Initial weight loss goals: have they changed and do they matter?

Initial weight loss goals: have they changed and do they matter?

OBJECTIVE Nearly 20 years ago, participants in behavioural weight loss programmes reported goals that greatly exceeded the amount of weight typically produced by these programmes. Whether having unrealistic weight loss goals impacts weight loss or attrition is unclear. The intent of the current study was to revisit current weight loss goals and examine whether goals impact outcomes. METHODS A...

Universal Grammar and Chaos/Complexity Theory: Where Do They Meet And Where Do They Cross?

  Abstract The present study begins by sketching "Chaos/Complexity Theory" (C/CT) and its applica-tion to the nature of language and language acquisition. Then, the theory of "Universal Grammar" (UG) is explicated with an eye to C/CT. Firstly, it is revealed that CCT may or may not be allied with a theory of language acquisition that takes UG as the initial state of language acquisition for ...

Coding Concerns: Do They Matter?

In the heyday of C programming it was the requirement of many programming shops to check code for anomalies and potential bugs with a program called lint [4,6]. As the quality of compilers improved, many of the lint functions were added to compilers as ’warnings’. But many programmers soon became tired of all the compiler warnings and turned most of them off. Today compilers come with just a fe...

CALLers and Learning Technologists: Where do they meet, and what do they have in common?

In the UK and Ireland, the context in which CALL is developing in higher education is changing. Language teachers in universities may increasingly be involved in CALL development and research, but their universities are simultaneously increasing formal central support for all staff in adopting and exploiting new technologies. In both CALL, and this wider adoption of technology, we see distinct ...

Carbapenems: do they have a future?