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Rosenberg, Monica D., Dustin Scheinost, Abigail S. Greene, Emily W. Avery, Young Hye Kwon, Emily S. Finn, Ramachandran Ramani, Maolin Qiu, R. Todd Constable, and Marvin M. Chun. "Functional connectivity predicts changes in attention observed across minutes, days, and months." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, no. 7 (February 4, 2020): 3797–807. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1912226117.

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The ability to sustain attention differs across people and changes within a single person over time. Although recent work has demonstrated that patterns of functional brain connectivity predict individual differences in sustained attention, whether these same patterns capture fluctuations in attention within individuals remains unclear. Here, across five independent studies, we demonstrate that the sustained attention connectome-based predictive model (CPM), a validated model of sustained attention function, generalizes to predict attentional state from data collected across minutes, days, weeks, and months. Furthermore, the sustained attention CPM is sensitive to within-subject state changes induced by propofol as well as sevoflurane, such that individuals show functional connectivity signatures of stronger attentional states when awake than when under deep sedation and light anesthesia. Together, these results demonstrate that fluctuations in attentional state reflect variability in the same functional connectivity patterns that predict individual differences in sustained attention.
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Gordon, Michael, Barbara B. Mettelman, and Martin Irwin. "Sustained Attention and Grade Retention." Perceptual and Motor Skills 78, no. 2 (April 1994): 555–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1994.78.2.555.

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Two studies are reported which explore the possible relationship between academic failure, as measured by grade retention, and the capacity to sustain attention on a computerized continuous performance task. In a nonreferred sample, 89 children who had been retained at some point in their academic careers showed a higher frequency of abnormal scores on an index of sustained attention than did 93 children who had never repeated a grade. In a sample of children who had been referred for an evaluation of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, children with a history of grade retention had significantly lower scores on the same measure of sustained attention. Results are discussed in terms of the possible contribution of attention deficits to over-all academic achievement, even for children who have not necessarily been referred for a clinical evaluation.
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Sarid, Miriam, and Zvia Breznitz. "Developmental Aspects of Sustained Attention among 2- to 6-year-old Children." International Journal of Behavioral Development 21, no. 2 (August 1997): 303–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/016502597384884.

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This study examined sustained attention in children aged 2-6 years in two settings; during free play and during a structured test. Subjects were 48 nursery schoolchildren and 47 kindergarteners. In the free play setting, linear and quadratic relations with age were found for ability to sustain attention as measured by duration of play time and number of attended activities. Linear and quadratic relations were also found for distractibility as measured by the number of pauses in play. Older children tended to return to a previously attended activity following a break, whereas younger children did not. The ability to sustain attention increased until the age of 4 years, after which a plateau in development appeared. Results from the structured test showed no significant differences between age groups on the time spent attending to pictures, but revealed a significant linear trend for the ability to recall items from pictures. It is suggested that free play may be a sensitive measure of preschool-aged children’s ability to sustain attention.
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Brosnan, Méadhbh B., Mahnaz Arvaneh, Siobhán Harty, Tara Maguire, Redmond O'Connell, Ian H. Robertson, and Paul M. Dockree. "Prefrontal Modulation of Visual Processing and Sustained Attention in Aging, a tDCS–EEG Coregistration Approach." Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 30, no. 11 (November 2018): 1630–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01307.

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The ability to sustain attention is integral to healthy cognition in aging. The right PFC (rPFC) is critical for maintaining high levels of attentional focus. Whether plasticity of this region can be harnessed to support sustained attention in older adults is unknown. We used transcranial direct current stimulation to increase cortical excitability of the rPFC, while monitoring behavioral and electrophysiological markers of sustained attention in older adults with suboptimal sustained attention capacity. During rPFC transcranial direct current stimulation, fewer lapses of attention occurred and electroencephalography signals of frontal engagement and early visual attention were enhanced. To further verify these results, we repeated the experiment in an independent cohort of cognitively typical older adults using a different sustained attention paradigm. Again, prefrontal stimulation was associated with fewer attentional lapses. These experiments suggest the rPFC can be manipulated in later years to increase top–down modulation over early sensory processing and improve sustained attention performance. This holds valuable information for the development of neurorehabilitation protocols to ameliorate age-related deficits in this capacity.
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Palmer, Kara K., Matthew W. Miller, and Leah E. Robinson. "Acute Exercise Enhances Preschoolers’ Ability to Sustain Attention." Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 35, no. 4 (August 2013): 433–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jsep.35.4.433.

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A growing body of research has illuminated beneficial effects of a single bout of physical activity (i.e., acute exercise) on cognitive function in school-age children. However, the influence of acute exercise on preschoolers’ cognitive function has not been reported. To address this shortcoming, the current study examined the effects of a 30-min bout of exercise on preschoolers’ cognitive function. Preschoolers’ cognitive function was assessed following a single bout of exercise and a single sedentary period. Results revealed that, after engaging in a bout of exercise, preschoolers exhibited markedly better ability to sustain attention, relative to after being sedentary (p = .006, partial eta square = .400). Based on these findings, providing exercise opportunities appears to enhance preschoolers’ cognitive function.
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Van den Driessche, Charlotte, Mikaël Bastian, Hugo Peyre, Coline Stordeur, Éric Acquaviva, Sara Bahadori, Richard Delorme, and Jérôme Sackur. "Attentional Lapses in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Blank Rather Than Wandering Thoughts." Psychological Science 28, no. 10 (August 11, 2017): 1375–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797617708234.

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People with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have difficulties sustaining their attention on external tasks. Such attentional lapses have often been characterized as the simple opposite of external sustained attention, but the different types of attentional lapses, and the subjective experiences to which they correspond, remain unspecified. In this study, we showed that unmedicated children (ages 6–12) with ADHD, when probed during a standard go/no-go task, reported more mind blanking (a mental state characterized by the absence of reportable content) than did control participants. This increase in mind blanking happened at the expense of both focused and wandering thoughts. We also found that methylphenidate reverted the level of mind blanking to baseline (i.e., the level of mind blanking reported by control children without ADHD). However, this restoration led to mind wandering more than to focused attention. In a second experiment, we extended these findings to adults who had subclinical ADHD. These results suggest that executive functions impaired in ADHD are required not only to sustain external attention but also to maintain an internal train of thought.
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Lee, Kate E., Kathryn J. H. Williams, Leisa D. Sargent, Nicholas S. G. Williams, and Katherine A. Johnson. "40-second green roof views sustain attention: The role of micro-breaks in attention restoration." Journal of Environmental Psychology 42 (June 2015): 182–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2015.04.003.

