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Well-balanced bicharacteristic-based scheme for multilayer shallow water flows including wet/dry fronts
2013
The aim of this paper is to present a new well-balanced finite volume scheme for two-dimensional multilayer shallow water flows including wet/dry fronts. The ideas, presented here for the two-layer model, can be generalized to a multilayer case in a straightforward way. The method developed here is constructed in the framework of the Finite Volume Evolution Galerkin (FVEG) schemes. The FVEG methods couple a finite volume formulation with evolution operators. The latter are constructed using the bicharacteristics of multidimensional hyperbolic systems. However, in the case of multilayer shallow water flows the required eigenstructure of the underlying equations is not readily available. Thus…
Brief emotional eating scale : A multinational study of factor structure, validity, and invariance
2023
Emotional eating or the tendency to eat in response to emotional states can be assessed using self-report measures. The Emotional Eating Scale-II is a commonly used and reliable instrument that measures the desire to eat in response to a range of unpleasant and pleasant emotions. The current study aimed to corroborate the validity of the EES-II and expand its utility by investigating its dimensionality and testing its measurement invariance in samples from English-speaking and non-English-speaking countries. Convergent and predictive validity in respect of food craving, eating, and health indicators were also examined. This cross-national study included a total of 2485 adult participants re…
Re-Clustering tool using an Open-Reference method that improves OTU definition
2019
International audience; 1.Environmental microbial communities are now widely studied using metabarcoding approaches, thanks to the democratization of high‐throughput DNA sequencing technologies. The massive number of reads produced with these technologies requires bioinformatic solutions to be treated. A key step in the analysis is to cluster reads into Operational Taxonomic Units (or OTUs) and thus reduce the amount of data for downstream analyses. Due to the important impact of the clustering method on the quantity and quality of OTUs, finding an equilibrium between the reliability and time‐consuming nature of the chosen strategy is a real challenge. The present article proposes a new pos…
IP-OOP interaction in URM infilled frame structures: A new macro-modelling proposal
2020
Abstract Reinforced concrete frame structures with unreinforced masonry (URM) infills represent a common construction practice all over the world. To correctly assess the seismic performance of these structures, prediction of the behaviour of masonry infills under in-plane (IP) and out-of-plane (OOP) loading, as well as their interaction, is of primary importance. Different approaches are available in the literature with different levels of approximation for assessment of the IP-OOP infill response, showing increasing interest in this field. In this context, this paper presents a new macro-element model which can simulate the behaviour of URM infill walls under seismic IP and OOP actions. T…
Adaptación y validación en población española del PROM: una medida objetiva del razonamiento moral prosocial [Adaptation and validation of prom in a …
2002
The assessment of pro-social moral reasoning through objective measurement is considered an important attainment in pro-social development research in recent decades. Based on N. Eisenberg's theory, PROM (Carlo et al., 1992) can objectively measure reasoning cognitive processes related to pro-social behaviour. This paper presents the adaptation and accreditation of this instrument for a Spanish adolescent population. The randomisation of the selected sample, its wide scope, and the reliability and validity of the results obtained make PROM a suitable instrument for evaluating the different pro-social reasoning types related to aid conduct amongst adolescents.
Inadempimento e causalità nelle obbligazioni di fare professionale
2020
Il saggio analizza e tenta di confutare i recenti tentativi, giurisprudenziali e dottrinari, di ritagliare alle obbligazioni di facere professionale un regime apposito di responsabilità contrattuale, specie sul versante della rilevanza autonoma del nesso di causalità materiale e dell’imposizione al creditore del relativo onere probatorio. Muovendo dall’esame dell’oggetto delle obbligazioni di facere professionale, il saggio si prefigge di offrire una conferma dell’unitarietà delle regole di responsabilità contrattuale e della ripartizione dei temi di prova tra creditore e debitore. The essay analyzes and tries to refute recent attempts, both in jurisprudence and in doctrine, to cut out to t…
Effects of Interrater Reliability of Psychopathologic Assessment on Power and Sample Size Calculations in Clinical Trials
2002
Although rater training is increasingly used to improve the quality of the investigated outcome parameters, the reliability of assessments is not perfect. Thus, empirical reliability estimates should be used instead of theoretically assumed perfect reliability. Implications of the reliability of psychiatric assessments for sample size and power calculations in clinical trials are presented. The theoretical basis of sample size and power calculations using empirical reliability scores is delineated. Examples from contemporary research on schizophrenia and depression are used to illustrate several implications for study design and interpretation of results. The tremendous impact of the lack o…
Validation of a computer-assisted system on classifying lower third molars
2010
Objectives: The present study evaluates the reliability of the Radio Memory® software (Radio Memory; Belo Horizonte, Brasil.) on classifying lower third molars, analyzing intra- and interexaminer agreement of the results. Study Design: An observational, descriptive study of 280 lower third molars was made. The corresponding orthopantomographs were analyzed by two examiners using the Radio Memory® software. The exam was repeated 30 days after the first observation by each examiner. Both intra- and interexaminer agreement were determined using the SPSS v 12.0 software package for Windows (SPSS; Chicago, USA). Results: Intra- and interexaminer agreement was shown for both the Pell and Gregory …
Contributions and limitations of self assessment of competences by higher education graduates
2009
This work presents a continuum of competence. On one extreme of which there is a subtlety of concept of competence. On the other, there are rigorous econometric analyses to find the answer to a critical question: ―to what extent is the assessment of competence reliable? ‖ Quest into the etymology helped us providing a rationale in favour of the preferred use of competence over competency. Moreover, we come to trace its roots in French literature where it was in use long before its emergence in English literature. We found that competences were common among various geopolitical locations and inferred that interest in competence has been internationalised realistically. Both English and Frenc…
Menancapkan Tiang-Tiang “Kayu Besi”: Adat dan Strategi Para Elit di Kabupaten Teluk Bintuni, Papua Barat
2019
Memperkuat adat bisa bermata dua jika hanya terfokus pada romantisasi “ideologi harmoni†tanpa memeriksa relasi produksi dan kelas dalam masyarakat adat kontemporer. Merespon kebijakan-kebijakan yang dilakukan oleh negara dan investasi, gerakan masyarakat adat di Tanah Papua harus mampu merefleksikan diri dalam hubungan dengan perubahan di internal diri mereka merespon perubahan yang diangkut oleh pembangunan dan investasi. Hanya dengan memahami konteks inilah masyarakat adat di Papua akan mampu untuk mengambil langkah-langkah aksi dalam menegakkan martabatnya.