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A methodological look at the controversy about the influence of salt intake on cardiovascular risk
2012
Cardiovascular diseases are a major cause of premature death and disability. They represent an extraordinarily strong financial burden upon health-care systems in ‘‘developed’’ countries. Elevated blood pressure is a major cause of cardiovascular disease. There is much evidence that cardiovascular risk increases from normal blood pressure (i.e., from 115/75 mmHg upwards) [1]. Overwhelming evidence shows that reducing salt intake from 9–12 g/day to 5–6 g/day lowers blood pressure [2]. Blood pressure is a surrogate endpoint, but may be related to a reduction of morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular causes. Thus, intensive support and encouragement to cut down on the intake of salt in …
Wzmacnianie samokontroli jako cel wychowania resocjalizującego
2017
Samokontrola rozumiana jako zdolność do odraczania gratyfikacji i umiejętności koncentracji na celu w efekcie decyduje o wytrwałości w działaniu i osiąganiu celów życiowych. Autorka uzasadnia, iż kształtowanie umiejętności samokontroli jest zbieżne z celami wychowania resocjalizującego i dlatego nie można pomijać w oddziaływaniach resocjalizacyjnych wzmacniania samokontroli u wychowanków. Ponadto autorka wykorzystuje badania nad mechanizmami samokontroli do opracowania wskazówek metodycznych do pracy resocjalizacyjnej.
I flussi informativi per il controllo gestionale e strategico in sanità
2007
Il tema centrale di questo libro è l'uso dei flussi informativi per il controllo di gestione e il controllo strategico in ambito sanitario. Gli argomenti trattati comprendono l'informatica, la medicina, l'economia e il diritto. L'obiettivo è quello di fornire un riferimento pratico per muoversi in un territorio nuovo e in fase di continuo sviluppo, e in cui ogni scelta ha già adesso un importante significato economico e sanitario. Per ogni concetto si è cercato di dare la sensazione precisa di come esso si presenta nella realtà operativa quotidiana. Per questo sono stati sopratutto riportati esempi di sistemi informativi realizzati ed utilizzati personalmente. L'esperienza diretta della pro…
Controllo dell’informazione e rischio democratico
2011
Il saggio analizza il rapporto tra controllo dell’informazione e rischio democratico. Si parte dall’analisi del nesso che lega sapere e potere per esplorare sia gli aspetti più oscuri connessi all’esercizio della cosiddetta violenza simbolica, sia – al contrario – la possibilità di utilizzare la teoria criminologica come “arma di pacificazione” e strumento per fare emergere il nesso che lega pace e giustizia sociale. Di fronte al pericolo di una incipiente normalizzazione – anche cognitiva – dell’illegalità occorre recuperare un uso del sapere come strumento di promozione della persona e “arma” di disvelamento delle iniquità. Se la tendenza attuale ci prospetta un progressivo e planetario t…
Reflective and Impulsive Processes Underlying Saving Behavior and the Additional Roles of Self-Control and Habit
2018
Using a dual-process framework, the aim of this research was to investigate the associations between reflective and impulsive processes and saving behavior. Self-control and saving habit were tested as additional factors that potentially moderate the relationship between constructs representing reflective and impulsive processes and behavior, or exert indirect effects on behavior through these systems. A community sample of 594 participants completed measures of saving intention, buying impulsiveness, trait self-control, saving automaticity, and propensity to save money. A well-fitting variance-based structural equation model, goodness-of-fit index = 0.338, average path coefficient = .119, …
Experimental Observation of a Large Low-Frequency Band Gap in a Polymer Waveguide
2018
The quest for large and low-frequency band gaps is one of the principal objectives pursued in a number of engineering applications, ranging from noise absorption to vibration control, and to seismic wave abatement. For this purpose, a plethora of complex architectures (including multiphase materials) and multiphysics approaches have been proposed in the past, often involving difficulties in their practical realization. To address the issue of proposing a material design that enables large band gaps using a simple configuration, in this study we propose an easy-to-manufacture design able to open large, low-frequency complete Lamb band gaps exploiting a suitable arrangement of masses and stif…
Being active in pregnancy: Theory-based factors associated with physical activity among pregnant women.
2018
ABSTRACTAlthough regular physical activity is recommended for pregnant women, compared to pre-pregnancy, antenatal physical activity often reduces or ceases completely. Drawing from the theory of planned behavior, self-determination theory, and theory on self-control, we aimed to test an integrative model of physical activity in a sample of pregnant women. The current study was conducted in Brisbane, Australia, in 2014–2015 using a prospective-correlational design with a one-week follow-up. Participants (N = 207, Time 1; Meanage = 30.03 years, SDage = 4.49 years) completed an initial survey measuring: intrinsic motivation from the self-determination theory, social cognitive constructs from …
Appraisals of education-related goals during educational transitions in late adolescence : consequences for academic well-being and goal attainment
2012
The myth of cognitive agency: subpersonal thinking as a cyclically recurring loss of mental autonomy
2018
This metatheoretical paper investigates mind wandering from the perspective of philosophy of mind. It has two central claims. The first is that, on a conceptual level, mind wandering can be fruitfully described as a specific form of mental autonomy loss. The second is that, given empirical constraints, most of what we call “conscious thought” is better analyzed as a subpersonal process that more often than not lacks crucial properties traditionally taken to be the hallmark of personal-level cognition - such as mental agency, explicit, consciously experienced goal-directedness, or availability for veto control. I claim that for roughly two thirds of our conscious life-time we do not possess …