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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"brief assessment"”.
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Assessing pragmatic language in children through a brief assessment of idiom comprehension: a pilot study
… it proved to be a quick and user-friendly assessment that most children reported enjoying.
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Steps to a better Belfast : physical activity assessment and promotion in primary care
… study aims to explore the integration of brief assessment of PA into GP consultations and the experiences of patients in a randomised pedometer- based intervention.
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A Comparison of Brief Versus Extended Paired-Choice Preference Assessment Outcomes.
… preferences can reliably be identified using brief procedures. Typically, studies have used brief procedures to select potential reinforcers for use in intervention procedures. A total of 17 food and leisure paired-choice preference assessments were administered to 10 subjects in order to …
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Alternate Forms Reliability for Written Expression Probes
… schools continues to increase, as it is a useful brief assessment of students’ basic academic skills. CBM measures are used for multiple tasks such as identifying students at-risk, creating local norms, monitoring students’ progress during interventions, and assisting with special education …
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The Law and Ethics of Using the Dead in Research
… (from an ethical perspective). It begins with a brief introduction to how and why the dead's legal and ethical rights matter in research. Chapter I provides an introduction to death and the dead from a social and medical perspective, and explores the various ways the dead are treated outside of …
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A microcomputer model for assessing the relative risks and vulnerabilities of streets and jurisdictions to the shipment of hazardous materials
… data is then undertaken. In addition, a brief assessment of the applicability of this macro level model in the total risk reduction environment is incorporated.
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Profiles of Neuropsychological Functioning in Children and Adolescents with Spina Bifda
… with SB myelomeningocele (ages 8-15) completed a brief assessment battery. Hierarchical and non-hierarchical cluster analyses were used to identify and confirm a cluster solution. Hypothesized predictors of cluster membership included lesion level, number of shunt surgeries, history of seizures, …
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Development of novel techniques for monitoring anti-oxidant thiols
… concentration speedily at, or by, the patient. A brief assessment of the various electroanalytical options (encompassing voltammetric, amperometric and potentiometric methodologies) available for the detection of the sulphur anti-oxidants has been conducted. A potentiometric detection strategy was …
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Legal Frameworks for Protecting Cultural Heritage in Conflict Zones
… and largely ineffectual. This study offers an assessment of the strengths and limitations of the UNESCO system of cultural-heritage protection, with a particular focus on the 1954 Hague Convention. It is argued that, by superseding certain key liabilities therein, the International Criminal …
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Interconnections among self-awareness constructs in schizotypy: The importance of interoceptive sensibility
… measures of interoception may provide a helpful brief assessment of self-awareness abilities.</p>
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A critical comparison of William James and Søren Kierkegaard on religious belief
… literature in two ways.<br/>Firstly, I make a brief assessment of what James knew of Kierkegaard’s work.<br/>Secondly, I draw four comparisons between Kierkegaard and James. In Chapter One I<br/>examine the claim that Kierkegaard proposes a pragmatist account of faith of the kind<br/>that James …
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Memory for Complex Pictures: Development and Validation of Digit Test of Effort
The assessment of client effort during neuropsychological evaluation is of high importance. Two experiments were designed to assess the psychometric properties of a new measure of client effort during neuropsychological assessment (entitled Memory for Complex Pictures (MCP). Participants for …
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Memory for Complex Pictures: Development and Validation of Digit Test of Effort
The assessment of client effort during neuropsychological evaluation is of high importance. Two experiments were designed to assess the psychometric properties of a new measure of client effort during neuropsychological assessment (entitled Memory for Complex Pictures (MCP). Participants for …
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Understanding the impact of caregiver recovery capital on self-efficacy : a mixed method approach.
… self-efficacy. Vilsaint et al.'s (2017) Brief Assessment of Recovery Capital (BARC-10) measured caregiver recovery capital. The second portion of the study included semi-structured interviews with five participants. Interview questions aligned with the recovery capital framework and …
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"A Soul Prepared for Heaven": The Theological Foundation of Isaac Watts' Spirituality
… Finally, the chapter concludes with a brief assessment of Watts’ spiritual legacy and its implications for the church.
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Development of a Brief Screening Measure for Depression and Problem Drinking
… examined the psychometric characteristics of a brief assessment measure for screening for depression and alcohol use on a college campus prior to primary care medical office visits. The measure was adapted from two widely used measures: the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-4) and the Alcohol …
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Data-driven neuroimaging reveals cognition-circuit pathology prior to diagnosis in psychotic disorders
… information processing speed as measured by the Brief Assessment in Cognition for Schizophrenia (BACS). RESULTS: The results of the cognitive assessments demonstrate that information processing speed (IPS) is the most impaired domain of cognition in adults with psychotic disorders. Multivariate …
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Models of self-organization in biological development
… the concepts of experimental embryology, and a brief reference to some questions that will not be addressed in this work. With chapter 3, we temporarily move away from developmental biology, and consider the wider physical and mathematical concepts related to the study of self-organization. Here …
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Models of self-organization in biological development
… the concepts of experimental embryology, and a brief reference to some questions that will not be addressed in this work. With chapter 3, we temporarily move away from developmental biology, and consider the wider physical and mathematical concepts related to the study of self-organization. Here …
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The role and essence of pilot trials and subgroup analysis in cardiovascular research: the IMPI trial experience
… use of the University of California San Diego Brief Assessment of Capacity to Consent (UBACC), a screening tool for evaluation of informed consent (IC) comprehension as a training tool for iterative learning and evaluation of consent comprehension among IMPI-2 pilot trial participants. Results …