Grammatical voice is observable in the English contrast between active (“I ate an apple”) and passive (“That apple was eaten by me”). Indonesian has three such voices: active, marked by the verbal prefix meN-; passive, marked by di-; and object, with a null prefix (Cole, Hermon & Yanti 2008). Chung (1976), Sneddon et al. (2006), and others note that the agent in the object voice must be a pronoun in Standard Indonesian. Chung (1976) characterizes the object voice with an apparent flexibility in the relative linear ordering of agent and auxiliary.

Between 2013 and 2018 over 240,000 adults died in the state of Minnesota. Each death is associated with a Cause of Death (COD) and a Place of Death (POD). The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) collects data in all of these categories. With assistance from the University of Minnesota’s Biostatistical Design and Analysis Center (BDAC) and the MDH, statistical analysis of the COD and POD data was carried out. The goal of this research was to identify trends in both COD and POD to establish relationships between these trends, age, and gender over the six year period.

Although Minnesota has one of the lowest incarceration rates in the country, many still end up involved in the criminal justice system on community supervision. Additionally, adults involved in the criminal justice system are often from vulnerable low-income communities experiencing high rates of chronic illness, mental health barriers, or substance abuse.

Among Latinx individuals, cultural values are seen as positive assets that may be protective factors (Armenta, et al., 2011; Sanchez et. al., 2017; Galanti, 2003). However, there is limited research on the cultural values that pertain specifically to the empowerment of Latina women. The present study sought to examine cultural values that may hinder or promote empowerment in Latina women as this connection to cultural values may be related to positive outcomes such as higher academic achievement, a greater sense of independence and belonging, and better mental health outcomes.

Spacecraft are often equipped with lightweight, flexible appendages, such as large solar panels, antennas, or robotic arms to assist in spacecraft docking or on-orbit assembly. There are well-established control methods for attitude control of the rigid spacecraft hub equipped with flexible appendages, however attitude control of the end of the flexible appendage or payload attachment using a torque applied to the rigid spacecraft hub is a much more challenging problem.

Drug addiction is a chronic relapsing disorder, making effective treatments difficult. Two key elements involved in relapsing behavior are binge-like drug use and predictive cues. The purpose of this study was to model the impact of drug associated cues to spur relapse. Rats outfitted with intravenous catheters were subject to an intermittent access to cocaine self-administration paradigm, wherein brief periods of cocaine availability were signaled by a drug availability cue, and a nose poke resulted in an intravenous delivery of cocaine paired with a drug delivery cue.

Partner: Jiaxuan Teng

Emerging evidence suggests maternal pre and postnatal stress and anxiety may influence maternal behavior and infant cognitive outcomes. The current study examined whether 1) maternal pre and postnatal stress and anxiety were associated with specific aspects of maternal behavior and 2) whether maternal mood and behavior were associated with infant cognitive outcomes. We hypothesized that higher maternal stress and anxiety would be associated with lower maternal sensitivity and higher intrusiveness and detachment.

Natural killer (NK) cell-mediated antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) is a potent killing mechanism against Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells (iRBCs). NK cell-mediated ADCC inhibits Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) growth in vitro. We found that individuals with a higher frequency of adaptive NK cells—defined as Fc ɣ receptor signaling chain (Fcer1g) negative and PLZF negative NK cells—were better protected against clinical malaria.

Partner: Nick Brozel, South Dakota State University