Purpose: Bipolar disorders of complex and multi-dimensional nature necessitate new therapies.   This research compared the effect of meta-cognitive and psycho-educational family therapy on   dysfunctional attitudes of bipolar patients.   Materials and Methods: This was a semi-empirical research with pretest-posttest design, using   control group. From among the bipolar woman who had referred ...

To remain competitive in increasingly changeable markets, companies need to be reactive. They must often face unforeseen events, such as a cancellation or a modification of order, taking into account rush order, random interruptions of the production system, etc. This requires, in particular, a real time Production Activity Control (PAC) in order to deal with emerging critical events. We distin...

OBJECTIVE To describe infant activity at 3 months old and to test the efficacy of a primary care-based child obesity prevention intervention on promoting infant activity in low-income Hispanic families. METHODS This study was a randomized controlled trial (n = 533) comparing a control group of mother-infant dyads receiving standard prenatal and pediatric primary care with an intervention grou...

OBJECTIVES To describe the results of home exercise targeting the pelvic floor in continent women one year after the end of a physical therapy treatment for the following outcomes: functional assessment of the pelvic floor and urinary incontinence. METHODS This is an observational study that evaluated fifteen women one year after physical therapy treatment for Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI...

Biofeedback therapy is an instrument-based learning process centered on operant conditioning. The goal of biofeedback therapy in defecatory disorders is to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles, retrain rectal sensation and coordinate pelvic floor muscles during evacuation. Biofeedback therapy, in a broader sense, includes education, counseling, and diaphragmatic muscle training as well as exerci...