The present study evaluated the efficacy of adding a virtual reality (VR) component to the treatment of compulsive hoarding (CH), following inference-based therapy (IBT). Participants were randomly assigned to either an experimental or a control condition. Seven participants received the experimental and seven received the control condition. Five sessions of 1 h were administered weekly. A sign...

We combine panel household data with the introduction of an increasing block tariffs (IBT) for residential electricity in three experimental regions Russia to analyze relationship between IBT and propensity households purchase dirty fuels. Using a difference-in-differences empirical specification, we find that fuels has increased where schemes were introduced. The size increase varies from 3.8 ...

Sebanyak 39 peserta dari mahasiswa Program Studi Administrasi Perkantoran ITSNU Pekalongan tingkat akhir mengikuti pendampingan mengerjakan soal TOEFL. Tujuan kegiatan ini adalah untuk membantu dalam menghadapi soal-soal tes TOEFL guna memperoleh nilai yang diharapkan dan meningkatkan kemampuan berbahasa Inggris. Metode digunakan observasi, pelaksanaan evaluasi kegiatan. Dari hasil disimpulkan ...

Energetic ionic salts of azotetrazolate (AT), iminobis(5-tetrazolate) (IBT) and 5, 5'-bis(tetrazole) (BT) were synthesized; 1-methyl-4-aminotriazolium azotetrazolate has a layered structure and exhibits a heat of formation of +4360 kJ kg(-1).

Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) merupakan sebuah ujian atau tes yang mengukur kemampuan Bahasa Inggris seseorang. Tes ini menguji listening, structure, dan reading. Bagi mahasiswa STMIK “AMIKBANDUNG”, TOEFL menjadi persyaratan wajib diikuti sebagai sertifikat kompetensi untuk kelulusan (sidang akhir). Saat peserta melakukan test di pihak ketiga harus membayar biaya administrasi sert...

BACKGROUND The uses of internet-based technologies (e.g. patient portals, websites and applications) by cancer patients could be strong drive for change in cancer care coordination practices. The goal of this study was to assess the current utilisation of internet-based technologies (IBT) among cancer patients, and their willingness to use them for their health, as well as analyse the influence...

This pilot study examined preliminary effects of Parent Skills Training with Behavioral Couples Therapy on children's behavioral functioning. Participants were men (N=30) entering outpatient alcohol treatment, their female partners, and a custodial child between 8 and 12 years of age. Couples were randomly assigned to one of three equally intensive conditions: (a) Parent Skills with Behavioral ...

This paper presents a novel method for automatically generating English vocabulary tests using TOEFL vocabulary questions as a model. English vocabulary questions in TOEFL is a multiple-choice question consisting of four components: a target word, a reading passage, a correct answer and distractors. Given a target word, we generate a reading passage from Web texts retrieved from the Internet, a...

This study investigated the effects of a 16-week reading instruction program with discourse structure graphic organizers (DSGOs) on the development of English reading comprehension among college-level English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students. A total of 340 first and third semester students of non-English majors at a Chinese university participated in this study. A DSGO completion test and ...