Publications

Association Between C-Reactive Protein and Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation After Successful Electrical Cardioversion

Chronic respiratory symptoms in children and adults living along streets with high traffic density.

OBJECTIVES: To investigate if the population living along streets with high traffic density has a higher prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms. METHODS: A sample of 673 adu...

Analysis of Clinical Methods Used to Evaluate Dyspnea in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

When dyspnea must be assessed clinically, there are three methods of assessment: the measurement of dyspnea with activities of daily living using clinical dyspnea ratings such a...

Temporal analysis of archived samples indicates marked genetic changes in declining North Sea cod (<i>Gadus morhua</i>)

Despite increasing evidence that current exploitation rates can contribute to shifts in life-history traits and the collapse of marine fish stocks, few empirical studies have in...

Fulminant Versus Acute Nonfulminant Myocarditis in Patients With Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction

Job Involvement and Organizational Commitment as Interactive Predictors of Tardiness and Absenteeism

This study examined job involvement and organizational commitment as interactive predictors of absenteeism and tardiness behaviors. Personnel records and questionnaires were use...

Variation in the Drinking Trajectories of Freshmen College Students.

F. K. Del Boca, J. Darkes, P. E. Greenbaum, and M. S. Goldman (2004) examined temporal variations in drinking during the freshmen college year and the relationship of several ri...

Museums in Motion: An Introduction to the History and Functions of Museums

Anyone interested in The University of Iowa will enjoy browsing through this storehouse of bibliographic information.Earl Rogers of the University Archives has compiled some 575...

An empirical examination of the amortized spread1Prior versions of this paper were entitled, `Bid–ask spreads, holding periods, and realized transaction costs.' We are grateful for many helpful comments from Yakov Amihud, Jennifer Conrad, Larry Dann, Diane Del Guercio, Dave Denis, Diane Denis, Craig Dunbar, Ed Dyl, Roger Edelen, Rob Hansen, Mark Huson, Raman Kumar, Chris Lamoureux, John McConnell, Wayne Mikkelson, Megan Partch, Henri Servaes, Vijay Singal, Mike Weisbach, Marc Zenner, and an anonymous referee. In addition, we appreciate the comments from seminar participants at the 1997 American Finance Association meetings, the University of Arizona, Kansas State University, the University of North Carolina, the 1996 Pacific Northwest Finance Conference, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Wisconsin. This work has been partially supported by a summer research grant from the Pamplin College of Business.1

Subtle population structuring within a highly vagile marine invertebrate, the veined squid <i>Loligo forbesi</i>, demonstrated with microsatellite DNA markers

Microsatellite DNA markers were applied for the first time in a population genetic study of a cephalopod and compared with previous estimates of genetic differentiation obtained...

An empirical study of contemporary beliefs about work in American society.

The underlying concepts or beliefs people hold about work were studied by first developing a conceptual framework consisting of five different belief systems. The framework was ...

Determinants of College Women's Intentions to Tell Their Partners to Use Condoms¹

In assessing college women's intentions to tell their partners to use condoms every time they have sexual intercourse, the present study examined the applicability of the theory...