International college students' perceptions on complementary and alternative medical practices.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the complementary and alternative medicinal (CAM) choices of international college students in the U.S.

Participants: A total of 192 international college students participated in this study.

A Global Building Occupant Behavior Database.

This paper introduces a database of 34 field-measured building occupant behavior datasets collected from 15 countries and 39 institutions across 10 climatic zones covering various building types in both commercial and residential sectors. This is a comprehensive global database about building occupant behavior. The database includes occupancy patterns (i.

Viral vector delivery of follistatin enhances recovery of reinnervated muscle.

Introduction: Poor recovery following nerve repair is due to progressive temporal loss of muscle function. Follistatin (FS), a glycoprotein with anabolic properties, may enhance muscle recovery following reinnervation.

Methods: Seventy-two male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent temporary (3 or 6 month) denervation or sham denervation.

The psychology of home environments: a call for research on residential space.

Homes are important: People devote much of their thought, time, and resources to selecting, modifying, and decorating their living spaces, and they may be devastated when their homes must be sold or are destroyed. Yet the empirical psychological literature says virtually nothing about the roles that homes might play in people's lives. We argue that homes provide an informative context for a wide variety of studies examining how social, developmental, cognitive, and other psychological processes play out in a consequential real-world setting.

Personality profiles associated with different motivations for playing World of Warcraft.

Gamers play massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) for a variety of reasons. For example, some gamers play primarily as a form of socialization, whereas others play to gain a sense of achievement. Past studies have shown that these motives are associated with individual differences such as gender and number of years spent playing online games.

A Review of Facebook Research in the Social Sciences.

With over 800 million active users, Facebook is changing the way hundreds of millions of people relate to one another and share information. A rapidly growing body of research has accompanied the meteoric rise of Facebook as social scientists assess the impact of Facebook on social life. In addition, researchers have recognized the utility of Facebook as a novel tool to observe behavior in a naturalistic setting, test hypotheses, and recruit participants.

Models of dementia: an introductory overview.

The analysis of the molecular development of AD (Alzheimer's disease) is technically challenging, due to the chronic nature of the disease, the lack of early and definitive clinical diagnosis, and the fact that the abnormal molecular pathology occurs in the brain. Therefore appropriate animal models of AD are essential if we are to dissect the processes leading to molecular pathology, and ultimately to test the efficacy of potential therapies before clinical studies. Unfortunately, there is controversy over the benefits of the available models, the only consensus of opinion being that no perfect model currently exists.

Clinical evaluation of a titanium, headless variable-pitched tapered cannulated compression screw for repair of frontal plane slab fractures of the third carpal bone in thoroughbred racehorses.

Objective: To report clinical evaluation of third carpal bone (C3) frontal plane slab fracture repair with the Acutrak screw system.

Study Design: Prospective case series.

Sample Population: Racing Thoroughbreds (n=17) with frontal C3 slab fractures.