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A Case for Competencies: Assessing the Value of Trait-Based Performance Appraisal for Non-Faculty University Employees
(Educational Policy Analysis Archives, 5/11/2016)
A case study analyzed how supervisors at one university selected competencies, or trait-based skills, for non-faculty employees. This case study provides a valuable contribution by focusing on employees at one institution ...
A Longitudinal Study of Racial Discrimination and Risk for Death Ideation in African American Youth
(Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 05/03/16)
Although multiple studies have found that African Americans commonly experience racial discrimination, available studies have yet to examine how perceived racism might be related to suicide vulnerability in African American ...
A Methodology for Conducting Retrospective Chart Review Research in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
(Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006-08)
Introduction: Retrospective research has become largely undervalued and underutilized in child and adolescent psychiatry with the increasing singular focus on randomized control trials, despite the wealth of clinically ...
Computational Screening for Small Molecule Inhibitors of Talin/β3 Integrin Tail Interactions
(2017)
Integrin and talin signaling is linked to pathological conditions including chronic inflammation and cardiovascular disease. As such, it may be beneficial to find drugs that block talin/integrin interactions. Here we ...
Application of the Subharmonic Threshold to the Measurement of the Damping of Oscillating Gas Bubbles
(Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1977-01)
It is suggested that the damping affecting the forced radial oscillations of gas bubbles can be determined very accurately through the measurement of the subharmonic threshold for the oscillations. The advantage of the ...
A New Robot-Assisted Therapy for Stroke Survivors: Effects of Long-Term Stretching Exercises on Ankle Range of Motion, Balance and Gait
(2017)
Our study has demonstrated that stroke survivors received ankle stretching exercises with the MAS for 4 weeks improved ankle range of motion, balance, and gait ability. These improvements remained relatively constant through ...
Neurobehavioral outcomes in spina bifida: Processes versus outcomes
(Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, 2008-01)
We review neurobehavioral outcomes and interventions for children with spina bifida. Focusing on children with spina bifida myelomeningocele, we contrast historical views of outcomes based on comparisons across content ...
THE UNEXPECTED 1870s/1880s RESPONSE TO THE MID-CENOMANIAN EVENT: AN INVESTIGATION IN THE IONA-1 CORE
(2018-12)
The emplacement of either the Caribbean Large Igneous Province (CLIP) or High Arctic Large Igneous Province (HALIP) is implicated in the triggering of the CenomanianTuronian Ocean Anoxic Event 2 (OAE-2; ca 94 - 95 Ma). ...
Religious Liberty in Virginia: How "Dissenters" Parlayed Oppression into Freedom
(2017)
Virginia’s role in helping to spearhead Disestablishment and religious freedom has not received the treatment it deserves although it was, itself, a moving force behind Virginia’s entre into the Revolution. It was, in fact, ...
The Effect of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty
(2021-07-23)
For patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty, does the use of a more targeted antimicrobial prophylaxis approach reduce the future risk of surgical site infection compared with current practice of sole administration ...