Melissa M. Kelley

TL;DR: Clear results emerged that provide a strong basis for communicating actionable risk, and for the conclusion both that information observed and information received play key, although different, roles in motivating preparedness actions among the people in the authors' nation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of risk perception on household preparedness for terrorism based on a representative sample of households in the United States was explored and specified by constructing a path model, which included factors that both predict risk perception and others that mediate its effect on preparedness behaviors.

TL;DR: The UCLA Undergraduate Consortium for Functional Genomics provides the answer to how to combine professional-quality research with discovery-based undergraduate education.

TL;DR: The data reveal the surprising result that the X chromosome has almost twice the frequency of essential genes involved in eye development as that found on the autosomes.

TL;DR: The factors that promote collaborative emergency preparedness and response activities between local health departments and school systems are described and can be used to identify priority areas for developing successful and sustainable joint efforts in the future.