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Agley, J., Jayawardene, W., Jun, M., Agley, D.L., Gassman, R., Sussman, S., Xiao, Y., Dickinson, S.L. (2020). Effects of the ACT OUT! Social Issue Theater Program on Social-Emotional Competence and Bullying in Youth and Adolescents: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc, 9(4), e17900. https://doi.org/10.2196/17900

Agley, J., Tidd, D., Jun, M., Eldridge, L., Xiao, Y., Sussman, S., Jayawardene, W., Agley, D., Gassman, R., & Dickinson, S.L. (Accepted). Developing and validating a novel anonymous method for matching longitudinal school-based data. Educational and Psychological Measurement.

Garcia-Alvarez, A., Cunningham, C. A., Mui, B., Penn, L., Spaulding, E. M., Oakes, J. M., Divers, J., Dickinson, S. L., Xu, X., & Cheskin, L. J. (2020). A randomized, placebo-controlled crossover trial of a decaffeinated energy drink shows no significant acute effect on mental energy. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 111(3), 719-727. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqz343

Giroux, S. A., McCord, P., Lopus, S., Gower, D., Dell’Angelo, J., Dickinson, S., Chen, X., Caylor, K. K., & Evans, T. P. (2020). Environmental heterogeneity and commodity sharing in smallholder agroecosystems. PloS one, 15(1), e0228021. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228021

Hickson, L. J., Prata, L. G. L., Bobart, S. A., Evans, T. K., Giorgadze, N., Hashmi, S. K., ... Allison, D. B., Dickinson, S. L., Ejima, K., & Kirkland, J. L. (2020). Corrigendum to ‘Senolytics decrease senescent cells in humans: Preliminary report from a clinical trial of Dasatinib plus Quercetin in individuals with diabetic kidney disease’EBioMedicine 47 (2019) 446–456. EBioMedicine, 52, 102595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.12.004

Jayawardene, W. P., Dickinson, S. L., & Agley, D. L. (2020). Identification of Obesity Intervention Candidate Schools Using Diverse Datasets and Discriminant Function Analysis in the Absence of Student Anthropometric Data. SAGE Research Methods Cases. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529710731

Lee J. L., Rawl S. M., Dickinson S., Teal E., Baker L.B., Lyu C., Tarver W. L., Haggstrom D.A. (2020). Communication about health information technology use between patients and providers. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1-7.

Obeng, C., Dickinson, S., & Golzarri-Arroyo, L. (2020). Women’s Perceptions about Breastfeeding: A Preliminary Study. Children, 7(6), 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/children7060061

Tobin, J. M., Ramos, W. D., Greenshields, J., Dickinson, S., Rossano, J. W., Wernicki, P. G., ... & CARES Surveillance Group. (2020). Outcome of conventional bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation in cardiac arrest following drowning. Prehospital and disaster medicine, 35(2), 141-147. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X20000060

Valliant, J., Ruhf, K., Dickinson, S., Zhang, Y., Golzarri-Arroyo, L., & Farmer, J. (2020). Farm Seeker Needs Versus Farm Owner Offers. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 9(2), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2020.092.006

Recent Letters

Chen, X., Dickinson, S. L., & Allison, D. B. (2020). Errors in Meta-Analysis Should Be Corrected: Comment on “Effects of a Paleolithic Diet on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials”. Advances in Nutrition, nmaa035, https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmaa035

Chen, X., Golzarri-Arroyo, L., Dickinson, S. L., & Allison, D. B. (2020). Corrections requested for: “Effects of auriculotherapy on weight and body mass index reduction in patients with overweight or obesity: Systematic review and meta-analysis”. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 39, 101117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2020.101117

Chen, X., Golzarri-Arroyo, L., Dickinson, S.L., Allison, D.B. (2020, January 3). Letter to the Editor: Acupuncture and weight loss in Asians, a PRISMA-compliant systematic review and meta-analysis. Medicine Correspondence Blog. https://journals.lww.com/md-journal/Blog/MedicineCorrespondenceBlog/pages/post.aspx?PostID=108

