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Emerging research suggests that Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP) may be beneficial for traumatized youth. In addition, complex trauma (i.e.

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OBJECTIVE Deformational plagiocephaly and/or brachycephaly (DPB) is a cranial flattening frequently treated in pediatric craniofacial centers. The standard of care for DPB involves patient positioning or helmet therapy. Orthotic therapy successfully reduces cranial asymmetry, but there is concern over whether the orthotics have the potential to restrict cranial growth.

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Prison as Punishment: A Behavior-Analytic Evaluation of Incarceration.

Behav Anal

June 2017

1Department of Psychology, Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham Street, Willimantic, CT 06226 USA.

The USA currently imprisons over 2.2 million people (Glaze and Kaeble, 2014). Of those, about 70 % will be rearrested within 3 years of release (Durose, Cooper, & Synder, 2014).

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Now We Know: Assessing Sexual Assault Criminal Justice Case Processing in an Urban Community Using the Sexual Assault Nurse Practitioner Evaluation Toolkit.

J Forensic Nurs

March 2017

Author Affiliations:1Brigham Young University College of Nursing, Duquesne University School of Nursing; 2Boston College School of Social Work; 3Salt Lake Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners; and 4Department of Psychology, Michigan State University.

Campbell and colleagues developed an evaluation Toolkit for use by sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) to assess criminal case outcomes in adult sexual assault cases seen by SANE programs (Campbell, Townsend, Shaw, Karim, & Markowitz, 2014; Campbell, Bybee, et al., 2014). The Toolkit provides step-by-step directions and an easy-to-use statistical program.

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Activity Profile and Between-Match Variation in Elite Male Field Hockey.

J Strength Cond Res

March 2017

1Sport, Health and Performance Enhancement (SHAPE) Research Center, Department of Sports Science, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom; and 2Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts.

Sunderland, CD and Edwards, PL. Activity profile and between-match variation in elite male field hockey. J Strength Cond Res 31(3): 758-764, 2017-This study aimed to (a) provide a position-specific activity profile for elite male hockey players, (b) determine if the activity profile was altered by the introduction of the "self-pass" rule, and (c) provide information relating to match-to-match variability in elite male field hockey.

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Objective: To examine the association between complementary feeding indicators and attained linear growth at 6-23 months.

Design: Secondary analysis of Phase V Demographic and Health Surveys data (2003-2008). Country-specific ANOVA models were used to estimate effects of three complementary feeding indicators (minimum meal frequency, minimum dietary diversity and minimum adequate diet) on length-for-age, adjusted for covariates and interactions of interest.

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