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Exploring and Reshaping Learners’ Beliefs About the Usefulness of Corrective Feedback : A Sociocultural Perspective
2016
A number of studies have shown that learners’ beliefs about the usefulness of corrective feedback for improving their L2 (a second or a foreign language) use influences the extent to which learners can utilize that same feedback. It seems, then, that changing some of these beliefs could benefit the L2 learning process. The present article reports on two small-scale studies, both drawing on a sociocultural perspective on the development of beliefs. Changes in learners’ beliefs about corrective feedback were observed both within a period of six months (Case study) and over the course of one research interview (Group study). The studies exemplify how the interplay of one’s own and other’s expe…
Palais et fisc à l'époque carolingienne: Attigny
1982
Domaine rural acquis par Clovis II en 651, Attigny fut une résidence du maire du palais Pépin à partir de 749. Devenu un palais avec l'avènement des Carolingiens, il cessa d'être fréquenté après 931. La fonction essentielle de ce palais découle de sa situation géographique située à proximité de la voie romaine Reims-Trêves, la localité constituait une étape commode entre est et ouest du royaume franc, puis entre les royaumes de Francie occidentale et de Lotharingie. Le fisc d'Attigny, mentionné pour la première fois en 877, peut être connu par l'analyse de trois diplômes, dont deux très postérieurs à la période carolingienne. Il englobait au début du Xe siècle au moins trois mille cinq cent…
“Though I was alone with the unseen, I comprehended it not”: The Relationship Between the Dead and the Living in Margaret Oliphant’s „A Beleaguered C…
2017
Margaret Oliphant 1828–1897 is best remembered today as one of the important practitioners the domestic fiction, with her “Chronicles of Carlingford” series considered to be her most enduring achievement. Oliphant’s other interesting group of works are ghost stories and other spiritual tales known as the “Stories of the Seen and Unseen”. A Beleaguered City, a novella first published in 1879, is generally considered to be Oliphant’s most successful supernatural tale. Set in Semur, France, and told by five different narrators, the story focuses on the inhabitants of Semur, who are evicted from their town by the spirits of the dead. This paper aims to demonstrate that Oliphant uses the supern…
Adolescents’ preparedness and motivation across the transition to post-comprehensive education
2017
This longitudinal study aims to test the concept of transition preparedness in the context of educational transitions. The study investigates how adolescents' transition preparedness, conceptualized as their self-efficacy beliefs and their inoculation against setbacks, before an educational transition affect the adolescents' school value and effort related to educational goals after the transition through the effects on achievement goal orientations. Student data from three waves of a longitudinal study are used, first collected in 2004 (before the students' transition from comprehensive school to upper secondary education) and then collected twice after the transition. The students include…
Kongo Demokrātiskās Republikas loma starptautiskajās attiecībās. 2005-2013
2016
Maģistra darba tēma ir “Kongo Demokrātiskās Republikas loma starptautiskajās attiecībās 2005-2013” Kongo Demokrātiskās Republikas iekšpolitiskie un ārpolitiskie procesi Latvijā ir nepietiekami pētīti. Darbā skatīts kā procesi lielākajā valstī Subsahāras reģionā skar starptautisko organizāciju-ANO un ES, kā arī atsevišķu lielvalstu-Lielbritānijas,Francijas, ASV,Ķīnas politiku. Pētijumā svarīga loma ir iekšpolitiskajiem procesiem-paramilitāru grupu aktivitātēm,korupcijai,jo tie ir saistīti ar ārvalstu-gan reģionālu,gan pasaules mēroga darbībām. Kongo Demokrātiskās Republikas problemātika skaidri parāda ģeopolitisko interešu sadursmi gan starp Eiropas, gan pasaules lielvalstīm,kuras atbalsta d…
Imbalance between genomic gain and loss identifies high-risk neuroblastoma patients with worse outcomes
2021
Survival in high-risk neuroblastoma (HR-NB) patients remains poor despite multimodal treatment. We aimed to identify HR-NB patients with worse outcomes by analyzing the genomic instability derived from segmental chromosomal aberrations. We calculated 3 genomic instability indexes for primary tumor SNP array profiles from 127 HR-NB patients: (1) Copy number aberration burden (%gainslength+%losseslength), (2) copy number load (CNL) (%gainslength-%losseslength) and (3) net genomic load (NGL) (%gainsamount-%lossesamount). Tumors were classified according to positive or negative CNL and NGL genomic subtypes. The impact of the genomic instability indexes on overall survival (OS) was assessed with…
Effects of medication, treatment, and behavioral beliefs on intentions to take medication in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia
2018
Although familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) can be effectively managed using cholesterol-lowering medication, patients often fall short of complete treatment adherence. Identifying the psychological factors associated with self-regulation of FH medication is important to inform interventions to maximize adherence. The aim of the present study was to test an integrated psychological model in predicting FH patients' intentions to take medication.FH patients attending clinics in seven countries were invited to participate in a cross-sectional survey study. Consenting patients (N = 551) completed self-report measures of generalized beliefs about medication overuse and harms, beliefs in treatmen…
Can Brief, Daily Training Using a Mobile App Help Change Maladaptive Beliefs? Crossover Randomized Controlled Trial
2019
BackgroundObsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disabling condition with a wide variety of clinical presentations including contamination fears, fear of harm, and relationship-related obsessions. Cognitive behavioral models of OCD suggest that OC symptoms result from catastrophic misinterpretations of commonly occurring intrusive experiences and associated dysfunctional strategies used to manage them. OCD-related maladaptive beliefs including inflated responsibility, importance and control of thoughts, perfectionism, and intolerance for uncertainty increase the likelihood of such misinterpretations. ObjectiveConsidering accumulating evidence suggesting that mobile health (mHealth) apps b…
Differences in beliefs and home environments regarding energy balance behaviors according to parental education and ethnicity among schoolchildren in…
2014
Background To explore differences in personal and home environmental factors that are regarded as determinants of energy balance-related behaviors (EBRBs) according to parental education and ethnic background among 10–12 year old schoolchildren across Europe. Methods A school-based survey among 10–12 year olds was conducted in eight countries across Europe. A range of personal and home environment variables relevant for soft drink consumption, daily breakfast, sport participation and TV time was assessed by means of child report. Personal factors included attitude, health beliefs, and preference/liking. Home environment factors included parental subjective norm, modeling, support, practices…
Assessment of the structural validity of three foot and ankle specific patient-reported outcome measures
2020
Background: The structural validity of the Lower extremity functional scale (LEFS), the Visual analogue scale foot and ankle (VAS-FA), and the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities osteoarthritis index (WOMAC) has not been compared earlier in patients after foot and ankle surgery. Methods: Altogether 165 previously operated patients completed the foot and ankle specific instruments, the 15D health-related quality of life (HRQoL) instrument, and general health (VAS). Results: The LEFS, the VAS-FA and the WOMAC had slight differences in their measurement properties. The VAS-FA had the best targeting and coverage. All three foot and ankle measures accounted for mobility and usual activitie…