Index Catalog // Arch : Northwestern University Institutional Repository

Ultra-high dimensional variable selection with application to normative aging study: DNA methylation and metabolic syndrome

Description:: Metabolic syndrome has become a major public health challenge worldwide. The association between metabolic syndrome and DNA methylation is of great research interest. We constructed a binomial model to investigate the association between a metabolic syndrome index and DNA methylation in the Normative Aging Study. We applied the Iterative Sure...
Keyword:: elastic net, Metabolic syndrome, Bootstrap, ultra-high dimensional variable selection, methylation, and ISIS
Creator:: Joel Schwartz, Brian Joyce, Pantel S. Vokonas, Yinan Zheng, Wei Zhang, Lei Liu, Tao Gao, Lifang Hou, Grace Yoon, Weihau Guan, Zhou Zhang, Andrea A. Baccarelli, Wenxin Jiang, and Haixiang Zhang
Owner:: Chris Diaz
Publisher:: BioMed Central
Date Uploaded:: 05/10/2017
Date Modified:: 05/10/2017
Date Created:: 2017-03-07
Resource Type:: Article
Alternate Identifier:: DOI: 10.1186/s12859-017-1568-1

Preparedness of HIV care and treatment clinics for the management of concomitant non–communicable diseases: a cross–sectional survey

Description:: In Sub-Saharan Africa, epidemiological studies have reported an increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD) among people living with HIV. NCD management can be feasibly integrated into HIV care; however, clinic readiness to provide NCD services in these settings should first be assessed and gaps in care identified. A cross-sectional survey...
Keyword:: Tanzania, HIV, Non-communicable diseases, Health system strengthening, and Integration
Creator:: Eric Aris, Guerino Chalamilla, Aisa Mhalu, Claudia Leung, Beatrice Christian, Claudia Hawkins, Hellen Siril, Happiness Koda, Talumba Samatta, Martha Tsere Maghimbi, and Lisa R. Hirschhorn
Owner:: Chris Diaz
Publisher:: BioMed Central
Date Uploaded:: 05/08/2017
Date Modified:: 05/08/2017
Date Created:: 2016-09-21
Resource Type:: Article

Parental characteristic patterns associated with maintaining healthy physical activity behavior during childhood and adolescence

Description:: Background: Parental characteristics that influence child physical activity (PA) behavior often co-occur. An analytic approach that considers these co-occurring patterns can help researchers better understand the overall context of parental influence. The study aims were to: (1) identify diverse patterns of the relationships among parental characteristics, (2) examine the influence...
Keyword:: Moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity, Father's role in child physical activity, Sports participation, and Latent class
Creator:: Kathleen F. Janz, Elena M. Letuchy, Steven M. Levy, Trudy L. Burns, and Soyang Kwon
Owner:: Chris Diaz
Publisher:: BioMed Central
Language:: English
Date Uploaded:: 01/20/2017
Date Modified:: 05/08/2017
Date Created:: 2016-05-06
Resource Type:: Article
Alternate Identifier:: DOI: 10.1186/s12966-016-0383-9

Performance-based incentives may be appropriate to address challenges to delivery of prevention of vertical transmission of HIV services in rural Mozambique: a qualitative investigation

Description:: Background: Performance-based incentives (PBIs) have garnered global attention as a promising strategy to improve healthcare delivery to vulnerable populations. However, literature gaps in the context in which an intervention is implemented and how the PBIs were developed exist. Therefore, we (1) characterized the barriers and promoters to prevention of vertical...
Keyword:: Performance-based incentives, Community health workers, Maternal and child health nurses, Mozambique, Traditional birth attendants, Health systems, Motivation, and Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
Creator:: Delphine Pinault, Octávio de Sousa, Jacqueline Rivera, Rebecca Olson, Roseanne C. Schuster, and Sera L. Young
Owner:: Chris Diaz
Publisher:: BioMed Central
Language:: English
Date Uploaded:: 01/19/2017
Date Modified:: 01/19/2017
Resource Type:: Article
Alternate Identifier:: DOI: 10.1186/s12960-016-0157-0

