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	My Therapy Practice
		Another 40% is made up of Esters with marked relaxing effects on tissues - relieving tension in injured areas and allowing natural perfusion to take place.
		To begin with we must distinguish between the two polyunsaturated fatty acids which are termed essential because they can not be made in the body and therefore must be present in the diet.
		Different procedures practiced in yoga have stimulatory or inhibitory effects on the basal metabolic rate when studied.
	www.mytherapypractice.com (1748 words)

	New View of Statistics: Repeated Measures - 2
		So when you average the difference scores, the practice effect disappears and you are left with the treatment effect, provided the two groups have the same number of subjects.
		For example, if the practice effect is about the same size as the treatment effect, one set of difference scores will be around zero, and the other will tend to be twice as large as the treatment effect.
		Any practice effect should be the same for both groups, so it disappears when you calculate the change in the experimental group minus the change in the control group.
	www.sportsci.org /resource/stats/twotrials.html (1991 words)

	Classics in the History of Psychology -- Stroop (1935)
		441) concluded that "the interference effect of an association bears a constant relation to the practice effect, and is, in fact, equivalent to it." Both Bair and Culler found that the interference of the opposing habits disappeared if the habits were practiced alternately.
		In the latter experiment the interference was overbalanced by the practice effect.
		Practice was found either to increase or to decrease the variability of the group depending upon the nature of the material used.
	psychclassics.yorku.ca /Stroop (5527 words)

	Practice Effect on the Performance of Timed Typing on Middle and High School Students (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		A second purpose is to determine if the practice effect of one test has any effect on the performance of a different test.
		Practice effect is the term used to describe how repetition in testing improves performance.
		Each student's scores were averaged and computed to find their percent change in WPM due to practice effect and to actual improvement, comparing the first trial of the first test to the second, final test.
	ojas.ucok.edu /97/T97/MMARI.HTM (2027 words)

	Reverberation Effect: Theory & Practice
		The reverberation effect shows up in a richer booming volume sounding which is usually more pleasant for perception than a source "dry" sound.
		Apart from general system effects (reverberation, chorus) there is at least one more assigned unit of effects which provides a couple of additional reverberation types.
		It is based on a natural effect of faster damping of a high-frequency sound spectrum in course of an acoustic reverberation.
	www.digit-life.com /articles2/theoryofreverb/index.html (2114 words)

	Spacing practice to aid remembering
		It has long been known that spacing practice (reviewing learning or practicing a skill at spaced intervals) is far more effective than massed practice (in one heavy session).
		It is also well-known that people commonly over-estimate the value of massed practice, and tend not to give due recognition to the value of spacing practice, despite the fact that most memory improvement and study programs advise it.
		Clearly, simple instructions to use spaced practice improve memory, but equally clearly, many people are not necessarily going to follow those instructions, for whatever reason.
	www.memory-key.com /ResearchReports/landauer77.htm (452 words)

	Practice and the Necker Cube (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Effect of Practice on the Necker Cube
		In this study I will not only take another look at the effect practice has on the ability to flip the orientation of the cube, but also at the effect practice has on the ability to prevent the cube from flipping once one has learned to flip it.
		However, my research turned out to be inconsistent both with previous studies and with my predictions that learning would have an effect of the ability to keep the Necker Cube from "flipping." There was no significant trend in the data to show any sort of effect of practice.
	www.alma.edu /departments/psychology/sp2002/ajl/larsenweb.htm (663 words)

	FAQ: How does the Real Estate Effect the Practice Value? - Simmons & Associates
		With the exception of mobile practices, every practice must have a facility in which to operate.
		If the practice owner also owns the real estate, he or she actually has two separate investments.
		One is the practice and everything in it, and the other is the building and the real estate it is sitting on.
	www.simmons2000.com /faq_effectvalue.htm (362 words)

