29 research outputs found
Main and Interactive Effects of Diabetes Distress and Stress from Life Events on Overall Psychological Distress
No full textThis study sought to extend previous research by examining rates of three different types of diabetes distress, and whether stress from life events amplified the association between diabetes distress and overall psychological distress in a community-based sample of 119 middle-aged and older adults with type 2 diabetes. Consistent with past research, individuals experienced a moderate level of diabetes distress. However, only some types of diabetes distress were associated with depressive symptoms, independent of stressful life events, whereas all types of diabetes distress were only related to anxious symptoms when stress from life events was also high.This has not been published yet (just accepted). I do not know if there is an embargo period for this journal.Peer reviewe
Gaydar application to female actors: A cross-sectional study of the accuracy of judgments of sexual orientation
No full textabstract: This study looked at the accuracy in sexual orientation judgment in college-age students from Arizona State University’s West Campus while viewing female actors. One actor was straight and the other bisexual. Participants viewed a 3-minute-long video with audio and visual of a mock forensic interview between Taylor Addams (played by one of the actors) and Officer Carter (played by Kiersten Carter), and were not told this was a test of their gaydar. It was found that though each group was biased toward straight responses, the straight actor group scored significantly higher on the straightness measure than the bisexual actor group. There was also no significant difference between the two groups in their confidence in their answers. (abstract
The additive and interactive effects of diabetes and general life stress on overall psychological distress
No full textType 2 diabetes is a chronic disease that is reaching epidemic proportions around the world. A number of disease-related factors put patients at risk for experiencing diabetes-specific stress that may contribute to patients’ overall psychological distress. Yet at the same time, patients are experiencing other significant stressful events in their lives, which could further exacerbate their distress. Further research is clearly needed that identifies ways in which patients are most affected by their disease to intervene appropriately. This study sought to contribute to this area of the literature by exploring how different types of disease-specific stress relate to overall psychological distress (depressive and anxiety symptoms) among individuals with diabetes. This study further sought to understand whether experiencing general life stress changed the nature of these associations. This study used survey data collected from a community-based sample of 119 middle-aged and older adults with type 2 diabetes (mean age = 59.71) in the greater Philadelphia area. Diabetes-related stress was assessed by examining perceived diabetes frustrations, worry about complications, and burden; general life stress was assessed by both a count of life events and subjective stressfulness ratings; psychological distress was assessed by depressive and anxious symptoms. Multivariable regression analyses were conducted to examine the main and interactive effects of diabetes-specific and general life stress in predicting psychological distress (anxious and depressive symptoms). The results revealed unique main effects for diabetes-related frustration, burden, and general life stress in predicting depressive symptoms (all ps < .02). The results also revealed significant interactions between two of the three scales of diabetes-related stress and subjective stress ratings of stressful life events in predicting anxious symptoms (all ps < .02). The findings suggest that there are unique effects of different types of stress on depressive symptoms, whereas general life stress impacts the relationship between diabetes-specific stress and anxious symptoms. Identifying the unique contributors to mental health symptoms is important in understanding how these symptoms may interfere with successful chronic disease management.M.A.Includes bibliographical referencesby Kiersten Vesta-Victoria Westle
Generating interest in scientific learning using the scientific and ethical arguments of de-extinction
No full textDe-extinction is the process of bringing an extinct species back to life through reintroduction, cloning, or genetic engineering. Although de-extinction is a realistic and presently practiced science, it is not the same as movies like Jurassic Park depict it to be. We presented the topic of de-extinction to several high school classes and then surveyed their interest in the subject and science in general.Fall 2015Accompanied by video fil
Busy Doing Nothing
No full textThis entry describes the author\u27s struggles with work, family, and the decision to continue schooling.https://dc.ewu.edu/covid/1030/thumbnail.jp
A Tyranny of Petticoats
No full textA compilation of 15 short stories about American women, A Tyranny of Petticoats features tough, brave, practical female characters from time periods spanning the early 1700’s to 1968. Each created by a different YA author, the characters run the gamut from pirates to protesters, belles to bank robbers, students, teachers, sisters and supernatural beings. An unsparing portrait of women’s often-neglected place in history, the stories also highlight each character’s determination to make her own story whatever the opposition
Building an EBL Culture in the Business School: Lessons from the Katz School @ Pitt
No full textMembers of ABSEL understand the benefits of incorporating experience based learning (EBL) in their classrooms, however not all faculty truly understand how to incorporate EBL, or the benefits to students of having EBL in their courses. The author is lucky to be at a business program where experience based learning is one of the 5 strategic initiatives of the school and where EBL is given considerable support from the Dean’s Office. The author will discuss various strategies that have been used at the school to educate fellow faculty about how to incorporate EBL in their courses as well as programs that have been initiated to encourage and grow EBL use within the school
Selected topics in interventional radiology: a compendium of student honors papers on the Interventional radiology elective
No full textThis book is a collaborative effort with medical students from the Rutgers/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, previously Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The students contributed chapters written as honors papers,while on their Interventional Radiology elective. This publication is not meant to completely cover the ever expanding realm of interventional radiology but includes topics of interest to the students while on their elective. It has been rewarding to work with these amazing students, many of whom have elected to practice diagnostic and interventional radiology. This work was supported by a small grant from the Rutgers Library to create affordable books. As it is self published please overlook minor flaws.
