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Measuring expectations for participative decision making among graduating nursesE Pike
University of New Brunswick
J Nurs Meas 4:19-31. 1996..70 to .85 and from .76 to .90, respectively. Patterns of correlations among the subscales and significant correlations with an alternative scale measuring PDM indicate that it is a valid instrument...- Relaxing music at mealtime in nursing homes: effects on agitated patients with dementiaSandee Lynn Hicks-Moore
Department of Nursing, University of New Brunswick Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
J Gerontol Nurs 31:26-32. 2005..Reductions in absolute numbers of agitated behaviors were achieved during the weeks with music and a distinct pattern was observed... - New bioorganic reagents: evolved cyclohexanone monooxygenase--why is it more selective?Margaret M Kayser
Department of Physical Sciences, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, E2L 4L5 Canada
J Org Chem 71:8424-30. 2006..The absolute configurations of two products were established. A model suggesting a possible role of the 432 serine residue in enantioselectivity control is proposed... - Evaluating critical thinking in clinical concept maps: a pilot studySandee L Hicks-Moore
University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada
Int J Nurs Educ Scholarsh 3:Article27. 2006..Results from this study indicated that developing concept maps in the clinical setting fostered critical thinking and improved clinical preparedness... - Effects of conditioned reward and nonreward cues on the heart rate response to alcohol intoxication in male social drinkersCaroline Brunelle
Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 31:383-9. 2007..The goal of this study is to verify whether pairing alcohol ingestion with conditioned reward and nonreward cues can influence HR responses to alcohol in previously identified individuals with a low and a high HR response... - Compensatory dynamics are rare in natural ecological communitiesJ E Houlahan
Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, P O Box 5050, Saint John, NB, Canada E2L 4L5
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:3273-7. 2007..These findings suggest that abiotic factors such as temperature and precipitation are more important than competitive interactions in driving year-to-year fluctuations in species abundance within communities... - Collapse of a fish population after exposure to a synthetic estrogenKaren A Kidd
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Freshwater Institute, 501 University Crescent, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N6
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:8897-901. 2007..Our observations demonstrate that the concentrations of estrogens and their mimics observed in freshwaters can impact the sustainability of wild fish populations... - Can't they get anything better? Home support workers call for changeLinda S Nugent
Department of Nursing, University of New Brunswick, Saint John Campus, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Home Health Care Serv Q 26:21-39. 2007..Since these workers are the largest segment of formal care providers and the mainstay of formal support services for chronically ill seniors, attention to their issues is critical to the sustainability of the home care industry... - Nursing home residents in emergency departments: a Foucauldian analysisRose McCloskey
Department of Nursing, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
J Adv Nurs 59:186-94. 2007..This paper is a critical review of current knowledge about use of emergency departments by nursing home residents... - Relationship between the cardiac response to acute intoxication and alcohol-induced subjective effects throughout the blood alcohol concentration curveCaroline Brunelle
Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick Saint John campus, New Brunswick, Canada
Hum Psychopharmacol 22:437-43. 2007.... - Perception of linear and nonlinear trends: using slope and curvature information to make trend discriminationsLisa A Best
Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Box 5050, Saint John, NB
Percept Mot Skills 104:707-21. 2007..Analysis indicated higher accuracy when variability was lower and sample size was higher. Choice accuracy was higher for nonlinear trends and was highest when line graphs were used... - Mapping the processes and qualities of spiritual nursing careTracy Carr
University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Qual Health Res 18:686-700. 2008..Participants' descriptions of these processes and qualities not only offer clarity and understanding but also capture the diffuse and amorphous nature of spiritual nursing care... - Chronic oral methylphenidate induces post-treatment impairment in recognition and spatial memory in adult ratsDenise Leblanc-Duchin
Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada E2L 4L5
Neurobiol Learn Mem 91:218-25. 2009..The current findings add to recent research demonstrating negative consequences in rats pre-treated with methylphenidate, and extend previous findings to include deficits in spatial recognition memory... - A review of potential methods of determining critical effect size for designing environmental monitoring programsKelly R Munkittrick
Canadian Rivers Institute and Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick E2L4L5
Environ Toxicol Chem 28:1361-71. 2009.... - A conceptual framework for understanding interorganizational relationships between nursing homes and emergency departments: examples from the Canadian settingRose McCloskey
University of New Brunswick Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Policy Polit Nurs Pract 10:285-94. 2009..The authors apply this knowledge to develop a conceptual model that can be used to explore other interorganizational relationships that are formed when patients move between settings of care... - Serial order learning in associative formationMurray J Goddard
Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, P O Box 5050, Saint John, NB, Canada
Behav Processes 67:321-6. 2004..Implications for classical conditioning and serial order learning are considered... - Functional and self-efficacy changes of patients admitted to a Geriatric Rehabilitation UnitRose McCloskey
