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PARENTS' PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL‐BEING AND PARENTAL SELF‐EFFICACY IN RELATION TO THE FAMILY'S TRIADIC INTERACTION
No full textThe aim of the study was to assess whether a parent's psychological well-being and/or self-efficacy relate to interaction within the family. This study is part of a Finnish follow-up study called Steps to the Healthy Development and Well-Being of Children (STEPS;). The study group included 120 families. Mother's and father's social anxiety and depression were assessed during pregnancy and at 18 months of the child's age using self-report questionnaires; the mother's and father's self-efficacy were assessed at 18 months using a parental self-efficacy scale validated within the STEPS study. Mother-father-child triadic interaction was studied at 18 months within a Lausanne Triadic Play setting. Results showed that maternal symptoms of depression during pregnancy and maternal social anxiety at 18 months were related to triadic interaction within the family. There was no relation between father's psychological well-being and triadic interaction within the family. Father's self-efficacy in teaching tasks and the Mother's self-efficacy in emotional support were associated with family interaction. The findings suggest that maternal psychological well-being and self-efficacy in emotional support may be important components of family triadic interaction whereas paternal self-efficacy in teaching tasks seems to support family coordination in triadic interaction
Capital Steps: The Lighter Side of Politics
No full textThe Capitol Steps, a musical political satire group composed of Congressional staffers-turned-comedians, satirizes the people and places that once employed them.
The Capitol Steps are a troupe of Congressional staffers-turned-comedians who travel the country satirizing the very people and places that once employed them. The Steps perform over 500 shows a year all over the country.
Since they began, the Capitol Steps have recorded 25 albums, including their latest, Four More Years in the Bush Leagues. They\u27ve been featured on NBC, ABC, CBS and PBS, and can be heard 4 times a year on National Public Radio stations nationwide during their Politics Takes a Holiday radio specials.
The Capitol Steps were born in December 1981. Since then, the Steps have had over 5,000 performances in 49 states. The group now has 22 cast members, 5 of whom are on stage for any one show.
The material is updated constantly whether to include George Bush\u27s latest geography lesson Korea (to West Side Story\u27s Maria ) or their own patriotic American in God Bless My SUV. Whether it\u27s politicians or the Supreme Court, the Capitol Steps are equal opportunity offenders
Final report and recommendations of the Health Information Exchange Use Case Design Group : report prepared for : the Connecticut Health IT Advisory Council / prepared by Michael Matthews (chief strategy officer), Carol Robinson (chief executive officer)
No full text1 online resource (19 pages)"Contributors: Stacy Beck, Pat Checko, DrPH, Kathy DeMatteo, Gerard Muro, MD, Mark Raymond, Jake Star, Lisa Stump, MS, RPh."; "October 31, 2017."; Includes bibliographical reference
An evaluation of the Summer Technology and Engineering Preview at Stout for Girls (STEPS) effectiveness at the University of Wisconsin-Stout
No full textPlan BThe purpose of this study was to determine the effects of STEPS participation on short-term outcome attainment. Specifically, this study examined and compared the 1997 STEPS campers and the remaining cohorts from 1997 that did not attend. A thorough examination of variables was conducted to complete a comprehensive assessment of STEPS effectiveness on short-term outcome attainment. To gather information a survey was developed and administered to 48 young women; 29 alumni and 19 controls. Each of these young women were a participant of the 1997 Summer Technology and Engineering Preview Camp (STEPS) (alumni) or an applicant to the camp (control). The average age for this study’s participants’ is 15.37, with the mean age of 15.27 years old for the alumni’s and 15.47 years old for the controls. Constructs encompassed within this study include academic ability, academic achievement, elective course enrollment, extracurricular activity involvement, career interests and role expectations. All constructs examined are reflective of the barriers that exist for women today and engineering careers. Two findings within this study were found to be consistent with STEPS goals. A correlational relationship was found significant between accelerated science course enrollment and a career interest in engineering for the control group but not the alumni group. This finding suggests that ex-campers do not need to be enrolled in accelerated courses to be interested in engineering, but that controls do. An additional finding supportive of STEPS was identified in within the MANOVA, suggesting that the alumni enroll in more science, math and technology courses than do the control group. Both findings demonstrate that STEPS alleviates barriers, therefore increasing the exposure of these young women to the field of engineering
The UN-SUSTAINABLE Match in HCV Recipients. Evidences from the Italian D-MELD Study on Balancing Donor-Recipient Risk Factors
No full textThe UN-SUSTAINABLE Match in HCV Recipients. Evidences from the Italian D-MELD Study on Balancing Donor-Recipient Risk Factor
Role as a mechanism for rotating leadership in a group
No full textPurpose - This study seeks to propose that executives need to be prepared to
adopt roles as a mechanism for rotating leadership if those groups of which they
are a part are to perform to their full potential. Design/methodology/approach -
A validated framework provides insight into the leadership roles executives can
adopt when part of formal, informal and temporary groups. The methodology
adopted is qualitative, focusing on the application of previously developed
frameworks. Findings - Adopting a role is found to enable the rotation of
leadership within a group, which in turn facilitates development of the group.
