Differences in the effectiveness of diverse healthcare providers to promote health behavior change and successful diabetes self-care have received little attention. Because training in naturopathic medicine (NM) emphasizes a patient-centered approach, health promotion, and routine use of clinical counseling on wellness and prevention, naturopathic physicians (NDs) may be particularly well-prepa...

The nearness diagram (ND) navigation method is a reactive navigation method used for obstacle avoidance in which five different robot-environment states are defined and five corresponding actions are designed carefully. In the ND+ navigation method, one more robot-environment state is added and all action equations are reformed to both achieve smoother robot motions and reduce manual parameter ...

BACKGROUND Very little research has explored the factors that influence interest in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments. We surveyed persons with sub-optimally controlled type 2 diabetes to evaluate potential relationships between interest in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments, current self-care practices, motivation to improve self-care practices and sa...

We present Spitzer 70 and 160 μm observations of the COSMOS Spitzer survey (S-COSMOS). The data processing techniques are discussed for the publicly released products consisting of images and source catalogs. We present accurate 70 and 160 μm source counts of the COSMOS field and find reasonable agreement with measurements in other fields and with model predictions. The previously reported coun...

Effect of side-chain substitutions on the morphology of self-assembly of perylene diimide molecules has been studied with two derivatives modified with distinctly different side-chains, N,N'-di(dodecyl)-perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic diimide (DD-PTCDI) and N,N'-di(nonyldecyl)-perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic diimide (ND-PTCDI). Due to the different side-chain interference, the self-assembly...

In this paper, we introduce and study a new topology related to a self mapping on a nonempty set.Let X be a nonempty set and let f be a self mapping on X. Then the set of all invariant subsets ofX related to f, i.e. f := fA X : f(A) Ag P(X) is a topology on X. Among other things,we nd the smallest open sets contains a point x 2 X. Moreover, we find the relations between fand To f . For insta...

Random lasers (RLs) based on neodymium ions (Nd(3+)) doped crystalline powders rely on multiple light scattering to sustain laser oscillation. Although Stokes and anti-Stokes Nd(3+) RLs have been demonstrated, the optical gain obtained up to now was possibly not large enough to produce self-frequency conversion. Here we demonstrate self-frequency upconversion from Nd(3+) doped YAl3(BO3)4 monocr...

According to Anderson ((A], pag. 54) "the equivalent of BCS theory for a fully spin-charge separated Luttinger liquid has not been formally worked out". We consider a model for two one dimensional spinning Luttinger liquids coupled via a Cooper tunnelling hamil-tonian. We show that the partition function is the four dimensional integral of an exponential whose exponent has an extremal point obt...

This study aims to observe the differences in shared intentionality magnitude mother-child dyads with neurotypical (NT) children and neurodivergent (ND) aged 3-6 years. The quality of infancy is associated cognitive development. Our results showed that ND scored six times higher (on average) quiz-test than NT children. Children difficulties interaction (ND children) are more likely use conversa...