Measuring consciousness: task accuracy and awareness as sigmoid functions of stimulus duration

When consciousness is examined using subjective ratings, the extent to which processing is conscious or unconscious is often estimated by calculating task performance at the subjective threshold or by calculating the correlation between accuracy and awareness. However, both these methods have certain limitations. In the present article, we propose describing task accuracy and awareness as functions of stimulus intensity (thus obtaining an accuracy and an awareness curve) as suggested by Koch and Preuschoff (2007). The estimated lag between the curves describes how much stimulus intensity must increase for awareness to change proportionally as much as accuracy and the slopes of the curves are used to assess how fast accuracy and awareness increases and whether awareness is dichotomous. The method is successfully employed to assess consciousness characteristics on data from four different awareness scales.     

Urban African-American Girls’ Participation and Future Intentions Toward Physical Education

Despite the fact that physical education holds great promise for the promotion of public health, urban African American girls’ interest and participation in physical education tends to decline with age. Using the Theory of Planned Behavior and feminist poststructuralist theory, this study was designed to examine African American girls’ physical education participation and possible social, cognitive, and motivational factors that drive them away from future intentions toward physical education. Participants were 168 African American girls (age range?=?14–17?years, mean age?=?14.7?years) enrolled in three public high schools from a large urban inner-city school district in the Midwestern United States. Both quantitative and word-data were collected. Results revealed that participation in physical education played an important role in urban African-American girls’ overall physical activity engagement. However, unfavorable attitudes and lack of perceived support impeded their intentions toward future enrollment in physical education. Major factors related to their intentions were: anticipated short- and long-term outcomes, body image concerns, the influence of their mothers, and scheduling conflicts. The findings indicate opportunities for early intervention.     

The Importance of Therapist/Client Ethnic/Racial Matching in Couples Treatment for Domestic Violence

Outcome research indicates a relative degree of variability regarding the effectiveness of client and therapist ethnic/racial matching (see Cabral and Smith 2011; Shin et al. in J Couns Psychol 52(1):45–56, 2005). Considering these findings, our study hopes to further understand the complexity behind ethnic/racial matching in treatment. In this study, we examined interviews with clients and therapists regarding ethnic/racial matching in couples treatment for domestic violence (e.g., McCollum and Stith in Violence Vict 23(2):187–201, 2008). Our findings indicated that ethnic/racial matching is a complex multi-faceted issue and connected ethnic/racial matching with issues of culture, human experience, and others. We recommend clinicians consider the complexity of ethnic/racial matching in practice.     

经直肠超声诊断女性膀胱颈梗阻

探讨经直肠超声诊断女性膀胱颈梗阻的标准及临床价值.对48例临床诊断为膀胱颈梗阻的女性患者行经直肠彩超检查,观察膀胱颈部形态,测量前后唇厚度,将测量结果与同年龄段妇科病患者进行对照.两组间膀胱颈前后唇厚度≥8mm和≤5mm比较差异有统计学意义(P＜0.01).经直肠超声为女性膀胱颈梗阻的诊断及术前术后评估提供了一种简便有效的检查手段.     

腰椎疾病病因、诊疗方法的研究

腰椎疾病近年来发病率呈上升趋势,以退行性疾病、腰椎间盘突出和骨折创伤为主要类型。从疾病起源、发展、转归的角度,结合自然辩证法的理论,针对腰椎疾病的病因、诊断标准、治疗方法及效果三个方面进行了阐述和展望。对哲学应用于临床实践和科研教学等方面的基本问题,如对疾病发展规律的研究,诊断理论的建构等,进行了论述。     

论我国艾滋病防治工作中的政府职能

艾滋病是世界性的重大公共卫生问题和社会问题。近年来,我国艾滋病的流行呈现快速上升趋势,流行范围广,局部地区疫情相当严重,疫情正在从高危人群向一般人群传播。政府的组织领导是做好我国艾滋病防治工作的根本保证,各级政府要强化政府的公共卫生职责,发挥政府的主导作用,动员足够的防治资源和力量,引导社会各方面力量的广泛参与,打一场防治艾滋病的“人民战争”,我们一定能够控制艾滋病的流行。     

提高道众素质 加强宫观管理

玄妙观位于苏州古城区的中心,为全国重点文物保护单位,是重点开放的道教官观之一。它不仅是宗教活动场所,也是苏州对外开放的一个重要窗口。玄妙观管委会在宗教事务部门的支持下,按照市道协提出的要求,紧紧围绕“经济增实力、管理求实效、道风创特色”的目标,全面加强宫观管理,不断提高道     

《青少年心理健康素质调查表》自我分量表的编制

理论上建构了心理健康素质自我结构模型,依此模型编制了心理健康素质自我量表。以武汉市的青少年为样本(N=390),初步获得信度与效度指标。自我认知、自我评价和自我调控3个二级结构的α系数分别为0.81、0.76和0.59。验证性因素分析的结果初步支持本研究所提出的自我的三级结构模型。