The variable physical fitness will be measured by the PACER test. This test was found to be valid and reliable by multiple recent and relevant studies (de Heer et al., 2011; Slusser et al., 2013; Wright et al., 2012). This test will be performed as the pretest and posttest to measure physical fitness. The PACER test will be completed as described in the manual provided by Nova Southeastern University (n.d). For children ages 6 to 9, a member of the research team will perform the PACER with the…
Explore Correlation and Regression Using the explore function within SPSS gives a clearer view of how the data is represented. The explore function helps to assess the variables within the investigation by visually identifying various aspects of the data, therefor revealing the true nature of the data (Field, 2013). For example, the data in the Chamorro-Premuzic.sav file can be evaluated in a number of ways, for example analyzing the data based on the gender grouping allow one to visualize the…
An empirical study on consumer attitude towards sports gear. Abstract India has a large young population that shown tremendous interest in sporting activities. The advent of sporting clubs, adventure camps, and increasing focus on sports fitness has led to the entry of several international and reputed brands in the market place. Adidas, Reebok, Puma, Nike are some of the leading international brands that are readily available in the Indian market place. Associated with sports apparel and…
symptoms. For the current study, participants’ responses were summed to produce a total score ranging from 0 to 140, with higher scores representing higher levels of depressive symptoms. This study used mean of squared root of depressive symptoms due to kurtosis and skewedness. Only respondents who answered 17 and above…
Defense mechanisms are defined as coping strategies to deal with interpersonal stress or anxiety. According to Hovanesian and Isakov and Cervellione (2009), the different coping strategies and defense mechanisms are said to be used amongst these specific groups: individuals who have not experienced suicide ideations or attempts, individuals with suicide ideations but no attempts, and individuals who have attempted to commit suicide. There are different styles of defense mechanisms that can have…
Abstract— Computer aided detection (CADe) of pulmonary nodules can assist radiologists to a great extent in early diagnosis of lung cancer. The chest CT images are pre-processed by Otsu’s method to enhance the image and the lung volume is segmented using high level vector quantization approach. In order to include juxta-pleural nodules morphological closing operations are applied to close the boundary in the binary lung mask. After successful segmentation of the lung a low level vector…
Ahmed Joudar Department of Comparative literature Second semester: Research plan Spring 2017: (1st report) Supervisors: Prof. Kürtösi Katalin & Prof. Fogarasi György Title: A critical study: How Edward Said explicated the predicament of Exile through the works of 20th century novelists. The Twentieth century can be considered as a highway in which several ideas,…
Study Designs, Measurements, and Variables There is a wide array of different mindfulness based treatments that have been researched for binge eating: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction(MBSR) Mindfulness Based Eating Awareness Training (MB-EAT) Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy There are also three different types of meditation – concentration techniques, mindfulness, and guided meditation20. Most…
Chapter 3: An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship Between Financial Development and Economic Growth. 3.1 Introduction In most empirical studies the problem was how to measure financial intermediation and the indication of the level of financial services produced in the economy. There are various services available to the financial sector and this is the reason why it is so difficult to construct financial development indicators. The aim of this chapter is to empirically investigate…
The genus Brassica is one of 51 genera in the tribe Brassiceae belonging to thecrucifer family, and is the economically most important genus within this tribe,containing 37 different species. Many crop species areincluded in the Brassica genus, which provide edible roots, leaves, stems, buds,flowers and seedCrops.Crops belonging to this genus are occasionally called Cole crops—derived from the Latin caulis, denoting the stem or branch of a plant.[1] Members of Brassica commonly used for food…