The Attentional Control Scale (ACS)-- The ACS (Derryberry & Reed, 2002) is a 20 - item, single - factor measure that includes items related to attentional focusing (e.g., «My concentration is good even if there is music in the room around me»), attention shifting (e.g., «After being distracted or interrupted, I can easily shift my attention back to what I was doing»), and
flexible control of thought (e.g., «I can become interested in a new topic very quickly if I need to»).
The attention training task in metacognitive therapy prescribes practice of attentional skills and is designed to enable
flexible control of attention, a core aspect of cognitive dysfunction.
Food cravings mediate the relationship between rigid, but not
flexible control of eating behavior and dieting success
Not exact matches
BuzzBundle performs this task more than ably, happily supporting a range
of sites across a
flexible dashboard that will allow you to take back
control of the conversation.
If your employees are looking for a way to reduce their tax burden and
control out -
of - pocket health care spending then this guide to setting up a
flexible spending account could be the right way to go for your company.
Like Robert, I tend to work fairly long hours, but I have greater
control over mine than he does; I can take breaks if I want, work in the evening instead
of at mid-day... the total number
of hours I work isn't particularly
flexible, but when I work them is.
Just like other forms
of flexible work, coworking spaces help employees gain more
control over when, where, and how they work.
According to a recent JLL report, «under 5 %
of current U.S. office inventory is
controlled by independent, third - party
flexible space providers (spanning all operator types, from traditional executive office suites to coworking to incubators).
Flexible work options give parents more
control over their schedule and could improve the health
of that employee, plus have halo effects on others in the employee's life.
The following is a guest blog post: Trading can be a fantastically
flexible way for you to make money and to take
control of your finances.
Get fine - grained
control, backup and restore, storage policy - based management, and
flexible data portability, all
of it per - VM.
To a good degree, the health benefits
of flexible jobs come from having more
control over your schedule and your work environment.
The chess - player is
controlled by the fixed rules
of the game which define the permissible moves, but at the same time he is applying
flexible strategies in his search for the most promising move among the permissible ones, guided by past experience and feedbacks from the environment, i.e., the position on the board.
At this point it is essential to make a categorical distinction between (a) the fixed rules, and (b) the
flexible strategies which between them
control all organised activities
of animal and man, regardless whether we consider instinctive behaviour, sensory - motor skills, or creative problem solving.
They see it in the birth
control legislation in Massachusetts and Connecticut; they see it in the Catholic pressure to remove welfare agencies that have birth
control clinics from local community chests elsewhere; they see it in the Catholic objection to divorce laws that are much more
flexible than the law
of the Church; they see it in the attempts to have non-Catholic hospitals adopt the Catholic ideas
of medical ethics in the field
of obstetrics.
Check out the March 2018 issue
of Flexible Packaging, featuring a Q&A on proper tension
control, the latest FPA news, and much more!
Davis - Standard, LLC is a global leader in the design, development and manufacture
of extrusion systems, feedscrews, barrels and process
controls for the
flexible web converting, plastics processing and rubber industries.
Meeting the specific packaging needs
of the healthcare market requires paying attention to key issues, such as validation; dosing and dispensing
control; and clean, accurate and
flexible production.
Keep in mind that you can't
control every aspect
of labor and delivery, and you'll need to stay
flexible in case something comes up that requires your birth team to depart from your plan.
I'm a full - time mum who will probably have to go back to teaching at some point but at the moment it's nice to make a little bit
of money doing something that I love, that's relaxing,
flexible, fits in with the kids and that I have complete
control over.
I realized that the more I tried to
control my children, the more we struggled, but when I was
flexible, all the structure came down and each one
of us could rest in the beauty
of what we were doing.
The swivel ensures the handling and
control of the stroller are easy and
flexible.
The ring: The birth
control ring (NuvaRing) is a
flexible, transparent ring you insert into your vagina at the beginning
of your cycle.
They are asked to be
flexible, to look for root causes and not arbitrarily assign punishment, shout the word «No» or enforce «rules» for the sake
of maintaining some perceived state
of parental «
control.»
A balance
of various nutrients especially folic acid, omega 3 fatty acids, iron and calcium are essential for the proper development
of the little babyb Overeating must also be avoidede Drinking plenty
of water increases the metabolism rate as well as prevents dehydration and water retentiono Regular exercise in the form
of a daily swim or a half an hour walk daily are useful in keeping the expectant mother fit and
flexible as well as reduces the chances
of excessive weight gaini The 4 weeks pregnancy weight gain calculator is beneficial in keeping track
of pregnancy weight gain and is based on weight prior to conceptiono A weight gain calculator must be used throughout the term
of the pregnancy as it indicates if the expectant mother needs to put on more weight for the wellbeing
of her baby or
control weight gain to prevent excessive weighth Low weight gain as well as excessive weight gain can prove detrimental to the success
of the pregnancyc
The Conservatives have traditionally been more pragmatic and
flexible, giving
control of their manifesto almost entirely to the leader and the central party organisation.
