Predicting risk behavior in HIV+ individuals: examining a neurocognitive model

Health risk behaviors can threaten health and safety from both an individual and a public health perspective. The costs associated with high-risk behaviors can also be substantial. Among HIV+ individuals, risky behavior can have severe repercussions, including HIV disease transmission. Much of the current literature has focused on psychosocial predictors of risky behavior while the underlying neural mechanisms remain p...

Tuning Interfacial Excitonic Binding in Twisted Two-Dimensional MoS2 Bilayers

Two-dimensional (2D) layered molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has attracted much attention due to its outstanding intrinsic properties and diverse applications. Defects and heterostructures usually play an important role in tailoring the various properties of MoS2 based 2D materials. And strong excitonic effect due to the quantum confinement in 2D MoS2 may be responsible for large variation of electric and optical properties...

RUI: Unraveling the physiological roles of multidrug efflux pumps in bacteria

Overview. Bacteria are intrinsically equipped with a variety of multidrug efflux pumps. These pumps first gained interest because of their ability to expel antibiotics out of cells, thus conferring resistance to multiple antibiotics. However, recent findings have shown that these pumps have a broad impact on gene expression, metabolism, and bacterial motility, among other physiological processes. A mechanistic under...

Function-based assessments and interventions for problem behavior

The overarching goal of this project is to reduce the knowledge gap in the effective intervention of challenging behaviors and stimulate interest in the BACB credential in Chennai, India. The CDC estimates a prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Asia between 1% and 2%. This translates to more than 25,000 individuals affected with ASD in Chennai city. With only 3 behavior analysis practitioners in the region of Chennai, in...

Role of multiple antibiotic efflux pumps in the removal of cellular metabolites

Bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics are one of the major challenges to public health worldwide. Bacterial pumps capable of effluxing multiple antibiotics out of cells are major contributors to this problem, and are also involved in virulence. These pumps are present in all bacteria, and are well conserved in many cases. AcrAB>TolC is the main multidrug efflux in Escherichia)coli and many other important patho...

Emergency COVID 19 Victim Services Response - CO Program

The Office of Emergency Services (OES) has announced $5.3 million dollars in emergency response funds intended to support the needs associated with providing safety and services for victims of interpersonal violence ? domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and child abuse during this time of social distancing. To facilitate the distribution of these funds, OES has contracted with the California Partnership to End Domest...

Food Insecurity and Mental Health: A Closer Look at SNAP and WIC participant

OBJECTIVE: Using data from the National Health Interview Survey (2011-2014), this project will examine 1) the association between mental health and food insecurity among SNAP and WIC participants; 2) if participation in SNAP and WIC mediates or moderates the relationship between mental health status and food insecurity among persons eligible for SNAP and WIC. Beginning in 2011, the National Health Interview Survey (NH...

Nano-scale molecular analysis of materials for Intel

This project aims to demonstrate the capbilities of massive cluster SIMS for nanoscale molecular analysis of electronic materials. The materials will be provided by the Intel Corporation. The results will show that with massive cluster SIMS we can evaluate the molecular composition of thin films and track molecular aggregation.

Groundwater occurrence and discharge at coral atoll and barrier reef systems

This project will, for the first time, assess the role of the reef flat plate - a lithified carbonate unit ubiquitously present in coral reef systems - on the distribution and rate of submarine groundwater discharge. Focusing our studies on a high-island barrier reef (Moorea, French Polynesia) and a low-island coral atoll (Tetiaroa, French Polynesia) with the same tidal and climate forcing, we will apply multiple methods...

The effect of rocky intertidal foundation species loss on tidepool biogeochemistry and microbiomes

Foundation species create shelter, enhance biodiversity, and maintain ecosystem functioning within their environment. Within the rocky intertidal ecosystem, a coastal ecosystem dominated by mussels and surfgrass, foundation species are expected to decrease in abundance with climate change, extreme climatic events, and increased human impact. However, there is a need to better understand how foundati...

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RUI: Collaborative Research: Early Cenozoic basin development in the southwestern US: a record of extensional collapse following subduction of an oceanic plateau?

Recent tectonic models of the southwestern US Cordillera suggest that a flattening slab, coupled with the subduction of an oceanic plateau (the conjugate Shatsky Rise: CSR) in Late Cretaceous ? Eocene time (90-40 Ma) led to subduction erosion, extension and associated paleogeographic change. This 3-year research project will test the hy...