Participants in this study are asked to read a list of words, then sort the words into categories based on their vowel sounds (ignoring letters). We are trying to find out how different two sounds have to be acoustically before speakers consider them to be linguistically different.

To evaluate the impact of environmental exposures during pregnancy on women's cardio-metabolic health in the years following the pregnancy.

The purpose of the study is to see if archives in academic libraries in North Carolina have digital preservation practices or responsibilities related to local media objects. This study's purpose is to address digital preservation actions and open academic conversation on digitizing artifacts that are in states of degradation.

Children diagnosed with Fragile X syndrome and Down syndrome are at substantially increased risk for developing neuropsychiatric disorders including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Despite a known genetic cause for each syndrome, substantial clinical variability exists among children with both syndromes, suggesting an important role for genetic background in shaping child outcomes. We will collect behavioral and genetic data from biological parents to model the relative role of genetic background in explaining behavioral, neurobiological, and clinical variability in young children with Fragile X and Down syndrome who have been followed with brain imaging and behavioral testing since infancy.

The purpose of this study will be to describe the opinions and experiences of youth public librarians regarding outcome-based evaluation. Specifically, it seeks to better understand their challenges to implementing outcome-based evaluation for pre-school storytimes in public libraries located in the Southeastern United States. The anticipated findings will increase the field's understanding of what evaluative efforts look like in this context, with the greater purpose of using that knowledge to improve practice.

This workplace climate survey helps North Carolina local government leaders understand how their employees think and feel about their workplaces.

We are testing the performance of a set of personality and other non-cognitive measures in Zambian young people age 13-19. Results will inform a larger, more extensive study that seeks to use both cognitive and non-cognitive skills to predict future life outcomes in adulthood in Zambia.

TIssue specimens for hidradenitis suppurativa patients will be collected and analyzed to understand the inflammation that occurs in the disease.

The goal of this study is to implement and assess the utility of a curriculum tailored to preparing PGY-3 Emergency Medicine Residents for their financial, professional, and personal transition to attendingship.

The purpose of this study is to work with community members to develop a systems model of alcohol and substance exposed pregnancy, with emphasis on the underlying cyclic association between alcohol or substance misuse and intimate partner violence.