Publications
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Accelerating Human Authorship of Information Extraction Rules
We simulate the process of corpus review and word list creation, showing that several simple interventions greatly improve recall as a function of simulated labor.
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YouthTruth concurrent and predictive validity study
This research study provides confirmatory evidence that six YouthTruth student experience scales are associated with key school-level student academic and behavioral outcomes, including math and reading proficiency rates, chronic absences…
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Into the wild…the need for standardization and consensus recommendations to leverage consumer-facing sleep technologies
By considering sensor capability and contribution to sleep outcomes, most devices now incorporate photoplethysmography (PPG), an optical measure of variation in small vessel blood volume.
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Poor subjective sleep predicts compromised quality of life but not cognitive impairment in abstinent individuals with Alcohol Use Disorder
The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to evaluate subjective sleep in 90 individuals with AUD sober for an average of 3 months and in 50 healthy controls.
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Youth screen use in the ABCD® study
We describe methods by which the screen usage questionnaire was developed in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, demonstrate longitudinal changes in screen usage via child report and describe…
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Alcohol’s effects on the mouse brain are modulated by age and sex
To test the hypothesis that the effects of binge alcohol exposure on developmental brain growth trajectories are influenced by age of exposure and sex, adolescent and adult mice were exposed…
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Location matters: Regional variation in association of community burden of COVID-19 with caregiver and youth worry
Our study characterized associations between three indicators of COVID-19's community-level impact in 20 geographically diverse metropolitan regions and how worried youth and their caregivers in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development℠…
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Unpacking Large Language Models with Conceptual Consistency
We propose conceptual consistency to measure a LLM's understanding of relevant concepts. This novel metric measures how well a model can be characterized by finding out how consistent its responses…
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College-Based Transition Services’ Impact on Self-Determination for Youth With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Most youth in transition services with labels of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have poorer employment outcomes than their peers with other or without disabilities. One alternative approach to address…
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Collaborative Partnership to Teach Mathematical Reasoning Through Computer Programming (CPR2) Summer 2022 Findings Memo
This memo includes initial efficacy study results of final year of the Collaborative Partnership to Teach Mathematical Reasoning Through Computer Programming (CPR2) study. It additionally includes implementation findings for this…
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Creativity Challenge: Arts Education in California’s Court and Community Schools
This study examines arts education access for students served by California’s district community day schools, county community schools, and juvenile court schools; which we collectively refer to as court and…
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Creativity Challenge: The State of Arts Education in California – Full Report
Our goal was to assess schools’ arts programs relative to state goals, examine the systems of support for these programs, and identify ways in which state and local policymakers might…