Development and initial testing of the self‐care of chronic illness inventory [PDF]
, 2018 Aim The aim was to develop and psychometrically test the self‐care of chronic illness Inventory, a generic measure of self‐care. Background Existing measures of self‐care are disease‐specific or behaviour‐specific; no generic measure of self‐care ...
Barbaranelli, Claudio +10 more
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Enhancing Predictive Maintenance Through Detection of Unrecorded Track Work
InfrastructuresPredictive maintenance can help infrastructure managers to reduce costs and improve railway availability while ensuring safety. However, its accuracy depends on reliable data from various sources, especially track measurement data.
Jan Schatzl +3 more
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Application of Data Driven Methods for Condition Monitoring Maintenance
Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2013 Nowadays, there is an increasing demand for Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) activities as time-directed maintenance are observed to be inefficient in many situations.
I. Marton +3 more
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Maintenance of behaviour by secondary reinforcement
Acta Psychologica, 1966 Summary Stimuli acquire secondary reinforcing properties by association with primary reinforcement. That is, they act as signals (discriminitive stimuli) that primary reinforcement is forthcoming. When behaviour (R1) is maintained on the basis of secondary reinforcement further behaviour (R2) is also normally necessary—that which acquires primary ...
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Systematic review: handwashing behaviour in low‐ to middle‐income countries: outcome measures and behaviour maintenance [PDF]
Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2011 SummaryObjectives To describe global approaches to handwashing research in low‐ and middle‐income communities, schools and health care settings using behavioural outcome measurement and temporal study design.Methods Peer‐reviewed and grey literature was screened for handwashing studies that evaluated behaviour change.
Stephen M, Vindigni +2 more
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Effect of flooring system on maintenance behaviours of cows
The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2021 To evaluate the effect of floor on maintenance behaviours of cow in loose housing system, four groups, viz. T0 (concrete in covered and brick-paved in open area), T1 (concrete in covered and sand bed in open), T2 (rubber mat in covered and sand bed in open) and T3 (rubber mat in covered and brick-paved in open) were studied.
DEEPAK UPADHYAY +4 more
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Delineating the psychological and behavioural factors of successful weight loss maintenance [PDF]
Heliyon, 2020 Overweight and obesity present alarming global health problems including detrimental health risks that call for effective interventions. Considerable research has examined behavioural and psychological factors associated with weight loss to advance the field of obesity and overweight.
Emily Levinge +2 more
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Virtual reality to understand pain-associated approach behaviour: a proof-of-concept study
Scientific Reports, 2023 Pain-associated approach and avoidance behaviours are critically involved in the development and maintenance of chronic pain. Empirical research suggests a key role of operant learning mechanisms, and first experimental paradigms were developed for their
Kirsten Hilger +4 more
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Applying Behavioural Incentives to Increase Adherence to Maintenance Treatment
Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2018 A significant portion of the various communities, especially developing countries, is involved in drug abuse and receive formal drug treatments. Although the benefits of available therapeutics such as methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) for controlling infectious diseases have been confirmed, treatment failure has been seen in a large range of the ...
Komasi, Saeid +3 more
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The effect of maternal nutrition during mid- to late- pregnancy on ewe and lamb behaviour and the association with lamb survival : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Animal Science at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2015 Lambing percentage in New Zealand has increased by almost 30% in the last 20 years. This increase is associated with a greater percentage of twin- and triplet-born lambs which have lower survival rates than singletons.
Grönqvist, Gabriella Veronica
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