Research limitations/implications - A one-organisation intensive case study of a
multinational engineering company engaged in the design, development and
manufacture of rotating turbomachinery provides the platform for the research.
The frameworks will require validating in organisations of different demographic
profiles. Practical implications - The concepts advanced and implications
discussed provide an insight into the role-based nature of leadership. The
practical steps individual executives can take to adopt a role, and in so doing
develop the group of which they are a part, are highlighted. Originality/value -
This paper is an investigation into, and study of, the process by which
executives adopt roles as a mechanism for rotating leadership within a group. In
so doing, it is suggested that executives contribute more positively to the
development of the groups of which they are a part by being more adaptive and
responsive to changes in their surrounding context
Using pedometers as motivational tools : are goals set in steps more effective than goals set in minutes for increasing walking?
No full textBackground Pedometers are popular devices that measure walking steps. There has been a recent surge in promoting the pedometer as a motivational tool to increase walking. However, little empirical evidence exists to support this suggestion. This study examined the effectiveness of a pedometer as a motivational tool to increase walking. 50 participants (7 men and 43 women, mean age (SD) 40.16 (8.81) years, range 25-61 years) were randomly assigned to either an intervention group who followed a four-week walking programme with goals set in steps (using an open pedometer for feedback) or a comparison group who followed an equivalent four-week walking programme with goals set in minutes. Participants had step-counts recorded at baseline, weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, and at weeks 16 and 52 for follow-up. Both groups significantly increased step-counts from baseline to week 4 with no significant difference between groups. However, a significantly greater number of participants in the intervention group (77%) compared with the comparison group (54%) achieved their week 4 goals (p=0.03). There was no significant change in step-counts from week 4 to week 16. There was a significant decrease from week 16 to week 52. In the short term, both goals set in minutes and goals set in steps using a pedometer may be effective at promoting walking. In the long term, additional support may be required to sustain increases in walking
Unlocking the mysteries of the past: Searching for clues in medieval manuscripts
No full textThis project looks at the reproduction of one mid-12th-century Roman text by analyzing sixteen versions of it that still exist, copied from c. 1160 through c. 1325. The author was Nicolaus Maniacutius, a cleric at St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome. That original copy is lost, but versions quickly appeared in monasteries and cathedrals in Italy, Germany, France, and England. Somehow, through networks of communication and travel, reproductions were made and collected by prominent monasteries and churches, and by the Guildhall, a secular institution in the City of London
Postmenopausal obesity: 12,500 steps per day as a remedy? Relationships between body composition and daily steps in postmenopausal women
No full textIntroduction: To verify relationships between physical activity (steps per day) and obesity (components of body composition) among postmenopausal women.
Material and methods: Physical activity (ActiGraph GT1M accelerometer; worn for 7 days) and obesity (body composition analyzer InBody 720) were assessed among 79 healthy postmenopausal women (age 63.25 ± 5.51 years; range: 51-81 years). In order to determine differences in body composition in women with different levels of physical activity, one-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was conducted, with age of participants as a covariate.
Results : Significant intergroup differences in almost all analyzed components of the body composition (weight, body mass index, waist-hip ratio, visceral fat area, body fat mass and percent of body fat) were obtained. Highly active women (≥ 12,500 steps/day) had lower weight and adiposity parameters than those that represented low (< 7,500 steps/day) or somewhat active (7,500-9,999 steps/day) groups. Besides, a noteworthy difference between active (10,000-12,499 steps/day) and low active women was recorded. Noticeably, only in the most active group was the BMI within normal ranges.
Conclusions : The higher physical activity, the lower obesity in postmenopausal women. The recommended 10,000 steps/day seems insufficient for this age group. Based on the obtained results, postmenopausal women should walk at least 12,500 steps per day to improve their health
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