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Submissions from 2022 2022

Crossover Trends in Current Cigarette Smoking Between Racial and Ethnic Groups of US Adolescents Aged 12–19 Years Old, 1999–2018, Samuel Nwaobi, Holly L. Richmond, Doyinsola Babatunde, Felix Twum, Arshpreet Malhi, Yudan Wei, and Jian Zhang

Examining the Impact of Increasing Vaccine Coverage and Nonpharmaceutical Interventions against Coronavirus Disease 2019 In Ghana using Mathematical Modeling, Sylvia Ofori, Jessica S. Schwind, Kelly L. Sullivan, Gerardo Chowell, Benjamin J. Cowling, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung

Transmission Dynamics of COVID-19 in Ghana and the Impact of Public Health Interventions, Sylvia Ofori, Jessica S. Schwind, Kelly L. Sullivan, Benjamin J. Cowling, Gerardo Chowell, and Isaac Fung

Air Quality and Cancer Prevalence Trends across the Sub-Saharan African Regions during 2005–2020, Omolola Okunromade, Jingjing Yin, Clara Ray, and Atin Adhikari

Policy Implication: Improving Perinatal Mental Health Care in Georgia, Tobi Oloyede and Joanne Chopak-Foss

Not the Discarding but the Cleaving, Christina Olson

Auto-ML Cyber Security Data Analysis Using Google, Azure and IBM Cloud Platforms, Emmanuel C. Opara, Hayden Wimmer, and Carl M. Rebman Jr

SNAPSHOT: Financial and Operational Performance Benchmarking Report, 2018-2021, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye Apenteng, Linda Kimsey, Charles Owens, Angela H. Peden, and William Mase

Covid-19 and Social Determinants of Health: Medicaid Managed Care Organizations’ Experiences With Addressing Member Social Needs, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye Apenteng, Linda Kimsey, Angela H. Peden, and Charles F. Owens

Pediatric Needs and Resources Assessment, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye Apenteng, Charles Owens, Linda Kimsey, and Angela Peden

Miller County Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment and Implementation Plan, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye Apenteng, Charles Owens, Linda Kimsey, Angela Peden, and Karabi Barai

Atmore Community Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment and Implementation Plan, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye Apenteng, Charles Owens, Linda Kimsey, Angela H. Peden, Blerta Shehaj, and Aishat Adewoye

Jeff Davis Hospital Community Needs Assessment Report, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye Apenteng, Charles Owens, Linda Kimsey, Angela Peden, Blerta Shehaj, and Karabi Barai

Colquitt Regional Hospital Community Needs Assessment Report, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye Apenteng, Charles Owens, Linda Kimsey, Angela Peden, Blerta Shehaj, T. Bratton, and M. Johnson

Jefferson Hospital Community Needs Assessment Report, Samuel T. Opoku, Bettye Apenteng, Charles Owens, Linda Kimsey, Angela Peden, Blerta Shehaj, and Kirsten Mengell

State Expectations and Medicaid Managed Care Organizations’ Efforts to Address the Social Needs of Medicaid Enrollees, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles F. Owens, Bettye Apenteng, Linda Kimsey, and Angela H. Peden

Treatment of Highway Stormwater Runoff Using Sustainable Biochar: A Review, Angelika S. Ouedraogo, George Yuzhu Fu, and Ahmed I. Yunus

Seasonal Variation in Terrestrial Invertebrate Subsidies to Tropical Streams and Implications for the Feeding Ecology of Hart's Rivulus (Anablepsoides hartii), David C. Owens, Thomas N. Heatherly, Kent M. Eskridge, Steven A. Thomas, and Colden V. Baxter

Characterization of Folic Acid, 5-methyltetrahydrofolate and Synthetic Folinic Acid in the High-affinity Folate Transporters: Impact on Pregnancy and Development, Ana M. Palacios, Rachel A. Feiner, and Robert M. Cabrera

Factors Associated With the Nutritional Status of Infants and Young Children From Rural Honduras, Ana M. Palacios, Mario Keko, Aishat Adewoye, Haresh Rochani, Asli Aslan, Dziyana Nazaruk, Ana Gisela Ramos, Weston L. Oliver, and Laura Manship

Children Receiving a Nutrition and High-Quality Early Childhood Education Intervention Are Associated with Greater Math and Fluid Intelligence Scores: The Guatemala City Municipal Nurseries, Ana M. Palacios, Lisa A. Villanueva, Matthew B. Flynn, Erik Parker, Stephanie Dickinson, Helen W. Bland, and Greg A. Reinhart