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FLECK, DAVID E., PAULA K. SHEAR, and STEPHEN M. STRAKOWSKI. "Processing efficiency and sustained attention in bipolar disorder." Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 11, no. 1 (January 2005): 49–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1355617705050071.

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We hypothesized that patterns of sustained attention performance in bipolar disorder were consistent with processing efficiency theory—a theory of the relationship between central processing capacity and performance. We predicted (1) sustained attention deficits during mania because symptoms interfere with limited-capacity executive control processes resulting in decreased performance effectiveness; and (2) decreased processing efficiency during euthymia, as indicated by speed/accuracy tradeoffs, consistent with a stable phenotypic abnormality. Twenty-five manic bipolar, 23 euthymic bipolar, and 28 healthy comparison participants were compared on a continuous performance task and administered symptom-rating scales. The manic group was significantly impaired on overall perceptual sensitivity and demonstrated a significant linear decrease in performance over time, consistent with impaired sustained attention. The euthymic group evidenced significantly slower overall hit reaction time (RT), but when RT was controlled they performed similarly to the healthy group over time. Two discriminant functions combined to separate the groups on manic symptom severity and on-task effort/strategy use. These findings are consistent with processing efficiency theory. They suggest that euthymic patients sustain attention through effortful control at the expense of processing efficiency, while acute mania reduces the capacity for control and impairs sustained attention. Problems with processing efficiency are viewed as trait characteristics of bipolar disorder that may be overlooked by traditional error-based assessments. (JINS, 2005, 11, 49–57.)
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Marando, I., R. Matthews, L. Grosser, C. Yates, and S. Banks. "P090 The Effect of Workload, Sleep Deprivation and Time of Day on Simulated Driving Performance." SLEEP Advances 2, Supplement_1 (October 1, 2021): A50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpab014.134.

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Abstract Sustained operations expose individuals to long work periods, which deteriorates their ability to sustain attention. Biological factors, including sleep deprivation and time of day, have been shown to play a critical role in the ability to sustain attention. However, a gap in the literature exists regarding external factors, such as workload. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the combined effect of sleep deprivation, time of day, and workload on sustained attention. Twenty-one participants (18–34y, 10 F) were exposed to 62 hours of sleep deprivation within a controlled laboratory environment. Every 8 hours, sustained attention was measured using a 30-minute monotonous driving task, and subjective workload was measured using the NASA-Task Load Index (TLX). Workload, defined as time on task was assessed by splitting the drive into two 15-minute loops. A mixed model ANOVA revealed significant main effects of day (sleep deprivation) and time of day on lane deviation, number of crashes, speed deviation and time outside the safe zone (all p<.001). There was a significant main effect of workload (time on task) on lane deviation (p=.042), indicating that a longer time on task resulted in greater lane deviation. NASA-TLX scores significantly increased with sleep deprivation (p<.001), indicating that subjective workload increased with sleep loss even though the task remained constant. Workload, sleep deprivation and time of day produced a deterioration in sustained attention. With this, countermeasures that not only consider sleep deprivation and time of day, but also workload (time on task) can be considered.
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O’Gráda, Cara, Sandra Barry, Nicola McGlade, Caragh Behan, Farhan Haq, Judy Hayden, Therese O’Donoghue, et al. "Does the ability to sustain attention underlie symptom severity in schizophrenia?" Schizophrenia Research 107, no. 2-3 (February 2009): 319–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2008.07.013.

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Merlo, Kelsey L. "Attentional pull: the off-task pull of emotions and on-task pull of goals." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53541.

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The allocation of attentional resources to a focal task can influence performance on that task, but within-person changes in allocation policy is typically understudied. This study investigates the off-task pull of emotional experiences and the competing on-task pull of goals. Emotional experience was manipulated using an ostracizing event and goals were experimenter-assigned. The results did not support the off-task pull of emotional experiences or the on-task pull of goals. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.
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Wong, Ting-ting Natalie. "Sustained attention in schizophrenia." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29727686.

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Manly, Tom. "Sustained attention to response." Thesis, University of London, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.341921.

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Andrade, Brendan F. S. "Selective and sustained attention in children with and without attention difficulties." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ51988.pdf.

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Gartenberg, Daniel. "A Comprehensive Computational Model of Sustained Attention." Thesis, George Mason University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10130797.

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The vigilance decrement is the decline in performance over time that characterizes tasks requiring sustained attention. Resource Theory proposes that the vigilance decrement is due to information processing assets that become depleted with use. Resource theorists must thus identify these assets and the process of how resources are depleted and replenished. The Microlapse Theory of Fatigue (MTF) identifies the resource that is depleted when performing a sustained attention task as the central executive attentional network. The depletion of the central executive network resource results in microlapses or brief gaps in attention that prevent the perception and processing of information. The MTF can explain various effects in the sustained attention literature regarding how resources are depleted. However, the MTF alone cannot explain the event rate effect or the motivation effect because it does not include replenishment mechanisms that can occur during a sustained attention task. To better understand the process of replenishment, participants were assigned to varying event rate and external motivation conditions in a novel paradigm that could measure the perceptual processing of a trial over time. These stages of processing included when participants looked at the first stimulus, looked at the second stimulus, and responded. In Experiment 1, it was found that the vigilance decrement was more severe for faster event rates, consistent with Resource Theory and counter to the MTF. In Experiment 2, the event rate effect was replicated, but unexpectedly, external motivation did not impact the vigilance decrement. In both experiments it was found that for the stages of processing that involved looking at the stimuli, more slowing was found as event rate increased. Additionally, more slowing was detected earlier in the processing of a trial than later. These results supported the process of microlapses inducing the vigilance decrement due to not having enough time to perceive, encode, and respond to stimuli, as described by the MTF. It was interpreted that the interaction between time-on-task and event rate was due to opportunistic breaks that occurred more frequently in slower event rate conditions. The finding that more slowing occurred earlier in processing was interpreted as evidence for internal rewards related to learning impacting the speed of processing a trial. To explain these findings, I propose the Microlapse Theory of Fatigue with Replenishment (MTFR) a process model similar to MTF, but that includes additional replenishment mechanisms related to opportunistic rest periods and internal rewards. The Microlapse Theory of Fatigue with Replenishment (MTFR) closely correlates to the empirical data and is an important step forward in the effort to build a comprehensive model of sustained attention.

