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Adenoviral Vectored Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Vaccine for Estrus Suppression in Mares
(2017-07-27)
The objective of this study was to evaluate an adenoviral vectored gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) vaccine as a method to suppress estrus behavior and cyclicity in mares. An additional objective was to determine the ...
Adherence to ADHD medication during the transition to college: Experiences, needs, and challenges
(2016-05-05)
Self-management of chronic illness is an abrupt challenge for adolescents as they transition into adulthood. This struggle is most evident when they move away to college and no longer have instrumental support for disease ...
Adipokine Responses to Exercise Repeated on Successive Days in Men with Metabolic Syndrome
(2010-07-21)
Leptin and adiponectin are two insulin-sensitizing adipokines that may be influenced transiently by exercise and contribute to the post-exercise improvement in insulin-mediated glucose uptake. The influence of exercise on ...
Adiponectin alters hippocampal synaptic function: a mechanism for amelioration of synaptic deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease
(2019-12-06)
The hormone adiponectin, the most abundant adipokine, is an important regulator of metabolic function, and recent evidence suggests that adiponectin plays an essential role in the cross-talk between adipose tissue and brain ...
Adiponectin Expression and Oxidative Stress in Hearts of Mice Fed a High-fat Diet
(2013-07-09)
Evidence suggests that excess superoxide generation leading to oxidative stress and/or the reduced capacity of organisms to regulate oxidative/redox environments play a major role in the initiation and progression of obesity ...
Adipose tissue and liver adaptations in exercised versus non-exercised rats fed a ketogenic diet, western diet, or standard rodent chow
(2016-03-31)
BACKGROUND: We investigated the effects of a low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet (KD), versus other diets, on adipose tissue, liver and serum biomarkers in exercise-trained versus sedentary rodents. METHODS: Male Sprague-Dawley ...
Adjoint Orbits of Borel Subgroup on Maximal Nilpotent Subalgebra of Types A and C.
(2021-11-18)
We describe the adjoint orbits of a Borel subgroup on a maximal nilpotent algebra of Types A and C.
In Chapter 1, we provide a historical background and motivation behind the study. We highlight the
important works in ...
Adjusting Clinical Fee Scales: First Session Intake Fees Moderating Couple’s Total Number of Sessions Attended in Couple’s Therapy
(2019-08-09)
Psychotherapy research has acknowledged the importance of examining attrition in therapy. However, researchers consistently neglect to look to the effect of additional fees beyond the every session fee for services on ...
Administrator Job Satisfaction in Higher Education
(2009-12-15)
The purpose of the study was to investigate the job satisfaction of men and women administrators in higher education in four-year public institutions in Alabama. In addition, the study examined whether there was a ...
Administrators' Perceptions of the Impact of No Child Left Behind Compliance on High Poverty, Rural School Systems
(2010-08-04)
Since the publication of a Nation at Risk in 1983, public schools have been through many waves of reform claiming that the enhancement of educational quality provided for all students in public schools was the major goal. ...
Adolescent Action-taking: Associations with Identity Style, Possible Selves, and Parental Support
(2006-05-15)
Action-taking is the intentional behavior in which adolescents engage. Productive
action-taking promotes positive youth outcomes and future goal-achievement. The aims of the current study were to examine variation in ...
Adolescent artistic caricatures and the sharing of art
(2016-05-05)
The assumptions and stereotypes that form the basis of adolescent social groups include caricatures of artists and artistic peers. This exploratory qualitative study is a bricolage in educational psychology with elements ...
Adolescent co-parenting relationships and their effect on parental self-efficacy
(2005-12-15)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the structure and quality of the co-residential co-parenting relationships on the self-efficacy of adolescent and young adult unmarried mothers. Forty one predominately ...
ADOLESCENT DEVIANT BEHAVIOR EXAMINED FROM AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE
(2021-08-10)
Researchers have been trying to understand the causes of deviant behaviors for decades. While there is a solid foundation in the past work done in the fields of psychology and criminology, there is also significant work ...
Adolescent Methylmercury Exposure: Behavioral Mechanisms and Protective Effects of Sodium Butyrate and Environmental Enrichment
(2018-04-02)
Whether exposure to methylmercury (MeHg), an environmental neurotoxicant, during adolescence alters the brain and behavior is only beginning to be explored. The continued maturation of mechanisms that control neuronal gene ...
Adolescent Perceived Parenting as a Moderator of the Be SAFE Bullying Prevention Program: Examining the Influence of Parenting on Adolescent Program Outcomes
(2017-07-27)
Evaluations of universal bullying prevention programs often find modest effects on adolescent bullying outcomes. It may be advantageous for those in bullying research to test differential effects of program outcomes via ...
Adolescent Romantic Relationships: Comfort with Intimacy, Parental Warmth and Support, and Exploration of Dating Partner Identity
(2009-05-06)
Adolescent romantic relationships may have a significant and long-lasting impact on important developmental processes and outcomes. The goal of this study was to examine how parental warmth/ support and comfort with intimacy ...
Adolescents' Attitudes towards Counseling by Demographic Group: Before and After a Youth Relationship Education Curriculum
(2008-12-15)
Although marriage relationship education and counseling programs have been shown to be effective in promoting healthy relationships, participants are typically not from diverse backgrounds. Adolescent attitudes towards ...
Adolescents’ Sexual Risk Behaviors: What Roles Do Parental Warmth, Parental Psychological Control, Adolescent Psychological Well-Being and Demographics Play?
(2009-05-15)
Although adolescents’ relationships with their parents have been widely studied, how adolescents’ relationships with their parents are associated with adolescents’ sexuality is one area of research that is beginning to ...
Adoption and Implementation of the Health Watch Screening Program in Community Pharmacies
(2012-11-06)
Biometric screenings are an important first step in the prevention of heart disease, cerebrovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes but accessibility to these screenings can be limited. Community pharmacies are in a unique ...