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Correcting Misperceptions And Reducing Risky Drinking Through A Student-Designed Poster Campaign, Joseph W. Labrie, Eric R. Pedersen, Karie Huchting, Alysha D. Thompson, Justin F. Hummer

Heads Up!

A letter to the editor is presented focusing on correcting misperceptions and reducing risky drinking through a student-designed poster campaign.

Partying Before The Party: Examining Prepartying Behavior Among College Students, Eric R. Pedersen, Joseph W. Labrie

Heads Up!

Objective:

The authors examined the phenomenon known to college students as prepartying, which is the consumption of alcohol prior to attending an event or activity (eg, party, bar, concert) at which more alcohol may be consumed.

Participants:

To explore the extent of this behavior, the authors surveyed 227 college students about each drinking event over a 1-month period.

Results:

Principal results revealed that 64% of participants engaged in prepartying (75% of drinkers) and that prepartying is involved in approximately 45% of all drinking events. Prepartying was predictive of more drinking throughout the day of the drinking event and alcohol-related …

Female College Drinking And The Social Learning Theory: An Examination Of The Developmental Transition Period From High School To College, Joseph W. Labrie, Karie Huchting, Eric R. Pedersen, Justin F. Hummer, Kristin Shelesky, Summer Tawalbeh

Heads Up!

Problematic drinking among college students remains a national issue with large percentages of college students reporting heavy episodic or binge drinking (Wechsler, Dowdall, Davenport, & Castillo, 1995) and experiencing severe alcohol-related consequences ranging from poor academic performance, to sexual assault, vandalism, and even death (Hingson, Heeren, Winter, & Wechsler, 2005; Wechsler et al., 2002). According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA, 2002), the first 6 weeks on a college campus are critical to first-year student success. However, during these first weeks many students initiate heavy drinking that may interfere …

Classifying Risky-Drinking College Students: Another Look At The Two-Week Drinker-Type Categorization, Joseph W. Labrie, Eric R. Pedersen, Summer Tawalbeh

Psychological Science Faculty Works

Objective

The present study examined the effectiveness of the 2-week period currently used in the categorization of heavy episodic drinking among college students. Two-week drinker-type labels included the following: nonbinge drinker, binge drinker, and frequent binge drinker.

Method

Three samples of college student drinkers (104 volunteers, 283 adjudicated students, and 238 freshmen male students) completed the 3-month Timeline Followback assessment of drinking. Drinking behavior during the last 2 weeks of the month before the study was compared with drinking behavior during the first 2 weeks of the same month to compare behavior and resulting labels during both 2-week periods.

Results …

Use Of Mental Health-Related Services Among Immigrant And Us-Born Asian Americans: Results From The National Latino And Asian American Study, Jennifer Abe-Kim, David T. Takeuchi, Seunghye Hong, Nolan Zane, Stanley Sue, Michael S. Spencer, Hoa Appel, Ethel Nicdao, Margarita Alegría

Psychological Science Faculty Works

Objectives. We examined rates of mental health–related service use (i.e., any, general medical, and specialty mental health services) as well as subjective satisfaction with and perceived helpfulness of care in a national sample of Asian Americans, with a particular focus on immigration-related factors.

Methods. Data were derived from the National Latino and Asian American Study (2002–2003).

Results. About 8.6% of the total sample (n=2095) sought any mental health–related services; 34.1% of individuals who had a probable diagnosis sought any services. Rates of mental health–related service use, subjective satisfaction, and perceived helpfulness varied by birthplace and by generation. US-born Asian Americans …

Evaluation Of A Putative Entomopathogenic Caenorhabditis (Nematoda: Rhabditid) And Associated Serratia (Proteobacteria: Enterobacteriaceae), Kaitlin M. Bonner

Master's Theses and Capstones

A major goal of modern biology is to extend our understanding of biological systems investigated in the laboratory to their ecological and evolutionary context. With extensive understanding of the function, development and genetics of C. elegans, exploring the link between this laboratory model and the environment in which this system evolved would be very interesting because very little is known about the natural history of this premier model organism.

A new strain of Caenorhabditis briggsae (SoAf) with an associated bacterium, Serratia sp. SCBI, has been isolated from South Africa using common entomopathogenic nematode trapping methods. This study taxonomically identified and …

Dissociation Of Eif1 From The 40s Ribosomal Subunit Is A Key Step In Start Codon Selection In Vivo, Sarah F. Mitchell

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Works

Selection of the AUG start codon is a key step in translation initiation requiring hydrolysis of GTP in the eIF2·GTP·Met-tRNA iMet ternary complex (TC) and subsequent Pi release from eIF2·GDP·Pi. It is thought that eIF1 prevents recognition of non-AUGs by promoting scanning and blocking P i release at non-AUG codons. We show that Sui? mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae eIF1, which increase initiation at UUG codons, reduce interaction of eIF1 with 40S subunits in vitro and in vivo, and both defects are diminished in cells by overexpressing the mutant proteins. Remarkably, Sui? mutation ISQLG93-97ASQAA (abbreviated 93-97) accelerates eIF1 dissociation and Pi …