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Moss, Rachel Ann. "Intra-individual reaction time variability in sustained attention." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/4083.

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BACKGROUND: Sustained attention, assessed using the Continuous Performance Test (CPT), is impaired in 'normal' ageing and, to a greater degree, in a number of clinical disorders. There are many variants of the CPT, each with different task parameters (e.g., target frequency), and theoretical cognitive demands (e.g., executive functioning). It is unclear how the associated cognitive load of CPTs contributes to measures of attentional impairment, such as intra-individual variability (IIV) in reaction time (RT). There is potential clinical utility in measures of IIV, due to its relationship with increasing age, and brain white matter. Variability can be modelled using the ex-Gaussian distribution, and consists of three parameters: mu (mean RT), and IIV, decomposed into variability across the entire RT distribution (sigma), and characterised by infrequent and long RTs (tau). This thesis aims to examine how the multiple cognitive demands of CPTs contributes to attentional RT/IIV, and how this relationship interacts with age, as well as pathology. The thesis aims are explored in healthy and clinical populations characterised by sustained attention impairment associated with increasing age ('normal' ageing and Parkinson's disease (PD)), or in theoretical 'accelerated ageing' (Bipolar disorder (BD) while depressed and in remission). METHODS: Sustained attention was assessed in five cross-sectional studies, using variants of the CPT. Secondary neuropsychological measures of executive functioning, processing speed, and verbal memory were administered. Ex-Gaussian distributional parameters (mu, sigma, and tau) obtained from CPT RTs were analysed. A series of hierarchical regression analyses were examined. RESULTS: (1) In 'normal' ageing, better performance on the secondary neuropsychological measures was associated with faster RT (mu) and more consistent responding (sigma, tau), but this varied across CPT. Similar results were obtained for the effect of age on RT and IIV. (2) In PD, better executive functioning was associated with consistent responding (tau), whilst age was associated with slower (mu) and inconsistent (tau) responding. (3) In BD (while depressed), better executive functioning was associated with slower responding (mu), and better processing speed with consistent responding (tau), whilst age did not explain variance in RT or IIV. (4) In BD (in remission), the secondary neuropsychological measures examined did not explain variance in RT or IIV, nor did age. vi CONCLUSIONS: Attentional RT and IIV in 'normal' ageing and in clinical populations such as PD and BD, may be supported by secondary neuropsychological processes theorised to be involved in CPT variants. The neuropsychological profile underpinning attentional RT and IIV may reflect secondary cognitive scaffolding mechanisms, engaged depending on the age of participants, rather than the cognitive load of the task per se. The results have implications for our understanding of attentional RT and IIV in 'normal' ageing and pathology. Future research would further our understanding on the use of cognitive scaffolding in relation to the CPT, as well as the stability, reliability, and neurobiological origins of RT and IIV.
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Shalev, Nir. "Methodological considerations and cognitive factors underlying sustained attention." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2017. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:883547ed-49a9-420f-830c-88585bebaaf5.

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The active, ongoing maintenance of an adequate level of performance over time on task is an essential cognitive faculty, and has been described in multiple frameworks since the earliest days of cognitive research. Theoretical accounts of performance maintenance focused on the timely fluctuations of attention components, using the partially overlapping constructs of sustained attention, arousal, vigilance and alertness. In this thesis, particular attention is given to sustained attention, arguably the most useful and frequently used construct in a clinical context. Chapter 1 provides an introductory overview of the literature, focusing on the theories and paradigms available to assess sustained attention and other closely related constructs. Chapter 2 introduces a new task for assessing sustained attention, based on a variation of the Continuous Performance Task (CPT), and discusses the contribution of various task factors to performance patterns. In Chapter 3, the newly established paradigm is used to assess sustained attention among stroke survivors and the healthy ageing, and relate task-performance to subjective reports of daily lapses in attention. A detailed discussion is devoted to identifying the task indices that best represent sustained attention capacity, favouring measures incorporating the notion of change in performance over time. Chapter 4 applies the same approach of estimating change in performance over time to studying sustained attention among children with genetic developmental disorders. Chapters 5 and 6 show how performance in a CPT is influenced by the pace at which stimuli are presented in the task. It is argued that individuals are sensitive to varying levels of temporal regularities; consequently, when measuring sustained attention, researchers must account for the rhythmic pattern that the CPT may introduce. Chapter 7 will present an intervention study combining brain stimulation and a spatially-lateralised CPT paradigm, demonstrating changes in components of Selective Attention as defined by a computational model. The thesis is concluded in Chapter 8, which discusses the contributions of the experimental findings to the understanding of sustained attention and associated experimental methods. The thesis proposes a clear mapping of sustained attention with relation to other closely related constructs, and attempts to provide useful tools for improving clinical assessment.
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Ross, Hayden Aaron. "The Effect of Disruptions on Vigilance." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Psychology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8401.

