College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
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Fluorescently labeled bovine RNase and bovine lactalbumin interactions with anti-fluorescein antibody
Get PDFPre-Trauma Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Vulnerability Biomarkers
Get PDFPosttraumatic Stress Disorder is a stress-related mental disorder that affects only a subset of trauma-exposed populations. While current methods hold strong clinical evidence for preventing/mitigating the development of symptomatic PTSD after the fact, current research is still inconclusive on definitive pre-trauma biomarkers of PTSD vulnerability. It is prudent to recognize vulnerability in a given population, rather than treating the affected individuals post-exposure. Further progression in this field of research could not only improve the speed of reactionary treatment by focusing on susceptible individuals, but also by creating appropriate prophylactic measures. With the military in mind, identification of vulnerable subjects prior to a traumatic situation allows for individual therapeutic preparation (psychologically, pharmacologically, etc...) or re-evaluating an individual’s exposure to likely trauma. Application of said methods can help mitigate the psychological damage, costs, & rehabilitation of veterans & soldiers with symptomatic PTSD. Due to current research encompassing a plethora of potential biomarkers, the emphasis of this work is an analysis & review of the most probable. Additionally, the ethical quandaries in utilization of these biomarkers is discussed, akin to the concern surrounding the Human Genome Project
Who Wants to Join? Variation and Strength in Social Networks
Get PDFThe main hypothesis of the present study was that more variation in an emerging adult’s social network should predict higher levels of happiness and lower levels of stress. It was also predicted that introversion–extraversion would moderate these relationships. Participants were 318 college students from two small, Catholic liberal arts institutions in the Upper Midwest. The variation (i.e., friends with varied interests and activities) of an individual’s social network was measured by a researcher-developed inventory (Social Network Variation Scale; SNVS). Social network strength was measured by the researcher-developed Social Network Strength Scale (SNSS). Results showed strong support for nine of ten hypotheses. People with more variation in their social network had higher levels of happiness and lower levels of stress. Similarly, people with more close or strong friends in their social network had higher levels of happiness and lower levels of stress. Autonomy mediates the relationships between variation and stress and strength and stress. Personality moderates the relationships between variation and happiness and variation and stress. These results suggest that college students might benefit from focusing time and energy on building relationships with individuals who have a variety of interests
