Publications by authors named "L A Bates"

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  • The study focuses on the role of increased intracellular calcium (Ca) during fertilization in sea stars, which is crucial for restarting zygote metabolism and preventing polyspermy.
  • Researchers used two bioinformatics strategies to identify transcripts coding for proteins with SH2 domains in the mature egg transcriptome, finding a total of 82 transcripts.
  • The novel method discovered 33 of these transcripts that were not identified by the traditional approach, offering new targets for future experiments on egg activation.
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South Asians living in the United States are frequently underrepresented in health research. Their lack of participation limits the generalizability of research to them and keeps them from receiving the high-quality care and innovation that some studies may offer. "Research Ready" is a five-panel, community co-created graphic-style story that encourages discussion around the purpose of research, safety/protection while participating, and why diverse participation-including South Asians-improves study results and leads to more effective interventions/treatments.

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Introduction: There is a need for improved drug driving enforcement to promote greater driver compliance with drug driving laws. In Australia, Roadside Drug Testing (RDT) suffers from operational challenges that undermine its effectiveness in reducing drug driving.

Objective: To identify potential improvements to RDT, this study investigated the extent to which drivers perceive RDT to be procedurally just and that the policing of drug driving and the associated laws are legitimate.

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Background: People with disabilities are more likely to experience intimate partner violence (IPV) than those without. Most research examining the relationship between disability and IPV, however, is cross-sectional and approaches disability as a binary variable. This relationship is also important to consider in a South Asian context, where it may be affected by cultural norms surrounding IPV, and resources for people with disabilities.

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