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A Closer Look At Self-Esteem, Perceived Social Support, And Coping Strategy: A Prospective Study Of Depressive Symptomatology Across The Transition To College, Catherine Lee, Daniel A. Dickson, Colleen S. Conley, Grayson N. Holmbeck Jan 2014

A Closer Look At Self-Esteem, Perceived Social Support, And Coping Strategy: A Prospective Study Of Depressive Symptomatology Across The Transition To College, Catherine Lee, Daniel A. Dickson, Colleen S. Conley, Grayson N. Holmbeck

Psychology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

The first year of college is a significant life transition, which is often characterized by stress and may contribute to the development or exacerbation of depressive symptoms. Due to the considerable negative outcomes that are associated with depressive symptoms across the lifespan, it is important to understand the mechanisms and pathways through which depressive symptoms arise. This prospective study examines the mediating and moderating roles of perceived social support and disengagement coping on the association between self-esteem and depressive symptomatology in a sample of 1,118 first-year college students. Results of longitudinal cross-lagged path analyses indicate that self-esteem predicts depressive symptomatology …

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Type A Behavior And Savoring Among College Undergraduates: Enjoy Achievements Now—Not Later, Fred B. Bryant, Paul R. Yarnold Jan 2014

Type A Behavior And Savoring Among College Undergraduates: Enjoy Achievements Now—Not Later, Fred B. Bryant, Paul R. Yarnold

Psychology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Recent research tested the a priori hypothesis that Type A Behavior (TAB) undermines enjoyment of leisure time, and that this effect is mediated by savoring responses which hamper enjoyment.1 Findings suggested that the hypothesized A-B differences in savoring reflect differences in perfectionism rather than in time urgency. The present study uses the same sample to compare 117 extreme Type A and 131 extreme B undergraduates on ten dimensions of savoring assessed for a performance-related stimulus. Findings revealed Type As focus on how proud they are and impressed others are, but are only moderately to weakly involved in actively storing positive …

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Review Essay: Reading The Dream Machine: The Untold Story Of The Notorious V-22 Osprey, By Richard Whittle, In Light Of The Defense Acquisition Performance Study, Steven L. Schooner, Nathaniel E. Castellano Jan 2014

Review Essay: Reading The Dream Machine: The Untold Story Of The Notorious V-22 Osprey, By Richard Whittle, In Light Of The Defense Acquisition Performance Study, Steven L. Schooner, Nathaniel E. Castellano

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

This review commends The Dream Machine to a broad range of readers, including public contracts attorneys, acquisition policy officials, contracts professionals, program managers, government procurement law students, as well as consumers of military history. It’s a remarkable story told with style. The review juxtapose some aspects of the author’s exhaustive case study of this seemingly problematic program against the Defense Department’s nascent effort to assess the performance of the Defense Acquisition System. We make no secret of our belief that DoD’s acquisition performance assessment has the potential to become one of the most significant recent developments in defense acquisition. Among …

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Inconsistent Jury Verdicts, Stephen A. Saltzburg Jan 2014

Inconsistent Jury Verdicts, Stephen A. Saltzburg

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

This article examines United States v. Moran-Toala, 726 F.3d 334 (2d Cir. 2013), to illustrate what happens when a trial judge explicitly instructs a jury that its verdict need not be consistent.

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Between Two Fern Genomes, E. B. Sessa, J. A. Banks, M. S. Barker, J. P. Der, A. M. Duffy, S. W. Graham, M. Hasebe, J. Langdale, F. W. Li, D. B. Marchant, K. M. Pryer, C. J. Rothfels, S. J. Roux, M. L. Salmi, E. M. Sigel, D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, D. W. Stevenson, Paul G. Wolf Jan 2014

Between Two Fern Genomes, E. B. Sessa, J. A. Banks, M. S. Barker, J. P. Der, A. M. Duffy, S. W. Graham, M. Hasebe, J. Langdale, F. W. Li, D. B. Marchant, K. M. Pryer, C. J. Rothfels, S. J. Roux, M. L. Salmi, E. M. Sigel, D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, D. W. Stevenson, Paul G. Wolf

Biology Faculty Publications

Ferns are the only major lineage of vascular plants not represented by a sequenced nuclear genome. This lack of genome sequence information significantly impedes our ability to understand and reconstruct genome evolution not only in ferns, but across all land plants. Azolla and Ceratopteris are ideal and complementary candidates to be the first ferns to have their nuclear genomes sequenced. They differ dramatically in genome size, life history, and habit, and thus represent the immense diversity of extant ferns. Together, this pair of genomes will facilitate myriad large-scale comparative analyses across ferns and all land plants. Here we review the …

