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A population-based study on advance directive completion and completion intention among citizens of the western Canadian province of Alberta
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Wilson, D. M., Birch, S., Houttekier, D., Cohen, J., Hewitt, J. A., MacLeod, R., Kunju, S. A.
Determining what proportion of the public has completed an advance directive and which population subgroups complete or do not complete such a directive is crucially important for planning purposes. Our research objective was to examine and compare advance directive completion, intention to...
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Effects of hippotherapy on the motivation and social interaction/social communication for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Engagement in purposeful activities is essential for development and is difficult for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) who also have impairments of social interaction and communication. In hippotherapy, riding and other horse related activities can be used to promote children’s...
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Spring 2020
Background: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in social communication (SC), and the presence of restricted and repetitive interests/behaviours. ASD is diagnosed in 1 in 59 people in a 4:1 male:female ratio. Reasons for this uneven diagnostic...
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Investigating Principals’ Beliefs and Intentions Toward the Inclusion of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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The purpose of this study was to improve our understanding of what influences principals’ intentions toward including children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in general educational settings. With the incidence of ASD on the rise (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012),...
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2013
The Doctrine of Double Effect [DDE] states roughly that it is harder to justify causing or allowing harm as a means to an end than it is to justify conduct that results in harm as a side effect. This chapter argues that a theory of deontological constraints on harming needs something like the DDE...
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Parental Experiences of a Parent-assisted Social Skills Intervention for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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The Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) is a parent-assisted social skills program for teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). In the PEERS program, the parents play a vital role in supporting and coaching their teen’s skill development. The purpose of this...
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Perceived Outcomes and Expectations for Disclosure of an ASD Diagnosis in Community Recreation Contexts: An Instrumental Case Study
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Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) identify community leisure and recreation activities as their highest priority when setting personal participation goals, yet they participate in significantly fewer community-based activities than their typically developing peers. Decreased community...
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Fall 2012
Most recent studies on delay differential equations are mainly focused on local stability analysis, stability switches, and local existence of Hopf bifurcations with only one delay included, while the global existence of Hopf bifurcation and stability analysis with two delays are hardly...
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The relationship between implicit and explicit believability of exercise-related messages and intentions
The relationship between implicit and explicit believability of exercise-related messages and intentions
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Berry, Tanya R., Jones, Kelvin E., McLeod, Nicole C., Spence, John C.
Abstract: Objective: This research explored whether implicit or explicit believability of exercise advertising predicted attitudes and intentions. It was hypothesized that implicit believability would be a stronger predictor of attitudes than explicit believability and that implicit believability...