... their written informed consent Handedness was determined using a Chinese translation of the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory 29 Such an inventory has been used in two previous Chinese studies 30,31 ... engage in sensation-seeking and risky behaviors in young adults 23 Likewise, the association of left hemisphere predominance and risk-taking in healthy university students has also proven by studying ... eight lines without measuring or folding the paper The lines, drawn in black and oriented horizontally, ranged from 102 – 144 mm in length, were arranged randomly on a sheet of A4 size paper (in...
Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 08:57
... exercise in the power of the Mind Map technique, try 'reading' in detail the Mind Map on the Brain Training and Mind Mapping Course, to see how comprehensive a summary/understanding you can obtain ... key word linking and patterning will be explained in full 84 Personal Notes 85 B: Mind maps for recall and creative thinking Overview • • • • Exercise Linear history of speech and print Contrast: ... of information one after each other, that these are presented in lines and that we therefore write and note in lines, such linear presentation is not necessary for understanding, and in many instances...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2013, 11:51
Using Cooperative Learning to Integrate Thinking and Information Technology in a Content.doc
... learning may be associated with gains on the following variables: Achievement Liking for school Inter-ethnic relations Thinking skills Self-esteem Enjoyment Cooperative Learning and Thinking and ... opportunity to see how their peers think and create new ideas Witnessing this process can provide useful models 4 Discussing, creating, and thinking in a group, rather than in a whole class context, can ... Creativity Cooperative learning is believed to promote thinking and creativity in many ways (Hythecker, Dansereau, & Rocklin, 1988; Qin, Johnson, & Johnson, 1995; Webb, 1989), including: Compared to a...
Ngày tải lên: 06/09/2013, 05:10
Depression - The treatment and management of depression in adults potx
... with depression 1.1.1 Providing information and support, and obtaining informed consent 1.1.1.1 When working with people with depression and their families or carers: NICE clinical guideline 90 ... routine outcome measures and ensure that the person with depression is involved in reviewing the efficacy of the treatment NICE clinical guideline 90 – Depression 15 • engage in monitoring and ... NICE clinical guideline 90 Depression: the treatment and management of depression in adults (partial update of NICE clinical guideline 23) Ordering information You can download the following documents...
Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 15:20
Liquidity and traders' behaviors in financial markets
... trading gains and losses from a change in the price of wheat, trading gains or losses resulting from a change in the price of commodities that are correlated with wheat, such as corn, and gains and ... National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange for their support and assistance in obtaining the data set used in this thesis, and for sharing their extensive experience and insights with me Special ... second relates to either inventory holding costs and risks in dealer markets (Ho and Stoll, 1983) or to waiting costs and risks in the execution of limit orders (Rosu, 2005) in order-driven markets...
Ngày tải lên: 01/06/2014, 14:02
báo cáo sinh học:" Human resources for health planning and management in the Eastern Mediterranean region: facts, gaps and forward thinking for research and policy" pot
... within the said region minants of health Investing in HRH, in addition to increasing health expenditure, expanding female education and raising national income will help countries, particularly ... generate and interpret evidence on the relationship between HRH and health status indicators for LMICs and MHICs in the context of EMR; identify and analyze the knowledge gaps; provide forward thinking ... the paper FE and DJ were involved in drafting the manuscript and revising it for intellectual content Authors read and approved the final manuscript 18 19 20 lems, Proposed Solutions and Gap Analysis...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20
báo cáo hóa học: " Effects of short duration stress management training on self-perceived depression, anxiety and stress in male automotive assembly workers: a quasi-experimental study" docx
... rhythmic dancing and running routines that lasted about 30 minutes In the last 15 minutes, participants carried out a cooling down manoeuvre that includes deep breathing exercises and relaxation ... by qualified aerobic instructors and consists of a preparatory 15 minutes warming up stretching exercises [13] This was followed by low intensity walking and jogging routines [16] Participants ... relaxation training (10 minutes) on Japanese female medical co-workers indicated that salivary immunoglobulin A (s-IgA) levels in the relaxation group increased after relaxation training compared...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20
