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Rachel Davis

Associate Professor, University of South Carolina
Verified email at mailbox.sc.edu
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Theories of behaviour and behaviour change across the social and behavioural sciences: a scoping review

R Davis, R Campbell, Z Hildon, L Hobbs… - Health psychology …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Interventions to change health-related behaviours typically have modest effects and may be
more effective if grounded in appropriate theory. Most theories applied to public health …

Social media and disasters: a functional framework for social media use in disaster planning, response, and research

JB Houston, J Hawthorne, MF Perreault, EH Park… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A comprehensive review of online, official, and scientific literature was carried out in 2012–
13 to develop a framework of disaster social media. This framework can be used to facilitate …

Patient involvement in patient safety: what factors influence patient participation and engagement?

RE Davis, R Jacklin, N Sevdalis… - Health …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Background Patients can play an important role in improving patient safety by becoming
actively involved in their health care. However, there is a paucity of empirical data on the …

VEGF-dependent plasticity of fenestrated capillaries in the normal adult microvasculature

T Kamba, BYY Tam, H Hashizume… - American Journal …, 2006 - journals.physiology.org
Unlike during development, blood vessels in the adult are generally thought not to require
VEGF for normal function. However, VEGF is a survival factor for many tumor vessels, and …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid vascular regrowth in tumors after reversal of VEGF inhibition

MR Mancuso, R Davis, SM Norberg… - The Journal of …, 2006 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Inhibitors of VEGF signaling can block angiogenesis and reduce tumor vascularity, but little
is known about the reversibility of these changes after treatment ends. In the present study …

Ultrapotent antibodies against diverse and highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variants

L Wang, T Zhou, Y Zhang, ES Yang, CA Schramm… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Worldwide appearance of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants of concern (VOCs) with increased transmissibility and resistance to …

Exendin-4 reduces fasting and postprandial glucose and decreases energy intake in healthy volunteers

CMB Edwards, SA Stanley, R Davis… - American Journal …, 2001 - journals.physiology.org
Exendin-4 is a long-acting potent agonist of the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor
and may be useful in the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity. We examined the effects …

Conflict translates environmental and social risk into business costs

DM Franks, R Davis, AJ Bebbington… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Sustainability science has grown as a field of inquiry, but has said little about the role of
large-scale private sector actors in socio-ecological systems change. However, the shaping …

Interviewer effects in public health surveys

RE Davis, MP Couper, NK Janz… - Health education …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Interviewer effects can have a substantial impact on survey data and may be particularly
operant in public health surveys, where respondents are likely to be queried about racial …

Emotional intelligence in medicine: a systematic review through the context of the ACGME competencies

S Arora, H Ashrafian, R Davis, T Athanasiou… - Medical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Medical Education 2010: 44: 749–764 Objectives Emotional intelligence (EI) involves the
perception, processing, regulation and management of emotions. This article aims to …