BACKGROUND The family environment is important for explaining individual health behaviour. While previous research mostly focused on influences among family members and dyadic interactions (parent-child), the purpose of this study was to develop a new measure, the Family Health Climate Scale (FHC-Scale), using a family-based approach. The FHC is an attribute of the whole family and describes an...

The main aim of this study is to develop a measurement tool that possesses both validity and reliability in order comprehend the perception justice sensitivity within romantic relationships among married adults. focuses specifically on examination victim sensitivity, which constitutes one dimensions sensitivity. participants research comprised total 325 adults for purpose exploratory factor ana...

As the wind energy market matures and becomes more competitive, it is increasingly important that new entrants realize the full potential of their wind energy conversion system (WECS) early in their product development cycle. Traditionally, the evaluation of potential performance characteristics has been limited to full-scale prototype testing in a field environment. This method can be both cos...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, Third Edition (Bayley-III) to track development and classify delays in low- and high-risk infants across the first two years of life. We assessed cognitive, language, and motor development in 24 low-risk full-term and 30 high-risk preterm infants via seven assessments performed between 3 and...

Background It has been estimated that more than 200 million children under the age of five do not reach their full potential in cognitive development. Much of what we know about brain development is based on research from high-income countries. There is limited evidence on the determinants of early child development in low-income countries, especially rural sub-Saharan Africa. The present study...

Is the pattern of childhood mortality due to diarrhea related to hydrography? To answer this kind of question we describe a method to examine associations between peak time of mortality from diarrhea in children less than 5 years for the period 1979-89 and relative location along the hydrologic regime of 8 major hydrographic regions in Brazil. In order to better understand the underlying hetero...

This paper describes how software development process naturally evolves. Items taken from an early version of the SEI's CMM questionnaire are shown to make up a linear scale that describes how software development and management practices are introduced in a software production organization. Analysis of this scale shows that when software practices are inadequately or incompletely implemented, ...

This study investigated effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on infant sensorimotor development. One hundred and sixty-seven 12-month-olds (74 cocaine-exposed and 93 unexposed) were assessed using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development (BSID). Ninety-seven had previously been evaluated on the Movement Assessment of Infants and the Test of Sensory Functions in Infants at age 4 months. On the BS...

Systems developers and researchers have long been interested in the factors that affect software development productivity. Identification of factors as either aiding or hindering productivity enables management to take steps to encourage the positive influences and to eliminate the negative ones. This research has explored the possibility of developing an estimable model of software development...

Significant potential exists for engineering design research to produce viable approaches to automatic compilation of mechanical systems. In a recent article in a prior issue of this journal [9], Dr. Whitney articulated his view of why the design of mechanical systems is not now, and will not be, similar to the design of VLSI systems. An alternative view suggests that his conclusions are overly...