• 제목/요약/키워드: Behavioural Characteristics

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Suitability of a Group Behavioural Therapy Module for Workplace Smoking Cessation Programs in Malaysia: a Pilot Study

  • Maarof, Muhammad Faizal;Ali, Adliah Mhd;Amit, Noh;Bakry, Mohd Makmor;Taha, Nur Akmar
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제17권1호
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    • pp.207-214
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    • 2016
  • In Malaysia, data on components suitability the established smoking cessation module is limited. This exploratory study aimed to evaluate the suitability of the components developed in the module for group behavioural therapy in workplace smoking cessation programs. Twenty staff were identified but only eight individuals were selected according to the study criteria during the recruitment period in May 2014. Focus group discussion was conducted to identify themes relevant to the behavioural issues among smokers. Thematic analysis yielded seven major themes which were reasons for regular smoking, reasons for quitting, comprehending smoking characteristics, quit attempt experiences, support and encouragement, learning new skills and behaviour, and preparing for lapse/relapse or difficult situations. As a result, the developed module was found to be relevant and suitable for use based on these themes.

Behavioral Aspects of Captive Alpine Musk Deer during Non-mating Season: Gender Differences and Monthly Patterns

  • Meng, Xiuxiang;Zhao, Changjie;Hui, Cenyi;Luan, Xiaofeng
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제24권5호
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    • pp.707-712
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    • 2011
  • The objective of the present study was to determine gender-related and month-related behavioral differences in captive alpine musk deer. The study was conducted at Xinglongshan Musk Deer Farm (XMDF) of Xinglongshan National Nature Reserve in Gansu Province of western China. The integrated method of focal sampling and all occurrence recording was utilized to quantify the behavioural patterns of 45 captive alpine musk deer (Moschus sifanicus) during non-mating season (from August $1^{st}$ to October $25^{th}$), and the behavioural durations of 12 behavioural patterns such as standing-gazing were recorded. The behavioural modes were compared to explore the potential differences between females and males, and the monthly behavioural modes for males and females were analyzed. Our results showed that the captive female deer in XMDF could compensate the energy lost in pregnancy, parturition and lactation through improving its ingestive efficiency. In order to be more sensitive to the changing environment, females expressed more standing-gazing (SG: $67.38{\pm}12.69\;s$) and moving (MO; $27.41{\pm}5.02\;s$), but less bedding (BE: $42.32{\pm}11.35\;s$) than male deer (SG: $56.43{\pm}9.19\;s$; MO: $19.23{\pm}4.64\;s$; BE: $96.14{\pm}15.71\;s$). Furthermore, females perform more affinitive interaction (AI: $7.89{\pm}4.81\;s$) but less ano-genital sniffing (AS: $0.24{\pm}0.13\;s$) and agonistic behaviour (CI: $0.57{\pm}0.26\;s$) than males (AI: $1.45{\pm}1.09\;s$; AS: $0.45{\pm}0.29\;s$; CI: $1.42{\pm}0.67\;s$). The females expressed ingestion more in October ($132.31{\pm}27.47\;s$) than in August ($28.80{\pm}18.44\;s$) and September ($45.1{\pm}10.84\;s$), and the males performed Ano-genital sniffing (AS: $1.79{\pm}1.14\;s$) and self-directed behaviour (SD: $12.61{\pm}5.03\;s$) significantly more in October than in August (AS: 0 s; SD: $0.62{\pm}0.17\;s$) and September (AS: $0.02{\pm}0.01\;s$; SD: $0.17{\pm}0.15\;s$). Moreover, male musk deer increased the intension of ano-genital sniffing, agonistic behaviour and tail rubbing behaviour, which were related to sexual activities.

