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Georgia State University

2014

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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Social Networks In Primates: Smart And Tolerant Species Have More Efficient Networks, Cristian Pasquaretta, Marine Levé, Nicolas Claidière, Andrew Whiten, Andrew J. J. Macintosh, Marie Pelé, Mackenzie L. Bergstrom, Christèle Borgeaud, Sarah F. Brosnan, Margaret C. Crofoot, Linda M. Fedigan, Claudia Fichtel, Lydia M. Hopper, Mary Catherine Mareno, Odile Petit, Anna Viktoria Schnoell, Eugenia Polizzi Di Sorrentino, Bernard Thierry, Barbara Tiddi, Cédric Sueur Dec 2014

Social Networks In Primates: Smart And Tolerant Species Have More Efficient Networks, Cristian Pasquaretta, Marine Levé, Nicolas Claidière, Andrew Whiten, Andrew J. J. Macintosh, Marie Pelé, Mackenzie L. Bergstrom, Christèle Borgeaud, Sarah F. Brosnan, Margaret C. Crofoot, Linda M. Fedigan, Claudia Fichtel, Lydia M. Hopper, Mary Catherine Mareno, Odile Petit, Anna Viktoria Schnoell, Eugenia Polizzi Di Sorrentino, Bernard Thierry, Barbara Tiddi, Cédric Sueur

Psychology Faculty Publications

Network optimality has been described in genes, proteins and human communicative networks. In the latter, optimality leads to the efficient transmission of information with a minimum number of connections. Whilst studies show that differences in centrality exist in animal networks with central individuals having higher fitness, network efficiency has never been studied in animal groups. Here we studied 78 groups of primates (24 species).We found that group size and neocortex ratio were correlated with network efficiency. Centralisation (whether several individuals are central in the group) and modularity (how a group is clustered) had opposing effects on network efficiency, showing that …

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Helping Homeless Veterans Find Employment And Pay Child Support: A Program Evaluation Of A Pilot Collaboration, Fred Brooks, Robin M. Hartinger-Saunders, Rorie Scurlock Dec 2014

Helping Homeless Veterans Find Employment And Pay Child Support: A Program Evaluation Of A Pilot Collaboration, Fred Brooks, Robin M. Hartinger-Saunders, Rorie Scurlock

SW Publications

Objective: This research evaluates the effectiveness of a pilot collaboration in Georgia (USA) designed to help homeless veterans, with open child support cases,locate employment, find permanent housing, resolve legal issues, and begin making child support payments. Method: The study employed a single group pretest posttest research design (n= 45). Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from all 45 participants enrolled in the study. Results: Between baseline and posttest,mean monthly child support payments increased 47% ($55 to $81). While child support payments improved, they remained well below the $396 mean monthly amount owed. Sixty-nine percent of the sample remained unemployed at …

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Managing Digitization, Kathryn Michaelis, Jeremy Bright, Olivia Carlisle Nov 2014

Managing Digitization, Kathryn Michaelis, Jeremy Bright, Olivia Carlisle

University Library Faculty Presentations

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The Relationship Between Event-Based Prospective Memory And Ongoing Task Performance In Chimpanzees (Pan Troglodytes), Theodore A. Evans, Bonnie Perdue, Michael J. Beran Nov 2014

The Relationship Between Event-Based Prospective Memory And Ongoing Task Performance In Chimpanzees (Pan Troglodytes), Theodore A. Evans, Bonnie Perdue, Michael J. Beran

Language Research Center

Prospective memory is remembering to do something at a future time. A growing body of research supports that prospective memory may exist in nonhuman animals, but the methods used to test nonhuman prospective memory differ from those used with humans. The current work tests prospective memory in chimpanzees using a method that closely approximates a typical human paradigm. In these experiments, the prospective memory cue was embedded within an ongoing task. Tokens representing food items could be used in one of two ways: in a matching task with pictures of items (the ongoing task) or to request a food item …

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Empathy As A “Risky Strength”: A Multilevel Examination Of Empathy And Risk For Internalizing Disorders, Erin Tone, Erin Tully Nov 2014

Empathy As A “Risky Strength”: A Multilevel Examination Of Empathy And Risk For Internalizing Disorders, Erin Tone, Erin Tully

Psychology Faculty Publications

Learning to respond to others' distress with well-regulated empathy is an important developmental task linked to positive health outcomes and moral achievements. However, this important interpersonal skill set may also confer risk for depression and anxiety when present at extreme levels and in combination with certain individual characteristics or within particular contexts. The purpose of this review is to describe an empirically grounded theoretical rationale for the hypothesis that empathic tendencies can be “risky strengths.” We propose a model in which typical development of affective and cognitive empathy can be influenced by complex interplay among intraindividual and interindividual moderators that …

