The effects of hypnosis on flow states and three-point shooting performance in basketball players.

This study examined the effects of hypnosis on flow states and three-point shooting performance in 5 collegiate basketball players. The investigation uti- lized an ideographic single-subject multiple baselines across subjects design combined with a procedure that monitors the internal experience of the par- ticipants (Wollman, 1986). The method of intervention utilized in this study involved relaxation, imagery, hypnotic induction, hypnotic regression, and trigger control procedures. The results indicated that all five participants in- creased both their mean basketball three-point shooting performance and their mean flow scores from baseline to intervention. There were no overlapping data points between the baseline and intervention for either performance or flow state. Additionally, each participant indicated that they had felt the inter- vention was useful in keeping them confident, relaxed, and calm. These re- sults support the hypothesis that a hypnosis intervention can improve three- point shooting performance in basketball players and increase feelings and cognitions that are associated with flow

What Kinds of Research Information Do Communications Practitioners Need?

Listen to a communicator attending any conference related to their work and one could conclude that the mission of the average communications office has become: Do more, do it better, do it with LESS!! Not only on less money...but less time! Now, if that isn\u27t the perfect recipe for frustration, it would be hard to find one. Unfortunately, it seems to be a feeling shared by many

An Analysis of Newspaper Columns Written by South Dakota County Agents and a Readership Study of Four Examples

The purpose of this study is to provide information concerning the county agent columns written in South Dakota, what they are like, what they contain, and how they compete with other weekly newspaper features in the same newspaper in terms of readership. One of the purposes of this study is to determine whether or not the typical column written in South Dakota fits into this format. Once it has been determined what constitutes a the typical county agent’s column, this study will go on to analyze the readership of four columns in an effort to find out how well these county agent columns compete with other features in the weekly newspaper. The hypothesis of this study is that the agricultural column written by county agents in South Dakota has high readership appeal to the weekly and bi-weekly newspaper reader

Use of Slide-Tape and Video Cassettes in County Extension Office Self-Teaching Centers

This study was funded as a Special Project by USDA, SEA-Extension, with Ovid Bay as liaison

Development and validation of the inspirational leaders survey.

Purpose The Inspirational Leaders Survey (ILS) was developed to identify the behaviours and characteristics of inspirational leaders. The main aim of the ILS is to help businesses identify and recruit inspirational leaders into their workforce. Design/methodology/approach After a literature review 75 inspiring behaviours were identified. The items were examined through the exploratory factor analysis of responses from a sample of 212 adults; and a confirmatory factor analysis from a sample of 248 adults employed in various organisations with management systems. Findings Two factors with nine items emerged as the best approximation of the population covariance matrix of the three models tested from the results. The factors were called 'Individual Behaviours (five items: desire to achieve success, determined to achieve goals, passionate about work, committed to achieve success, and hardworking)' and 'Relationship Behaviours (four items: ability to instil confidence in people, inspire others, offer hope to others, and offer stability and direction to others)'. Originality/value The characteristics of inspirational leaders have received only limited empirical assessment, and an instrument to measure these characteristics has not been widely available. Such an instrument could provide a useful tool to identify inspirational leaders in our social and work- related groups. The present study describes the development of the ILS, which would help human resources in organisations identify and recruit inspirational leaders into their workforce.N/

A novel fluorescent tracer for real-time tracing of clay transport over soil surfaces

Clay is an important vector for the transport of pollutants in the environment, including nutrients, pesticides and metals; therefore, the fate of many chemicals in soil systems is closely linked to that of clay. Understanding the mechanisms responsible for clay transport has been hampered by the lack of a suitable tracer. Producing a tracer that accurately mimics clay transport is challenging, due to the small size of the particles and their unique physical properties. Here we describe the design and synthesis of a tracer using natural clay particles as a foundation, exploiting the natural ability of clay to sorb molecules to coat the clay with a thin layer of fluorophore. Application of the tracer has been demonstrated through the collection of real-time images of the tracer moving over the surface of a soil box during a rainfall event. These images allow, for the first time, clay to be tracked spatially and temporally without need to remove soil for analysis, thus resulting in minimal experimental artefacts. Custom written software has been used to extract high resolution data describing tracer movement and extent throughout the experiment