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Does Our Diversity Talk Match Our Walk? Aligning Institutional Goals and Practice
(College and University Journal, 1/1/2017)The article focuses on aligning Institutional goals and practice in the U.S. and the role of admissions professionals in the U.S. It mentions need for adopting a strategy for helping admissions professionals aimed at ... -
The U.S. Supreme Count's Use of Non-Legal Sources and Amicus Curiae Brieds in Fisher v. University of Texas
(Journal of College and University Law, 1/1/2017)In February 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that challenged the constitutionality of a race-conscious admissions policy at the University of Texas at Austin (“the university”). In addition to the evidence ... -
Epigenetic Patterns Modulate the Connection between Developmental Dynamics of Parenting and Offspring Psychosocial Adjustment
(Child Development, 1/1/2017)This study attempted to establish and quantify the connections between parenting, offspring psychosocial adjustment, and the epigenome. The participants, 35 African-American young adults (19 females and 16 males; age = 17 ... -
Paired Associate Learning Tasks and their Contribution to Reading Skills
(Learning and Individual Differences, 1/1/2017)Associative learning has been identified as one of several non-linguistic processes involved in reading acquisition. However, it has not been established whether it is an independent process that contributes to reading ... -
Evaluation of Acquired Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia coli Exposed to Long-Term Low-Shear Modeled Microgravity and Background Antibiotic Exposure
(mBio, 1/15/2019)The long-term response of microbial communities to the microgravity environment of space is not yet fully understood. Of special interest is the possibility that members of these communities may acquire antibiotic resistance. ... -
Fabrication of Multi-point Side-Firing Optical Fiber by Laser Micro- ablation
(Optics Letters, 1/16/2018)A multipoint, side-firing design enables an optical fiber to output light at multiple desired locations along the fiber body. This provides advantages over traditional end-to-end fibers, especially in applications requiring ... -
Draft Genome Sequence of Marinobacter sp. Strain P4B1, an Electrogenic Perchlorate-Reducing Strain Isolated from a Long-Term Mixed Enrichment Culture of Marine Bacteria
(Genome Announcements, 1/21/2016)The perchlorate-reducing strain Marinobacter sp. strain P4B1 was isolated from a long-term perchlorate-degrading enrichment culture seeded with marine sediment. The draft genome of Marinobacter sp. P4B1 is comprised of the ... -
Testing and Diversity in Postsecondary Education: The Case of California
(Education Policy Analysis Archives, 1/7/2002)The past several years have seen numerous efforts to scale back or eliminate affirmative action in postsecondary admissions. In response, policymakers and postsecondary institutions in many states are searching for ways ... -
The sequential pathway between trauma-related symptom severity and cognitive-based smoking processes through perceived stress and negative affect reduction expectancies among trauma exposed smokers
(American Journal on Addictions, 10/01/16)Background and Objectives: Smoking rates are markedly higher among trauma-exposed individuals relative to non-trauma exposed individuals. Extant work suggests that both perceived stress and negative affect reduction smoking ... -
Cultural differences and shame in an expressive writing alcohol intervention
(Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 10/07/16)The present study evaluates the relationships between shame, culture, and drinking behavior in predicting drinking intentions in the context of an expressive writing intervention. Theory and empirical findings have generally ... -
Associations between household responsibilities and academic competencies in the context of education accessibility in Zambia
(Learning and Individual Differences, 10/1/2013)The relationship between education and socioeconomic status has been demonstrated in studies of the developed and the developing world, yet there are communities in which schooling is either not available to all children ... -
Pioneering the Psychiatric Nurse Role in Foster Care
(Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 10/11/13)Older youth served in the foster care system have elevated rates of mental health disorders and are high users of mental health services, yet concerns have been raised about the quality of this care. This paper describes ... -
Contextualizing Practice in Cambodia: A Hidden Living Place with Practice Insight
(Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping, 10/12/17)This article is not a first-person narrative but rather a cultural reflection after a study-abroad program in Cambodia that aimed to provide an approach for promoting a deeper appreciation of international social work ... -
Microbiomes of the dust particles collected from the International Space Station and Spacecraft Assembly Facilities
(Microbiome, 10/27/2015)Background: The International Space Station (ISS) is a unique built environment due to the effects of microgravity, space radiation, elevated carbon dioxide levels, and especially continuous human habitation. Understanding ... -
Knowledge of and Attitudes toward Behavioral Health Services among Older Youth in the Foster Care System
(Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 11/06/10)This study examined knowledge of and attitudes toward services among 268 17-year olds with psychiatric diagnoses preparing to exit foster care. A structured interview assessed knowledge of services with vignette scenarios ... -
Physical Growth and Nonverbal Intelligence: Associations in Zambia
(Journal of Pediatrics, 11/1/2014)Objective: To investigate normative developmental body mass index (BMI) trajectories and associations of physical growth indicators—height, weight, head circumference (HC), and BMI—with nonverbal intelligence in an ... -
Knowledge-Based and Contextual Factors Associated with R&D Teams’ Improvisation Capability
(Journal of Management, 11/1/2016)We examine three knowledge-based processes and interactions underlying an effective improvisation capability in research and development (R&D) teams: a team’s ability to create a shared understanding of new knowledge, a ... -
Exploring Contextual Factors of Youth Homelessness and Sexual Risk Behaviors: A Qualitative Study
(Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 11/17/15)CONTEXT: HIV disproportionately affects homeless youth, and interventions to date have had minimal success in reducing sexual risk behaviors in this population. Few qualitative studies have been conducted to provide insight ... -
State of the Science of Adherence in Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis and Microbicide Trials
(JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 12/01/12)For pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and microbicides to effectively prevent HIV, optimal treatment adherence is required. Adherence to these strategies, however, has not been sufficiently studied. This investigation ... -
Other People's Money: The Effects of Ownership on Compensation Strategy and Managerial Pay
(Academy of Management Journal, 12/1/1995)This study analyzes the compensation strategy of firms. We examined differences in the pay and incentives of lower-level managers in firms with different levels of management discretion. We found that firms with higher ...