Search results for "Future"

The learning curve, accuracy, and interobserver agreement of endoscope-based confocal laser endomicroscopy for the differentiation of colorectal lesi…

2012

Background: The endoscope-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (eCLE) system allows in vivo imaging of colorectal epithelium. Little is known about the learning curve for accurate interpretation of confocal images acquired with eCLE. Objective: To determine the learning curve of eCLE, its diagnostic accuracy, and the intra- and interobserver agreement for the differentiation of colorectal lesions. Design: Post hoc assessment of selected eCLE images. Setting: Academic centers. Patients: This study involved colonoscopic images from 47 patients. Main Outcome Measurements: Learning curve of eCLE, accuracy, and intraobserver and interobserver agreement. Methods: Three endoscopists received a shor…

La explicación del riesgo de sequía en la Geografía escolar. Una exploración desde los manuales escolares de Ciencias Sociales (Educación Primaria)

2021

espanolEn la region mediterranea uno de los principales riesgos naturales son las sequias. Este fenomeno se ha agravado en las ultimas decadas debido al incremento de la vulnerabilidad asociadas a actividades humanas y, segun los escenarios futuros de cambio climatico, se preve que aumente la peligrosidad (mayor intensidad y frecuencia de los periodos secos). El objetivo de este trabajo es llevar a cabo un analisis de como se explica el riesgo de sequia en los manuales escolares de Ciencias Sociales (3er ciclo de Educacion Primaria) en la Comunidad Valenciana (Espana). A partir de la consulta de estos recursos (las 5 editoriales mas utilizadas), los resultados obtenidos indican que esta tem…

Future 0,0,0. Urban/human futures

2014

“Futurus” in Latin is the future participle (!) of the verb to be, then, we literally translate it into “what will be” and, in the classical ontology of the pre-Socratic period, being does not derive from the Man who scratches time and bends the path of history producing effects reduced to the tickle done to a pachyderm. Will the future, then, inexorably be independent from the human will? Not necessarily. the futures If we try to distinguish the future as the time line that goes to infinity as a positive future like a projection of human action in time, two views will come out: a static view - far in the coordinates x, y, t - and a dynamic vision which tends to reach a point of coordinates…

The effectiveness of the GoKoan e-learning platform in improving university students’ academic performance

2021

Abstract The GoKoan e-learning platform supports face-to-face training in an educational community. Its aim is to optimise the way and the time of study in order to improve academic performance. To evaluate the GoKoan platform’s effectiveness as a tool for improving academic performance, an experimental study was carried out using a sample of 171 university students enrolled in the psychology degree programme who were randomly assigned to the two different conditions (the experimental group: traditional learning + e-learning with the GoKoan platform; and the control group: traditional learning without e-learning). The findings showed that using GoKoan had a positive impact on the students’ …

Carsharing business models in Germany: characteristics, success and future prospects

2017

Carsharing provides an alternative to private car ownership by allowing car use temporarily on an on-demand basis. Operators provide carsharing services using different business models and ownership structures. We distinguish between cooperative, business-to-consumer (B2C) roundtrip and one-way, as well as peer-topeer (P2P) carsharing. This paper characterizes these different types of business models and compares their success in terms of diffusion using a comprehensive database of all 101 German carsharing providers in 2016. The key result holds that fleet size is significantly different across business models ranging from a few cars (cooperatives in small towns), to a few hundred (B2C rou…

Anticipated future of Latvia and Russia during a global economic crisis: A mixed methods perspective

2014

This cross-cultural study explored subjective predictors of more positive evaluation of the future of the country during a global socioeconomic crisis. A sequential mixed-method design was chosen for an exploration of students? expectations in Russia and Latvia as countries contrasting in macro-contextual conditions. In 2009, Study 1 was designed as a thematic analysis of essays on topic ?The Future of Latvia/Russia?. The results demonstrated that the future of a country is anticipated by taking into account external influences, the present of the country, and its perceived power and stability. In 2011, Study 2 involved these themes as independent variables in a multiple regression model. T…

Magnetoencephalography Responses to Unpredictable and Predictable Rare Somatosensory Stimuli in Healthy Adult Humans

2021

Mismatch brain responses to unpredicted rare stimuli are suggested to be a neural indicator of prediction error, but this has rarely been studied in the somatosensory modality. Here, we investigated how the brain responds to unpredictable and predictable rare events. Magnetoencephalography responses were measured in adults frequently presented with somatosensory stimuli (FRE) that were occasionally replaced by two consecutively presented rare stimuli [unpredictable rare stimulus (UR) and predictable rare stimulus (PR); p = 0.1 for each]. The FRE and PR were electrical stimulations administered to either the little finger or the forefinger in a counterbalanced manner between the two conditio…

Assessing Master Students' Competencies Using Rubrics: Lessons Learned from Future Secondary Education Teachers

2020

The aim of this paper is to provide insights into the appropriateness of teaching-learning and evaluation processes using rubrics, for student self-assessments. We studied students enrolled on the Master&rsquo

Visioita tulevaisuuden koulusta

2014

The Future of ERP Systems: look backward before moving forward

2012

Abstract This paper explores the enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems literature in an attempt to elucidate knowledge to help us see the future of ERP systems’ research. The main purpose of this research is to study the development of ERP systems and other related areas in order to reach the constructs of mainstream literature. The analysis of literature has helped us to reach the key constructs of an as-is scenario, those are: history and development of ERP systems, the implementation life cycle, critical success factors and project management, and benefits and costs. However, the to-be scenario calls for more up-to-date research constructs of ERP systems integrating the following co…