Dickinson, S. L., Foote, G., & Allison, D. B. (2020). Commentary: Studying a Possible Placebo Effect of an Imaginary Low-Calorie Diet. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 329. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00329

Ejima, K., Dickinson, S. L., Brown, A. W., Yanovski, J. A., Kaiser, K. A., Hall, K. D., ... & Allison, D. B. (2020). Exceptional reported effects and data anomalies merit explanation from “A randomized controlled trial of coordination exercise on cognitive function in obese adolescents” by Liu et al.(2018). Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 46, 101604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.101604

Golzarri-Arroyo, L., Oakes, J. M., Brown, A. W., & Allison, D. B. (2020). Incorrect analyses of cluster-randomized trials that do not take clustering and nesting into account likely lead to p-values that are too small. Childhood Obesity, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2019.0142

Golzarri-Arroyo, L., Vorland, C. J., Thabane, L., Oakes, J. M., Hunt, E. T., Brown, A. W., & Allison, D. B. (2020). Incorrect design and analysis render conclusion unsubstantiated: comment on “A digital movement in the world of inactive children: favourable outcomes of playing active video games in a pilot randomized trial”. European Journal of Pediatrics, 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-020-03590-y

Mestre, L. M., Dickinson, S. L., Golzarri-Arroyo, L., Brown, A. W., & Allison, D. B. (2020). Data anomalies and apparent reporting errors in ‘Randomized controlled trial testing weight loss and abdominal obesity outcomes of moxibustion’. BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 19(11), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12938-020-0753-z

Recent Conference Abstracts

Jayawardene W. P., Kosobud A. E., Dickinson S. L., Chen X. (Accepted). Endocrine Functions among Young, Healthy, Normal Weight Men: Comparison under Laboratory Fasting and Standardized Feeding Conditions. Global Endocrinology, Nutrition, and Metabolism Conference, Houston, Texas. October 05–06, 2020.

Kaschalk-Woods, E., Fly, A. D., Foland, E. B., Dickinson, S. L., Chen, X. (2020). Forecasting Your Future: Nutrition Matters Curriculum with Teacher Training Promotes Students to Try New Fruits and Vegetables, Current Developments in Nutrition, nzaa101. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzaa101

Journal Papers

Cheng, Y., Zhao, S., Cheng, B., Chen, X., & Chen, J. (2019). Modeling and deploying IoT-aware business process applications in sensor networks. Sensors, 19(1), 111. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19010111

Chusyd, D. E., Brown, J. L., Golzarri‐Arroyo, L., Dickinson, S. L., Johnson, M. S., Allison, D. B., & Nagy, T. R. (2019). Fat mass compared to four body condition scoring systems in the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). Zoo biology, 38(5), 424-433. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21508

Deemer, S. E., Davis, R. A., Gower, B. A., Koutnik, A. P., Poff, A. M., Dickinson, S. L., Allison, D. B., ... & Plaisance, E. P. (2019). Concentration-Dependent Effects of a Dietary Ketone Ester on Components of Energy Balance in Mice. Frontiers in nutrition, 6, 56. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2019.00056

Giroux, S. A., Kouper, I., Estes, L. D., Schumacher, J., Waldman, K., Greenshields, J. T., Dickinson, S. L., Caylor, K. K., & Evans, T. P. (2019). A high-frequency mobile phone data collection approach for research in social-environmental systems: Applications in climate variability and food security in sub-Saharan Africa. Environmental modelling & software, 119, 57-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.05.011

Golzarri-Arroyo, L., Mestre, L. M., & Allison, D. B. (2019). What’s New in Understanding the Risk Associated With Body Size and Shape?: Pears, Apples, and Olives on Toothpicks. JAMA network open, 2(7), e197336-e197336. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.7336

Hagar, A., Melo, L., Hills, G., Kenshur, N., & Dickinson, S. (2019). A new aerobic fitness score based on lactate sensing during sub-maximal exercise. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, (ja). https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2019-0739

Haggstrom, D. A., Lee, J. L., Dickinson, S. L., Kianersi, S., Roberts, J. L., Teal, E., ... & Rawl, S. M. (2019). Rural and Urban Differences in the Adoption of New Health Information and Medical Technologies. The Journal of Rural Health, 35(2), 144-154. https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12358

