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Ronald M. Ruff is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research spans several fields including Engineering and Medicine, with a focus on subfields such as Computational Mechanics, Epidemiology, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's recent publication is entitled "Model Based Process Development and Operation of a Fluid Bed Granulation Unit to Manufacture Pharmaceutical Tablets," published in 2024 in the journal Systems and Control Transactions.

Ronald M. Ruff's main topics of work include:

  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Granular flow and fluidized beds
  • Cyclone Separators and Fluid Dynamics
  • Mineral Processing and Grinding

They have collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Paul M. Richards
  • Salvador García Muñoz
  • Maitraye Sen
  • Shashwat Gupta

Their scholarly output has appeared in venues such as:

  • Systems and Control Transactions

Best Publications

  • Neurobehavioral outcome following minor head injury : a three-center study

    Harvey S. Levin;Steven Mattis;Ronald M. Ruff;Howard M. Eisenberg

  • Symptom validity assessment: practice issues and medical necessity NAN policy & planning committee.

    Shane S. Bush;Ronald M. Ruff;Alexander I. Tröster;Jeffrey T. Barth

  • A Cognitive Training Program Based on Principles of Brain Plasticity: Results from the Improvement in Memory with Plasticity-based Adaptive Cognitive Training (IMPACT) Study

    Glenn E. Smith;Patricia Housen;Kristine Yaffe;Ronald Ruff

  • Benton Controlled Oral Word Association Test: reliability and updated norms

    R.M. Ruff;R.H. Light;S.B. Parker;H.S. Levin

  • Rehabilitation of persons with traumatic brain injury

    K. T. Ragnarsson;W. R. Clarke;J. R. Daling;S. L. Garber

  • Recommendations for diagnosing a mild traumatic brain injury: a National Academy of Neuropsychology education paper.

    Ronald M. Ruff;Grant L. Iverson;Jeffrey T. Barth;Shane S. Bush

  • Computerized neuropsychological assessment devices: joint position paper of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology and the National Academy of Neuropsychology.

    Russell M. Bauer;Grant L. Iverson;Alison N. Cernich;Laurence M. Binder

  • The Psychological Construct of Word Fluency

    R.M. Ruff;R.M. Ruff;R.H. Light;S.B. Parker;H.S. Levin

  • Neurobehavioral outcome 1 year after severe head injury. Experience of the Traumatic Coma Data Bank.

    Levin Hs;Gary He;Eisenberg Hm;Ruff Rm

  • Two decades of advances in understanding of mild traumatic brain injury.

    Ronald Ruff

  • The ruff figural fluency test: A normative study with adults

    Ronald M. Ruff;Rudolph H. Light;Randall W. Evans

  • Miserable minority: Emotional risk factors that influence the outcome of a mild traumatic brain injury.

    Ronald M. Ruff;Lorraine Camenzuli;Jonathan Mueller

  • Selected cases of poor outcome following a minor brain trauma: Comparing neuropsychological and positron emission tomography assessment

    Ronald M. Ruff;J. A. Crouch;A. I. Tröster;L. F. Marshall

  • Neuropsychological evaluation in the diagnosis and management of sports-related concussion

    Rosemarie Scolaro Moser;Grant L. Iverson;Ruben J. Echemendia;Mark R. Lovell

  • Cognitive Screening Tests Versus Comprehensive Neuropsychological Test Batteries: A National Academy of Neuropsychology Education Paper†.

    Tresa M Roebuck-Spencer;Tannahill Glen;Antonio E Puente;Robert L Denney

  • Self-rating versus neuropsychological performance of moderate versus severe head-injured patients.

    Charles C. Allen;Ronald M. Ruff

  • Vegetative state after closed-head injury. A Traumatic Coma Data Bank Report.

    Harvey S. Levin;Christy Saydjari;Howard M. Eisenberg;Mary Foulkes

  • Improvement in Memory with Plasticity-Based Adaptive Cognitive Training: Results of the 3-Month Follow-Up

    Elizabeth M. Zelinski;Laila M. Spina;Kristine Yaffe;Ronald Ruff

  • Computer-assisted attention retraining in head-injured individuals: a controlled efficacy study of an outpatient program.

    Hendrik Niemann;Ronald M. Ruff;Christine A. Baser

  • Are the subjective complaints of traumatically brain injured patients reliable

    Robert J. Sbordone;Gregory D. Seyranian;Ronald M. Ruff

  • Neurobehavioral outcome following minor head injury: A three center study

    Nathaniel H. Mayer;Janet F. Haas;H S Levin;S Mattis

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey T. Barth
Jeffrey T. Barth University of Virginia
Grant L. Iverson
Grant L. Iverson Harvard University
Cecil R. Reynolds
Cecil R. Reynolds Texas A&M University
Alexander I. Tröster
Alexander I. Tröster Barrow Neurological Institute
William Perry
William Perry University of California, San Diego
Jerry J. Sweet
Jerry J. Sweet NorthShore University HealthSystem
Glenn E. Smith
Glenn E. Smith University of Florida
Russell M. Bauer
Russell M. Bauer University of Florida
Laurence M. Binder
Laurence M. Binder Oregon Health & Science University
Kristine Yaffe
Kristine Yaffe University of California, San Francisco

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