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Role of Endogenous Melatonin on the Regulation of Circadian Reentrainment, and Melatonin Receptors and Clock Gene Expression in C57BL/6J Mice
(2015)
Melatonin is synthesized primarily in the pineal gland via the enzymes arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (AA-NAT) and hydroxyl-indole O-methyltransferase (HIOMT). The synthesis and release follows a circadian rhythm with ...
The Dignity for All Students Act: Implications for school bullying and harassment policies and practice
(2015)
Bullying and harassment are widely regarded as pervasive issues, specifically for school-aged children across the United States. These experiences have been shown to impact academic success, attendance, emotional wellbeing, ...
Maybe medium does matter: Considering differences in individual's trait empathy and the effect on narrative transportation
(2015)
Within the narrative transportation literature, narrative medium—defined as the medium through which a narrative is presented—has thus far been considered a nonsignificant determinant of transportation; visual media, such ...
The Daily Report Card as a Homework Intervention for Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder
(2015)
Homework is a routine educational practice traditionally implemented in schools across the United States commonly believed to impact student educational trajectories. Accordingly, homework is frequently utilized to support ...
The psychophysics and physiology of temporal coherence in birds and humans
(2015)
Auditory scene analysis has been suggested as a universal process that exists across all animals. Relative to humans, however, little work has been devoted to how animals perceptually isolate different sound sources. ...
Cognitive effects of bilingualism: Executive functions and language practice
(2015)
Previous studies with bilinguals suggest that bilinguals' long time practice of two languages provides them with cognitive advantages. Results from empirical studies also have shown consistent evidence of bilinguals' ...
'Who knows what' vs. 'who knows who': Strategic content seeking in social media
(2015)
The ubiquity of social media has enhanced consumers' ability to stay in touch as well as save and access information about others at will. This easy access to information on social media has the potential to change the way ...
3-D printed flow-model tests of novel retrievable asymmetric stent flow diverters
(2015)
This research introduces a novel device for the treatment of intra-cranial aneurysms (ICAs). Although the traditional endovascular devices to treat cerebral aneurysms such as coils and intracranial stents have served well, ...
A review of the experience of campus professionals' use of the Question, Persuade, and Refer (QPR) gatekeeper training program in a small university setting
(2015)
The problem of college student suicide is a complex and challenging issue faced by all college counseling centers. Objective: The purpose of this research is to examine the overall challenge of college student suicide, ...
Probing the behavioral and neurophysiological effects of acute smoking abstinence on drug and non-drug reinforcement during a cognitive task
(2015)
Acute smoking abstinence is associated with an increase in the value of drug reinforcers (e.g., hypersensitivity to cigarette reinforcement), and a decrease in the value of non-drug reinforcers (e.g., hyposensitivity to ...