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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"wristbands"”.
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Suppressive effects of a stimulus correlated with reprimands for automatically-maintained eye poking.
… but not in the absence, of a neutral stimulus (wristbands). Using a combination of multiple baseline and multielement experimental designs, it was determined that that eye poking was suppressed in the presence of the previously neutral stimulus, even in environments in which the reprimand …
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Increasing Patient Safety During Medication Administration
… non-profit hospital. Failure to scan patients’ wristbands, to verbally verify patients’ identity with two identifiers, and to verbally verify patients’ allergies, were some practices that were found to lead to medication administration errors. Implementation tools such as an informative video …
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Mediated Generalization of the Effect of Reprimands Across Two Topographies of Self-Injury
… skin picking. In each case, the participant wore wristbands (a previously neutral stimulus) during treatment sessions. Results indicated that the reprimands were effective in decreasing both behaviors. In addition, when skin picking resulted in reprimands, eye poking also decreased. However, when …
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Intervening to Increase Expressions of Gratitude
… also offered Actively-Caring for People (AC4P) wristbands that served as "tangible reminders of kindness" (Geller, 2013). Students in all studies were given one week to express gratitude. Gratitude expression was measured by self-report on a survey administered during the psychology course. In …
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Circadian and Multi-day Rhythms in Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure: A Probabilistic Approach
… sleep-wake cycles and EDA recorded by smart wristbands from more than 1,000 patients diagnosed with GTCS are analyzed. GTCS events are detected by an FDA-cleared algorithm on the wristband.
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Extending the Senses of Ubiquitous Devices
… bio-impedance sensing bandwidth in rings and wristbands—that enable richer contextual interactions and novel input methods. These research projects demonstrate the practical viability and versatility of augmenting side-channel sensing through both user-centric and manufacturer-driven …
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What significance does physical activity and sedentary behaviour have for members of online health promoting communities? Learning from AustraIia’s HeartNET community
… the primary means of internet access, and where wristbands can conveniently and unobtrusively monitor physical activity and sedentary behaviour.
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Sensors and Wearable-based Activity Recognition and Behaviour Analysis for Users' Quality of Life Improvement
… of simple data collected thanks to commercial wristbands and the study is focus on find a correlation between this activity data and the score obtained from a self-evaluation questionnaire about the well-being as users themselves perceive it. The results obtained and illustrated in this thesis …
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Identification in the Preparation and Administration of Medications
… principles of identification procedures; (2) the wristbands currently in use be re-evaluated as to permanent legibility; (3) further study be given to medication dispensing system and procedures which would eliminate the necessity for nurses to reply upon memory for the name of the medication and …
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Design guidelines for behavioral feedback visualizations to support health behavior change
A variety of self-monitoring technologies (e.g., wristbands, mobile applications) enable users to monitor personal health behaviors (e.g., daily steps, medication taking) and visualize the behavioral data as feedback via interactive or ambient displays to support health behavior change. The …
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Exploring the Dynamics of Participation in a Grassroots Kindness Movement: A case study of the Actively Caring for People Movement
Kindness movements toward a kinder more compassionate world are proliferating worldwide. One of the key challenges facing these movements is attracting and sustaining members. This research identified a range of dispositional, motivational, and contextual factors significantly related to …