This article presents results of a randomized controlled trial examining the efficacy of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for treating disruptive behaviors of young children (ages 3 to 6) with mental retardation (MR) and comorbid oppositional defiant disorder. Thirty families were randomly assigned to an immediate treatment (IT) or waitlist (WL) control group. Results indicated that IT m...

Dysfunctional evaluations of somatic symptoms are considered a central factor in maintaining hypochondriasis. The aim of the current study was to investigate whether exposure therapy (ET) without cognitive restructuring is sufficient to change dysfunctional evaluations of somatic symptoms. The current study was based on a randomized controlled trial and compared patients with hypochondriasis (N...

In this letter we introduce a quantum well infrared photodetector ~QWIP! structure, which we refer to as the quantum grid infrared photodetector ~QGIP!. In an ideal structure, a grid pattern with very narrow linewidth is created in the QWIP active region to achieve lateral electron confinement, thereby improving its absorption as well as transport characteristics. In order to realize this detec...

This study determined the extent to which bovine longissimus lumborum muscle (LLM) myofibers are influenced by nutrition for 120 d from weaning and the time-course of recovery after severe postweaning nutritional restriction. After weaning, 3 groups of Belmont Red cattle, a tropically adapted breed, were fed to achieve rapid growth (RG, > or =0.6 kg of BW gain/d; n = 16), slow growth (SG, 0.2 k...

The Wang-Landau (WL) Monte Carlo method has been applied to simulate the self-assembly of a lipid bilayer on a 3D lattice. The WL method differs from conventional Monte Carlo methods in that a complete density of states is obtained directly for the system, from which properties, such as the free energy, can be derived. Furthermore, from a single WL simulation, continuous curves of the average e...

The k-dimensional Weisfeiler-Leman algorithm (k-WL) is a very useful combinatorial tool in graph isomorphism testing. We address the applicability of k-WL to recognition properties. Let G be an input with n vertices. show that, if prime, then vertex-transitivity can seen straightforward way from output 2-WL on and vertex-individualized copies G. This perhaps first non-trivial example using for ...

Widely linear (WL) receivers are able to fulfill single antenna interference cancellation (SAIC) of one rectilinear (R) or quasi-rectilinear (QR) co-channel interference (CCI), a function which is operational in GSM handsets in particular. However, SAIC requires enhancements for QR signals, for both VAMOS standard, an evolution of GSM/EDGE standard, and FBMC-OQAM networks, which are candidate f...

In this paper, we present a widely-linear (WL) distributed beamforming algorithm that takes full advantage of weak-sense second-order (SO) non-circular source signals. We consider a single-antenna source-destination pair in an ad-hoc relay network that suffers from strong interference. Assuming that perfect channel state information (CSI) is available at the receiver, we design our algorithm ba...

OBJECTIVE The Body Project is a cognitive dissonance-based body image improvement program with ample research support among female samples. More recently, researchers have highlighted the extent of male body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviors; however, boys/men have not been included in the majority of body image improvement programs. This study aims to explore the efficacy of a mi...

BACKGROUND Clinical recommendation of weight loss (WL) in older adults remains controversial, partially due to concerns regarding lean mass loss and potential loss of physical function. The purpose of this study is to determine the independent associations between changes in fat and lean mass and changes in physical function in older, overweight, and obese adults undergoing intentional WL. ME...