Publications by authors named "M C Browne"
Background: Gambling-related harms can negatively impact the health and wellbeing of those around the person who gambles (affected others, AOs). The stress-strain-coping-support (SSCS) model proposes that the type of coping strategies AOs use, and the availability of social support, can effectively reduce some of these negative consequences. The current study aimed to explore the assumptions in the SSCS model by examining the role of coping styles and social support on the experience of harm and psychological distress in AOs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Previous studies of maternal alcohol consumption and craniosynostosis have reported null or inverse associations. We updated a previous analysis of National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS) data to further examine associations between maternal alcohol consumption and craniosynostosis.
Methods: NBDPS was a multi-site, population-based case-control study.
Introduction The outcome of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) without any interventions is close to uniformly fatal. The Society for Vascular Surgery suggests a door-to-intervention time of less than 90 minutes in a patient with a ruptured AAA. Admission factors associated with poor outcomes in ruptured AAAs include hypotension, renal insufficiency, severe anemia, advanced age, and cardiac arrest.
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- Effective gambling messages should focus on reducing time and money spent on gambling to minimize related harm, but research on their effectiveness is limited, especially concerning sports and race betting.
- In a study involving 2,074 participants, two types of messages were tested (positive-emotional and norm-based) against a generic control message, but no significant differences were found in gambling behaviors or reported harms.
- Despite the lack of differences between message types, participants showed a general decrease in gambling activities over five weeks, suggesting the study prompted self-reflection on gambling rather than the messages themselves.
Identifying the physiological mechanisms by which plants are adapted to drought is critical to predict species responses to climate change. We measured the responses of leaf hydraulic and stomatal conductances (K and g, respectively) to dehydration, and their association with anatomy, in seven species of California Ceanothus grown in a common garden, including some of the most drought-tolerant species in the semi-arid flora. We tested for matching of maximum hydraulic supply and demand and quantified the role of decline of K in driving stomatal closure.
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