	Human-Animal Relationships as They Effect the Practice of Holistic Medicine
		Unfortunately, when we experience the negative effects of a less-than-optimal relationship first-hand, a tendency exists to dismiss the owner as a nut-case and give little thought to what these relationships might actually mean in terms of animal health.
		Nonetheless, any definition of a holistic veterinary practice must include the owner-animal bond simply because that relationship affects the animal's physiology in and of itself.
		They don't see a pat, some kind words, or the pleasure of their company as a sufficient reason for the dog to want to be with them.
	www.mmilani.com /human_animal_relationships.html (1847 words)

	channel4.com THE PRACTICE
		The Practice follows the GPs' progress over the course of nearly a year as they prepare for these changes while continuing to care for their 12,000 patients.
		The first programme charts the personal journey Dr Xavier Nalletamby, a medico-politician, as he becomes increasingly disillusioned with the effect of reforms.
		He and his fellow GPs fear that they will be inundated with paperwork, will lose their one-to-one relationship with their patients and that there will be limited out-of-hours care for their patients as GPs are allowed to opt out of this service.
	www.channel4.com /life/microsites/P/practice/index.html (168 words)

	GMC \| Good Medical Practice
		Good Medical Practice sets out the principles and values on which good practice is founded; these principles together describe medical professionalism in action.
		We have provided links to other guidance and information which illustrate how the principles in Good Medical Practice apply in practice, and how they may be interpreted in other contexts; for example, in undergraduate education, in revalidation, or in our consideration of a doctor's conduct, performance or health through our fitness to practise procedures.
		For an overview of what is included in Good Medical Practice and links to the relevant pages use the contents page.
	www.gmc-uk.org /guidance/good_medical_practice (244 words)

	Short glasses more likely to lead to over-indulgence
		After several practice pours, half the students were given tall, slender 355 ml glasses and half were given short, wide 355 ml glasses.
		They were then asked to pour a standard "shot" of alcohol (1.5 ounces, 44.3 ml) for four mixed drinks (vodka tonic, rum and Coke, whiskey on the rocks, and gin and tonic).
		Among students, practice reduced the tendency to overpour into tall glasses, but not into short, wide glasses.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2005-12/bmj-sgm122105.php (321 words)

	The Practice Effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Practice Effect is a novel by David Brin, written in 1984 (see 1984 in literature).
		It is eventually discovered that this effect is the result of a biologically engineered creature known as a krenegee beast which creates the field with this effect.
		The closer one is to the krenegee beasts, the better you can make use of this change in thermodynamics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Practice_Effect (247 words)

	Wood-Smoke Handbook: Woodheaters, Firewood and Operator Practice - Effect of Operation on Wood-Smoke Emissions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		It is well established that poor operation of woodheaters contributes to excessive smoke, so if user behaviour could be modified it would be possible to rapidly reduce smoke emissions.
		It is likely (but not well proven in scientific tests) that wet firewood also contributes to higher smoke emissions, so encouraging use of dry firewood only will probably also lead to reduced smoke emissions.
		By increasing the height of the flue it is often possible to discharge the smoke into higher layers of air that simply pass well over neighbouring properties.
	www.deh.gov.au /atmosphere/airquality/publications/handbook/effect.html (1953 words)

	The Practice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The classifications of herbs are Yin and Yang, hot and cold, tonic and purgative, dry or damp, ascending or descending, accumulating or dispersing.
		Yang drugs provide a warming effect and treat chill conformation, warm the body and stimulate metabolism.
		Ascending drugs control symptoms with too strong descending effects such as abundant urine, diarrhea, and blood in the stools, excessive menstrual flow and lack of perspiration.
	www.foodsnherbs.com /the_practice.htm (398 words)

	The Practice Effect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		It was The Practice Effect, by David Brin.
		He found a strange land where there was no technology, but a wierd new law of physics: Objects that are used for a certain purpose regularly become 'practiced' and get better at it.
		Badly made kites with cross-bars of wood loosely nailed to the front could be practiced into the equivalent of a Fokker Monoplane.
	www.spinwardstars.com /fr/rules/practiceeffect.html (226 words)

	The Pulfrich Effect: Lit & Vicars (1966) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Lit, A. and Vicars, W. The Effect of Practice on the Speed and Accuracy of Equidistance Settings.
		Eighteen 2-hour sessions in a row were followed by another ten in a row after an intervening period of five weeks.
		The constant error (a term in the "personal equation") of each observer was found to have decreased with time, apparently approaching zero with sufficient practice, even though observers never received feedback on their accuracy.
	www.siu.edu /~pulfrich/Pulfrich_Pages/lit_nonp/1966_LitVicars.htm (196 words)