The newest area of interventional radiology, interventional oncology, will be covered in subsequent chapters as they are written. As with other dynamic fields of medicine some material becomes outdated soon after it is written. As this is an electronic publication we will strive to update chapters as required.Central venous access in interventional radiology / Daniel Haddad, Mary-Katherine Lynch
Image -guided percutaneous needle biopsy / Ross Cadman
Image -guided percutaneous
abscess drainage of abdominal and pelvic abscess / Zaeem Billah, Dhaval Mehta
Interventional radiology approaches for the treatment of refractory ascites / Travis R. Quinoa
Radial artery access in interventional radiology / Lauren A. Huntress
Segmental arterial mediolysis / Julian Sison
Hemodialysis vascular access, complications, and interventional treatment / Pierre Saad
Non-operative management of splenic injury / Ulyana Trytko
Management of splenic artery aneurysm with coil embolization / Henal Patel
The use of arterial embolization in pelvic trauma / Henal Patel, Rima Patel
Management of massive hemoptysis with bronchial artery embolization / Shreya Amin
Minimally invasive approach
to treating renal angiomyolipoma / Adam Zybulewski
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations / Ripal Patel, Michael Chevinsky
Radiologic and endoscopic percutaneous gastrostomy: a review of the literature / Fernando D. Arias
Treatment of benign bile duct strictures by balloon dilitation and stent placement / Jason Feinman
Transjugular liver biopsy / Oluwatoyin Dada
Point shear/wave liver elastography / Eric Wei
Renal artery stenosis: medical management vs. percutaneous revascularization / Adjoa Boateng, Gregg Khodorov
Minimally invasive treatment of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma / Jaclyn N. Portelli Tremont
Vena cava filters
and the treatment of pulmonary embolism / Anushree Doshi
Interventional treatment of pulmonary embolism / Matthew Deek
Percutaneous access for nephrostomy and nephro-lithotomy / Prasann Vachhani
Portal vein embolization and hepatic hypertrophy / Kristin Maletsky
THe role of interventional radiology in upper GI and colonic hemorrhage
contemporary management and outcomes / Slavamir Sokalaw
Small intestinal bleeding / Oren Johnson
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage aorto-enteric fistula / Hansol Kim
Management of non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with liver cirrhosis / Vikram Rajpurohit
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt / Na Eun Kim
Review and analysis of balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO ) vs. transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt (TIPS) procedures as a treatment for gastric varices / Iqra Farooqi , Kiersten Frenchu
The value of multi-detector helical CT (MDCT) scans in evaluating acute gastro-intestinal bleeding"September 2020
Police perceptions and contact among people with mental illnesses: comparisons with a general population survey
No full textThough studies have surveyed police officers’ perceptions of people with mental illnesses (PMI), few have examined perceptions held by PMI regarding the police, and none have compared them with those held by the general population. This study sought to (a) examine perceptions of police held by PMI, (b) compare them to perceptions held by the general population, and (c) explore whether differences between PMI and general population perceptions are attributable to contact with the police in the past year. We drew data from a survey of 244 PMI and the 2009 Canadian General Social Survey (GSS) (Brennan, 2011). Both surveys administered the same items querying perceptions of and contact with the police in the prior 12 months. GSS participants were individually matched to PMI participants on sociodemographic characteristics (n = 225 per group). Overall, participants held fairly positive perceptions of the police, but perceptions held by GSS participants were more positive than those held by PMI participants. PMI participants were more likely than GSS participants to have contact with the police in the prior 12 months. In multivariate models, perceptions differed between PMI and GSS participants for police performance in being approachable and treating people fairly, and overall confidence in police; police contact was not associated with perceptions nor did it moderate effects of participant group. Consistent with the procedural justice framework, fair and equitable treatment appears to be of primary relevance to PMI perceptions of the police. Further efforts are needed to improve PMI perceptions of the police in these areas. (APA PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved).Peer reviewedFinal article publishe
