• Effects of lower-leg training with CLX bands on balance, strength, and mobility in older women 

  Rogers, Michael E.; Rogers, Nicole L. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2018-05)

  Weakness in the lower-leg, particularly the tibialis anterior, can negatively impact balance and mobility, and thus exacerbate the risk for falls. Although a variety of interventions have been shown to improve strength and ...

• Changes in cortisol levels with an aquatic resistance workout versus a weight workout 

  Colado, Juan C.; Triplett, N. Travis; Flandez, Jorge; Madera, Joaquin; Tella, Victor; Rogers, Nicole L.; Rogers, Michael E. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2018-05)

  Aquatic resistance training could be an effective type of strength training. However, the response of cortisol to aquatic exercise versus training with traditional weights has not been determined. PURPOSE: To compare the ...

• Squatting with elastic bands facilitates more weight used and time under muscle tension 

  Rogers, Nicole L.; Gene, Javier; Juesas, Alvaro; Gargallo, Pedro; Gene, Andres; Salvador, Rosario; Colado, Juan C.; Rogers, Michael E. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2018-05-01)

  In has been shown that the variable resistance associated with elastic band training improves strength and several other outcomes. However, the efficacy of combining elastic bands (EB) with traditional resistance exercises ...

• Book review: The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Ethics 

  Birondo, Noell N. (Cambridge University Press, 2018-10)

  'Greek Ethics', an undergraduate class taught by the British moral philosopher N.J.H. Dent, introduced this reviewer to the ethical philosophy of ancient Greece. The class had a modest purview - a sequence of Socrates, ...

• Medication safety in emergency medical services: approaching an evidence-based method of verification to reduce errors 

  Misasi, Paul; Keebler, Joseph R. (SAGE, 2019-01-21)

  Lack of verification is often cited as a root cause of medication errors; however, medication errors occur in spite of conventional verification practices and it appears that human factors engineering (HFE) can inform the ...

• Ganganomala Saltini Ratcliffe, Jameson, and Zorn, a new genus and species of Anomalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from Bangladesh and Nepal, with a revised circumscription of the tribe 

  Ratcliffe, Brett C.; Jameson, Mary Liz; Zorn, Carsten (Coleopterists Society, 2018-12-28)

  Ganganomala saltini Ratcliffe, Jameson, and Zorn, a new genus and new species of Anomalini (subtribe Anomalina), is described fromBangladesh and Nepal. To place the new genus within the context of the tribe and subtribe, ...

• Cache enhanced anonymity systems against probabilistic attacks 

  Lu, Huabo; Bagai, Rajiv (Springer, Cham, 2018-05-29)

  The technique of data caching is being increasingly recognized for its ability to increase the amount of anonymity provided by an anonymous communication network, and is expected to be widely adopted in the next generation ...

• The geometrical advantages of helical carbon nanotubes for high-performance multifunctional polymeric nanocomposites 

  Vijayan, Ravikumar; Ghazinezami, Ali; Taklimi, Sean Reza; Khan, Moheimin Y.; Askari, Davood (Elsevier, 2019-01-01)

  Polymer Matrix Composites (PMCs) with their low densities exhibit remarkable material properties, making them as an excellent choice for high-performance structural applications. However, the polymer matrix used to bond ...

• Implementation of a statewide program to promote safe sleep, breastfeeding and tobacco cessation to high risk pregnant women 

  Ahlers-Schmidt, Carolyn R.; Schunn, Christy; Engel, Matthew; Dowling, Jolynn A.; Neufeld, Kim; Kuhlmann, Stephanie (Springer US, 2019-02)

  Infant mortality remains a problem in the United States with sleep-related deaths accounting for a significant portion. Known risk reduction strategies include breastfeeding, avoiding tobacco use and following the American ...