Opensourcepacs: An Extensible Infrastructure For Medical Image Management, John David N. Dionisio, Alex A T Bui, Craig Morioka, David B. Johnson, Usha Sinha, Siamak Ardekani, Ricky K. Taira, Denise R. Aberle, Suzie El-Saden, Hooshang Kangarloo

Computer Science Faculty Works

The development of comprehensive picture archive and communication systems (PACS) has mainly been limited to proprietary developments by vendors, though a number of freely available software projects have addressed specific image management tasks. The openSourcePACS project aims to provide an open source, common foundation upon which not only can a basic PACS be readily implemented, but to also support the evolution of new PACS functionality through the development of novel imaging applications and services. openSourcePACS consists of four main software modules: 1) image order entry, which enables the ordering and tracking of structured image requisitions; 2) an agent-based image server …

A Group Motivational Interviewing Intervention Reduces Drinking And Alcohol-Related Negative Consequences In Adjudicated College Women, Joseph W. Labrie, Alysha D. Thompson, Karen Huchting, Andrew Lac, Kevin Buckley

Heads Up!

College students who violate campus alcohol policies (adjudicated students) are at high risk for experiencing negative alcohol-related consequences and for undermining campus life. Further, college women may be especially at risk due to differential intoxication effects and sexual consequences experienced mainly by female students. Research on interventions for adjudicated students, especially adjudicated females, has been limited. One hundred and fifteen college women who received a sanction for violating campus alcohol policies participated in the study. The two hour group intervention focused on female-specific reasons for drinking and included decisional balance, goal setting and other exercises. Participants completed follow-up surveys for …

Philosophy And Theology: Notes On Pro-Life Consistency, Personhood Potentiality, And Prayer For Healing, Christopher Kaczor

Philosophy Faculty Works

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Working Selves, Working Gendered Contexts [Review Of The Book Negotiating Gendered Identities At Work: Place, Space And Time], Craig Rich

Communication Studies Faculty Works

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The Development Of Organizational And Leadership Paradigms In The Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Barry D. Oliver

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Leadership Development In Albania: Equipping Young Pastors For Apostolic Leadership, Leigh Rice

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Blessing In Kind: An Exploration Of Principle In Short-Term Mission Trips, Lary E. Brown

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Adventist Perspectives On Short-Term Missions: Brief Survey And Evaluation, Wagner Kuhn

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Obsessions, Compulsions, And Craving : Relationships With Impulsivity And Executive Functioning, Joanna M. Marino

Theses and Dissertations

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Advances And Missed Opportunities In The International Prosecution Of Gender-Based Crimes, Susana Sacouto

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

INTRODUCTION: In the past decade, and particularly since 1998, there has been an incredible transformation in the treatment of sex-based and gender- based violence' in the fields of international humanitarian law and international criminal law. Before this, crimes committed exclusively or disproportionately against women and girls, in times of conflict, were largely either ignored, or at most, treated as secondary to other crimes. Despite the fact that rape and other forms of sexual violence had been widely reported during World War HI, for instance, the crime of rape was not expressly included in either the London Charter, establishing the International …

Ecology Of Wood Frog (Rana Sylvatica) Parasites On The Northern Plains, Eric E. Pulis

Theses and Dissertations

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From Grassland To Woodland : A 42-Year Chronosequence Of Woody Plant Expansion In Mandan, Nd, Anna L. Springsteen

Theses and Dissertations

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Social Support Among Nontraditional University Students, Angela Osborn

Theses and Dissertations

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How To Sue Without Standing: The Constitutionality Of Citizen Suits In Non-Article Iii Tribunals, David Krinsky

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.

The New Cold War: The Battle To Prevent Eurasian Invaders From Destroying The Great Lakes, Daniel A. Applegate

Case Western Reserve Law Review

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What A Difference A Contract Makes: Protecting Taxpayers From Changes In The Tax Code, Johnny Hutchinson

Case Western Reserve Law Review

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Federal Questions, State Courts, And The Lockstep Doctrine, M. Jason Hale

Case Western Reserve Law Review

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Parental Leave And American Exceptionalism, Saul Levmore

Case Western Reserve Law Review

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Note Of The Year: A Modicum Of Recovery: How Child Sex Tourism Constitutes Slavery Under The Alien Tort Claims Act, Kyle Cutts

Case Western Reserve Law Review

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Picking On Pickering: Proposing Intermediate Scrutiny In Public- Employee Religious- Speech Cases Via Berry V. Department Of Social Services, Chaz Weber

Case Western Reserve Law Review

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The Impact Of College Student Immersion Service Learning Trips On Coping With Stress And Vocational Identity, Brad A. Mills, Richard B. Bersamina, Thomas G. Plante

Psychology

This study examined the impact of service learning immersion trips on vocational identity and coping with stress among college students. Fifty-one students (15 males, 36 females) who participated in immersion trips and 76 students (25 males, 51 females) in a non-immersion control group completed a series of questionnaires directly before and immediately after both fall and spring break immersion trips, and during a four-month follow up. Results suggest that, after returning from an immersion trip, students report a greater ability to cope with stress and a somewhat stronger sense of vocational identity relative to students who do not participate in …

Department Of Education: Fy2007 Annual Report, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Department of Education

No abstract provided.

Fair Share At Health Care: Current Erisa Preemption Jurisprudence Paves The Way For Health Care Reform, David Simon

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

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