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Inferring directionality of coupled dynamical systems using Gaussian process priors: Application on neurovascular systems
2022
Dynamical system theory has recently shown promise for uncovering causality and directionality in complex systems, particularly using the method of convergent cross mapping (CCM). In spite of its success in the literature, the presence of process noise raises concern about CCM's ability to uncover coupling direction. Furthermore, CCM's capacity to detect indirect causal links may be challenged in simulated unidrectionally coupled Rossler-Lorenz systems. To overcome these limitations, we propose a method that places a Gaussian process prior on a cross mapping function (named GP-CCM) to impose constraints on local state space neighborhood comparisons. Bayesian posterior likelihood and…
Using uncertain preferential information from stakeholders to assess the acceptability of alternative forest management plans
2017
In forest management planning, participatory planning processes are often encouraged as a means to acquire relevant information and to enhance the stakeholders' acceptability of alternative plans. This requires the aggregation of the stakeholders' preferences that can be done in a wide variety of manners. The aggregation process strives to reduce the information into a single set of preferences that simplifies the information and allows for the use of discrete decision support tools. Depending on how the preferences are aggregated, a wide range of plan rankings can emerge. Although this range of ranking complicates the issue of plan selection, it does highlight the uncertainty involved in a…
Oral lichenoid disease as a premalignant condition : the controversies and the unknown
2009
We grouped as oral lichenoid disease (OLD) a series of chronic inflammatory processes with autoimmune base that affect the epithelium of the oral mucosa. This disease presents in 2% of the population with a marked predilection for the female gender, especially perimenopausal women. Clinically, it is characterized by the presence of lineal reticular papules and histologically by liquefaction degeneration of the basal layer of the epithelium associated with an inflammatory infiltrate with a "band-like" disposition on the lamina propria, composed primarily of T lymphocyte cells. Its pathogenicity is associated with deregulation of the cellular immune system, where the activated cytotoxic CD8 a…
Il duomo di San Giorgio a Ragusa-The Cathedral of St. Giorge in Ragusa
2015
Il volume ripercorre la storia di una grande fabbrica dell'architettura siciliana del Settecento, opera dell'architetto Rosario Gagliardi: il duomo di San Giorgio a Ragusa. Le “due raguse” dopo il terremoto del 1693; la chiesa di San Giorgio e il suo architetto; i frammenti della chiesa cinquecentesca: la tribuna di Antonino Gagini; la ricostruzione del duomo dopo il terremoto del 1693; un nuovo progetto per la cupola sono gli argomenti approfonditi dalla ricerca. The volume traces the story of a large religious factory of the eighteenth century in Sicily, a work of the architect Rosario Gagliardi: the cathedral of St. George in Ragusa. The two Raguse after the earthquake of 1693; the churc…
1909-2009. Un anniversario scomodo: l'omicidio di Joe Petrosino
2011
Lastensuojelun tutkimusperustan vahvistamisen haasteita ja mahdollisuuksia
2021
- Lastensuojelun toimintamallit voivat olla lupaava tapa parantaa lastensuojelua, mutta systemaattisen kirjallisuuskatsauksemme mukaan niiden vaikuttavuudesta on vielä hyvin vähän tietoa. Tarve mallien vaikuttavuustutkimukselle on suuri. - Lastensuojelun tutkimusperustaisuuden edistämisessä voidaan toimintamallien ohella hyödyntää muita rinnakkaisia strategioita. -Kehittämistyöhön tulisi kytkeä nykyistä enemmän arviointitutkimusta. Näin uusista lupaavista menetelmistä ja malleista saataisiin tuotettua tietoa aiempaa järjestelmällisemmin. - Tieto olisi myös paremmin yleistettävissä, kun sen tuottamista olisivat ohjanneet tieteellisen tutkimuksen yleiset eettiset periaatteet ja hyvä tieteelli…
Making Sense or Betting on the Future? : Identifying Antenarratives of AI projects in a Large Financial Organization
2019
The future is uncertain, but what is certain is that we can make sense of the future through our ‘antenarratives’. In this study, I shed light on prospective sensemaking and apply the concept of antenarrative as a framework to identify how strategy practitioners make sense of AI projects. The empirical case organization is a large Finnish financial organization that aims to be a digital leader. The case organization is currently developing and implementing AI in its business operations, a recent and emerging wave in the financial business sector. Following a thematic analysis, the narratives that seem to either reflect positive (that promote) or negative (that impede) changes were examined.…
Pre-sleep arousal and sleep quality during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy
2021
Abstract Objective The COVID-19 pandemic has strongly affected daily habits and psychological wellbeing, and many studies point to large modifications in several sleep and sleep-related domains. Nevertheless, pre-sleep arousal during the pandemic has been substantially overlooked. Since hyperarousal represents one of the main factors for the development and the perpetuation of chronic insomnia disorder, the assessment of variables associated with high levels of pre-sleep arousal during the pandemic is clinically relevant. The study aimed to assess the prevalence and predictors of perceived sleep quality and pre-sleep arousal in an Italian sample during the COVID-19 lockdown. Methods We used…
Mechanisms for coping with individual economic disturbances caused by a pandemic among creative industry representatives
2022
2019. gada 31. decembrī Pasaules Veselības organizācija (PVO) tika informēta par nezināmas izcelsmes vairākiem atipiskas pneimonijas gadījumiem Uhaņas pilsētā (Ķīnas Hubei provincē). Pneimonijas iemesls vēlāk tika apstiprināts kā koronavīrusa (SARS-CoV-2) izraisīts akūts respirators sindroms, un slimība ieguva nosaukumu coronavirus disease (COVID-19). PVO izplatīja informāciju, ka COVID-19 pandēmija un tās izraisītie sociālie un ekonomiskie ierobežojumi, būtiski ietekmēs iedzīvotāju garīgo veselību, kā rezultātā pasaulē palielināsies depresijas izplatība, alkohola un narkotiku lietošana, pašnāvnieciski gadījumi. Viena no negatīvāk skartajām nozarēm pandēmijas laikā bija Kultūras un radošā i…
Relaxing effects of music and odors on physiological recovery after highly demanding executive tasks
2021
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