Publications by authors named "L W Francis"
Article Synopsis
- Interest in how plant-based diets affect the gut microbiome is increasing, but there's limited research on how different diet patterns (omnivore, vegetarian, vegan) impact microbiome profiles across various populations.
- A study involving over 21,000 individuals found that gut microbiome profiles can effectively differentiate between these diet patterns, with a mean accuracy of 85%.
- Key findings show that omnivore microbiomes are heavily influenced by red meat consumption, which is linked to negative health markers, while vegan microbiomes are associated with healthier outcomes and overlap with specific food and soil microbes.
Racial Trauma and Black Mothers' Mental Health: Does Cognitive Flexibility Buffer the Effects of Racialized Stress?
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities
January 2025
Racialized stress disproportionately impacts Black individuals and confers increased risk for psychological distress and executive dysfunction. However, there is little evidence on psychological distress' association with cognitive flexibility (CF), an executive function theorized to be a neurocognitive resilience factor, as it is shown to reflect the ability to adapt thoughts/behaviors to changing environmental stimuli. As such, we aimed to examine the relation between racialized stress and psychological distress and the potential buffering effects of CF.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study tests the application of the HEXACO among Catholic priests and the power of this six factor model of personality to predict scores on the Francis Burnout Inventory among priests. Data provided by 264 priests serving in Italy lead to two conclusions. In this population three of the six scales of the HEXACO failed to display adequate levels of internal consistency reliability (emotionality, agreeableness, openness to experience).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study examines the responses of 253 recently ordained stipendiary Anglican curates in the Church of England to the Francis Burnout Inventory during their second year in ministry. The data confirm the internal consistency reliability among recently ordained clergy of the scales proposed by this measure: Scale of Emotional Exhaustion in Ministry, and Satisfaction in Ministry Scale. While positive affect is high, with 90% agreeing with the item that they gain a lot of satisfaction from fulfilling their ministry roles, negative affect is also uncomfortably high, with 35% agreeing with the item that they feel drained by fulfilling their ministry roles.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBryant-Li-Bhoj syndrome (BLBS) is associated with germline mutations in the genes encoding human histone H3.3. While to date 70 H3.
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