“...reveling in that freedom”: Roxane Gay’s Hunger as 21st-Century Freedom Narrative, Kendra R. Parker

Crossing the Blood Meridian: Cormac McCarthy and American History, Bennett Parten

Sherman’s March Toward Reparations, Bennett Parten

Will Kevin McCarthy be the Next John Sherman?, Bennett Parten

American Revanchism: On Karen Joy Fowler’s “Booth”, Bennett Parten and Bennett Parten

Sex Trafficking and the Proliferation of HIV in Africa, Kate Perry and Sam R. Bell

Remembering the “Human” in Human Trafficking: An Analysis of Female Leadership and Anti-Trafficking Policy Choices, Kate Perry and Courtney Burns

The American Racial Divide in Fear of the Police, Justin T. Pickett, Amanda Graham, and Francis T. Cullen

State of the Methods: Leveraging Design Possibilities of Qualitatively Oriented Mixed Methods Research, Cheryl N. Poth and Peggy Shannon-Baker

“Well Duh, That’s How You Raise a Kid”: Gender-Open Parenting in a (Non)Binary World, Elizabeth Rahilly

Deep Learning: An Empirical Study on Kimia Path24, Shaikh Shiam Rahman, Hayden Wimmer, and Loreen Marie Powell

3D Printing on a Shoestring: How to Avoid a Costly Ventilation Retrofit, Wilhelmina Randtke, Nathaniel Lee Bareford, and Alley Tooley

Building on What We Know: Best Practices for Engaging Emergent Bilinguals in Learning, Alexandra J. Reyes, Alisa Leckie, and Alma Stevenson

Parent and Teacher Involvement and the Development of Students' Academic Engagement: A Growth Curve Analysis Over Four Time Points, Nicolette P. Rickert and Ellen A. Skinner

Motivation to Read in the Middle Grades, Leslie Roberts

Structural inequities, HIV community-based organizations, and the end of the HIV epidemic, Alyssa G. Robillard, Carmen H. Julious, Stacy W. Smallwood, Mark Douglas, Bambi Gaddist, and Tyler Singleton

Mindfulness Training Improves Middle School Teachers’ Occupational Health, Well-Being, and Interactions with Students in Their Most Stressful Classrooms, Robert W. Roeser, Andrew J. Mashburn, Ellen A. Skinner, Jaiya R. Choles, Nicolette P. Rickert, Cynthia Taylor, Jessica Robbeloth, Emily Saxton, Emily Weiss, Margaret Cullen, and Jillayne Sorenson

China’s Diplomatic Forays in the CARICOM-Caribbean Community in the Light of the Belt and Road Initiative, Nalanda Roy

Is India Retreating from its Act East to Act Indo-Pacific Policy?, Nalanda Roy

Season Long in-game Performance Variations in Professional Soccer Players, Greg A. Ryan, Hannah Ramirez, Cameron Horsfall, Drew S. DeJohn, Lucas Haaren, and Stephen Rossi

Performance of Diagnostic Tests Based on Continuous Bivariate Markers, Hani M. Samawi, Ding-Geng Chen, Jingjing Yin, and Marwan Alsharmana

Mean Functional Estimation With Non-ignorable Missing Data Using Influential Exponential Tilting Resampling Approach, Hani Samawi, Haresh Rochani, and Kavita Gohil

Going with the Flow: Shifting Face-to-Face PD to Fully Online in the Era of COVID-19, Heather C. Scott and Lacey D. Huffling

Simulation Extrapolation Method for Measurement Error: A Review, Varadan Sevilimedu and Lili Yu

Misclassification Simulation Extrapolation Procedure for Interval-Censored Log-Logistic Accelerated Failure Time Model, Varadan Sevilimedu, Lili Yu, Ding-Geng Chen, and Y. L. Lio

Socioeconomic status and other factors associated with HIV status among OVC in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Gulzar H. Shah, Gina D. Etheredge, Lievain Maluantesa, Kristie Cason Waterfield, Osaremhen Ikhile, Elodie Engetele, Astrid Mulenga, Alice Tabala, and Bernard Bossiky

HIV viral load suppression before and after COVID-19 in Kinshasa and Haut Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gulzar H. Shah, Gina D. Etheredge, Stacy Smallwood, Lievain Maluantesa, Kristie C. Waterfield, Osaremhen Ikhile, John Ditekemena, Elodie Engetele, Elizabeth Ayangunna, Astrid Mulenga, and Bernard Bossiky

Hospital Characteristics and Other Factors Associated with the Risk of Postpartum Hemorrhage in the United States, Zahra Shahin, Gulzar H. Shah, William A. Mase, and Bettye Apenteng

