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Group Parent Education: promoting parent learning and support

EARLY HEAD START HOME BASED HOME VISIT TRAINING GUIDE . Wed, 29 May 2019 13:18:00 GMT 5 7) Child Management training guide and information for parents in the Parent Handbook HOME VISIT GOALS The overall goals for a home visit will include: * Increasing parents’ feelings of confidence and competence as teachers of their child Education Northwest | Creating Strong Schools and Communities Wed, 29 May 2019 12:49:00 GMT PARENT ENGAGEMENT Strategies for Involving Parents in . The Incredible Years® Programs | The Incredible Years Mon, 27 May 2019 11:26:00 GMT The Incredible Years® Parenting Programs. There are separate parent programs for babies (0-1 year), toddlers (1-3 years), preschoolers (3-6 years) and school age children (6-12 years). The parent programs focus on strengthening parent-child interactions and attachment, reducing harsh discipline and fostering parents’ ability to promote children’s social, emotional, and language development. Promoting positive education and care transitions for . Sun, 26 May 2019 15:45:00 GMT Why are children's transitions to early childhood education and careenvironments and schools an important issue? A transition is defined for the purposes of this paper as a change in the self, in one’s life roles, central relationships, views of self and the world, and in personal competence to respond to new challenges (Cowan, Cowan, Ablow, Johnson, & Measelle, 2005). CSEFEL: Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for . Tue, 28 May 2019 01:23:00 GMT Promoting Social and Emotional Competence: These modules were designed based on input gathered during focus groups with program administrators, T/TA providers, early educators, and family members about the types and content of training that would be most useful in addressing the social-emotional needs of young children.
Attachment parenting: an exploration of demographics and practices

The goal of this study was to identify parenting behaviors practiced by a self‐selected group of North American parents who identify themselves as attachment parents. This type of parenting is based on behaviors that are focused on infant needs and demands perhaps more strongly than are traditional mainstream western parenting practices. However, little is known about the demographics of the parents or the actual parameters of their behaviors. In order to further investigate these behaviors, a self‐report questionnaire was developed for use in the study. This questionnaire was included, without return postage, in an international parenting magazine, Compleat Mother. A sample of 275 mothers returned the instrument. Respondents were predominantly married, college educated and White. The respondents reported that of their infants the majority were exclusively breastfed on the infant’s cue and for an extended period of time, coslept and were held or nursed during the transition to sleep. These practices are discussed through a cross‐cultural perspective.
Nudge and the Manipulation of Choice

In Nudge (2008) Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein suggested that public policy–makers arrange decision–making contexts in ways to promote behaviour change in the interest of individual citizens as well as that of society. However, in the public sphere and Academia alike widespread discussions have appeared concerning the public acceptability of nudgebased behavioural policy. Thaler and Sunstein's own position is that the anti–nudge position is a literal non–starter, because citizens are always influenced by the decision making context anyway, and nudging is liberty preserving and acceptable if guided by Libertarian Paternalism and Rawls’ publicity principle. A persistent and central tenet in the criticism disputing the acceptability of the approach is that nudging works by manipulating citizens’ choices. In this paper, we argue that both lines of argumentation are seriously flawed. We show how the anti–nudge position is not a literal non–starter due to the responsibilities that accrue on policy–makers by the intentional intervention in citizens’ life, how nudging is not essentially liberty preserving and why the approach is not necessarily acceptable even if satisfying Rawls’ publicity principle. We then use the psychological dual process theory underlying the approach as well as an epistemic transparency criterion identified by Thaler and Sunstein themselves to show that nudging is not necessarily about “manipulation”, nor necessarily about influencing “choice”. The result is a framework identifying four types of nudges that may be used to provide a central component for more nuanced normative considerations as well as a basis for policy recommendations.
Web-enabling cache daemon for complex data

One of the most common basic techniques for improving the performance of web applications is caching frequently accessed data in fast data stores, colloquially known as cache daemons. In this paper we present a cache daemon suitable for storing complex data while maintaining fine-grained control over data storage, retrieval and expiry. Data manipulation in this cache daemon is performed via standard SQL statements so we call it SQLcached. It is a practical, usable solution already implemented in several large Web sites.
Strength training can be enjoyable and beneficial for adults with cerebral palsy

