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Ensuring the Consistency of Biosimilars
2017
Background: Biological products are subject to constant reappraisal by regulatory agencies and pharmaceutical companies once they have entered the market, since every improvement in their manufacturing process has the potential to alter the basic properties of these molecules. Methods: Narrative review focusing on scientific literature as well as legal documents from regulatory agencies. Results: Evaluating the impact of each manufacturing change of these drugs requires rigorous analyses in proportion to the anticipated risk of inducing more or less molecular micro-heterogenicity. There are currently more than 30 biosimilars of TNF-alpha blockers at different stages of testing, each with a …
The Social Exclusion Bench Tool (SEBT): A visual way of assessing interpersonal social exclusion
2021
People usually prefer to appear with an inclusive and positive attitude to others’ eyes. For this reason, the self-report scales assessing social exclusion intentions are often biased by social desirability. In this work, we present an innovative graphical tool, named Social Exclusion Bench Tool (SEBT), for assessing social exclusion not influenced by social desirability. The tool is based on the consistency between social distance and physical distance evaluation. The results showed that in two samples of adults from Italy (N = 252) and the UK (N = 254), the SEBT positively correlated with self-report measures of social exclusion, but not with the social desirability measure. The tool has …
Investigating the quality of mental models deployed by undergraduate engineering students in creating explanations: The case of thermally activated p…
2013
This paper describes a method aimed at pointing out the quality of the mental models undergraduate engineering students deploy when asked to create explanations for phenomena or processes and/or use a given model in the same context. Student responses to a specially designed written questionnaire are quantitatively analyzed using researcher-generated categories of reasoning, based on the physics education research literature on student understanding of the relevant physics content. The use of statistical implicative analysis tools allows us to successfully identify clusters of students with respect to the similarity to the reasoning categories, defined as ``practical or everyday,'' ``descri…
Are decisions in a real choice experiment consistent with reservation prices elicited with BDM 'auction'? The case of French baguettes
2014
Abstract The aim of this study was to compare consumer choices observed in a real choice experiment and their reservation prices elicited with the BDM mechanism in order to assess the rationality of participant behaviors. One hundred and seventy-seven participants tested four French baguettes in each task. For the real choice experiment, participants were faced with 17 scenarios (17 × 4 baguette-price combinations). In each method, participants could select a “no purchase” option. Comparing choices and reservation prices made it possible to assess the rationality of participant behaviors. From a strict economic standpoint, 50% of observed choices were fully rational. When one baguette was a…
Boys’ construction of fatherhood when their fathers are absent
2015
In this article, we address the question of how boys whose fathers are absent construct an image of fatherhood. Drawing on the stories told by three boys whose fathers are absent, we explore how the boys, in the relation with their mothers, siblings and others, construct and negotiate an image of fatherhood, including how they envisage themselves to be as fathers in the future. The data material consists of life-mode interviews with the boys and their mothers. Theoretically, we are inspired by social constructionism and cultural psychology. We find that the boys aspire to become fathers who engage in close and mutual relations within the family, who are emotionally and practically available…
The necessary distinction between methodology and philosophical assumptions in healthcare research
2012
Methodological discussions within healthcare research have traditionally described a methodological dichotomy between qualitative and quantitative methods. The aim of this article is to demonstrate that such a dichotomy presents unnecessary obstacles for good research design and is methodologically and philosophically unsustainable. The issue of incommensurability is not a question of method but rather a question of the philosophical premises underpinning a given method. Thus, transparency on the philosophical level is important for validity and consistency as well as for attempts to integrate or establish an interface to other research. I argue that it is necessary to make a distinction be…
La complejidad de la gobernanza del patrimonio inmaterial en el medio rural: el caso de «Els Pelegrins de Les Useres (provincia de Castellón)»
2019
En el nuevo escenario de modernidad avanzada se observan nuevas dinámicas de patrimonialización que pueden significar una oportunidad para los espacios rurales, pero también una amenaza. Desvelar cómo los diferentes agentes tanto globales como locales en el territorio van tejiendo buenas y malas prácticas, y cuáles son las dificultades, las contradicciones y los conflictos con los que se encuentran tan solo es posible a través de un enfoque interdisciplinar que aúne la visión territorial, constructivista y comunitaria. Este artículo tiene como objetivo identificar y diferenciar dos dinámicas de patrimonialización poniendo el acento en cómo se construyen estos procesos, diferenciando dos eje…
LA RINEGOZIAZIONE DEGLI ACCORDI DI RISTRUTTURAZIONE DEI DEBITI
2021
L’articolo ha per oggetto l’esame critico, con un tentativo di sviluppo anche rispetto ad ipotesi non espressamente regolate, dell’art. 58 del nuovo Codice della crisi di impresa e di insolvenza, che disciplina oggi la materia della rinegoziazione degli accordi di ristrutturazione e delle modifiche del piano, distinguendo fra la fase precedente e quella successiva all’omologazione The essay focuses – with a critical approach, also aimed to develope further implementation events – on the Section 58 of the new Crisis and Insolvency Code, now regulating the Renegotiation of Debt Restructuring Agreements, in order to face their shortcomings as well as adjustment needs, by introducing different …
Lost in space? The concepts of planetary phenomena held by trainee primary school teachers
1997
The teaching of science in primary education has, at least according to the behaviourist tradition, sought to eliminate pupils’ faulty conceptualisations of scientific phenomena. This paper suggests that such conceptualisations are an integral part of learning and should be encouraged. The paper begins by reporting on an experiment originally developed to elicit information on the various concepts of planetary phenomena held by prospective primary school teachers in Finland. Through examining their conceptions, however, students became aware of their own cognitive processes and the underlying logic and consistency of their thinking. The paper suggests that this awareness and the methodology…
Similarity and Consistency in Hotel Online Ratings across Platforms
2019
Online ratings are a major driver of hotel choice. There are many ratings platforms, and the number of evaluations is huge. This article analyzes if hotel ratings vary across platforms, vary over time, and if consistency in ratings can be observed. Longitudinal online ratings taken from 11 platforms over a two-year period were analyzed through Self-Organizing Maps. The findings suggest a similar pattern of online ratings across most of the platforms, except for Yelp and HolidayCheck. In addition, the evaluation patterns are stable over time, and the analyzed attributes do not contribute decisively to explain the overall evaluation of hotels, which implies that tourists use a noncompensator…