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Latent Factor Modeling Of Four Schizotypy Dimensions With Theory Of Mind And Empathy, Jeffrey S. Bedwell, Michael T. Compton, Florian G. Jentsch, Andrew E. Deptula, Sandra M. Goulding, Erin Tone Nov 2014

Latent Factor Modeling Of Four Schizotypy Dimensions With Theory Of Mind And Empathy, Jeffrey S. Bedwell, Michael T. Compton, Florian G. Jentsch, Andrew E. Deptula, Sandra M. Goulding, Erin Tone

Psychology Faculty Publications

Preliminary evidence suggests that theory of mind and empathy relate differentially to factors of schizotypy. The current study assessed 686 undergraduate students and used structural equation modeling to examine links between a four-factor model of schizotypy with performance on measures of theory of mind (Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test [MIE]) and empathy (Interpersonal Reactivity Index [IRI]). Schizotypy was assessed using three self-report measures which were simultaneously entered into the model. Results revealed that the Negative factor of schizotypy showed a negative relationship with the Empathy factor, which was primarily driven by the Empathic Concern subscale of the IRI …

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Interactive Visualization: Video Walls For Collaborative Research And Discovery (Snapshot Of Curve), Krista Graham, Khyle Hannan, Joseph A. Hurley, Bryan Sinclair Oct 2014

Interactive Visualization: Video Walls For Collaborative Research And Discovery (Snapshot Of Curve), Krista Graham, Khyle Hannan, Joseph A. Hurley, Bryan Sinclair

University Library Faculty Presentations

Discusses large-scale video walls in libraries designed for collaboration that can change users’ perspective and reframe and amplify digital content in shared physical spaces. Georgia State University Library’s newly-opened CURVE: Collaborative University Research & Visualization Environment features a 24-by-4.5-foot, high-resolution CURVE interactWall that expands student and faculty access to digital resources, data visualization, and more.

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Open Access And Altmetrics, Brenna Helmstutler Oct 2014

Open Access And Altmetrics, Brenna Helmstutler

Selections from the University Library Blog

No abstract provided.

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Why Does Open Access Matter To Undergrads?, Jason Puckett Oct 2014

Why Does Open Access Matter To Undergrads?, Jason Puckett

Selections from the University Library Blog

No abstract provided.

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11th Circuit Court Of Appeals: Cambridge Univ. Press V. Patton, Opinion (2014), 11th Circuit Court Of Appeals Oct 2014

11th Circuit Court Of Appeals: Cambridge Univ. Press V. Patton, Opinion (2014), 11th Circuit Court Of Appeals

Georgia State University Copyright Lawsuit

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Author Rights And Scholarly Publishing, Laura Burtle Oct 2014

Author Rights And Scholarly Publishing, Laura Burtle

Selections from the University Library Blog

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A Web Of Meaning: Linked Open Data Resources On The Web, Cliff Landis Oct 2014

A Web Of Meaning: Linked Open Data Resources On The Web, Cliff Landis

University Library Faculty Publications

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Stall Times - Fall Semester 2014, Georgia State University Library Oct 2014

Stall Times - Fall Semester 2014, Georgia State University Library

University Library Stall Times

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Authors Alliance, Laura Burtle Aug 2014

Authors Alliance, Laura Burtle

Selections from the University Library Blog

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Consumer Learning And Hybrid Vehicle Adoption, Garth Heutel Aug 2014

Consumer Learning And Hybrid Vehicle Adoption, Garth Heutel

ECON Publications

We study the effect of differences in product quality on new technology diffusion. We propose a model in which heterogeneity in perceived product quality affects consumer adoption. If consumers experientially infer the quality of a technology, an increase in initial exposure to a low-quality product may inhibit subsequent diffusion. Incentives intended to speed up adoption may in fact have the opposite effect, if they propagate low-quality signals. We examine the predictions of the model using sales data for 11 hybrid-vehicle models between 2000 and 2006. Consistent with press reports that the first-generation Insight was perceived to be of lower quality …

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The Impact Of Air Temperature On Mortality, Morbidity, And Healthcare Cost In The Medicare Population, Garth Heutel, Nolan H. Miller, David Molitor Jul 2014

The Impact Of Air Temperature On Mortality, Morbidity, And Healthcare Cost In The Medicare Population, Garth Heutel, Nolan H. Miller, David Molitor

ECON Publications

Abstract: This paper merges weekly average temperature data from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data Center (NDCC) with Medicare claims data in order to analyze the impact of high and low temperatures on mortality, onset of new chronic conditions, and hospital spending. We find a U-shaped pattern to mortality, with high and low temperature weeks exhibiting higher mortality than a 70 degree reference week. The marginal deaths in extreme weeks are healthier than the typical person who dies in the reference week, but less healthy than the population as a whole. We find some evidence of short-term mortality …

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The Employment Of Veterans In State And Local Government Service, Gregory B. Lewis, Rahul Pathak Jul 2014

The Employment Of Veterans In State And Local Government Service, Gregory B. Lewis, Rahul Pathak

PMAP Publications

Has veterans’ preference been successful in increasing military veterans’ access to state and local government (SLG) jobs? U.S. Census data for 1980 through 2011 shows that veterans are more likely than nonveterans to work for SLGs, despite some characteristics that would normally make them less likely to take SLG jobs. This is especially true in states that offer absolute preference or pay well relative to the private sector.

