Consumer Advisory Bulletin, Donor Beware!, November 2010

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Consumer Advisory Bulletin, Holiday Shopping? Tips to Make it Merrier, December 2010

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Consumer Advisory Bulletin, Mounting Mortgage Payments? Call the Iowa Mortgage Help Hotline!, December 2010

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Consumer Advisory Bulletin, Tax Refund Loans: High Costs for Quick Cash, January 2011

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Consumer Advisory Bulletin, Online ���Steals���: Internet Counterfeiting and Piracy, January 2011

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Consumer Advisory Bulletin, Credit Cards vs. Debit Cards: They May Look the Same, But They���re Different!, March 2011

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Consumer Advisory Bulletin, Credit Cards vs. Nailing Down Home Repair Rip-Offs & Disputes, April 2011

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Maternal interactive behaviour as a predictor of preschoolers' attachment representations among full term and premature samples.

BACKGROUND: Associations between maternal sensitivity and child attachment have been established in many samples, but the strength of the association varies across populations. The sensitivity-attachment link has never been examined at the level of representations nor among premature samples. OBJECTIVE: The present study is aimed at exploring associations between maternal interactive behaviour and children's attachment representations in a population of preterm and full-term infants. METHOD: Maternal interactive behaviour was assessed at 6 and 18 months (Ainsworth Sensitivity Scale & Care Index) and children's attachment representations were measured at 42 months (Attachment Story Completion Task) in a sample of preterm (N=48) and full-term (N=23) infants. RESULTS: Maternal unresponsiveness at 6 months and sensitivity at 18 months explained 54% of the variance of disorganized attachment representations in the full-term group but was not significantly related to attachment patterns in the preterm group. CONCLUSION: These results corroborate previous work on the causes of disorganized attachment and also point to the need to consider the development of attachment differently for children evolving in specific developmental contexts. They especially stress the importance of distinguishing between risk factors associated with the mother as opposed to the child.

Consumer Advisory Bulletin, ID Theft: Prevent & Protect, May 2011

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Effect of the environment inside and outside the cage on the activity and behaviour test performance of silver foxes

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Consumer Advisory Bulletin, Door-to-Door Sales: Your Right to Cancel, June 2011

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Changes in running mechanics and spring-mass behaviour induced by a 5-hour hilly running bout.

Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate changes in running mechanics and spring-mass behaviour with fatigue induced by 5-hour hilly running (5HHR). Running mechanics were measured pre- and post-5HHR at 10, 12 and 14 km �� h(-1) on an instrumented treadmill in eight ultramarathon runners, and sampled at 1000 Hz for 10 consecutive steps. Contact (t(c) ) and aerial (t(a) ) times were determined from ground reaction force (GRF) signals and used to compute step frequency (f). Maximal GRF, loading rate, downward displacement of the centre of mass (Δz), and leg length change (ΔL) during the support phase were determined and used to compute both vertical (K(vert) ) and leg (K(leg) ) stiffness. A significant decrease in t(c) was observed at 12 and 14 km �� h(-1) resulting in an increase of f at all speeds. Duty factor and F(max) significantly decreased at 10 km �� h(-1). A significant increase in K(vert) and K(leg) was observed at all running speeds with significant decreases in Δz and ΔL. Despite the shorter duration, the changes in running mechanics appeared to be in the same direction (increased f and K(vert) , decrease in Δz and F(max) ) but of lower amplitude compared with those obtained after an ultra-trail or an ultramarathon.

Consumer Advisory Bulletin, Be Wary of Online Payday Loans, July 2011

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Morphology, testes development and behaviour of unusual triploid males in microchromosome-carrying clones of Poecilia formosa.

In a microchromosome-carrying laboratory stock of the normally all-female Amazon molly Poecilia formosa triploid individuals were obtained, all of which spontaneously developed into males. A comparison of morphology of the external and internal insemination apparatus and the gonads, sperm ploidy and behaviour, to laboratory-bred F(1) hybrids revealed that the triploid P. formosa males, though producing mostly aneuploid sperm, are partly functional males that differ mainly in sperm maturation and sexual motivation from gonochoristic P. formosa males.

Consumer Advisory Bulletin, How to Avoid Buying a Salvage, Damaged or Flood Vehicle, August 2011

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