Search results for "EIV"

Using the Rasch model to assess a University Service on the Basis of Students Opinions

2008

In this paper we use the Rasch model (RM) as a tool to measure the perceived quality of student services at the Reception Office of an Italian university faculty. This paper has both a substantive and a methodological aim. The former is concerned with measuring the service quality of the Reception Office, while the latter concerns the definition and validation of an instrument for measuring perceived quality. The sample comprised 273 students enrolled at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Palermo (Aiello F. Il modello di Rasch per la costruzione di uno strumento di misura della qualit`a di un Servizio. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Palermo, Palermo, 2005). The RM is applied to prod…

Impact of perceived multichannel retailing integration on multichannel strategy design

2013

Exploring the effect of absence selection on landslide susceptibility models: A case study in Sicily, Italy

2016

Abstract A statistical approach was employed to model the spatial distribution of rainfall-triggered landslides in two areas in Sicily (Italy) that occurred during the winter of 2004–2005. The investigated areas are located within the Belice River basin and extend for 38.5 and 10.3 km 2 , respectively. A landslide inventory was established for both areas using two Google Earth images taken on October 25th 2004 and on March 18th 2005, to map slope failures activated or reactivated during this interval. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) were used to prepare 5 m grids of the dependent variables (absence/presence of landslide) and independent variables (lithology and 13 DEM-derivatives). Mul…

Mapping Susceptibility to Debris Flows Triggered by Tropical Storms: A Case Study of the San Vicente Volcano Area (El Salvador, CA)

2021

In this study, an inventory of storm-triggered debris flows performed in the area of the San Vicente volcano (El Salvador, CA) was used to calibrate predictive models and prepare a landslide susceptibility map. The storm event struck the area in November 2009 as the result of the simultaneous action of low-pressure system 96E and Hurricane Ida. Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS) was employed to model the relationships between a set of environmental variables and the locations of the debris flows. Validation of the models was performed by splitting 100 random samples of event and non-event 10 m pixels into training and test subsets. The validation results revealed an excellent (…

Assessment of susceptibility to earth-flow landslide using logistic regression and multivariate adaptive regression splines: A case of the Belice Riv…

2015

Abstract In this paper, terrain susceptibility to earth-flow occurrence was evaluated by using geographic information systems (GIS) and two statistical methods: Logistic regression (LR) and multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS). LR has been already demonstrated to provide reliable predictions of earth-flow occurrence, whereas MARS, as far as we know, has never been used to generate earth-flow susceptibility models. The experiment was carried out in a basin of western Sicily (Italy), which extends for 51 km 2 and is severely affected by earth-flows. In total, we mapped 1376 earth-flows, covering an area of 4.59 km 2 . To explore the effect of pre-failure topography on earth-flow sp…

Determining a healthy reference range and factors potentially influencing PRO-C3 – A biomarker of liver fibrosis

2021

Background & Aims Progressive fibrosis has been identified as the major predictor of mortality in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Several biomarkers are currently being evaluated for their ability to substitute the liver biopsy as the reference standard. Recent clinical studies in NAFLD/NASH patients support the utility of PRO-C3, a marker of type III collagen formation, as a marker for the degree of fibrosis, disease activity, and effect of treatment. Here we establish the healthy reference range, optimal sample handling conditions for both short- and long-term serum storage, and robustness for the PRO-C3 assay. Methods PRO-C3 was measured in 269 healthy volunteers…

Rajan tiloja : luonnollisuus, luonnottomuus ja epäluonnottomuus 2000-luvun pohjoismaisissa autofiktioissa

2015

79. Amyloid-PET analysis based on tissue probability maps

2018

Purpose The regional quantification of amyloid burden is crucial for the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease [1]. The best method to evaluate regional amyloid deposition in PET is through the use MR imaging for brain space normalization. However, since MR imaging is not always available in the clinical practice, a MR-less methodology is needed in order to compute semi-quantitative and analyze regional amyloid burden. Methods Forty-four patients with clinical evidence of dementia, underwent 18F-Florbetaben PET (FBB-PET), FDG-PET, neuropsychological assessment and cerebrospinal fluid analysis. We implemented a methodology that uses SPM12 to import and normalize the FBB-PET images in Mon…

Zvaigžņotā Debess: 2004/05, Ziema

2004

Contents: Ņ.Ozoliņa. Earthquakes in Latvia ; I.Daube. Space Craft “Ranger-7” ; M. Gailis. Moon Investigation in Riga ; J.Tambergs. Problems of Dialogue between Quantum Mechanics and Theology (concluded) ; Z Alksne, A.Alksnis. Ultra-Cool Dwarf Pair Weighed ; A.Balklavs. Successful Hunt of Protostars ; A.Balklavs. Silhouette of a Black Hole ; A.Balklavs. A Distant Giant Quasar ; A.Balklavs. Cosmic Objects in Captivating Photos – 3 ; J.Freimanis. Extragalactic Planetary Nebulae ; J.Jaunbergs. Cassini Enters the Saturnian System ; D.Krieviņš. Space Launchers of Early XXI Century. The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) ; J.Bārzdiņš. Professor Rusins-Martins Freivalds on the Path of Science…

Part 3. A question of perspective: The association between intrusive thoughts and obsessionality in 11 countries

2014

Abstract A key assumption of contemporary cognitive-behavioral models of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is that obsessional thoughts exist on a continuum with “normal” unwanted intrusive thoughts. Recently, however, some authors have challenged this notion. The present study aimed to clarify (a) the extent that different types of intrusive thoughts in nonclinical individuals are associated with obsessionality, (b) the relative contribution of frequency, distress and control ratings to obsessionality, and (c) the extent that existing findings (primarily from North American or European samples) generalize to other countries in the world. Five hundred and fifty-four non clinical individua…