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Time’s Running Out

Monday, November 19th, 2012 | Posted in News, Services, Students by Tomaro Taylor | No Comments »

The end of the semester is just a short few weeks away!  If you’re mired in papers and projects, let the librarians help you.  We’re available Monday – Thursday, 8 AM-6PM, and Friday, 8 AM – 5PM.

 


Hours: Week of November 19

Friday, November 16th, 2012 | Posted in Faculty, Hours, News, Services, Students by Tomaro Taylor | Comments Off

The FMHI Research Library will be closed November 22 & 23 for the Thanksgiving Holiday.  Regular hours will be held Wednesday, November 21, and will resume the following Monday, November 26.


National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month

Monday, October 29th, 2012 | Posted in Faculty, News, Resources, Students by Tomaro Taylor | No Comments »

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan designated November as National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month.  Today, nearly 30 years later, more than 5 million people live with the disease.

To learn more about Alzheimer’s, visit the Alzheimer’s Association.  For books and other resources about Alzheimer’s and related diseases, visit the USF Libraries:

Select E-Journals

FMHI Research Library

Shimberg Health Sciences Library

Tampa Library

USF in Lakeland


Behavioral Disorders, vol. 37 no. 4

Monday, October 22nd, 2012 | Posted in Collections, Faculty, News, Resources, Students by Tomaro Taylor | Comments Off

The most recent edition of Behavioral Disorders is available at the FMHI Research Library.

(August 2012) Volume 37,  number 4:

  • Tribute to Philip Lee Gunter (p. 217)
  • Teacher Perceptions of Student Needs and Implications for Positive Behavior Supports ( Feuerborn & Chinn, p. 219)
  • A Comparison of iPads and Worksheets on Math Skills of High School Students with Emotional Disturbance (Haydon,  Basham, Hawkins, Denune, Kimener, & McCoy, p. 232)
  • A Validation of the Student Risk Screening Scale for Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors: Patterns in Rural and Urban Elementary Schools (Lane,  Menzies, Oakes, Lambert, Cox, & Hankins, p. 244)
  • The Theil-Sen Slope for High-Stakes Decisions from Progress Monitoring (Vannest, Parker, Davis, Soares, & Smith, p. 271)

JABA, vol. 45 no. 3

Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 | Posted in Collections, Faculty, Resources, Students by Tomaro Taylor | Comments Off

The Fall 2012 issue of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis is available at the FMHI Research Library:

455: A Comparison of sensory integrative and behavioral therapies as treatment for pediatric feeding disorders. (Addison, Piazza, Patel, Bachmeyer, Rivas, Milnes, & Oddo)

473: Observational effects on the preferences of children with autism.  (Leaf, Oppenheim-Leaf, Leaf, Courtemanche, Taubman, McEachin, Sheldon, & Sherman)

485:  Behavioral treatment for pathological gambling in persons with acquired brain injury. (Guercio, Johnson, & Dixon)

497: A comparison of the effects of brief rules, a timer, and preferred toys on self-control. (Newquist, Dozier, & Neidert)

511: The effects of fixed-time reinforcement schedules on functional response classes: A translational study. (Heinicke, Carr, & LeBlanc)

527: An evaluation of a progressive high-probability instructional sequence combined with low-probability demand fading in the treatment of food selectivity. (Penrod, Gardella, & Fernand)

539: The effects of the question “what is this?” on tact-training outcomes of children with autism. (Marchese, Carr, LeBlanc, Rosati, & Conroy)

549: The effects of matched stimulation and response interruption and redirection on vocal stereotypy. (Love, Miguel, Fernand, & LaBrie)

565: The influence of motivating operations on generalization probes of specific mands by children with autism. (Fragale, O’reilly, Aguilar, Pierce, Lang, Sigafoos, & Lancioni)

Reports

579: Trial-based functional analysis and functional communication training in an early childhood setting.(Lambert, Bloom, & Irvin)

