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Family Assessment- Author Index
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Abbott, D.: 263 Abery, B.: 242 Abidin, R: 81, 265 Abramovitch, R: 134, 135, 136, 137, 139,142,143,144,145,146 Abril, s.: 118 Achenbach, T. M.: 12,47, 118, 223, 265 Acock, A. c.: 206 Adams, G. R: 205 Adams, S. J.: 226 Al-Khayyal, M.: 74 Alexander, J. F.: 75 Allisson, P. D.: 185 Alwin, D. F.: 182,191,194 Amato, P. R: 205- 231, 206, 207, 210, 213,215,216, 219, 221, 222, 224, 227,230 Ammerman, R : 263 Amoloza, T. 0 .: 170, 171,172,176, 179, 187, 188 Anastasi, A.: 265 Anderson, B. J.: 85 Anderson, c.: 117 Anderson, P. P.: 104 Anderson, S. A.: 79, 168, 177 Anthony, J.: 117 Apley, J.: 84 Aponte, H. J.: 117 Appelbaum, M.: 263 Arrington, A.: 11 Asher, S.: 82 Asterita, M. F. : 92 Attneave, c.: 121 Auslander, W. F: 85
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Zane, N .: 107, 119 Zetlin, A.: 263 Zill, N.: 83 Zuo, J.: 171, 180, 18
Family Assessment- Author Index
No full textAuthor Index (12 pages)
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Abbott, D.: 263 Abery, B.: 242 Abidin, R: 81, 265 Abramovitch, R: 134, 135, 136, 137, 139,142,143,144,145,146 Abril, s.: 118 Achenbach, T. M.: 12,47, 118, 223, 265 Acock, A. c.: 206 Adams, G. R: 205 Adams, S. J.: 226 Al-Khayyal, M.: 74 Alexander, J. F.: 75 Allisson, P. D.: 185 Alwin, D. F.: 182,191,194 Amato, P. R: 205- 231, 206, 207, 210, 213,215,216, 219, 221, 222, 224, 227,230 Ammerman, R : 263 Amoloza, T. 0 .: 170, 171,172,176, 179, 187, 188 Anastasi, A.: 265 Anderson, B. J.: 85 Anderson, c.: 117 Anderson, P. P.: 104 Anderson, S. A.: 79, 168, 177 Anthony, J.: 117 Apley, J.: 84 Aponte, H. J.: 117 Appelbaum, M.: 263 Arrington, A.: 11 Asher, S.: 82 Asterita, M. F. : 92 Attneave, c.: 121 Auslander, W. F: 85
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Zane, N .: 107, 119 Zetlin, A.: 263 Zill, N.: 83 Zuo, J.: 171, 180, 18
Photoperiod Sensitivity during Flower Development of Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum L.)
No full textMANOVA modelling of a chiropractic longitudinal study using multiple imputation
No full textThe purpose of this report is to present the detailed statistical analysis of a randomised, placebo-controlled trial comparing two different treatment modalities to an intervention of no known benefit for people with acute or subacute thoracic spine pain.
The therapy arms consist of Spinal Manipulative Therapy (SMT) and Graston Technique (GT) and the placebo is a non-functional ultrasound. A placebo group was utilised because at present there are no proven treatments for non-specific thoracic pain. This trial is registered with the Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry. Ethics approval has been granted by Murdoch University Human Research and Ethics Committee, number 2007/274.
The aim of this three arm trial was to test the efficacy of SMT and GT as independent modalities compared to detuned ultrasound for the outcomes of pain and disability. The latter were measured using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and a modified Oswestry Back Pain Disability Index. The study was conducted at the Murdoch University Chiropractic student clinic in Perth, Australia, and the protocol published in Crothers et al (2008).
In this report, Section 2 provides an initial exploratory analysis of the data, Section 3 outlines the statistical models used in the final analysis, Section 4 defines these models in mathematical terms, Section 5 discusses the management of missing values via multiple imputation and Section 6 presents the results of the statistical modelling and hypothesis tests. The clinical study will be published in full elsewhere
Measuring Behavioral Regulation in Four Societies
No full textThe present study examined the psychometric properties of scores from a direct measure of behavioral regulation, the Head–Toes–Knees–Shoulders task (HTKS) with 3- to 6-year-old children in the United States, Taiwan, South Korea, and China. Specifically, we investigated (a) the nature and variability of HTKS scores, including relations to teacher-rated classroom behavioral regulation; and (b) relations between the HTKS and early mathematics, vocabulary, and literacy skills. Higher HTKS scores were significantly related to higher teacher ratings of classroom behavioral regulation in the United States and South Korea but not in Taiwan and China. Also, higher HTKS scores were significantly related to higher early mathematics, vocabulary, and literacy skills beyond the influence of demographic variables and teacher-rated classroom behavioral regulation. These initial findings suggest that HTKS scores may be interpreted as reflecting early behavioral regulation in these 4 societies and that behavioral regulation is important for early academic success in the United States and in Asian countries.The present study examined the psychometric properties of scores from a direct measure of behavioral regulation, the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders task (HTKS) with 3- to 6-year-old children in the United States, Taiwan, South Korea, and China. Specifically, we investigated (a) the nature and variability of HTKS scores, including relations to teacher-rated classroom behavioral regulation; and (b) relations between the HTKS and early mathematics, vocabulary, and literacy skills. Higher HTKS scores were significantly related to higher teacher ratings of classroom behavioral regulation in the United States and South Korea but not in Taiwan and China. Also, higher HTKS scores were significantly related to higher early mathematics, vocabulary, and literacy skills beyond the influence of demographic variables and teacher-rated classroom behavioral regulation. These initial findings suggest that HTKS scores may be interpreted as reflecting early behavioral regulation in these 4 societies and that behavioral regulation is important for early academic success in the United States and in Asian countries
Alameda : un modelo estructural-funcional del cultivo de Vicia faba L