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Genotyping-By-Sequencing For Populus Population Genomics: An Assessment Of Genome Sampling Patterns And Filtering Approaches, M. Schilling, Paul G. Wolf, A. M. Duffy, H. S. Rai, C. A. Rowe, B. A. Richardson, K. E. Mock Jan 2014

Genotyping-By-Sequencing For Populus Population Genomics: An Assessment Of Genome Sampling Patterns And Filtering Approaches, M. Schilling, Paul G. Wolf, A. M. Duffy, H. S. Rai, C. A. Rowe, B. A. Richardson, K. E. Mock

Biology Faculty Publications

Continuing advances in nucleotide sequencing technology are inspiring a suite of genomic approaches in studies of natural populations. Researchers are faced with data management and analytical scales that are increasing by orders of magnitude. With such dramatic advances comes a need to understand biases and error rates, which can be propagated and magnified in large-scale data acquisition and processing. Here we assess genomic sampling biases and the effects of various population-level data filtering strategies in a genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) protocol. We focus on data from two species of Populus, because this genus has a relatively small genome and is emerging …

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Size Dependent Translocation And Fetal Accumulation Of Gold Nanoparticles From Maternal Blood In The Rat, Manuela Semmler-Behnke, Jens Lipka, Alexander Wenk, Martin Schaeffer, Furong Tian, Gunter Schmid, Gunter Oberdorster, Wolfgang Kreyling Jan 2014

Size Dependent Translocation And Fetal Accumulation Of Gold Nanoparticles From Maternal Blood In The Rat, Manuela Semmler-Behnke, Jens Lipka, Alexander Wenk, Martin Schaeffer, Furong Tian, Gunter Schmid, Gunter Oberdorster, Wolfgang Kreyling

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There is evidence that nanoparticles (NP) cross epithelial and endothelial body barriers. We hypothesized that gold (Au) NP, once in the blood circulation of pregnant rats, will cross the placental barrier during pregnancy size-dependently and accumulate in the fetal organism by 1. transcellular transport across the hemochorial placenta, 2. transcellular transport across amniotic membranes 3. transport through ~20 nm wide transtrophoblastic channels in a size dependent manner. The three AuNP sizes used to test this hypothesis are either well below, or of similar size or well above the diameters of the transtrophoblastic channels.

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Hedge Fund Activism Canadian Style Jan 2014

Hedge Fund Activism Canadian Style

UBC Law Review

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Tsilhqot'in Nation V. Bc: Reconfiguring Aboriginal Title In The Name Of Reconciliation Jan 2014

Tsilhqot'in Nation V. Bc: Reconfiguring Aboriginal Title In The Name Of Reconciliation

UBC Law Review

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The Right To Control And Access Genetic Research Information: Does Mcinerney Offer A Way Out Of The Consent/Withdrawal Conundrum Jan 2014

The Right To Control And Access Genetic Research Information: Does Mcinerney Offer A Way Out Of The Consent/Withdrawal Conundrum

UBC Law Review

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Declaratory Legislation: Legislatures In The Judicial Domain Case Comment Jan 2014

Declaratory Legislation: Legislatures In The Judicial Domain Case Comment

UBC Law Review

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Water Resources Systems Analysis: A Bright Past And Challenging But Promising Future, David E. Rosenberg, Kaveh Madani Jan 2014

Water Resources Systems Analysis: A Bright Past And Challenging But Promising Future, David E. Rosenberg, Kaveh Madani

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

The field of water resources systems analysis is now experiencing one of its most exciting eras where scientists, decision makers, and funding agencies want to apply systems approaches to solve varied, complex, uncertain, and interdisciplinary resource management problems. Solving these problems presents great opportunities for us to engage in complex, real-world decision-making and make positive changes. However, to capitalize on these opportunities, we as a field must also overcome several large challenges related to problem identification, integration, blind use of systems tools, a focus on optimality, and harnessing big data. To overcome, we must look back to find what we …

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The Philosophers' Stone: Alchemical Imagination And The Soul's Logical Life, Stanton Marlan Jan 2014

The Philosophers' Stone: Alchemical Imagination And The Soul's Logical Life, Stanton Marlan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Alchemy has been viewed within the context of the history of natural science as a precursor to and a primitive form of chemistry. The enigmatic goal of the alchemical process, the Philosophers' Stone, is the focus of this dissertation. A natural scientific approach has shed little light on the mythical, esoteric and symbolic attributes of the Stone, which are intrinsic parts of the alchemical imagination. From the larger perspective of the history of the human spirit, these neglected aspects of the Philosophers' Stone can be seen as vital dimensions of an ancient religious and spiritual philosophy, the goal of which …

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United States Assistant Attorney General For National Security John P. Carlin Delivers Remarks At The American University Business Law Review 2014 Symposium, John P. Carlin Jan 2014

