The Women in Behavior Analysis Hall of Fame: Description and 2021 Inductees.

The inaugural Women in Behavior Analysis Conference (WIBA) was hosted in 2017 to highlight the accomplishments of women in the field of behavior analysis, provide opportunities for early career behavior analysts to obtain mentorship, and encourage meaningful discourse about gender issues in the field. In 2021, WIBA created the Hall of Fame to identify and honor outstanding women who have contributed to the field. Four stellar and important women were inducted into the inaugural class: Eve Segal, Bea Barrett, Martha Bernal, and Judith Favell.

Structured, Composite Nanoparticles from Emulsion Polymerization - Morphological Possibilities.

Emulsion polymerization allows the creation of aqueous dispersions of polymer nanoparticles in the 50-500 nm size range, and these products (synthetic latexes) have been made at commercial scales for nearly a century. In the latter half of that period, there emerged a wide variety of nanoparticles composed of two, phase-incompatible materials producing composite particles having a large number of morphological features. Among those are the so-called core-shell, occluded, multilobed, hollow, and mixed structures.

Why WIBA?

Historically, men have dominated the field of behavior analysis; however, recent trends have indicated increased participation by women. As a result of these recent changes to the field of behavior analysis, the inaugural Women in Behavior Analysis Conference (WIBA) was hosted in 2017. WIBA was initially established to highlight the accomplishments of women in the field of behavior analysis, to provide opportunities for early career behavior analysts to obtain mentorship, and to encourage meaningful discourse about gender issues in the field.

Videoconferencing to reduce stress among hospitalized children.

Objectives: Family-Link is a videoconferencing program that allows hospitalized children and their parents to virtually visit family members and friends using laptops, webcams, and a secure Wi-Fi connection. We evaluated the association of Family-Link use on the reduction in stress experienced by children during hospitalization.

Methods: We offered Family-Link to pediatric patients who had an expected length of hospitalization equal to or greater than 4 days.

Measuring the glass transition of latex-based polymers in the hydroplasticized state via differential scanning calorimetry.

Polymers produced as aqueous-based lattices are always saturated with water, and the "wet" T(g) of these polymers can be significantly lower than the equivalent "dry" T(g) of the same polymers. The differential scanning calorimeter is a simple and effective tool to determine the wet T(g), and raw latex can be used without any special sample preparation. It is necessary, as always, to include a preheat step in the DSC procedure in order that the thermal scan produces quality data.