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Submissions from 2015

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Dietary supplementation with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids robustly promotes neurovascular restorative dynamics and improves neurological functions after stroke, Wenting Zhang, Hailian Wang, Hui Zhang, Rehana K. Leak, Yejie Shi, Xiaoming Hu, Yanqin Gao, and Jun Chen

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Preoperative factors and 3-year weight change in the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) consortium, Anita P. Courcoulas, Nicholas J. Christian, Robert W. O'Rourke, Greg Dakin, E. Patchen Dellinger, David R. Flum, Ph D. Melissa Kalarchian, James E. Mitchell, Emma Patterson, Alfons Pomp, Walter J. Pories, Konstantinos Spaniolas, Kristine Steffen, Bruce M. Wolfe, and Steven H. Belle

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Nanotherapeutics for autoimmunity becomes mainstream, Nick Giannoukakis and Wilson S. Meng

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Theranostic nanoemulsions for macrophage COX-2 inhibition in a murine inflammation model, Sravan Kumar Patel, Wissam Beaino, Carolyn J. Anderson, and Jelena M. Janjic

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Crystal structure of ammonium bis[(pyridin-2-yl)methyl]ammonium dichloride, Aaron Trischler, Kayode Oshin, and Tomislav Pintauer

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Predicting hemagglutinin MHC-II ligand analogues in anti-TNFα biologics: Implications for immunogenicity of pharmaceutical proteins, Benjamin J. Andrick, Alexandra I. Schwab, Brianna Cauley, Lauren A. O'Donnell, and Wilson S. Meng

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EquiFACS: The equine facial action coding system, Jen Wathan, Anne M. Burrows, Bridget M. Waller, and Karen McComb

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Predictors of self-injury cessation and subsequent psychological growth: Results of a probability sample survey of students in eight universities and colleges, Janis Whitlock, Kemar Prussien, and Celeste Pietrusza

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Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (CDK5) controls melanoma cell motility, invasiveness, and metastatic spread—identification of a promising novel therapeutic target, Savita Bisht, Jens Nolting, Ute Schütte, Jens Haarmann, Prashi Jain, Dhruv Shah, Peter Brossart, Patrick Flaherty, and Georg Feldmann

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The role of nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase in cerebral ischemia, Xinzhi Chen, Shangfeng Zhao, Yang Song, Yejie Shi, Rehana K. Leak, and Guodong Cao

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A new class of lithium ion conductors with tunable structures and compositions: Quaternary diamond-like thiogermanates, Jacilynn A. Brant, Kasey P. Devlin, Christian Bischoff, Deborah Watson, Steve W. Martin, Michael D. Gross, and Jennifer A. Aitken

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A new anti-glioma therapy, AG119: Pre-clinical assessment in a mouse GL261 glioma model, Rheal A. Towner, Michael Ihnat, Debra Saunders, Anja Bastian, Nataliya Smith, Roheeth Kumar Pavana, and Aleem Gangjee

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Expertise and decision-making in American football, Adam J. Woods, Alexander Kranjec, Matt Lehet, and Anjan Chatterjee

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Crystal structure of orthorhombic {bis[(pyridin-2-yl)methyl](3,5,5,5-tetrachloropentyl)amine-κ3N,N′,N″}chloridocopper(II) perchlorate, Katherine A. Bussey, Annie R. Cavalier, Jennifer R. Connell, Margaret E. Mraz, Kayode D. Oshin, Tomislav Pintauer, Danielle L. Gray, and Sean Parkin

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Addictive disorders after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, James E. Mitchell, Kristine Steffen, Scott Engel, Wendy C. King, Jia Yuh Chen, Ken Winters, Stephanie Sogg, Cindy Sondag, Melissa Kalarchian, and Katherine Elder

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Impaired Arousal in Older Adults Is Associated With Prolonged Hospital Stay and Discharge to Skilled Nursing Facility, Andrea M. Yevchak, Jin Ho Han, Kelly Doherty, Elizabeth G. Archambault, Brittany Kelly, Rameela Chandrasekhar, E. Wesley Ely, and James L. Rudolph