Obstetrician cognitive and affective skills in a diverse academic population

Description:: Background: Obstetrician cognitive and affective traits have been identified to have relationships with their patients’ perinatal outcomes. The objective was to identify relationships between obstetrician demographic and practice characteristics and physician coping, self-efficacy, anxiety and ambiguity tolerance. Methods: Obstetricians at a single institution were surveyed using 5 validated scales measuring...
Keyword:: Coping skills, Physician professional development, Obstetrician cognition, Tolerance of ambiguity, and Medical education
Creator:: William A. Grobman and Lynn M. Yee
Owner:: Chris Diaz
Publisher:: BioMed Central
Date Uploaded:: 01/19/2017
Date Modified:: 01/19/2017
Date Created:: 2016-05-10
Resource Type:: Article
Alternate Identifier:: DOI: 10.1186/s12909-016-0659-4

Developmental trajectories of physical activity and television viewing during adolescence among girls: National Growth and Health Cohort Study

Description:: Background: Analytic methodology for investigating physical activity patterns over time has been limited. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the group-based trajectory analysis process for identifying developmental physical activity (PA) and television (TV) viewing trajectories and the risk factor of PA trajectories, and for examining a relationship between...
Keyword:: Group-based trajectory model, Television viewing, Latent class growth model, National Growth and Health study, Physical activity patterns, and Dual trajectories
Creator:: Jungwha Lee, Mercedes R. Camethon, and Soyang Kwon
Owner:: Chris Diaz
Publisher:: BioMed Central
Date Uploaded:: 01/19/2017
Date Modified:: 01/19/2017
Date Created:: 2015-07-15
Resource Type:: Article
Alternate Identifier:: DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2043-4

Evolution of anthozoan polyp retraction mechanisms: convergent functional morphology and evolutionary allometry of the marginal musculature in order Zoanthidea (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia)

Description:: Background: Retraction is among the most important basic behaviors of anthozoan Cnidaria polyps and is achieved through the coordinated contraction of at least six different muscle groups. Across the Anthozoa, these muscles range from unrecognizable atrophies to massive hypertrophies, producing a wide diversity of retraction abilities and functional morphologies. The...
Keyword:: Convergent evolution, Hexacorallia , Coelenterata, Functional morphology, Symbiosis, Phylogenetic comparative methods, and Evolutionary allometry
Creator:: Jennifer L. Schellinger, Kim E. Reuter, Anna M. Strimaitis, and Timothy D. Swain
Owner:: Chris Diaz
Publisher:: BioMed Central
Date Uploaded:: 01/19/2017
Date Modified:: 01/19/2017
Date Created:: 2015-06-02
Resource Type:: Article
Alternate Identifier:: DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0406-1

Comparison of range-of-motion and variability in upper body movements between transradial prosthesis users and able-bodied controls when executing goal-oriented tasks

Description:: Background: Current upper limb prostheses do not replace the active degrees-of-freedom distal to the elbow inherent to intact physiology. Limited evidence suggests that transradial prosthesis users demonstrate shoulder and trunk movements to compensate for these missing volitional degrees-of-freedom. The purpose of this study was to enhance understanding of the effects...
Keyword:: Transradial amputation, Prosthesis, Kinematics, Trunk, and Upper limb
Creator:: Steven A. Gard, Craig W. Heckathorne, Rebecca L. Stine, Stefania Fatone, and Matthew J. Major
Owner:: Chris Diaz
Publisher:: BioMed Central
Language:: English
Date Uploaded:: 01/19/2017
Date Modified:: 01/19/2017
Date Created:: 2014-09-06
Resource Type:: Article
Alternate Identifier:: DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-11-132

LIBRARIES | ARCH

Limit your search

Type

Resource type

Creator

Keyword

Language

Publisher

Collection

Ultra-high dimensional variable selection with application to normative aging study: DNA methylation and metabolic syndrome

Preparedness of HIV care and treatment clinics for the management of concomitant non–communicable diseases: a cross–sectional survey

Parental characteristic patterns associated with maintaining healthy physical activity behavior during childhood and adolescence

Performance-based incentives may be appropriate to address challenges to delivery of prevention of vertical transmission of HIV services in rural Mozambique: a qualitative investigation

Obstetrician cognitive and affective skills in a diverse academic population

Developmental trajectories of physical activity and television viewing during adolescence among girls: National Growth and Health Cohort Study

Evolution of anthozoan polyp retraction mechanisms: convergent functional morphology and evolutionary allometry of the marginal musculature in order Zoanthidea (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia)

Comparison of range-of-motion and variability in upper body movements between transradial prosthesis users and able-bodied controls when executing goal-oriented tasks

Limit your search

Search Constraints

Search Results