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The goal habituation model of vigilance proposed by Ariga and Lleras (2011) posits that it is possible to attenuate the vigilance decrement (the decline in performance that occurs with time-on-task) through dis-habituation of a vigilance task’s goal. The goal in a vigilance task is to detect critical signals. Hence, a switch away from this goal should dishabituate the task goal. When a person resumes the vigilance task, the person’s performance should improve. Follow up studies to the Ariga and Lleras study have not found supporting evidence (Helton & Russell, 2011; 2012). The methods in these follow up studies differed from those of Ariga and Lleras in a number of ways. The present study attempts to replicate the original Ariga and Lleras (2011) work using methods that more closely follow the original study. The present research sought to uncover confounds in the original article through replicating the original task and manipulating variables in line with hypotheses made by attentional resource theory. Overall, the results of this research present a challenge to the goal habituation model. Rest breaks, not goal switching; lessened the magnitude of the decline in sensitivity with time on task, while task switching resulted in a temporary re-correction of increasingly conservative responding that occurred with greater time on task. We also found support for the context dependent relationship of task-unrelated thought, (TUT) and task demand. Given that the vigil was determined to impose relatively low workload, pre-task TUT was associated with average performance rather than post-task TUT. Finally, we discuss the dangers of over compliance with signal detection theory (SDT) measures. We explain that SDT sensitivity and bias measures are not independent given responding floor and ceiling effects during low demanding tasks such as the present. It is argued that this may have distorted the original conclusion arrived at by Ariga and Lleras (2011).
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Warren, Annmarie Maione 1968. "Neuropsychological aspects of sustained attention in sexually abused children." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/282289.

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Attention is one advanced skill in the field of neuropsychology which is associated with the frontal lobe of the human brain. As there have been many studies supporting the idea that sexually abused children demonstrate attentional deficits (Williamson, Borduin, & Howe, 1991; Putnam, 1993; Mennen, 1994; Maynes, 1994), the current study sought to assess attentional deficits in sexually abused children, and then establish any relationship linking child sexual abuse (CSA) and neuropsychology. Victims of sexual abuse have also been found to demonstrate higher levels of anxiety than non-sexually abused children (Conte & Schuerman 1987; Briere & Runtz, 1988; Heibert-Murphy 1992; Mennen & Meadow, 1994; Trickett & Putnam, 1994b). Secondarily, this study examined level of anxiety, in an effort to determine whether the children's attentional problems could be related to high anxiety level. Both the neuropsychological ability to sustain attention and self-reports of level of anxiety were examined in a group of thirty children, fifteen of whom had been sexually abused and fifteen who were reported to be non-sexually abused, for the purpose of learning whether any differences would be discovered between the two groups. Sustained attention was measured through three different assessment instruments: the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, the Mazes subtest of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Third Edition, and the Trail-Making Test, Parts A and B. Anxiety was measured by the children's self-reports of anxiety on the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale. Although trends of greater perseverative responses to attentional tasks were found in the sexually abused group, no significant main effects for group were found on the neuropsychological test performance. Similar to the findings of previous research studies, the sexually abused group displayed significantly higher levels of physiological anxiety, worry/oversensitivity, and social concerns. Present findings seem to suggest that attentional difficulties in sexually abused children may be more related to emotional than neuropsychological difficulties.
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Malhotra, Paresh Arjun. "Spatial Working Memory and Sustained Attention in the Neglect Syndrome." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.487565.

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Spatial neglect is most prominently associated with damage to the right cerebral hemisphere, especially parietal and frontal regions. Although many studies of the neglect syndrome have tended to focus on spatial pathological mechanisms, an increasing body ofdata points to right hemisphere involvement in spatial and nonspatial domains, including spatial working memory (SWM) and sustained attention. The experiments described here critically examine the roles ofSWM, sustained attention and their interaction in the neglect syndrome. By employing a vertical variant of the traditional Corsi blocks it was possible to demonstrate impaired SWM in neglect. A deficit was also found using a second 'purer' task, which required no manual response or memory for sequence order. Impairment on this task correlated with neglect severity, providing evidence for a contributory role for impaired SWM in neglect. Sustained attention was examined by assessing the ability to maintain attention to centrally-displayed visual stimuli. Patients with neglect were impaired, although there was no worsening ofperformance over time, or vigilance decrement. A subsequent study revealed that neglect patients have worsening performance over time only when maintaining attention towards spatial targets... suggesting a previously undescribed interaction between spatial impairment and sustained attention in neglect. Damage to white matter underlying parietal cortex was associated with both impaired SWM and sustained attention, consistent with evidence suggesting involvement for right fronto-parietal networks in both these domains. As impaired SWM and sustained attention appear to contribute to neglect, modulation of one or both of these might lead to improvement. A proof-of-principle trial using guanfacine, anoradrenergic agent previously shown to affect SWM and vigilance, demonstrated that, in selected patients, noradrenergic stimulation leads to improved search. Together, these studies detail the roles of impaired SWM and sustained attention in neglect, in addition to exploring a possible role' for targeted pharmacological treatment.
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Books on the topic "Sustain attention"

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Gouge, Albert Patrick. The effect of radio frequency electromagnetic fields on cognitive function in humans: Sustained attention. Sudbury, Ont: Laurentian University, Department of Psychology, 2001.

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Office, General Accounting. Veterans affairs: Sustained management attention is key to achieving information technology results : report to the chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives. Washington, D.C. (P.O. Box 37050, Washington 20013): U.S. General Accounting Office, 2002.

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Nadel, M. V. FDA regulations: Sustained management attention needed to improve timely issuance : statement of Mark V. Nadel, Associate Director, National and Public Health Issues, Human Resources Division, before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives. [Washington, D.C.]: The Office, 1992.

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Guglielmotti, Paola, and Isabella Lazzarini, eds. «Fiere vicende dell’età di mezzo». Florence: Firenze University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-5518-423-6.

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With the present Festschrift written in times of pandemic, the authors wish to honour and thank Gian Maria Varanini, paying tribute to him on the occasion of his retirement from the University. Varanini is a great scholar, sustained by an inexhaustible passion for history in all its dimensions, from the most minute to the most universal, and by a sensitive and critical attention to the interpretation of historical phenomena that has been provided by successive generations of scholars. A generous cultural organiser and an excellent publisher and editor, as an academic and professor he has always been committed to the safeguard of historical disciplines. Papers of E. Artifoni, S. Carocci, G. Castelnuovo, P. Corrao, M.N. Covini, M. Della Misericordia, F. Del Tredici, M. Gentile, P. Grillo, P. Guglielmotti, I. Lazzarini, J.-C. Maire Vigueur, E.I. Mineo, G. Petralia, L. Provero, R. Rao, F. Senatore, L. Tanzini, M. Zabbia.
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Attention providers of medical services to federal employees who sustain work-related injury/illness. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Dept. of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Federal Employees' Compensation programs, 1992.

