Search results for "LIST"

Measuring Public Speaking Anxiety: Self-report, behavioral, and physiological

2021

Self-reports are typically used to assess public speaking anxiety. In this study, we examined whether self-report, observer report, and behavioral and physiological reactivity were associated with each other during a speech challenge task. A total of 95 university students completed a self-report measure of public speaking anxiety before and after the speech challenge. Speech duration (i.e., behavioral measure), physiological reactivity, as well as speech performance evaluated by the participants and observers were also recorded. The results suggest that self-reported public speaking anxiety predicts speech duration, as well as speech quality, as rated by the participants themselves and ob…

Means of 2D and 3D Shapes and Their Application in Anatomical Atlas Building

2015

This works deals with the concept of mean when applied to 2D or 3D shapes and with its applicability to the construction of digital atlases to be used in digital anatomy. Unlike numerical data, there are several possible definitions of the mean of a shape distribution and procedures for its estimation from a sample of shapes. Most popular definitions are based in the distance function or in the coverage function, each with its strengths and limitations. Closely related to the concept of mean shape is the concept of atlas, here understood as a probability or membership map that tells how likely is that a point belongs to a shape drawn from the shape distribution at hand. We devise a procedur…

Dottore, mio figlio non impara a leggere”. I Disturbi Specifici dell’Apprendimento (DSA) e il pediatra di famiglia

2015

Si parla di Disturbo Specifico di Apprendimento (DSA) quando sono presenti delle difficoltà isolate e circoscritte nella lettura (Dislessia) e/o nella scrittura (Disortografia) e/o nel calcolo (Discalculia) nonostante la presenza di adeguate capacità cognitive e opportunità scolastiche. Tali difficoltà hanno carattere evolutivo e persistente, presentandosi con diversa espressività clinica nelle varie fasi dello sviluppo. La prevalenza mondiale del disturbo si attesta tra il 5 e il 15% (DSM 5, 2013). L’incidenza è maggiore nei maschi, con un rapporto M/F stimato intorno a 2:1, 3:1 (DSM 5, 2013). In Italia la stima di prevalenza dei DSA fra i bambini in età scolare oscilla fra il 3 e il 5% (C…

Literacy and literacy practices: Plurilingual connected migrants and emerging literacy

2021

Abstract Recent migration towards Europe is characterized by the massive presence of adults whose educational paths have been interrupted and who are thus developing literacy for the first time in a new language. A literacy test elaborated at the University of Palermo, Italy, showed that, on a sample of 774 migrants, about 30 percent could not read and/or write short words. This test assessed the learners’ abilities to read and write, whether in the Roman alphabet or in other writing systems, and whether in Italian or in other languages of learners’ repertoires. These learners with emergent literacy mostly came from sub-Saharan Africa, an area characterized by diverse forms of multilinguali…

Kokteiļu grāmatu dizaina stilistika

2020

Diplomdarba tēma ir “Kokteiļu grāmatu dizaina stilistika”. Balstoties uz teorētisku un empīrisku pētījumu, darba mērķis ir izveidot dizainu kokteiļu grāmatai, izmantojot kokteiļu grāmatu vizuālas stilistikas iezīmes. Teorētiskajā daļā aprakstīta kokteiļu un kokteiļu grāmatu vēsture, dzērienu un ēdienu fotogrāfija un grāmatas uzbūve. Lai veiksmīgi realizētu darba mērķi, darba empīriskajā daļā tika veikta kokteiļu grāmatu dizaina analīze. Rezultātā tika noskaidrotas kokteiļu grāmatu dizaina vizuāli stilistikās iezīmes. Bakalaura darba mērķis tika sasniegts – izveidots dizains kokteiļu grāmatai “Vodka Cocktails – 22 simple, easy-to-make and beautiful recepies”, izmantojot kokteiļu grāmatu vizu…

Guerras y Religión

2000

The aristaless (Arx) gene: one gene for many "interneuronopathies".

2009

The ARX (Aristaless-related (X-linked) homeobox) gene is not only present in arthropods and their ancestors, but also in vertebrates including humans (ARX orthologs). The gene is composed of 5 coding exons and it is expressed predominantly in foetal and adult brain and skeletal muscle. In this review we report on our experience and review the existing literature on the genotype and phenotype heterogeneity associated with ARX abnormalities in humans ranging from severe neuronal migration defects (e.g., lissencephaly), to mild forms of X-linked mental retardation without apparent brain abnormalities. The ARX-related disorders are reviewed focusing on their clinical features and on the role of…

Rappresentazioni vertiginose. Tre esempi: Perec, Lequeu, Douat

2022

Nel novembre del 2009 il Museo del Louvre decise di affidare a Umberto Eco la direzione di una serie di conferenze da tenere su un argomento di sua scelta. Eco scelse il tema della ‘lista’ conferendo a quella manifestazione il nome di Vertige de la liste a cui seguì un saggio dallo stesso titolo pubblicato da Bompiani. Questa breve nota prende in prestito la stessa tematica che, per via del suo carattere altamente ete-rogeneo, è in grado di coinvolgere diversi ambiti del sapere senza minimamente accennare ad esaurirsi. L’elenco, strettamente legato alla figura retorica dell’accumulazione, può infatti costituirsi di segni, parole, suoni e di qualsiasi altra forma di rappresentazione utile a …

Polypharmacy and the risk of drug-drug interactions and potentially inappropriate medications in hospital psychiatry.

2021

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to analyze the epidemiology of polypharmacy in hospital psychiatry. Another aim was to investigate predictors of the number of drugs taken and the associated risks of drug-drug interactions and potentially inappropriate medications in the elderly. METHODS Daily prescription data were obtained from a pharmacovigilance project sponsored by the Innovations Funds of the German Federal Joint Committee. RESULTS The study included 47 071 inpatient hospital cases from eight different study centers. The mean number of different drugs during the entire stay was 6.1 (psychotropic drugs = 2.7; others = 3.4). The mean number of drugs per day was 3.8 (psychotropic drugs …

Contribution to the development and the improvement of a digital model of the human body biofidelic HUByx by numerical methods for impact applications

2017

The study of human tolerance thresholds to impacts requires experiments on living or post mortem human subjects, which naturally raises ethical questions. To overcome these limitations, the development of numerical tools has led over the last few years to the implementation of numerical models more or less capable to accurately reproduce the mechanical behavior of the human body when subjected to various types of stresses. It is in this context that the numerical model HUByx (Hermaphrodite Biomechanics yx-model) has been developed within the research department COMM of the ICB lab at UTBM. This PhD work aims at validating and improving the biofidelity of the thoracic part of the HUByx model…