Search results for "Expert"

Stridor in children

2018

A 16-month-old boy was referred to the emergency department of the Children's Clinical University Hospital (Riga, Latvia) due to cough and noisy breathing for 3 months. The complaints seemed to have worsened over time with coughing fits 2–4 days a week and the boy not being able to tolerate solid food (leading to vomiting) during the fits. In between the bouts, he felt fine. Diminished food intake was noted over the last month. Over the 3-month period, no other symptoms were noted. The father of the child was fixated on a diagnosis of asthma and categorically denied the possibility of any choking attacks after eating or playing with small objects. The boy had been seen by pulmonologist once…

Fever and dyspnoea in a tracheostomised patient

2020

A 65-year-old man was referred for evaluation of acute onset of fever, productive cough and dyspnoea. He had previously received a diagnosis of laryngeal carcinoma, which had been treated with laryngectomy and bilateral laterocervical lymphadenectomy, followed by chemotherapy. He underwent plastic surgery of the laryngocutaneous fistula, and a positron emission tomography (PET)- computed tomography (CT) examination performed during follow-up showed 18-FDG (2-fluoro-2-deoxyd- glucose) lung uptake in the apical right portion. He had a smoking history and his regular medications included dexamethasone, metoclopramide, omeprazole, furosemide, cholecalciferol and pregabalin. He had a history of …

Design and development of safety and control systems in ATLAS

2021

El gran colisionador de hadrones, o LHC, es el acelerador de partículas más grande y potente del mundo. Ha sido construido por el CERN, la Organización Europea para la Investigación Nuclear, entre 1998 y 2008 en Ginebra, Suiza. Sucesivas mejoras en el LHC supondrán a partir de mediados del 2027 un incremento de la luminosidad, cuando pasará a llamarse High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). Esta tesis se divide en dos partes, por una parte la seguridad y operación de la infraestructura y por otra los sistemas de control y toma de datos. La primera parte de la tesis se dedica a la seguridad y operación de la infraestructura. Después de más de 10 años de funcionamiento, el riesgo de posibles fallos en …

Towards the Learning Experience Technology Usability framework

2017

The availability of learning technology has increased over past decades; however, severe usability issues that cause adverse effects on the learning experience can be found in many available technologies. Learning solution usability is commonly evaluated by focusing on either technical or pedagogical usability and rarely both. This artificially separates the two important aspects of learning technology usability. This chapter provides a new framework for designing and evaluating learning solutions that synthesizes the above usability types to consider them a part of a complex and dynamic whole comprising of learning, technological design, content-related issues and context. The proposed Lea…

The dynamics of expertise acquisition in sport: The role of affective learning design

2015

Objectives: The aim of this position paper is to discuss the role of affect in designing learning experiences to enhance expertise acquisition in sport. The design of learning environments and athlete development programmes are predicated on the successful sampling and simulation of competitive performance conditions during practice. This premise is captured by the concept of representative learning design, founded on an ecological dynamics approach to developing skill in sport, and based on the individual-environment relationship. In this paper we discuss how the effective development of expertise in sport could be enhanced by the consideration of affective constraints in the representativ…

Emerging Joint Expertise? Multiagency Collaboration Described in Local Integration Programmes in Finland

2016

Multiagency collaboration is seen as an essential way of working to promote the two-way integration of newcomers and a receiving society. The term multiagency collaboration underlines the diversity of actors in cooperation. Cross-sectorial networks are mentioned in higher strategies as well as in the local programmes or plans for action. But how is multiagency work structured at the local level? This article looks at the examples of multiagency collaboration in the written documents of local integration programmes in the Finnish context. The examples are chosen from different areas. It seems that collaboration is widely emphasized as a goal or a working method. Whereas expertise in integrat…

Mycobacterium tuberculosis multirezistences noteikšanas metodes

2019

Darba aktualitāte: Neskatoties uz to, ka šobrīd ir pieejami vairāki TB kontroles mehānismi gan slimības diagosticēšanai, gan ārstēšanai, un multirezistentās tuberkulozes prevalence samazinās, tā joprojām ir aktuāla problēma. Ņemot vērā, ka rezistence pret tuberkulozi dažādos reģionos krasi atškiras, svarīgi noskaidrot tās pašreizējo situāciju Latvijā un konkrētāk analizēt pret kuriem no anti-tuberkulozes medikamentiem reizistence ir sastopama visbiežāk. Darba mērķis: : Noteikt M. tuberculosis multirezistentu celmu prevalenci un salīdzināt fenotipiskās un genotipiskās multirezistences noteikšanas metodes. Metodes un materiāli: Diplomdarbā tika iekļauti dati par M. tuberculosis jutību pret da…

Teachers' beliefs about learning and language as reflected in their views of teaching materials for Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)

2014

A Knowledge-Based System for the Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease

2003

Therapies to slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s disease are most effective when applied in its initial stages. Therefore it is important to develop methods to diagnose the disease as early as possible. It is also desirable to establish standards which can be used generally by physicians who may not be experts in diagnosis of the disease. One possible method to obtain an early diagnosis is the evaluation of the glucose metabolism of the brain. In this paper we present a prototype of an expert system that automatically diagnoses Alzheimer’s disease on the basis of positron emission tomography images displaying the metabolic activity in the brain.

Monoclonal antibodies and antibody fragments: state of the art and future perspectives in the treatment of non-haematological tumors

2011

Introduction: The use of monoclonal antibodies is one of the strategies for targeting the specific key points of the main pathways of cancer growth and survival, but only a few antibodies have offered a clear clinical benefit in the treatment of non-haematological malignancies. Areas covered: This review summarizes the general properties of monoclonal antibodies, including structure, nomenclature and production techniques. The antibodies approved for use in clinical practice for the treatment of non-haematological tumors and those antibodies still being developed in this setting are briefly described. The types of antibody fragments are also reported. Expert opinion: Monoclonal antibodies w…