This study describes the use of an operant methodology to assess functional relationships between self-injury and specific environmental events. The self-injurious behaviors of nine developmentally disabled subjects were observed during periods of brief, repeated exposure to a series of analogue conditions. Each condition differed along one or more of the following dimensions: (1) play material...

OBJECTIVES Personal and equipment assistance are often used to reduce disability. This study predicts use of assistance, type of assistance, and its efficacy (improvement with assistance) for disabilities in personal care and household management tasks. METHODS U.S. community-dwellers aged 55+ are studied using the 1994-1995 National Health Interview Survey Disability Supplement. Three types ...

this study has examined the organizational antecedents and consequences of hypocritical behaviors in interpersonal communication in najafabad public organizations. to this end, proportional questionnaires were distributed among 280 employees of organizations as a sample. to test the hypothesis, the data were fitted to structural equation models based on chi-square, normed chi-square, incrementa...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To analyse the predictive power of self rated health for mortality in different socioeconomic groups. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS Analysis of mortality rates and risk ratios of death during follow up among 170 223 respondents aged 16 years and above in the Swedish Survey of Living Conditions 1975-1997, in relation to self rated health stated at the interview, by age, sex, so...

BACKGROUND Unemployed persons have a poorer health compared with employed persons and unemployment may cause ill health. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of re-employment on quality of life and health among unemployed persons on social benefits. METHODS A prospective study with 18 months follow-up was conducted among unemployed persons (n=4,308) in the Netherlands, receivin...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a scale to measure the level of self-care behavior "doer identity" in persons with diabetes. METHODS Persons with diabetes (N = 355) completed questionnaires assessing self-as-doer identity and other related constructs. Principle components and parallel analyses and tests of reliability and validity were performed. RESULTS A 7...

We present the design and simulation of a single-walled carbon nanotube(SWCNT)-based field-effect transistor (FET) using Silvaco TCAD. In this paper, theself-heating effect modeling of the CNT MOSFET structure is performed and comparedwith conventional MOSFET structure having same channel length. The numericalresults are presented to show the self-heating effect on the I...

We want to go beyond “passive rag-doll like” simulation characters towards more “active” intelligent self-driven solutions. The “puppet on strings” approach lacks dynamic interactive properties for engaging realistic and immersive virtual environments. This paper focuses on “Self-Driven character” (e.g., procedural physics-based techniques) that balance and react in a life-like manner using phy...