High-Spin States Excited Via (p,n) Reactions

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation Grant NSF PHY 81-14339 and by Indiana Universit

Energy Dependence of Cross Sections for Stretched States Excited in (p,n) Reactions

This research was sponsored by the National Science Foundation Grant NSF PHY 87-1440

Stretched State Excitations in the 26-Mg(p,n)26-Al Reaction at 134 MeV

This research was sponsored by the National Science Foundation Grant NSF PHY 87-1440

High-Spin "Stretched" States Excited in (p,n) Reactions

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation Grant NSF PHY 78-22774 A02 & A03 and by Indiana Universit

Evaluating Within-Person Change In Implicit Measures Of Alcohol Associations: Increases In Alcohol Associations Predict Increases In Drinking Risk And Vice Versa

Aims: Implicit measures of alcohol associations (i.e. measures designed to assess associations that are fast/reflexive/impulsive) have received substantial research attention. Alcohol associations related to the self (drinking identity), the effects of alcohol (alcohol excite) and appetitive inclinations (alcohol approach) have been found to predict drinking cross-sectionally and over time. A critical next step in this line of research and the goal of this study is to evaluate whether increases in the strength of these associations predict increases in drinking and vice versa. These hypotheses were tested in a sample of first- and second-year US university students: a sample selected because this time period is associated with initiation and escalation of drinking, peak levels of alcohol consumption and severe alcohol-related negative consequences. Short summary: This study's purpose was to evaluate whether increases in the strength of alcohol associations with the self (drinking identity), excitement (alcohol excite) and approach (alcohol approach) as assessed by implicit measures predicted subsequent increases in drinking risk and vice versa using a longitudinal, university student sample. Results were consistent with hypotheses. Methods: A sample of 506 students' (57% women) alcohol associations and alcohol consumption were assessed every 3 months over a 2-year period. Participants' consumption was converted to risk categories based on NIAAA's criteria: non-drinkers, low-risk drinkers and high-risk drinkers. A series of cross-lagged panel models tested whether changes in alcohol associations predicted subsequent change in drinking risk (and vice versa). Results: Across all three measures of alcohol associations, increases in the strength of alcohol associations were associated with subsequent increases in drinking risk and vice versa. Conclusion: Results from this study indicate bi-directional relationships between increases in alcohol associations (drinking identity, alcohol excite and alcohol approach) and subsequent increases in drinking risk. Intervention and prevention efforts may benefit from targeting these associations

Measurements of Gamow-Teller Strength for Double-Beta Decaying Nuclei Via the (p,n) Reaction at 134 MeV

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation Grant NSF PHY 81-14339 and by Indiana Universit

P-A Measurements in the 48-Ca(p,n)48-Sc Reaction at 135 MeV

This research was sponsored by the National Science Foundation Grant NSF PHY-931478

High-Spin States in Nuclei Excited Via the (p,n) Reactions

Supported by the National Science Foundation and Indiana Universit