PROMoter uPstream Transcripts (PROMPTs) were identified as a new class of human RNAs, which are heterologous in length and produced only upstream of the promoters of active protein-coding genes. Here, we show that PROMPTs carry 3'-adenosine tails and 5'-cap structures. However, unlike mRNAs, PROMPTs are largely nuclear and rapidly turned over by the RNA exosome. PROMPT-transcribing DNA is occup...

This article contributes to conversations about antiracist writing program assessment, with particular attention the evaluation of first-year samples. In an effort confront racist ideologies assimilation and neutrality, I employed a modified version dynamic criteria mapping (DCM) that involved surveying students, conducting instructor focus groups, analyzing prompts. The triangulated results in...

Objective To assess the effect of brief interventions during the “watchful waiting” period for hypertension. Design Factorial trial. Setting General practice. Methods 296 patients with blood pressure > 160/90 mm Hg were randomised to eight groups defined by three factors: an information booklet; low sodium, high potassium salt; prompt sheets for high fruit, vegetable, fibre; and low fat. Main o...

OBJECTIVE To examine the range and frequency of parental mealtime strategies used during the family meal session of Family-Based Treatment (FBT) for adolescent anorexia nervosa, and to explore the relationships between parental mealtime strategies, mealtime emotional tone and parental 'success' at encouraging adolescent food consumption. METHOD Participants were 21 families with a child aged ...

This study investigated the effects of prompts as corrective feedback strategy on teaching /θ/ and /ð/ sounds to Iranian EFL learners. To achieve this objective, after 30 students studying English at a language institute took a placement test, the intermediate-level students were selected based on their scores on this test. They were randomly assigned to one experimental group and one control g...

This paper presents the results of a survey of human emotional responses to a set of audio-visual prompts or cues designed for assistive technology applications. Our goal in this paper is exploratory: we wish to understand how audio-visual prompts are understood by people on an emotional spectrum as a first step towards the more challenging task for designing emotionally aligned prompts for per...

Today, laypersons often consult the Internet to inform themselves about health-related issues. However, the competent use of these often complex and heterogeneous information provisions cannot be taken for granted, because many Internet users are lacking the necessary metacognitive prerequisites. Therefore, we developed the metacognitive computer-tool met.a.ware, which supports laypersons’ Inte...

Results of an analogue functional analysis indicated that noncompliant vocal behavior exhibited by a young girl with autism was maintained by negative reinforcement. Follow-up analyses suggested that the immediate escape contingency assessed in the demand condition did not appear to maintain the behavior. Instead, noncompliant vocal behavior occurred in response to directive prompts. Nondirecti...