Objective: Evaluate and examine Data Literacy (DL) in the supported disciplines of four liaison librarians at a large research university. Methods: Using a framework developed by Prado and Marzal (2013), the study analyzed 378 syllabi from a two-year period across six departments—Criminal Justice, Geography, Geology, Journalism, Political Science, ...
This is the February 2020 issue of the UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science Newsletter containing news and events of interest.
Methods for random-effects meta-analysis require an estimate of the between-study variance, tau(2) . The performance of estimators of tau(2) (measured by bias and coverage) affects their usefulness in assessing heterogeneity of study-level effects and also the performance of related estimators of the overall effect. However, as we show, the perform...
This is the annual report for [email protected], the digital repository and publishing system managed by the Lamar Soutter Library for the University of Massachusetts Medical School. The report covers the period January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019.
The work presented in this thesis provides insights into the Drosophila smooth septate junction complex Ssk-Mesh that regulates ISC proliferation and tissue homeostasis in addition to the well-known barrier function in the epithelial integrity. With CRISPR-generated tag knockin alleles of Ssk and Mesh, I characterized the intracellular expression p...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating, autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. While work has focused on myelin and axon loss in MS, less is known about mechanisms underlying synaptic changes. Using postmortem human MS tissue, a preclinical nonhuman primate model of MS, and two rodent models of demyelinating disease, we investigated ...
This tip sheet offers five critical reasons to integrate frontline providers throughout the process of implementing a new practice, program, or policy at your organization.
PURPOSE: To report the first use of distal radial artery (dRA) access for a variety of neurointerventions and to demonstrate the safety and feasibility of this approach. METHODS: A retrospective review of our prospective neurointerventional database of endovascular interventions was conducted and, between May and October 2019, all patients in whom ...
The Journal of eScience Librarianship has partnered with the Research Data Access & Preservation (RDAP) Association for a second year to publish selected conference proceedings. This issue highlights the research presented at the RDAP 2019 Summit and the community it has fostered.
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