Friendship-related stress and alcohol use among post-college emerging adults.

Friendship-related stress is an understudied factor that may explain variation in coping-motivated and socially-motivated drinking among emerging adults. This study examined chronic and episodic friendship stress as predictors of drinking levels and motivations among emerging adults transitioning to post-college life. College drinkers reported drinking motives and alcohol consumption daily for 30 days using an Internet-based diary in college and five years later ( = 897, 54.

Negative affect and pain catastrophizing link borderline personality disorder to pain: Replicating and extending the borderline personality disorder-pain association.

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is commonly comorbid with chronic pain and associated with pain symptoms and interference. BPD features are associated with negative affect, which is associated with pain catastrophizing and/or pain anxiety, and finally pain severity or interference. We extended models of the BPD-pain associations in a chronic pain sample ( = 202), highlighting the role of negative affect (depression and anxiety) and pain catastrophizing, and exploring the potential benefit of emotional suppression/distraction as a component of these associations.

Day-level examination of ego-network effects on college students' alcohol consumption.

Objective: Egocentric social network analyses show that drinking habits of college students' friends predict personal alcohol consumption. To date, most of this research focused on between-person, cross-sectional, or long-term longitudinal designs to evaluate these effects. This study used intensive longitudinal methods to examine episode-specific effects of social networks (network drinking, network composition) on college students' drinking, comparing within-person and between-person effects on individual episodic drinking, and highlighted social network characteristics that might be targeted for intervention.

A Psychometric Evaluation of the Tend-and-Befriend Questionnaire.

In response to Cannon's widely accepted fight-or-flight system, Taylor et al. proposed the tend-and-befriend hypothesis to better capture variance in women's stress response behaviors. The Tend-and-Befriend Questionnaire (TBQ) measures self-reported individual differences in the use of fight, flight, tend, and befriend.

Separation of nucleobases, nucleosides, nucleotides and oligonucleotides by hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC): A state-of-the-art review.

The polar nature of nucleobases, nucleosides and nucleotides makes hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) a good choice of technology for separation. Both naturally occurring and modified nucleosides and nucleotides have been successfully separated in HILIC. A wide range of stationary phases with different retention and selectivity are suitable for the separation of nucleobases, nucleosides and nucleotides; and a sufficient knowledge base is also available to guide method development.

A survey of practicum training practices in clinical neuropsychology.

: While previous survey research has focused on various training constituencies such as trainees, and postdoctoral/internship supervisors, no previous survey research has examined the needs and perspectives of practicum level supervisors and training programs. This study was designed to address this limitation. These results were used in forming the North American Association of Practicum Sites in Neuropsychology (NAPSN).

Plasma-Induced Graft Polymerization for the In Situ Synthesis of Cross-Linked Nanocoatings.

Conventional technology for the modification of surfaces loaded with nanomaterials typically requires a three-step process: (1) the construction of a polymer platform, (2) the synthesis of nanoparticles (NPs), and (3) the immobilization or anchoring of NPs. During the immobilization or anchoring process, there is an unavoidable excess of NPs primarily situated at the top of the surface, resulting in the agglomeration of aggregates. These aggregates can form different shapes and sizes, often creating an uneven distribution of NPs, resulting in an unstable coating that gradually releases NPs over time.

Glucocorticoid and glycemic responses to immune challenge in a viviparous snake afflicted with an emerging mycosis.

Disease may be both a cause and a consequence of stress, and physiological responses to infectious disease may involve stress coping mechanisms that have important fitness consequences. For example, glucocorticoid and glycemic responses may affect host fitness by altering resource allocation and use in hosts, and these responses may be affected by competing stressors. To better understand the factors that affect host responses to infection, we challenged the immune system of field-acclimatized pygmy rattlesnakes, Sistrurus miliarius, with a sterile antigen, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and measured the glucocorticoid and glycemic response in healthy non-reproductive snakes, snakes afflicted with an emerging mycosis (ophidiomycosis) and pregnant snakes.

The genome sequence of González-Ruiz, Ramírez-Pulido and Arroyo-Cabrales, 2011 (Chiroptera, Molossidae).

We present a genome assembly from an individual female (Chordata; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Molossidae). The genome sequence is 2.490 Gb in span.

Too much information! When job resources become job demands, producing a curvilinear relationship between informational social support and creativity.

Objective: Informational social support can have both positive and negative effects on employees. This research aims to examine the curvilinear relationship between informational social support and employees' cognitive processes, specifically cognitive depletion and creativity. Additionally, we investigate the moderating role of emotional stability on this curvilinear relationship, particularly regarding cognitive depletion.

Describing the current landscape of pass/fail grading schemes within skills-based pharmacy curricula.

Introduction: Optimal methods for grading students in skills-based courses within pharmacy education have not been fully explored. This research aimed to assess the current landscape of pass/fail grading schemes within pharmacy skills-based courses and explore faculty perceptions of pass/fail grading schemes.

Methods: A 29-item, cross-sectional survey was electronically distributed to the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Laboratory Special Interest Group.

Using machine learning modeling to identify childhood abuse victims on the basis of personality inventory responses.

