The purpose of this pilot randomized controlled trial was to investigate the acceptability and efficacy of the Acquiring Career, Coping, Executive control, Social Skills (ACCESS) Program, a group intervention tailored for young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to enhance critical skills and beliefs that promote adult functioning, including social and adaptive skills, self-determination skills, and coping self-efficacy. Forty-four adults with ASD (ages 18-38; 13 females) and their caregivers were randomly assigned to treatment or waitlist control. Compared to controls, adults in treatment significantly improved in adaptive and self-determination skills, per caregiver report, and self-reported greater belief in their ability to access social support to cope with stressors. Results provide evidence for the acceptability and efficacy of the ACCESS Program.
Large-area, ultradense Ni nanopillar arrays were fabricated directly on bare n-GaAs substrates using diblock copolymer lithography and electrodeposition. The Ni nanopillar arrays are hexagonally arranged, exhibiting an average pillar diameter of ∼24 nm, and an areal density of ∼1011/cm2 over an entire surface area of 1 cm × 1 cm. These arrays represent large-scale, highly dense, sub-30 nm metal-nanopillar arrays made on III-V semiconductor substrates suitable as pattern masks. The fabrication method offers a simple and effective route to manufacturing large-area, highly dense, sub-30 nm metal nanostructures for III-V optoelectronic devices, in order to enhance their performance and functionalities.
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