This research study investigated the effectiveness of a direct instruction program (Treatment 2) for increasing compliance with teachers' instructions in students for whom manipulation of conventional antecedent stimuli and consequences {Treatment 1) had not resulted in adequate compliance. Five students participated in this study. A multiple baseline design across participants was used to evaluate treatment effectiveness. Introduction of Treatment 2 was followed by an increase in compliance by all five participants. The relationship between compliance and other appropriate classroom behaviors, as well as the relationship between compliance and qualitatively good and qualitatively poor instructions, was also investigated. Those relationships were found to exist, but they were not as strong as had been reported in earlier studies. Generalization of participants' compliance with qualitatively good instructions across school staff occurred. With the exception of one participant, increases in compliance with qualitatively good instructions were maintained for up to eight weeks. Limitations of the present study and suggestions for future research are presented.

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This study examines the operating costs of, and intentional compliance with, the value added tax (VAT) in Ethiopia. The study focuses on assessing the magnitude and nature of operating costs, identifying areas in the design and administration of the tax that contribute to the operating costs and the problems in the operation of the tax at large, and also on the link between VAT compliance costs and intentional output VAT reporting compliance decisions. The study adopts a mixed methods research approach to test a series of hypotheses and answer research questions that emerge through the review of existing literature and the experiences of the researcher in respect of the Ethiopian tax system. Specifically, the study uses surveys of taxpayers and tax practitioners, experimental design, interviews with tax officials and documentary analysis. The study statistically analyses the data elicited from the surveys and experimental design. It also analyses the results of in-depth interviews with tax officials and examination of documents held by tax authorities and other institutions. The results of this combined research methodology reveal that VAT operating costs in Ethiopia in the fiscal year 2005/06 appear to be relatively low. However, this low level of operating costs may not imply that the VAT system in Ethiopia is simple. In particular, in the case of administrative costs it is argued that it may indicate that the tax authorities are under-resourced which in turn may have affected their ability to accomplish the responsibilities entrusted to them. In respect of compliance costs, although the total costs seem to be low, it is contended that their regressiveness is likely to impact on the equity of the tax system as a whole. Further, the results show that VAT compliance costs and intentional VAT reporting compliance decisions are inversely correlated; but this correlation is statistically weak. The results also identify several concerns in the design and administration of the tax that have bearing on the operating costs and the operation of the tax. Specifically, the existence of the relatively high registration threshold, the high frequency of VAT reporting, the use of the invoice method of accounting (the latter two pertain mainly to small businesses) and weak administration are noted. iv The thesis suggests a series of measures which could be taken by the government and by the tax authorities in particular, to address the various problems identified in the study. These measures include strengthening the administration; allowing small businesses to adopt the cash basis of accounting and report less frequently; and reducing the registration threshold. The use of tax education is also emphasised as a strategy to improve compliance.

Doctor of Philosophy / Asthma can be a chronic disorder requiring regular medications if the symptoms are persistent. The regimen is often complex, involving a number of drugs and a variety or routes of administration. Although drug therapy may not alter the natural history of asthma it can improve lung function enabling those with asthma to lead as near a normal life as possible. Thus medication compliance is an important factor in the managemnt of asthma. (Note : Special enclosures (Publication reprints) at end of thesis have been removed for digital submission, with permission of author)

<p>ABSTRAKT</p><p>Bakgrund: Cirka hälften av de patienter som fått diagnosen psykos sjukdom fullföljer inte sin medicinering trots att psykofarmaka visat sig vara den mest effektiva behandlingen för att reducera symtom. För de som inte följer behandlingen kan symtomen förvärras. Syfte: Syftet med litteraturöversikten var att beskriva sjuksköterskornas roll i den medicinska behandlingen av patienter med psykos, deras uppfattningar om sjuksköterskans roll, samt beskriva olika arbetsmetoder som kan vara ett stöd för sjuksköterskor och patienter i att uppnå följsamhet av ordinerad behandling. Metod: Litteratur har sökts i databaserna PubMed, Cinahl, PsykINFO och Blackwell synergy. Elva artiklar analyserades med hjälp av latent och manifest innehållsanalys. Utifrån analysen framkom sex subkategorier och tre kategorier. Resultat: Det framkom att bristen på information till patienten, biverkningar av läkemedel samt sjuksköterskans behov av utbildning påverkade patienters följsamhet. Det visade sig att det fanns flera olika modeller att tillgå för hjälp i följsamhetsproblem. Modellerna ger mer eller mindre gott resultat i medicinsk följsamhet. Diskussion: Patienter ansåg att sjuksköterskor brast i att informera om läkemedelsbehandling och biverkningar. Sjuksköterskorna borde uppmärksamma och förändra detta för att uppnå medicinsk följsamhet hos patienter med psykos sjukdom. Slutsats: Sjuksköterskor är medvetna om patienters behov och vad som påverkar den medicinska följsamheten men de behöver riktlinjer.</p>

