The mechanisms that underlie successful initiation and adherence to physical activity regimens are not well understood. Few theoretical models have used consistent explanatory variables that are theory-driven and many findings that use extant models are equivocal. Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) as presented by Bandura (1986, 1997) appears to have strong promise as a guide to understanding physic...

Reinforcement learning (RL) can obtain the supervisory controller for discrete-event systems modeled by finite automata and temporal logic. The published methods often have two limitations. First, a large number of training data are required to learn RL controller. Second, algorithms do not consider uncontrollable events, which essential control theory (SCT). To address limitations, we first ap...

Employer provision of insurance coverage for smoking cessation treatment (SCT) remains spotty despite a body of treatment efficacy and cost-effectiveness evidence available to inform and support this health care purchasing decision. This qualitative study examined the information on which this coverage decision is made. In this study, state employers describe the content and sources of the most...

Tsai, Shiow-Chwen, Chien-Chen Lu, Jiann-Jong Chen, Yu-Chung Chiao, Shyi-Wu Wang, Jiuan-Jiuan Hwang, and Paulus S. Wang. Inhibition of salmon calcitonin on secretion of progesterone and GnRH-stimulated pituitary luteinizing hormone. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Endocrinol. Metab. 40): E49–E55, 1999.—The effects of salmon calcitonin (sCT) on the production of progesterone and secretion of luteinizing hor...

Secretin (Sct), a classical gut hormone, is now known to play pleiotropic functions in the body including osmoregulation, digestion, and feeding control. As Sct has long been implicated to regulate metabolism, in this report, we have investigated a potential lipolytic action of Sct. In our preliminary studies, both Sct levels in circulation and Sct receptor (SctR) transcripts in adipose tissue ...

BACKGROUND Everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffolds have been developed to improve late outcomes after coronary interventions. However, recent registries raised concerns regarding an increased incidence of scaffold thrombosis (ScT). The mechanism of ScT remains unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS The present study investigated angiographic and optical coherence tomography findings in pati...

Background — Despite the known significance of regular breakfast consumption, skipping or inadequate consumption is common among students. Social cognitive theory (SCT) one most effective theories in predicting nutritional behaviors, especially breakfast-related behaviors Objective This study aimed to determine factors related based on SCT students Islamic Azad University Kermanshah Branch. Met...

This paper considers how independent and interdependent learning can be fostered through a process approach to the teaching of writing. It does so by presenting the theoretical rational which underlies a university academic skills programme. Drawing on reports of this programme which have been published elsewhere (e.g., Brine & Campbell, 2002), it is a case study illustrating how scaffolding ca...