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Deliberate Love: How Couples Can Deepen and Sustain Intimacy with the Mindful Use of Attention. N.L. Euwer & Co., Publishers, 2004.

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English, Brian. Market-Based Solutions for Poverty Reduction in India. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199476084.003.0009.

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The rapid increase in slum populations in India has far outpaced the impact of interventions to date. Market-based solutions have started gaining the attention of governments, international aid groups, NGOs and entrepreneurs as they look for new ways to scale up their impact and sustain their interventions. Thousands of new social enterprises that seek to provide social benefits, and sustain largely on business revenues, have sprung up in response. Their rapid proliferation has attracted the attention of impact investors looking to create the next microfinance industry. This chapter profiles two case studies of market-based solutions in India that provide some important lessons for others fostering similar initiatives.
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Gitten, Jill Cari. Shifting and sustained attention deficits in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. 2001.

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Morrison, Sylvia R. Sustained and selective attention in subtypes of learning disabilities and attention deficit disorders. 1992.

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Morrison, Sylvia Ruth. Sustained and selective attention in subtypes of learning disabilities and attention deficit disorders. 1992.

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Book chapters on the topic "Sustain attention"

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Liu, Amanda, Binbin Li, Xiaohan Wang, Songyang Zhang, Yancong Zhu, and Wei Liu. "NeuroDesignScience: An fNIRS-Based System Designed to Help Pilots Sustain Attention During Transmeridian Flights." In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 165–70. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68017-6_25.

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Morgan, Michael M., MacDonald J. Christie, Luis De Lecea, Jason C. G. Halford, Josee E. Leysen, Warren H. Meck, Catalin V. Buhusi, et al. "Sustained Attention." In Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology, 1296. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68706-1_437.

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Cohen, Ronald A. "Sustained Attention." In Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2440–43. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79948-3_1334.

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Cohen, Ronald. "Sustained Attention." In Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology, 1–5. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56782-2_1334-2.

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Cohen, Ronald A. "Sustained Attention." In Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology, 3371–75. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_1334.

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Cohen, Ronald A. "Focused and Sustained Attention." In The Neuropsychology of Attention, 89–112. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72639-7_6.

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Halbout, Jérôme, and Marie-Noëlle Riboud-Seydoux. "Financing of Energy Investment." In The Palgrave Handbook of International Energy Economics, 301–24. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86884-0_17.

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AbstractHalbout and Riboud-Seydoux offer a concise yet insightful guide to financing an Energy investment from the perspective of Energy investors and professionals. In the context of the substantial investments required to sustain the development of world’s economies, this chapter reviews the key steps in the financing of an Energy project, from the project viability analysis to the choice of financing instruments and structures. The authors highlight how the source of Energy and other characteristics of a specific project impact and shape its financing, using case studies from renewable Energy and conventional Energy alike and conclude by drawing attention to the innovations taking place across all Energy segments.
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Beatty, Jackson. "Neurophysiology of Sustained Attention." In Vigilance and Performance in Automatized Systems/Vigilance et Performance de l’Homme dans les Systèmes Automatisés, 3–12. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0981-6_1.

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Hill, LeRoy. "Translating Distance Education Theory into Practice: Developing an Emergency Teaching Framework for a Caribbean University." In Global Perspectives on Educational Innovations for Emergency Situations, 139–47. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99634-5_14.

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AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic compelled universities worldwide to address the issue of continuity of teaching and learning. The request for teaching and learning continuity took many by surprise and as such, many universities were unprepared for the rapid shift. The transition from face to face to remote teaching therefore required a quick, but careful consideration to the planning, design, implementation and evaluation of remote teaching and learning. Notwithstanding this challenge, it becomes necessary to ground decisions within theoretical contexts that support and advance effective remote teaching and learning practice. Theory is well established as a tool to shape the effective teaching and learning within the higher-education setting and while there are frameworks that support traditional teaching and learning, not much attention is given to distance education frameworks. This chapter therefore intimates reflection on the utility of distance education theoretical frameworks to advance and sustain remote teaching practice at a Caribbean university.
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Parrott, A. C., D. Craig, M. Haines, and G. Winder. "Nicotine Polacrilex Gum and Sustained Attention." In Effects of Nicotine on Biological Systems, 559–64. Basel: Birkhäuser Basel, 1991. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7457-1_72.

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Conference papers on the topic "Sustain attention"

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Grand, Caroline, Ghiles Mostafaoui, Syed Khursheed Hasnain, and Philippe Gaussier. "Combining synchrony and shape detection to sustain the robot focus of attention on a selected human partner." In 2013 IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL). IEEE, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/devlrn.2013.6652529.

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Gül Yavuz, Gonca, Bülent Miran, and Tijen Özüdoğru. "Cereals Producers’ Agricultural Aims and Their Tendencies to Sustain Agricultural Production in Turkey." In International Conference on Eurasian Economies. Eurasian Economists Association, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.36880/c06.01341.

