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Showing 1 to 20 of 98 for “"behavior changes"”.
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Consumer behavior changes across income levels : meat market analysis
This study intends to test how consumer behavior changes across income levels using time series data of the meat markets in Korea and the U.S. An income growth is one of the most significant and powerful trends in the modern economy and expected to continue its trend in the future. So finding …
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The Effect of the Cooper Wellness Program in Promoting Long- Term Lifestyle Behavior Changes
<p>Most research on health behavior change programs examines their effectiveness in producing initial behavior changes, but fails to evaluate long-term maintenance of those changes. This study examined the effectiveness of the Cooper Wellness Program (CWP) in Dallas, Texas, in promoting maintenance …
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Assessment of Environmental Perceptions and Behavior Changes in Residentsof a Therapeutic Community for Drug Addicts
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Evaluation of an innovative, employee-driven sign on hand washing behavior changes using video observation
… observation through five hand washing practice behaviors (soap use, complete wash, time to wash, complete rinse, and towel use) at two different poultry processing facilities in the mid-Atlantic at three different time points (baseline, short term, and long term). Soap use significantly …
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An Evaluation Of College Students’ Use Of Social Media In Nutrition Education For Lifestyle Behavior Changes
<p>Behavior change is a process. College students routinely have poor eating habits during a time of life that can negatively impact health outcomes for the adult years. While knowledge of nutrition is essential to promote health and wellness, other components are required to change behavior. …
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Strategies for tailored messages : interaction of personal value orientation and freedom threat for chronic diseases management and behavior changes
… and affect compliance with suggested health behaviors. The details of each study will be explained.
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An Evaluation Of The Effects Of A Leisure Education Curriculum On Deliquents' Motivation, Knowledge, And Behavior Changes Related To Boredom
Adolescents today have more unsupervised and unstructured free time than ever before. Poor decisions by youth during periods of free time may lead to substance abuse, teen pregnancy and juvenile delinquency. The highest frequency of juvenile crime, a major social problem, occurs during the 2-4 …
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Evaluation of Student Progress to Goals: Tracking Positive Behavior Changes Among Students Identified with Special Needs Grades 1 to 3
… between the ages of 5 and 9 who need positive behavior intervention services because they lack socially appropriate interaction skills.</p> <p>The research literature revealed that students who lack appropriate social interaction skills are often placed into mainstream general class settings, …
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Reducing energy usage in a manufacturing facility through a behavior change based approach
… reducing their energy usage through technology changes, such as purchasing more efficient lighting or replacing old chillers, however, these improvements are often capital intensive. The goal of this thesis is to explore the use of low cost employee behavior changes to help a manufacturing …
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The impact of social groups and content on the maintenance of health behavior practices over a one-year period
… designed to assist them in changing health behaviors. The program participants were then surveyed at the end of one-year to determine if they had maintained the health behavior changes practiced during the eight-week program and the impact of family, friends and coworkers on the level the …
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Academic perseverance: establishing on-task behaviors through self-monitoring
… an emotional disturbance, (b) evaluate their behavior changes (c) evaluate their academic performance, and (d) evaluate their satisfaction with an iPad used for their self-monitoring. Three high school students, two female and one male with emotional disturbance (ED), participated in the …
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Food and Nutrition-Related Beliefs, Attitudes, Practices, and Perceived Needs of Food Stamp Recipients in Virginia
… purchasing decisions were made. Predominant food behavior changes that had been previously attempted were decreasing consumption of fat and fried foods and reducing portion sizes. Most of the reasons for attempting those behavior changes involved a desire for weight loss. Prevalent nutrition …
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Mobile obesity study
… conditioning learning theory. Prior work in behavioral science suggests that well-timed, positive, and tailored messages can influence behavior. This will be the first study to investigate the potential of using automatic activity recognition using sensors to apply this theory and to measure …
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Hopf Bifurcations and Horseshoes Especially Applied to the Brusselator
… When an additional forcing term is added, behavior changes dramatically. This includes the introduction of a horseshoe in the time map as well as a strange attractor in the system.
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Follow-through in conflict resolution as a factor in marital satisfaction and personal happiness
… follow through differently on their agreed-upon behavior changes?" and "Are there gender differences in follow through?" The present study assessed the conflict resolution behaviors of 37 couples. The couples were asked to identify, discuss, and propose solutions to problems in their …
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Description of Registered Nurse's Knowledge and Practice of the Nurse Coach Role
… new strategies for managing health related changes associated with aging, the menopausal transition, and chronic disease. Clinician’s have operationalized this idea through the development of a new professional role referred to as nurse coach, where specially trained nurses facilitate the …
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MULTI-SCALE MODELING OF HIGH-SHEAR GRANULATION
… of high-shear granulation in order to understand behavior changes due to coupled consolidation and coalescence as well as operational changes that occur during the scale up of horizontal ploughshare mixer granulators. The methodology relied on a micro-scale model for coalescence, a meso-scale …
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Wellness and Nutrition Education Program to Promote Improve Nutritional Practices and Decreased Body Mass in Individuals Working in a Health Care Setting.
… of a health care facility would result in changes in weight, waist and hip circumference, BMI, and nutritional practices. Nine participants completed the five week program including final weight, measurements and post-program survey to determine nutritional practices. All participants …
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