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University of Hartford
Education•West Hartford, Connecticut, United States•
About: University of Hartford is a education organization based out in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Context (language use). The organization has 1244 authors who have published 2481 publications receiving 48973 citations. The organization is also known as: UHart.
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TL;DR: Data show that acute nicotine administration, in the form of nicotine gum, has no effect on cardiovascular or lipid stress reactivity in women, However, OC use among nonsmoking women is associated with greater cardiovascular reactivity to stress.
Abstract: Women who smoke and take oral contraceptives (OCs) have significantly increased risk of cardiovascular disease, but the exact mechanisms for the increased risk are not known. Cardiovascular reactivity to psychological stress may be one mechanism for the enhanced risk, but the small number of studies examining whether OC users who smoke have greater reactivity have produced mixed results. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of chronic cigarette smoking, acute nicotine administration, and OC use on cardiovascular and lipid reactivity. Sixty healthy women, half of whom had been using OCs for at least the previous 6 months, participated in the study. Approximately two thirds were smokers and were randomized to be tested after either a 12-hr nicotine deprivation or administration of nicotine gum. One third were nonsmokers. Heart rate, blood pressure, and lipid measures were taken at rest, during a videotaped speech task, and during recovery from the task. Results indicated that, among OC nonusers, there was no effect of smoking status or nicotine administration on cardiovascular reactivity. However, among OC users, nonsmokers had significantly greater heart rate and diastolic blood pressure reactivity to stress. These data show that acute nicotine administration, in the form of nicotine gum, has no effect on cardiovascular or lipid stress reactivity in women. However, OC use among nonsmoking women is associated with greater cardiovascular reactivity to stress.
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TL;DR: A new design for inspecting turbine blade cooling holes is explored, which consists of two stages of inspection, each optically based, and a novel optical technique as an alternative.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of normative feedback and self-set goals on positive discrepancy creation and goal revision in the face of a novel task was examined and the moderating effects of self-efficacy and regulatory focus were also examined.
Abstract: We adopted a social cognitive approach of motivation (Bandura, 1986, 1989, 2002) to examine the influence of normative feedback and self-set goals on positive discrepancy creation and goal revision in the face of a novel task. The moderating effects of self-efficacy and regulatory focus were also examined. A laboratory study in-cluding 297 undergraduate students demonstrated that feedback, whether based on normative standards of performance or goal-performance discrepancies was a strong predictor of positive discrepancy creation and goal revision. Self-efficacy was also an independent predictor of goal revision, but regulatory focus was not. These findings have important practical implications for a variety of performance contexts (e.g., work, school, sports). Individuals will modify their goals based largely on feedback received (goal-performance discrepancies and normative standards); however, self-efficacy independently influences goal revision beyond the effects of feed-back. Other implications for research and practice are discussed.
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TL;DR: A trisphosphaalkene)phosphine ligand was synthesized via phospha-Wittig methodology in this paper, where the ligand coordinates in a tetradentate fashion.
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TL;DR: A method is proposed which generates a neural network for mapping process-level parameters to circuit performance and offers significant advantages including vastly reduced computational cost with little loss of accuracy and complete generality of application.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Michael W. Anderson | 101 | 808 | 63603 |
Cheryl A. Frye | 74 | 291 | 18043 |
Stephen W. Porges | 72 | 257 | 27162 |
Marjorie H. Woollacott | 68 | 157 | 22576 |
Yu Lei | 61 | 293 | 15297 |
William B. Gudykunst | 51 | 102 | 13511 |
Linda S. Pescatello | 49 | 257 | 21971 |
Cynthia S. Pomerleau | 45 | 114 | 6928 |
Benjamin Thompson | 43 | 197 | 5311 |
Eric B. Elbogen | 40 | 163 | 7212 |
Devon S. Johnson | 39 | 63 | 8383 |
Richard F. Kaplan | 38 | 68 | 4357 |
X. Rong Li | 38 | 278 | 12000 |
Lily Elefteriadou | 35 | 179 | 4342 |
Jinwon Park | 35 | 219 | 4092 |