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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Adaptive behaviour"”.
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Investigating the effectiveness of a fundamental motor skill intervention of 4 year old children with autism spectrum disorder
… challenges in the social, communicative, and behavioural domains. This study sought to examine the effectiveness of a FMS intervention at improving the motor skills, adaptive behaviour, and social skills of 4 year old children with ASD. Motor Outcomes (Manuscript 1): Results demonstrated …
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Transition into School: Experiences of Children with Intellectual Disabilities and their Families
… These children have deficits in cognitive and adaptive functioning that affect their academic and social skills. Despite the apparent difficulty for children with ID and the importance of this time in their lives, the transition into school has been a relatively under-researched topic. Nineteen …
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Coordinated adaption for adaptive context-aware applications
… argues that providing sufficient support for adaptive context-aware applications requires support for coordinated adaptation. Specifically, the main argument of this thesis is that coordinated adaptation requires applications to delegate adaptation control to an entity that can receive state …
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Investigations into controllers for adaptive autonomous agents based on artificial neural networks.
… of novel architectures for the simulation of adaptive behaviour based on artificial neural networks. There are two distinct levels of enquiry. At the primary level, the initial aim was to design and implement a unified architecture integrating sensorimotor learning and overall control. This …
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Exercise dependence and its relation to eating attitudes and behaviours in male and female gym members : a quantitative and qualitative analysis
Generally, exercise is an adaptive behaviour that serves to enhance physical and psychological well-being. However, recently the potential abuses of engaging in excessive exercise have received much attention. Some individuals may become so caught up in their exercise routine that they may be quite …
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Implementing a multi-sport skills camp for girls ages 8-11 with autism spectrum disorder
… activity (PA), physical self-perceptions, and adaptive behaviour of school aged girls with ASD (n=13). Results indicated significant improvements in FMS following the multi-sport camp intervention; improvements were maintained at the 8-week follow up. No significance was found regarding PA. …
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The effects of a brain development based-maternal training package (BDB-MTP) on parenting techniques and preschool child development
… the Preschool Readiness Inventury and Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales were used. The findings revealed that the mothers who used the BDB-MTP had significantly higher knowledge of brain developmcnt based parenting than those in the control group immediately after completing the intervention …
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Electrosensory-based Search Strategies In Weakly Electric Fish
… of the environment is a critical aspect of adaptive behaviour, enabling animals to identify food sources, potential mates, refuge locations, and other important resources. The particular strategies used during exploratory behaviours depend on a variety of factors including context, …
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Evolutionary learning multi-agent based information retrieval systems
… This thesis addresses this problem with an adaptive approach that relies on evolutionary user-modelling. The proposed information retrieval system learns user needs from user-provided relevance feedback. The method combines a qualitative feedback measure obtained using fuzzy inference, and …
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Using video self-modelling to teach new skills to children with social interaction and and communication difficulties
Video self-modelling (VSM) is a behavioural intervention in which an observer views a short video of him/herself engaged in adaptive behaviour, in order to learn the behaviour and reproduce it more frequently, fluently or appropriately. While the past three decades have seen research in different …
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Implementation of an attention training program with children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in South Africa
… Disorder (ADHD) is a group of behavioural symptoms that include inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsiveness and tends to be the most commonly diagnosed childhood behavioural disorder. The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of the Pay Attention! Intervention …
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Cognitive functioning of child protection clients in secure care: a neuropsychological study
… profound, influencing academic performance, adaptive behaviour and social functioning. As these deficits are not consistent with a specific neuropsychological disorder, these adolescents remain misunderstood and unsupported in their activities across various aspects of functioning.
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Acetylcholine dynamics in the retrosplenial cortex during spatial uncertainty
Adaptive behaviour requires updating internal models in response to uncertainty, which can be divided into expected and unexpected forms. The retrosplenial cortex (RSC) is a hub for spatial navigation and the default mode network, integrating egocentric and allocentric inputs, contextual …
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Efficient Adaptive Multi-Granularity Service Composition
… uncertainty, we achieve an early and efficient adaptive behaviour, which ensures a valid, optimal, and satisfactory solution, in spite of high environment volatility, and without causing disruption to application execution. The effectiveness of all the algorithms and techniques developed in this …
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Understanding and Optimising activity pacing to promote a physically active lifestyle in people with multiple sclerosis
… Activity pacing is a novel goal-directed behavioural process of dividing activities into small manageable pieces to lessen the effect of symptoms, which then allows gradual progressive increases in activity. However, activity pacing as a potentially adaptive behaviour to stimulate …
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The role of place attachment in proactive and reactive adaptation to flood risk
… and! how! this! relationship! may! determine! adaptive! behaviour.! As! the! social! limits! to! adaptation! are! increasingly! recognised,! theories! about! relationship! with! place!offer!a!new!perspective!as!to!how!flood!risk!is!interpreted!and!acted! on.! This! research! examines! how! …
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Attractiveness and self-esteem: A test of sociometer theory
… their eligibility for these, and to motivate adaptive behaviour in response to these assessments. The present work describes a series of studies designed to systematically test hypotheses concerning relationships between self-perceptions of physical attractiveness, self-esteem and relationship …
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The acquisition of competence in social and community living skills: studies on the relationship between acquisition competence and social and emotional adjustment: the issue of maintenance; and methods of training
… in vivo role play, modelling, coaching and behaviour rehearsal. This was compared against a group of 13 subjects receiving classroom based teaching involving video tape presentations, slides and discussion. A No-Treatment Control Group of 15 subjects was also employed.<br/><br/>Two main …
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On the Structural Adaptability and Dynamics of Metal-Organic Cages
… discrete assembly and flexibility for responsive behaviour. This thesis explores dynamic and adaptive metal-organic cage systems through strategic incorporation of flexible subcomponents. Three approaches demonstrate how adaptive self-assembly, dynamic structures, and structural transformations …
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Factors influencing the use of privacy settings in location-based social networks
… users, in order to motivate them to comply to an adaptive behaviour through the threat of impending danger. However, within the context of social networking, it is not yet clear how fear-inducing arguments will ultimately influence the use of privacy settings by users. The purpose of this study is …
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