Luo, J., Chen, X., Manson, J. E., Shadyab, A. H., Wactawski‐Wende, J., Vitolins, M., ... & Hendryx, M. (2019). Birth weight, weight over the adult life course and risk of breast cancer. International journal of cancer. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.32710

Rawl, S. M., Dickinson, S., Lee, J. L., Roberts, J. L., Teal, E., Baker, L. B., Kianersi, S., & Haggstrom, D. A. (2019). Racial and socioeconomic disparities in cancer-related knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors in Indiana. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 28(3), 462-470. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-18-0795

Shi, Y., Zhang, Y., Jacobsen, H. A., Tang, L., Elliott, G., Zhang, G., Chen, X., & Chen, J. (2019). Using Machine Learning to Provide Reliable Differentiated Services for IoT in SDN-Like Publish/Subscribe Middleware. Sensors, 19(6), 1449. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19061449

Smith, T. D., DeJoy, D. M., Dyal, M. A., Pu, Y., & Dickinson, S. (2019). Multi-level safety climate associations with safety behaviors in the fire service. Journal of Safety Research, 69, 53-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2019.02.005

White, L., Delaney, R., Pacifici, C., Nelson, C., Dickinson, S. L., & Golzarri-Arroyo, L. (2019). Understanding and parenting children's noncompliant behavior: The efficacy of an online training workshop for resource parents. Children and youth services review, 99, 246-256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.01.045

Letters

Dickinson, S. L., Golzarri-Arroyo, L., Brown, A. W., McComb, B., Kahathuduwa, C. N., & Allison, D. B. (2019). Change in study randomization allocation needs to be included in statistical analysis: comment on ‘Randomized controlled trial of weight loss versus usual care on telomere length in women with breast cancer: the lifestyle, exercise, and nutrition (LEAN) study’. Breast cancer research and treatment, 175(1), 263-264. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-019-05155-6

Dickinson, S. L., Brown, A. W., Mehta, T., Heymsfield, S. B., Ebbeling, C. B., Ludwig, D. S., & Allison, D. B. (2019). Incorrect analyses were used in “Different enteral nutrition formulas have no effect on glucose homeostasis but on diet-induced thermogenesis in critically ill medical patients: a randomized controlled trial” and corrected analyses are requested. European journal of clinical nutrition, 73(1), 152-153. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-018-0197-8

Golzarri-Arroyo, L., Dickinson, S. L., & Allison, D. B. (2019). Replacement of dropouts may bias results: Comment on" The effect of green tea ointment on episiotomy pain and wound healing in primiparous women: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial". Phytotherapy research: PTR, 33(8), 1955-1956. https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.6394

Vorland, C., Mora, P. P. M., Mestre, L. M., Chen, X., Dickinson, S., Brown, A. W., & Allison, D. (2019). Errors or irreproducibility in effect size calculations and incomplete reporting of results in “Systematic Review of the Effects of Blueberry on Cognitive Performance as We Age”. The Journal of Gerontology: Series A, glaa041. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glaa041

Vorland, C. J., Brown, A. W., Dickinson, S. L., Gelman, A., & Allison, D. B. (2019). The Implementation of Randomization Requires Corrected Analyses. Comment on “Comprehensive Nutritional and Dietary Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder—A Randomized, Controlled 12-Month Trial, Nutrients 2018, 10, 369”. Nutrients, 11(5), 1126. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11051126

Conference Abstracts

Ansu, V., Dickinson, S., & Fly, A. (2019). Digit Variability in Carotenoid Scores Obtained with the Veggie Meter: A Pilot Study (P02-001-19). Current developments in nutrition, 3(Supplement_1), nzz029-P02.P02-001-19. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzz029.P02-001-19

Fly, A., Foland, E., Kenworthy, S., Erickson, T., Kaschalk, E., Lyu, C., ... & Dickinson, S. (2019). FP4 Power-Up with Produce Supported Some Changes in Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Intake of Rural Elementary Students. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 51(7), S26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2019.05.365

