Gauging Your Attention Span and Distractibility Delay

2017 ◽  
pp. 53-60
Author(s):  
Steven A. Safren ◽  
Susan E. Sprich ◽  
Carol A. Perlman ◽  
Michael W. Otto
Keyword(s):  
Second Step ◽  
Attention Span ◽  
Task List

This chapter contains instructions that adult clients with ADHD can use to gauge their attention span and use the “distractibility delay” technique. The first step is for clients to gauge the length of time that they can reasonably expect themselves to work on a boring or difficult task. The second step is to break tasks down into smaller “chunks” that will likely take that amount of time. The “distractibility delay” skill involves committing to keep working on a task for a certain period of time. During that time, the client writes down distractions but does not act on them. After the agreed-upon period of time, the client can decide if they are tasks that need to be done immediately, tasks that can go onto the task list, or tasks that are pure distractions and can be discarded.

Session 6: Figuring Out Your Attention Span and Learning How to Delay Distractions

2020 ◽  
pp. 61-68
Author(s):  
Susan E. Sprich ◽  
Steven A. Safren
Keyword(s):  
Attention Span ◽  
Task List

This chapter contains instructions for gauging the length of time that one can reasonably expect to work on a boring or difficult task, followed by information on how to break tasks down into smaller “chunks” that will likely take that amount of time or less. The chapter also contains information on the “distractibility delay” skill. This is a skill that involves setting a timer during which one commits to staying on task, writing down distractions, and then deciding if they are tasks that need to be done immediately, tasks that can go onto the task list, or tasks that are pure distractions and can be discarded.

Session 6: Gauging the Attention Span and Delaying Distractions

2020 ◽  
pp. 75-82
Author(s):  
Susan E. Sprich ◽  
Steven A. Safren
Keyword(s):  
Attention Span ◽  
Task List

This chapter contains instructions for gauging the length of time that one can reasonably expect to work on a boring or difficult task, followed by information on how to break tasks down into smaller “chunks” that will likely take that amount of time. The chapter also contains information on the “distractibility delay” skill. This is a skill that involves setting a timer for a duration during which one commits to staying on task, writing down distractions, and then deciding if they are tasks that need to be done immediately, tasks that can go on to the task list, or tasks that are pure distractions and can be discarded.

Gauging the Client’s Attention Span and Teaching Distractibility Delay

2017 ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Steven A. Safren ◽  
Susan E. Sprich ◽  
Carol A. Perlman ◽  
Michael W. Otto
Keyword(s):  
Case Vignette ◽  
Attention Span ◽  
Task List

This chapter contains instructions for helping clients with ADHD to reduce distractibility. Clients are taught to gauge their attention span, the length of time that they can reasonably expect themselves to work on a boring or difficult task, and then to break tasks down into smaller chunks that will likely take that amount of time. The chapter also contains information on teaching the “distractibility delay” skill. The client sets an amount of time during which he or she commits to staying on task. If distracting thoughts pop into the client’s head during that time, he or she writes them down. After the agreed-upon length of time, the client can decide if they are tasks that need to be done immediately, tasks that can go onto the task list, or tasks that are pure distractions and can be discarded. A case vignette illustrates the use of these techniques.

Temperature Dependence of the Critical Electron Dose for Fatty Acid Monolayers

1982 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 78-79
Author(s):  
Kenneth H. Downing ◽  
Robert M. Glaeser
Keyword(s):  
Electron Beam ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Inelastic Scattering ◽  
Temperature Dependence ◽  
Structural Damage ◽  
Direct Result ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Strong Temperature Dependence ◽  
Electron Dose ◽  
Covalent Bonds

The structural damage of molecules irradiated by electrons is generally considered to occur in two steps. The direct result of inelastic scattering events is the disruption of covalent bonds. Following changes in bond structure, movement of the constituent atoms produces permanent distortions of the molecules. Since at least the second step should show a strong temperature dependence, it was to be expected that cooling a specimen should extend its lifetime in the electron beam. This result has been found in a large number of experiments, but the degree to which cooling the specimen enhances its resistance to radiation damage has been found to vary widely with specimen types.