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The change in income level and urbanization bring a different dimension to the demand to agricultural products from the food habits to supply food, increase the attention to the cereals production and enhance the agricultural effect of cereals which are the main food source of people and are used as feed and in industry. Cereals have the biggest share in agricultural production in terms of both production volume and sowing area in Turkey which produces a lot of agricultural products thanks to the climate and soil characteristics. In this study, in Turkey which is globally an important actor in cereals production and trade, the aims of producers in agricultural production and the factors in the process of making decision toward sustaining production are studied by the best-worst analysis method. Also, the relationship between the sustainability of the agriculture and cereals production, and the individual characteristics and farm structures of producers are examined by bivariate probit analysis method. In this context, study is conducted by 961 producers with face-to-face surveys in 14 provinces. According to the results, while “to increase living standards” is the most important agricultural aim, “good crop price” is the most important factor for sustainability of the agriculture. Moreover, education, agricultural experiences, household size, cereals area and total farm land are determined as the effective factors on sustainability.
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Moraru, Codrina, Ionuț Dragos Radulescu, Ioana Roșu, Iuliu Fulga, Magda Ecaterina Antohe, Ovidiu Stefanescu, Ioana Rudnic, Stefan Lucian Burlea, and Petronela Nechita. "SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA - A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RELEVANT CLINICAL SYMPTOMS." In The European Conference of Psychiatry and Mental Health "Galatia". Archiv Euromedica, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.35630/2022/12/psy.ro.14.

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Sexuality in schizophrenia has been and still is a taboo subject, difficult to address, both for the patient and the clinician. Poor communication links are a major non-compliance factor, with schizophrenia requiring special attention in terms of therapeutic conduct, which requires a thorough evaluation. By nature of the disease, schizophrenic patients struggle to establish and maintain healthy intimate relationships. They frequently lack the psycho-social abilities required to create and sustain interpersonal connections.
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Wang, Shuoyao, and Diwei Zhu. "Interpretable Multimodal Learning for Intelligent Regulation in Online Payment Systems." In Twenty-Ninth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Seventeenth Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence {IJCAI-PRICAI-20}. California: International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2020/645.

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With the explosive growth of transaction activities in online payment systems, effective and real-time regulation becomes a critical problem for payment service providers. Thanks to the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI), AI-enable regulation emerges as a promising solution. One main challenge of the AI-enabled regulation is how to utilize multimedia information, i.e., multimodal signals, in Financial Technology (FinTech). Inspired by the attention mechanism in nature language processing, we propose a novel cross-modal and intra-modal attention network (CIAN) to investigate the relation between the text and transaction. More specifically, we integrate the text and transaction information to enhance the text-trade joint-embedding learning, which clusters positive pairs and push negative pairs away from each other. Another challenge of intelligent regulation is the interpretability of complicated machine learning models. To sustain the requirements of financial regulation, we design a CIAN-Explainer to interpret how the attention mechanism interacts the original features, which is formulated as a low-rank matrix approximation problem. With the real datasets from the largest online payment system, WeChat Pay of Tencent, we conduct experiments to validate the practical application value of CIAN, where our method outperforms the state-of-the-art methods.
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Lin, Yang, Tianyu Zhang, Peiqin Sun, Zheng Li, and Shuchang Zhou. "FQ-ViT: Post-Training Quantization for Fully Quantized Vision Transformer." In Thirty-First International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence {IJCAI-22}. California: International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2022/164.

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Network quantization significantly reduces model inference complexity and has been widely used in real-world deployments. However, most existing quantization methods have been developed mainly on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), and suffer severe degradation when applied to fully quantized vision transformers. In this work, we demonstrate that many of these difficulties arise because of serious inter-channel variation in LayerNorm inputs, and present, Power-of-Two Factor (PTF), a systematic method to reduce the performance degradation and inference complexity of fully quantized vision transformers. In addition, observing an extreme non-uniform distribution in attention maps, we propose Log-Int-Softmax (LIS) to sustain that and simplify inference by using 4-bit quantization and the BitShift operator. Comprehensive experiments on various transformer-based architectures and benchmarks show that our Fully Quantized Vision Transformer (FQ-ViT) outperforms previous works while even using lower bit-width on attention maps. For instance, we reach 84.89% top-1 accuracy with ViT-L on ImageNet and 50.8 mAP with Cascade Mask R-CNN (Swin-S) on COCO. To our knowledge, we are the first to achieve lossless accuracy degradation (~1%) on fully quantized vision transformers. The code is available at https://github.com/megvii-research/FQ-ViT.
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Cutolo, Donato, Maria Rita Tagliaventi, and Giacomo Carli. "Can we be all in one?" In Fifth International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head19.2019.9235.

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The pursuit of a high research performance is nowadays shared by academics internationally since it is considered to sustain national development. Generating outstanding research is an effort that can jeopardize the enactment of other academic activities and the attainment of related satisfying goals, though. While the interplay between research and other knowledge transfer activities such as patenting, spin-off creation and consulting, has been widely debated, the influence of research on academic citizenship, i.e., on the service provided by faculty to their institution and to the wider collective, has remained surprisingly in the backward of the reflection on higher education systems. This study analyzes the effect of research performance on academic citizenship in a sample of 216 Italian academics in the field of management. With the exception of research awards and international scientific collaborations, research does not emerge to significantly impact upon academic citizenship, which may account for the scarce attention devoted to this latter. Since service is necessary for all organizations, universities included, to thrive, citizenship needs to be fostered and awarded through appropriate institutional and managerial policies that are here highlighted.
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Xiao, Yan, Bingxin Wang, and Hui Sun. "Quantitative analysis of the topologic morphology of urban street network based on system coupling theory." In Post-Oil City Planning for Urban Green Deals Virtual Congress. ISOCARP, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.47472/eogp1958.

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Researchers are increasingly paying attention to urban morphology to address problems regarding urban form and to sustain the development of urban economy, society, and environments. A preliminary research framework was built to conduct coupling analyses on street form and block functions. These analyses are implemented using a planar graph method and using quantitative descriptions of the urban streets functions, but the coupling relation of street morphology and block function cannot be well defined, and it often cannot be analyzed in multi-level and multi-scale. Along with two proposed measuring parameters (connectivity and accessibility of coupling networks), the framework was used to quantitatively analyze the coupling coordination degree of the topologic morphology and functional structure of block samples for various urban streets. Through empirical research on different samples from Dalian, China, we validated the operability and urban street network coupling analysis in different spatial regions in built environments. This technique can be used to study the overall spatial morphology and design urban streets at different scales and scopes. Further, it helps recognize the space and cultural connotations of urban streets via spatial coupling, compare different urban textures, and predict design results to foster discussions on the optimization of urban planning design schemes.
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Valor, Margarita Valor, Marina Puyuelo Cazorla, Elisa March Leuba, Javier Aparisi Torrijo, Bélgica Pacheco Blanco, Chele Esteve Sendra, and Ernesto Julià Sanchís. "Rubrics as a tool to coordinate assessment and progress in different design workshops of the degree in Industrial Design Engineering and Product Development." In INNODOCT 2018. València: Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/inn2018.2018.8817.

