Emergence of conscious awareness of underlying verbal and visual rules over time in moderate closed-head trauma patients

Please consult the paper edition of this thesis to read. It is available on the 5th Floor of the Library at Call Number: Z 9999.5 E38 L64 2008

Early Development of Auditory-Verbal and Visual-Spatial Short-Term Memory: Age and Sex Effects

Memory is a multi-component cognitive ability to retain and retrieve information presented in different modalities. Research on memory development has shown that the memory capacity and the processes improve gradually from early childhood to adolescence. Findings related to the sex-differences in memory abilities in early childhood have been inconsistent. Although previous research has demonstrated the effects of the modality of stimulus presentation (auditory versus verbal) and the type of material to be remembered (visual/spatial versus auditory/verbal) on the memory processes and memory organization, the recent research with children is rather limited. The present study is a secondary analysis of data, originally collected from 530 typically developing Turkish children and adolescents. The purpose of the present study was to examine the age-related developments and sex differences in auditory-verbal and visual-spatial short-term memory (STM) in 177 typically developing male and female children, 5 to 8 years of age. Dot-Locations and Word-Lists from the Children's Memory Scale were used to measure visual-spatial and auditory-verbal STM performances, respectively. The findings of the present study suggest age-related differences in both visual-spatial and auditory-verbal STM. Sex-differences were observed only in one visual-spatial STM subtest performance. Modality comparisons revealed age- and task-related differences between auditory-verbal and visual-spatial STM performances. There were no sex-related effects in terms of modality specific performances. Overall, the results of this study provide evidence of STM development in early childhood, and these effects were mostly independent of sex and the modality of the task.

Can a Manipulated Mind Alter Matter? : The Effects of Verbal Feedback on Self-Efficacy, Exercise Intention, and Exercise Behaviour among Low-Active College-Aged Women

Self-efficacy (SE), a person’s confidence in the ability to perform a task, is an important predictor of the adoption and maintenance of physical activity. The present study examined the effects of SE manipulated through verbal persuasion on exercise intentions and behaviour during a 4-week follow-up period and investigated the role of social physique anxiety (SPA) as a moderator. Female college infrequent exercisers (n = 66) were randomly assigned into one of three groups (high-efficacy [HE], low-efficacy [LE], or control) and asked to complete several questionnaires at baseline. The HE and LE groups were provided with positive and negative exercise adherence feedback, respectively. The HE group reported higher SE from pre- to post-feedback. Both the HE and LE groups reported increases in exercise behaviour at the 4-week follow-up. Pre- to post-feedback changes in SE, exercise intention, and exercise behaviour did not depend on level of SPA reported.

Predicting Physical, Verbal, Social, Racial, and Sexual Bullying with Individual and Environmental Factors from an Evolutionary Ecological Framework

Evidence exists for subtypes of bullying, but there is a lack of studies simultaneously investigating the factors that influence each subtype. The purpose of my thesis was to investigate how individual and environmental factors independently and interactively predict physical, verbal, social, racial, and sexual bullying using an evolutionary ecological framework. Adolescents (N = 225, M = 14.05, SD = 1.54) completed self-reports on demographics, HEXACO personality, Rothbart’s temperament, parenting, friendship quality, school connectedness, and socio-economic status. Subtypes were predicted by low Honesty-Humility in addition to other personality and demographic factors with the exception of physical bullying, which was predicted by environmental factors. Results suggest adolescents adaptively and selectively use bullying to exploit victims and obtain resources, although the subtype used may depend on individual factors bullies possess within Bronfenbrenner’s microsystem, instead of the meso- and exo- systems. Anti-bullying efforts should target these factors and reinforce alternative strategies to obtain resources.

Dureza absoluta y aromaticidad : la dureza de activación como índice de reactividad en la nitración electrófila aromática

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias) UANL

Consumo de ácidos grasos e hidratos de carbono y su relación con el índice de masa corporal y los niveles de colesterol sérico en pacientes de la consulta externa de medicina interna del Centro Médico Quirúrgico de Nueva Rosita, Coahuila, México

Tesis (Maestría en Salud Pública con Especialidad en Nutrición Comunitaria) UANL

Consideraciones sobre la aplicación del índice de fricción internacional (IFI) en las condiciones de seguridad en carreteras

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Ingeniería de Tránsito) UANL

Modificaciones de la sensibilidad a la insulina de acuerdo al índice de masa corporal

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de la Enfermería con Enfasis en Salud Comunitaria) UANL

Actitudes y conductas alimentarias en adolescentes y su relación con índice de masa corporal

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de la Enfermería con Énfasis en Salud Comunitaria) UANL.

Índice de masa corporal, actitudes y conductas de alimentación en adolescentes de área urbana y rural

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de la Enfermería con Énfasis en Salud Comunitaria) UANL .

Índice de masa corporal y actividad física en adolescentes

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de Enfermería con Enfasis en Salud Comunitaria) UANL

El índice de bienestar nutricional y la condición nutricia en menores de cinco años en Municipios del Estado de Nuevo León

Tesis (Maestría en Salud Pública con Especialidad en Nutrición Comunitaria) UANL.

Estrategias didácticas para la comprensión de textos de química un modelo de entrenamiento [por] Dora Elia Flores Martínez

Tesis (Maestría en la Enseñanza de las Ciencias con Especialidad en Química) U.A.N.L.

Reestructuración de las prácticas de laboratorio como un recurso didáctico para la comprensión y asimilación de conceptos en Biología II, para el nivel medio superior de la U.A.N.L. [por] Hervey del Bosque Villarreal

Tesis (Maestría en la Enseñanza de las Ciencias con Especialidad en Biología) U.A.N.L.

Factores que influyen en el alto índice de reprobación en las materias de ciencias básicas de la Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de la Administración con Especialidad en Relaciones Industriales) - UANL, 2000