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Nuns Making Fun: An Exploration of Humor among Women Religious
(2019-08-02)
This paper discusses the role and use of humor in the lives of nuns and consecrated women. A qualitative study consisting of interviews with nuns and consecrated women was conducted to produce data about the way in which ...
Differential Impact of Psychological and Physiological Health Outcomes on Long-Term Associative Recognition
(2018-05-17)
Evidence suggests that lifestyle and environmental factors may contribute to later life cognitive decline and dementia. Although there is a large amount of evidence linking psychological and physiological factors to general ...
SMARTWALKER – ROLLING WALKER INSTRUMENTATION AND DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT TO MONITOR, VISUALIZE AND STORE ROLLING WALKER USAGE DATA
(2016-12-20)
The Smart Walker project was designed to fill a necessity of monitoring in real time the use of rolling walkers (RW) and study the causes that contribute to the high rate of fallings among its users. The main objectives ...
Investigating Intra-Island Translocation as a Conservation Strategy for the Turks and Caicos Iguana: The Impact of Homing and Stress
(2016-12-15)
The Turks and Caicos iguana, Cyclura carinata, is listed as critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature due to introduced mammals and habitat alteration from human development. Inter-island ...
Geomechanical Analysis of Rock Brittleness with Comparisons to the Mineralogical Brittleness Index
(2016-05)
A significant area of research within the Oil and Gas industry centers around the understanding of rock brittleness and fracture mechanics related to inducing and extending hydraulic fractures. This study defines rock ...
PEER RELATIONSHIPS, GUT MICROBIOTA, AND HEALTH IN EMERGING ADULTHOOD
(2018-12-03)
Research has consistently shown that chronic stress has negative effects on overall physical and psychological wellbeing across the lifespan. The biological mechanisms through which stress exerts its effects on the body ...
Neurobiological correlates of stress and the pathophysiology of depression: associations among social victimization, IL-6, CRP, and BDNF Val66Met
(2016-10-25)
Peer victimization, a common psychosocial stressor in adolescence, is linked to adverse health outcomes ranging from depression to changes in biological functioning. Social victimization is particularly harmful given the ...
Predictive Relationship of Positive Lifestyle Choices with Emotional Distress of Undergraduate College Students: An Analysis of American College Health Association Data
(2017-08-09)
Undergraduate student reports of anxiety and depression have risen each year since 2012 to the most recent report of 17% experiencing anxiety and 14% experiencing depression (ACHA, 2016). The significance of the experience ...