University of Kentucky

Research with formerly incarcerated mothers: Considering former prisoners’ vulnerabilities with feminist rhetorical research practices

Drawing from my experience conducting in-depth interviews and focus groups with formerly incarcerated mothers in the United States, this article encourages qualitative researchers to consider former prisoners a vulnerable population and offers feminist rhetorical methods and meth...

“WIC helps, but there are challenges”: A thematic analysis of Latina immigrant mothers’ experiences with Missouri’s WIC program

This qualitative study explored Latina immigrant mothers’ experiences with the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in Missouri. Twelve focus groups were conducted via Zoom (2021–2023) with 32 Latina immigrant mothers residing in Missouri....

A paradox of brokerage: alter distrust, network self-promotion, and the willingness to accept referrals from brokers

Individuals embedded in networks rich in structural holes are well positioned to broker referrals between otherwise disconnected others. Yet these hole-rich networks create a paradox: although they help brokers identify valuable opportunities, they also undermine the trust requir...

Changes in Curriculum Assessment Scores Associated With Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention in a Routine Clinical Care Setting

ABSTRACT Early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) is designed to establish critical social, cognitive, language, and adaptive repertoires. The current study examines changes in scores and growth curves on the most commonly used curriculum assessment, the Verbal Behavior Mil...

Perceptions of Non-Sexual Workplace Harassment

Non-sexual workplace harassment (NSWH) is a prevalent issue, yet there is limited experimental research investigating how this harassment is perceived. In the present study, male and female participants (N = 242) read eight vignettes in which a supervisor insulted an employee. Pa...

Long-Term Career and Healthcare Impacts of Hip/Pelvic Bone Stress Injuries Sustained During Basic Combat Training: A Case-Control Study in Graduates

Background: Hip and pelvic bone stress injuries (BSIs) represent a small but clinically significant subset of overuse injuries sustained during U.S. Army Basic Combat Training (BCT). However, the long-term military service and healthcare implications remain unclear. This study ex...

“You’re never going to belong here”: Stigma and acculturation among foreign workers

Foreign (i.e., non-citizen) workers face significant challenges concerning socialization and belonging in the workplace. This research investigates (1) the identity-related challenges of self-initiated expatriate workers and (2) how self-initiated expatriate workers navigate iden...

A Weight-Activated Main Path Analysis of Policing and Life Course Scholarship

Abstract Criminology is a constellation of many different interrelated subfields that study the various institutions constituting and person(s) involved in the criminal justice system. While the researchers that contribute to these subfields are independent, the contributed resea...

Changing minds on MOUD: impact of messages to motivate expanded access to buprenorphine in primary care settings

Abstract Background Practitioners in primary care (PCPs) face significant barriers and lack of motivation for expansion of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in their service. Educational videos specifically targeted at the primary care setting and utilizing key determina...

BRN2 in Lineage Plasticity: A Prostate Cancer-Focused Perspective

Lineage plasticity is a major mechanism by which prostate cancer adapts to therapeutic pressure, particularly following sustained inhibition of androgen receptor signaling. A central mediator of this process is BRN2, a POU3F2 neural lineage transcription factor that is normally s...

Toward a Theory of Digital Platform Frontlines: Understanding the Boundary-Spanning Roles of Influencers in Platform Ecosystems

On digital platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, and X, customer engagement occurs not only through traditional employees and self-service systems, but also through influencers. Influencers, particularly those with significant reach, play boundary-spanning roles when they fa...

Hypertensive stretch regulates endothelial cell inflammation and apoptosis through ceramide metabolism

Hypertension and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are associated with elevated plasma levels of ceramides (Cer), a type of membrane sphingolipids (SPLs). Increased cellular Cer levels are known to cause vascular endothelial cell (EC) dysfunction. However, Cer metabolism changes due t...

Trust in Cancer Information Sources During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

This cross-sectional study explores changes in the level of trust in professional, governmental, and personal sources of cancer information among adults who participated in the 2018 to 2024 Health Information National Trends Survey.

Storytelling as a Bridge: Examining the Psychological Processes of Fictional Writing on Intergroup Understanding

Reading a positive story about an outgroup reduces prejudice, but can writing a story about the outgroup have similar effects? Three experiments examined whether and how writing a fictional story about an outgroup character can improve writers’ perceptions of the outgroup. Study...

Incidence, risk factors, and prognostic implications of hospitalizations for heart failure among patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms

Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), including essential thrombocythemia (ET), polycythemia vera (PV), and myelofibrosis (MF), are a group of chronic leukemias associated with increased risk of heart failure (HF). Despite a link between MPNs and HF, prognostic implications and ri...

Aggressive Systemic Mastocytosis Resulting in Hepatic Fibrosis and Non-Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension

Aggressive systemic mastocytosis [ASM] is a rare hematologic disorder characterized by mast cell infiltration of extracutaneous organs. Hepatic involvement is uncommon and rarely progresses to fibrosis or portal hypertension. We present a 60-year-old male with abdominal distensio...

Time-resolved laser speckle contrast imaging (TR-LSCI) of cerebral blood flow response to intracranial pressure elevation

Significance: Cerebral autoregulation (CA) reflects the dynamic coupling among cerebral blood flow (CBF), intracranial pressure (ICP), and arterial blood pressure (ABP); its failure contributes to secondary brain injury. Existing bedside methods rely on indirect or spatially limi...

Seeing is believing: The evolving role of muscle ultrasound in comprehensive nutritional care of pediatric oncology patients—A case series

Traditional nutritional assessments in pediatric oncology, such as weight and body mass index, often fail to accurately capture changes in body composition, frequently masking significant muscle depletion, or secondary sarcopenia. This retrospective case series evaluates the nove...

Stronger Yet Stretched: Resilience and Stress in U.S. Families Raising Autistic Children

Raising a child with autism presents families with unique challenges and experiences, often characterized by heightened stress but also remarkable resilience. This study utilizes cross-sectional data from the 2022 and 2023 National Survey of Children’s Health administered by the...

Observations from the Kentucky Corn Yield Contest reveal mid‐ to late‐season weather, early planting, and planting population drive high corn yield

Abstract Corn ( Zea mays L.) is the most valuable row crop on a land area basis in Kentucky. Understanding the effects of management practices employed by farmers in high‐yielding corn fields in Kentucky is essential for identifying both challenges and opportunities in corn produ...