Predictors of Re-participation in Faecal Occult Blood Test-Based Screening for Colorectal Cancer

  • Cole, Stephen R.;Gregory, Tess;Whibley, Alex;Ward, Paul;Turnbull, Deborah;Wilson, Carlene;Flight, Ingrid;Esterman, Adrian;Young, Graeme P.
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제13권12호
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    • pp.5989-5994
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    • 2012
  • Background: There is little information on longitudinal patterns of participation in faecal occult blood test (FOBT) based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening or on demographic or behavioural factors associated with participation in re-screening. The lack of an agreed system for describing participatory behaviour over multiple rounds also hampers our ability to report, understand and make use of observed associations. Our aims were to develop a system for describing patterns of participatory behaviour in FOBT-based CRC screening programs and to identify factors associated with particular behavioural patterns. Methods: A descriptive framework was developed and applied to a data extract of screening invitation outcomes over two rounds of the NBCSP. The proportion of invitees in each behaviour category was determined and associations between behaviour patterns and demographic and program factors were identified using multivariate analyses. Results: We considered Re-Participants, Dropouts, Late Entrants and Never Participants to be the most appropriate labels for the four possible observed participatory categories after two invitation rounds. The screening participation rate of the South Australian cohort of the NBCSP remained stable over two rounds at 51%, with second round Dropouts (10.3%) being balanced by Late Entrants (10.5%). Non-Participants comprised 38.7% of invitees. Relative to Re-Participants, Dropouts were older, more likely to be female, of lower SES, had changed their place of residence between offers had a positive test result in the first round. Late Entrants tended to be in the youngest age band. Conclusions: Specific demographic characteristics are associated with behavioural sub-groups defined by responses to 2 offers of CRC screening. Targeted group-specific strategies could reduce dropout behaviour or encourage those who declined the first invitation to participate in the second round. It will be important to keep first round participants engaged in order to maximise the benefit of a CRC screening program.

A Study upon Effects of Family Restaurant Consumption Values upon Satisfaction, Reliability and Behavioural Intentions in Korea: Focused on College Students at Metropolitan Area

  • Sung, Ha-Ya;Kim, Jong-Jin;Youn, Myoung-Kil
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • 제1권4호
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    • pp.29-37
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    • 2014
  • This study investigated effects of five consumption values of family restaurants, that is to say, functional value, economic value, social value, creative value and emotional value, upon consumers'satisfaction and brand reliability, and effects of satisfactions upon brand reliability, and effects of satisfaction and brand reliability upon consumers' behavioral intention to help develop family restaurant industry. Frequency analysis was done. The interviewees had demographic characteristics of gender: 156 men (54.4%) and 131 women (45.6%). The interviewees live in the places: 136 persons (47.4%) in Gyeonggi and Metropolitan area, 57 persons (27.0%) in Gangbuk, Seoul, 38 persons (13.2%) in other areas in Seoul, 34 persons (11.8%) in Gangnam, Seoul, 18 persons (6.3%) in Incheon and 4 persons (1.4%) in other regions. Values of the use of family restaurants, for instance, functional value, economic value, social value, emotional value and rarity value had influence upon satisfaction and brand reliability, had influence upon satisfaction as well as brand reliability. This study investigated consumption values of which consumers thought much, effects of consumption values upon satisfaction and brand reliability, effects of consumer's satisfaction upon brand reliability, and consumer's satisfaction and brand reliability upon behavioral intention, and to verify effects having influence upon local and foreign family restaurant.

다짐 풍화잔적토의 거동특성 연구 (Behavioral Characteristics of Decomposed Residual Solis)