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Dynamic Functional Connectivity Analysis Reveals Transient States Of Dysconnectivity In Schizophrenia, Eswar Damaraju, Elena A. Allen, Aysenil Belger, Judith Ford, Sarah Mcewin, S. Mcewen, Daniel H. Mathalon, Bryon A. Mueller, Godfrey Pearlson, Steven G. Potkin, Adrian Preda, Jessica Turner, Jatin Vaidya, Theo G. M. Van Erp, Vince D. Calhoun Jul 2014

Dynamic Functional Connectivity Analysis Reveals Transient States Of Dysconnectivity In Schizophrenia, Eswar Damaraju, Elena A. Allen, Aysenil Belger, Judith Ford, Sarah Mcewin, S. Mcewen, Daniel H. Mathalon, Bryon A. Mueller, Godfrey Pearlson, Steven G. Potkin, Adrian Preda, Jessica Turner, Jatin Vaidya, Theo G. M. Van Erp, Vince D. Calhoun

Psychology Faculty Publications

Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder characterized by functional dysconnectivity or abnormal integration between distant brain regions. Recent functional imaging studies have implicated large-scale thalamo-cortical connectivity as being disrupted in patients.However, observed connectivity differences in schizophrenia have been inconsistent between studies,with reports of hyperconnectivity and hypoconnectivity between the same brain regions. Using resting state eyes-closed functional imaging and independent component analysis on amulti-site data that included 151 schizophrenia patients and 163 age- and gender matched healthy controls, we decomposed the functional brain data into 100 components and identified 47 as functionally relevant intrinsic connectivity networks. We subsequently evaluated group differences in …

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Stall Times - Summer Semester, 2014, University Library Jul 2014

Stall Times - Summer Semester, 2014, University Library

University Library Stall Times

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Time Preferences And Consumer Behavior, Garth Heutel, David Bradford, Charles Courtemanche, Patrick Mcalvanah, Christopher Ruhm Jul 2014

Time Preferences And Consumer Behavior, Garth Heutel, David Bradford, Charles Courtemanche, Patrick Mcalvanah, Christopher Ruhm

ECON Publications

We investigate the predictive power of survey-elicited time preferences using a representative sample of US residents. In regressions controlling for demographics and risk preferences, we show that the discount factor elicited from choice experiments using multiple price lists and real payments predicts various health, energy, and financial outcomes, including overall self-reported health, smoking, drinking, car fuel efficiency, and credit card balance. We allow for time-inconsistent preferences and find that the long-run and present bias discount factors (δ and β) are each significantly associated in the expected direction with several of these outcomes. Finally, we explore alternate measures of time preference. …

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Flying High (In The Competitive Sky): Conceptualizing The Role Of Airports In Global City-Regions Through “Aero-Regionalism”, Jean-Paul Addie Jun 2014

Flying High (In The Competitive Sky): Conceptualizing The Role Of Airports In Global City-Regions Through “Aero-Regionalism”, Jean-Paul Addie

USI Publications

Airports are key catalysts for urban growth and economic development in an era of global urbanization. In addition to their global economic functions, the multiscalar connectivity and localized impacts of air transport infrastructure place them at the heart of city-regional politics and planning. Yet the relations between global air transport, economic development and city-regionalism remain under-theorized. This paper introduces the concept of aero-regionalism to explore the relationality/territoriality dialectic and mechanisms of state territorialization unfurling at the nexus of globalization, air transport, city-regionalism and air transport. I provide a relational geographic comparison of the impact of varying local institutional arrangements and …

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Examining The Potential Of Information Technology To Improve Public Insurance Application Processes: Enrollee Assessments From A Concurrent Mixed Method Analysis, Abhay Nath Mishra, Patricia Ketsche, James Marton, Angela Snyder, Susan Mclaren Jun 2014

Examining The Potential Of Information Technology To Improve Public Insurance Application Processes: Enrollee Assessments From A Concurrent Mixed Method Analysis, Abhay Nath Mishra, Patricia Ketsche, James Marton, Angela Snyder, Susan Mclaren

