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A decade of research into player communities in online games
2013
The social dynamics of player communities in online games have been the subject of much research during the last decade. Following a systematic review of empirical research publications from 2000–2010, this article synthesizes the key methods and concepts researchers have used to study and characterize player communities. It also synthesizes the key aspects and operationalizations researchers have concentrated on. The analysis shows that qualitative approaches have been more common than quantitative ones. The concepts used to characterize player communities were often not clearly defined or overlapped in meaning. Yet they revealed a prevalence of micro (groups or teams), meso (guilds or org…
Actitudes ante el aprendizaje en estudiantes universitarios excelentes y en estudiantes medios
2011
Pretendemos analizar lo que hacen los alumnos con mejor nota de entrada en la universidad que pueda explicar su rendimiento, de cara a precisar modelos eficaces de funcionamiento que se puedan generalizar y enseñar, en la medida de lo posible. Usando el cuestionario CEVAPU (Cuestionario de evaluación de las actitudes ante el aprendizaje de los estudiantes universitarios), evaluamos las actitudes ante el aprendizaje de un grupo de alumnos excelentes, seleccionados de 11 titulaciones de 9 centros de la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, y comparamos los resultados con un grupo de N similar de alumnos medios de los mismos centros. Encontramos que los alumnos excelentes desarrollaban mejores …
Management of dental anxiety via distraction technique
2021
Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of a stress ball as a distraction technique on stress levels of patients undergoing a dental procedure. Material and methods A randomized, split-mouth design was conducted using 20 adult subjects requiring scaling and root planing (Sc/RP) in all four quadrants. Each side of the mouth (maxillary/mandibular) received Sc/RP with local anesthetic with or without the use of a stress-ball distraction over two separate sessions. Subjects completed two pre-procedural questionnaires (Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, STAI; Modified Dental Anxiety Scale, MDAS) before and after each treatment session. A Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) …
Contextual and strategic knowledge in the acquisition of design expertise
2000
Abstract This study examines the acquisition of expertise in designing and developing information systems. The aim was to investigate how practical experience is related to contextual and strategic knowledge in problem-solving. Using a combination of expert–novice comparisons and longitudinal methods, professional systems analysts were compared with novices at the beginning and end of a seven month project-based course. The results show that during the course, the novices acquired a good deal of strategic competence in using domain-specific methods. Compared to the novices, the experts showed a more comprehensive and higher level of awareness of clients' contextual constraints. The study de…
Social support provided by adolescents following a disaster and perceived social support, sense of community at school, and proactive coping.
2012
Heightened levels of support provision are systematically observed in adults immediately following natural disasters, yet knowledge about adolescents' social support provision is less extensive. This longitudinal study of 262 adolescents assessed their help-providing behaviors during and after a flood. It was hypothesized that social support provided by adolescents would relate to subsequent perceptions of their relationships with others and perceptions of the self. Descriptive analyses demonstrated that the majority of respondents reported that they provided tangible, emotional, and informational support to others in need. A series of hierarchical multiple regression analyses indicated tha…
A View from the Garden: Contemplative Isolation and Constructive Sociability in Lucretius and in the Epicurean Tradition
2021
It is often assumed that Epicurean philosophy and its foremost Roman prophet, T. Lucretius Carus, adopted a deeply hostile attitude towards both politics and religion. Individualistic (or even solipsistic) interpretations of Epicureanism – as well as of the Epicurean catechism of De Rerum Natura – have long co-existed with, and provided support to, the claim that the Epicureans attached little value to religious experiences. In the present paper, I shall argue that, in this and many other respects, the modern reception of Epicureanism – with its brave aspirations after the liberation of science from social and religious restraints – has had undue influence on our understanding of De Rerum N…
Thoracic ultrasound: Potential new tool for physiotherapists in respiratory management. A narrative review
2016
International audience; The use of diagnostic ultrasound by physiotherapists is not a new concept; it is frequently performed in musculoskeletal physiotherapy. Physiotherapists currently lack accurate, reliable, sensitive, and valid measurements for the assessment of the indications and effectiveness of chest physiotherapy. Thoracic ultrasound may be a promising tool for the physiotherapist and could be routinely performed at patients' bedsides to provide real-time and accurate information on the status of pleura, lungs, and diaphragm; this would allow for assessment of lung aeration from interstitial syndrome to lung consolidation with much better accuracy than chest x-rays or auscultation…
"Vi ønsker å bli sett, men ønsker ikke å bli sett rart på" Om materialitet og mennesker i bofellesskap og dagsentra innen psykisk helsetjeneste i kom…
2015
Masteroppgave psykisk helsearbeid- Universitetet i Agder, 2015 Studien retter søkelyset mot bofellesskap og dagsentra beregnet for mennesker med psykiske lidelser. Bakgrunnen for bygging av bofellesskap og dagsentra var den omfattende deinstitusjonaliseringen som fant sted i hele den vestlige verden etter andre verdenskrig. Hensikten med denne studien er å undersøke hvorvidt de materielle stedene støtter opp om intensjonene bak oppførelsen av bofellesskap og dagsentra; om stedene bidrar til gode levekår og et bedre liv for brukerne. Fokus er på materialitet, regler og rutiner med utgangspunkt i forholdet mellom menneskene og det bygde sted. Problemstillingen er følgende: Hvilken betydning k…
Mestring og verdighet En kvalitativ studie av meningsinnholdet i begrepene, slik de blir forstått av brukere, pårørende og ansatte innen psykisk hels…
2015
Masteroppgave psykisk helsearbeid- Universitetet i Agder, 2015
Møtet med den nye hverdagen Om mestring og tilpasning hos bosatte flyktninger
2015
Masteroppgave psykisk helsearbeid- Universitetet i Agder, 2015 The purpose of this investigation has been to explore the difficulties and challenges refugees living through in their attempts to adapt to Norwegian society. What causes stress in the new daily life, how does it affect them, and how do they handled it? This is a qualitative investigation, based on data from interviews done with three-year intervals, with four refugees, allowing to find out whether changes are caused by structural conditions, or due do to the individual's inner resources, or both? The theoretical framework is sourced from stress- and coping theory. A hermeneutic phenomenological method, and the findings are anal…