United States Assistant Attorney General For National Security John P. Carlin Delivers Remarks At The American University Business Law Review 2014 Symposium, John P. Carlin

American University Business Law Review

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Stare Indecisis: The Federal Circuit's En Banc Battle Against Itself And Business In Lighting Ballast Control, Llc V. Philips Electronics North America Corp., Ronny Valdes Jan 2014

Stare Indecisis: The Federal Circuit's En Banc Battle Against Itself And Business In Lighting Ballast Control, Llc V. Philips Electronics North America Corp., Ronny Valdes

American University Business Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Subjective Cognitive Fatigue In Multiple Sclerosis Depends On Task Length, Joshua Sandry, Helen M. Genova, Ekaterina Dobryakova, John Deluca, Glenn Wylie Jan 2014

Subjective Cognitive Fatigue In Multiple Sclerosis Depends On Task Length, Joshua Sandry, Helen M. Genova, Ekaterina Dobryakova, John Deluca, Glenn Wylie

Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Objective: The objective of this paper is to investigate the interrelationship between subjective and objective cognitive fatigue, information processing domain (processing speed vs. working memory), cognitive load (high vs low), and time on task in Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Methods: 32 MS participants and 24 healthy controls completed experimental tasks in both the processing speed and working memory domains with different levels of cognitive load. Subjective cognitive fatigue was measured using a visual analogue scale (VAS) at baseline and at multiple time points throughout the experiment. Results. A mixed model ANOVA revealed that subjective cognitive fatigue was higher for the processing …

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Do We Know Who We Are By Knowing Who We Are Not?: The Effects Of Including Disliked Others In The Self-Concept, Stephanie B. Richman Jan 2014

Do We Know Who We Are By Knowing Who We Are Not?: The Effects Of Including Disliked Others In The Self-Concept, Stephanie B. Richman

Theses and Dissertations--Psychology

People include other people in their self-concept. Research has examined the causes and effects of including liked, but not disliked others into the self-concept. Liked others are included because of a motivation to affiliate and get closer to the other person. The current investigation examined whether disliked others are included as a result of a motivation to differentiate and distinguish oneself from the other person. It also examined how self-concept inclusion of disliked others affects self-concept clarity. First, I tested whether people include disliked others into their self-concepts by showing a memory bias for disliked others similar to that of …

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Self-Regulation In Older Adults: The Prioritization Of Emotion Regulation, Daniel R. Evans Jan 2014

Self-Regulation In Older Adults: The Prioritization Of Emotion Regulation, Daniel R. Evans

Theses and Dissertations--Psychology

Despite having fewer cognitive resources, older adults regulate their emotions as well as, if not better than, younger adults. This study aimed to (1) test the limits of older adults’ emotion regulation capacity and (2) gain a better understanding of how older adults use their more limited resources to regulate their emotions. Participants included 48 healthy older adults aged 65-85 from the community and 50 healthy younger adults aged 18-25 from the student population. They were randomly assigned to one of four experimental groups involving an initial activity that was high or low in self-regulatory demand followed by a test …

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Effects Of Coaching In The Detection Of Malingered Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder In A College Sample, Maryanne Edmundson Jan 2014

Effects Of Coaching In The Detection Of Malingered Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder In A College Sample, Maryanne Edmundson

Theses and Dissertations--Psychology

College students may feign symptoms of ADHD to gain access to stimulant medications and academic accommodations. Research has shown that it can be difficult to discriminate malingered from genuine symptomatology, especially when evaluations are based only on self-report. The present study investigated whether the average student given no additional information could feign ADHD as successfully as those who were coached on symptoms. Similar to Jasinski, Harp, Berry, Shandera-Ochsner, Mason, & Ranseen (2011) and other research on feigned ADHD, an extensive battery of neuropsychological, symptom validity, and self-report tests was administered. Undergraduates with no history of ADHD or other psychiatric disorders …

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Diaphragmatic Breathing And Its Effect On Inhibitory Control, Matthew Russell Jan 2014

Diaphragmatic Breathing And Its Effect On Inhibitory Control, Matthew Russell

Theses and Dissertations--Psychology

Evidence suggests that slow paced diaphragmatic breathing (DB) can significantly affect prefrontal cortex functions through increasing an individual’s physiological self-regulatory capacity. The current research demonstrates the effects of paced DB on inhibitory control, which is considered to be a reliable measure of behavioral self-regulation. Eighty healthy participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions (20 males and females each). Participants were instructed on either DB at a pace of six-breaths per minute (BPM) or instructions on environmental awareness and asked to breathe at 12 BPM. Following training, all participants completed a computer-based task designed to examine inhibitory processes. Physiological …

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Acute Effects Of Alcohol On Simulated Driving Performance And Self-Perceptions Of Impairment In Dui Offenders, Nicholas A. Van Dyke Jan 2014

