Search results for "EFA"

Comparison of Functional Network Connectivity and Granger Causality for Resting State fMRI Data

2017

Functional network connectivity (FNC) and Granger causality have been widely used to identify functional and effective connectivity for resting functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data. However, the relationship between these two approaches is still unclear, making it difficult to compare results. In this study, we investigate the relationship by constraining the FNC lags and the causality coherences for analyzing resting state fMRI data. The two techniques were applied respectively to examine the connectivity within default mode network related components extracted by group independent component analysis. The results show that FNC and Granger causality provide complementary result…

Latency factor in worldwide IP routed networks

2014

Current Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) serves for worldwide internet backbone connections between different Autonomous Systems (AS) on the routing level. Continuously in real-time changing environment core routers calculate routing decisions based on path-vector database entries. AS path-vector database may contain multiple paths for various Internet Protocol (IP) prefix destinations where smallest entity in the path-vector is AS. In real world AS can be internet service operator, university or any other organization willing to participate in internet network via multi-homed uplinks. Unfortunately, internal part of AS is hidden in path-vector database thus excluding factors like latency, pac…

Development of digital health messages for rural populations in Tanzania: Multi- And interdisciplinary approach

2021

Background Health workers have traditionally delivered health promotion and education to rural communities in the Global South in paper leaflet formats or orally. With the rise of digital technologies, health promotion and education can be provided in innovative and more effective formats, which are believed to have a higher impact on disease prevention and treatment. Objective The aim of this tutorial is to illustrate how a multi- and interdisciplinary approach can be applied in the design process of digital health messages for use in the Global South. Methods The multi- and interdisciplinary team of the Non-discriminating access for Digital Inclusion (DigI) project digitalized and custom…

Gravides røykevaner i Aust-Agder : rapport fra et prosjekt i regi av Høgskolen i Agder, på oppdrag av Fylkesmannen i Aust-Agder

2006

"Prosjektets varighet: 1/1-2004 - 31/12-2004" Målgruppe for surveyundersøkelsen var samtlige kvinner hjemmehørende i Aust-Agder som fødte fra 1/1-04 tom 31/12-2004. Det ble det utlevert 851 spørreskjemaer. 734 svar innkom, dvs. en svarprosent på 86,3 %. 241 kvinner (32,8 %) bekreftet at de røkte ved svangerskapets start. Undersøkelsen viste at hvorvidt kvinnene definerte seg som røykere i stor grad var avhengig av hvordan spørsmål om røykevaner ble stilt. Alle grader av røyking inkludert angav 200 (27,2 %) av kvinnene at de røkte etter fødsel. Røykenedgang i løpet av svangerskapet i forhold til totalutvalget var altså på 5,6 %. Det vil si at 17 % av de som røkte ved svangerskapets start slu…

Tra margine e tessuto

2007

Injection structures and load casts in lagoon sediments (Sārnate outcrop, W Latvia)

2018

Gli anni Settanta. La scuola Domenico Scinà a Palermo

2017

L'articolo affronta il tema della prefabbricazione delle scuole, con particolare riferimento ad un edificio di Palermo,costruito negli anni Settanta. Dopo una breve introduzione sulla coeva situazione nazionale della scuola dal punto di vista sociologico e politico, ci si sofferma sugli aspetti normativi e costruttivi degli edifici scolastici, riportando infine disegni originali e descrizioni relativi alla scuola in oggetto.

Peer Support for People Living With HIV: A Scoping Review

2021

Peer support for people living with HIV has gained increasing traction and is considered a way to take an active role in self-management. The existing research examining peer support interventions has reported promising evidence of the benefits of peer support. The purpose of our scoping review was to describe research on peer support for people living with HIV. We included 53 studies and sorted them into analytic categories and conducted descriptive analyses. The studies that were published between November/December 2000 and May 2021, had a range of study designs and heterogeneous priority groups, and included 20,657 participants from 16 countries. We identified 43 evaluations of the effe…

Use of interprofessional simulation-based learning to develop perioperative nursing students' self-efficacy in responding to acute situations

2021

Abstract Self-efficacy is an essential concept regarding academic performance and persistence in higher education. Research indicates that interprofessional simulation-based learning influences participants’ self-efficacy and points to a need for more research on self-efficacy and its development. This study describes perioperative nursing students’ experiences with how interprofessional simulation-based learning contributes to self-efficacy in communication, interdisciplinary collaboration, and prioritising tasks in acute situations. Six qualitative focus group interviews were conducted with thirty-four perioperative nursing students from four universities and university colleges in Norway…

Drawings, Gestures and Discourses: A Case Study with Kindergarten Students Discovering Lego Bricks

2020

This paper presents a study aimed at investigating the didactic potentiality of the use of an artefact, useful to construct mathematical meanings concerning the coordination of different points of view, in the observation of a real object/toy. In our view, the process of meaning construction can be fostered by the use of adequate artefacts, but it requires a teaching/learning model, which explicitly takes care of the evolution of meanings, from those personal, emerging through the activities, to the mathematical ones, aims of the teaching intervention. The main hypothesis of this study is that the alternation between different semiotic systems, graphical system, verbal system and system of …