Search results for "TASK"

2018

Adolescents with a strong tendency for irrational task delay (i.e., high trait procrastination) may be particularly prone to use Internet applications simultaneously to other tasks (e.g., during homework) and in an insufficiently controlled fashion. Both Internet multitasking and insufficiently controlled Internet usage may thus amplify the negative mental health implications that have frequently been associated with trait procrastination. The present study explored this role of Internet multitasking and insufficiently controlled Internet use for the relationship between trait procrastination and impaired psychological functioning in a community sample of N = 818 early and middle adolescent…

Second Language Interference during First Language Processing by Arabic-English Bilinguals.

2017

The research investigated whether a bilinguals’ second language (L2) is activated during a task involving only the first language (L1). We tested the hypothesis that the amount of L2 interference can vary across settings, with less interference occurring in testing locations where L2 is rarely used. In Experiment 1, we compared language processing for 50 Arabic–English bilinguals tested in Saudi Arabia and 49 Arabic–English tested in the United States. In the task, participants viewed a picture and judged whether a phoneme presented over headphones was part of the L1 picture name. The results showed no effect of testing location on processing. For both groups of bilinguals, we observed L2 i…

Lifestyle and impact on cardiovascular risk factor control in coronary patients across 27 countries: Results from the European Society of Cardiology …

2019

Aims The aim of this study was to determine whether the Joint European Societies guidelines on secondary cardiovascular prevention are followed in everyday practice. Design A cross-sectional ESC-EORP survey (EUROASPIRE V) at 131 centres in 81 regions in 27 countries. Methods Patients (<80 years old) with verified coronary artery events or interventions were interviewed and examined ≥6 months later. Results A total of 8261 patients (females 26%) were interviewed. Nineteen per cent smoked and 55% of them were persistent smokers, 38% were obese (body mass index ≥30 kg/m2), 59% were centrally obese (waist circumference: men ≥102 cm; women ≥88 cm) while 66% were physically active <30 min 5…

Vispārīgo korpusu tekstu lietojums artikulu apguvē augstskolā

2015

Maģistra darbs ir veltīts vispārīgo korpusu tekstu izmantošanai artikulu mācīšanas materiālu (uzdevumu un testu) izveidē. Šī darba mērķis bija iekļaut dažādu veidu un jomu vispārīgo korpusu tekstus artikulu mācīšanā un testēšanā augstskolā. Teoriju apskats atklāj, ka jau kopš 1960. gadiem ir veicināta uz tekstu korpusiem balstīto materiālu izveide angļu valodas mācīšanā, tomēr šo materiālu klāsts nav pietiekams. Pētījuma praktiskā daļa atspoguļo artikulu vissarežģītākos un vieglākos lietošanas gadījumus, kas iegūti izmantojot gadījuma pētījuma metodi, iekļaujot uz korpusiem balstītu uzdevumu un testu izveidi. Atslēgvārdi: artikuli, četru artikulu sistēma, vispārīgie korpusi, uz korpusiem ba…

Intensiivisen ryhmäkuntoutuksen yhteys vaikeavammaisen CP-lapsen karkeamotoriikkaan

2011

TIIVISTELMÄ Intensiivisen ryhmäkuntoutuksen yhteys vaikeavammaisen CP-lapsen karkeamotoriikkaan Annakaisa Loiri ja Sirpa Silaste Fysioterapian Progradututkielma Jyväskylän yliopisto Liikunta- ja terveystieteiden tiedekunta, terveystieteiden laitos Syksy 2011 46 sivua ________________________________________________________________________________ Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää intensiivisen moniammatillisen ryhmäkuntoutuksen yhteyttä vaikeavammaisen CP-lapsen karkeamotoriikkaan. Tutkimuksen hypoteesina oli, että intensiivinen moniammatillinen kurssimuotoinen ryhmäkuntoutus on tehokkaampaa kuin kuntoutussuunnitelman mukainen perusterapia vaikeavammaisilla CP-lapsilla. Tutkimus…

Amino acid-based cholinium ionic liquids as sustainable catalysts for pet depolymerization

2021

Chemical recycling to monomers is one of the key strategies in tackling the issues deriving from persistent plastic pollution in the environment, and poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is among the most used polymers in modern society. In this context, we herein describe the glycolysis of PET to bis-hydroxyethyl terephthalate (BHET), promoted by basic cholinium salts differing for the anions, also comprising amino acid anions. We investigated the optimal reaction conditions, finding that the best-performing catalyst is [Ch][Gly], in the presence of which a conversion of 85% and a yield of 51% are achieved at 150 °C after 6 h, from PET deriving from a clear water bottle. We used our protocol…

Neuronal Growth and Behavioral Alterations in Mice Deficient for the Psychiatric Disease-Associated Negr1 Gene

2018

Neuronal growth regulator 1 (NEGR1), a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily cell adhesion molecule subgroup IgLON, has been implicated in neuronal growth and connectivity. In addition, genetic variants in or near the NEGR1 locus have been associated with obesity and more recently with learning difficulties, intellectual disability and psychiatric disorders. However, experimental evidence is lacking to support a possible link between NEGR1, neuronal growth and behavioral abnormalities. Initial expression analysis of NEGR1 mRNA in C57Bl/6 wildtype (WT) mice by in situ hybridization demonstrated marked expression in the entorhinal cortex (EC) and dentate granule cells. In co-cultures of co…

SART and Individual Trial Mistake Thresholds: Predictive Model for Mobility Decline

2021

The Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) has been used to measure neurocognitive functions in older adults. However, simplified average features of this complex dataset may result in loss of primary information and fail to express associations between test performance and clinically meaningful outcomes. Here, we describe a new method to visualise individual trial (raw) information obtained from the SART test, vis-à-vis age, and groups based on mobility status in a large population-based study of ageing in Ireland. A thresholding method, based on the individual trial number of mistakes, was employed to better visualise poorer SART performances, and was statistically validated with bin…

Balancing Structural and Temporal Constraints in Multitasking Contexts

2016

Recent research has shown that when people multitask, both the subtask structure and the temporal constraints of the component tasks strongly influence people’s task-switching behavior. In this paper, we propose an integrated theoretical account and associated computational model that aims to quantify how people balance structural and temporal constraints in everyday multitasking. We validate the theory using data from an empirical study in which drivers performed a visual-search task while navigating a driving environment. Through examination of illustrative protocols from the model and human drivers as well as the overall fit on the aggregate glance data, we explore the implications of th…

Cognitive Load and Learning in the Study of Multiple Documents

2018

This study had two main purposes. First, to test how the availability of documents in multiple document reading might affect students’ levels of cognitive load. Secondly, to develop an instrument that captures the different sources of load when working with multiple documents. A total of 125 secondary school students read four short texts on transgenic foods and subsequently responded to an open-ended question that required them to write an essay expressing their personal stance towards the topic. Participants in the experimental treatment condition (n = 54) were allowed to go back to the texts any time during the essay task, whereas their peers in the control condition (n = 71) were not al…