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Towards a cross-cultural assessment of binge-watching : Psychometric evaluation of the “watching TV series motives” and “binge-watching engagement an…
2020
International audience; In view of the growing interest regarding binge-watching (i.e., watching multiple episodes of television (TV) series in a single sitting) research, two measures were developed and validated to assess binge-watching involvement (``Binge-Watching Engagement and Symptoms Questionnaire'', BWESQ) and related motivations (``Watching TV Series Motives Questionnaire'', WTSMQ). To promote international and cross-cultural binge-watching research, the present article reports on the validation of these questionnaires in nine languages (English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Hungarian, Persian, Arabic, Chinese). Both questionnaires were disseminated, together with additional …
Latent tubercolosis infection in patients with cronic plaque psoriasis: evidence from the Italian Psocare Registry
2015
SummaryBackground The nationwide prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in Italian patients with psoriasis has never been investigated. Objectives To estimate the nationwide prevalence of LTBI in Italian patients with psoriasis who are candidates for systemic treatment. Methods Data were obtained from the Psocare Registry on those patients (n = 4946) with age > 18 years, systemic treatment at entry specified and tuberculin skin test (TST) performed according to the Mantoux method. LTBI diagnosis was based on a positive TST result in the absence of any clinical, radiological or microbiological evidence of active tuberculosis. Results Latent tuberculosis infection was diagnosed in…
Jute bioblanket as a soil rehabilitation strategy in Sorocaba, Brazil: Soil chemistry and SWOT approaches
2019
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T08:28:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2019-09-01 Soil erosion and the invasion of exotic plant species are major constraints to achieve sustainable development around the world. Currently, we find few products devoted concomitantly to combatting soil erosion as well as the establishment of unwanted exotic plants. In this paper, we introduce a new product, called herein a bioblanket, that protects the soil and impedes the establishment of exotic plant species. This product is of simple design, and to manufacture it, we use two biodegradable materials: jute tissue and grass wastes. We designed this product to combat soil erosion and …
The Returns to Education in Rwanda
2005
05077; International audience; Based on data from the 1999–2001 Household Living Conditions Survey conducted by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, we estimate wage equations for employees in Rwanda, treating the choice of employment sector as an endogenous process and making separate estimates for workers in the modern and traditional sectors of the economy. The results show that returns to education increase with the level of education, contrary to the pattern typically reported in the literature and that the returns to higher education is particularly high in Rwanda. A noteworthy feature in the results is that the returns to education are quite different across sectors of empl…
Suicide and Ambient Temperature: A Multi-Country Multi-City Study
2019
Background: Previous literature suggests that higher ambient temperature may play a role in increasing the risk of suicide. However, no multi-country study has explored the shape of the association and the role of moderate and extreme heat across different locations. Objectives: We examined the short-term temperature–suicide relationship using daily time-series data collected for 341 locations in 12 countries for periods ranging from 4 to 40 y. Methods: We conducted a two-stage meta-analysis. First, we performed location-specific time-stratified case-crossover analyses to examine the temperature–suicide association for each location. Then, we used a multivariate meta-regression to combine t…
Ekskurs XI. Sprofanowana świątynia (Ez 8,1-18) i dolina suchych kości (Ez 37,1-14) w świetle retoryki hebrajskiej
2021
Kontekstem badań było to, że komentatorzy Księgi Ezechiela nie są zgodni w sprawie struktury badanych tekstów i proponują odmienne schematy. Celem badań stało się odkrycie struktury, którą starożytny autor natchniony zawarł w tekście. By osiągnąć założony cel, zastosowano metodę retoryki hebrajskiej, którą opracował Roland Meynet. W wyniku przeprowadzonych badań udało się odkryć, że sprofanowana świątynia ma strukturę paralelno-koncentryczną, składającą się z 9 elementów (A, B, C, D, E, D’, C’, B’, A’), natomiast dolina suchych kości też ma strukturę paralelno-koncentryczną, na którą składa się 5 elementów (A, B, C, B’, A’). Osiągnięte wyniki pozwoliły wyciągnąć wspólny wniosek dla dwóch ba…
Rolling Over EUAs and CERs
2012
Whatever derivative contract has a finite life limited by their maturity. The construction of long series, however, is of interest for academic, hedging and investments purposes. In this study, we analyze the relevance of the choice of the rollover date on European Union Allowances (EUAs) and Certified Emissions Reduction (CERs) futures contracts. We have used five different methodologies to construct long series and the results show that, regardless of the criterion applied, there are not significant differences between the resultant return distribution series. Therefore, the least complex method, which is to roll on the last trading day, can be used in order to reach the same conclusions.…
Broadband Internet Access via Multi-Hop Wireless Mesh Networks: Design, Protocol and Experiments
2010
Published version of an article from the journal: Wireless Personal Communications. The original publication is available at Spingerlink. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11277-009-9907-9 While bandwidth for Internet access in urban areas is steadily increasing in recent years, many rural areas are still suffering from the effect of the digital divide. This paper presents a broadband Internet access paradigm developed in the context of the ADHOCSYS project, which was financed by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Program Information and Society Technologies, within the strategic objective of Broadband for All. Aiming at providing reliable Internet access in rural and mountainous regi…
: Entering University in Taiwan: the Reform
2005
A reform of further education is presently at work in Taiwan, which concerns university access: the programme for diversified admissions in university. In a first place, the author analyses the implementation of this reform and gives a historical light to it. He briefly presents the former programme for admission, the main problems met by students and the repercussions for secondary education. The author then turns towards the problems raised by the Programme for Diversified Admission in University, such as fairness and credibility. He eventually suggests ameliorations to the Programme, as taking all-year results in secondary schools into account, and modifying the way universities are fund…
A note on capacity provisioning in SDN service provider network
2015
W niniejszej pracy rozważane są sieci ISP z wdrożoną warstwą sterowania typu SDN. Zaproponowano algorytm heurystyczny rozwiązujący problem CFA dla tego typu sieci, biorąc pod uwagę dwa aspekty: przepustowość łączy oraz cechy własne sieci ISP.