No full textEl modelo estructural-funcional ALAMEDA de un cultivo de Vicia faba L se ha construido dentro del formalismo de los sistemas de Lindenmayer o sistemas-L, es decir, dentro de unas de las teorías metaméticas del desarrollo relacionada con las gramáticas de crecimiento. ALAMEDA incluye explícitamente la morfología de las plantas y de la arquitectura de la cubierta del cultivo complementando a los modelos clásicos de simulación de cultivos, que simulan la cubierta como un medio homogéneo.su conexión a los modelos de procesos es clave para su aplicación en agronomía y en este trabajo se inicia y se habilita esta posibilidad. El objetivo del trabajo es la obtención de una base de datos morfológica detallada sobre Vicia faba L. Que permite la escritura de un modelo estructural, así como su conexión con un modelo de crecimiento empírico, y una primera validación a través de la simulación del área foliar. La descripción cualitativa y cuantitativa de la geometría y topología de plantas y cultivos se ha obtenido de ensayos en campo y en ensayo bajo condiciones controladas. Las técnicas utilizadas para la obtención de datos han sido las usadas en fisiología de cultivos junto con la digitalización electromagnética. Esta técnica permitió capturar la geometría y topología de la cubierta así como su evolución a lo largo del ciclo. La alta plasticidad de las habas dificulta la obtención de relaciones universales sobre número y tamaño de los órganos, encontrándose sin embargo que información válida para la planta entera sobre parámetros morfológicos como longitud, área foliar y ángulos, puede derivarse de observaciones hechas únicamente en el tallo principal o en uno de los secundarios. La expresión del filocrono y de las fenofases en unidades térmicas posibilitó la evolución hacia el modelo estructural-funcional, al permitir la conexión con un modelo de crecimiento. La simulación del área foliar del cultivo se realiza en ALAMEDA por órganos o módulos, permitiendo la localización espacial (3D) de dichos órganos y la simulación de la evolución de sus dimensiones. El modelo ALAMEDA se calibró con una de las series de datos disponibles de los ensayos de campo. En las primeras versiones del modelo, la simulación de la superficie foliar y de la intercepción de radiación fotosintéticamente activa no mostró diferencias significativas en comparación con las determinaciones de campo. En la última versión (ALAMEDA V.3), ya en fase estructural-funcional, las simulaciones de las longitudes de los órganos vegetativos y del área foliar se contrastaron con ensayos de diferentes fechas de siembra. La calidad de la simulación del área foliar y de su distribución en la cubierta es función de la simulación de dichas longitudes. La vocación final de ALAMEDA es el progreso hacia una modelización más mecanicista. La conexión con el modelo de crecimiento ha demostrado la viabilidad de este enfoqu
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Predictors of early growth in academic achievement : the head-toes-knees-shoulders task
No full textChildren’s behavioral self-regulation and executive function (EF; including attentional or
cognitive flexibility, working memory, and inhibitory control) are strong predictors of
academic achievement. The present study examined the psychometric properties of a
measure of behavioral self-regulation called the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders (HTKS) by
assessing construct validity, including relations to EF measures, and predictive validity
to academic achievement growth between prekindergarten and kindergarten. In the fall
and spring of prekindergarten and kindergarten, 208 children (51% enrolled in Head Start)
were assessed on the HTKS, measures of cognitive flexibility, working memory (WM),
and inhibitory control, and measures of emergent literacy, mathematics, and vocabulary.
For construct validity, the HTKS was significantly related to cognitive flexibility, working
memory, and inhibitory control in prekindergarten and kindergarten. For predictive validity
in prekindergarten, a random effects model indicated that the HTKS significantly predicted
growth in mathematics, whereas a cognitive flexibility task significantly predicted growth
in mathematics and vocabulary. In kindergarten, the HTKS was the only measure
to significantly predict growth in all academic outcomes. An alternative conservative
analytical approach, a fixed effects analysis (FEA) model, also indicated that growth in
both the HTKS and measures of EF significantly predicted growth in mathematics over
four time points between prekindergarten and kindergarten. Results demonstrate that
the HTKS involves cognitive flexibility, working memory, and inhibitory control, and is
substantively implicated in early achievement, with the strongest relations found for
growth in achievement during kindergarten and associations with emergent mathematics.This is the publisher’s final pdf. The published article is copyrighted by the author(s) and published by the Frontiers Research Foundation. The published article can be found at: http://www.frontiersin.org/Psychology.Keywords: academic achievement, measurement, self-regulation, executive function, early childhoo
The ecology of young children’s behaviour and social competence : child characteristics, socio-economic factors and parenting
No full textUsing a longitudinal, UK representative sample from the Millennium Cohort Study, the present study examined the effects of socio-economic factors on mother- and teacher-rated behaviour, and the unique and cumulative contribution of both risk and protective factors inherent in children’s proximal and distal influences to behaviour during the toddler years and at school entry. The findings showed that although family income, parental employment and maternal education had a significant moderate impact on child problem behaviour as rated in the home and school, when considered in the context of child characteristics and family processes their contribution was negligible, especially for income. In contrast, parenting practices and parental well-being emerged as good predictors of behavioural difficulties and prosocial behaviour at school entry, pointing to the importance of supporting parents in order to promote social competence in young children. These findings have implications for family policy