Isaacs, O., Simko, J., Foland, E., Houchin, O., Dickinson, S., Erickson, T., ... & Fly, A. (2019). Baseline Comparison of Fruit and Vegetable Purchases at Indiana Elementary Schools for Power up with Produce Team Nutrition Intervention Study (P04-140-19). Current developments in nutrition, 3(Supplement_1), nzz051.P04-140-19. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzz051.P04-140-19

Kaschalk, E., Foland, E., Dickinson, S., & Fly, A. (2019). Similar Eating Behaviors and Attitudes Reported by Indiana High-School Students in Treatment and Control Schools at Baseline (P185). Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 51(7), S115-S116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2019.05.561

Lingle, D., Dickinson, S., Vorland, C., & Brown, A. (2019). A Quantitative Investigation of Differences in Mediterranean Diet Definitions in Nutrition Research (P13-026-19). Current developments in nutrition, 3(Supplement_1), nzz036-P13.P13-026-19. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzz036.P13-026-19

Journal Papers

Chen, Q., Xun, P., Tsinovoi, C. L., Henschel, B., Fly, A. D., & He, K. (2018). Association of herbal/botanic supplement use with quality of life, recurrence, and survival in newly diagnosed stage II colon cancer patients: A 2-y follow-up study. Nutrition, 54, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2018.02.002

Davis, R. A., Deemer, S. E., Bergeron, J. M., Little, J. T., Warren, J. L., Fisher, G., Smith, D. L., Fontaine, K. R., Dickinson, S. L., Allison, D. B., & Plaisance, E. P. (2018). Dietary R, S-1, 3-butanediol diacetoacetate reduces body weight and adiposity in obese mice fed a high-fat diet. The FASEB Journal, 33(2), 2409-2421. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201800821RR

Heo, M., Nair, S. R., Wylie-Rosett, J., Faith, M. S., Pietrobelli, A., Glassman, N. R., Martin, S.N., Dickinson, S., & Allison, D. B. (2018). Trial characteristics and appropriateness of statistical methods applied for design and analysis of randomized school-based studies addressing weight-related issues: a literature review. Journal of obesity, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/8767315

Jayawardene, W., Dickinson, S., Lohrmann, D., & Agley, J. (2018). Arm Circumference-to-Height Ratio as a Situational Alternative to BMI Percentile in Assessing Obesity and Cardiometabolic Risk in Adolescents. Journal of obesity, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/7456461

Jayawardene, W. P., Lohrmann, D. K., Dickinson, S., & Torabi, M. R. (2018). Population-Level Measures to Predict Obesity Burden in Public Schools: Looking Upstream for Midstream Actions. American Journal of Health Promotion, 32(3), 708-717. https://doi.org/10.1177/0890117116670305

Jayawardene, W. P., Nilwala, D. C., Antwi, G. O., Lohrmann, D. K., Torabi, M. R., & Dickinson, S. L. (2018). Regression-based prediction of seeking diabetes-related emergency medical assistance by regular clinic patients. International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries, 38(2), 209-215. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13410-017-0578-x

Smith Jr., D. L., Yang, Y., Nagy, T. R., Patki, A., Vasselli, J. R., Zhang, Y., Dickinson, S. L., & Allison, D. B. (2018). Weight cycling increases longevity compared with sustained obesity in mice. Obesity, 26(11), 1733-1739. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.22290

Sudhir, R. R., Murthy, P. P., Tadepalli, S., Murugan, S., Padmanabhan, P., Krishnamurthy, A., Dickinson, S.L., Karthikeyan, R., Kompella, U.B., & Srinivas, S. P. (2018). Ocular Spot Fluorometer Equipped With a Lock-In Amplifier for Measurement of Aqueous Flare. Translational vision science & technology, 7(6), 32. https://doi.org/10.1167/tvst.7.6.32

Weaver, P., Cothran, D., Dickinson, S., & Frey, G. (2018). Physical Therapists' Perspectives on Importance of the Early Intervention Competencies to Physical Therapy Practice. Infants & Young Children, 31(4), 261-274. https://doi.org/10.1097/IYC.0000000000000127

