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The Default College: How Racialized Messages Impact Black Student Perceptions of HBCUs and PWIs

Abstract This study used interviews with 20 Black graduate and undergraduate students, Critical Race Theory, and Calmore's Racialized Space Framework to investigate how historical and societal racial narratives shape the messages Black students receive about HBCUs and PWIs. It al...

Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Ideation and Attempts Among Older Adults in California, 2021–2024 Pooled Cross-Sectional Study

Background/Objectives: Older adults have high rates of suicide, but there is little research on age-specific correlates of suicide. The purpose of this study was to examine risk and protective factors for suicidal ideation and attempts across adult and older adult age groups in a...

Volunteering and resilience in wartime: evidence from two population-based studies in Israel

Abstract Background Resilience is a key factor in coping with and recovering from large-scale traumatic events. Although volunteering has generally been associated with improving or maintaining resilience, evidence from wartime contexts is mixed. This study examined the associati...

Staff Perspectives on Optimising Organisational Responses to Patient‐Initiated Workplace Violence

AIMS: To identify existing and ideal practices for responding to patient-initiated workplace violence in the US Veterans Health Administration. DESIGN: Cross-sectional, descriptive qualitative design. METHODS: Qualitative interviews with staff (n = 31) in eight veteran healthcare...

Parents of youth and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Barriers experienced during transition

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of parents of youth and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who have undergone the transition from pediatric to adult healthcare as well as community-based transition and adult-focused servi...

Developmental shifts in eye morphology and visual ecology of banded flower mantis ( Theopropus elegans )

Abstract Compound eyes display high morphological diversity across arthropods, including rare cone-shaped forms whose visual function is puzzling because their unusual shape seems to defy expectations of how eyes sample visual space. Species in which eye shape changes through dev...