585: Functional analysis of inappropriate social interactions in students with Asperger’s syndrome. (Roantree & and Kennedy)

593: A comparison of general and descriptive praise in teaching intraverbal behavior to children with autism. (Polick, Carr, & Hanney)

601: Emergent intraverbal responses via tact and match-to-sample instruction. (Grannan &  Rehfeldt)

607: Systematic evaluation of variables that contribute to noncompliance: A replication and extension. (McKerchar & Abby)

613: A comparison of differential reinforcement and noncontingent reinforcement to treat food selectivity in a child with autism. (Allison, Wilder, Chong, Lugo, Pike, Jessica & Rudy)

618: Guest Associate Editors and Mentoring Program.

619: Using a blocked-trials procedure to teach identity matching to a child with autism. (Slocum, Miller, & Tiger)

625: A procedure for thinning the schedule of time-out. (Donaldson & Vollmer)

631: Early response distribution and outcomes of response-restriction analyses. (Peterson, Petursdottir, & Kirk)

637: Effects of preference and reinforce variation on within-session patterns of responding.  (Keyl-Austin, Samaha, Bloom, & Boyle)

642: Guest Reviewers.

Technical Report

643: Creating an iPhone application for collecting continuous ABC data.  (Whiting & Dixon)


Stop by, Plug in and Sign on

Tuesday, October 16th, 2012 | Posted in Faculty, Resources, Services, Students by Tomaro Taylor | Comments Off

Have you been wondering about the four, “winged” poles near the Librarians’ offices at FMHI?  They’re Internet kiosks!  The kiosks are designed to provide laptop, tablet and smartphone users with easy access to electrical plugs and additional lighting for their Wi-Fi connectable devices.   Ideally suited for one individual on each side, small groups also can gather around a laptop (or two) for quick discussions or group projects.

While we await the arrival of workstation-height chairs, consider using the stations to work while standing up!  Recent studies suggest that getting out of your chair may help fight against chronic disease.


Health Affairs, vol. 31 no. 10

Monday, October 15th, 2012 | Posted in Collections, Faculty, News, Students by Tomaro Taylor | Comments Off

The most recent edition of Health Affairs is available at the FMHI Research Library.

Volume 31, number 10: “Current Challenges in Comparative Effectiveness Research”

Comparative Effectiveness Research
A Symposium on Communication
Evidence, Care & Policy
Medicare Part D
Pharmaceuticals & Patents
Hospitals Medical Devices
Web First
Narrative Matters Grantwatch

Comparative Effectiveness Research

  • Five reasons that many comparative effectiveness studies fail to change patient care and clinical practice (Timble, Schneider, Van Busum, & Fox, p. 2168)
  • The patient-centered outcomes research institute should focus on high-impact problems that can be solved quickly (Sox, p. 2176)

A symposium on communication

  • Communicating about comparative effectiveness research: A health affairs symposium on the issues (Dentzer and the Editorial Team of Health Affairs, p. 2138)
  • Regulatory requirements of the Food and Drug Administration would preclude product claims based on observational research (Griffin, Godfrey, & Sherman, p. 2188)
  • Reviewing hypothetical migraine studies using funding criteria from the patient-centered outcomes research institute (Selby, Fleurence, Lauer, & Schneeweiss, 2193)
  • The Food and Drug Administration has the legal basis to restrict promotion of flawed comparative effectiveness research (Kesselheim & Avorn, 2200)
  • Academic detailing can play a key role in assessing and implementing comparative effectiveness research findings (Fischer & Avorn, p. 2206)
  • Communication about results of comparative effectiveness studies: A pharmaceutical industry view (Perfetto, Bailey, Jr., Gans-Brangs, Romano, Rosenthal, and Willke, p. 2213)
  • Congress should clarify the circumstances under which drug makers can communicate results on comparative effectiveness (Klasmeier, p. 2220)
  • The hypothetical migraine drug comparative effectiveness study: A payer’s recommendations for obtaining more useful results (Epstein, p. 2225)
  • Among other flaws, hypothetical migraine study lacks independent evaluation and patient engagement (Boutin, p. 2231)
  • Enhancing patient autonomy through peer review to replace the FDA’s rigorous approval process (Caplan, p. 2236)
  • How can policy protect public health and still foster innovation (p. 2241)