Báo cáo khoa học: "Depression and anxiety in epilepsy: the association with demographic and seizure-related variables" ppt
... that depression is more common in epileptic patients with a structural lesion Our finding that symptomatic epilepsies are associated with increased anxiety and depression is certainly in line ... common in patients with newly diagnosed and chronic epilepsy and provide further insight to the association of depression and anxiety with certain demographic and seizure-related variables Competing ... patients with epilepsy and depression [8] Our results are in line with this latter study, showing a trend towards significant association between female gender and depression in epilepsy The lack...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:20
Báo cáo y học: "A comparative study of anxiety and depression in patients with bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and tuberculosis in a general hospital of chest diseases" ppsx
... Baldwin RC, Connolly MJ: Depression and anxiety in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Age Ageing 2006, 35:457-459 Vanderpool M: Resilience: a missing link in our understanding ... with depression being observed in 30% of patients with moderate failure and in 50% in patients with severe obstructive pulmonary disease [15,16] Anxiety and depression are very prevalent even in ... value and nursing personnel and dependency on oxygen In these diseases depression ranges from 30% in moderate up to 50% in severe forms of COPD [15], a fact also verified in our study Depression...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:20
Báo cáo y học: "The opposite effects of fluvoxamine and sertraline in the treatment of psychotic major depression: a case report" potx
... fluvoxamine binds to sigma-1 receptors in the intact human brain at therapeutic doses [25], suggesting that sigma-1 receptors are involved in the active mechanisms of fluvoxamine [19] Interestingly, ... 18 19 Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions AK, AT, JM and TK contributed to the clinical and rating evaluations during the follow-up ... F, Gatti F, Franchini L, Smeraldi E: A double-blind study with fluvoxamine versus desipramine combined with placebo or haloperidol in delusional depression In Critical Issues in the Treatment...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21
Báo cáo y học: "Leukocyte numbers and function in subjects eating n-3 enriched foods: selective depression of natural killer cell levels" potx
... aureus in HBSS and 10% (final) pooled human AB serum in tubes which were then gassed with 5% CO2-air mixture and incubated with end-toend mixing at 37°C Samples were taken at 0, and h, diluted in ... 191100 ± 19520 IL-2, interleukin 2; IFNγ, interferon-gamma; PHA, phytohaemagglutinin bProliferation data expressed in disintegration per minute (dpm) Earlier studies, which examined the effects of ... bBactericidal activity expressed as % killing cChemokinesis and chemotaxis expressed in mm/90 dIodination expressed in pmoles iodine/107 cells ponents of the innate and adaptive immune response were...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23
Báo cáo y học: " Review of Anton A. Niekerk and Loretta M. Kopelman (eds.) Ethics and AIDS in Africa: The Challenge to our Thinking" pptx
... laws and guidelines concerning the best interests of children, the limits of parental consent to research involving children and the determination of risk in pediatric studies is both illuminating ... growing up in a high HIV prevalence setting But it may or may not be in an individual child's best interest to participate in an HIV vaccine trial The discussion of the deep ambiguities in South ... http://www.aidsrestherapy.com/content/3/1/24 afield and incorporating voices of West and East Africans, and Africans living above the Sahara Many of the pieces in the book seem to have been originally written around 2001, and therefore...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:20
Báo cáo y học: "Gender differences in suicidal expressions and their determinants among young people in Cambodia, a post-conflict country" doc
... and both internalizing (p = 0.000) and externalizing syndrome (p = 0.000) Decision making/problem solving and total life skills scores were both inversely correlated with internalizing syndrome ... serious suicidal expression in young women Promoting life skills in schools may enhance the overall mental health of young people in Cambodia [41,42], and indirectly influence the determinants of suicidal ... maintenance/ physical fitness dimension inverse-correlated with both internalizing syndrome (p = 0.021) and externalizing syndrome (p = 0.000) in young men The total life skills score was inversely...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22
Báo cáo y học: " Comparison of the CES-D and PHQ-9 depression scales in people with type 2 diabetes in Tehran, Iran" pdf
