Search results for "ICT"

Predictors of outcome after a time-limited psychosocial intervention for adolescent depression.

2022

Research on the predictors of outcome for early, community-based, and time-limited interventions targeted for clinical depression in adolescents is still scarce. We examined the role of demographic, psychosocial, and clinical variables as predictors of outcome in a trial conducted in Finnish school health and welfare services to identify factors associating to symptom reduction and remission after a brief depression treatment. A total of 55 12–16-year-olds with mild to moderate depression received six sessions of either interpersonal counseling for adolescents (IPC-A) or brief psychosocial support (BPS). Both interventions resulted in clinical improvement at end of treatment and 3- and 6-mo…

Depression and Violence in Adolescence and Young Adults: Findings From Three Longitudinal Cohorts

2017

Objective Despite recent research demonstrating associations between violence and depression in adults, links in adolescents are uncertain. This study aims to assess the longitudinal associations between young people’s depression and later violent outcomes. Method We used data from three cohorts with different measurements of depression exposures and subsequent violent outcomes. In a Dutch community cohort Research on Adolescent Development And Relationships (RADAR; N = 623) and a population-based British birth cohort Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC; N = 4,030), we examined the longitudinal links between adolescent depressive symptoms and violent behaviors from age 1…

Desarrollo de modelos predictivos matemáticos de éxito en tratamientos de reproducción asistida para pacientes con azoospermia no obstructiva

2021

Entre las formas más graves de infertilidad de origen masculino se encuentra la azoospermia no obstructiva (ANO), que es la ausencia de espermatozoides en el semen eyaculado después de centrifugación como consecuencia del fallo testicular al inicio o durante la espermatogénesis. Las opciones de tratamiento para pacientes con ANO y deseo de paternidad son la recuperación espermática mediante biopsia testicular (TESE o micro-TESE) y posterior ICSI, la utilización de semen de donante o bien la adopción. Para evitar procedimientos innecesarios y poder ofrecer un consejo adecuado a las parejas afectas, distintos autores han intentado determinar qué pacientes son mejores candidatos a biopsia test…

Peak oxygen uptake cut-points to identify children at increased cardiometabolic risk - The PANIC Study.

2019

We aimed to develop cut -points for directly measured peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak ) to identify boys and girls at increased cardiometabolic risk using different scaling methods to control for body size and composition. Altogether 352 children (186 boys, 166 girls) aged 9 – 11 years were included in the analyses. We measured VO2peak directly during a maximal cycle ergometer exercise test and lean body mass (LM) by bioelectrical impedance. We computed a sex - and age -specific cardiometabolic risk score (CRS) by summing important cardiometabolic risk factors and defined increased cardiometabolic risk as >1 standard deviation above the mean of CRS. Receiver operating characteristics curves wer…

Rola, zadania i kierunki rozwoju poradnictwa małżeńsko-rodzinnego na rzecz wsparcia rodzin emigracyjnych

2021

Dyrektorium Duszpasterstwa Rodzin jednoznacznie wskazuje na potrzebę tworzenia i rozwijania sieci poradni małżeńsko-rodzinnych zarówno w Polsce, jak i na emigracji. Artykuł przybliża przyczyny powstania poradnictwa małżeńsko-rodzinnego w kontekście rozwoju struktur duszpasterstwa rodzin w Polsce oraz omawia jego aktualną sytuację. Nakreślono również teoretyczne i praktyczne uwarunkowania dla jego funkcjonowania. Istotne stało się wskazanie teologicznej kategorii communio personarum oraz zasady komplementarnej odrębności między działaniami naturalnymi i nadprzyrodzonymi wpisanymi w istotę oddziaływań poradnictwa duszpasterskiego. Zasygnalizowano także potrzebę profesjonalizacji duszpasterski…

Monitoring a meat-free pledge with smartphones:An experimental study

2020

Pledges are a popular strategy to encourage meat reduction, though experimental studies of their efficacy are lacking. Three-hundred and twenty-five participants from three different countries (UK, Germany, Australia) were randomly assigned to pledge 28 days meat-free or not, and their behavior was tracked via smartphones. Participants answered daily surveys regarding their eating behavior, meat cravings, and shared photos of their meals. Baseline data was collected prior to the pledge, after the 28 days, and one-month post-intervention. Participants assigned to the pledge condition ate less meat across the 28 days, compared to control participants. Meat reductions, observed at outtake, did…

"Media are your windows to the world" : teachers' perspectives on the use of media and ICT in foreign language teaching

2016

Eri medioita on käytetty opetuksessa jo vuosikymmeniä. Internetin ja sosiaalisen median käytön kasvun myötä uudentyyppiset mediat ovat ottaneet jalansijaa luokkahuoneissa ja niiden oppiainerajat ylittävään käyttöön kehotetaan myös uusimmissa opetussuunnitelmissa. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on selvittää kuinka usein opettajat käyttävät eri medioita opetuksessaan ja vapaa-ajallaan, kuinka pedagogisesti hyödyllisiksi he kokevat eri mediatyypit ja kuinka hyvin he osaavat niitä itse käyttää opetuksessa. Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on lisäksi saada tietoa siitä, mitkä ovat opettajien mielestä suurimmat hyödyt ja haasteet median opetuskäytössä ja siitä, minkälaista lisäkoulutusta medioiden käyt…

Best friends in adolescence show similar educational careers in early adulthood

2012

The present study investigated the role of best friends in educational career development from adolescence to adulthood. Participants' (N = 476) reciprocal best friendships were identified at age 15, while their educational attainment was investigated in early adulthood (age 26), their intelligence (IQ) at age 13, and parental education, educational expectations and academic achievement at age 16. The results revealed that adolescent best friends ended up pursuing similar educational careers in adulthood. Furthermore, three kinds of partner-effects were found when adolescents' prior career behaviors were controlled for: (1) best friends' intelligence predicted adolescents' later academic pe…

2017

Some years ago Cheung et al. (2008) proposed the complete design (CD) for measuring the failure of selective attention in composite objects. Since the CD is a fully balanced design, analysis of response bias may reveal potential effects of the experimental manipulation, the stimulus material, and/or attributes of the observers. Here we used the CD to prove whether external features modulate perception of internal features with the context congruency paradigm (Nachson et al., 1995; Meinhardt-Injac et al., 2010) in a larger sample of N = 303 subjects. We found a large congruency effect (Cohen's d = 1.78), which was attenuated by face inversion (d = 1.32). The congruency relation also strongly…

Application of the threshold of toxicological concern (TTC) to the safety evaluation of cosmetic ingredients.

2007

The threshold of toxicological concern (TTC) has been used for the safety assessment of packaging migrants and flavouring agents that occur in food. The approach compares the estimated oral intake with a TTC value derived from chronic oral toxicity data for structurally-related compounds. Application of the TTC approach to cosmetic ingredients and impurities requires consideration of whether route-dependent differences in first-pass metabolism could affect the applicability of TTC values derived from oral data to the topical route. The physicochemical characteristics of the chemical and the pattern of cosmetic use would affect the long-term average internal dose that is compared with the re…