Purpose: To explore the positive and negative perceptions of participating in a strength- training programme for adults with cerebral palsy. Method: Ten adults aged over 40 years with cerebral palsy participated in a group-based 10-week progressive resistance strength-training programme in a community gymnasium. After the programme, each participant was interviewed using an in-depth semi-structured format and the results coded thematically. Results: Participants perceived that their strength, and ability to perform everyday activities had improved. However, the main benefit for participants was enjoyment and social interaction. The only negative perceptions related to fatigue, short-term muscle soreness and a feeling that they had not improved as much as they had expected. Conclusions: Enjoyment, a factor that can promote adherence and sustainability, was a key benefit of this strength-training programme for adults with cerebral palsy that led to perceptions of increased strength and physical functioning. These findings suggest that exercise programmes for adults with cerebral palsy should be conducted in a group in the community, thereby promoting community inclusion. In addition, it is important to provide education to participants about the normal responses and expectations of an exercise programme.
From Appearance Tales to Oppression Tales

Based on participant observation and taped interviews with participants and leaders in Weight Watchers, Overeaters Anonymous, and the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA), this article considers how organizations accomplish frame alignment with their members. All three organizations construct frames of meanings concerning participation, appearance, and food that reflect their own objectives. However, these frames must be aligned with members' own meanings, which, at times, contradict the organizational frame. Frame alignment is accomplished in Weight Watchers by group leaders emphasizing rationality with regards to food, body, and social relationships. Within Overeaters Anonymous, a redemptive frame is constructed that transforms the dieting practices of its members into a spiritual activity. The injustice frame of NAAFA transforms mundane aspects of everyday life, such as eating, into a political activity. As all members adopt the meanings of their respective program, they come to embrace a new personal identity that serves the organization.
Psychosocial Stress and HPA Functioning: No Evidence for a Reduced Resilience in Healthy Elderly Men

In order to investigate if HPA functioning is altered with age, the present study was conducted. Fifteen healthy elderly men (60–76 years; mean age 66.5 ± 1.48 yrs.) and 12 younger adults (20–29 years; mean age 25.6 ± 0.77 yrs.) collected salivary free Cortisol profiles after awakening for basal HPA activity. Then, all subjects were exposed to the “Trier Social Stress Test” (TSST). This psychosocial stress protocol consists of a free speech and a mental arithmetic task of 13 minutes duration performed in front of an audience. Beside the assessment of endocrine and cardiovascular responses to the stressful task ratings of depression, mood and perceived stressfulness were obtained. Results show that younger and elderly men had similar morning Cortisol profiles after awakening with both groups showing the expected rise after awakening (P=0.004). The TSST induced significant increases in ACTH, total plasma Cortisol, saliva free Cortisol, and heart rates (all P<0.0001). Regardless of age, both age groups showed comparable endocrine response patterns when confronted with the stressor. However, cardiovascular responses were significantly higher in younger men compared to elderly men (P=0.03). Catecholamine data revealed significant norepinephrine and epinephrine increases due to the stressor (both P<0.0001) with a trend toward elevated norepinephrine levels in elderly men (P=0.058). In sum, the investigated basal and response parameters of HPA functioning neither support the idea of a reduced resilience in healthy aged humans nor do they appear to strengthen assumptions derived from the so called “glucocorticoid cascade hypothesis”.
Localization of phospholipase Cβ1 on the detergent‐resistant membrane microdomain prepared from the synaptic plasma membrane fraction of rat brain

The membrane microdomain (MD), such as detergent‐resistant low‐density membrane microdomain fraction (DRM), has been paid much attention because many signal‐transducing molecules are recovered in this fraction, although precise localization and interactions of these molecules are largely unclear. To identify neuronal MD‐localized proteins, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against the DRM‐components of synaptic plasma membrane fraction (SPM) were produced and the antigens were characterized. One of the antigens reacted with two closely positioned bands of about 140 kDa in SDS‐PAGE and the antigen showed age‐dependent localization on DRM. The antigen was immunoprecipitated with the mAb after partial solubilization with 0.6 M NaCl from SPM‐derived DRM and identified as phospholipase Cβ1 through mass analysis. The identity was further confirmed with Western blotting using a specific polyclonal antibody. The enzyme purified from the DRM was activated by the α subunit of trimeric G protein, Gq, expressed in HEK293 cells. The lipid composition of the liposomes affected the enzymatic activity and the addition of NAP‐22, a neuronal DRM‐localized protein, inhibited the activity. These results suggest that there exists a signal‐transducing MD that performs important roles in neuronal functions through PIP2 signaling and Ca2+ mobilization. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
A new type of STATCOM based on cascading voltage source inverters with phase-shifted unipolar SPWM

In this paper, a new type of STATCOM is proposed. This new STATCOM is constructed by cascading several identical full bridge (H bridge) voltage source inverters (VSI). A so called phase-shifted SPWM unipolar voltage switching scheme is applied to control the switching devices of each VSI. The harmonics in STATCOM current caused by the DC voltage ripple are rejected by a new method developed in this paper. As a result, the size of inductor and DC capacitors can be further reduced. A very effective startup procedure is proposed to start up the STATCOM. The proposed STATCOM has the advantages of a reduced number of VSIs; the VSIs being identical and extremely fast in response to reactive power change.
Identification of the Regions of Fv1 Necessary for Murine Leukemia Virus Restriction

