Publications by authors named "D D Ebert"
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- Variance in optical mesoscopic probes limits applications, especially as smaller probes show greater relative variance.
- Specific viral protein cages, like the murine polyoma virus, can assemble efficiently and accurately, minimizing statistical fluctuations due to quality control.
- An approach leveraging this assembly results in multichromophore particles that produce brighter, more consistent fluorescence than existing fluorescent nanosphere probes, validated by mass spectrometry and fluorescence microscopy.
Having alternative infection routes is thought to help parasites circumvent host resistance, provided that these routes are associated with different host resistance loci. This study tests this postulate by examining whether alternate infection routes of the parasite Pasteuria ramosa are linked to distinct resistance loci in its crustacean host, Daphnia magna. We focus on the P.
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- The study aimed to evaluate a guided internet- and smartphone-based gratitude intervention’s effectiveness in reducing repetitive negative thinking among adults, focusing on cognitive, emotional, and behavioral aspects of gratitude.
- Participants (200 adults) were randomly assigned to either receive the gratitude intervention over four sessions or join a control waiting list, with their repetitive negative thinking assessed at three months, and additional evaluations at six weeks and six months.
- Results showed that those who completed the gratitude intervention reported significantly lower levels of repetitive negative thinking and improvements in depression and anxiety symptoms, suggesting that gratitude-focused interventions could be a beneficial approach for managing these issues.
Background: Psychological interventions are increasingly discussed as a method to prevent major depressive disorder (MDD) in adults who already experience subthreshold depressive symptoms. In this individual participant data meta-analysis, we quantify the effect of preventive interventions against control on MDD onset in this population, and explore effect modifiers.
Methods: In this systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis, we screened full-texts of eligible studies within the Metapsy research domain for articles on psychological interventions for depression, from database inception to May 1, 2023, published in English, German, Spanish, and Dutch.