Lehrer, David R. Vasudev, Janani Kaam, Soazig
This study explored the potential for using a web-based social network to promote energy awareness and influence energy-conserving behavior in the workplace. The research team developed a social media application prototype and conducted usability testing with 128 subjects as proxies for typical office building occupants. The key findings presented ...
MacLeod, Kara E MPH Cooper, Jill F MSW
Sanders, Rebecca L PhD, MCP Griffin, Ashleigh MS, MCP MacLeod, Kara E MPH Cooper, Jill F MSW Ragland, David R PhD, MPH
Ansart, Armelle Guiller, Annie Moine, Olivier Martin, Marie-Claire Madec, Luc
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Evolutionary Ecology
Body water is a major element of the cold-hardiness strategies observed in ectothermic animals, in particular in freezing avoidant species for which body ice formation is lethal. Here, we investigate the relationships, in terrestrial snails, between the temperature of crystallisation (Tc) and body water (water mass and water content), shell shape, ...
Czamara, Darina Tiesler, Carla M T Kohlböck, Gabriele Berdel, Dietrich Hoffmann, Barbara Bauer, Carl-Peter Koletzko, Sibylle Schaaf, Beate Lehmann, Irina Herbarth, Olf
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PloS one
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and dyslexia belong to the most common neuro-behavioral childhood disorders with prevalences of around 5% in school-aged children. It is estimated that 20-60% of individuals affected with ADHD also present with learning disorders. We investigated the comorbidity between ADHD symptoms and reading/spell...
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PLoS ONE
Background Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) represent two of the greatest health threats in African prisons. In 2010, collaboration between the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, the Zambia Prisons Service, and the National TB Program established a TB and HIV screening program in six Zambian prisons. We report...
Morgan, Amy J Jorm, Anthony F Mackinnon, Andrew J
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PloS one
Self-help or self-management strategies are commonly used to deal with depression, but not all are thought to be helpful. A previous study found that sub-threshold depression symptoms were improved by an e-mail intervention that encouraged the use of evidence-based self-help strategies. To investigate whether these e-mails were effective for adults...
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PLoS ONE
An emerging debate in academic medical centers is not about the need for providing trainees with fundamental education on genomics, but rather the most effective educational models that should be deployed. At Stanford School of Medicine, a novel hands-on genomics course was developed in 2010 that provided students the option to undergo personal gen...
Morente-Sánchez, Jaime Mateo-March, Manuel Zabala, Mikel
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PloS one
Attitudes towards doping are considered an influence of doping intentions. The aims of the present study were 1) to discover and compare the attitudes towards doping among Spanish national team cyclists from different Olympic disciplines, as well as 2) to get some complementary information that could better explain the context. The sample was compr...
Khalifeh, Hind Howard, Louise M Osborn, David Moran, Paul Johnson, Sonia
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PloS one
The recent World Report on Disability highlighted violence as a leading cause of morbidity among disabled people. However, we know little about the extent to which people with disability experience different violence types, and associated health/economic costs. The recent introduction of disability measures into the England&Wales victimization surv...