PMAP Publications

Objective: To assess the perceived readiness of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollees to use information technologies (IT) in order to facilitate improvements in the application processes for these public insurance programs.
Methods: We conducted a concurrent mixed method study of Medicaid and CHIP enrollees in a southern state. We conducted focus groups to identify enrollee concerns regarding the current application process and their IT proficiency. Additionally, we surveyed beneficiaries via telephone about their access to and use of the Internet, and willingness to adopt IT-enabled processes. 2013 households completed the survey. We used χ2 analysis for comparisons …

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Statistical Algorithms For Ontology-Based Annotation Of Scientific Literature, Chayan Chakrabarti, Thomas B. Jones, George F. Luger, Jiawei F. Xu, Matthew Turner, Angela R. Liard, Jessica Turner Jun 2014

Statistical Algorithms For Ontology-Based Annotation Of Scientific Literature, Chayan Chakrabarti, Thomas B. Jones, George F. Luger, Jiawei F. Xu, Matthew Turner, Angela R. Liard, Jessica Turner

Psychology Faculty Publications

Background: Ontologies encode relationships within a domain in robust data structures that can be used to annotate data objects, including scientific papers, in ways that ease tasks such as search and meta-analysis. However, the annotation process requires significant time and effort when performed by humans. Text mining algorithms can facilitate this process, but they render an analysis mainly based upon keyword, synonym and semantic matching. They do not leverage information embedded in an ontology’s structure.
Methods: We present a probabilistic framework that facilitates the automatic annotation of literature by indirectly modeling the restrictions among the different classes in the ontology. …

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Statistical Algorithms For Ontology-Based Annotation Of Scientific Literature, Chayan Chakrabarti, Thomas B. Jones, George F. Luger, Jiawei F. Xu, Matthew Turner, Angela R. Laird, Jessica A. Turner Jun 2014

Statistical Algorithms For Ontology-Based Annotation Of Scientific Literature, Chayan Chakrabarti, Thomas B. Jones, George F. Luger, Jiawei F. Xu, Matthew Turner, Angela R. Laird, Jessica A. Turner

Psychology Faculty Publications

Background: Ontologies encode relationships within a domain in robust data structures that can be used to annotate data objects, including scientific papers, in ways that ease tasks such as search and meta-analysis. However, the annotation process requires significant time and effort when performed by humans. Text mining algorithms can facilitate this process, but they render an analysis mainly based upon keyword, synonym and semantic matching. They do not leverage information embedded in an ontology’s structure. Methods: We present a probabilistic framework that facilitates the automatic annotation of literature by indirectly modeling the restrictions among the different classes in the ontology. …

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The Impact Of Library Resource Utilization On Undergraduate Students' Academic Performance: A Propensity Score Matching Design, Felly Chiteng Kot, Jennifer Jones May 2014

The Impact Of Library Resource Utilization On Undergraduate Students' Academic Performance: A Propensity Score Matching Design, Felly Chiteng Kot, Jennifer Jones

University Library Faculty Publications

This study uses three cohorts of first-time, full-time undergraduate students (N=8,652) at a large, metropolitan, public research university to examine the impact of student use of three library resources (workstations, study rooms, and research clinics) on academic performance. To deal with self-selection bias and estimate this impact more accurately, we used propensity score matching. Using this unique approach allowed us to construct treatment and control groups with similar background characteristics. We found that using a given library resource was associated with a small, but also meaningful, gain in first-term grade point average, net of other factors.

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Transgender Individuals’ Access To College Housing And Bathrooms: Findings From The National Transgender Discrimination Survey, Kristie L. Seelman May 2014

Transgender Individuals’ Access To College Housing And Bathrooms: Findings From The National Transgender Discrimination Survey, Kristie L. Seelman

SW Publications

Within higher education settings, transgender people are at risk for discrimination and harassment within housing and bathrooms. Yet, few have examined this topic using quantitative data or compared the experiences of subgroups of transgender individuals to predict denial of access to these spaces. The current study utilizes the National Transgender Discrimination Survey to research this issue. Findings indicate that being transgender and having another marginalized identity matters for students’ access to housing and bathrooms. Trans women are at greater risk than gender-nonconforming people for being denied access to school housing and bathrooms. Implications for practice and research are detailed.

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Colonization And Mental Slavery: Global Poverty In Context, Kathleen Coleman Apr 2014

Colonization And Mental Slavery: Global Poverty In Context, Kathleen Coleman

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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The Use Of Film As A Tool In Second Language Acquisition, Melinda Childs Apr 2014

The Use Of Film As A Tool In Second Language Acquisition, Melinda Childs

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Gloria Yoo Apr 2014

Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Gloria Yoo

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.

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The Belo Monte Dam Complex And Its Effects On Indigenous Communities, Alexis Lynn Powers Apr 2014

The Belo Monte Dam Complex And Its Effects On Indigenous Communities, Alexis Lynn Powers

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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