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Vaccinations are key to a healthier campus
(Wichita State University, 2021-05-17)Interim Provost Shirley Lefever inform WSU students and employees about how COVID vaccines are key to a healthier campus. She explains the options students and employees have, and encourage WSU community to engage in healthy ... -
Vagal suppression buffers against the negative effects of psychological inflexibility on parenting behaviors in combat deployed fathers
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2020-09-16)Objective: Vagal suppression is a parasympathetic physiological indicator of emotion regulation and social engagement behaviors, often measured via heart rate variability. Experiential avoidance reflects psychological ... -
Valence tautomerism induced nucleophilic ipso substitution in a coordinated tetrabromocatecholate ligand and diverse catalytic activity mimicking the function of phenoxazinone synthase
(Elsevier B.V., 2016-02)Two new manganese(III) complexes, [pyH][Mn(Br(4)Cat)(2)(PY)1 (1) and [Mn(Br(4)Cat)(Br(3)PYCat)(PY)(2)] (2), where py is pyridine, Br(4)CatH(2) is tetrabromocatechol and Br(3)pyCatH(2) is 3,5,6-tribromo-4-pyridiniumcatechol, ... -
Validating a four-profile goal orientation solution using cluster analysis: Examining stress and attitudinal response patterns among organizational employees
(Wichita State University, Department of Psychology, 2006)Although goal orientation has been conceptualized as a multi-dimensional construct, researchers typically examine the simple relationships between the different dimensions and outcome variables of interest. Recently however, ... -
Validation of a single question health literacy screening tool for older adults
(Wichita State University, 2016-04-29)Introduction: Health Literacy is the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information. Older adults have the lowest health literacy rates. The purpose of this study was to assess health literacy rates ... -
Validation of a teamwork perceptions measure to increase patient safety
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2014-09)Background TeamSTEPPS (Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety) is a team-training intervention which shows promise in aiding the mitigation of medical errors. This article examines the construct ... -
Validation of balance assessment measures of an accelerometric mobile device application versus a balance platform
(Wichita State University, 2012-05)Recent technological advancements in electronics and telecommunications have provided more accessible quantitative methods of assessing balance. The latest smartphones have built-in motion sensors called tri-axial ... -
Validation of depression measures in adolescent populations
(John Wiley & Sons, 1990-05)Four measures of depression were administered to a normative sample (n = 44) and two psychiatric groups of adolescents (n = 40). Measures included the Adolescent Activity Checklist (AAC), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), ... -
Validation of reflexion edge neuro-fitness device and effectiveness as a visual, reaction time, and cognitive training tool
(Wichita State University, 2022)Reflexion Interactive Technologies, Inc. has developed a portable, touchscreen, light-board neurocognitive sport and therapy training tool, called the Edge. The Edge engages central vision and peripheral visual drills to ... -
Validation of the MPLS module in OPNET
(OPNETWORK 2002, 2002-08)MPLS is an emerging technology that combines layer 2 switching performance with layer 3 scalability. MPLS assigns labels to packets for transportation across a packet-switched or a circuit-switched network. The forwarding ... -
Validation of three question health literacy screener in determining health literacy as compared to existing STOFLA
(Wichita State University, 2021-04-02)INTRODUCTION: Low health literacy has been associated with poor health outcomes. Identifying those with low health literacy would allow for appropriate interventions. There are currently several validated health literacy ... -
Validity and intrarater reliability using a smartphone clinometer application to measure active cervical range of motion including rotation measurements in supine
(Human Kinetics, 2021)Context: Technological advances have given smartphones the capabilities of sensitive clinical measurement equipment at lesser cost and higher availability. The Clinometer is a smartphone application that can be used to ... -
Validity and reliability of step count measures using a wrist worn activity tracker during treadmill walking
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)INTRODUCTION: Wearable technology devices are becoming increasingly popular. Many of these devices offer features allowing users to monitor physical activity levels through the reporting of step-count. However, as many ... -
Validity and reliability problems with patient global as a component of the ACR/EULAR remission criteria as used in clinical practice
(The Journal of Rheumatology Publishing Company, 2012-05-15)Objective. To investigate what factors influence patient global health assessment (PtGlobal), and how those factors and the reliability of PtGlobal affect the rate, reliability, and validity of recently published American ... -
The validity of a regression-based procedure for detecting concealed psychopathology in structured personality assessment
(American Psychological Association, 2015-06)Positive Impression Management (PIM) predicted scoring of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 2007) is a regression-based procedure designed to inform diagnostic hypotheses when respondents engage in positive ... -
Validity of Bardo and Hughey's Monte Carlo simulation
(Sage Publications, 1978-12)In a recent paper (Bardo & Hughey, 1978), relationships between central tendency error and the expected magnitude of Cronbach's coefficient of reliability, alpha, were explored using a Monte Carlo simulation. As a test of ... -
Validity of field measurements for body composition
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)Purpose: This study was designed to test the validity of four field measurements for body composition against the standard laboratory measurement. Methods: Six participants were recruited from KSS 860 Research Methods in ... -
Validity of ultrasound prediction equations for total and regional muscularity in middle-aged and older men and women
(Elsevier Science Inc., 2015-02)To test the validity of published equations, 79 Caucasian adults (40 men and 39 women) aged 50-78 y had muscle thickness (MT) measured by ultrasound at nine sites of the body. Fat-free mass (FFM), lean soft tissue mass ... -
Valuation of minority stockholder's interest in a closely-held private corporation
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The value of investment banking relationships: Evidence from the collapse of Lehman brothers
(John Wiley and Sons, 2012-02)We examine the long-standing question of whether firms derive value from investment bank relationships by studying how the Lehman collapse affected industrial firms that received underwriting, advisory, analyst, and ...