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Validation of a Revised Version of the Center for Epidemiologic Depression Scale for Youth with Intellectual Disabilities (CESD-ID-R)

Author(s): Olivier E; Lacombe C; Morin AJS; Houle SA; Gagnon C; Tracey D; Craven RG; Maïano C;

This study proposes a revision (R) of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale for youth with ID (CESD-ID) in English and French. 346 youth (36.02% girls) with mild (51.26%) and moderate (48.78%) ID (11-22 years; M = 15.69), enrolled in secondary schools in Canada (French-speaking; n = 115), and Australia (English-speaking; n = 231), as well ...

Article GUID: 34716523


How Will COVID-19 Alter the Politics of Long-Term Care? A Comparative Policy Analysis of Popular Reform Options

Author(s): Patrik Marier

This policy analysis reviews three popular proposals with significant political endorsement to enhance long-term care (LTC), here defined broadly to include residential care facilities, home care, and community care, in the wake of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis: national standards, provincial autonomy, and de-privatization. The proposals are s ...

Article GUID: 34711297


Binary Cu2-xS Templates Direct the Formation of Quaternary Cu2ZnSnS4 (Kesterite, Wurtzite) Nanocrystals

Author(s): Yarur Villanueva F; Green PB; Qiu C; Ullah SR; Buenviaje K; Howe JY; Majewski MB; Wilson MWB;

Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 (k-CZTS) nanocrystals have received attention for their tunable optoelectronic properties, as well as the earth abundance of their constituent atoms. However, the phase-pure synthesis of these quaternary NCs is challenging due to their polymorphism, as well as the undesired fo ...

Article GUID: 34705409


Bmal1 in the striatum influences alcohol intake in a sexually dimorphic manner

Author(s): de Zavalia N; Schoettner K; Goldsmith JA; Solis P; Ferraro S; Parent G; Amir S;

Alcohol consumption has been strongly associated with circadian clock gene expression in mammals. Analysis of clock genes revealed a potential role of Bmal1 in the control of alcohol drinking behavior. However, a causal role of Bmal1 and neural pathways through which it may influence alcohol intake have not yet been established. Here we show that selectiv ...

Article GUID: 34702951


Motor sequences; separating the sequence from the motor. A longitudinal rsfMRI study

Author(s): Jäger AP; Huntenburg JM; Tremblay SA; Schneider U; Grahl S; Huck J; Tardif CL; Villringer A; Gauthier CJ; Bazin PL; Steele CJ;

In motor learning, sequence specificity, i.e. the learning of specific sequential associations, has predominantly been studied using task-based fMRI paradigms. However, offline changes in resting state functional connectivity after sequence-specific motor learning are less well understood. Previo ...

Article GUID: 34704176


Empowering Melatonin Therapeutics with Drosophila Models

Author(s): Millet-Boureima C; Ennis CC; Jamison J; McSweeney S; Park A; Gamberi C;

Melatonin functions as a central regulator of cell and organismal function as well as a neurohormone involved in several processes, e.g., the regulation of the circadian rhythm, sleep, aging, oxidative response, and more. As such, it holds immense pharmacological potential. Receptor-mediated melatonin function mainly occurs through MT1 and MT2, conserved ...

Article GUID: 34698120


Response to Comment on "Screening New Persistent and Bioaccumulative Organics in China's Inventory of Industrial Chemicals": A Call for Further Environmental Research on Organosilicons Produced in China

Author(s): Zhang X; Sun X; Jiang R; Zeng EY; Sunderland EM; Muir DCG;

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Article GUID: 34694120


Comparative Evaluation of Artificial Neural Networks and Data Analysis in Predicting Liposome Size in a Periodic Disturbance Micromixer

Author(s): Ocampo I; López RR; Camacho-León S; Nerguizian V; Stiharu I;

Artificial neural networks (ANN) and data analysis (DA) are powerful tools for supporting decision-making. They are employed in diverse fields, and one of them is nanotechnology; for example, in predicting silver nanoparticles size. To our knowledge, we are the first to use ANN to predict liposome size (LZ). Liposomes are lipid nanoparticles used in diffe ...

Article GUID: 34683215


A green initiative for oiled sand cleanup using chitosan/rhamnolipid complex dispersion with pH-stimulus response

Author(s): Chen Z; An C; Wang Y; Zhang B; Tian X; Lee K;

The released oil can affect the vulnerable shoreline environment if the oil spills happen in coastal waters. The stranded oil on shorelines is persistent, posing a long-term influence on the intertidal ecosystem after weathering. Therefore, shoreline cleanup techniques are required to remove the oil from the shoreline environment. In this study, a new sho ...

Article GUID: 34687682


Location and Species Matters: Variable Influence of the Environment on the Gene Flow of Imperiled, Native and Invasive Cottontails

Author(s): McGreevy TJ; Michaelides S; Djan M; Sullivan M; Beltrán DM; Buffum B; Husband T;

The environment plays an important role in the movement of individuals and their associated genes among populations, which facilitates gene flow. Gene flow can help maintain the genetic diversity both within and between populations and counter the negative impact of genetic drift, which can decrease the fitness of individuals. Sympatric species can have d ...

Article GUID: 34659333


Early musical training shapes cortico-cerebellar structural covariation

Author(s): Shenker JJ; Steele CJ; Chakravarty MM; Zatorre RJ; Penhune VB;

Adult abilities in complex cognitive domains such as music appear to depend critically on the age at which training or experience begins, and relevant experience has greater long-term effects during periods of peak maturational change. Previous work has shown that early trained musicians (ET; < age 7) out-perform later-trained musicians (LT; > age 7 ...

Article GUID: 34657166


Valence bias in metacontrol of decision making in adolescents and young adults

Author(s): Bolenz F; Eppinger B;

The development of metacontrol of decision making and its susceptibility to framing effects were investigated in a sample of 201 adolescents and adults in Germany (12-25 years, 111 female, ethnicity not recorded). In a task that dissociates model-free and model-based decision making, outcome magnitude and outcome valence were manipulated. Both adolescents ...

Article GUID: 34655226


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