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In vivo and systems biology studies implicate IL-18 as a central mediator in chronic pain, Kiran Vasudeva, Yoram Vodovotz, Nabil Azhar, Derek Barclay, Jelena M. Janjic, and John A. Pollock

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Teachers’ perceptions of bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) students in a southwestern Pennsylvania sample, Jered B. Kolbert, Laura M. Crothers, Matthew J. Bundick, Daniel S. Wells, Julie Buzgon, Cassandra Berbary, Jordan Simpson, and Katherine Senko

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Usability of a Wearable Camera System for Dementia Family Caregivers, Judith T. Matthews, Jennifer H. Lingler, Grace B. Campbell, Amanda E. Hunsaker, Lu Hu, Bernardo R. Pires, Martial Hebert, and Richard Schulz

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Metalated nitriles: SNi′ cyclizations with a propargylic electrophile, Ping Lu, Venkata S. Pakkala, Jeffrey D. Evanseck, and Fraser F. Fleming

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The design, synthesis and biological evaluation of conformationally restricted 4-substituted-2,6-dimethylfuro[2,3-d]pyrimidines as multi-targeted receptor tyrosine kinase and microtubule inhibitors as potential antitumor agents, Xin Zhang, Sudhir Raghavan, Michael Ihnat, Ernest Hamel, Cynthia Zammiello, Anja Bastian, Susan L. Mooberry, and Aleem Gangjee

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Conceptual art made simple for neuroaesthetics, Alexander Kranjec

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Quantitative photoacoustics to measure single cell melanin production and nanoparticle attachment, Kiran Bhattacharyya, Adam Eshein, Anand Chandrasekhar, and John A. Viator

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Galectin-1-secreting neural stem cells elicit long-term neuroprotection against ischemic brain injury, Jiayin Wang, Jinchao Xia, Feng Zhang, Yejie Shi, Yun Wu, Hongjian Pu, Anthony K.F. Liou, Rehana K. Leak, Xinguang Yu, Ling Chen, and Jun Chen

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A cleanroom sleeping environment's impact on markers of oxidative stress, immune dysregulation, and behavior in children with autism spectrum disorders, Scott Faber, Gregory M. Zinn, Andrew Boggess, Timothy Fahrenholz, John C. Kern, and Skip M.S. Kingston

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Crystal structure of {(but-3-en-1-yl) bis[(pyridin-2-yl) methyl]amine-κ3N,N′,N″}dichlorido-copper(II) diethyl ether hemisolvate, Katherine A. Bussey, Jennifer R. Connell, Annie R. McGlone, Margaret E. Mraz, Kayode D. Oshin, Tomislav Pintauer, Allen G. Oliver, and S. Parkin

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Report of an international partnership to develop a new entry-level program and collaborative research agendas (occupational therapy) between Poland and the US, Patricia Crist and Andrzej Gryglewicz

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Intramolecular charge-assisted hydrogen bond strength in pseudochair carboxyphosphate, Sarah E. Kochanek, Traci M. Clymer, Venkata S. Pakkala, Sebastien P. Hebert, Kyle Reeping, Steven M. Firestine, and Jeffrey D. Evanseck

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Overcoming practical challenges to conducting clinical research in the inpatient stroke rehabilitation setting, Grace B. Campbell, Elizabeth R. Skidmore, Ellen M. Whyte, and Judith T. Matthews

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Object-oriented programming and representation of objects, Adam Drozdek

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Cochlear Implant and Its Related Science, Chung Feng Hwang, Yang Chen, Hung Ching Lin, Prepageran Narayanan, Seung Ha Oh, and Eric Truy

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MaqFACS (Macaque Facial Action Coding System) can be used to document facial movements in Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus), Églantine Julle-Danière, Jérôme Micheletta, Jamie Whitehouse, Marine Joly, Carolin Gass, Anne M. Burrows, and Bridget M. Waller

