Search Results - "McDermott, Paul"

Confirming the Presence of Legionella pneumophila in Your Water System: A Review of Current Legionella Testing Methods by Walker, James T, McDermott, Paul J

“…Legionnaires' disease has been recognized since 1976 and Legionella pneumophila still accounts for more than 95% of cases. Approaches in countries, including…”
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Touchstones of Equivalence and the Houdini Transformation by Rovine, Michael J., McDermott, Paul A.

“…Inspired by Peter Molenaar's Houdini transformation, we consider the idea of touchstones between different models. Touchstones represent instances where models…”
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Tracing Children's Approaches to Learning Through Head Start, Kindergarten, and First Grade: Different Pathways to Different Outcomes by McDermott, Paul A., Rikoon, Samuel H., Fantuzzo, John W.

“…This article reports on the study of differential change trajectories for early childhood approaches to learning. A large sample (N = 2,152) of Head Start…”
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Trajectories of social-emotional development across pre-primary and early primary school by Wolf, Sharon, Reyes, Roland S., Weiss, Emily M., McDermott, Paul A.

“…Social-emotional (SE) skills grow rapidly during the preschool years and support children's ability to manage stress and form positive relationships. Yet…”
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Latent Growth Trajectories of Peer Context Behavior Problems across Preschool, Kindergarten and First Grade by Weiss, Emily M., McDermott, Paul A., Rovine, Michael J., Oh, Jimin

“…Research Findings: This study examines the development of problem behavior in classroom contexts characterized by peer interaction among a nationally…”
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Treatment-Related Symptom Clusters in Breast Cancer: A Secondary Analysis by Kim, Hee-Ju, PhD, RN, Barsevick, Andrea M., PhD, RN, AOCN, Tulman, Lorraine, DNSc, RN, McDermott, Paul A., PhD, ABAP

“…Abstract This study investigated treatment-related symptom clusters and the influence of selected demographic/clinical variables on symptom clustering in…”
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Latent Growth Curve and Repeated Measures ANOVA Contrasts: What the Models are Telling You by Rovine, Michael J., McDermott, Paul A.

“…The relationship between the latent growth curve and repeated measures ANOVA models is often misunderstood. Although a number of investigators have looked into…”
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Latent profile analysis of classroom behavior problems in an American national sample of prekindergarten children by McDermott, Paul A., Rovine, Michael J., Gerstner, Clara‐Christina E., Weiss, Emily M., Watkins, Marley W.

“…Problematic behaviors impede young children's ability to succeed in the classroom. Examining individual patterns of behavior problems allows researchers to…”
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The matter of assessor variance in early childhood education—Or whose score is it anyway? by Waterman, Clare, McDermott, Paul A., Fantuzzo, John W., Gadsden, Vivian L.

“…• Variability in children's scores is attributable to assessors as well as the children themselves. • Assessments administered by teachers show substantially…”
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Development and initial validation of the Spanish form of the adjustment scales for preschool intervention (ASPI) by Bulotsky-Shearer, Rebecca J., McDermott, Paul A., Lopez, Michael, Gort, Mileidis, Bouza, Johayra, Fernandez, Veronica, Bichay-Awadalla, Krystal

“…The purpose of the study was to develop and validate a Spanish language form of the Adjustment Scales for Preschool Intervention (ASPI) for use by early…”
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A Nationwide Study of Research Publication Impact of Faculty in U.S. Higher Education Doctoral Programs by Scruggs, Richard, McDermott, Paul A., Qiao, Xin

“…Research impact is very important in academia. This study explored the research impact of faculty in doctoral higher education programs through the use of…”
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Transition and protective agency of early childhood learning behaviors as portents of later school attendance and adjustment by McDermott, Paul A., Rikoon, Samuel H., Fantuzzo, John W.

“…This article reports on the study of differential change trajectories for early childhood learning behaviors as they relate to future classroom adjustment and…”
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On Farm Emergency Slaughter and Emergency Killing of Acutely Injured Cattle: Analysis of Guidelines From Five Jurisdictions by McDermott, Paul, McKevitt, Aideen, Hanlon, Alison

“…In July 2009, the Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Council (FAWAC) in the Republic of Ireland published Animal Welfare Guidelines for the Management of Acutely…”
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Whose IQ Is It?-Assessor Bias Variance in High-Stakes Psychological Assessment by McDermott, Paul A, Watkins, Marley W, Rhoad, Anna M

“…Assessor bias variance exists for a psychological measure when some appreciable portion of the score variation that is assumed to reflect examinees' individual…”
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An Integrated Curriculum to Improve Mathematics, Language, and Literacy for Head Start Children by Fantuzzo, John W., Gadsden, Vivian L., McDermott, Paul A.

“…This article reports on the development and field trial of an integrated Head Start curriculum (Evidence-Based Program for Integrated Curricula [EPIC]) that…”
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Latent profiles of home behaviour problems in Trinidad and Tobago by Gerstner, Clara-Christina E, McDermott, Paul A, Weiss, Emily M, Rovine, Michael J, Worrell, Frank C, Hall, Tracey E

“…Caregivers who interact with children at home can provide a critical, complementary perspective on a child's behaviour functioning. This research used a…”
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Engineering Bacillus megaterium for production of functional intracellular materials by Grage, Katrin, McDermott, Paul, Rehm, Bernd H A

“…Over the last 10-15 years, a technology has been developed to engineer bacterial poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) inclusions as functionalized beads, for…”
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Targeted Overexpression of Tissue Inhibitor of Matrix Metalloproteinase-4 Modifies Post–Myocardial Infarction Remodeling in Mice by Zavadzkas, Juozas A, Stroud, Robert E, Bouges, Shenikqua, Mukherjee, Rupak, Jones, Jeffrey R, Patel, Risha K, McDermott, Paul J, Spinale, Francis G

“…RATIONALE:Myocardial infarction (MI) causes an imbalance between matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMPs) and is…”
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Comparison of Groups With Different Patterns of Symptom Cluster Intensity Across the Breast Cancer Treatment Trajectory by Kim, Hee-Ju, McDermott, Paul A, Barsevick, Andrea M

“…BACKGROUND:Comparing subgroups with different patterns of change in symptom intensity would assist in sorting out individuals at risk for more severe symptoms…”
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Farmers Views on the Implementation of On-Farm Emergency Slaughter for the Management of Acutely Injured Cattle in Ireland by McDermott, Paul, McKevitt, Aideen, Santos, Flavia H, Hanlon, Alison J

“…Four management options for acutely injured cattle in Ireland exist: treatment, unless cattle are severely injured; on-farm emergency slaughter (OFES);…”
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