The quality of diet is crucial to the health and well-being of America’s adolescents. While a critical step in the goal toward healthier eating is facilitated by school nutrition guidelines that address the food environment, additional information on . . .

The botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) is the most lethal protein known to man causing the deadly disease botulinum. The neurotoxin, composed of a heavy (HC) and light (LC) chain, work in concert to cause muscle paralysis. A therapeutic strategy to treat ind . . .

Background: Obesity and female sex are independent risk factors for knee osteoarthritis and also influence gait mechanics. However, the interaction between obesity and sex on gait mechanics is unclear, which may have implications for tailored gait mod . . .

Network ties play an important role in the outside-in strategy for marketing and competitive advantages. However, prior research adopting the outside-in view has not always been clear on the impact of network ties. We propose a contingency view that t . . .

The topic of rivalry is a favorite in sport popular culture. Fans, media members, and participants frequently discuss who is a rival team, what constitutes a rivalry, and what rivalries are most relevant in sport. For example, if one turns the televis . . .

One approach to help improve local job market is to attract startup companies from outside the region. However, regional and local policy obstacles and regulation’s ambiguities at all levels often hamper entrepreneurs. The goal of this study is to eva . . .

Texas’s Rio Grande Valley (RGV) population is predominantly Tejano (Texans of Hispanic ancestry). It is a region undergoing rapid growth, transforming from a rural farming and ranching region to a conurbation of municipalities stretching along the Rio . . .

Presentation by Beverlee B. Anderson and Catalin Ratiu at Joint conference of Joint Inspection Unit of United Nations and World Association for Sustainable Development in 2018

Using a longitudinal design in a non-western context, this study found that transformational leadership at Time 1 positively influenced followers' perceptions of ethical leadership at Time 2, mediated by procedural justice. Further, this mediated rela . . .

We study market scoring rule (MSR) prediction markets in the presence of risk-averse or risk-seeking agents that have unknown yet bounded risk preferences. It is well known that if agents can be prescreened, then MSRs can be corrected to elicit agents . . .

"This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record." Stereotype threat impairs performance across many domains. Despite a wealth of research, the long-term consequences of chronic stere . . .

Currently, most studies of incivility involve surveys and controlled laboratory experiments that focus on examining the associations between incivility and other variables. This method of investigation is important, but insufficient for developing a c . . .

This paper examines the relationship between stock option expensing as per SFAS 123 (R) as a part of CEO compensation and earnings quality. We hypothesize the expensing of CEO stock options as per SFAS 123 (R) positively influences earnings quality. T . . .

In this paper, three IT-based startups are presented that have each “hitched their wagon to a star” and have built their fledgling enterprise by blending the social, mobile, and instant elements of IT into their startup. This paper takes the form of a . . .

Conflict has been a fundamental part of human interaction since the beginning of history. It can be as benign as a sibling rivalry or as malignant as a world war. It may involve two people or two billion people and its duration is equally unfixed. Alt . . .

Stories in today’s society focus poor relationships between leaders or those in high power positions and people lower in power, which may be explained by a pattern found in the literature demonstrating a negative relationship between power and attenti . . .

Trust in advertising is a measure of message persuasiveness. Additionally, the frequency with which one uses mass media may signal familiar or close relationship between a user and a medium. The caveat being, not all media are alike in today’s technol . . .

Despite the popularity of brand placements in television programming, little is known about their effectiveness when they are used separately compared with when they are combined with television commercials. The current study confirmed that brand plac . . .

We study a next generation of storage systems: live-cube compact storage systems. These systems are becoming increasingly popular, due to their small physical and environmental footprint paired with a large storage space. At each level of a live-cube . . .

Selecting the appropriate type of capital-intensive storage systems is an important decision for warehouse managers. However, such a decision is complex due to various available storage systems. In addition, warehouse requirements such as storage capa . . .