Memories × Dreams, Peggy Shannon-Baker

Philosophical Underpinnings of Mixed Methods Research in Education, Peggy Shannon-Baker

Virtual Special Issue on “Mixed Methods Designs, Integration, and Visual Practices in Educational Research”, Peggy Shannon-Baker

A Story of My Name: A Micro-memoir, Peggy A. Shannon-Baker

Chapter 20: Beyond Expanding an Acronym: Strategies for Supporting LGBTQ+ People in Schools, Peggy Shannon-Baker and Nikki DiGregorio

Integrating Arts-Based Approaches in Mixed Methods Research with Diverse Stakeholders, Peggy Shannon-Baker and Claudia Martinez

One Hundred Years of the Dialectic: Reflections on “Marxism and Philosophy”, Daniel Skidmore-Hess

Complex Social Ecologies and the Development of Academic Motivation, Ellen A. Skinner, Thomas A. Kindermann, Justin W. Vollet, and Nicolette P. Rickert

The Complex Social Ecology of Academic Development: A Bioecological Framework and Illustration Examining the Collective Effects of Parents, Teachers, and Peers on Student Engagement, Ellen A. Skinner, Nicolette P. Rickert, Justin W. Vollet, and Thomas A. Kindermann

Integrating Art and Artistic Practices in Mixed Methods Research in Education, Lyric Smith and Peggy Shannon-Baker

Going Above and Beyond: Assessing the Characteristics of Officers Who Complete Additional in-Service Training, Logan J. Somers and Jacob T. Foster

Proteomic profiling identifies novel proteins for genetic risk of severe COVID-19: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, Brian T. Steffen, James S. Pankow, Pamela L. Lutsey, Ryan T. Demmer, Jeffrey R. Misialek, Weihua Guan, Logan Cowan, Josef Coresh, Faye L. Norby, and Weihong Tang

Mathematics Learning, Teaching, and Equity in Policy and Programs: The Case of Secondary Mathematics Teacher Education in the United States, Eryn M. Stehr Maher, Hyunyi Jung, and Jill Newton

Using Desmos to Support Visualizing and Interpreting Mean, Eryn M. Stehr Maher and Ha Nguyen

Small-scale Mentoring Pilot Program for Future K-8 Teachers to Support Math Identities, Eryn M. Stehr Maher, Ha Nguyen, T. An, and Gregory Chamblee

Bail Denied or Bail Too High? Disentangling Cumulative Disadvantage by Pretrial Detention Type, Stacie St. Louis

Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 48: “Novo Cangaço” Style Urban Raid in Guarapuava, Paraná (PR), Brazil, John P. Sullivan, José de Arimatéia da Cruz, and Robert J. Bunker

Evidence-Based Corrective Exercise Intervention for Forward Head Posture in Adolescents and Young Adults Without Musculoskeletal Pathology: A Critically Appraised Topic, David A. Titcomb, Bridget F. Melton, Theresa Miyashita, and Helen W. Bland

Review Planning for the Success of Students With IEPs: a Systematic, Supports-based Approach by J.R. Thompson, Courtney Toledo

The Role of Fisher Engagement in the Acceptance of Turtle Excluder Devices in Georgia's Shrimping Industry, Jennifer Sweeney Tookes, Tracy Yandle, and Bryan Fluech

Sentiment Based LSTM for Stock Price Prediction: Congress vs General Public, Ian A. Trawinski, Hayden Wimmer, and DeJarvis Oliver

Exploring Sources of Information and Religious Beliefs in Regard to HPV and Vaccination Among Hispanic/Latino College Students in the USA, Wei-Chen Tung, Itzel Corral Gonzalez, Ho-Jui Tung, Wing-Lam Tock, and Tricia L. Harrison

Consequences of Victimization on Perceived Friend Support During Adolescence, Jillian J. Turanovic, Sonja E. Siennick, and Kristin M. Lloyd

Seek and Hide, Laura Valeri

Stakeholder Perceptions for Supporting Main Street Revitalization In a Small South Georgia City, RoShonda J. Welch, Alexis Smith, Linda Kimsey, and Andrew R. Hansen

Comparison of Two Video Prompting Interventions to Teach Daily Living Skills to Adolescents With Autism, Jennifer Wertalik and Richard Kubina

Can Recumbent Exercise Improve Gait and Arterial Stiffness Outcomes? - a Longitudinal Case Study, Kylee S. West, Jacob Smith, Savannah Lyons, Austen Arnold, Gregory J. Grosicki, and Nick J. Siekirk