The Application of Protein A-Gold Immunocytochemistry to Studies of Protein Secretion

1985 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 426-429
Author(s):  
George H. Herbener ◽  
Antonio Nanci ◽  
Moise Bendayan
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Section ◽  
Colloidal Gold ◽  
Unit Area ◽  
Protein A ◽  
Extracellular Proteins ◽  
Gold Complex ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Igg Antibodies ◽  
Tissue Sections ◽  
Antigenic Sites

Protein A-gold immunocytochemistry is a two-step, post-embedding labeling procedure which may be applied to tissue sections to localize intra- and extracellular proteins. The key requisite for immunocytochemistry is the availability of the appropriate antibody to react in an immune response with the antigenic sites on the protein of interest. During the second step, protein A-gold complex is reacted with the antibody. This is a non- specific reaction in that protein A will combine with most IgG antibodies. The ‘label’ visualized in the electron microscope is colloidal gold. Since labeling is restricted to the surface of the tissue section and since colloidal gold is particulate, labeling density, i.e., the number of gold particles per unit area of tissue section, may be quantitated with ease and accuracy.

Relationship Among Flow, Concentration, and Attention Span: A Quantitative Study

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas R. Polster ◽  
Stephen A. Russo ◽  
David E. Richie ◽  
Susana Quintana Marikle
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Attention Span

Thrombolysis in Arterial Occlusion

1999 ◽  
Vol 82 (S 01) ◽  
pp. 109-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond Verhaeghe
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Thrombolytic Therapy ◽  
Hemorrhagic Stroke ◽  
Surgical Intervention ◽  
Bypass Graft ◽  
Surgical Techniques ◽  
Arterial Occlusion ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Severe Bleeding ◽  
Initial Management

SummaryIntra-arterial thrombolytic therapy has replaced systemic intravenous infusion of thrombolytic agents as a treatment modality for arterial occlusion in the limbs. Several catheter-guided techniques and various infusion methods and schemes have been developed. At present there is no scientific proof of definite superiority of any agent in terms of efficacy or safety but clinical practice favours the use of urokinase or alteplase. Studies which compared thrombolysis to surgical intervention suggest that thrombolytic therapy is an appropriate initial management in patients with acute occlusion of a native leg artery or a bypass graft. Underlying causative lesions are treated in a second step by endovascular or open surgical techniques. Severe bleeding is the most feared complication: the risk of hemorrhagic stroke is 1-2%.

Soziale Disziplinierung im flexiblen Kapitalismus

2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (136) ◽  
pp. 339-356
Author(s):  
Tobias Wölfle ◽  
Oliver Schöller
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Capitalist Development ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Municipal Level

Under the term “Hilfe zur Arbeit” (aid for work) the federal law of social welfare subsumes all kinds of labour disciplining instruments. First, the paper shows the historical connection of welfare and labour disciplining mechanisms in the context of different periods within capitalist development. In a second step, against the background of historical experiences, we will analyse the trends of “Hilfe zur Arbeit” during the past two decades. It will be shown that by the rise of unemployment, the impact of labour disciplining aspects of “Hilfe zur Arbeit” has increased both on the federal and on the municipal level. For this reason the leverage of the liberal paradigm would take place even in the core of social rights.

DISTRIBUSI DAN IDENTIFIKASI POPULASI SINTRONG (Crossocephalum crepidiodes.Benth) RESISTEN PARAKUAT PADA LAHAN JAGUNG (Zea mays) DI KABUPATEN DAIRI

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-161
Author(s):  
Berton Sianturi
Keyword(s):  
Zea Mays ◽  
Dose Response ◽  
High Resistance ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Recommended Dose ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Resistance Level ◽  
Susceptible Population ◽  
Randomized Complete Block Design ◽  
Susceptible Populations

Crassocephalum crepidioides on Cornfields in Dairi Regency had been reported tobecome more difficult to control using paraquat. The objective of the research was todetermine the characteristics and the distribution of C.crepidioides resistant to paraquatin cornfields. The experiment was carried out in two steps, the first step was screeningthe population of C. crepidioides with paraquat at the recommended dose, and the secondstep, dose-response experiment for the resistance level of C. crepidioides population withdose 0, 76, 152, 304,5, 609, 1218, and 2436 g.ai /ha. In the first step experiment, paraquatdichloride was applied at 280 g.ai/ha. The treatments were arranged in a randomized blockdesign with 3 replication. The second step experiment was that the resistant populationsconfirmed in the first experiment were sprayed for their dose-response. The treatmentswere arranged in a randomized complete block design (CRBD). The results showed thatof 30 populations of C. crepidiodes, 19 populations (63.3%) were categorized to beresistant with the mortality ranging from 10.84% to 52.08%, and 11 populations (36.7%),was categorized as high resistance with mortality of 0% to 9.21%. The level ofresistance (R/S) of R-C25, R-C27, and R-C30 populations of C. crepidioides were 12,3,14,86, and 24,83 times consecutively, compared with the susceptible population. Thenumber of C. crepidioides chlorophyl leaves in susceptible populations was significantlylower than that of a resistant populations.

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