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The changes provided by the EEES constitute a challenge and an opportunity to introduce methods and improvements in technical careers. The assessment of this scenario has an important and strategic role, which requires paying more attention to the competency evaluation. This paper describes the method and the collaborative task carried out to develop the rubrics for the three-year Workshop Project in the framework of the undergraduate Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design Engineering and Product Development. The purpose of this was to overcome challenges while assessing design projects in different workshops and by different professors. The team predicted that these rubrics would have a significant effect on the students’ outcomes and their performance on various tasks. The implementation of the rubrics on the different levels is expected to sustain interesting possibilities to compare not only the results in different courses but the actual progress. The stages of the process of making these rubrics are presented in relation to the specific, general and shared competences of each of the 3 workshops. The rubrics, that will be published online, are related to the assessment of the results obtained and the competences. Rubrics may not only boost academic performance and reduce failure, but improve the quality of the projects as well.
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Nikolić, Nataša. "THE EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT OF THE FAMILY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF TALCOTT PARSONS` STRUCTURAL-FUNCTIONAL THEORY IN COMPARISON WITH SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERN FAMILY." In SCIENCE AND TEACHING IN EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT. FACULTY OF EDUCATION IN UŽICE, UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.46793/stec20.231n.

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Today, there are numerous theories about the family and each of these theories approaches the basic issues of the family in a specific way. This paper deals specifically with the structural functionalistic view of the family, and since Talcott Parsons was one of its most important representatives, attention is focused on his approach to the family. The aim of our paper is to try to give a critical review of how Parsons saw the family, its functions, structure, roles, relationships between its members, the values ​​it aspired to, i.e. to look at the whole educational context of such a family. Also, we will try to compare the basic assumptions of his theory with some dominant characteristics of the functioning of a modern, i.e. to assess whether the so-called. ideological familism continues to sustain in the manner and functioning of the family of Western society. We came to the conclusion that despite the general social aspirations for the family to be based on democratic relations, much of what was characteristic of the family in the middle of the last century remains unchanged in practice, and some things are even intensified. The construct of intensive parenting was noticed as a big problem because it creates unrealistic demands for both parents and children.
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Meng, C., and C. J. de Pater. "X-Link Gel as Hydraulic Fracturing Material." In ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2010-37095.

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Hydraulic fracturing is a fracturing processes initiated from a pressurized open borehole section into solid formations. The process is characterized by solid-fluid interaction. On the solid side, the formation is deforming with the propagation of the fracture front and pressurization of the fracture face. At the same time the fluid is driven by the borehole pressure to flow into the narrow fracture cavity. At same time, the fluid may also infiltrate into the porous rock media. The fracture cavity is supported by the fluid pressure. In turn, the fluid distribution depends on the fracture conductivity related to the cavity width (aperture). The mass balance is maintained amongst the injection rate, fracture volume increment and leak-off A series of experiments have been performed to initiate fracture in a number of natural rock samples confined by a tri-axial cell. As the tight and shale gas and oil reservoirs are found global-wise, stimulation techniques such as polymer flooding and fracturing start to draw attention. We have employed X-link gel as the fracturing material in contrast with the Newtonian viscous fluid. From the results, we found that the ability to sustain certain yielding stress made the gel unlikely to infiltrate into the porous media as leak-off and likely to create a unanimous fracture. This paper is about the tests results and analysis that describe the gel behavior.
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Reports on the topic "Sustain attention"

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Herrin, Alejandro N. Operations research for program planning and management. Population Council, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/rh1995.1036.

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The Family Planning Operations Research and Training Program of the Philippines was established in 1992 to strengthen the nation's capacity to carry out and utilize operations research (OR) for program planning and management. It has sponsored training workshops and funded OR studies on issues of priority to both national and local program managers. The program’s recent activities, culminated in the National Research Utilization Conference held in September 1994, were designed to assist in the institutionalization processes. However, more needs to be done to determine how these processes will actually work in specific national and local government agencies and academic and research institutions, and how to support and sustain the processes that do work. The proposed study is intended to form a basis for determining ways to promote and sustain OR in the Philippines. As stated in this report, the study aims to review the experience of recent research activities with attention to the institutionalization process and identify specific issues to be addressed and concrete steps to be taken in the process both at the national and local levels.
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Slater, Rachel, and Daniel Longhurst. Social Assistance Systems in Crisis Situations: Resilient, Responsive and Sensitive? Institute of Development Studies (IDS), February 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/basic.2022.019.

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Evidence on what enables social assistance systems to deliver routinely, effectively and efficiently is limited in crisis situations. Shock-responsive social protection (SRSP) and adaptive social protection (ASP) have become popular in global and national development discourses. Yet, their operationalisation in protracted crises is narrow and less well understood. Regarding SRSP, focus has shifted towards how existing social protection programmes might be scaled and flexed in crisis situations. However, the focus seems fixed entirely on what makes social protection and humanitarian assistance responsive – to the detriment of understanding what makes those systems resilient and able to maintain business continuity in protracted crises. Little attention is paid to how to sustain delivery of existing programmes, on which millions of poor and vulnerable households depend.
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Engle, Randall W., and Michael J. Kane. Working Memory Capacity and Focused and Sustained Attention. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, June 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada415469.

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Price, Roz. Overview of Political Economy Analysis Frameworks in the Area of Climate Governance and Key Issues to Consider. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.088.