  • 이인모;이승철;김용진
    • 한국지반공학회지:지반
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    • 제12권6호
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    • pp.115-126
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    • 1996
  • 삼축압축시험의 결과를 이용해 2차광물성분을 많이 포함하고 있는 모앙이 편마암인 풍화잔적토의 압축 및 강도특성을 분석하여, 모암 및 광물성분비가 다른 기존의 연구결과와 비교하여 풍화잔적토의 모암과 광물성부네 따른 강도정수의 차이 및 거동특성을 파악하기 위한 근간을 제시하고자 본 연구를 수행하였으며, 치를 위하여 CIV, CID, CKoU, CKoD 등의 삼축압축시험을 실시하였다. 기원 및 광물성분이 다른 풍화잔적토라도 정규압축곡선(NCL)의 기울기는 유사한 양상을 보이며, 압축시 입자파쇄효과로 인하여 약 85%의 소성변형량을 나타냈다. 전단시 또이동 시료는 김천 및 안동 시료와는 다르게 응력연화현상을 나타내 기원 및 구성광물에 따라 다른 거동을 보여줌을 알 수 있었다. 펀단저항각은 시료가 석영과 장석성분 등의 1차 광물과 2차광물의 구성성 분에 따라 달라짐을 알 수 있었으며, 반면에 간극수압계수는 기원 및 광물성분을 막론하고 1 이상의 큰 값을 나타냈다.

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청소년의 학교몰입에 영향을 미치는 변인들에 대한 연구: 행동적 몰입을 중심으로 (A Study on the Antecedent Variables Influencing Adolescent School Engagement: Focusing on Behavioural Engagement)

  • 이연희;탁진국
    • 한국심리학회지:학교
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    • 제18권2호
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    • pp.153-174
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    • 2021
  • 본 연구의 목적은 청소년의 사회화에 중요한 학교 몰입 중 행동적 몰입에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 선행변인에 대한 검증에 있다. 선행변인은 사회화의 주체가 되는 청소년의 개인특성과 학교현장의 사회적지지라고 할 수 있는 또래지지와 교사지지로 범주화하여 설정하였다. 개인특성에는 강점인식 및 활용과 학습목표지향성을, 또래지지에는 또래의 강점지지와 또래 학업지지를, 교사지지에는 교사의 강점 지지와 관점변화지지를 하위요인으로 설정하였다. 본 연구를 위해 전국에 재학 중인 고등학생 539명을 대상으로 설문을 실시하여 자료를 수집하고 그 중 33명을 제거, 506명의 데이터로 분석을 실시하였다. 분석결과, 개인특성의 하위요인으로 설정된 학습목표지향성만이 행동적 몰입에 정적으로 유의미한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로 연구결과를 바탕으로 연구의 시사점, 제한점 및 향후 연구과제에 대해 논의하였다.

Development of An Integrated Test Facility (ITF) for the Advanced Man Machine Interface Evaluation

  • Oh, In-Seok;Cha, Kyung-Ho;Lee, Hyun-Chul;Sim, Bong-Sick
    • 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국원자력학회 1995년도 추계학술발표회논문집(1)
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    • pp.117-122
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    • 1995
  • An Integrated Test Facility(ITF) is a human factors experimental environment to evaluate an advanced man machine interface(MMI) design. The ITF includes a human machine simulator(HMS) comprised of a nuclear power plant function simulator, man-machine interface, experiment control station for the experiment control and design, human behavioural data measurement system, and data analysis and experiment evaluation supporting system(DAEXESS). The most important features of ITF is to secure the flexibility and expandibility of Man Machine Interlace(MMI) design to change easily the environment of experiments to accomplish the experiment's objects In this paper, we describe a development scope and characteristics of the ITF such as, hardware and software development scope and characteristics, system thermohydraulic modelling characteristics, and experiment station characteristics for the experiment variables design and control, to be used as an experiment environment for the evaluation of VDU-based control room.

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Prader-Willi 증후군의 Fluoxetine 치험 1례 (A CASE OF PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME TREATED WITH FLUOXETINE)

