This pilot trial investigated the short and long-term effects of Acceptance Training (ACT) intervention on acceptance, perceived health, functional status, anxiety, and depression in elders with chronic conditions living in retirement communities (RCs). The ACT intervention combined Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy with music, relaxation, and guided imagery during six weekly 2-hour sessions. F...

§0. Introduction. Cantat [C1] has shown that if a compact projective surface carries an automorphism of positive entropy, then it has a minimal model which is either a torus, K3, or rational (or a quotient of one of these). It has seemed that rational surfaces which carry automorphisms of positive entropy are relatively rare. Indeed, the first infinite family of such rational surfaces was found...

Each positive rational number x > 0 can be written uniquely as x = a/(b− a) for coprime positive integers 0 < a < b. We will identify x with the pair (a, b). In this paper we define for each positive rational x > 0 a simplicial complex Ass(x) = Ass(a, b) called the rational associahedron. It is a pure simplicial complex of dimension a − 2, and its maximal faces are counted by the rational Catal...

The problem to decide whether a given multivariate (quasi-)rational function has only positive coefficients in its power series expansion has a long history. It dates back to Szegö [10], who showed that ((1−Z1)(1−Z2) + (1−Z1)(1−Z3) + (1−Z2)(1−Z3)) for β ≥ 1/2 is positive, in the sense that all its series coefficients are positive, using an involved theory of special functions. In contrast to th...

Davis’s Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) suggests that perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness can predict user behavior and acceptance when using information technology. In this study we use it as a tool for evaluating the acceptance and usage for mobile commerce by employing data collected from 205 students selected proportionally from nine universities located at Taipei City. The res...

Morita therapy is an oriental and has achieved success in the treatment of many diseases. Although it Eastern origin reflects characteristics East therapy, also been widely used Western culture. which similar features with some concepts our culture, a practice-oriented therapy. This study aims to describe connotations its philosophy, application areas cultural similarities. research, qualitativ...

We consider some multivariate rational functions which have (or are conjectured to have) only positive coefficients in their series expansion. We consider an operator that preserves positivity of series coefficients, and apply the inverse of this operator to the rational functions. We obtain new rational functions which seem to have only positive coefficients, whose positivity would imply posit...

BACKGROUND Computerized cognitive behavioral therapy (cCBT) has been proven to be effective in depression care. Moreover, cCBT packages are becoming increasingly popular. A central aspect concerning the take-up and success of any treatment is its user acceptance. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to update and expand on earlier work on user acceptance of cCBT for depression. METHODS This ...