BACKGROUND The transtheoretical model (TTM) of health behavior change is one of the most promising approaches for health professionals to help individuals change their behaviors. Few studies have assessed calcium intake using the model on Asian women. This study aims at clarifying characteristics of each behavioral stage among Japanese women and providing clues to increase calcium intake to pre...

Students entering into their first year of university studies are subject to a jarring difference between the learning experiences of high school and university. High schools typically take a very structured approach to teaching whereas university expects students to take ownership of their learning. This dramatic shift often means students are not adequately prepared to form positive study hab...

conclusions the study found an association between the stages of change model and obesity control. results the findings indicated a statistical difference in scores of body mass index, self-efficacy scale, and health promotion lifestyle profile between the intervention and control group. patients and methods the student participants were randomly assigned to the intervention (n = 52) and contro...

OF THESIS THE CUES TO BEHAVIOR CHANGE MODEL: INTEGRATION OF THE HEALTH BELIEF MODEL AND THE TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL Strategic health communication can have a profound effect on interventions designed for changing unhealthy behaviors. Strategic health communication, in the form of cues to action, when combined with the Stages of Change from the Transtheoretical Model and perceived susceptibility,...

Background. The transtheoretical model of change (TTM) was used as a framework to examine the steps that women took to disclose intimate partner violence (IPV) in urban emergency departments. Methods. Mapping methods portrayed the evolving nature of decisions that facilitated or inhibited disclosure. This paper is a secondary analysis of qualitative data from a mixed methods study that explored...

T o date, existing interventions designed to improve adherence have had limited success. According to a recent review of random-ized clinical trials of adherence interventions (McDonald, Garg, & Haynes, 2002), theoretical, multifaceted interventions in clinic settings are common. Based on a review of 33 trials, including 39 interventions, less than half (19) were associated with statistically s...

Tautomycin (TTM) is a highly potent and specific protein phosphatase inhibitor isolated from Streptomyces spiroverticillatus. The biological activity of TTM makes it an important lead for drug discovery, whereas its spiroketal-containing polyketide chain and rare dialkylmaleic anhydride moiety draw attention to novel biosynthetic chemistries responsible for its production. To elucidate the bios...

BACKGROUND The transtheoretical model has been successful in promoting health behavior change in general and clinical populations. However, there is little knowledge about the application of the transtheoretical model to explain physical activity behavior in individuals with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. The aim was to examine patterns of (1) physical activity and (2) mediators of behavio...

In this project, we explore a novel framework for formal veriication of a real-time speciications of a machining system. A machining system falls under the broad category of a real-time system. The TTM/RTTL framework is used for speciication and veriication of a machining system. In TTM/RTTL framework, a machining system is modeled as a parallel composition of various modules each representing ...

This paper is an introduction to Thermal Texture Maps (TTM), starting from the end of the 80’s to the present, topics covered will be basic theory, medical and other fields’ application. It will also discuss TTM’s present technical problems and the expectation of TTM applications in this new century; proliferation of TTM technology in industrial engineering, military and medical fields and revo...