ABSTRACT The Fv1 gene restricts murine leukemia virus replication via an interaction with the viral capsid protein. To study this interaction, a number of mutations, including a series of N-terminal and C-terminal deletions, internal deletions, and a number of single-amino-acid substitutions, were introduced into the n and b alleles of the Fv1 gene and the effects of these changes on virus restriction were measured. A significant fraction of the Fv1 protein was not required for restriction; however, retention of an intact major homology region as well as of domains toward the N and C termini was essential. Binding specificity appeared to be a combinatorial property of a number of residues within the C-terminal portion of Fv1.
Gene transfer in Cryptococcus neoformans by use of biolistic delivery of DNA

A transformation scheme for Cryptococcus neoformans to yield high-frequency, integrative events was developed. Adenine auxotrophs from a clinical isolate of C. neoformans serotype A were complemented by the cryptococcal phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase gene (ade2) with a biolistic DNA delivery system. Comparison of two DNA delivery systems (electroporation versus a biolistic system) showed notable differences. The biolistic system did not require linear vectors and transformed each auxotrophic strain at similar frequencies. Examination of randomly selected transformants by biolistics showed that 15 to 40% were stable, depending on the recipient auxotroph, with integrative events identified in all stable transformants by DNA analysis. Although the ade2 cDNA copy transformed at a low frequency, DNA analysis found homologous recombination in each of these transformants. DNA analysis of stable transformants receiving genomic ade2 revealed ectopic integration in a majority of cases, but approximately a quarter of the transformants showed homologous recombination with vector integration or gene replacement. This system has the potential for targeted gene disruption, and its efficiency will also allow for screening of DNA libraries within C. neoformans. Further molecular strategies to study the pathobiology of this pathogenic yeast are now possible with this transformation system.
ijsr . net Car Detection and Recognition Based on Rear View and Back Light Features

In modern society due to high traffic accidents, high time rates the feeling of insecurity and threat is increasing. Records in the database show that the number of new cars being bought and so is the cars being stolen locally and internationally has increased rapidly. This model focuses on two key points. First is car safety. The methods considered in this model are different from the conventional method used till date. Car safety model focuses on bidirectional schemes i.e. the first scheme evidences on the car’s rear view features, second considers the car’s backlight feature.
3D angle‐domain common‐image gathers for migration velocity analysis

Angle‐domain common‐image gathers (ADCIGs) are an essential tool for migration velocity analysis (MVA). We present a method for computing ADCIGs in 3D from the results of wavefield‐continuation migration. The proposed methodology can be applied before or after the imaging step in a migration procedure. When computed before imaging, 3D ADCIGs are functions of the offset ray parameters (p x h , p y h ); we derive the geometric relationship that links the offset ray parameters to the aperture angle γ and the reflection azimuth φ. When computed after imaging, 3D ADCIGs are directly produced as functions of γ and φ.
Exploratory Factor Analysis of SCL90-R Symptoms Relevant to Psychosis

Objective Inconsistent results have been reported regarding the symptom dimensions relevant to psychosis in symptoms check list revised (SCL90-R), i.e., “psychoticism” and “paranoid ideation”. Therefore, some studies have suggested different factor structures for questions of these two dimensions, and proposed two newly defined dimensions of “schizotypal signs” and “schizophrenia nuclear symptoms”. We conducted an exploratory factor analysis on the items of these two dimensions in a general population sample in Iran. Method A total of 2158 subjects residing in Southern Tehran (capital of Iran) were interviewed using the psychoticism and paranoid ideation questions in SCL90-R to assess severity of these symptom dimensions. Factor analysis was done through SAS 9.1. 3 PROC FACTOR using Promax rotation (power=3) on the matrix of “polychoric correlations among variables” as the input data. Results Two factors were retained by the proportion criterion. Considering loadings >= 0.5 as minimum criteria for factor loadings, 7 out of 10 questions from psychoticism, and 3 out of 6 questions from paranoid ideation were retained, and others were eliminated. The factor labels proposed by the questionnaire suited the extracted factors and were retained. Internal consistency for each of the dimensions was acceptable (Cronbach's alpha 0.7 and 0.74 for paranoid ideation and psychoticism respectively). Composite scores showed a half-normal distribution for both dimensions which is predictable for instruments that detect psychotic symptoms. Conclusion Results were in contrast with similar studies, and questioned them by suggesting a different factor structure obtained from a statistically large population. The population in a developing nation (Iran) in this study and the socio-cultural differences in developed settings are the potential sources for discrepancies between this analysis and previous reports.
A bipartite graph model for implicit feature extraction in Chinese reviews