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Despite global recognition of the urgency of climate action and the need to transition to a low-carbon economy, greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, and adaptation needs remain urgent. For a number of years, there have been calls for greater attention to political economy in tackling climate change and development outcomes. The political economy analysis is important as it can be used to assess the factors that may enable or constrain the implementation of climate change policies and actions and sustain political commitment. A framework can guide the process of political economy analysis, identifying relevant stakeholders, their incentives and motives, and other structural factors. This rapid review summarises several such frameworks specifically aimed at climate governance issues developed in recent years, some of these also include useful guidance and steps on the implementation of the framework. The review focuses strictly on the literature around political economy analyses in relation to climate change. It does not explore the history of and rationale for political economy analysis in development in general, nor the accompanying frameworks or operational How-To guides. Another K4D helpdesk by Lucas (2019) looking at what factors affect the political will of African governments to address climate change highlights a number of political economy frameworks that may also be useful to draw on.
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Liaga, Emmaculate Asige. Towards Local Approaches and Inclusive Peacebuilding in South Sudan. RESOLVE Network, October 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.37805/pn2021.24.lpbi.

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The post-liberation peacebuilding in South Sudan, which largely drew from liberal peace theory, was employed between 2005 (after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and before the referendum, secession, and independence in 2011) and December 2013 (when it imploded into a civil conflict) and proved insufficient to sustain the fragile peace that briefly existed after the country’s secession from Sudan. After a protracted conflict lasting almost half a decade and the presence of multiple peace actors, the lack of a comprehensive and coordinated peacebuilding strategy proved detrimental. This failure is partly due to poor coordination between stakeholders and lack of local/domestic legitimacy, leading to insufficient peacebuilding and an aggravation of the 2013 conflict. Over the years, liberal peacebuilding strategies, which emphasize formal institution-building and statebuilding in fragile and conflict-affected environments, continue to produce mixed to poor results and fragile peace. This decline has resulted in the shifting of discourses and operations within peacebuilding, a paradigm shift that pays greater attention to localization and the local context in the conceptualization of peacebuilding objectives and strategies. This transformation promotes local ownership and inclusivity in peace processes and their dividends. The dialogue on inclusive peace has thus gained momentum, bearing a need to fully engage both states and societies in this process. The “local” in peacebuilding forms an important resource when solving root causes of conflicts, as in South Sudan, by improving awareness of the cultural and historical diversity in a given context.
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Carretta, Thomas R., and Guy A. French. Combating Vigilance Decrements in a Sustained Attention Task: Examination of Two Cognitive Intervention Schedules for a Secondary Task. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, March 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada583727.

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Fabien, Cottier, Gnabéli Roch Yao, Lognon Jean-Louis, and Bütikofer Sarah. How horizontal inequalities lead to conflict in migration countries. Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), October 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.46446/publication_r4d.2019.1.en.

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Structural horizontal inequalities in contexts marked by sustained migration flows contribute to the increased chance of nativist violence. The lack of attention to these two issues has hampered efforts to promote peaceful relations between migrants and natives, as our research in Côte d’Ivoire shows.
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Slater, Rachel. Sustaining Existing Social Protection Programmes During Crises: What Do We Know? How Can We Know More? Institute of Development Studies, May 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/basic.2022.014.

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Research on social assistance in crisis situations has focused predominantly on how social assistance can flex in response to rapid-onset emergencies such as floods or hurricanes and to slower-onset shocks such as drought. This paper identifies a substantial knowledge gap – namely, our understanding of the ways in which existing, government-led programmes can be sustained during crises to ensure that households that were already poor and vulnerable before a crisis continue to be supported. The limited literature available focuses on climate- and natural environment-related shocks – far less attention is paid to other crises. Conflict-affected situations are a major gap, although there is an emerging body of evidence of the ways in which focus on adapting delivery mechanisms has allowed social assistance and other social protection programmes to be sustained throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. The paper concludes that a better understanding of when, where and how existing programmes can be sustained during situations of violent conflict will help to ensure that poor and vulnerable households can be supported – either through government programmes or by enabling robust diagnosis of when efforts to sustaining existing programmes will be inadequate and an additional, external responses are required.
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Cooper, Rachel, and Roz Price. Water Security and Climate Change. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), July 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.116.

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Attention is coalescing around water and climate change, and the agendas for water security and climate action are converging. There is growing appreciation of water as a crosscutting mechanism for improving the effectiveness of global and national climate change policies (Smith et al., 2019). Water has long been recognised as a central component of climate change impacts as well as being an important consideration in mitigation and effective adaptation – where it can be both an enabling factor and a limiting factor (UN-Water, 2019). However, the connections go beyond just recognising the importance of water for climate change or simply making the “water sector” climate resilient; there is a need for system-wide coherence on water across different national and international agendas and transformational change of water management (UNESCO, UN-Water, 2020). The water crisis and the climate crisis require urgent action, and call for sustained and integrated support, leveraging complementary resources, with enhanced coordination in the context of growing uncertainties. As countries review and implement their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) as part of the Paris Agreement, there is a unique opportunity to improve and enhance water management practices to increase climate resilience, improve ecosystems and reduce the risk of water-related disasters (UN-Water, 2019).
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Collyer, Michael, Tahir Zaman, and Dolf te Lintelo. Displacement and Social Assistance. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), February 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/basic.2022.029.

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Displacement forms part of virtually any major crisis. It introduces a level of complexity when providing social assistance that leads to a specific, usually context-dependent set of challenges. It is widely recognised that the vast majority of displaced people will travel as short a distance as possible to reach safety, whether as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), refugees or irregular migrants in neighbouring countries. Displaced people are disproportionately hosted in low- and middle-income countries, and the length of their displacement is increasing. This highlights the urgent priority of displacement; indeed, it has received sustained attention from the highest levels of global decision-making, particularly since 2016, including two Global Compacts in 2018 (Global Compact for Migration, Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration). Although some have argued that such global summits offer a replacement for meaningful action, these events at least highlight clear political will to shift the emphasis from humanitarian responses to a much longer-term development focus. Interest in social assistance and displacement has also grown since 2018 and resulting policy must respond to this concern for more sustainable responses. High-level commitments are slowly filtering through to policy, while recent research has provided clear frameworks for analysing developing policy approaches. Gaps remain in the analysis of policy implementation and in the assessment of how to access social assistance beyond official state channels.
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