	Fourth Grade Skills - interactive sites
		Estimator - Practice estimation skills by determining the number of objects, length, or area.
		FCAT Vocabulary Building Practice - as you click on the word lists on the right, when the words come up, be sure and click on the bottom links for activities that go with each set of words.
		Practice tests for the Fourth-grade Ohio Proficiency Tests.
	www.internet4classrooms.com /skills_4th_original.htm (2457 words)

	David Brin's Official Web Site: The Practice Effect (sample chapters)
		At the front of the dimly lit conference room, the portly, gray-haired director of the Sahara Institute of Technology paced back and forth -- staring at the ceiling with his hands clasped behind his back -- while he pontificated ponderously on a subject he clearly barely understood.
		In reality he was just a little too lazy to qualify for the former, and just a bit too goodhearted for the latter.
		After the lecture, as the crowd of sleepy junior scientists dispersed to find secret corners in which to nap, Dennis paused by the department bulletin board, hoping to see an advertisement for another research center working in zievatronics.
	www.davidbrin.com /practiceeffectsample1.html (2463 words)

	Quantifying Practice Effects in Longitudinal Research With the WISC-R and WAIS-R: A Study of Children and Adolescents ...
		Quantifying Practice Effects in Longitudinal Research With the WISC-R and WAIS-R: A Study of Children and Adolescents With Hemophilia and Male Siblings Without Hemophilia -- Sirois et al.
		Quantifying Practice Effects in Longitudinal Research With the WISC-R and WAIS-R: A Study of Children and Adolescents With Hemophilia and Male Siblings Without Hemophilia
		practice effects for 4 years with the Verbal Scale and for 2
	jpepsy.oupjournals.org /cgi/content/abstract/27/2/121 (403 words)

	Amazon.com: The Practice Effect (Bantam Spectra Book): Books: David Brin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Looking at the copyright dates of his books, it looks like "The Practice Effect" is either his third or his fourth novel.
		Then in 1984, he wrote (apparently) both this book and "The Uplift War." From a technical perspective (i.e., the style of the writing), it's hard to believe that he wrote this book right in the middle of his Uplift War saga.
		The second half of the book became irritating to me. Every thing could be fixed with the practice effect, regardless that it was something that rarely had ever happened before in the world that the story takes place in.
	www.amazon.com /Practice-Effect-Bantam-Spectra-Book/dp/055326981X (1392 words)

	Federal Register Notice: Notice of Public Hearings and Opportunity for Comment on: "Consumer Benefits and Harms: How ...
		With respect to the Agencies' request for examples of real-world conduct, the Agencies are soliciting discussions of the business reasons for, and the actual or likely competitive effects of, such conduct, including actual or likely efficiencies and the theoretical underpinnings that inform the decision of whether the conduct had or has pro- or anticompetitive effects.
		The Agencies seek this practical input to provide a real-world foundation of knowledge from which to draw as the Hearings progress.
		On the other hand, allowing firms with market power to use any business practice available may result in reduced competition, the consolidation and persistence of monopoly power, and ultimately, higher prices and reduced output.
	www.usdoj.gov /atr/public/hearings/single_firm/215348.htm (2111 words)

	pollution activities - Alternative Fuel Activity Book
		Write the letter of the cause (left column) next to its effect (right column).
		Carbon d _ _ _ _ _ _ is a major contributor to "global climate change." Effects of global climate change include rising sea levels, changes in rainfall patterns, and increased severity of major storms.
		Every time fossil fuel (like petroleum, also known as "crude o _ _") is taken out of the ground and burned for fuel, CO is released into the atmosphere (air).
	www.state.hi.us /dbedt/ert/activitybook/pollution.html (550 words)

	OWL at Purdue University: Affect or Effect Practice
		OWL at Purdue University: Affect or Effect Practice
		Fill in the blanks by clicking on the list and choosing the correct form of affect or effect.
		Requests for help sent to the wrong address may not receive a timely response.
	owl.english.purdue.edu /handouts/interact/g_affecteffect.html (255 words)

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