Examining Percent Activation Changes in Different Phases of the Swing in Collegiate Softball Players, Charles Caleb Williams, Paul T. Donahue, Samuel Wilson, Grant Mouser, Chris Hill, Lauren Luginsland, Chip Wade, and John C. Garner III

“There Are No Emotions in Math”: How Teachers Approach Emotions in the Classroom, Meca Williams-Johnson, Dionne I. Cross, Ji Hong, Lori P. Aultman, Jennifer Osbon, and Paul A. Schutz

I’ll See Your Beautified Photo and Raise You One: An Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Edited Social Media Photo Exposure., Wendy L. Wolfe and Leah Yakabovits

The Protective Effects of Influenza Vaccination in Elderly Patients with Breast Cancer in Taiwan: A Real-World Evidence-Based Study, Szu-Yuan Wu, Ho-Jui Tung, Kuang-Hua Huang, Chiachi Bonnie Lee Lee, Tung-Han Tsai, and Yu-Chia Chang

Factors in Predicting and Preventing Conspiracy Theory Endorsement: An Empirical Review, Leah Yakabovits and Joshua L. Williams

An Assessment of the Viability of a Commercial Lionfish Fishery in the US Virgin Islands, Tracy Yandle, Jennifer Sweeney Tookes, Paulita Bennett-Martin, Sherry Larkin, and Michael Page

Adaptation of Diabetes Prevention Program for Chinese Americans – A Qualitative Study, Ming-Chin Yeh, Wincy Lau, Siqian Chen, Ada Wong, Grace X. Ma, and Judith Wylie-Rosett

Development of a Web-Based Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) for Chinese Americans: A Formative Evaluation Approach, Ming-Chin Yeh, Wincy Lau, Zoey Gong, Margrethe Horlyck-Romanovsky, Ho-Jui Tung, Lin Zhu, Grace X. Ma, and Judith Wylie-Rosett

A Bootstrap Method for a Multiple-Imputation Variance Estimator in Survey Sampling, Lili Yu and Yichuan Zhao

Stock Price Informativeness and Supplier Trade Credit Extensions, Rongrong Zhang

The Call2Care Program: Linking College Students and Older Adults, Jennifer Zorotovich and Adrienne Cohen

Death Education among Social Science College Students: The Good, the Bad, and the Unchanged, Jennifer Zorotovich and Adrienne L. Cohen

Submissions from 2021 2021

Variations of radon and airborne particulate matter near three large phosphogypsum stacks in Florida, Caleb Adeoye, Jayanta Gupta, Nora Demers, and Atin Adhikari

Assessing Public Health Workforce Informatics Competencies: A Study of 3 District Health Departments in Georgia, Olatanwa Adewale, Bettye Apenteng, Gulzar H. Shah, and William Mase

Lag Effects of Ozone, PM2.5, and Meteorological Factors on COVID-19 New Cases at the Disease Epicenter in Queens, New York, Atin Adhikari and Jingjing Yin

Understanding Children’s Problemsolving Strategies in Solving Game-based Logic Problems, Mete Akcaoglu, Lucas J. Jensen, and Daisy Gonzalez

An International Review and Study on Perceptions of Security, Adoption, and Implementation of Electronic Health Records, Faith Aliyu, Hayden Wimmer, Loreen Powell, and Carl M. Rebman Jr

Potential Quantitative Analysis as Ludic Interface ∈ by Jacques Roubaud, Olga Amarie, Dragos Amarie, and Lillian Morgado

A Moderated Moderation Analysis of Perceived Adaptivity and Organizational Support for Innovation in the Relationship Between Role Overload and Emotional Exhaustion, Bettye A. Apenteng, Kwabena Boakye, and Samuel T. Opoku

Addressing the Social Needs of Medicaid Enrollees Through Managed Care: Lessons and Promising Practices from the Field, Bettye A. Apenteng, Linda Kimsey, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles F. Owens, Angela Peden, and William A. Mase

Strategic Implications of COVID-19: Considerations for Georgia’s Rural Health Providers, Bettye A. Apenteng, Linda Kimsey, Charles Owens, Samuel T. Opoku, Angela Peden, and William Mase

Assessment of the Financial Health of Rural Hospitals After Implementation of the Georgia Rural Hospital Tax Credit Program, Bettye A. Apenteng, Samuel T. Opoku, Charles Owens, Emmanuel Akowuah, Linda Kimsey, and Angela Peden

RHC Benchmarking Assessment, Bettye Apenteng, Samuel T. Opoku, Linda Kimsey, Charles Owens, and Angela H. Peden

Warm Springs Medical Center Community Health Needs Assessment and Implementation Plan, Bettye Apenteng, Charles Owens, Samuel T. Opoku, Linda Kimsey, and Angela Peden