Acute Effects Of Alcohol On Simulated Driving Performance And Self-Perceptions Of Impairment In Dui Offenders, Nicholas A. Van Dyke

Theses and Dissertations--Psychology

Licensed drivers arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol have increased rates of vehicle crashes, moving violations, and traffic tickets (Evans, 2004). To date, no research has examined specific self-regulatory mechanisms of the DUI driver under a dose of alcohol that might underlie risky driving behavior. The present study examined the degree to which DUI drivers display an increased sensitivity to the acute impairing effects of alcohol on driving performance and overestimate their driving fitness following alcohol consumption. Adult drivers with a history of DUI and a demographically-matched group of control drivers without a DUI were tested following …

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Benefit Corporations—The Latest Development In The Evolution Of Social Enterprise: Are They Worthy Of A Taxpayer Subsidy?, Mystica M. Alexander Jan 2014

Benefit Corporations—The Latest Development In The Evolution Of Social Enterprise: Are They Worthy Of A Taxpayer Subsidy?, Mystica M. Alexander

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

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Product Of The Mind: Idea Submission Cases And Copyright Preemption Post-Grosso, Catherine Niebergall Jan 2014

Product Of The Mind: Idea Submission Cases And Copyright Preemption Post-Grosso, Catherine Niebergall

SMU Science and Technology Law Review

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The Internet And Its Discontents: 3-D Printing, The Commerce Clause, And A Possible Solution To An Inevitable Problem, Jeffrey T. Leslie Jan 2014

The Internet And Its Discontents: 3-D Printing, The Commerce Clause, And A Possible Solution To An Inevitable Problem, Jeffrey T. Leslie

SMU Science and Technology Law Review

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The Apps Act: Regulation Of Mobile Application Privacy, Katherine Gnadinger Jan 2014

The Apps Act: Regulation Of Mobile Application Privacy, Katherine Gnadinger

SMU Science and Technology Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Judges And Social Media: Disclosure As Disinfectant, Benjamin P. Cooper Jan 2014

Judges And Social Media: Disclosure As Disinfectant, Benjamin P. Cooper

SMU Science and Technology Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Avoiding Misrepresentation In Informal Social Media Discovery, Agnieszka Mcpeak Jan 2014

Avoiding Misrepresentation In Informal Social Media Discovery, Agnieszka Mcpeak

SMU Science and Technology Law Review

No abstract provided.

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¡No Contaban Con Mi Astucia! México: Parodia, Nación Y Sujeto En La Serie Televisiva De El Chapulín Colorado, Carlos Aguasaco Jan 2014

¡No Contaban Con Mi Astucia! México: Parodia, Nación Y Sujeto En La Serie Televisiva De El Chapulín Colorado, Carlos Aguasaco

Publications and Research

¡No contaban con mi astucia! México: parodia, nación y sujeto en la serie televisiva de ‘El Chapulín Colorado’ (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, 2014) es un estudio revolucionario del impacto y la efectividad residual de la literatura del Siglo de Oro y el periodo colonial en la producción audiovisual de Latinoamérica en el siglo veinte. El trabajo de Roberto Gómez Bolaños (creador de El Chapulín Colorado) se transmite hoy en día tanto en el formato original como en series animadas en varios canales de USA. El público norte americano y la academia están presenciando la consolidación de los estudios audiovisuales …

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Additional Lichen Records And Minerological Data From Metal-Contaminated Sites In Maine, I. D. Medeiros, A. M. Fryday, Nishanta Rajakaruna Jan 2014

Additional Lichen Records And Minerological Data From Metal-Contaminated Sites In Maine, I. D. Medeiros, A. M. Fryday, Nishanta Rajakaruna

Faculty Publications, Biological Sciences

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A Small Subset Of Fruitless Subesophageal Neurons Modulate Early Courtship In Drosophila, David Tran, Geoffrey Meissner, Rachael French, Bruce Baker Jan 2014

A Small Subset Of Fruitless Subesophageal Neurons Modulate Early Courtship In Drosophila, David Tran, Geoffrey Meissner, Rachael French, Bruce Baker

Faculty Publications, Biological Sciences

We show that a small subset of two to six subesophageal neurons, expressing the male products of the male courtship master regulator gene products fruitlessMale (fruM), are required in the early stages of the Drosophila melanogaster male courtship behavioral program. Loss of fruM expression or inhibition of synaptic transmission in these fruM(+) neurons results in delayed courtship initiation and a failure to progress to copulation primarily under visually-deficient conditions. We identify a fruM-dependent sexually dimorphic arborization in the tritocerebrum made by two of these neurons. Furthermore, these SOG neurons extend descending projections to the thorax and abdominal ganglia. These anatomical …

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