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Acculturative stress, everyday racism, and mental health among a community sample of South Asians in Texas
(2022)South Asian Americans are part of the fastest growing racial/ethnic group in the United States and make up a substantial portion of the U.S. immigrant population. Research on this group has often focused on acculturation, ... -
Detection of Pancreatic Cancer miRNA with Biocompatible Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots
(2022)Early-stage pancreatic cancer remains challenging to detect, leading to a poor five-year patient survival rate. This obstacle necessitates the development of early detection approaches based on novel technologies and ... -
Virtual implantation using conventional scalp EEG delineates seizure onset and predicts surgical outcome in children with epilepsy
(2022)Objective Delineation of the seizure onset zone (SOZ) is required in children with drug resistant epilepsy (DRE) undergoing neurosurgery. Intracranial EEG (icEEG) serves as gold standard but has limitations. Here, we examine ... -
Taming the Information Beast: Content Customization and Its Impact on Media Enjoyment for Online Consumers
(2014)As technologies continue to evolve, customized online environments are becoming evermore popular with consumers as they help manage information flow in the online space while limiting exposure to advertising. This study ... -
Clinical Utility of a Biomarker to Detect Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury during Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures
(2022)Introduction: Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) is a major clinical complication of percutaneous cardiovascular procedures requiring iodinated contrast. Despite its relative frequency, practicing physicians are ... -
Application of Structural Retinal Biomarkers to Detect Cognitive Impairment in a Primary Care Setting
(2022)Background: Despite the diagnostic accuracy of advanced neurodiagnostic procedures, the detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) remains poor in primary care. There is an urgent need for screening tools to aid in the detection ... -
Smart Choice: Smartphone Users’ Intentions to Accept Mobile Advertising
(2013)This study explores motivations that influence smartphone users’ intentions to accept mobile advertising. In order to accomplish this research objective, the relationships among various factors identified from past literature ... -
Diffusiophoresis of a Nonionic Micelle in Salt Gradients; Roles of Preferential Hydration and Salt-Induced Surfactant Aggregation
(2022)Diffusiophoresis is the migration of a colloidal particle in water driven by concentration gradients of cosolutes such as salts. We have experimentally characterized the diffusiophoresis of tyloxapol micelles in the presence ... -
Understanding body dissatisfaction among older men: A qualitative study
(2013)Body image is a multifaceted psychological experience of embodiment that includes one?s physical appearance, body related self- perceptions and self- attitudes such as thoughts, beliefs, feelings and behaviors (Cash, 2004, ... -
Historia Y Memoria: La Construcción De Las Tradiciones Dinásticas Andinas
(2006)Este artículo entra en la práctica de la «herencia posicional», que se practicaba en los niveles de los curacazgos y del imperio incaico como una fórmula del sistema de sucesión. En un contexto más amplio, plantea como ... -
The Impact of Academic, Sociodemographic, and Program Growth Factors on Admission Offers to U.S. Graduate Education Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders: National Trends in 2016–2020 Cycles
(2023)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of academic factors and sociodemographic factors on offers of admission to graduate education programs in communication sciences and disorders (speech-language ... -
Relationship between training load and recovery in collegiate American football players during pre-season training
(2020)Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between training load and next-day recovery in collegiate American football (AF) players during pre-season. Methods: Seventeen athletes (Linemen, n = 6; ... -
Lower Limb Ground Reaction Force and Center of Pressure Asymmetry During Bodyweight Squats
(2022)Background Performance asymmetries between the lower limbs have been reported across a variety of variables and for numerous motor tasks including double leg squats. Additionally, the degree of symmetry is often used as a ... -
Mapping the brain basis of feelings, emotions and much more: A special issue focused on ‘The Human Affectome’
(2022)The Human Affectome Project was launched by the non-profit organization Neuroqualia (www.neuroqualia.org) in 2015 with the seemingly impossible goal: To map a psychological process and form possible definitions and working ... -
OA14.03. Effects of yoga on sleep, mood, and related outcomes in older women with Restless Legs Syndrome: a nested randomized controlled trial (RCT)
(2012)Purpose Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS), a common sleep disorder, has been linked to increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, key components of the metabolic syndrome, and is associated with significant societal and economic ... -
The Effects of Tobacco Coverage in the Public Communication Environment on Young People’s Decisions to Smoke Combustible Cigarettes
(2022)In today’s complex media environment, does media coverage influence youth and young adults’ (YYA) tobacco use and intentions? We conceptualize the “public communication environment” and effect mediators, then ask whether ... -
Earnings Quality and Trading Volume Reactions Around Earnings Announcements: International Evidence
(2022)Using a cross-country setting, we document differences in the relation between earnings quality and the two components of trading volume around earnings announcements, one related to differential interpretation of the ... -
A Site-Perspective on the Second Sophistic of the near East and Its Impact on the History of Rhetoric: An Overview
(2022)This essay introduces and examines the impact of the Second Sophistic in the Near East on the history of rhetoric. Although the overall impact of sophists is apparent as early as the Classical Period of ancient Greece, ... -
Do Black birthing persons prefer a Black health care provider during birth? Race concordance in birth
(2022)Background For many years in the United States, there has been an active discussion about whether race concordance between care providers and patients contributes to better health outcomes. Although beneficial provider–patient ...