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Incidence and progression of coronary artery calcium in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected men, Lawrence A. Kingsley, Jennifer Deal, Lisa Jacobson, Matthew Budoff, Mallory Witt, Frank Palella, Bridget Calhoun, and Wendy S. Post

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The First Scale-Up Production of Theranostic Nanoemulsions, Lu Liu, Christina Bagia, and Jelena M. Janjic

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Predatory Publishing: What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You, David A. Nolfi MLS, AHIP; Joan Such Lockhart PhD, RN, CORLN, AOCN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN; and Charlotte Redgate Myers MLIS

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Macrophage targeted theranostics as personalized nanomedicine strategies for inflammatory diseases, Sravan Kumar Patel and Jelena M. Janjic

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Heat shock protein defenses in the neocortex and allocortex of the telencephalon, Jessica M. Posimo, Justin N. Weilnau, Amanda M. Gleixner, Matthew T. Broeren, Nicole L. Weiland, Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Peter Wipf, and Rehana K. Leak

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Standing Alone No More: Linking Research to a Writing Course in a Learning Community, Marcia Rapchak and Ava Cipri

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Information Literacy and Adult Learners: Using Authentic Assessment to Determine Skill Gaps, Marcia E. Rapchak, Leslie A. Lewis, Julie K. Motyka, and Margaret Balmert

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A role for fragment-based drug design in developing novel lead compounds for central nervous system targets, Michael J. Wasko, Kendy A. Pellegrene, Jeffry D. Madura, and Christopher K. Surratt

Submissions from 2014

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The Stroke Assessment of Fall Risk (SAFR): Predictive validity in inpatient stroke rehabilitation, Terry P. Breisinger, Elizabeth R. Skidmore, Christian Niyonkuru, Lauren Terhorst, and Grace B. Campbell

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N-3 PUFA supplementation benefits microglial responses to myelin pathology, Songela Chen, Haiyue Zhang, Hongjian Pu, Guohua Wang, Wenjin Li, Rehana K. Leak, Jun Chen, Anthony K. Liou, and Xiaoming Hu

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Reliability and validity of the executive interview (exit) and quick exit among community dwelling older adults, Grace B. Campbell, Ellen M. Whyte, Susan M. Sereika, Mary Amanda Dew, Charles F. Reynolds, and Meryl A. Butters

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Comparison of noninvasive genetics and camera trapping for estimating population density of ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, Torrey W. Rodgers, Jacalyn Giacalone, Edward J. Heske, Jan E. Janečka, Christopher A. Phillips, and Robert L. Schooley

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Identification of species-specific nuclear insertions of mitochondrial DNA (numts) in gorillas and their potential as population genetic markers, Iván Darío Soto-Calderón, Nicholas Jonathan Clark, Julia Vera Halo Wildschutte, Kelly DiMattio, Michael Ignatius Jensen-Seaman, and Nicola Mary Anthony

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Data-driven subclassification of speech sound disorders in preschool children, Jennell C. Vick, Thomas F. Campbell, Lawrence D. Shriberg, Jordan R. Green, Klaus Truemper, Heather Leavy Rusiewicz, and Christopher A. Moore

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Loss of ypk1, the yeast homolog to the human serum- And glucocorticoid-induced protein kinase, accelerates phospholipase b1-mediated phosphatidylcholine deacylation, Beth A. Surlow, Benjamin M. Cooley, Patrick G. Needham, Jeffrey L. Brodsky, and Jana Patton-Vogt

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Self-report of gastrointestinal side effects after bariatric surgery, Melissa A. Kalarchian, Marsha D. Marcus, Anita P. Courcoulas, Yu Cheng, and Michele D. Levine

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Antibody-functionalized peptidic membranes for neutralization of allogeneic skin antigen-presenting cells, Yi Wen, Wen Liu, Christina Bagia, Shaojuan Zhang, Mingfeng Bai, Jelena M. Janjic, Nick Giannoukakis, Ellen S. Gawalt, and Wilson S. Meng

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Human faces are slower than chimpanzee faces, Anne M. Burrows, Lisa A. Parr, Emily L. Durham, Lea C. Matthews, and Timothy D. Smith

