Background: Although interdisciplinary multimodal pain treatment (IMPT) programs are widely regarded as treatment of choice for patients with chronic pain, there are signs that many patients are unable to maintain their treatment gains in the long term. To facilitate the maintenance of positive treatment …

Background: To facilitate adherence to adaptive pain management behaviors after interdisciplinary multimodal pain treatment, we developed a mobile health app (AGRIPPA app) that contains two behavior regulation strategies. Objective: The aims of this project are (1) to test the effectiveness of the AGRIPPA …

gains and internal gains from appliances,heat gains from occupants are an importantsource contributing to space heating indomestic buildings. It is necessary toconsciously consider all of these heat gainswhen aiming at accurately estimating theheat loss coefficient (HLC) of a building.Whilst sensor technology …

This paper describes a calibration method for inertial and magnetic sensors using a batched optimization procedure. Well estab- lished sensor, motion and constraint models are applied which include sensor gains, biases, misalignments and inter-triad misalignments. For the magnetometer, hard and soft …

Pepper is an important commercial crop for small producers in Goro district. However, its sector is experiencing many constraints with inadequate attention gains financing, productivity and marketing. Therefore, this study was conducted to analyze the pepper chain in order to identify financial constraints …

Dairy farming in Punakha District is kept mainly for subsistence; however, the trend is picking up towards commercialisation. The demand for dairy products in the market is also increasing with high marketing scope, mainly from urban settlement and neighbouring district. However, the concept of the formal …

This study gains insight into impact of professional identity tensions in terms of affective appraisal and behavioral response. Data consisted of 126 semi-structured reflective journals from early career teachers collected during one school year. Affective appraisals were 'low' (no impact on daily functioning, …

Docking or parking articulated vehicles is a difficult task which further becomes complex with increasing number of articulations, which can be arduous for even professional drivers. Driver’s limited view and perception coupled with divergent instability of articulated vehicles in reverse motion are …

Objectives Chronic systemic low grade inflammation is associated with the age-related loss of muscle mass. Resistance exercise has been suggested to reduce or lower chronic systemic low grade inflammation. However, systemic chronic low-grade inflammation may adversely affect the adaptive response to …

Student satisfaction gains an increasingly central position in the context of quality measurements. However, student satisfaction can also be stipulated as an important motivational factor for students as learners. This study combines this perspective on student satisfaction with the notion of differences …