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Predicting hospital associated disability from imbalanced data using supervised learning.
2019
Hospitalization of elderly patients can lead to serious adverse effects on their functional capability. Identifying the underlying factors leading to such adverse effects is an active area of medical research. The purpose of the current paper is to show the potential of artificial intelligence in the form of machine learning to complement the existing medical research. This is accomplished by studying the outcome of hospitalization of elderly patients as a supervised learning task. A rich set of features characterizing the medical and social situation of elderly patients is leveraged and using confusion matrices, association rule mining, and two different classes of supervised learning algo…
Emotions and visitors’ satisfaction at a museum
2014
Purpose – This research aims to investigate whether emotions can be considered as a suitable variable to segment visitors at a museum. Furthermore, it seeks to analyse whether emotions influence visitor satisfaction and whether this depends on objective variables (such as age, gender and level of education) or not. Design/methodology/approach – A structured questionnaire was developed and data were collected at the National Museum of Archaeology “G.A. Sanna” in Sardinia (Italy) via 410 face-to-face interviews. Hierarchical and non-hierarchical cluster analyses and a series of chi-squared tests were run for the purpose of the study. Findings – Two segments were identified. The cluster with …
Destination Attractiveness Drivers among Urban Hostel Tourists: An Analysis of Frustrators and Delighters
2015
This study is based on data from 679 tourists staying at hostel accommodation facilities in Zagreb, a propulsive city-break destination in Central Europe. Besides providing insight into the socio-demographic and behavioural characteristics of hostel tourists, this study uncovers determinant destination attributes influencing their perceptions of destination attractiveness. In particular, impact asymmetry analysis identified potential sources of delight and frustration among hostel tourists. Since the hostel tourist segment, as such, is almost completely unconsidered in contemporary tourism research, partly covered only by a few studies on youth travellers and backpackers, the results of thi…
Satisfaction and Destination Loyalty
2005
ABSTRACT First-time and repeat tourists engage in different tourism experience with a destination. Based on previous studies, the main purpose of this research is to investigate how tourists' previous experience with a tourist destination influences on the satisfaction evaluation, destination loyalty and destination attractiveness. An empirical study is carried out among 806 tourists visiting Calpe, a Spanish tourist destination, in the summer of 2000. Research findings evidence that the level of satisfaction and the number of past visits considerably influence tourists' intentions to make repeat visits.
Neurophysiological changes associated with implant-associated augmentation procedures in the lower jaw
2017
Background Neurophysiological changes after oral and maxillofacial surgery remain one of the topics of current research. Purpose This study evaluated if implant placement associated with augmentation procedures increases the possibility of sensory disturbances or result in impaired quality of life during the healing period. Material and Methods Patients who had obtained an implant placement in the lower jaw in combination with augmentation procedures were examined by implementing a comprehensive Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) protocol for extra- and intraoral use. As augmentation procedures, we used Guided Bone Regeneration (Group A) and Customized Bone Regeneration (Group B) techniques…
El docente en las Aulas Hospitalarias Españolas. Un estudio comparado del perfil profesional específico en el marco autonómico español
2018
espanolLa Pedagogia Hospitalaria, sus aulas y, todo el equipo que forma parte de ellas, esta avanzando a pasos agigantados por ir mas alla del paciente y de las plantas de pediatria, involucrando asi a todo un equipo interdisciplinar. Con la Organizacion Mundial de la Salud (OMS) a traves de un grupo de estudio trato el tema de la Educacion Multiprofesional dentro del ambito sanitario con profesionales que tratan tareas que benefician la salud, como la prevencion, curacion, rehabilitacion. Gracias a ello hay numerosos estudios que admiten que, para que el ingreso sea lo menos traumatizante posible es imprescindible que el nino-paciente lleve una vida lo mas normalizada posible. El objetivo …
Una mirada inclusiva: Los proyectos de trabajo como actuación educativa en una unidad pedagógica hospitalaria.
2015
Esta contribución muestra resultados de un estudio que se ha realizado en torno a un caso, concretamente un aula educativa en un hospital público de Valencia. La educación de un niño debe estar garantizada en cualquier contexto en el que discurra su vida, siendo necesario proporcionarle una enseñanza global y sistémica. Por eso, en el campo hospitalario y más concretamente en las Unidades Pedagógicas Hospitalarias (UPH), la acción educativa trata de minimizar la enfermedad, de animar al paciente y sobre todo de dotar de continuidad en un proceso educativo.
Authenticity as a mental state: A primer
2014
Highlights Philosophy of mind offers a new philosophical foundation for authenticity. Philosophy of mind studies mental states, whose defining property is intentionality. Intentionality is an essential trait in any characterization of authenticity. Experiencing authenticity is a mental state. Authenticity’s role as a theoretical construct is strengthened and amplified.
Usage of BODE index to estimate the results of rehabilitation of patients with chronic obstructive lung disease
2008
Abstract: BODE index is the prognostic indicator in chronic obstructive lung disease, in which beyond bronchial obstruction the body mass index, dyspnea and competence exercise are taken into consideration. The indicator consists of few elements: B – BMI, O – obturation, D – dyspnea, E – exercise, taking into consideration various constitutional aspects of disease. The purpose of the paper was usage of BODE index in estimation of results of rehabilitation of patients with Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease. 60 in- hospital patients with chronic obstructive lung disease were examined, in Specialized Hospital MSWiA (Ministry of Interior and Administration) in Glucholazy. The pa-tients, who were…
Re: The Clinical Impact of Bacteremia on Outcomes in Elderly Patients with Pyelonephritis or Urinary Sepsis: A Prospective Multicenter Study
2018
Background Bacteremia is common in severe urinary infections, but its influence on the outcomes is not well established. The aim of this study was to assess the association of bacteremia with outcomes in elderly patients admitted to hospital with pyelonephritis or urinary sepsis. Methods This prospective muticenter observational study was conducted at 5 Spanish hospitals. All patients aged >65 years with pyelonephritis or urinary sepsis admitted to the departments of internal medicine and with urine and blood cultures obtained at admission to hospital were eligible. Transfer to ICU, length of hospital stay, hospital mortality and all cause 30-day mortality in bacteremic and non-bacteremic g…