The use of active compliance enables robots to carry out tasks in the presence of significant sensing and control errors. Compliant motions are quite difficult for humans to specify, however. Furthermore, robot programs are quite sensitive to details of geometry and to error characteristics and must, therefore, be constructed anew for each task. These factors motivate the need for automatic synthesis tools for robot programming, especially for compliant motion. This paper describes a formal approach to the synthesis of compliant motion strategies from geometric descriptions of assembly operations and explicit estimates of errors in sensing and control. A key aspect of the approach is that it provides correctness criteria for compliant motion strategies.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-131).

ABSTRAKT Bakgrund: Cirka hälften av de patienter som fått diagnosen psykos sjukdom fullföljer inte sin medicinering trots att psykofarmaka visat sig vara den mest effektiva behandlingen för att reducera symtom. För de som inte följer behandlingen kan symtomen förvärras. Syfte: Syftet med litteraturöversikten var att beskriva sjuksköterskornas roll i den medicinska behandlingen av patienter med psykos, deras uppfattningar om sjuksköterskans roll, samt beskriva olika arbetsmetoder som kan vara ett stöd för sjuksköterskor och patienter i att uppnå följsamhet av ordinerad behandling. Metod: Litteratur har sökts i databaserna PubMed, Cinahl, PsykINFO och Blackwell synergy. Elva artiklar analyserades med hjälp av latent och manifest innehållsanalys. Utifrån analysen framkom sex subkategorier och tre kategorier. Resultat: Det framkom att bristen på information till patienten, biverkningar av läkemedel samt sjuksköterskans behov av utbildning påverkade patienters följsamhet. Det visade sig att det fanns flera olika modeller att tillgå för hjälp i följsamhetsproblem. Modellerna ger mer eller mindre gott resultat i medicinsk följsamhet. Diskussion: Patienter ansåg att sjuksköterskor brast i att informera om läkemedelsbehandling och biverkningar. Sjuksköterskorna borde uppmärksamma och förändra detta för att uppnå medicinsk följsamhet hos patienter med psykos sjukdom. Slutsats: Sjuksköterskor är medvetna om patienters behov och vad som påverkar den medicinska följsamheten men de behöver riktlinjer.

Securities legislation in Canada and around the world does not mandate firms to fulfill announced share repurchase programs. As such, a firms repurchase program completion rate can be interpreted as a measure of the firms voluntary compliance, which communicates to investors the degree to which the firm is responsible, reliable and makes good faith efforts to fulfill its announced programs. We therefore expect that the voluntary compliance may reduce the riskiness of a firm and thus its cost of capital. In a sample of Canadian repurchase programs announced between 1995 and 2004, surprisingly, we find little evidence to suggest that a significant relationship exists between the firms repurchase program completion rate and the cost of equity. We present a number of explanations for this result.

Patient noncompliance to treatment regimen is a common problem for health service providers. Five personality variable subscales of the Millon Behavioral Health Inventory were related to trainer-judged adherence to treatment plans of 50 injured athletes. Multiple regression analysis showed only Somatic Anxiety was a significant predictor of adherence (r = -.427); injured athletes with high scores are less likely to adhere to treatment recommendations. Results suggest the promise of the MBHI as a diagnostic instrument for evaluating injured athletes and enhancing their treatment, and provide evidence for construct validity of the Somatic Anxiety subscale using a previously unstudied population.