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Showing 1 to 20 of 86 for “"text messages"”.
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Persuasiveness of text messages generated by machine learning language model
… First, the algorithm will convert an input text message to be more general at the level of sentence structure, then the algorithm will compose a sentence with more distinctive words. We created two versions of the algorithm that have their advantages: one version of the algorithm focus on …
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Increasing father involvement in the care of their infant using text messages: The DadRocks study
… (i.e., low-cost) intervention that uses text messages to address fathers as they transition to fatherhood. DadRocks has been successfully piloted with Vietnamese fathers, but not in a Western sample of fathers. In our pilot of DadRocks with Canadian fathers, SMS messages were sent to …
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What does this Mean?: Understanding how Women make Meaning of Text Messages while Developing an Intimate Relationship
… how women in emerging adulthood make meaning of text messaging while developing an intimate heterosexual relationship. A focus group consisting of eight women was used in order to understand the way women interpret text messages during the formation of a romantic relationship. Data were analyzed …
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Exploring the experiences and use of text messages to enhance health behaviours and self-management in South Asian patients
… understand the use and experiences of whether text-messaging in the South-Asian (SA) community enhances positive health behaviours, and self-management through the Florence (FLO) text messaging system. It also examines socio-cultural factors contributing to self-management, patient activation …
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Relational maintenance: An examination of how gender, relational maintenance strategies, and commitment affect the use of text messages in romantic relationships
… relational maintenance strategies, and text message use in romantic partners. This study examines how these three factors are connected through the use of surveys. It was hypothesized that romantic partners who were more committed to one another would use text messages to communicate …
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The Impact of Text Messages on Adoption and Knowledge of Integrated Pest Management Practices: A Randomized Control Trial Study of Potato Farmers in Carchi, Ecuador
… remind farmers to adopt IPM practices is through text messages. To evaluate the impact of text messages on IPM adoption, we conducted a Randomized Control Trial (RCT) among potato farmers in Carchi, Ecuador. The RCT allowed us to identify the causal impact of text messages by comparing adoption …
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Instructional Messaging to Support Diet Management in Young Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: A Text Message Intervention
… phases, I developed and employed instructional text messages to support diet management in young adults (18-45) with Type 2 diabetes. This study aimed to address the effectiveness of instructional text messages in increasing self-efficacy, health literacy, and dietary adherence over standard of …
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Comparing the interpretation of text message punctuation by native and non-native English speakers
The growing popularity of text messaging as a method for communicating in personal and professional settings raises questions about the ways different language groups perceive and produce various features of text messages. This project employs a mixed-methods design to investigate the ways native …
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Text Messaging as Adjunct to Community Based Weight Management Program
… the study was to evaluate the effect of tailored text messages on body weight change in overweight and obese adults in a community based weight management program. A secondary aim was to detect behavioral changes in the same population. The study design was quasi-experimental with pre and posttest …
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Getting the message: Using parental text messaging to increase learner attendance
… Town, South Africa, to test whether parental messages can increase learner attendance at after-school programmes. Parents who were randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups received simple weekly text messages providing them with information about their children's attendance in the …
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SMS text messaging as a means of increasing recall of therapy goals in brain injury rehabilitation and clinical research portfolio
… was used to test the efficacy of sending SMS text messages to patients with a traumatic brain injury as a means of improving their recall of rehabilitation goals. Eleven participants were recruited from two community based rehabilitation centres and were sent text messages relating to three …
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Agricultural Technologies and Economic Development: Three Essays on Technology Adoption and Inequality
… for adopters. The second essay entitled 'Can Text Messages Improve Agricultural Outreach in Ecuador?' seeks to understand how receipt of text messages complements training from a farmer field day. It measures the effect of text message receipt on adoption of (Integrated Crop Management) ICM …
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The influence of SMS advertising on online brand equity among students in the UK
… and more brands are sending their advertising messages using consumers’ mobile phones. This growing interest is reflected in their allocated marketing budgets and expenditures, which shows that digital marketing and especially mobile advertising is booming. Allocations of the resources for …
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Duomenų šifravimo aplikacijos kūrimas taikant chaotinius atvaizdžius /
… messaging application which would encrypt text messages with logistic chaotic map. For messages encryption and decryption Baptista algorithm was chosen. For each chat in application user must choose cipher key – values of r and X0. For program these requirements were raised: • App should …
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Comic-style nudges for behavioral change
… to examine the persuasive effect of comic-form messages compared to plain text messages on social network. We evaluated and compared several different comic parameters to understand the comic elements that can make a comic message more persuasive. With all kinds of information in different forms …
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Desenvolvimento de um sistema de código aberto de envio de mensagens de texto (SMS) para intervenções clínicas em doenças crônicas não transmissíveis
… that have been used for mHealth include text messages, video messages, voice calls and Internet connectivity. The use of Short Message Service (SMS) allows instant delivery of text messages directly to users at anytime and anywhere. Although SMS can be reproducible in large quantities, it …
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Effects of Field Dependent-Independent Cognitive Styles and Cueing Strategies on Students' Recall and Comprehension
… cueing strategies embedded in computer delivered text messages affected the recall and comprehension of students who differed in their field dependent-independent cognitive style orientations. Two hundred thirty-eight undergraduate students of Virginia Tech participated the study, and 219 sets of …
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An investigation of mobile phone use while driving: An application of the theory of planned behavior
… making/receiving calls; creating/sending text messages, and accessing social media. Through application of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), an online survey was developed. Five hundred and fifty-nine university students including 193 young respondents (aged 17 – 25) responded to …
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