Journal Papers

Farmer, J. R., Ma, Z., Drescher, M., Knackmuhs, E. G., & Dickinson, S. L. (2017). Private landowners, voluntary conservation programs, and implementation of conservation friendly land management practices. Conservation Letters, 10(1), 58-66. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12241

Fulton, C. R., Clark, C., & Dickinson, S. (2017). Clinical Hours in Nurse Practitioner Programs Equals Clinical Competence: Fact or Misnomer?. Nurse educator, 42(4), 195-198. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000000346

Haulcomb, M. M., Meadows, R. M., Miller, W. M., McMillan, K. P., Hilsmeyer, M. J., Wang, X., Beaulieu, W.T., Dickinson, S.L., Brown, T.J., Sanders, V.M., & Jones, K. J. (2017). Locomotor analysis identifies early compensatory changes during disease progression and subgroup classification in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neural regeneration research, 12(10), 1664. https://doi.org/10.4103/1673-5374.217346

Jayawardene, W. P., Lohrmann, D., Dickinson, S., Talagala, S., & Torabi, M. (2017). Clinical measures of obesity and cumulative cardiometabolic risk in adolescents. Clinical obesity, 7(1), 11-21. https://doi.org/10.1111/cob.12171

Valliant, J. C., Farmer, J. R., Dickinson, S. L., Bruce, A. B., & Robinson, J. M. (2017). Family as a catalyst in farms' diversifying agricultural products: A mixed methods analysis of diversified and non-diversified farms in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. Journal of rural studies, 55, 303-315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.08.017

Journal Papers

Farmer, J. R., Brenner, J. C., Drescher, M., Dickinson, S. L., & Knackmuhs, E. G. (2016). Perpetual private land conservation: the case for outdoor recreation and functional leisure. Ecology and Society, 21(2): 46. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08515-210246

Conference Abstracts

Fly, A., Foland, E. B., Kenworthy, S., & Dickinson, S. (2016). Athlete Heroes Program to Promote Fruits and Vegetables in Indiana Schools Was More Effective for Girls Than Boys. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 48(7), S44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2016.04.120

Fly, A., Foland, E., Dickinson, S., Laker, C., Hopkins, R., & Kenworthy, S. (2016). Use of Athlete Heroes to Improve Determinants of Fruit-and Vegetable-Eating Behaviors of School Children. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 48(7), S92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2016.04.244

Journal Papers

Feresu, S. A., Wang, Y., & Dickinson, S. (2015). Relationship between maternal obesity and prenatal, metabolic syndrome, obstetrical and perinatal complications of pregnancy in Indiana, 2008–2010. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 15(1), 266. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-015-0696-8

Gierut, J. A., Morrisette, M. L., & Dickinson, S. L. (2015). Effect size for single-subject design in phonological treatment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 58(5), 1464-1481. https://doi.org/10.1044/2015_JSLHR-S-14-0299

Kelly, K. M., Schoenberg, N., Wilson, T. D., Atkins, E., Dickinson, S., & Paskett, E. (2015). Cervical cancer worry and screening among Appalachian women. The journal of primary prevention, 36(2), 79-92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-014-0379-7

Kelly, K. M., Ellington, L., Schoenberg, N., Jackson, T., Dickinson, S., Porter, K., ... & Andrykowski, M. (2015). Genetic counseling content: How does it impact health behavior?. Journal of behavioral medicine, 38(5), 766-776. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-014-9613-2

Kelly, K. M., Bhattacharya, R., Dickinson, S., & Hazard, H. (2015). Health behaviors among breast cancer patients and survivors. Cancer nursing, 38(3), E27-E34. https://doi.org/10.1097/NCC.0000000000000167

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Barnes, P., Cutts, T., Dickinson, S., Guo, H., Squires, D., Bowman, S., & Gunderson, G. (2014). Methods for managing and analyzing electronic medical records: a formative examination of a hospital-congregation-based intervention. Population health management, 17(5), 279-286. https://doi.org/10.1089/pop.2013.0078

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