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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…
Collaboration between non-governmental organizations and educational leaders in capacity development in rural South Africa
2013
Skills development has been a point of urgency since the advent of progressive governance in democratic South Africa. Despite many efforts through the National Skills Development Strategies and partnerships, the situation still remains worrisome especially in rural context. The study aimed to identify how the NGOs and education leaders collaborate in skills development, its impact, and possible ways of optimizing such practices. A methodology that considers the perspectives of individuals experiencing the phenomenon was invoked. Accordingly, this study exploits the phenomenological approach. Participants were purposely selected from Sector Education Training Authorities and NGOs involved in…
El uso de la narrativa transmedia en la enseñanza de geografía
2016
Este trabajo tuvo como objetivo principal construir una reflexión y análisis sobre el uso de tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en la enseñanza de geografía utilizando la narrativa transmedia y tomando como caso de estudio el “Proyecto transmedia tráfico carioca”, desarrollado en el Colegio Pedro II campus Realengo II desde 2012. Sin embargo, para construir esta investigación, fue necesaria una profundización en diversos aspectos relacionados con la enseñanza de geografía. ElProyecto transmedia Trafico carioca comenzó a desarrollarse en el año 2012 a partir de las lecturas y discusiones en mi doctorado en la Universidad del Estado de Rio de Janeiro. La elección del tema relacio…
Invagination of the Sphenoid Sinus Mucosa after Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Approach and Its Significance
2016
Objective To describe the clinical features of invagination of the sphenoid sinus mucosa (ISM) and compare them with other similar cases using a visual analog scale (VAS) to assess the various nasal symptoms and to discuss its clinical significance and means of prevention. Study design Retrospective chart review at a tertiary referral center. Methods Between 2010 and 2015, 8 patients who had undergone EETSA surgery displayed postoperative ISM. The comparison group consisted of 147 patients who underwent the same surgical procedures and were diagnosed with the same diseases. Pre- or postoperative paranasal sinus computed tomography (PNS CT) and VAS were performed and subsequently analyzed. R…
Gabriele Buccola-Emil Kraepelin. Carteggio 1881-1885
2012
Il carteggio Buccola-Kraepelin, composto da 41 missive -23 inviate da Emil Kraepelin a Gabriele Buccola e 18 inviate da Buccola a Kraepelin -, consente di ricostruire l'intento legame epistolare intercorso tra i due giovani studiosi negli anni compresi tra il 1881 e il 1885. Risulta evidente l'importanza di tale carteggio inedito che permette non soltanto un'analisi critica della nascita della psicologia come scienza, ma offre al contempo una testimonianza diretta dell'entusiasmo vivo e tenace dei due studiosi verso la nascente disciplina, nonchè una conoscenza dei principali nuclei di ricerca sviluppati all'interno del laboratorio di Wundt a Lipsia, dove Kraepelin si trasferisce nei primi …
MetAphAs Test. Metalanguage in Aphasia Assessment.
2018
Test MetAphAs: La evaluación del metalenguaje en la afasia (Rosell-Clari & Hernández-Sacristán, 2018) es una versión adaptada y abreviada de Rosell Clari & Hernández Sacristán, 2014). Esta prueba fue desarrollada inicialmente para evaluar las habilidades metalingüísticas naturales en personas con afasia (Hernández-Sacristán, Rosell-Clari, Serra-Alegre y Quiles-Climent, 2012). Las habilidades metalingüísticas naturales se refieren al uso del lenguaje que revela reflexividad (Hockett, 1960); es decir, la distancia perceptiva del hablante con respecto a su propio comportamiento verbal (Werner & Kaplan, 1978). Esta autoconciencia del lenguaje nos permite monitorear nuestros propios comportamien…
Hints from the Crowd: A Novel NoSQL Database
2013
The crowd can be an incredible source of information. In particular, this is true for reviews about products of any kind, freely provided by customers through specialized web sites. In other words, they are social knowledge, that can be exploited by other customers. The Hints From the Crowd HFC prototype, presented in this paper, is a NoSQL database system for large collections of product reviews; the database is queried by expressing a natural language sentence; the result is a list of products ranked based on the relevance of reviews w.r.t. the natural language sentence. The best ranked products in the result list can be seen as the best hints for the user based on crowd opinions the revi…
Querying NoSQL-based crowdsourcing systems efficiently
2016
In this paper, we provide a novel approach for effectively and efficiently support query processing tasks in novel NoSQL crowdsourcing systems. The idea of our method is to exploit the social knowledge available from reviews about products of any kind, freely provided by customers through specialized web sites. We thus define a NoSQL database system for large collections of product reviews, where queries can be expressed in terms of natural language sentences whose answers are modeled as lists of products ranked based on the relevance of reviews w.r.t. the natural language sentences. The best ranked products in the result list can be seen as the best hints for the user based on crowd opinio…
Reforma laboral y desregulación del mercado de trabajo
2017
Cuando se cumplen cinco años de su imposición unilateral por el gobierno conservador, el balance de la reforma laboral contradice en la práctica los objetivos retóricos con los que se pretendió justificarla (creación de empleo de calidad, flexibilidad interna como alternativa a los despidos, adaptabilidad de las relaciones laborales) y pone de manifiesto la agenda oculta de sus promotores políticos y empresariales (precariedad contractual, devaluación salarial, debilitamiento de la negociación colectiva, aumento de la desigualdad). El presente artículo trata de evaluar el impacto de la reforma en la desregulación de las relaciones laborales, con especial referencia al empleo, la negociación…
Zvaigžņotā Debess: 2016, Vasara (232)
2016
Contents: “ZVAIGŽŅOTĀ DEBESS” FORTY YEARS AGO: A.Balklavs. New Studies and Conclusions on Nucleus of the Galaxy (abridged) ; U.Dzērvītis. Discussion on Planetary System of Barnard’s Star Continues (abridged) ; M.Eliāss. Meeting of Solar Radio Radiation Section (abridged) ; DEVELOPMENTS in SCIENCE: O.Dumbrājs. Neutrino Oscillations: from the Outset to the Nobel Prize ; R.Misa. Conversation with Andris Ambainis on Quantum Computing Science ; DISCOVERIES: F.Gahbauer. First Direct Detection of Gravitational Waves ; I.Pundure. ATLASGAL Survey of Milky Way Completed ; SPACE RESEARCH and EXPLORATION: J.Jaunbergs. The Story of Pluto’s Satellites ; K.Schwartz. Conducting Ice and Magnetic Field of Ur…