He said he wanted to put British families back in
control of their everyday lives, especially on issues such as
flexible working, ID cards or TV advertising.
She did just that, becoming more
flexible on gun
control and introducing legislation to repeal the Defense
of Marriage Act and serving as an instrumental lobbyist during the push for marriage equality in New York State.
The idea here is, we can design something very
flexible so that you can change it using external
controls,» said Wang, an assistant professor
of civil and environmental engineering.
The shiny plastic surface seen at the top
of the image is known as the web; it will be formed into the circuitry that
controls the
flexible display.
In an unusual exercise
of its authority under the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on December 30 the establishment
of a «chemicals
of concern» list and action plans that could prompt restrictions on four types
of synthetic chemicals used widely in manufacturing and consumer products, including phthalates used to make
flexible plastics, often for toys, household products and medical equipment.
The working schedule is not officially
controlled and can in fact be quite
flexible, because much
of this time takes the form
of assistance to one's supervisor.
Growth -
controlled and structure -
controlled hydrogels are also useful in the study and development
of flexible electronics and soft robotics, providing increased flexibility compared to conventional robots, and mimicking how living organisms move and react to their surroundings.
Thus devices can be sprayed — from a computer -
controlled robotic nozzle — onto virtually any kind
of substrate, including large - area sheets
of flexible plastic.
Øyvind Holme, M.D.,
of the Sorlandet Hospital Kristiansand, Kristiansand, Norway and colleagues randomly assigned study participants in Norway to receive once - only
flexible sigmoidoscopy (n = 10, 283); a combination
of once - only
flexible sigmoidoscopy and fecal occult blood testing (FOBT; n = 10,289), or no intervention (
control group; n = 78,220).
«Our flight
control results are the first demonstration
of using asymmetric wing folding
of the main
flexible wings to
control the heading
of the aerial robot,» Ramezani added.
While the hardwired motor neuron development allows for the precise
control that muscle coordination requires, the
flexible development
of glia makes the system more robust.
Most compensate with complex systems
of sensors and
controls, but this design relies entirely on soft materials and a
flexible framework to adapt to breakable objects
of varying shape and size.
In the study, one group
of birds received small implants
of tiny,
flexible tubes containing melatonin to change their body clocks, while another
control group did not.
«This work is exciting in that it highlights a brain - based mechanism that supports a human's use
of reactive
control — the rapid and
flexible deployment
of attention to reduce susceptibility to distraction,» said Julie Bugg, assistant professor
of psychological and brain sciences at Washington University who was not an author on the study.
Flexible adaptation is «a valuable approach and will be appropriate in certain situations» as Boston moves forward, said Carl Spector, executive director
of the city's Air Pollution
Control Commission and a member
of its climate change adaptation advisory committee.
Researchers at Rice University have created
flexible, patterned sheets
of multilayer graphene from a cheap polymer by burning it with a computer -
controlled laser.
Venkataraman explains, «We understood the idea
of controlling the arrangement, but we thought, What if we use a
flexible polymer, not a rigid tube?
This project is devoted to the development
of a
flexible and general framework for the derivation
of geometric numerical integrators, referred to as discrete Dirac mechanics, which will be applicable to many problems from plasma physics, but also to equations from other research fields such as optimal
control, meteorology, oceanography, geo dynamics, fluid dynamics, elasticity, solar physics, astrophysics and cosmology.
Synthesized from a combination
of modified versions
of the amino acid glycine, the new film is
flexible, allows greater
control over desired interactions through introduction
of specific side chains, and is far more thermally and chemically stable than those assembled from natural polypeptides or lipids.
Instead
of striving to make a mirror rigid against the effects
of gravity, he decided to make mirrors that were thin,
flexible, and lightweight, and then actively managing their shape with computer -
controlled actuators attached to the back and supported by a rigid frame.
His solution was to abandon the idea
of a rigid mirror entirely and build a thin,
flexible one supported by computer -
controlled actuators on a rigid frame.
A central theme
of those processes will be the use
of flexible, automated, and closed process technologies such as GE's cell - expansion systems and Xcellerex bioreactors to produce new technologies that can manage data collection and management, quality
control and analysis, raw materials, and cost reduction.
Research in the Brain Function Laboratory has made fundamental contributions to understanding the neural processes for cognitive
control that enable
flexible goal directed behaviors including the resolution
of conflict.
Solutions may include process scheduling in
flexible facility management, the application
of process analytical technologies (PATs) to maximize process
control, and support innovation in QA technologies to reduce their impact on CoG.