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Results from Screening Polyurethane Foam Based Consumer Products for Flame Retardant Chemicals: Assessing Impacts on the Change in the Furniture Flammability Standards.
(Environmental science & technology, 2016-10)
Flame retardant (FR) chemicals have often been added to polyurethane foam to meet
required state and federal flammability standards. However, some FRs (e.g., PBDEs
and TDCIPP) are associated with health hazards and are now ...
A putatively functional polymorphism in the HTR2C gene is associated with depressive symptoms in white females reporting significant life stress.
(PloS one, 2014-01)
Psychosocial stress is well known to be positively associated with subsequent depressive
symptoms. Cortisol response to stress may be one of a number of biological mechanisms
that links psychological stress to depressive ...
Personal DNA testing in college classrooms: perspectives of students and professors.
(Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers, 2013-06)
Discourse on the integration of personal genetics and genomics into classrooms is
increasing; however, limited data have been collected on the perspectives of students
and professors. We conducted a cross-sectional survey ...
Psychometric properties of the osteoporosis assessment questionnaire (OPAQ) 2.0: results from the multiple outcomes of raloxifene evaluation (MORE) study.
(BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2014-01)
BACKGROUND: We explored psychometric properties of the Osteoporosis Assessment Questionnaire
2.0 in terms of reliability, validity, and responsiveness with generic, clinical,
demographic, and preference-based data collected ...
Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Bipolar Depression.
(The Psychiatric clinics of North America, 2016-03)
The gold standard for treating bipolar depression is based on the combination of mood
stabilizers and psychotherapy. Therefore, the authors present evidence-based models
and promising approaches for psychotherapy for bipolar ...
Strategic allocation of attention reduces temporally predictable stimulus conflict.
(J Cogn Neurosci, 2012-09)
Humans are able to continuously monitor environmental situations and adjust their
behavioral strategies to optimize performance. Here we investigate the behavioral
and brain adjustments that occur when conflicting stimulus ...
"I Use Weed for My ADHD": A Qualitative Analysis of Online Forum Discussions on Cannabis Use and ADHD.
(PLoS One, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a risk factor for problematic
cannabis use. However, clinical and anecdotal evidence suggest an increasingly popular
perception that cannabis is therapeutic ...
PhenX RISING: real world implementation and sharing of PhenX measures.
(BMC Med Genomics, 2014-03-20)
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this manuscript is to describe the PhenX RISING network
and the site experiences in the implementation of PhenX measures into ongoing population-based
genomic studies. METHODS: Eighty PhenX measures ...
The dynamics of proactive and reactive cognitive control processes in the human brain.
(J Cogn Neurosci, 2014-05)
In this study, we leveraged the high temporal resolution of EEG to examine the neural
mechanisms underlying the flexible regulation of cognitive control that unfolds over
different timescales. We measured behavioral and ...
The quadratic hazard model for analyzing longitudinal data on aging, health, and the life span.
(Phys Life Rev, 2012-06)
A better understanding of processes and mechanisms linking human aging with changes
in health status and survival requires methods capable of analyzing new data that
take into account knowledge about these processes accumulated ...