BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The consequences for the family of stroke survivor are generally studied in a short-term perspective. The aim of this study was to assess long-term aspects of health-related quality of life among spouses of stroke survivors. METHODS Data on stroke survivors, controls, and spouses were collected from the 7-year follow-up of the Sahlgrenska Academy Study on Ischemic Strok...

Purpose Drawing on the self-consistency theory, this study aims to test a model where employees' supervisor-based self-esteem (SBSE) is positively related their promotive and prohibitive voice mediate positive relationship between leader–member exchange social comparison (LMXSC) of an employee's voice, but only for local rather than migrant workers. Design/methodology/approach To hypotheses, mu...

Three experiments explored the effects of abrupt changes in stimulus properties on streaming dynamics. Listeners monitored 20-s-long low- and high-frequency (LHL–) tone sequences reported number streams heard throughout. Experiments 1 2 used pure tones examined changing triplet base frequency level, respectively. Abrupt (±3–12 semitones) caused significant magnitude-related falls segregation (r...

In male House Finches (Carpodacus mexicanus), the extent and color of plumage varies depending on access to carotenoid pigments. "Colorful" males exhibit extensive red pigmentation, while less colorful (i.e., "drab") males exhibit carotenoid pigmentation over a smaller percentage of their plumage, pigmentation of a color besides red (e.g., yellow, gold, orange, or pink), or both. One explanatio...

BACKGROUND Community-based programmes are a critical platform for improving child health and development. We tested the impact of a community-based early childhood intervention package in rural Zambia. METHODS We conducted a non-blinded cluster randomised controlled trial in Southern Province, Zambia. 30 clusters of villages were matched based on population density and distance from the neare...

CR (cognitive radio) is the key technology for unlicensed SUs (secondary users) to exploit the unused spectrum of PUs (primary users) via opportunistic spectrum access. In this paper, we propose a new spectrum sensing method using cooperative adaptive threshold based on energy and matched filter detector in cognitive radio networks. The ED (energy detector) is highly susceptible to noise uncert...

This article develops a cultural agreement approach to organizational culture that emphasizes how clusters of individuals reinforce potentially idiosyncratic understandings of many aspects of culture including the structure of network relations. Building on recent work concerning Simmelian tied dyads (defined as dyads embedded in three-person cliques), the research examines perceptions concerni...

Children use imitation flexibly to acquire the instrumental skills and conventions of their social groups. This study (N=69 parent and 3- to 6-year-old child dyads) examined the impact of instrumental versus conventional language on (a) children's imitative flexibility in the context of parent-child interaction and (b) how parents scaffold children's imitation. Children in dyads presented with ...