With the increasing number of network comments, mining product reviews is an emerging area of research which fundamental work is focused on feature extraction. Previous studies mainly focus on explicit features extraction while often ignore implicit features which haven't been stated clearly but containing necessary information for analyzing comments. Actually in our study, we find a lot of implicit features in the comments, so how to quickly and accurately mine features from web reviews for potential customers and business has important significance. In this paper, explicit features and “feature-opinion” pairs in the explicit sentences are extracted by Conditional Random Field and implicit product features are recognized by a bipartite graph model based on random walk algorithm. The experiment results demonstrate that these two methods we proposed can improve the accuracy of feature and collocation extraction against state-of-the-art techniques.
Efficient level of detail for texture‐based flow visualization

In this paper, we present an efficient level of detail algorithm for texture‐based flow visualization. Our goal is to enhance visual perception and performance and generate smooth animation. To achieve our goal, we first model an adaptive input texture taking into account flow patterns to output view‐dependent high‐quality images. Then, we compute field lines only from sparse sampling points of the input noise texture for outputting volume line integral convolution textures and skip empty space utilizing two quantized binary histograms. To improve image quality, we implement anti‐aliasing through adjusting the line integral convolution step size and thickness of trajectory lines with an opacity function. We further extend our solution to unsteady flow. Flow structures and evolution are clearly shown through smooth animation achieved with coherent evolution of particles, handling of discontinuous flow lines, and spatio‐temporal linear constraint of the underlying noise volume. In the result section, we show high‐quality level of detail of three‐dimensional texture‐based flow visualization with high performance. We also demonstrate that our algorithm can achieve smooth evolution for unsteady flow with spatio‐temporal coherence. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Mood-Congruent Judgment Over Time

The mood-congruent judgment effect refers to the fact that when a mood and an idea are similar in pleasantness, the idea will generally seem better in some way. For example, when people are happy, they will judge pleasant concepts as richer in their associations, pleasant attributes as more applicable, and pleasant examples of categories as more typical. This mood-related component of cognition is viewed longitudinally among normal students for the first time here. The authors demonstrate that over time, changes in mood covary with changes in judgment in normal individuals.
The use of induced sputum to investigate airway inflammation.

Clinicians have been interested in the macroscopic and protocol (fig 1), based on that described by Pin et al using a relatively low output ultrasonic nebuliser (output 0.9 ml/ microscopic appearance of sputum in asthma since the last half of the 19th century when Charcot-Leyden crystals, min, particle size 5.6 lm), results in successful sputum induction in 76% of normal and asthmatic subjects who Curschmann’s spirals, and their association with sputum eosinophilia was first recognised in patients with asthma. cannot produce sputum spontaneously. Cell counts and biochemical content of induced and spontaneous sputum Forty years ago Morrow Brown suggested that the microscopic examination of sputum might be clinically useful are similar with the exception of fibrinogen which is present in higher concentrations in spontaneous sputum. With by showing that the presence of eosinophils in a crude Leishman stained sputum smear identified patients whose salbutamol premedication and careful monitoring of forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) during sputum wheeze was responsive to corticosteroids. Recently, with the recognition that even mild asthma is associated with induction in mild asthma significant bronchoconstriction rarely occurs, but it is more common in patients with evidence of airway mucosal inflammation in bronchial biopsy specimens and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, 4 there more severe or uncontrolled asthma. In a recent study a third of sputum inductions in patients with asthma has been renewed interest in the use of sputum to assess airway inflammation non-invasively. exacerbations who were overusing inhaled b2 agonists were complicated by a >10% fall in FEV1 which emphasises the This review describes the development over the last eight years of new and reliable techniques to assess airway need to perform the inductions carefully. We and other investigators have induced sputum in asthma using similar inflammation using sputum differential cell counts and measurement of molecular markers of inflammation in concentrations of hypertonic saline delivered by ultrasonic nebulisers with a higher output and, whilst there might be the sputum fluid phase. We review studies where these measurements have been made in normal and diseased a higher success rate, this is at the expense of increased adverse effects including mild bronchoconstriction. subjects and assess their validity, repeatability, and responsiveness. Finally we describe current, and speculate A recent preliminary report has suggested that the cellular and biochemical content of sputum induced by a high on future, applications of sputum measurements of airway inflammation in asthma in both research and clinical setoutput ultrasonic nebuliser changes with sequential inhalatings.