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Effectiveness Of Multiple Recruitment Strategies For A Large Clinical Trial With Learner Teen Drivers, Julia Lockyer, Megan Fisher-Thiel, Allison Curry, Jessica Mirman, Flaura Winston, James Massey, Dennis Durbin

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Many studies do not achieve their goal for participant enrollment (Mapstone, Elbourne, & Roberts, 2002).

• Longitudinal studies with teen drivers are rare, in part due to the difficulty with recruitment and attrition as well as necessarily strict inclusion criteria (Lee et al., 2011; McCartt, Farmer, 7 Jenness, 2010).• The sources used for recruitment can be a determining factor in the effectiveness of the overall enrollment rates.

• A community-based randomized controlled trial required recruitment of a large number of participants, 512 parent-teen dyads, in a short period of time. This is a post-hoc analysis of the most effective forms …

Phytochemicals Added To The Feed Of Ovariectomized Adult Rats Increase Brown Adipose Activity, Colette N. Miller, Suresh Ambati, Erica Bass, Natalie Hohos, Diane Hartzel, Emily England, Mary Anne Della-Fera, Srujana Rayalam, Clifton A. Baile

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Background: Brown adipose tissue (BAT) uncouples respiration, using lipids as an energy source while dissipating heat. Increases in BAT activity are protective against obesity, thus compounds that increase BAT activation may help prevent weight gain. Resveratrol (R) increases BAT activity by upregulating thermogenic genes. As phytochemicals have synergistic properties, our research strategy has included investigation of the efficacy of relatively low concentrations of phytochemical blends on BAT activation. Methods: Previously, we showed that R combined with genistein (G) and quercetin (Q) reduced weight gain in aged ovariectomized (OVX) female rats. In the current study, OVX rats were fed diets containing …