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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Sensitivity Index"”.
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A study of tidal flushing for use in nitrogen sensitivity index in Massachusetts
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 1996.
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The effects of catastrophizing and labeling on pain tolerance, sensation, and affect
… Participants also completed the Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI) and the Somatic Amplification Questionnaire (SAQ). Results indicated that high pain catastrophizers have significantly reduced pain tolerance, increased pain sensations, and increased pain unpleasantness compared with low …
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Regulatory Flexibility Mediates the Relationship Between Delay Discounting and Remission from Substance Use Disorder
… (N = 148) in SUD recovery completed the Context Sensitivity Index (CSI), the Flexible Regulation of Emotional Expression (FREE) Scale, and the Perceived Ability to Cope with Trauma (PACT) Scale to assess RF and, an Adjusting Amount Delay Discounting Task. T-tests were used to examine differences …
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Predicting Career Success In Classically Trained Musicians
… several factors (performance anxiety, anxiety sensitivity, vocational decidedness, and amount of time in the profession) that are believed to contribute to success in music performance professions. Existing literature highlights the unique role that some of these variables play in career …
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Validation of a Preschool Screening Measure: The Dial-R
… six children in need of services resulting in a sensitivity index of .40. The DIAL-R did not over identify any children resulting in a specificity index of 1.00. The DIAL-R was found to correlate moderately with the WPPSI-R (r= .66, p <.01). Correlations between the WPPSI-R and DIAL-R subscales …
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Do gender, anxiety sensitivity level, and timing of anxiety sensitivity assessment predict heart rate variability?
<p>Anxiety sensitivity (AS), or the fear/belief that anxiety symptoms and sensations will have negative outcomes, is a strong predictor of future psychopathology. AS is divided into three factors: physical, cognitive, and social. Reduced heart rate variability (HRV), or the variation in intervals …
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Mapping the sensitivity of Lesotho's avifauna to wind farm developments
… in calls for the development of an avian sensitivity map. Sensitivity maps have been developed in many countries, including South Africa, in order to provide locational guidance for the siting of wind farms and indicate areas where the development of wind farms could potentially result in …
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Improved robustness formulations and a simulation-based robust concept exploration method
… is to improve a system's quality by reducing its sensitivity to uncertainty that has influence on the performance of the product. In the Robust Concept Exploration Method (RCEM) this approach is facilitated with additionally giving the designer the possibility to search for a compromise between …
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Far touch: integrating visual and haptic perceptual processing on wearables
… environment, typically yields a reduction of the sensitivity index d' and in an increase of the response bias c.
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Comparing exercise responses to high intensity interval training between adults with and without asthma
… test 2) passive drool saliva samples 3) anxiety sensitivity index-3 4) asthma control questionnaire-7 (EIBC group only). RESULTS: Participants in the EIBC group (n=20; T1: 32.9 ± 8.0; T2: 38.6 ± 8.2 ml/kg/min, p<0.01) and control group (n=12; T1: 38.6 ± 8.2; T2: 38.9 ± 12.3 ml/kg/min, p<0.01) …
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Modelling of Long and Short Term Blood Pressure Control Systems
… of the gain of the barore ex, the barore ex sensitivity index, can be a useful diagnostic and prognostic tool in cardiology. This thesis develops a rigorous system identifcation approach to barore ex sensitivity estimation, based on a linear black-box model of the barore ex. Finally, this …
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Exploring the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and heart rate variability
<p>Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is a multifaceted construct based on individual beliefs that anxiety symptoms and sensations will have harmful consequences. In general, literature demonstrates three underlying dimensions of AS: fear of cognitive dyscontrol (i.e., cognitive concerns), fear of …
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Chronic psychological and psychophysiological sequelae among adolescents following a traumatic bus crash
… measures of PTSD symptoms with the Reaction Index, and the Impact of Events Scale. Other measures of stress-related symptomatology included the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Fear Survey Schedule-IT, Anxiety Sensitivity Index, Anxiety Frequency Index, and Beck Depression Inventory. In …
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Análise da efetividade do tratamento medicamentoso em crianças e adolescentes obesos
… através dos índices QUICK(Quantitative Insulin Sensitivity Check Index), ISI(Insulin Sensitivity Index) e HOMA(Homeostasis Model of Assessment), observa-se, em alguns estudos, bons resultados. Possivelmente a ALR permita uma melhor avaliação na sensibilidade à insulina. Em relação à sibutramina …
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Detecting Threats from Constituent Parts: A Fuzzy Signal Detection Theory Analysis of Individual Differences
… of performance accuracy, as measured by the sensitivity index d', were similar across the two experiments. Together, the experiments indicate that individuals take longer to evaluate a potential threat as less critical, than to identify either an absence of threat or a high degree of threat …
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Smoking to Cope with Pain: The Motivating Effects of Pain Induction on Smoking Urge and Behaviour
… group differences occurred in the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 (ASI-3) social subscale. A series of 2 x 2 ANCOVAs were conducted using pain (heat pain, no pain) and sex (female, male) as the two independent variables, self-reported urge to smoke and immediate smoking behaviour as the …
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The Effect of Post-Exercise Caffeine and Chlorogenic Acid Supplementation on Blood Glucose Disposal and Insulin Sensitivity
… that alter blood glucose disposal and insulin sensitivity. Caffeine has been shown to decrease glucose disposal and insulin sensitivity when taken 60 minutes prior to an oral glucose tolerance test in humans, whereas chlorogenic acid has been shown to increase glucose disposal and insulin …
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Power Electronics Design Methodologies with Parametric and Model-Form Uncertainty Quantification
… form uncertainty quantification is proposed. A sensitivity index is defined accordingly as a quantitative measure of system design robustness, with regards to manufacturing variability and modeling inaccuracies in the design of systems with multiple performance functions. The optimum design …
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Clarifying the Nature of Pain-Related Anxiety: Implications for Assessment and Treatment of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Pain-related anxiety and anxiety sensitivity (AS) are important constructs in fearanxiety- avoidance models of chronic pain (Asmundson, P. J. Norton, & Vlaeyen, 2004). Pain-related anxiety (McCracken & Gross, 1998) includes dimensions of cognitive anxiety (e.g., concentration difficulties as result …
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Hydrometeorological Variability over Pakistan
… gridded data through Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) methodology on different time scales. Furthermore, we have explained the transition of meteorological drought to hydrological drought using river inflows data of large rivers of Pakistan, and explained the sensitivity of different rivers …
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