perceptions and questionable symbolism than of hard facts and geostrategic realities. But in human affairs perceptions and symbolism are important, especially if clothed in an aura of success, as was the application of containment in Greece.
Keywords: American Official; Greek Government; Military Assistance; North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Security Interest; dept.psc

Audiovisual speech perception: A new approach and implications for clinical populations - Irwin, Julia; DiBlasi, Lori (Language and Linguistics Compass, 2017)
This selected overview of audiovisual (AV) speech perception examines the influence of visible articulatory information on what is heard. Thought to be a cross-cultural phenomenon that emerges early in typical language development, variables that influence AV speech perception include properties of the visual and the auditory signal, attentional demands, and individual differences. A brief review of the existing neurobiological evidence on how visual information influences heard speech indicates potential loci, timing, and facilitatory effects of AV over auditory only speech. The current literature on AV speech in certain clinical populations (individuals with an autism spectrum disorder, developmental language disorder, or hearing loss) reveals differences in processing that may inform interventions. Finally, a new method of assessing AV speech that does not require obvious cross-category mismatch or auditory noise was presented as a novel approach for investigators.
Keywords: dept.psy

Teaching and learning guide for audiovisual speech perception: A new approach and implications for clinical populations. - Irwin, Julia; Turcios, Jacqueline (Language and linguistics compass, 2017)
Keywords: dept.psy

Autism: Social communication disorder - Jackson, Scott Luther James (Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2017)
Keywords: dept.aa

A component‐by‐component characterisation of high‐risk atherosclerotic plaques by multiphoton microscopic imaging - Jain, Manu; Wu, Binlin; Pisapia, David J; Salvatore, Steven P; Mukherjee, Sushmita; Narula, Navneet; Mukherjee, Sushmita; Narula, Navneet (Journal of Microscopy, 2017)
Aims: Atherosclerotic plaques vulnerable to rupture are almost always inflamed, and carry a large lipid core covered by a thin fibrous cap. The other components may include neovascularisation, intraplaque haemorrhage and spotty calcification. In contrast, stable plaques are characterised by a predominance of smooth muscle cells and collagen, and lipid core is usually deep seated or absent. This study is a proof of principle experiment to evaluate the feasibility of multiphoton microscopy (MPM) to identify aforementioned plaque components. Methods and Results: MPM is a nonlinear optical technique that allows imaging based on intrinsic tissue signals including autofluorescence and higher-order scattering. In our study, MPM imaging was performed on morphologically diverse aortic and coronary artery plaques obtained during autopsy. Various histologically verified plaque components including macrophages, cholesterol crystals, haemorrhage, collagen and calcification were recognised by MPM. Conclusions: Recognition of the distinct signatures of various plaque components suggests that MPM has the potential to offer next-generation characterisation of atherosclerotic plaques. The higher lateral resolution (comparable to histology) images generated by MPM for identifying plaque components might complement larger field of view and greater imaging depth currently available with optical coherence tomography imaging. As the next step MPM would need to be evaluated for intact vessel imaging ex vivo and in vivo. © 2017 The Authors Journal of Microscopy © 2017 Royal Microscopical Society
Keywords: Aorta; Article; Atherosclerotic plaque; Calcinosis; Cholesterol; Collagen; Coronary Vessels; Hemorrhage; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Macrophages; Nonlinear Optical Microscopy; Plaque, Atherosclerotic; aorta; atherosclerotic plaque; autofluorescence; autopsy; bleeding; calcinosis; cholesterol; clinical article; collagen; coronary artery; coronary artery calcification; coronary blood vessel; dept.phy; ex vivo; ex vivo study; feasibility study; histopathology; human; human tissue; image processing; immunology; macrophage; macrophages; multiphoton microscopy; nonlinear optical microscopy; pathology; priority journal; procedures

Institutional ownership and the spillover effects of shareholder activism - Jory, Surendranath; Ngo, Thanh; Nguyen, Khoa Huu (International Journal of Corporate Governance, 2017)
Keywords: dept.fin

Cultivating leadership, pedagogy and programming for CSPAP and healthy, active lifestyles at the University of Idaho. - Karp, Grace Goc; Brown, Helen; Scruggs, Philip W; Berei, Catherine P (The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2017)
Keywords: dept.hms

Combahee river collective statement A fortieth anniversary retrospective - Kolenz, Kristen A.; Benson, Krista L.; Wu, Judy Tzu-Chun; Bow, Leslie; Brah, Avtar; Goeman, Mishuana; Harriford, Diane; Huhndorf, Shari M.; Keating, Analouise; Lin, Yi-Chun Tricia; Perez, Laura; Peterson, Zenaida; et al. (Frontiers-a Journal of Women Studies, 2017)
Keywords: dept.wgs

Cardiovagal tone: A predictor of heart rate adjusted augmentation index in men but not in women - Latchman, Peter L.; Thiel, Robert; Gates, Gregory; Zhu, Weili; Axtell, Robert; Gardner, Kenneth; Lunn, William; DeMeersman, Ronald (Open Journal of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 2017)
Keywords: dept.hms; peer-reviewed

Shoelace formula: Connecting the area of a polygon with vector cross product - Lee, Younhee; Lim, Woong (The Mathematics Teacher, 2017)
Keywords: dept.mat; peer-reviewed