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Common hydrogen bond interactions in diverse phosphoryl transfer active sites, Jean C. Summerton, Gregory M. Martin, Jeffrey D. Evanseck, and Michael S. Chapman

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Regulation of neuroinflammation through programed death-1/programed death ligand signaling in neurological disorders, Shangfeng Zhao, Fengwu Li, Rehana K. Leak, Jun Chen, and Xiaoming Hu

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Structural studies provide clues for analog design of specific inhibitors of Cryptosporidium hominis thymidylate synthase-dihydrofolate reductase, Vidya P. Kumar, Jose A. Cisneros, Kathleen M. Frey, Alejandro Castellanos-Gonzalez, Yiqiang Wang, Aleem Gangjee, A. Clinton White, William L. Jorgensen, and Karen S. Anderson

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The mGluR5 antagonist fenobam induces analgesic conditioned place preference in mice with spared nerve injury, Neil C. Lax, David C. George, Christopher Ignatz, and Benedict J. Kolber

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Crosslinking constraints and computational models as complementary tools in modeling the extracellular domain of the glycine receptor, Zhenyu Liu, Agnieszka Szarecka, Michael Yonkunas, Kirill Speranskiy, Maria Kurnikova, and Michael Cascio

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The design and discovery of water soluble 4-substituted-2,6-dimethylfuro[2, 3-d]pyrimidines as multitargeted receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors and microtubule targeting antitumor agents, Xin Zhang, Sudhir Raghavan, Michael Ihnat, Jessica E. Thorpe, Bryan C. Disch, Anja Bastian, Lora C. Bailey-Downs, Nicholas F. Dybdal-Hargreaves, Cristina C. Rohena, Ernest Hamel, Susan L. Mooberry, and Aleem Gangjee

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Categorical biases in perceiving spatial relations, Alexander Kranjec, Gary Lupyan, and Anjan Chatterjee

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A theory of complex adaptive inquiring organizations: Application to continuous assurance of corporate financial information, John R. Kuhn, James F. Courtney, and Bonnie Morris

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Space, time, and causality in the human brain, Adam J. Woods, Roy H. Hamilton, Alexander Kranjec, Preet Minhaus, Marom Bikson, Jonathan Yu, and Anjan Chatterjee

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How does the estate tax affect the number of firms?, Pavel A. Yakovlev and Antony Davies

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Nitrite reductase and nitric-oxide synthase activity of the mitochondrial molybdopterin enzymes mARC1 and mARC2, Courtney E. Sparacino-Watkins, Jesús Tejero, Bin Sun, Marc C. Gauthier, John Thomas, Venkata Ragireddy, Bonnie A. Merchan, Jun Wang, Ivan Azarov, Partha Basu, and Mark T. Gladwin

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Hepatic overexpression of steroid sulfatase ameliorates mouse models of obesity and type 2 diabetes through sex-specific mechanisms, Mengxi Jiang, Jinhan He, Heidi Kucera, Nilesh W. Gaikwad, Bin Zhang, Meishu Xu, Robert M. O'Doherty, Kyle W. Selcer, and Wen Xie

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The role of ERK1, 2, and 5 in dopamine neuron survival during aging, Mayur S. Parmar, Juliann D. Jaumotte, Stephanie L. Wyrostek, Michael J. Zigmond, and Jane E. Cavanaugh

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Imaging neuroinflammation in vivo in a neuropathic pain rat model with near-infrared fluorescence and 19 magnetic resonance, Kiran Vasudeva, Karl Andersen, Bree Zeyzus-Johns, T. Kevin Hitchens, Sravan Kumar Patel, Anthony Balducci, Jelena M. Janjic, and John A. Pollock

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Loss of genetic diversity among ocelots in the United States during the 20th century linked to human induced population reductions, Jan E. Janecka, Michael E. Tewes, Linda Laack, Arturo Caso, Lon I. Grassman, and Rodney L. Honeycutt

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Denoising an image by denoising its curvature image, Marcelo Bertalmío and Stacey Levine

