Research Publications: Recent submissions
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Subjective Sleep Measures in Children: Self-Report
(2017-02-13)The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) recently published a consensus statement on the recommended number of hours of sleep in infants and children. The AASM expert panel identified seven health categories in children ... -
The in vivo efficacy of neuraminidase inhibitors cannot be determined from the decay rates of influenza viral titers observed in treated patients
(2017-01-09)Antiviral therapy is a first line of defence against new influenza strains. Current pandemic preparations involve stock- piling oseltamivir, an oral neuraminidase inhibitor (NAI), so rapidly determining the effectiveness ... -
A structural model of treatment program and individual counselor leadership in innovation transfer
(2017-03-23)Background: A number of program-level and counselor-level factors are known to impact the adoption of treatment innovations. While program leadership is considered a primary factor, the importance of leadership among ... -
Rhizcomics: Rhetoric, Technology, and New Media Composition
(2017-02-01)Rhizcomics is a digital monograph that composes multimodal arguments about rhetoric and comics. The book presents comics as a rhetorically complex medium capable of nuanced scholarly arguments. Relying on animation, drawing, ... -
Hypoalgesia Induced by Reward Devaluation in Rats
(2016-10-20)Reduced sensitivity to physical pain (hypoalgesia) has been reported after events involving reward devaluation. Reward devaluation was implemented in a consummatory successive negative contrast (cSNC) task. Food-deprived ... -
Constance Whitney Warren, Sculptor in a Man's World
(2015)In a career lasting just eleven years before she was confined to a facility for the mentally ill, Constance Whitney Warren achieved critical success in Paris and the United States. Then she was largely forgotten until a ... -
Explorations of object and location memory using fMRI
(2013-08-15)Content-specific sub-systems of visual working memory (VWM) have been explored in many neuroimaging studies with inconsistent findings and procedures across experiments. The present study employed functional magnetic ... -
A long look back: An analysis of 50 years of organizational communication research (1964-2013)
(2016-01-03)As a means of understanding the identity and heritage of organizational communication scholarship, we conducted a content analysis of 1,399 articles published in communication journals since 1964. Our findings demonstrate ... -
A logic of linking learning: Leadership practices across schools, subject departments and classrooms
(2014-11-18)This article considers the roles of school leaders, a departmental-level leader and a teacher in implementing a reform within a school, and the nature of the relations between the groups and individuals that attended this ... -
Genetically induced oxidative stress in mice causes thrombocytosis, splenomegaly and placental angiodysplasia that leads to recurrent abortion
(2014-05-09)Historical data in the 1950s suggests that 7%, 11%, 33%, and 87% of couples were infertile by ages 30, 35, 40 and 45, respectively. Up to 22.3% of infertile couples have unexplained infertility. Oxidative stress is associated ... -
A Novel Method of Determining the Functional Effects of a Minor Genetic Modification of a Protein
(2015-11-18)Contraction of muscles results from the ATP-coupled cyclic interactions of the myosin cross-bridges with actin filaments. Macroscopic parameters of contraction, such as maximum tension, speed of shortening, or ATPase ... -
Effects of 28 days of beta-alanine and creatine supplementation on muscle carnosine, body composition and exercise performance in recreationally active females
(2014-11-30)The purpose of this study was to examine the short-term and chronic effects of ß-ALA supplementation with and without creatine monohydrate on body composition, aerobic and anaerobic exercise performance, and muscle carnosine ... -
Effects of short-term ingestion of Russian Tarragon prior to creatine monohydrate supplementation on whole body and muscle creatine retention and anaerobic sprint capacity: a preliminary investigation
(2014-02-26)Extracts of Russian Tarragon (RT) have been reported to produce anti-hyperglycemic effects and influence plasma creatine (Cr) levels while supplementing with creatine monohydrate (CrM). The purpose of this preliminary study ... -
The acute effects of multi-ingredient pre-workout ingestion on strength performance, lower body power, and anaerobic capacity
(2016-03-08)Multi-ingredient pre-workout supplements (MIPS) are popular among resistance trained individuals. Previous research has indicated that acute MIPS ingestion may increase muscular endurance when using a hypertrophy-based ... -
A longitudinal study examining the effects of a season of American football on lipids and lipoproteins
(2015-04-21)Background: Dyslipidemia is one factor cited for increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in American football players. However, American football players undergo physical conditioning which is known to influence ... -
Individuals motivated to participate in adherence, care and treatment (imPACT): development of a multi-component intervention to help HIV-infected recently incarcerated individuals link and adhere to HIV care
(2016-09-06)Background: Policy-makers promote a seek, test, treat and retain (STTR) strategy to expand HIV testing, support linkage and engagement in care, and enhance the continuous use of antiretroviral therapy for those HIV-infected. ... -
Decrease in Behavioral Problems and Trauma Symptoms Among At-Risk Adopted Children Following Trauma-Informed Parent Training Intervention
(2015-08-06)Children who have experienced early adversities are at risk for behavioral problems and trauma symptoms. Using a two-group, pre-post intervention design, the current study evaluated the effectiveness of a parent training ... -
Understanding the sustainability of implementing HIV services in criminal justice settings
(2015-03-07)In the growing field of implementation science, sustainability is a critical component of the implementation process of moving evidence-based treatments to regular practice. This paper is intended to extend our understanding ... -
Juvenile Justice--Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System (JJ-TRIALS): a cluster randomized trial targeting system-wide improvement in substance use services
(2016-04-29)Background: The purpose of this paper is to describe the Juvenile Justice--Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System (JJ-TRIALS) study, a cooperative implementation science initiative ... -
Attribution of Responsibility for Organizational Wrongdoing: A Partial Test of an Integrated Model
(2013-11-05)The present study is an exploratory examination of the influence of social and organizational features on respondents' attributions of responsibility for wrongdoing within an organization. Respondents read a vignette of ...