  • 신동원;송동호
    • Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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    • 제8권1호
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    • pp.133-138
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    • 1997
  • Prader-Willi 증후군(Prader-Willi Syndrome, PWS)은 $50{\sim}-70%$ 정도의 환자에서 염색체 15번에 이상이 있음이 보고된 유전적인 질환으로서, 그 특징적인 임상양상은 심한 근긴장의 저하(hypotonia), 반사소실(areflexia), 섭식의 곤란(feeding difficulty), 저체온증(hypothermia), 성기왜소증(microgenitalia), 음낭저형성증(hypoplastic scrotum), 대식증(polyphagia), 포만감의 감소와 비만, 정신운동발달의 지연, 저성선기능증(hypogonadism) 및 안면과 척추의 기형 등이다. 또한 행동상의 여러 문제들이 동반되는데 분노발작, 피부를 심하게 뜯거나 발모광, 과도한 식욕과 관련된 음식 도벽증이 나타나므로 정신과적 치료가 필요하다. 본 증례는 14세된 PWS환자로서 비만과 대식증, 도벽증, 학업부진 및 생활부적응 문제 등으로 2주간의 입원과 약 1년간의 추적기간 동안 약물요법(fluoxetine 투여)과 행동요법, 그리고 가족요법을 받아 왔다. 장기간의 Fluoxetine투여를 통하여 비만과 식욕의 조절에는 효과가 만족스럽지 않았으나 우울감과 감정문제, 자살사고 및 행동문제들은 호전되었다.

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경관의 특성에 따른 동물의 이동경로에 관한 연구 (Analysis of Wildlife Moving Route with Landscape Characteristics)

  • 이동근;박찬;송원경
    • 환경영향평가
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    • 제17권2호
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    • pp.133-141
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    • 2008
  • The loss, alteration, and fragmentation of habitat have led to a reduction of biodiversity. The growing awareness of the negative effects of habitat fragmentation on natural systems has resulted in conservation strategy that is concerned with not only population and habitat level but also ecosystem and landscape level. Especially, ecological network to link core areas or major habitat patches is one of the most important issues. Recently, landscape connectivity is increasingly used in decision making for fragmented landscape management in order to conserve the biodiversity in the regional scale. The objective of this study was to find potential forest as a ecological corridor in Go-yang city, Gyung-gi province using cost-distance modelling method that can measure connectivity based on animal movement. 'Least cost-distance' modelling based on functional connectivity can be useful to establish ecological network and biodiversity conservation plan. This method calculates the distance modified with the cost to move between habitat patches based on detailed geographical information on the landscape as well as behavioural aspects of the animal movement. The least cost-distance models are based on two biologically assumptions: (1) dispersers have complete knowledge of their surroundings, and (2) they do select the least cost route from this information. As a result of this study, we can find wildlife moving route for biodiversity conservation. The result is very useful for long-term aspect of biodiversity conservation plan in regional scale, because this is reflection of geographical information and behavioural aspects of the animal movement.

How predictive are temporal lobe changes of underlying TDP-43 pathology in the ALS-FTD continuum?

  • Bueno, Ana Paula Arantes;Bertoux, Maxime;de Souza, Leonardo Cruz;Hornberger, Michael
    • Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology
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    • 제19권2호
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    • pp.101-112
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    • 2017
  • Detection of underling proteinopathies is becoming increasingly important across neurodegenerative conditions due to upcoming disease intervention trials. In this review, we explored how temporal lobe changes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) can potentially predict underlying TDP-43 pathology subtypes in FTD. To date, emphasis has been given to frontal lobe changes in the study of the cognitive and behavioural impairments in both syndromes but an increasing number of pathological, imaging and neuropsychological studies suggest how temporal lobe changes could critically affect the cognition and behaviour of these conditions. In this current article, we reviewed pathological, imaging as well as clinical/neuropsychological findings of temporal involvement in the ALS-FTD continuum, how they relate to temporal lobe changes and the underlying TDP-43 pathology in FTD. Findings across studies show that TDP-43 pathology occurs and coincides in many structures in ALS and FTD, but especially in the temporal lobes. In particular, anterior and medial temporal lobes atrophy is consistently found in ALS and FTD. In addition, memory and language impairment as well as emotional and Theory of Mind processing deficits that are characteristics of the two diseases are highly correlated to temporal lobe dysfunction. We conclude by showing that temporal lobe changes due to TDP-43 type B might be particular predictive of TDP-43 type B pathology in behavioural variant FTD, which clearly needs to be investigated further in the future.