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Short-term, daily intake of yogurt containing Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis Bf-6 (LMG 24384) does not affect colonic transit time in women, Daniel J. Merenstein, Frank D'Amico, Caren Palese, Alexander Hahn, Jessy Sparenborg, Tina Tan, Hillary Scott, Kayla Polzin, Lore Kolberg, and Robert Roberts

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Estimating postural control with the balance rehabilitation unit: Measurement consistency, accuracy, validity, and comparison with dynamic posturography, Khalid A. Alahmari, Gregory F. Marchetti, Patrick J. Sparto, Joseph M. Furman, and Susan L. Whitney

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Performance of high school adolescents on functional gait and balance measures, Bara A. Alsalaheen, Susan L. Whitney, Gregory F. Marchetti, Joseph M. Furman, Anthony P. Kontos, Michael W. Collins, and Patrick J. Sparto

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Molecular dialogs between the ischemic brain and the peripheral immune system: Dualistic roles in injury and repair, Chengrui An, Yejie Shi, Peiying Li, Xiaoming Hu, Yu Gan, Ruth A. Stetler, Rehana K. Leak, Yanqin Gao, Bao Liang Sun, Ping Zheng, and Jun Chen

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Wikipedia and the Wisdom of Crowds: A Student Project, Greg Barnhisel and Marcia Rapchak

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Re-Framing Exploitation Creep to Fight Human Trafficking: A Response to Janie Chuang, Clifford Bob

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A comparison of measures for assessing the level and nature of intelligence in verbal children and adults with autism spectrum disorder, Kimberly E. Bodner, Diane L. Williams, Christopher R. Engelhardt, and Nancy J. Minshew

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A characterization of almost universal ternary quadratic polynomials with odd prime power conductor, Anna Haensch

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Neurobiology of microglial action in CNS injuries: Receptor-mediated signaling mechanisms and functional roles, Xiaoming Hu, Anthony K.F. Liou, Rehana K. Leak, Mingyue Xu, Chengrui An, Jun Suenaga, Yejie Shi, Yanqin Gao, Ping Zheng, and Jun Chen

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Perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions with fluorescent, colloidal and magnetic properties, Jelena M. Janjic, Pin Shao, Shaojuan Zhang, Xun Yang, Sravan K. Patel, and Mingfeng Bai

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Gender Differences in Factors Associated With Delirium Severity in Older Adults With Dementia, Ann M. Kolanowski, Nikki L. Hill, Esra Kurum, Donna M. Fick, Andrea M. Yevchak, Paula Mulhall, Linda Clare, and Michael Valenzuela

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Adaptation and sensitization to proteotoxic stress, Rehana K. Leak

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An exploratory investigation of links between changes in adipokines and quality of life in individuals undergoing weight loss interventions: Possible implications for cancer research, Faina Linkov, Lora E. Burke, Marina Komaroff, Robert P. Edwards, Anna Lokshin, Mindi A. Styn, Eugene Tseytlin, Kyle E. Freese, and Dana H. Bovbjerg

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Clinical consequences of polypharmacy in elderly, Robert L. Maher, Joseph Hanlon, and Emily R. Hajjar

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Design and formulation of nanoemulsions using 2-(poly(hexafluoropropylene oxide)) perfluoropropyl benzene in combination with linear perfluoro(polyethylene glycol dimethyl ether), Gregory A. Mountain, Benson J. Jelier, Christina Bagia, Chadron M. Friesen, and Jelena M. Janjic

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Meta-analysis of inter-patient pharmacokinetic variability of liposomal and non-liposomal anticancer agents, Ryan F. Schell, Brian J. Sidone, Whitney P. Caron, Mark D. Walsh, Taylor F. White, Beth A. Zamboni, Ramesh K. Ramanathan, and William C. Zamboni

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Plasma vitellogenin in free-ranging loggerhead sea turtles (caretta caretta) of the northwest atlantic ocean, Kimberly Smelker, Lauren Smith, Michael Arendt, Jeffrey Schwenter, David Rostal, Kyle Selcer, and Roldán Valverde

