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Setting Individual Goals for Pupils with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities : Engaging in the Activity Area-Based Curriculum Making
2021
The activity area-based curriculum model (AACM) is used in the Finnish basic education to support pupils—most of whom have profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD)—who could benefit more from skills that advance independent life coping. Existing studies have concentrated mainly on the Individual Education Plan (IEP) goal-setting process for pupils with milder disabilities than PIMD and have consistently demonstrated significant barriers in the process. This study explores the collaborative IEP goal-setting process for pupils with the AACM. Sixty-five Finnish special education teachers using the AACM participated in the study. Semi-structured interviews were analysed with thema…
Setting individual goals for pupils with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities—engaging in the activity area-based curriculum making
2021
The activity area-based curriculum model (AACM) is used in the Finnish basic education to support pupils—most of whom have profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD)— who could benefit more from skills that advance independent life coping. Existing studies have concentrated mainly on the Individual Education Plan (IEP) goal-setting process for pupils with milder disabilities than PIMD and have consistently demonstrated significant barriers in the process. This study explores the collaborative IEP goal-setting process for pupils with the AACM. Sixty-five Finnish special education teachers using the AACM participated in the study. Semi-structured interviews were analysed with them…
Automated Detection of Microaneurysms Using Scale-Adapted Blob Analysis and Semi-Supervised Learning
2014
International audience; Despite several attempts, automated detection of microaneurysm (MA) from digital fundus images still remains to be an open issue. This is due to the subtle nature of MAs against the surrounding tissues. In this paper, the microaneurysm detection problem is modeled as finding interest regions or blobs from an image and an automatic local-scale selection technique is presented. Several scale-adapted region descriptors are then introduced to characterize these blob regions. A semi-supervised based learning approach, which requires few manually annotated learning examples, is also proposed to train a classifier to detect true MAs. The developed system is built using only…
High precision numerical approach for Davey–Stewartson II type equations for Schwartz class initial data
2020
We present an efficient high-precision numerical approach for Davey–Stewartson (DS) II type equa- tions, treating initial data from the Schwartz class of smooth, rapidly decreasing functions. As with previous approaches, the presented code uses discrete Fourier transforms for the spatial dependence and Driscoll’s composite Runge–Kutta method for the time dependence. Since DS equations are non-local, nonlinear Schrödinger equations with a singular symbol for the non-locality, standard Fourier methods in practice only reach accuracy of the order of 10−6or less for typical examples. This was previously demonstrated for the defocusing integrable case by comparison with a numerical approach for …
Wpływ rozkładu widma promieniowania słonecznego na parametry multikrystalicznego ogniwa krzemowego
2014
W artykule opisano wyniki uzyskane z opracowanej aplikacji integrującej model rozkładu widma promieniowania słonecznego oraz model krzemowego monokrystalicznego ogniwa fotowoltaicznego. W ramach badań opracowano program - symulator widma promieniowania słonecznego wykorzystujący algorytmy i procedury numeryczne oparte na modelu SMARTS2. Ponadto, przygotowano aplikację pozwalającą na przeprowadzenie modelowania komputerowego zachowania się ogniw i analizę zmienności ich parametrów przy zastosowaniu różnych rozkładów spektralnych oświetlenia oraz różnych parametrów materiałowo-konstrukcyjnych ogniw PV. Z wykorzystaniem niniejszej aplikacji przeprowadzono szereg symulacji. Dokonano analizy zal…
High-Resolution 3-D CZT Drift Strip Detectors for Prompt Gamma Ray and Neutron Detection in BNCT
2021
Spectroscopic imagers based on high-Z and wide-bandgap compound semiconductor detectors are widely proposed for the detection of prompt gamma rays in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). BNCT is a therapy based on the neutron capture reaction 10B (n,α)7Li. To perform a real-time monitoring of the spatial distribution of 10B during the treatments, the detection of the prompt gamma rays (478 keV), produced by the 7Li recoil nuclei, can be helpful. In this work, we presented the potentialities of new high-resolution CZT drift strip detectors, recently developed by our group, for BNCT measurements. The detectors, exploiting the analysis of the collected-induced charge pulses from anodes, catho…
Review article: recommended reading list of early publications on atomic layer deposition - outcome of the "virtual Project on the History of ALD"
2017
Atomic layer deposition (ALD), a gas-phase thin film deposition technique based on repeated, self-terminating gas-solid reactions, has become the method of choice in semiconductor manufacturing and many other technological areas for depositing thin conformal inorganic material layers for various applications. ALD has been discovered and developed independently, at least twice, under different names: atomic layer epitaxy (ALE) and molecular layering. ALE, dating back to 1974 in Finland, has been commonly known as the origin of ALD, while work done since the 1960s in the Soviet Union under the name "molecular layering" (and sometimes other names) has remained much less known. The virtual proj…
Review Article: Recommended reading list of early publications on atomic layer deposition—Outcome of the “Virtual Project on the History of ALD”
2017
Simulations of Piezoelectric, Electronic and Optical Properties of Nanowires
2016
Los nanohilos semiconductores han atraido un interés creciente debido a sus potenciales aplicaciones en electrónica, óptica y fotónica. Un amplio rango de dispositivos fotónicos y electrónicos basados en nanohilos han sido ya demostrados, incluyendo células solares, fotodetectores, diodos emisores de luz, y láseres. Para comprender las propiedades de los nanohilos es necesario conocer su estructura electrónica. Además, es importante conocer cómo estas propiedades dependen del tamaño, estructura cristalina y orientación, y cómo se ven afectadas por las deformaciones. El objetivo de esta tesis es desarrollar modelos teóricos realistas, pero manejables desde un punto de vista computacional, pa…
Polymorphism of rare-earth orthovanadates under high pressure
2022
Los ortovanadatos de tierras raras constituyen una familia paradigmática de óxidos ternarios, debido a sus llamativas propiedades y sus diferentes polimorfos. Una gran cantidad de sus diferentes fases pueden obtenerse sometiendo a estas estructuras cristalinas a condiciones de presión y temperatura extremas. En esta tesis se estudia el comportamiento de diferentes ortovanadatos (NdVO4, GdVO4, PrVO4 y TbVO4) bajo altas presiones y diferentes condiciones de temperatura. Varias muestras de estos compuestos han sido caracterizadas a través de diversas técnicas experimentales, entre las cuales se incluyen la difracción de rayos X (DRX), la dispersión Raman y la absorción óptica. Además de esto, …