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Disease scoring systems for oral lichen planus: a critical appraisal
2015
The aim of the present study has been to critically review 22 disease scoring systems (DSSs) on oral lichen planus (OLP) that have been reported in the literature during the past decades. Although the presently available DSSs may all have some merit, particularly for research purposes, the diversity of both the objective and subjective parameters used in these systems and the lack of acceptance of one of these systems for uniform use, there is a need for an international, authorized consensus meeting on this subject. Because of the natural course of OLP characterized by remissions and exacerbations and also due to the varying distribution pattern and the varying clinical types, e.g. reticul…
Critical Appraisal of Scientific Articles
2009
Despite the increasing number of scientific publications, many physicians find themselves with less and less time to read what others have written. Selection, reading, and critical appraisal of publications is, however, necessary to stay up to date in one’s field. This is also demanded by the precepts of evidence-based medicine (1, 2). Besides the medical content of a publication, its interpretation and evaluation also require understanding of the statistical methodology. Sadly, not even in science are all terms always used correctly. The word "significance," for example, has been overused because significant (or positive) results are easier to get published (3, 4). The aim of this article …
Chronic total coronary occlusions and the Occluded Artery Trial. A critical appraisal.
2008
The OAT trial and its angiographic substudy TOSCA-2, along with a number of published commentaries, represents examples of over-interpretation of clinical study results. A study that achieved no statistically significant result for any of the study endpoints can only claim to have proven that their null hypothesis cannot be rejected. The lack of power due to a reduction of patient numbers by one third, and an unexpected low event rate, makes it not unlikely that another trial would be able to disprove the null hypothesis. These statistical facts should be accepted by the authors and commentators. Instead, the inconclusive results were interpreted in such a way that they might apply to patie…
Nekustāmā īpašuma vērtēšanas modeļi
2015
Bakalaura darbs veltīts nekustāmā īpašuma masveida vērtēšanas problemātikai. Bakalaura darbā apskatīti nekustāmā īpašuma masveida vērtēšanas pamatprincipi un vērtēšanā izmantotie modeļu tipi. Darbā apskatīta ratio analīzes metodoloģija, kas tiek izmantota masveida vērtēšanas rezultātu novērtēšanai. Aprakstot spēkā esošo dzīvokļa īpašuma vērtēšanas modeli, ko izmanto Valsts zemes dienests, darbā piedāvāts vērtēt dzīvokļa īpašumu kā vienotu īpašumu, nedalot tās vērtību atsevišķās sastāvdaļas, tādās kā zeme, koplietošanas telpas un dzīvokļa īpašuma telpu grupas, kā arī veikti citi esošā modeļa uzlabojumi. Pārejot uz vienota īpašuma vērtēšanas principu, ar lineārās regresijas palīdzību iegūts j…
35858_SHRM_Topic 5_Appraising and managing human resources performance
2022
El document forma part dels materials docents programats mitjançant l'ajut del Servei de Política Lingüística de la Universitat de València. Slide set for Topic 5 ("Appraising and managing human resources performance"), as part of the teaching materials of the course/module “Strategic Human Resource Management” (35858), group OR (tuition in English), Grau en Administració i Direcció d'Empreses (ADE), Universitat de València.
A Phenomenographic Study of Adolescents’ Conceptions of Health Information Appraisal as a Critical Component of Adolescent Health Literacy
2020
This paper reports on a health literacy study that explored adolescents’ conceptualizations of health information appraisal as a social practice in Latvia. The study was guided by phenomenography, a qualitative research approach used to describe people’s conceptions of a particular phenomenon. A purposive, maximum variation sampling was used, and 24 adolescents were recruited to take part in the study, ranging from 13 to 16 year-olds. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken for data collection. A phenomenographic method for data analysis was performed using the guidelines proved by Sandberg. The data analysis presented seven categories of description and an outcome space representing the…
Docenti precari: resilienza e promozione del benessere
2014
In questi ultimi anni la resilienza è stata oggetto di una serie di studi e di riflessioni della comunità scientifica nazionale e internazionale, che le hanno consentito di affrancarsi dall’ambiente teorico astratto entro cui si collocava, per diventare prassi e metodologia di lavoro per tutte le professioni. Nel modello teorico adottato si definisce la resilienza come la capacità di affrontare eventi stressanti, superarli e continuare a svilupparsi aumentando le proprie risorse con una conseguente riorganizzazione positiva della vita. Con la nostra indagine ci siamo proposti di analizzare e misurare il livello di resilienza di un gruppo di 543 docenti (precari) siciliani. Abbiamo verificat…
Appraisals of education-related goals during educational transitions in late adolescence : consequences for academic well-being and goal attainment
2012
Stress appraisal at work: its measurement and implications for well-being
2013
En los cinco artículos que forman parte de la presente tesis, se han comentado los conceptos subyacentes así como los resultados obtenidos. En este apartado, se resaltan los objetivos de la presente tesis, la metodología utilizada, así como las conclusiones generales que se pueden extraer en base a los estudios realizados. Objetivos En esta tesis analizamos el fenómeno del estrés laboral desde la perspectiva cognitiva (Lazarus y Folkman, 1984) y desde el enfoque que nos ofrece la psicología positiva (Seligman y Csikszentmihayi, 2000). El objetivo de la presente tesis ha sido desarrollar y validar una nueva medida de la percepción de eustrés y distrés tanto desde la Teoría Clásica del Test (…
Perfectionism and performance-related psychobiosocial states: The mediating role of competition appraisals.
2022
Using the multi-states (MuSt) theory as a framework, the present study focused on the individual (personality) antecedents of psychobiosocial states. Psychobiosocial states comprise emotional subjective experiences and their correlates (cognitive, motivational, volitional, bodily, motor-behavioural, operational, and communicative), that can be functional for performance (helpful) or dysfunctional (harmful). Specifically, we examined the relationships between two perfectionism dimensions (perfectionistic strivings and concerns) and functional and dysfunctional psychobiosocial states. The hypothesised mediational role of competitive appraisals was also tested. Participants (N = 271, 138 femal…