The aims of this intervention study were to examine the effects of individual cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) based on the modified Coping Cat Program on improving anxiety symptoms and behavioral problems in Taiwanese children with anxiety disorders and parenting stress perceived by their mothers. A total of 24 children with anxiety disorders in the treatment group completed the 17-session individual CBT based on the modified Coping Cat Program, and 26 children in the control group received the treatment as usual intervention. The Taiwanese version of the MASC (MASC-T), the Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 6-18 (CBCL/6-18) and the Chinese version of the Parenting Stress Index (C-PSI) were applied to assess the severities of anxiety symptoms, behavioral problems and parenting stress, respectively. The effects of CBT on improving anxiety symptoms, behavioral problems and parenting stress were examined by using linear mixed-effect model with maximum likelihood estimation. The results indicated that the CBT significantly improved the severities of MASC-T Physical Symptoms and Social Anxiety subscales, CBCL/6-18 DSM-oriented Anxiety Problem subscale, and C-PSI Child domains Mood and Adaptability subscales. Individual CBT based on the modified Coping Cat Program can potentially improve anxiety symptoms in Taiwanese children with anxiety disorders and some child domains of parenting stress perceived by their mothers.
A 5" plastic-based AMOLED panel with optimal structure and optical design was fabricated. The panel is designed to coincide the OLED/TFT layer with the neutral plane and limit the largest strain of the outmost part to be less than 1%. Its performance remained prominent after repeated rolled at 3mm radius. Author KeywordsFlexible; rollable; foldable; AMOLED; plastic; neutal plane; symmetric panel stack Objective and BackgroundThe advancement of thin, light and flexible displays has been receiving great attention over the past decades. Due to high temperature requirement during the fabrication process, most of flexible panels demonstrated were fabricated on plastic substrates such as polyimide and PEN, etc. In recent years, we have also successfully demonstrated our capability to produce plastic-based EPD and AMOLED displays with fixed curve and down to certain bending conditions [1][2]. In addition to thinner feature compared to EPD, AMOLED's, intrinsic property including self-emission ability and high color production range as well as fast response time allows easy video viewing, providing a very wide range of its application possibilities in the near future. The plastic-based AMOLED panels have been commercialized on smartphones; however, the fixed curve appearance is far from satisfying customers' desire for a truly flexible device. Based on the marketing research, demand of truly flexible panels become desirous with rapid requirement of hand-on electronics like smartphones, tablets and wearable devices…etc.Currently, the commercial fixed-curve smartphones or watches were made of top-emission AMOLED combined with a layer of circular polarizer (CPL). The most common types of CPL is mainly composed of stretched PVA and retardation films with the overall thickness usually larger 140m. Therefore, the mechanical property of a CPL such as minimum bending radius is large and its rolling feasibility is limited. Meanwhile, the light efficiency is reduced to less than 50% and light leaking phenomena is found while panel is bent to curve. Therefore, we propose a new structure-symmetrical panel stack (SPS)-that allows us to produce a much thinner, softer plastic-based AMOLED panel without the employment of CPL in this study.Unlike the previous report which demonstrated multi-foldable display with AMOLED [3], plastic substrates are adopted on both sides in this work. Color Filter (CF) part is fabricated using a transparent plastic substrate and AMOLED part is fabricated on the high-temperature-resistance plastic substrate. The thickness and young's modules of each layer is carefully designed to achieve the most optimized mechanical properties. In addition, optical performance comparable to conventional AMOLED is obtained by employing full color RGB with anti-reflection layer (ARL) designed on the CF side. Because the SPS structure provides optimal mechanical properties, the proposed structure is expected to have little difficulty of achieving large-scale production in the future. Panel structure design and fabricat...
Background Research has demonstrated that there is a beneficial effect of acute exercise on cognitive function; however, the moderators of the acute resistance exercise (RE) effect on executive function (EF) are underestimated. This systematic review aims to clarify the effects of acute RE on EF by examining the moderating effect of exercise intensity (light, moderate, and vigorous) and EF domains (inhibitory control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility), as well as their interactions. Methods The search strategy was conducted in four databases (PubMed, Scopus, PsycARTICLES, and Cochrane Library) prior to January 29, 2022. Included studies had to: (1) investigate acute RE in adults with normal cognition and without diagnosed disease; (2) include a control group or control session for comparison; (3) include outcomes related to the core EF domains; and (4) be published in English. The methodological quality of the included studies was judged according to the PEDro scale guidelines. Results Nineteen studies were included which included a total of 692 participants. More than half of the outcomes (24/42, 57.14%) indicate that acute RE had a statistically significant positive effect on overall EF. In terms of RE intensity and EF domain, moderate intensity acute RE benefited EF more consistently than light and vigorous intensity acute RE. Acute RE-induced EF benefits were more often found for inhibitory control than for working memory and cognitive flexibility. When considering moderators simultaneously, measuring inhibitory control after light or moderate intensity RE and measuring working memory or cognitive flexibility after moderate intensity RE most often resulted in statistically significant positive outcomes. Conclusion Acute RE has a beneficial effect on EF, observed most consistently for inhibitory control following moderate intensity RE. Future studies should include all exercise intensities and EF domains as well as investigate other potential moderators to enable a better understanding of the benefits of acute RE on EF.
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