Department of Nursing, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
J Adv Nurs 46:186-93. 2004..Although considerable health care resources have been allocated to these units, few outcome-based research studies have been reported on Canadian GRUs... - The Control Question Test in polygraphic examinations with actual controls for truthM T Bradley
Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada
Percept Mot Skills 83:755-62. 1996..Instead, we created and tested control questions that were unambiguous and answered truthfully. The results, with the modified questions, showed correct identification of 86% of the guilty subjects and 83 to 89% of the innocent subjects... - Creating information messages for reducing patient distress during health care proceduresC R Clark
University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Science, Applied Science and Engineering, Saint John, Canada
Patient Educ Couns 30:247-55. 1997..This paper will describe a four-stage process that permits systematic development of comprehensive and accurate concrete objective information messages to prepare patients for health care procedures... - Italo-Canadian mothers' beliefs surrounding cause and treatment/cure of childhood disabilitiesT Carr
Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
Can J Nurs Res 29:69-78. 1997..Based on this study, it would be premature to formulate implications for practice; however, several directions for future research are identified... - A control question test oriented towards studentsM T Bradley
Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada
Percept Mot Skills 87:691-700. 1998..0) or the crime form (M = -0.8) of the test and innocent students (M = -0.3) examined with control questions oriented towards crimes. The discussion is augmented by results from a direct analysis of magnitude of scores... - Limits to exhaustive exercise in fishJ D Kieffer
Department of Biology and the Centre for Coastal Studies and Aquaculture, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 126:161-79. 2000..It is concluded that the constraints placed on a fish prior to and following exercise reflects the large intra-specific variability in the physiological response to exercise in fish... - Distinct contribution of the striatum and cerebellum to motor learningR Laforce
University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Brain Cogn 45:189-211. 2001..Although further research is needed, the present findings suggest that the striatum and cerebellum are involved in distinct learning mechanisms... - Context modulation of US signal valueM J Goddard
Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, E2L 4L5
Q J Exp Psychol B 54:219-31. 2001..Implications for theories of occasion setting and context modulation are considered... - Symptom cluster associated with mild traumatic brain injury in university studentsR Laforce
Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada
Percept Mot Skills 93:281-8. 2001..Altogether, these results suggest that even currently enrolled and active university students may face unique and subtle challenges related to a mild traumatic brain injury... - Differential role for the striatum and cerebellum in response to novel movements using a motor learning paradigmRobert Laforce
Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, P O Box 5050, Saint John, NB, Canada E2L4L5
Neuropsychologia 40:512-7. 2002..Although exploratory, these results support a functional dissociation between the striatum and cerebellum in acquiring visuomotor skilled behaviors... - Juvenile sturgeon exhibit reduced physiological responses to exerciseJ D Kieffer
Department of Biology and Centre for Coastal Studies and Aquaculture, University of New Brunswick, PO Box 5050, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada E2L 4L5
J Exp Biol 204:4281-9. 2001..They may possess behavioural or endocrinological mechanisms that differ from those of other fishes and that lead to a reduced ability to respond physiologically to exhaustive exercise... - The role of US signal value in contingency, drug conditioning, and learned helplessnessM J Goddard
Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB E2L 4L5, Canada
Psychon Bull Rev 6:412-23. 1999..In addition to showing how such signal value may contribute to these three phenomena, suggestions for further research, as well as current gaps in the knowledge base, are outlined... - Development of a short-term reproductive endocrine bioassay using steroid hormone and vitellogenin end points in the estuarine mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus)Deborah L Maclatchy
Department of Biology and Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 4L5, Canada
Environ Toxicol Chem 22:996-1008. 2003..The bioassay and results encompassing the environmentally relevant exposure range (1-100 ng/L) will be useful for assessing effects of endocrine-active contaminants in estuarine environments... - Latent inhibition of US signal valueMurray J Goddard
Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada E2L 4L5
Q J Exp Psychol B 56:177-92. 2003..Implications of these results for theories of latent inhibition are considered... - Psychopathic traits in adolescent offenders: an evaluation of criminal history, clinical, and psychosocial correlatesMary Ann Campbell
Psychology Department, University of New Brunswick Saint John, PO Box 5050, Saint John, New Brunswick, E2L 4L5, Canada
Behav Sci Law 22:23-47. 2004..In conclusion, the data partially support the construct validity of psychopathy with adolescent offenders, but some inconsistencies with prior adult and adolescent psychopathy research were evident. These issues are discussed... - Facing existential realities: exploring barriers and challenges to spiritual nursing careTracy Jean Carr
Department of Nursing, University of New Brunswick, 100 Tucker Park Rd, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Qual Health Res 20:1379-92. 2010..quot; It was argued that, together, these existential experiences of lived time, space, body, and other create formidable barriers to spiritual nursing care...