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Preconditioning provides neuroprotection in models of CNS disease: Paradigms and clinical significance, R. Anne Stetler, Rehana K. Leak, Yu Gan, Peiying Li, Feng Zhang, Xiaoming Hu, Zheng Jing, Jun Chen, Michael J. Zigmond, and Yanqin Gao

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Medication discrepancies despite pharmacist led medication reconciliation: The challenges of maintaining an accurate medication list in primary care, Autumn L. Stewart and Kevin J. Lynch

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Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 for managing infant colic: Protocol for an individual participant data meta-analysis, Valerie Sung, Michael D. Cabana, Frank D'Amico, Girish Deshpande, Christophe Dupont, Flavia Indrio, Silja Mentula, Anna Partty, Francesco Savino, Hania Szajewska, and Daniel Tancredi

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The ethics of forgoing life-sustaining treatment: Theoretical considerations and clinical decision making, Jos V.M. Welie and Henk Amj Ten Have

Submissions from 2013

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The local, global, and neural aspects of visuospatial processing in autism spectrum disorders, Rajesh K. Kana, Yanni Liu, Diane L. Williams, Timothy A. Keller, Sarah E. Schipul, Nancy J. Minshew, and Marcel Adam Just

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Paedomorphic facial expressions give dogs a selective advantage, Bridget M. Waller, Kate Peirce, Cátia C. Caeiro, Linda Scheider, Anne M. Burrows, Sandra McCune, and Juliane Kaminski

Paedomorphic facial expressions give dogs a selective advantage, Bridget M. Waller, Kate Peirce, Cátia C. Caeiro, Linda Scheider, Anne M. Burrows, Sandra McCune, and Juliane Kaminski

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Glycerophosphocholine utilization by candida albicans: Role of the git3 transporter in virulence, Andrew C. Bishop, Shantanu Ganguly, Norma V. Solis, Benjamin M. Cooley, Michael I. Jensen-Seaman, Scott G. Filler, Aaron P. Mitchell, and Jana Patton-Vogt

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Optimization of a pain model: Effects of body temperature and anesthesia on bladder nociception in mice, Katelyn E. Sadler, Jarred M. Stratton, Jennifer J. DeBerry, and Benedict J. Kolber

Optimization of a pain model: Effects of body temperature and anesthesia on bladder nociception in mice, Katelyn E. Sadler, Jarred M. Stratton, Jennifer J. DeBerry, and Benedict J. Kolber

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The IL17A and IL17F loci have divergent histone modifications and are differentially regulated by prostaglandin E2 in Th17 cells, Juraj Adamik, Matthew Henkel, Anuradha Ray, Philip E. Auron, Richard Duerr, and Arthur Barrie

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Global transitions of proteins explored by a multiscale hybrid methodology: Application to adenylate kinase, Mert Gur, Jeffry D. Madura, and Ivet Bahar

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Behavioral parent training to address sleep disturbances in young children with autism spectrum disorder: A pilot trial, Cynthia R. Johnson, Kylan S. Turner, Emily Foldes, Maria M. Brooks, Rebecca Kronk, and Luci Wiggs

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Substituted pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines as Cryptosporidium hominis thymidylate synthase inhibitors, Vidya P. Kumar, Kathleen M. Frey, Yiqiang Wang, Hitesh K. Jain, Aleem Gangjee, and Karen S. Anderson

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A comparison of cigarette- and hookah-related videos on YouTube, Mary V. Carroll, Ariel Shensa, and Brian A. Primack

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Epidural catheter placement in morbidly obese parturients with the use of an epidural depth equation prior to ultrasound visualization, Sukhdip Singh, Keith M. Wirth, Amy L. Phelps, Manasi H. Badve, Tanmay H. Shah, Neera Sah, and Manuel C. Vallejo

Epidural catheter placement in morbidly obese parturients with the use of an epidural depth equation prior to ultrasound visualization, Sukhdip Singh, Keith M. Wirth, Amy L. Phelps, Manasi H. Badve, Tanmay H. Shah, Neera Sah, and Manuel C. Vallejo