Modified nanoparticle mediated IL-12 immunogene therapy for colon cancer. - Liu, Xiaoxiao; Gao, Xiang; Zheng, Songping; Wang, Bilan; Li, Yanyan; Zhao, Chanjuan; Muftuoglu, Yagmur; Chen, Song; Li, Ying; Yao, Haiyan; Sun, Hui; Mao, Qing; et al. (Nanomedicine : nanotechnology, biology, and medicine, 2017)
For the past few years, immunotherapy has recently shown considerable clinical benefit in CRC therapy, and the application of immunologic therapies in cancer treatments continues to increase perennially. Interleukin-12, an ideal candidate for tumor immunotherapy, could activate both innate and adaptive immunities. In this study, we developed a novel gene delivery system with a self-assembly method by MPEG-PLA and DOTAP(DMP) with zeta-potential value of 38.5mV and size of 37.5nm. The supernatant of lymphocytes treated with supernatant from Ct26 transfected pIL12 with DMP could inhibit Ct26 cells growth ex vivo. Treatment of tumor-bearing mice with DMP-pIL12 complex has significantly inhibited tumor growth at both the subcutaneous and peritoneal model in vivo by inhibiting angiogenesis, promoting apoptosis and reducing proliferation. The IL-12 plasmid and DMP complex may be used to treat the colorectal cancer in clinical as a new drug. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords: *Angiogenesis Inhibitors/ad [Administration & Dosage]; *Colonic Neoplasms/th [Therapy]; *Gene Transfer Techniques; *Genetic Therapy; *Immunotherapy; *Interleukin-12/ad [Administration & Dosage]; *Nanoparticles/ch [Chemistry]; Adaptive immunity; Angiogenesis Inhibitors; Angiogenesis Inhibitors/ch [Chemistry]; Angiogenesis Inhibitors/pd [Pharmacology]; Animals; Apoptosis; Apoptosis/de [Drug Effects]; Article; Bagg albino mouse; Cell Proliferation; Cell Proliferation/de [Drug Effects]; Cell death; Colonic Neoplasms; Colonic Neoplasms/im [Immunology]; Colonic Neoplasms/me [Metabolism]; Colorectal cancer; Diseases; Drug delivery; Gene Transfer Techniques; Gene transfer; Genetic Therapy; Immunotherapy; Interleukin-12; Interleukin-12/ch [Chemistry]; Interleukin-12/ge [Genetics]; Interleukin-12/im [Immunology]; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Nanoparticles; Neovascularization, Pathologic; Neovascularization, Pathologic/dt [Drug Therapy]; Neovascularization, Pathologic/im [Immunology]; Polyesters; Polyesters/ch [Chemistry]; Polyethylene Glycols; Polyethylene Glycols/ch [Chemistry]; Potential values; Self assembly; Self-assembly method; Tumor Cells, Cultured; Tumor growth; Tumor immunotherapy; Tumors; adaptive immunity; angiogenesis inhibitor; animal; animal experiment; animal model; animal tissue; apoptosis; cancer immunotherapy; cell proliferation; cell viability; chemistry; colon carcinoma; colon tumor; controlled study; cytokine release; dept.bio; drug effect; enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; ex vivo study; flow cytometry; gamma interferon; gene therapy; gene transfer; genetics; immunology; immunotherapy; innate immunity; interleukin 12; macrogol derivative; messenger RNA; metabolism; methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(lactide); mouse; nanoparticle; neovascularization (pathology); nonhuman; oxaliplatin; phthalic acid dimethyl ester; polyester; reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; tumor cell culture; tumor necrosis factor

“Tangled up in these conceptualities”: Sanction, protest, and ideology in Berlin, Germany - McGill, Kenneth (American Anthropologist, 2017)
This article examines one informant's approach to the relationship between ideological concepts and political power. I argue that ideological representation must be understood on its own terms, rather than within a larger theory of discourse. I point toward three key qualities of every encounter with ideological representation: subjectivity, discontinuity, and commitment. The fieldwork on which this article is based occurred in Berlin, Germany, during the fall 2014. During this period, my research focused on activists committed to overturning the sanctioning policy (Sanktionspolitik), which allows case managers to dock the unemployment benefits of their clients. [ideology, subjectivity, welfare state, Germany]
Keywords: dept.ant

Prison food in Denmark: Normal responsibility or ethnocentric imaginations? - Minke, Linda Kjær; Smoyer, Amy B. (Scandinavian penal history, culture and prison practice - Embraced by the welfare state?, 2017)
This book draws on historical and cross-disciplinary studies to critically examine penal practices in Scandinavia. The Nordic countries are often hailed by international observers as ‘model societies’, with egalitarian welfare policies, low rates of poverty, humane social policies and human rights...
Keywords: dept.swk

Leadership: A gateway to organizational innovation - Nodoushani, Omid; Stewart, Carol; Wall, Alison (Competition Forum, 2017)
Keywords: dept.mgt; peer-reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Masters of mathematics: The problems they solved, why these are important, and what you should know about them - Nowlan, Robert A. (Masters of Mathematics: The Problems They Solved, Why These Are Important, and What You Should Know about Them, 2017)
The original title for this work was “Mathematical Literacy, What Is It and Why You Need it”. The current title reflects that there can be no real learning in any subject, unless questions of who, what, when, where, why and how are raised in the minds of the learners. The book is not a mathematical text, and there are no assigned exercises or exams. It is written for reasonably intelligent and curious individuals, both those who value mathematics, aware of its many important applications and others who have been inappropriately exposed to mathematics, leading to indifference to the subject, fear and even loathing. These feelings are all consequences of meaningless presentations, drill, rote learning and being lost as the purpose of what is being studied. Mathematics education needs a radical reform. There is more than one way to accomplish this. Here the author presents his approach of wrapping mathematical ideas in a story. To learn one first must develop an interest in a problem and the curiosity to find how masters of mathematics have solved them. What is necessary to be mathematically literate? It’s not about solving algebraic equations or even making a geometric proof. These are valuable skills but not evidence of literacy. We often seek answers but learning to ask pertinent questions is the road to mathematical literacy. Here is the good news: new mathematical ideas have a way of finding applications. This is known as “the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics.”
Keywords: dept.mat