The mPED randomized controlled clinical trial: applying mobile persuasive technologies to increase physical activity in sedentary women protocol

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Despite the significant health benefits of regular physical activity, approximately half of American adults, particularly women and minorities, do not meet the current physical activity recommendations. Mobile phone technologies are readily available, easily accessible and may provide a potentially powerful tool for delivering physical activity interventions. However, we need to understand how to effectively apply these mobile technologies to increase and maintain physical activity in physically inactive women. The purpose of this paper is to describe the study design and protocol of the mPED (<b>m</b>obile phone based <b>p</b>hysical activity <b>ed</b>ucation) randomized controlled clinical trial that examines the efficacy of a 3-month mobile phone and pedometer based physical activity intervention and compares two different 6-month maintenance interventions.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A randomized controlled trial (RCT) with three arms; 1) PLUS (3-month mobile phone and pedometer based physical activity intervention and 6-month mobile phone diary maintenance intervention), 2) REGULAR (3-month mobile phone and pedometer based physical activity intervention and 6-month pedometer maintenance intervention), and 3) CONTROL (pedometer only, but no intervention will be conducted). A total of 192 physically inactive women who meet all inclusion criteria and successfully complete a 3-week run-in will be randomized into one of the three groups. The mobile phone serves as a means of delivering the physical activity intervention, setting individualized weekly physical activity goals, and providing self-monitoring (activity diary), immediate feedback and social support. The mobile phone also functions as a tool for communication and real-time data capture. The primary outcome is objectively measured physical activity.</p> <p>Discussion</p> <p>If efficacy of the intervention with a mobile phone is demonstrated, the results of this RCT will be able to provide new insights for current behavioral sciences and mHealth.</p> <p>Trial Registration</p> <p>ClinicalTrials.gov#:<a href="http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCTO1280812">NCTO1280812</a></p

Concurrent Session 5 Singapore DPSIR

The Singapore freshwater crab is an ecological indicator for Singapore that is vulnerable to climate change effects such as saltwater intrusion. In response, Singapore has committed to a set of NDCs that can be linked to SDGs the country also has to further prevent climate related disruptions to species like the Singapore freshwater crab. This project will explore the connections made between the Singapore freshwater crab and other aspects of sustainability in Singapore through a DPSIR framework to go into more depth on these connections and the future of sustainability and meeting climate action goals in Singapore

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The error- related negativity as a neuromarker of risk or resilience in young children

IntroductionThe error- related negativity (ERN) is a neural response that reflects error monitoring. Contradictorily, an enlarged (more negative) ERN has been cited as both a risk factor and a protective factor, which hinders its utility as a predictive indicator. The aim of the current study was to examine the associations between ERN measured in early childhood with the development of cognitive control (CC), emotion regulation, and internalizing/externalizing symptoms over 1- 2 years.MethodsWhen children were ages 5- 7, EEG was collected during a Go/No- Go task. A subset of the original participants (n = 30) were selected based on their baseline ERN in an extreme- case design: half with high- amplitude ERN, matched by age and sex with another group with low- amplitude ERN.ResultsAt follow- up, children in the High- Amplitude group showed better executive function, less self- reported anxiety and depression, less affect dysregulation, more parent- rated CC, less lability/negativity, and fewer parent- reported externalizing problems. Many results held even when accounting for baseline levels. Further, emotion dysregulation mediated the relationship between the ERN and both anxiety and externalizing problems, while CC mediated the ERN’s relationship with externalizing problems only.ConclusionsThese results can inform identification and intervention efforts for children at risk for psychopathology.High- amplitude error- related negativity (ERN), measured in early childhood, predicts better self- control, including executive function and cognitive control and less affect dysregulation in middle childhood, and predicts fewer anxiety, depression, and externalizing symptoms over time. Emotion dysregulation mediated the relationship between the ERN and both anxiety and externalizing problems, while cognitive control mediated the ERN’s relationship with externalizing problems only.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/167047/1/brb32008_am.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/167047/2/brb32008.pd