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The Effect of Student-Directed Transition Planning With a Computer-Based Reading Support Program on the Self-Determination of Students With Disabilities
(The Journal of Special Education, 2011-08-01)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of student-directed transition planning instruction (Whose Future Is It Anyway? curriculum) with a computer-based reading support program (Rocket Reader) on the ...
The social construction of violence among Northern Plains tribal members with antisocial personality disorder and alcohol use disorder
(Transcultural Psychiatry, 2014-02-01)
Whereas recent reports from national studies have presented extremely high rates for many personality disorders in American Indian communities, persistent concerns about the meaning of these symptoms have left many troubled ...
Emergence of Leadership within a Homogeneous Group
(PLos One, 2015-07-30)
Large scale coordination without dominant, consistent leadership is frequent in nature. How individuals emerge from within the group as leaders, however transitory this position may be, has become an increasingly common ...
Structure and Dynamics of Amyloid-β Segmental Polymorphisms
(PLos One, 2012-07-24)
It is believed that amyloid-beta (Aβ) aggregates play a role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. Aβ molecules form β-sheet structures with multiple interaction sites. This polymorphism gives rise to differences in ...
Activation of ERK and NF-κB during HARE-Mediated Heparin Uptake Require Only One of the Four Endocytic Motifs
(PLos One, 2016-04-21)
Fifteen different ligands, including heparin (Hep), are cleared from lymph and blood by the Hyaluronan (HA) Receptor for Endocytosis (HARE; derived from Stabilin-2 by proteolysis), which contains four endocytic motifs ...
Evaluating Eyewitness Identification Procedures Using Receiver Operating Characteristic Analysis
(Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2014-02-01)
Eyewitness identification is a pivotal issue in applied research because, in practice, a correct identification can help to remove a dangerous criminal from society, but a false identification can lead to the erroneous ...
Capacity and Opportunity: Predicting Engagement for Middle School Students With Behavioral Disorders
(Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2014-11-20)
This study examined the capacity and opportunity scores of 36 middle school students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) on the student version of the American Institutes for Research (AIR) Self-Determination ...
Claiming Space: An Autoethnographic Study of Indigenous Graduate Students Engaged in Language Reclamation
(2015)
This article explores the critical role of an emerging generation of Indigenous scholars and activists in ensuring the continuity of their endangered heritage languages. Using collaborative autoethnography as a research ...
FXN Promoter Silencing in the Humanized Mouse Model of Friedreich Ataxia
(PLos One, 2015-09-22)
Background Friedreich ataxia is caused by an expanded GAA triplet-repeat sequence in intron 1 of the FXN gene that results in epigenetic silencing of the FXN promoter. This silencing mechanism is seen in patient-derived ...
Innovative Visualizations Shed Light on Avian Nocturnal Migration
(PLos One, 2016-08-24)
Globally, billions of flying animals undergo seasonal migrations, many of which occur at night. The temporal and spatial scales at which migrations occur and our inability to directly observe these nocturnal movements makes ...