Publications
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Lack of Associations of CHRNA5-A3-B4 Genetic Variants with Smoking Cessation Treatment Outcomes in Caucasian Smokers Despite Associations with Baseline Smoking
We observed no significant associations between CHRNA5-A3-B4 variants and smoking cessation, despite replicating previous associations with baseline tobacco consumption.
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Evaluation of the California Community College Linked Learning Initiative: Second Year Report
SRI’s evaluation of the California Community College Linked Learning Initiative addressed implementation issues and institutional and student outcomes work to use the Linked Learning approach to improve college transitions and…
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Investigating the Potential of Community College Developmental Summer Bridge Programs in Facilitating Student Adjustment to Four-Year Institutions
This study examines whether community college developmental summer bridge programs (DSBPs) can help students acquire the academic and college knowledge needed to attend and succeed at a four-year higher education…
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Evaluation of the California Community College Linked Learning Initiative: Second Year Report: Executive Summary
SRI’s evaluation of the California Community College Linked Learning Initiative addressed implementation issues and institutional and student outcomes work by three community colleges to use the Linked Learning approach to…
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Biomarkers of Response to Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapies: Progress to Date
Recent research has begun to determine biomarkers (such as genotype, nicotine and metabolite levels, and brain imaging findings) that may have utility in predicting smoking cessation.
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Towards community-centered support for peer-to-peer service exchange: rethinking the timebanking metaphor
We conducted a field study of the most prominent of these, timebanking; a system in which 'time dollars' are earned and spent by people providing services for and receiving them…
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Simulation, Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a Mems Resettable Circuit Breaker
We describe a novel concept for a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) resettable circuit breaker. The concept involves fabricating the circuit breaker and the reset switch using a single microcantilever.
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School health services for children with special health care needs in California
This study attempted to determine how schools meet the direct service health needs of children and who provides those services.
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High-resolution, high-frequency wavelength shift detection of optical signals with low-cost, compact readouts
In this paper, its calibration and noise performance is demonstrated for high-resolution (up to 1.45 fm/vHz) acoustic emission (AE) detection of fast (up to 1 MHz) dynamic strain signals.
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AKI in Hospitalized Children: Comparing the pRIFLE, AKIN, and KDIGO Definitions
This study applied the Pediatric RIFLE, AKI Network, and Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes criteria to a cohort of hospitalizations to compare AKI incidence and outcomes in ICU and non-ICU…
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Effects of feature type, learning algorithm and speaking style for depression detection from speech
We systematically study the effects of feature type, machine learning approach, and speaking style (read versus spontaneous) on depression prediction in the AVEC-2014 evaluation corpus.
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Cross-corpus depression prediction from speech
We study a new corpus of patient-clinician interactions recorded when patients are admitted to a hospital for suicide risk and again when they are released.