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The Interaction of Goal Orientation and Stage of Change on Exercise Behavior in College Students
The purpose of this study was to develop and examine the reliability and validity of the Perceptions of Success Questionnaire for Exercise (POSQ-E), and to link goal orientations to self-reported physical activity patterns and perceptions. The final sample consisted of 569 recreation center participants who utilized the facility 3.77 days a week (SD = 1.94) and were active for an average of 70.18 minutes (SD = 33.3) per session. Sixty-three percent of respondents (n = 358) self-reported meeting adult guidelines for regular exercise (150 minutes per week). Using a single-item ladder, participants were assigned across the five stages of exercise readiness respectively: precontemplation (6.8%); contemplation (4.9%); preparation (26.2%); action (23.8%); and maintenance (38.3%). Task scores were shown to increase across the stages of change while ego scores decreased slightly. An extreme median split of the goal orientation scores yielded a sub-sample of 235 participants with 76 (32.3%) in the high task/high ego, 49 (20.9%) in the high task/low ego, 47 (20%) in the high ego/low task, and 63 (26.8%) in the low ego/low task group. The POSQ-E was shown to have good internal reliability, factor validity and convergent validity. Convergent validity linking the transtheoretical model and self-reported physical activity behavior with goal orientation theory may provide a new direction for applied research in exercise behavior
Establishing and maintaining international collaborative research teams: an autobiographical insight
Despite the growing impetus for international collaborative research teams (ICRT), there are relatively few resources available to guide and support researchers through the processes of establishing and maintaining ICRTs. In particular, no articles were found that provided researchers’ firsthand accounts of being a member of such a team. Having access to such personal accounts can help both experienced and novice researchers learn more directly about what to expect, as well as the benefits, challenges, pitfalls, and success strategies for establishing and maintaining ICRTs. The authors used phenomenological autobiographical reflective journaling to capture their experiences as
members of ICRTs. In this article we provide an overview of key themes that emerged
from the analysis of our reflections as members of ICRTs. These themes include:
benefits, challenges, and strategies for success. Our aim is to share our first-hand
experiences of what it is like to establish and participate in ICRT. It is not our intention
to provide readers with prescriptive guidelines on how to set up and maintain ICRTs.
Every ICRT is unique and some of these ideas may or may not apply in every case.
Instead, we are describing what worked for us, hoping that others may benefit from our
experience. Consequently, we suggest that the focus of ICRT should be on the benefits
thereof which promote and encourage interaction between disciplines, transfer of
knowledge and techniques and personal and professional development.Web of Scienc
Revisiting the Black Hole Masses of Soft X-ray-Selected Active Galactic Nuclei
In our previous work, using luminosity and the H-beta FWHM as surrogates for
black hole mass (M_BH), we compared the black hole masses of narrow-line
Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) and broad-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (BLS1s) in a
sample of soft X-ray-selected active galactic nuclei. We found that the
distributions of black hole masses in the two populations are statistically
different. Recent work shows that the second moment of the H-beta emission line
(the line dispersion) is a better estimator of black hole mass than FWHM. To
test whether changing the width measure affects our results, we calculate line
dispersion-based black hole masses for our sample. We find that using the line
dispersion rather than the FWHM as a measure of the gas velocity shifts NLS1
and BLS1 virial product distributions closer together, but they remain
distinct. On the M_BH-sigma plane, we find that using the line dispersion
leaves NLS1s below the M_BH-sigma relation, but to a less significant degree
than when FWHM is used to calculate black hole masses (the [OIII] 5007A FWHM is
used as a surrogate for the bulge stellar velocity dispersion). The level of
significance of our findings is such that we cannot draw firm conclusions on
the location of the two samples on the M_BH-sigma plane. We are still left with
