Because the effects of religion or religiosity on physical activity (PA) and sedentary activity (SA) are unknown, weekend accrual of PA and SA was measured among Jewish adolescents (N = 437) attending religious day schools in two large cities in the western United States. Participants completed the Self-Administered Physical Activity Checklist and demographic and religious questionnaire items. ...

Purpose Providing higher education institutions (HEIs) with a tool for self-assessing their social responsibility (SR) that generates the information and knowledge necessary to strategic approach adopting Green Paper recommendations about SR of HEIs. Setting out collaborative policy development process construct “Indicators HEIs” (ISRHEI). Design/methodology/approach After literature review, in...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate to what extent the modification of corneal asphericity to induce spherical aberration (SA) can improve the depth of focus and to determine whether preoperative adaptive optics assessment (Voptica SL) can predict an optimal SA value for each patient. DESIGN Comparative, prospective clinical trial with paired eye control. PARTICIPANTS Patients ≥45 years old who are hyper...

Time Management Tools MindTools.com: Various articles and self assessment tools show you how to effectively schedule your day by setting priorities, including contingency times. Also gives advice on how to prevent over-committing. https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_07.htm [2] Work Life Balance: Gives short, practical tips on how to end procrastination. http://www.worklifebalance.com...

Time Management Tools MindTools.com: Various articles and self assessment tools show you how to effectively schedule your day by setting priorities, including contingency times. Also gives advice on how to prevent over-committing. https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_07.htm [2] Work Life Balance: Gives short, practical tips on how to end procrastination. http://www.worklifebalance.com...

Time Management Tools MindTools.com: Various articles and self assessment tools show you how to effectively schedule your day by setting priorities, including contingency times. Also gives advice on how to prevent over-committing. https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_07.htm [2] Work Life Balance: Gives short, practical tips on how to end procrastination. http://www.worklifebalance.com...

Self-administration of addictive drugs is a widely used tool for studying behavioral, neurobiological, and genetic factors in addiction. However, how locomotor activity is affected during self-administration of addictive drugs has not been extensively studied. In our present study, we tested the locomotor activity levels during acquisition, extinction and reinstatement of morphine self-administ...

Professional competence requires a commitment to lifelong learning, self-assessment, and excellence. Complex skills such as these require flexible and comprehensive teaching and assessment measures. We describe a combination of working and performance portfolios that both foster and evaluate the development of professional competence. We explain the conceptual and practical underpinnings that m...

Four studies and a computer simulation tested the hypothesis that people who are overconfident in their self-assessments may be more successful in attracting mates. In Study 1, overconfident people were perceived as more confident in their dating profiles, and this perceived confidence predicted increased romantic desirability. Study 2 revealed that overconfident people also tend to be perceive...