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Long-Term and Transfer Effects of an Action Control Intervention in Overweight Couples: A Randomized Controlled Trial Using Text Messages [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Keeping a physically active lifestyle requires consistent self-regulatory effort such as action control (e.g., continuously monitoring and evaluating a behavior in terms of one’s goals).
Corina Berli, Urte Scholz, Urte Scholz
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An Electromyographic Analysis of the Effects of Cognitive Fatigue on Online and Anticipatory Action Control [PDF]

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2021
Cognitive fatigue is a problem for the safety of critical systems (e.g., aircraft) as it can lead to accidents, especially during unexpected events. In order to determine the extent to which it disrupts adaptive capabilities, we evaluated its effect on ...
Mick Salomone, Boris Burle, Ludovic Fabre, Bruno Berberian   +3 more
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Individual differences in intracortical inhibition predict action control when facing emotional stimuli [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology
Efficient inhibitory control in the context of prepotent actions is vital. However, such action inhibition may be profoundly influenced by affective states.
Thomas Quettier, Giuseppe Ippolito, Giuseppe Ippolito, Lorenzo Però, Pasquale Cardellicchio, Simone Battaglia, Simone Battaglia, Sara Borgomaneri   +7 more
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Binary Theorizing Does Not Account for Action Control [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
Everyday thinking and scientific theorizing about human action control are equally driven by the apparently obvious contrast between will and habit or, in their more modern disguise: intentional and automatic processes, and model-based and model-free ...
Bernhard Hommel
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An exploratory pilot study of the effect of modified hygiene kits on handwashing with soap among internally displaced persons in Ethiopia

Conflict and Health, 2021
Background Internally displaced persons fleeing their homes due to conflict and drought are particularly at risk of morbidity and mortality from diarrhoeal diseases.
Astrid Hasund Thorseth, Thomas Heath, Andualem Sisay, Mare Hamo, Sian White   +4 more
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Ideational factors associated with consistent use of insecticide-treated nets: a multi-country, multilevel analysis

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background Malaria remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Using insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) every night, year-round is critical to maximize protection against malaria.
Stella Babalola, Kuor Kumoji, Grace N. Awantang, Olamide A. Oyenubi, Michael Toso, Samantha Tsang, Therese Bleu, Dorothy Achu, Judith Hedge, David C. Schnabel, Shelby Cash, Lynn M. Van Lith, Anna C. McCartney-Melstad, Yannick Nkomou, Abdul Dosso, Wani Lahai, Gabrielle C. Hunter   +16 more
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Human-centered design process and solutions to promote malaria testing and treatment seeking behavior in Guyana hinterlands

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Malaria is a persistent public health challenge among miners and other hard-to-reach populations in Guyana’s hinterland, specifically in Regions 1, 7, 8, and 9.
Shirley D. Yan, Joann Simpson, Lyndsey Mitchum, Jennifer Orkis, TrishAnn Davis, Sean Wilson, Neil Trotman, Helen Imhoff, Horace Cox, Gabrielle Hunter, Bolanle Olapeju, Camille Adams, J. Douglas Storey   +12 more
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SARS-CoV-2 case detection using community event-based surveillance system—February–September 2020: lessons learned from Senegal

BMJ Global Health, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the rapid development and implementation of effective surveillance systems to detect and respond to the outbreak in Senegal.
Apophia Namageyo-Funa, Babacar Ndoye, Boly Diop, Oumy Seck, Jerlie Loko Roka, Mamadou Ndiaye, Sam Abdoulaye, Abdoulaye Mangane, Ndeye Licka Dieye, Jim Ting, Omer Pasi   +10 more
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Water, sanitation and hygiene interventions and the prevention and treatment of childhood acute malnutrition: A systematic review

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2022
Undernutrition is more prevalent among children living in unsanitary environments with inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Despite good evidence for the effect of WASH on multiple infectious diseases, evidence for the effect of WASH ...
Alan R. Patlán‐Hernández, Heather C. Stobaugh, Oliver Cumming, Andrea Angioletti, Danka Pantchova, Jean Lapègue, Stéphanie Stern, Dieynaba S. N'Diaye   +7 more
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Are post-error adjustments influenced by beliefs in free will? A failure to replicate Rigoni, Wilquin, Brass and Burle, 2013 [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2020
In this pre-registered study, we tried to replicate the study by Rigoni et al. 2013 Cognition 127, 264–269. In the original study, the authors manipulated the participants’ belief in free will in a between-subject design and subsequently measured post ...
Charlotte Eben, Zhang Chen, Emiel Cracco, Marcel Brass, Joël Billieux, Frederick Verbruggen   +5 more
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