12,290 results match your criteria: "Georgia State University.[Affiliation]"
Evol Med Public Health
November 2024
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Evolutionary perspectives on obesity have been dominated by genetic frameworks, but plastic responses are also central to its aetiology. While often considered a relatively modern phenomenon, obesity was recorded during the Palaeolithic through small statuettes of the female form (Venus figurines). Even if the phenotype was rare, these statuettes indicate that some women achieved large body sizes during the last glacial maximum, a period of nutritional stress.
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December 2024
Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Purpose: Perineuronal nets (PNNs) are extracellular matrix proteoglycans surrounding neurons and glia. It has been suggested that PNNs are involved in the pathophysiology of multiple CNS illnesses, including stress-related neuropsychiatric disorders like schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, and anxiety disorders.
Method: Before examining the putative role of PNNs in stress-related responses, we described for the first time the anatomical distribution in Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus), an excellent model organism for studying social stress and circadian rhythms.
Med Image Anal
December 2024
Tri-Institutional Center for Translational Research in Neuro Imaging and Data Science (TreNDS), USA; Department of Computer Science, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA.
Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI) is a powerful tool for investigating the relationship between brain function and cognitive processes as it allows for the functional organization of the brain to be captured without relying on a specific task or stimuli. In this paper, we present a novel modeling architecture called BrainRGIN for predicting intelligence (fluid, crystallized and total intelligence) using graph neural networks on rsfMRI derived static functional network connectivity matrices. Extending from the existing graph convolution networks, our approach incorporates a clustering-based embedding and graph isomorphism network in the graph convolutional layer to reflect the nature of the brain sub-network organization and efficient network expression, in combination with TopK pooling and attention-based readout functions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Deaf Stud Deaf Educ
December 2024
Department of Theory and Practice in Teacher Education, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States.
Neuroimage Clin
December 2024
College of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China; The Key Laboratory of Brain-Machine Intelligence Technology, Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China. Electronic address:
Background And Hypothesis: Treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TR-SZ) and non-treatment-resistant schizophrenia (NTR-SZ) lack specific biomarkers to distinguish from each other. This investigation aims to identify consistent dysfunctional brain connections with different atlases, multiple feature selection strategies, and several classifiers in distinguishing TR-SZ and NTR-SZ.
Study Design: 55 TR-SZs, 239 NTR-SZs, and 87 healthy controls (HCs) were recruited from the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University.
Math Biosci Eng
October 2024
School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Traditional compartmental models of epidemic transmission often predict an initial phase of exponential growth, assuming uniform susceptibility and interaction within the population. However, empirical outbreak data frequently show early stages of sub-exponential growth in case incidences, challenging these assumptions and indicating that traditional models may not fully encompass the complexity of epidemic dynamics. This discrepancy has been addressed through models that incorporate early behavioral changes or spatial constraints within contact networks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNat Hum Behav
December 2024
Department of Psychology and Counseling, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS, USA.
J Environ Manage
December 2024
Economics Department, Georgia State University, USA. Electronic address:
Since 2013, China has added more than four thousand air quality monitoring stations that provide the public with real-time information on six airborne pollutants, i.e., particulate matter (PM) 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Comput Biol
December 2024
Department of Computer Science, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
J Diabetes Metab Disord
June 2025
Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Suite 461 - Urban Life Building, P.O. Box 3984, Atlanta, GA 30302-3984 USA.
Objectives: To ascertain the direct and indirect link between elevated uric acid (eUA) and metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) in Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) American adults.
Design: Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to disentangle the U.S.
Tob Induc Dis
December 2024
Center for Population Health Sciences, Hanoi University of Public Health, Hanoi University of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Introduction: No longitudinal study has investigated the impact of cigarette tax increases on retail prices in Vietnam. This study aims to describe changes in the purchase price of cigarettes following an excise tax increase from 70% to 75% in January 2019.
Methods: Data were collected from people who currently smoke cigarettes in the longitudinal ITC Vietnam surveys: 1870 participants in Wave 1 (pre-increase), 1564 in Wave 2 (post-increase), and 1308 in Wave 3 (post-increase).
Trends Parasitol
December 2024
Department of Natural Sciences, Middle Georgia State University, Macon, GA 31206, USA.
J Appl Behav Anal
December 2024
Institute for Applied Behavioral Science, Endicott College, Beverly, MA, USA.
