Moderator Role of Monitoring in the Inhibitory Control of Adolescents With ADHD

Objective: The aim of this research was to analyze the role of monitoring in the causal relationship between inhibitory control and symptoms of combined ADHD. Method: It has been conducted a quantitative investigation of two phases. Results: In the first study, a moderation model was analyzed ( N = 144 adolescents with combined ADHD), where monitoring was considered as a moderating variable in the causal relationship between the inhibitory control and the symptomatology of ADHD F(3, 140) = 28.03, p < .001; R2 = .37. In the second study, the model through an experimental study was tested ( N = 52 adolescents with and without ADHD) where it was found that adolescents with ADHD improve in their inhibitory control when they receive external support to the monitoring F(1, 50) = 21.38, p < .001, η2 = .30. Conclusion: Results suggest that monitoring compensates the poor performance of inhibitory control in adolescents with ADHD, which is a contribution to the theoretical construction of ADHD and to the treatments proposed for this condition because it goes beyond the classic conception of a causality chain among the deficit of inhibitory control and ADHD symptomatology to propose a new explanation about this disorder, where neuropsychology intervention of monitoring would diminish ADHD’s symptomatology impact on adolescents.

The effects of environmental regulation and technological innovation on green growth: A theoretical analysis

As green growth has attracted a great deal of attention due to the growing concern about the degradation of natural resources and environmental pollution in China, the questions of how to achieve it and which factors drive green growth have become hot topics. Environmental regulation and technological innovation are two main fulcrums in the realization of green growth. However, there is lacking a deeper understanding of the impact of environmental regulation and technological innovation on green growth in a methodological framework. Accordingly, this paper attempts to analyze how these factors affect the implementation of green growth in a model. The findings reveal that (1) in the short term, environmental regulation has inhibited green growth, but has a positive impact on green growth in the long run, (2) technological innovation plays a positive role in green growth improvement, and (3) the causality chain among regulation, technological innovation, and green growth is a typical mediation model. Technological innovation plays an important mediation role in the causal chain. This study not only enriches and deepens theories on green growth, but also successfully implements green growth practices and improve their performance.

Climate of Brazil's nordeste and tropical atlantic sector: preferred time scales of variability

Resuming earlier research, this study explores rainfall variability in Brazil's Nordeste and underlying circulation mechanisms. The semi-arid northern Nordeste has its short rainy season centered around March-April-May, when temperature maximum, low pressure trough and wind confluence reach their southernmost position. Interannual variability can be understood as departures from the average annual cycle. Based on novel long-term datasets, the present study explores the preferred time scales of variability. In Nordeste rainfall and pertinent circulation indices in the tropical Atlantic sector most prominent are frequencies of 13.2, 9.9 and 5.6 years. Frequency peak of 13.1 years appears also in the record of Southern Oscillation, and of 5.6 years in North Atlantic Oscillation, indicative of causality chain.

International Organizations, E-Government and Development

Following the diffusion of e-government in the high income countries, international organizations, notably UN, OECD, World Bank, have promoted the implementation of e-government practices in developing countries. However, the few researches conducted in the field show that the overwhelming majority of e-government projects end up in total or partial failure. Despite the recognition of the need to take into account local specificities and to get the locals involved in the process, e-government in developing countries still appears essentially as a mere transfer operated by donor countries’ firms with western technologies. Moreover, as these technologies are mostly proprietary, they prevent institutions and users from developing countries to modify and adapt the tools to their particular needs and lock them in a position of permanent technological dependency. The causality chain between e-government, good governance, and democracy, if at all plausible, looking at history should be probably read the other way around. In fact, some scholars consider the contribution of e-government to overall development irrelevant, if not negative, in the measure in which it diverts funds from higher priorities.

Modelling Foodweb Accumulation of Cadmium in Sedimentation Areas of the Rhine Delta

An integrated approach concerning the causality chain of emission, distribution and effects of toxicants was chosen to analyze the influence of pollution and the impact of historical and future measures in the Rhine basin. All major sources have been quantified and the distribution of nutrients and toxicants is determined by means of a dynamic model. A contaminant accumulation model is linked to this water quality model in order to assess the ecological effects of the compounds in specific areas. This modelling framework is used to analyze effects of cadmium on the foodweb found in Rhine sedimentation areas. Model predictions show that No Observed Effect Concentration (NOEC) levels for cadmium in algae and small molluscs are not exceeded.