Research has established that disparities exist among the rural population in terms of tobacco use prevalence, health status, economic consequences, and mortality, all resulting from tobacco use (Pokhrel et al., 2009; Stevens et al., 2010). A high risk of exposure to secondhand smoke and the lack of access to appropriate services and resources also predominate within rural communities (Pokhrel ...

Harnessing the supply base is an important but complex task for enterprises. Supplier performance evaluation is increasingly seen as a strategic issue for companies to maintain and enhance the competitive edge. However, evaluating suppliers is complicated by the fact that various criteria must be considered in the decision-making process, and is inherently a multicriteria decision-making (MCDM)...

A criminal defendant must be competent to stand trial (CST) to safeguard the fundamental right to a fair trial. If there is a question as to a defendant's ability to assist in his or her own defense, a mental health professional is asked to perform a CST evaluation. Forensic assessment is a growing field, and CST is the most frequent evaluation requested. Over the years, forensic examiners' rep...

BACKGROUND Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) is considered to be effective for the symptoms of schizophrenia. However, this view is based mainly on meta-analysis, whose findings can be influenced by failure to consider sources of bias. AIMS To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of CBT for schizophrenic symptoms that includes an examination of potential source...

Thirty-five subjects rated the satisfactoriness of two sets of 125 profiles of hypothetical university courses. The profiles in one set were all complete, containing indicators of the state of each course on each of four attribute dimensions. Fifty of the profiles in the second set were partial representations of profiles from the first set, reporting that the level of one of the attributes was...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to test two brief planning interventions designed to encourage cardiac patients to engage in regular physical exercise following discharge from rehabilitation. The interventions comprised action plans on (a) when, where, and how to act, and (b) coping plans on how to deal with anticipated barriers. DESIGN AND METHOD An experimental longitudinal tria...

This paper reports on the results of an experiment that investigated the response rate and data quality effects of two alternative methods for making initial contact with potential respondents in a sample survey. The study was conducted in a university setting and selected students were initially contacted about their participation in the survey either thru an e-mail message or thru their own c...

OBJECTIVES To (1) identify the temporal order between oral and vaginal sex onset; (2) test whether oral sex or vaginal sex is a risk or protective factor for the other; and (3) determine whether the relationship between oral and vaginal sex varies across time. DESIGN Prospective, longitudinal study with 6-month assessments conducted between 2002 and 2005. SETTING Self-administered surveys c...

The family assessment is one component of the comprehensive psychiatric assessment of the child or adolescent with a psychiatric disorder. This guideline reviews the basic principles in conducting a family interview that gathers history relevant to the child's disorder and observes family interaction associated with the child's disorder. It reviews basic information that must be covered in all ...

Previous research has shown that 6-month-olds evaluate others on the basis of their social behaviors--they are attracted to prosocial individuals, and avoid antisocial individuals (Hamlin, Wynn & Bloom, 2007). The current studies investigate these capacities prior to 6 months of age. Results from two experiments indicate that even 3-month-old infants evaluate others based on their social behavi...