two alternative scenarios: either (1) NLS1s lie below the M_BH-sigma relation
indicating that their black hole masses are growing, or (2) NLS1s lie on the
M_BH-sigma relation, so they preferentially reside in smaller mass, less
luminous galaxies; the present data do not allow us to choose one over the
other. More trustworthy stellar velocity dispersions and accurate black hole
mass measurements are required for a firmer statement about the locus of NLS1s
on the M_BH-sigma plane.Comment: Accepted for publication in AJ; 9 pages, 4 figures, 1 tabl
Qualitative study exploring the key determinants of information gathering to inform the management of over-the-counter (OTC) consultations in community pharmacies
Peer reviewedPublisher PD
Automation Framework for Flight Dynamics Products Generation
XFDS provides an easily adaptable automation platform. To date it has been used to support flight dynamics operations. It coordinates the execution of other applications such as Satellite TookKit, FreeFlyer, MATLAB, and Perl code. It provides a mechanism for passing messages among a collection of XFDS processes, and allows sending and receiving of GMSEC messages. A unified and consistent graphical user interface (GUI) is used for the various tools. Its automation configuration is stored in text files, and can be edited either directly or using the GUI
On the Relation Between Black Hole Mass and Velocity Dispersion in Type 1 and Type 2 AGN
We present results from infrared spectroscopic projects that aim to test the relation
between the mass of a black hole M_(BH) and the velocity dispersion of the stars in its host-galaxy
bulge. We demonstrate that near-infrared, high-resolution spectroscopy assisted by adaptive
optics is key in populating the high-luminosity end of the relation. We show that the velocity
dispersions of mid-infrared, high-ionization lines originating from gas in the narrow-line region
of the active galactic nucleus follow the same relation. This result provides a way of inferring
MBH estimates for the cosmologically significant population of obscured, type 2 AGN that can
be applicable to data from spectrographs on next-generation infrared telescopes
Behavioral and Physiological Responses to Child-Directed Speech of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders or Typical Development
Young boys with autism were compared to typically developing boys on responses to nonsocial and child-directed speech (CDS) stimuli. Behavioral (looking) and physiological (heart rate and respiratory sinus arrhythmia) measures were collected. Boys with autism looked equally as much as chronological age-matched peers at nonsocial stimuli, but less at CDS stimuli. Boys with autism and language age-matched peers differed in patterns of looking at live versus videotaped CDS stimuli. Boys with autism demonstrated faster heart rates than chronological age-matched peers, but did not differ significantly on respiratory sinus arrhythmia. Reduced attention during CDS may restrict language-learning opportunities for children with autism. The heart rate findings suggest that young children with autism have a nonspecific elevated arousal level
Genetic Predictors of Weight Loss and Weight Regain After Intensive Lifestyle Modification, Metformin Treatment, or Standard Care in the Diabetes Prevention Program
OBJECTIVE: We tested genetic associations with weight loss and weight regain in the Diabetes Prevention Program, a randomized controlled trial of weight loss–inducing interventions (lifestyle and metformin) versus placebo. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Sixteen obesity-predisposing single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were tested for association with short-term (baseline to 6 months) and long-term (baseline to 2 years) weight loss and weight regain (6 months to study end). RESULTS: Irrespective of treatment, the Ala12 allele at PPARG associated with short- and long-term weight loss (−0.63 and −0.93 kg/allele, P ≤ 0.005, respectively). Gene–treatment interactions were observed for short-term (LYPLAL1 rs2605100, P = 0.032; GNPDA2 rs10938397, P = 0.016; MTCH2 rs10838738, P = 0.022) and long-term (NEGR1 rs2815752, P = 0.028; FTO rs9939609, P = 0.044) weight loss. Three of 16 SNPs were associated with weight regain (NEGR1 rs2815752, BDNF rs6265, PPARG rs1801282), irrespective of treatment. TMEM18 rs6548238 and KTCD15 rs29941 showed treatment-specific effects (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Genetic information may help identify people who require additional support to maintain reduced weight after clinical intervention
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