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Compensatory and protective factors against violent delinquency in late adolescence : results from the Montreal longitudinal and experimental study
(Elsevier, 2016-03-02)
Purpose
To identify compensatory/protective factors in pre-adolescence and in mid-adolescence against late adolescence violent delinquency in a sample of kindergarten males from low socioeconomic environments. The selected ...
Is science built on the shoulders of women? : a study of gender differences in contributorship
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2016-08)
Purpose: Women remain underrepresented in the production of scientific literature and
relatively little is known regarding the labor roles played by women in the production of
knowledge. This research examines these labor ...
Intermediality : axis of relevance
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015)
Comprehension of concrete and abstract words in patients with selective anterior temporal lobe resection and in patients with selective amygdalo-hippocampectomy
(Elsevier, 2012-01-08)
The role of the anterior temporal lobe (ATL) in semantic memory is now firmly established.
There is still controversy, however, regarding the specific role of this region in processing
various types of concepts. There ...
The clinical utility of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in reducing the risks of transitioning from acute to chronic pain in traumatically injured patients
(Elsevier, 2017-07-08)
Pain is a multifaceted condition and a major ongoing challenge for healthcare professionals having to treat patients in whom pain put them at risk of developing other conditions. Significant efforts have been invested in ...
(Re)Vitalizing Philanthropy: The Emergence of Indigenous Philanthropy and its Implications for Civil Society throughout the Developing World
(Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de Montréal, 2011)
As developing countries have become more integrated within the global economy, new, developing world-based economic elites have emerged as important philanthropists and development actors. The burgeoning trend of indigenous ...
Aggression can be contagious : longitudinal associations between proactive aggression and reactive aggression among young twins
(Wiley, 2015-09)
The present study examined sibling influence over reactive and proactive aggression in a sample of 452 same‐sex twins (113 male dyads, 113 female dyads). Between and within siblings influence processes were examined as a ...
The impact of youth internalising and externalising symptom severity on the effectiveness of brief personality-targeted interventions for substance misuse : a cluster randomised trial
(Elsevier, 2017-07-14)
Highlights : Personality-targeted interventions reduce binge drinking in high-risk youth ; Youth with high (vs. low) externalising symptoms benefitted more from the intervention ; Personality-targeted interventions may ...
Atlas and Hercules in the garden : scientific culture and literary imagination at the Villa Aldobrandini at Frascati
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2015-01-01)
This essay explores the interplay in early modern Roman gardens between the iconography of instruments and fountains and scientific culture, especially astronomy. Examining the sundials that adorned the garden at the Villa ...
Gray matter hypertrophy and thickening with obstructive sleep apnea in middle-aged and older adults
Gray matter increases with obstructive sleep apnea
(American Thoracic Society, 2017-06-01)
Rationale: Obstructive sleep apnea causes intermittent hypoxemia, hemodynamic fluctuations,
and sleep fragmentation, all of which could damage cerebral gray matter that can be indirectly
assessed with neuroimaging.
Objectives: ...