Evidence, Care and Policy

  • Evidence of no benefit from knee surgery for osteoarthritis led to coverage changes and is linked to decline in procedures (Howard, Brophy, & Howell, p. 2242)
  • The contribution of prevention and treatment to the decline in cardiovascular mortality: Lessons from a forty-year debate (Jones & Greene, p. 2250)

Medicare Part D

  • The vast majority of Medicare Part D beneficiaries still Don’t Choose The Cheapest Plans That Meet Their Medication Needs (Zhou & Zhang, p. 2259)
  • In Medicare Part D Plans, Low Or Zero Copays And Other Features To Encourage The Use Of Generic Statins Work, Could Save Billions (Hoadley, Merrell, Hargrave, & Summer, p. 2266)

Pharmaceuticals and Patents

  • The large social value resulting from use of statins warrants steps to improve adherence and broaden treatment (Grabowski, Lakdawalla, Goldman, Eber, Liu, Abdelgawad, Kuznik, Chernew, & Philipson, p. 2276)
  • Secondary patenting of branded pharmaceuticals: A case study of how patents on two HIV drugs could be extended for decades (Amin & Kesselheim, p. 2286)

Hospitals

  • Simulation shows hospitals that cooperate on infection control obtain better research than hospitals acting alone (Lee, Bartsch, Wong, Yilmaz, Dong, Kim, Brown, Potter, Platt, & Huang, p. 2295)

Medical Devices

  • Median approval times for class III medical devices have been well above statutory deadline set for FDA and CMS (Zinn, Allen, Jr., & Hacker, p. 2304)

Web First

  • Making greater use of dedicated hospital observation units for many short- stay patients could save $3.1 billion a year (Baugh, Venkatesh, Hilton, Samuel, Schuur, & Bohan, p. 2314)
  • Health benefits in 2012: Moderate premium increases for employer-sponsored plans; Young adults gained coverage under ACA (Glaxton, Rae, Panchal, Damico, Whitmore, Kenward, & Osei-Anto, p. 2324)
  • The new era of payment reform, spending targets, and cost containment in Massachusetts; Early lessons for the nation (Mechanic, Altman, McDonough, p. 2334)

Narrative Matters

  • Physician-assisted death is illegal in most states, so my patient made another choice (Muller, p. 2343)

Grantwatch

  • Update on funding to improve minority health and reduce health disparities (p. 2347)

New, Smiling Faces

Monday, October 1st, 2012 | Posted in News, Services, Students by Tomaro Taylor | Comments Off

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Please join us in welcoming the FMHI Research Library’s fall semester student assistants!

Stop by, say “Hi!” to Alexis, Charniece, Erica and Eugene,  and ask them a question or four.  They’re ready to help you use the Library and its resources!


Healthy Aging Month

Monday, September 10th, 2012 | Posted in Collections, Faculty, News, Resources, Services, Students by Tomaro Taylor | Comments Off

September is Healthy Aging Month.  Check out these FMHI Library resources to learn more about the studies and processes centered on aging and the aged:

And while you’re here, don’t forget to peruse our copies of Gerontechnology, the international journal devoted to aging, technology, and the broad interests related to both fields.


Internet Kiosks Coming Soon!

Monday, September 10th, 2012 | Posted in Faculty, Hours, News, Services, Students by Tomaro Taylor | Comments Off

FMHI Research Library renovations continue tomorrow morning (Tuesday, September 11) with the installation of four (4) Internet kiosks. Please be aware that the Library may be a bit noisier than usual; we expect to be more conducive to your research and study needs by afternoon.