... explained to all patients and informed consent was obtained We employed two standard questionnaires, CES-D and PHQ-9, for this study The PHQ-9 focuses on the nine signs and symptoms of depression ... Schene A, Bindels P, Lucassen P, van de Lisdonk E, van Weert H: The accuracy of Patient Health Questionnaire-9 in detecting depression and measuring depression severity in high-risk groups in primary ... time of administrating the questionnaires by that trained nurse Statistical analysis To determine the screening performance of the two questionnaires in identifying patients with MDD and to identify...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22
Báo cáo y học: " Act In case of Depression: The evaluation of a care program to improve the detection and treatment of depression in nursing homes. Study Protocol" pptx
... research In conclusion, the care program is expected to be effective in reducing the frequency of depression and in increasing the quality of life of residents The study also will provide insight in ... according to the scores on the scale further screening is indicated, nursing staff contacts the psychologist who takes over the coordination on the screening and diagnosing If no further screening ... Diagnosing The elderly care physician and psychologist of each unit perform a diagnostic procedure including the use of chart information, caregiver interview, and examination of the resident (interview,...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22
Báo cáo y học: " General and Specific Components of Depression and Anxiety in an Adolescent Population" pdf
... mood and worrying factor; r = 86 for the depressed mood and somatic/information processing factor; and r = 78 for the worrying and somatic/information processing factor Some RCMAS items assessing ... mood and socialcognitive symptoms of depression, b) worrying symptoms, and c) somatic and informationprocessing symptoms as distinct yet closely related constructs Subsequent bifactor modelling ... resulting in a debate about common and distinct features of depression and anxiety emotional disorders Both can be viewed as manifestations of a broad dimension of internalizing symptoms distinct...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:21
Báo cáo y học: " Depression and loneliness in Jamaicans with sickle cell disease" potx
... at the co-existence of depression and loneliness in SCD and it is hypothesized that depression and loneliness will have a high prevalence and coexist in this population In this study therefore, ... examine variables that were significantly associated with depression and loneliness in those with SCD Being unemployed, having leg ulcerations, more frequent painful crises, and frequently visiting ... loneliness during adolescence Nurs Res 2006, 55:308-315 Adams KB, Sanders S, Auth EA: Loneliness and depression in independent living retirement communities: risk and resilience factors Aging Ment...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22
Báo cáo y học: " Biomarkers of systemic inflammation and depression and fatigue in moderate clinically stable COPD" pdf
... found in multivariate analyses Discussion We explored the association between systemic inflammation and depression and fatigue using a range of inflammatory biomarkers, two depression scales and ... design, data analysis and manuscript writing and review All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Received: ... scales in a cohort of 120 patients with clinically stable COPD There were modest correlations between systemic inflammation and depression and fatigue However, the association between TNF-a and depression...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22
Báo cáo y học: "Psychosocial predictors of sexual initiation and high-risk sexual behaviors in early adolescence" potx
... participated in the design of the original study and was also instrumental in designing and administering the survey tool A Martin participated in the study design and helped to coordinate the manuscript ... that initiating sexual activity before age sixteen increases the likelihood of having an unintended pregnancy, inducing pre-cancerous changes in the cervix, and contracting STDs, including HIV/AIDS ... risk-taking behaviors constituting a "problem behavior syndrome" associated with a constellation of problem behaviors such as smoking, drinking, drug use, and delinquent behaviors constituting lowlevel...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21
Báo cáo y học: "Criterion validity of the Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire and one- and two-item depression screens in young adolescents" potx
... Zung Depression Scale [21] While very brief and accurate depression screening tools would be of great value in epidemiological surveys as well as in clinical settings and community-based screening ... parent and child DISC were administered within a single two-to-three hour period For both parent and child, the MFQ was always administered before the DISC Students and parents were interviewed in ... 0.53-0.76) Sensitivity and specificity again intersected at a cut point of one, with 0.76 sensitivity and 0.49 specificity Combining child and parent scores on the mood item resulted in moderate diagnostic...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21