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Showing 1 to 20 of 119 for “"Intervention studies"”.
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Affect regulation strategies, resilience, and neural mechanisms: evidence from cross-sectional and intervention studies
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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Alcohol Intervention Studies in University Students. Randomised Controlled Trials of Responsible Beverage Service and High Risk Drinking.
… was to study implementation and efficacy of two intervention techniques for risky alcohol consumption in university students. One technique was the Responsible Beverage Service Programme modified for use in students pubs. The other was a cognitive-based education programme (10 hours) for freshman …
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Integrating The Prevention of Adolescent Substance Use and Dating Violence: Evidence from Systematic, Epidemiologic, and Intervention Studies
… the normative mechanisms of a leading bystander intervention, and the etiological specificity of adversity–substance pathways. Guided by the Social-Ecological Model, Bystander Intervention Theory, and etiological specificity frameworks (Self-Medication Hypothesis and Social Pain Overlap Theory), …
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Clinicians’ Perspectives on Adopting a Lung Cancer Palliative Care Intervention
… progress in implementing palliative care interventions for cancer patients, few intervention studies seek healthcare clinicians’ input prior to implementation. The purpose of this research was then to explore palliative care and oncology clinicians’ (e.g., physicians, nurses, social …
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Addressing the Experimental Research Gap in the Field of Deafblindness through an Evaluation of the System of Least Prompts for Skill Acquisition
This series of three studies identified an experimental research gap in the field of deafblindness. Study 1, a descriptive study, identified types of articles published, and research designs used, in 37 peer-reviewed special education journals. A total of 4,854 articles published from 2012 through …
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Screening strategies for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus
… net and synthesise evidence from non-randomised intervention studies to assess the effectiveness of T2DM screening in adults for reducing mortality and T2DM-associated morbidity. We searched PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL, Academic Search Premier and Health Source Nursing Academic …
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Resourcing and training head and neck cancer nurse specialists to deliver a social rehabilitation programme to patients
… who have a disfigurement and the results of intervention studies. The 'package' of care provided to this population by a lay-led organisation is described, and a framework proposed which integrates the development of coping skills with the more traditional role of providing support and …
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Date rape attitudes intervention: A controlled outcome study
… there is a paucity of methodologically sound intervention studies available. The research that does exist has found contradictory results regarding the effectiveness of different types of intervention programs. This study attempted to address some of the short-comings of previous research and …
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Effects of Semantic Feature Analysis+Multimodal Communication Program for Word Retrieval and Switching Behavior in Primary Progressive Aphasia
… to impaired verbal expression. Intense semantic interventions show promise for improving word retrieval in people with PPA. Additionally, people with PPA may learn to use alternative communication modalities when they are unable to retrieve a word. However, executive function impairments can …
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DIETARY AND EXERCISE EFFECTS ON NEURAL RESPONSES TO VISUAL FOOD STIMULI IN OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE ADULTS
Results from human neuroimaging studies consistently demonstrate that obesity is associated with altered neural reward processing of food-relevant cues. These observations have caused some investigators to question whether behavioral interventions such as dietary manipulations or physical activity …
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Diet, lifestyle and musculoskeletal health
… direct evidence to support this concept. Of the intervention studies undertaken to date, the results have generally been inconsistent with some demonstrating beneficial effects of fruit and vegetables on musculoskeletal health and others showing no effect. Furthermore, this specific hypothesis …
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The Effect of Staged Diabetes Management on Metabolic Control in Native Americans with Type II Diabetes
… there are few published accounts of diabetes intervention studies with Native Americans. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of Staged Diabetes Management on metabolic control in Native American patients with Type It diabetes as compared to traditional diabetes management.<br …
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Intestinal absorption and bioavailability of coffee phenolics and green tea polyphenols: a study in healthy and ileostomy volunteers
… the human diet, and have been the focus os many studies in nutrition research. Many epidemological studies have found a correlation between flavonoid intake and protection against certain chronic diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular events. The mechanisms underlying such benefits, however, …
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Analyzing Inconsistent Results of Table Transformer for Improved Data Extraction in Childhood Obesity Intervention Literature
… with a specific application to childhood obesity intervention studies. While fine-tuning TATR on a domain-specific dataset improves detection metrics, persistent errors such as overlapping rows and misclassified header columns remain. Through a systematic post-hoc error analysis of 175 scientific …
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Effectiveness of Flipped Classroom Instruction in Secondary Education
… education—is clearly required. The two presented studies in this thesis aimed at examining the effectiveness of flipped classroom instruction in secondary education by conducting a meta-analytic synthesis of prior studies and an intervention study with a methodologically new approach. …
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Memory Matters II: Predictors of Self-care Behaviors in Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes
… and clinical attention such that eventually, intervention studies might identify strategies or compensatory aids that could improve young adults' self-care behaviors and health status through facilitating better memory functioning.
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Text Messaging as Adjunct to Community Based Weight Management Program
… weeks. Text messages were sent biweekly to the intervention but not to the control group. At 12 weeks, the intervention group had lost significant weight as compared to the control group. There was a trend toward an improvement in eating behaviors, exercise and nutrition self-efficacy in the …
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Generalization Programming and Performance Feedback: A Writing Intervention with Third-Grade Students
… programming generalization in the context of intervention studies (Stokes & Osnes, 1989), the research base is limited, especially with respect to academic interventions. Given that writing is a particular area of concern in the United States (National Center for Education Statistics, 2012), …
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Cerebral blood flow in the non-human primate : an in vivo model and drug interventions
… both structurally and behaviourally, numerous studies have been conducted and several non-human primate models have been developed for physiological, pathological, pharmacological, and clinical studies, amongst others in Parkinson's disease and diabetes. The relatively large size of the Cape …
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Third Party Intervention into Workplace Bullying: an exploratory study
Research into interventions in workplace bullying appears to be largely under researched despite widespread acceptance that action is required. Many studies exist that have explored what needs to occur to deal with workplace bullying. It is apparent however that there is a general struggle over …
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