Learning and unlearning: Settler engagements in long-term Indigenous-settler alliances in Canada.

Drawing on three cases of long-term Indigenous-settler alliances in Canada, this research investigates the roles and contributions of settlers towards decolonization. As a multidisciplinary team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars, our research goal has been to understand how such alliances endure and change over time, and how they negotiate power dynamics, tensions and changes, within a settler colonial context. Taking a comparative case study approach, and analysing interviews, sharing circles and archival documents, we focus here on the lessons that alliance participants have learned from their activist experiences about settler roles and responsibilities.

Development and Use of a Cancer Research Funding Database: Promoting Strategic Global Cancer Research Using the International Cancer Research Partnership Database.

The International Cancer Research Partnership (ICRP) has developed a cancer research funding database since its establishment, with data gathered from the participating funnding organizations. We estimated and compared the total amount of cancer research funding from governmental organizations in the USA, the UK and Japan using ICRP and publicly available databases. We also discussed use of the ICRP database as a tool to consider the cancer research funding allocation at a national level.

Implementation of resource facilitation to assess referral needs and promote access to state vocational rehabilitation services in people with traumatic brain injury.

Resource facilitation (RF) has shown promise for improving return to work (RTW) after traumatic brain injury (TBI), but little is known about the RF needs of people recruited from acute trauma settings. In this descriptive study, we sought to track referral needs, describe problems in accessing state vocational rehabilitation (VR) services, and highlight the role of RF in overcoming these difficulties in 45 adults with complicated mild to severe TBI seeking RTW who were recruited from acute trauma care. Participants received a referral to the state VR agency, along with RF services for up to one year.

Factors Associated with Word Memory Test Performance in Persons with Medically Documented Traumatic Brain Injury.

Objectives: (1) To examine the rate of poor performance validity in a large, multicenter, prospectively accrued cohort of community dwelling persons with medically documented traumatic brain injury (TBI), (2) to identify factors associated with Word Memory Test (WMT) performance in persons with TBI.

Method: This was a prospective cohort, observational study of 491 persons with medically documented TBI. Participants were administered a battery of cognitive tests, questionnaires on emotional distress and post-concussive symptoms, and a performance validity test (WMT).

Prognostic importance of self-reported traits/problems/strengths and environmental barriers/facilitators for predicting participation outcomes in persons with traumatic brain injury: a systematic review.

Objective: To conduct a systematic review of the prognostic value of self-reported traits/problems/strengths and environmental barriers/facilitators for participation outcomes in persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Data Sources: Articles published through August 15, 2013, obtained by conducting electronic searches of PubMed, PsycINFO, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature databases and a review of reference lists of reviewed articles.

Study Selection: Reviewed articles were written in English and presented findings on adult humans with TBI, participation outcomes, and ≥ 1 self-reported trait/problem/strength (eg, depression, pain, coping style) and/or ≥ 1 environment barrier/facilitator (eg, social support, family functioning, access to services).

Are there cognitive and neurobehavioural correlates of hormonal neuroprotection for women after TBI?

This study examined possible cognitive correlates of hormonal neuroprotection following traumatic brain injury (TBI) using archival neuropsychological findings for 1563 individuals undergoing acute TBI rehabilitation between 1989 and 2002. Presumed age of menopause was based on the STRAW (Stages of Reproductive Aging) staging system (Soules, 2005; Soules et al., 2001) and general linear model (GLM) analysis of performance on neuropsychological testing by participants across gender and age groups (25-34, 35-44, 45-54, and 55-64) was performed.

Serial recall of visuospatial and verbal information with and without material-specific interference: implications for contemporary models of working memory.

A longstanding question in working memory (WM) research concerns the fractionation of verbal and nonverbal processing. Although some contemporary models include both domain-specific and general-purpose mechanisms, the necessity to postulate differential processing of verbal and nonverbal material remains unclear. In the present two-experiment series we revisit the order reconstruction paradigm that Jones, Farrand, Stuart, and Morris (1995) used to support a unitary model of WM.

Preinjury predictors of life satisfaction at 1 year after traumatic brain injury.

Objective: To investigate the predictive value of preinjury factors for satisfaction with life (SWL) at 1-year posttraumatic brain injury (TBI).

Design: Secondary analysis of prospective, longitudinal registry using data collected during inpatient rehabilitation and at 1-year post-TBI.

Setting: Fifteen specialized brain injury units providing acute rehabilitation care as part of the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) program.

Making connections after brain injury: development and evaluation of a social peer-mentoring program for persons with traumatic brain injury.

Objective: To describe the development and implementation of a social peer-mentoring program for persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to explore whether this program yielded increased social functioning outcomes compared with wait-list (WL)controls.

Design: Pilot randomized controlled study.

Participants: Community-dwelling individuals with TBI(12 matched with social peer mentors and 18 completing the WL condition).

Outcome assessment in traumatic brain injury clinical trials and prognostic studies.

Large numbers of investigations have sought to evaluate prediction of outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the effectiveness of interventions designed to address post-TBI deficits. Unfortunately, failure to attend to key issues in experimental design regarding outcome assessment has limited the utility of these investigations. Increased attention to 5 issues in outcome assessment will increase the evidence base for TBI prognosis and treatment and increase the relevance of findings to end users of research such as other investigators, rehabilitation providers, policy makers, persons with TBI, and family members of persons with TBI.

Medical and psychosocial predictors of caregiver distress and perceived burden following traumatic brain injury.

Objective: To determine whether caregivers' medical and psychiatric histories, coping style, and social support predict global distress and perceived burden.

Design: Correlational, cohort study.

Participants: A total of 114 caregivers of persons with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury, assessed 1 year postinjury.

Relationship of race/ethnicity and income to community integration following traumatic brain injury: investigation in a non-rehabilitation trauma sample.

The purpose of the current study was to determine the contribution of race/ethnicity and income to community integration at approximately 6 months following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Participants were 151 persons with mild to severe TBI (38% Black; 38% Hispanic; 24% White) recruited from consecutive admissions to the Neurosurgery service of a county Level I trauma center. A large number of participants had low income and low education.

Perceptions of communication abilities for persons with traumatic brain injury: validity of the La Trobe Communication Questionnaire.

Primary Objective: To further evaluate the construct validity of the La Trobe Communication Questionnaire (LCQ) and to investigate the extent to which self-ratings of adults with traumatic brain injury compared to ratings made by close others and self-ratings made by non-injured matched controls.

Research Design: Prospective cohort study.

Methods And Procedures: Two hundred and seventy-six adults with TBI (121 of which are >1-year post-injury and previously enrolled in TBI Model Systems and 155 of which were consecutively admitted to a Level 1 trauma centre and were at least 6-months post-injury) completed the La Trobe Communication Questionnaire.

Relationship of race/ethnicity to caregivers' coping, appraisals, and distress after traumatic brain injury.

The objective of the current study was to determine the relationship between race/ethnicity and caregivers' coping, appraisals of the caregiving role, and distress after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Participants were 195 caregivers (75% white; 25% black/Hispanic) of persons with TBI who were admitted to comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation at one of three participating centers and were followed up at 1 year after injury. Caregivers completed interview and self-report questionnaires, including the Ways of Coping Questionnaire, Caregiver Appraisal Scale, and Brief Symptom Inventory.

Predicting nuclear localization.

Nuclear localization of proteins is a crucial element in the dynamic life of the cell. It is complicated by the massive diversity of targeting signals and the existence of proteins that shuttle between the nucleus and cytoplasm. Nevertheless, a majority of subcellular localization tools that predict nuclear proteins have been developed without involving dual localized proteins in the data sets.