Trauma is very common and associated with significant co-morbidity world-wide, particularly PTSD and frequently other mental health disorders. However, it can be challenging to identify victims of abuse as self-reports can be difficult to elicit due to emotional distress. Better confirmation of a history of significant mistreatment can assist significantly in treatment planning.

State Differences in Children's Mental Health Care.

Objective: This study estimates and compares variation in the probability of child unmet need for mental health care and difficulties accessing care for each state in the United States. Estimates are also generated and compared for three socioeconomic and demographic subgroups nationwide: racial and ethnic group, household income, and insurance type.

Methods: Using a retrospective, cross-sectional design, this study pooled 2016-2019 National Survey of Children's Health data.

Demographic isolation and attitudes toward group work in student-selected lab groups.

Small group work has been shown to improve students' achievement, learning, engagement, and attitudes toward science. Previous studies that focused on different methods of group formation and their possible impacts mainly focused on measures of students' academic ability, such as GPA, SAT scores, and previous familiarity with course content. However little attention has been given to other characteristics such as students' social demographic identities in research about group formation and students' experiences.

Ecofriendly approaches to efficiently enhance catalase performance.

The present work reports on two approaches to enhance catalase (CAT) activity and its stability by using two simple, green processes. In the first procedure, CAT was transiently exposed to an ionic liquid (IL) in the presence of redox molecules related to CAT structure which resulted in partial denaturation. The other method, which uses high hydraulic pressure (HHP) to partially denature CAT (in the presence of redox molecules), has the advantage of being completely reagentless.

Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Cashew Nutshell Liquid (CNSL): Characterization and Methylene Blue Removal Studies.

In this work, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were synthesized from cashew nutshell liquid (CNSL) by varying the concentration of silver ions and the pH of the CNSL extract. The synthesized AgNPs were further characterized to study their surface, structural, and morphological properties and tested for the removal of methylene blue (MB) dye. The results of this study showed that depending on the conditions, particles of various sizes, ranging from 1 to 60 nm, and different degrees of stabilization and agglomeration were produced.

Assessing relinquishment of positivity as a central symptom bridging anxiety and depression.

Anxiety and depression are often comorbid and chronic disorders. Previous research indicates that positivity relinquishment is a moderator of anxiety and depression, such that only anxious individuals who endorsed relinquishing positivity were also depressed. We sought to extend those findings by conducting three network analyses with self-report measures of anxiety, depression, activity avoidance, and perceived positivity of avoided activities (N = 104).

Assessing Psychological Remission in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa: A Comparison of Patient and Parent Report.

Objective: The definition and assessment of remission in anorexia nervosa (AN) needs greater consensus. Particularly in adolescents, the use of patient-reported composite indices (such as the Eating Disorder Examination [EDE] Global Score) as the sole measure of psychological remission has the potential to obscure patients' true clinical status, given developmental factors and the propensity towards symptom minimization in AN.

Method: End of treatment (EOT) data from a randomized controlled trial comparing two formats of manualized family-based treatment for adolescents with AN (N = 106) were analyzed.

Deep Learning System for User Identification Using Sensors on Doorknobs.

Door access control systems are important to protect the security and integrity of physical spaces. Accuracy and speed are important factors that govern their performance. In this paper, we investigate a novel approach to identify users by measuring patterns of their interactions with a doorknob via an embedded accelerometer and gyroscope and by applying deep-learning-based algorithms to these measurements.

The benefits and challenges of treating skin with natural oils.

The term natural oil refers to a fixed (non-volatile) oil of animal or plant origin. These types of oils - in contrast to essential (volatile) oils, which are obtained by steam distillation methods of plant matter - are typically obtained from plant seeds and nuts by a mechanical pressing technique or solvent extraction. The natural movement in cosmetics of the 21st century has led to renewed interest in formulating skin care products with botanical ingredients.

Multifaceted Strategy That Improves Students' Achievement of Entrustable Professional Activities Across Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences.

Objective: To outline an approach to help students achieve Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) entrustment during a sequence of Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs) by implementing longitudinal monitoring and individualized intervention and remediation strategies.

Methods: Using the recommended EPAs within the core APPEs (acute care, ambulatory care, community, institutional), students were expected to achieve entrustment on all EPAs by graduation. A longitudinal monitoring approach, using an "EPA report card," was implemented to continuously identify students at risk of not meeting the EPA requirement of "Level 3" entrustment (perform with reactive supervision).

Predicting hospital length of stay using machine learning on a large open health dataset.

Background: Governments worldwide are facing growing pressure to increase transparency, as citizens demand greater insight into decision-making processes and public spending. An example is the release of open healthcare data to researchers, as healthcare is one of the top economic sectors. Significant information systems development and computational experimentation are required to extract meaning and value from these datasets.

The prevalence of sexual grooming behaviors among survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

Background: Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a global problem that is preventable. Sexual grooming behaviors have been deemed an integral part of CSA for the purpose of avoiding detection and preventing disclosure. Many of these behaviors are reported more often by adults who experienced CSA as compared to those that did not (Jeglic et al.