Publications by authors named "Tara Ward"

Objective: We examined the psychometric properties of the Personality Assessment Inventory-Short Form (PAI-SF).

Method: Study 1 compared single-session short and full form PAI profiles of 200 outpatients, Study 2 examined PAI forms of 107 nonclinical adults across two administrations, and Study 3 compared correlations between full and short form scales and extratest variables.

Results: Study 1 correlations between short and full form scales ranged from 0.

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Background: The prevention and control of dengue rely mainly on vector control methods, including indoor residual spraying (IRS) and indoor space spraying (ISS). This study aimed to systematically review the available evidence on community effectiveness of indoor spraying.

Methods: A systematic review was conducted using seven databases (PubMed, EMBASE, LILACS, Web of Science, WHOLIS, Cochrane, and Google Scholar) and a manual search of the reference lists of the identified studies.

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Article Synopsis
  • Vector control is the primary method for preventing dengue, and pyriproxyfen might enhance this effort, especially in hard-to-reach breeding sites, due to its ability to mimic juvenile hormones and help manage insecticide resistance.
  • This systematic review aimed to assess the community effectiveness of pyriproxyfen in reducing populations of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, which are responsible for dengue transmission.
  • Out of 745 studies, 17 were found suitable, showing that pyriproxyfen effectively reduces mosquito larvae when applied through various methods, and combining it with other products improves effectiveness and may delay resistance, but more research is needed on optimal concentration and application frequency
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Objective: Although there is evidence that dengue virus is circulating in Tanzania, the country lacks a dengue surveillance system. Consequently, the true estimate of dengue seroprevalence, as well as the incidence in the population, the frequency and magnitude of outbreaks is unknown. This study therefore sought to systematically review available dengue data from Tanzania.

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Background: Vitamin D deficiency is common in CF. Whether vitamin D affects pulmonary function in CF is unknown.

Methods: Data were abstracted from clinically stable CF patients who had pulmonary function studies and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D, ng/ml] levels drawn within 2 months of each other.

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The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a significant difference in static stretching (SS), dynamic stretching (DS), and no stretching (NS) on maximal strength (one-repetition maximum [1RM]) in the bench and leg presses using free weights on 19 college-aged men and 32 women. Most of the participants were moderately to very active and had previous experience with weight training. The design was repeated measures, with each treatment being randomly assigned.

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Comparative biochemical and histopathological evidence suggests that a deficiency in the glycogen branching enzyme, encoded by the GBE1 gene, is responsible for a recently identified recessive fatal fetal and neonatal glycogen storage disease (GSD) in American Quarter Horses termed GSD IV. We have now derived the complete GBE1 cDNA sequences for control horses and affected foals, and identified a C to A substitution at base 102 that results in a tyrosine (Y) to stop (X) mutation in codon 34 of exon 1. All 11 affected foals were homozygous for the X34 allele, their 11 available dams and sires were heterozygous, and all 16 control horses were homozygous for the Y34 allele.

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