• Inverse problem for one-dimensional wave equation with matrix potential 

  Khanfer, Ammar; Bukhgeim, Alexander L. (De Gruyter, 2019-01-20)

  We prove a global uniqueness theorem of reconstruction of a matrix-potential a (x, t) {a(x,t)} of one-dimensional wave equation □ u + a u = 0 {\square u+au=0}, x > 0, t > 0 {x>0,t>0}, □ = t 2 - x 2 {\square=\partial-{t}^ ...

• Advanced recycled materials for economic production of fire resistant fabrics 

  Ahmed, Tamseel Murtuza; Ali, Zaara; Mohammed, Obaidur Rahman; Asmatulu, Eylem (ASME, 2018)

  Fire protective clothing is crucial in many applications, in military/government (Navy, Marine Corps, Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Law Enforcement) and industry (working with furnaces, casting, machining and welding). ...

• Investigating effects of graphene nanoinclusions for improved desalination rates of salt water under solar heat 

  Patil, Vinay; Usta, Aybala; Mohammed, Obaidur Rahman; Asmatulu, Ramazan (ASME, 2018)

  The development of sustainable, cost-effective, reliable, efficient and stable materials and methods for continuous fresh water production is crucial for many regions of the world. Among the many other options, graphene ...

• Effect of pre-bending on formability of DQ steel and Al 5182 

  Memon, Shabbir; Mohammed, Obaidur Rahman; Lankarani, Hamid M. (ASME, 2018)

  The effect of the pre-bending operation on ductility can be significant in determining the limit strains of the final product. The strain path experienced in straight tube bulging is significantly different from that of ...

• Lightning strike protection and EMI shielding of fiber reinforced composite using gold and silver nanofilms 

  Bollavaram, Praveen Kumar; Rahman, Muhammad M.; Asmatulu, Ramazan (ASME, 2018)

  Carbon fiber reinforced composites are very much imperative to future-generation aircraft structures. However, lightning strike protection (LSP) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) are main concerns. Carbon fibers have ...

• Pedestrian collision responses using legform impactor subsystem and full-sized pedestrian model on different workbenches 

  Mohammed, Obaidur Rahman; Lankarani, Hamid M.; Memon, Shabbir (ASME, 2018)

  Car-pedestrian collision fatalities have been reported for a significant number of roadside accidents around the world. In order to reduce the lower extremity injuries in car-pedestrian collisions, it is important to ...

• Chapter 10 -- Punk Authenticity: Difference across the Iron Curtain 

  Hayton, Jeff (Berghahn Books, 2019)

  Following the convulsions of 1968, one element uniting many of the disparate social movements that arose across Europe was the pursuit of an elusive "authenticity" that could help activists to understand fundamental truths ...

• A new mixture cure model under competing risks to score online consumer loans 

  Zhang, Nailong; Yang, Qingyu; Kelleher, Aidan; Si, Wujun (Routledge, 2019-01-18)

  In credit scoring, survival analysis models have been widely applied to answer the question as to whether and when an applicant would default. In this paper, we propose a novel mixture cure proportional hazards model under ...

• Editorial: Guest editors’ comments: risk assessment and judicial decision making 

  Salisbury, Emily J.; Sundt, Jody L.; Boppre, Breanna L. (SAGE, 2019-02-01)

  Many readers and contributors to Criminal Justice and Behavior (CJB) have been trained on and inculcated into a culture that supports the use of actuarial risk assessment instruments (including ourselves). In fact, much ...

• Effects of reflux temperature and molarity of acidic solution on chemical functionalization of Helical Carbon Nanotubes 

  Taklimi, Sean Reza; Ghazinezami, Ali; Cluff, Kim; Askari, Davood (SAE International, 2018-03)

  The use of nanomaterials and nanostructures have been revolutionizing the advancements of science and technology in various engineering and medical fields. As an example, Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) have been extensively used ...

• Book review: Aristotle's Concept of Mind 

  Birondo, Noell N. (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019-01)

  In this ambitious first book, Erick Raphael Jiménez argues that a good model for understanding Aristotle’s concept of mind (nous) lies in Aristotle’s account of the perception of time. This “time-perception model” of mind ...

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