I s it better to be flexible, or persistent? A colleague once said that the secret to success in science is perseveration (no, not mere perseverence—that wouldn’t get you very far at all). Yet we all believe that the highest levels of cognitive function are associated with extreme flexibility—the ability to juggle many things at once and not get hung up on just one. Indeed, this ability to jugg...

This study investigated the link between meditation, self-reported mindfulness and cognitive flexibility as well as other attentional functions. It compared a group of meditators experienced in mindfulness meditation with a meditation-naïve control group on measures of Stroop interference and the "d2-concentration and endurance test". Overall the results suggest that attentional performance and...

Self-care refers to behaviors that individuals adopt prevent or maintain the stability of an illness (self-care maintenance), monitor signs and symptoms monitoring), respond exacerbation management). A generic measure self-care, Self-Care Chronic Illness Inventory, based on Theory Illness, was developed for use in with any number type chronic conditions. The current study investigated measureme...

Individual differences in cognitive flexibility may underlie a variety of different user behaviors, but a lack of effective measurement tools has limited the predictive and descriptive potential of cognitive flexibility in humancomputer interaction applications. This study presents a new computerized measure of cognitive flexibility, and then provides evidence for convergent validity. Our findi...

Cognitive flexibility is affected by stress. The cold pressor test is a known adrenergic stressor that impairs memory, but the effect on cognitive flexibility is unknown. Sixteen subjects were given cognitive flexibility and memory tasks with and without one hand immersed in cold water. Memory was impaired in the cold pressor condition but there was no effect on cognitive flexibility. The lack ...

objective: acceptance and commitment therapy is a third generation behavioral therapy that uses mindfulness skills, acceptance and cognitive defusion in order to achieve psychological flexibility. the main purpose of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on anxiety in patients with multiple sclerosis( ms). method: this research was carried out base...

Inhalation of Yersinia pestis can lead to pneumonic plague, which without treatment is inevitably fatal. Two novel formulations of liposome-encapsulated ciprofloxacin, 'ciprofloxacin for inhalation' (CFI, Lipoquin®) and 'dual release ciprofloxacin for inhalation' (DRCFI, Pulmaquin®) containing CFI and ciprofloxacin solution, are in development. These were evaluated as potential therapies for in...

Control-Flow Integrity (CFI) is a defense which prevents control-flow hijacking attacks. While recent research has shown that coarse-grained CFI does not stop attacks, fine-grained CFI is believed to be secure. We argue that assessing the effectiveness of practical CFI implementations is non-trivial and that common evaluation metrics fail to do so. We then evaluate fullyprecise static CFI — the...

Child maltreatment is a public health problem with different consequences depending on the form of abuse. Measuring risk and protective factors has been fertile ground for research, without involving instruments sufficient evidence validity. The aim study was to gather validity reliability Inventory Brief Abuse Potential (IBCAP) Protective Factors Survey (PFS) in Mexican population. were transl...

OBJECTIVE The pathogenesis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is probably multifactorial with dysfunction at different levels of the brain-gut axis. The aim of this study was to evaluate an existing biobehavioral model of IBS symptom generation in a large group of patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS In 104 IBS patients, we assessed symptom severity by a symptom diary, visceral hypersensitivity usin...