Among the developmental milestones related to language and communication in early childhood, one that has been the subject of considerable research is response to name (RTN). Delayed or absent RTN in early childhood is a diagnostic marker for autism spectrum disorder and a target behavior in many early intervention curricula. This article describes two related studies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Appl Gerontol
December 2024
The Gerontology Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Early in our longitudinal qualitative study on meaningful engagement and quality of life among assisted living (AL) residents with dementia, researchers observed differences between the activities scheduled on monthly engagement calendars and those taking place. Yet, we were unable to identify any research examining such deviations or their implications. Thus, drawing on data from three diverse AL communities studied over a one-year period, we aim to: 1) examine deviations in scheduled engagement programming; 2) identify influential factors; and 3) understand resident outcomes.
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December 2024
Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.
Allosteric regulation allows proteins to dynamically respond to environmental cues by modulating activity at sites away from the catalytic center. Despite its importance, the SET-domain protein lysine methyltransferase superfamily has been understudied. Here, we present four crystal structures of SMYD2, a unique family member with a MYND domain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFmedRxiv
December 2024
School of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi.
Purpose: Intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization is a pressing issue among men who have sex with men (MSM) and has profound health implications. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of IPV and identify factors associated with its occurrence among MSM in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from March to May 2023 at an MSM-friendly sexual health clinic in Hanoi.
J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ
December 2024
SLHS, University of Colorado, Erie, CO, United States.
In this study, 19 college-educated deaf adults with experience using interpreters in educational settings provided insights into how successfully various elements of classroom discourse were preserved through interpretation. The deaf adults, fluent in American Sign Language (ASL) and experienced at using interpreters, watched educational interpreters' renditions of an elementary school art lesson, and answered questions, providing information about the clarity, completeness, and coherence of the message. Next, the deaf adults were asked to compare what they saw in the first interpretation of the lesson to what was conveyed in a second iteration by a highly experienced interpreter familiar with the lesson whose first language is ASL.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBehav Processes
December 2024
Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative, Des Moines, IA, USA.
Virtual environment software is increasingly being employed as a non-invasive method in primate cognition research. Familiar and novel stimuli can be presented in new ways, opening the door to studying aspects of cognition in captivity which previously may not have been feasible. Despite the increased complexity of visual input compared to more traditional computerised studies, several groups of captive primates have now been trained to navigate virtual three-dimensional environments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAddict Behav
December 2024
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, United States. Electronic address:
Bystanders can play an important role in preventing alcohol-related harm (e.g., unintentional injury) or sexual aggression.
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December 2024
Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University; Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States.
Arthropod-borne members of the genus cause significant human disease. Four serotypes of dengue virus are endemic globally, and approximately 50 percent of the world's population lives in a dengue-affected area. Complications from immunoenhancement occurring after a secondary infection with a different dengue serotype make vaccine development challenging.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Stud Alcohol Drugs
December 2024
Department of Applied Health Science, School of Public Health-Bloomington Indiana University.
Background: The I Model posits that men are more likely to engage in sexual aggression (SA) when instigation (e.g., their masculinity is threatened) and impellance are high (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExp Psychol
July 2024
Department of Information Technologies, HEC Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Escalation of commitment is an important decision problem that occurs across different decision contexts. Recognizing that escalation involves one's effort to achieve some form of a goal, researchers have attempted to understand escalation of commitment as a goal-pursuing activity. Prior research works have suggested that escalation situations consist of (1) an initial goal setting phase and (2) an escalation decision-making phase and have investigated how goal difficulty and goal specificity influence escalation decisions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAdvers Resil Sci
May 2024
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA.
Positive childhood experiences (PCEs) have substantial potential to improve children's mental health. We examined the prevalence of 26 specific PCEs, overall and by demographics, and the individual and cumulative effects of PCEs with current diagnosis of three mental health conditions using nationally representative, parent-reported data on U.S.
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February 2025
Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Introduction: Accurate assessment of pain severity is important for caring for patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). The Brief Pain Inventory was developed to address limitations of previous pain-rating metrics and is available in a short form (BPI-SF). However, the BPI-SF is a self-report scale dependent on patient comprehension and interpretation of items.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives This is the protocol for a Campbell systematic review. The objectives are as follows: The first objective is to find and describe machine and statistical learning (ML) methods designed for moderator meta-analysis. The second objective is to find and describe applications of such ML methods in moderator meta-analyses of health, medical, and social science interventions.
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