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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"IGT"”.
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Mood Detection in IGT Gaming Machines
The Mood Detection in IGT Gaming Machines System is a piece of software that takes facial inputs in the form of image data and sorts those inputs into a set of moods, all in a manner that allows it to be integrated into gaming machines built by International Game Technology (IGT). To expand on the …
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Use of IGT/COMFET in zero current quasi resonant converters
The problems associated with IGT/COMFET devices in PWM converters, such as turn off current tailing and latching are largely avoided in a resonant converter. Dynamic saturation loss is identified as the predominant power loss in IGT/COMFET devices for very high frequency resonant operation. Device …
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Beyond Cognition: Examination of Iowa Gambling Task Performance, Negative Affective Decision-Making and High-Risk Behaviors Among Incarcerated Male Youth
… the performance on the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) of a group of male adolescents aged 16-18 years incarcerated at a secure corrections facility located near New York City. At the time of IGT administration, 45% of the study participants had been charged with crimes but not yet sentenced; 55% …
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THE INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ON THE IOWA GAMBLING TASK AND REAL-WORLD DECISION MAKING
The Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) was created to assess real world decision making deficits in patients with damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and has become a clinical diagnostic measure of real world decision-making for vulnerable populations (i.e., substance abusers, gambling addicts, …
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The effect of lifestyle modification on the insulin-signaling cascade among subjects with impaired glucose tolerance
Impaired glucose tolerance(IGT) is characterized by insulin resistance and lifestyle modification is considered to have positive effects on glycemic control and reducing the risk of diabetes. Recently, defects in the insulin-signaling cascade, especially PI-3 kinase pathway, have been implicated in …
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Functional Localization of Brain Activity in the Iowa Gambling Task Using Graph-Theoretical Methods
… neuroimaging study of the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). Several task-related brain regions have been found during IGT performance using standard subtraction-based neuroimaging paradigms. However, the identification of a proper baseline for the IGT has complicated the study of task-related …
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Early Manifestation of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Offspring of Mothers with Previous History of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
… of mothers with impaired glucose tolerance [IGT]) participated in the study. CVD risk factors included elevated body mass index (BMI), skinfold thickness, body fat, blood pressure, lipid profiles, and glucose values measured with a 2 h oral glucose tolerance test. Results: The BMI of …
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Facilitating idea generation in a team context: the effects of technique, perceived organizational support, individual differences and satisfaction with idea generation
… the effects of idea generation technique (IGT), perceived organizational support (POS), associative problem-solving style (APS), bisociative problem-solving style (BPS), need for cognition (NFC) and satisfaction with idea generation (SJG) on idea generation in a team context. Previous …
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Peripheral polyneuropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance. Correlations between morphology, neurophysiology, and clinical findings
… type 2 diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), in relation to glucose dysmetabolism, and clinical and neurophysiological measures of PN. Methods: Subjects were recruited from a prospective, population-based study of males from Malmö, Sweden (6956 responders). From this cohort, 182 …
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Multiple Memory Systems in People With Schizophrenia: Possible Effect of Atypical Anti-Psychotic Medications
… learning (PCL) and the Iowa gambling task (IGT), have been shown to rely on the dorsal striatum and the PFC, respectively. Studies have previously shown that patients with schizophrenia treated with antipsychotics that affect the dorsal striatum (e.g., risperidone), have altered performance …
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Making Smart Choices when Faced with Risk: The Role of Interoceptive Awareness and Life Stress on Implicit Learning.
… (MTM) to determine IA, the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) to assess decision-making in situations involving risk, and skin conductance levels (SCL) measured prior to each trial of the IGT as a visceral signal of arousal. Results indicated that IA was negatively correlated with avoidance of risk on the …
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Insulated gate transistors: characteristics and application to motor control
… a MOS-Bipolar power semiconductor known as the IGT or COMFET or GEMFET was undertaken. The major disadvantage of the device was identified as latching and the effect of various factors affecting latching were determined. The experiments performed determined susceptibility to latch under various …
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Ruolo dell'obesità e dell'insulino-resistenza nello sviluppo di complicanze metaboliche, cardiovascolari ed epatiche durante l'infanzia e l'adolescenza
… alterazioni del metabolismo del glucosio (IFG, IGT, IFG/IGT), della sindrome metabolica (SM) e della steatosi epatica (NAFLD). Scopo del nostro studio è stato quello di valutare in una coorte di 269 bambini ed adolescenti obesi (M/F: 131/139, età: 12.9±2.8 anni, range 7-18) la prevalenza delle …
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Cognitive modeling analysis of decision-making processes in young adults at-risk and not at-risk for alcohol dependence
… adult performance on the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). Drinking behavior and monetary incentive were examined as predictors of performance on the IGT. No differences were found among groups when data were analyzed using traditional behavioral analyses. However, when the Expectancy-Valence Learning …
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The Effects of Glucose Tolerance, Hypertension, and Race on Heart Rate Variability, QT Interval Duration, and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Overweight-Obese Adolescents
… the effects of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), hypertension, and race on these cardiac autonomic risk factors in overweight-obese adolescents.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> Overweight and obese adolescents (N = 128), ages 11-18 years, (60.2% black, 63.3% female) were included in this …
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Understanding angiosperm genome interactions and evolution: insights from sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) and the carrot family (Apiaceae)
… and investigate intracellular gene transfers (IGT). A percent similarity approach was used to compare DNA from each genome and determine a possible mechanism of DNA transfer, if it occurred. The mechanisms investigated included recombination and double-strand break repair, as evidenced by …
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Ultrastruktura chloroplastů buku pod vlivem zvýšené koncentrace CO2 a různé ozářenosti
… poměrném zastoupení intergranálních thylakoidů (IGT), zatímco poměr granálních thylakoidů ku intergranálním thylakoidům (GT/IGT) se zvýšil. Ozářenost měla vliv zejména na uspořádání membránového systému thylakoidů. U stinných listů...
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A mechanistic examination of the metabolic regulation of insulin resistance, sarcopenia, and osteoporosis
… between drug naïve impaired glucose tolerant (IGT) and normal glucose tolerant (NGT) individuals following an oral glucose load, 2) the effects of chronic oral supplementation of essential amino acids (EAA) on the acute muscle protein synthetic response to an oral bolus of EAA in older men and …
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The effect of glucose regulation on cognitive functioning in a healthy sample of older adults
Type II diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) are both associated with cognitive impairment and an increased risk of dementia, and normal aging has been shown to be accompanied by abnormalities in glucose regulation. The present study was conducted to determine if variations in cognitive …
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The Effect of Frontal Lobe Stress on Gambling Task Performance: Implications for Understanding Addictive Behavior
… of cards drawn from each deck during the IGT suggested that there was no difference in performance between individuals receiving different modified Stroop tasks or high or low working memory functioning. Analyses examining the monetary outcome of performance on the IGT suggest that there …
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