Test av patientenkät riktad till personer med levercirros i uppföljning vid leversjuksköterskemottagning: : En pilotstudie med mixad metod

Syfte: Att testa den patientenkät som används i utvärdering av en leversjuksköterskemottagning på patienter med dekompenserad levercirros för att undersöka upplevelsen av att besvara frågorna samt frågornas relevans till patientens situation. Metod: Pilotstudiens metod var mixad. Resultat: Spridningen av deltagarnas upplevelse av oro/obehag av enkäten var stor (VAS 6-100 millimeter). Vid få sjukdomssymtom väcktes oro om framtida sjukdomsutveckling men vid längre tids sjukdom kändes samtliga symtom igen, tankar om tidigare beteende uppstod vid alkoholsorsakad sjukdom. En mindre spridning (VAS 66-92 millimeter) sågs gällande hur viktiga/väsentliga frågorna upplevdes. Frågor om bemötande ansågs viktiga och påverkade upplevelsen av rätten till vård. Kompletterande frågor om individuellt anpassad information samt upplevelsen av delaktighet vid information efterfrågades. Deltagarna visade hög uppskattning (VAS 73-95 millimeter) till att sjukdomen/situation uppmärksammades genom enkäten. Besöken till sjuksköterskan skiljde sig från läkarbesök. Sjuksköterskan fokuserade på egenvård och mer tid fanns för information. För en informant innebar försöksverksamheten ökade antal sjukhusbesök, samordning innebar för- och nackdelar. Vid symtom på fatigue och nedsatt koncentrationsförmåga upplevdes enkäten lång, tvådelad enkät efterfrågades. Vid lindrig sjukdom upplevdes enkäten inte ansträngande. Språket var enkelt att förstå och innehållet upplevdes relevant. De öppna frågeställningarna tillförde inte något för de tre informanterna.

Serology of paracoccidioidomycosis - I. Evaluation of the indirect immunofluorescent test

The purposes of the present work were: i) to study the positivity indices and compare titers obtained with the indirect immunofluorescence (II), tube precipitation (TP), complement fixation (CF) and double immunodiffusion on agar gel (ID) tests in the sera of 196 patients with paracoccidioidomycosis before treatment, and ii) to compare the initial titers of II with those obtained 1 year or more after treatment. II was the most sensitive serologic reaction (85.2%), and the positivity indices for CF, ID and TP were 67.7%, 66.0% and 50.0%, respectively. The sera tended to show parallel mean titers in II, CF and TP tests. One year after treatment there was a fall in titers of II in 66.2% of patients. The data, taken as a whole, demonstrate the usefulness of the indirect immunofluorescent test and the importance of using 2 or more serologic tests for the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with paracoccidioidomycosis. © 1985 Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers.

L'evoluzione della funzione di massa stellare delle galassie: un test per i modelli della loro formazione

Per lo sviluppo di un modello realistico di formazione ed evoluzione delle galassie è necessario un confronto sistematico con le osservazioni in modo da verificare che i dati vengano ben riprodotti. Lo scopo che si prefigge questo lavoro di Tesi è un confronto tra le caratteristiche delle galassie presenti nei cataloghi simulati (mock), costruiti sulla base di alcuni modelli, e quelle evinte dai dati osservativi di campioni di galassie (surveys) con l'obbiettivo di far luce su quali siano le maggiori discrepanze e quindi sulla direzione in cui i modelli andrebbero perfezionati. Per far questo, si è scelto di far uso della funzione di massa stellare delle galassie (MF), in quanto strumento statistico più indicativo di una popolazione di galassie, considerando sia la totalità delle galassie, sia separatamente le star-forming e le quiescenti. Questo lavoro di Tesi attua un confronto tra le MF a 0

Unresolved Problems with the "I", the "A" and the "T": Logical and Psychometric Critique of the Implicit Association Test (IAT)

The Implicit Association Test (IAT) had already gained the status of a prominent assessment procedure before its psychometric properties and underlying task structure were understood. The present critique addresses five major problems that arise when the IAT is used for diagnostic inferences: (1) the asymmetry of causal and diagnostic inferences; (2) the viability of the underlying association model; (3) the lack of a testable model underlying IAT-based inferences; (4) the difficulties of interpreting difference scores; and (5) the susceptibility of the IAT to deliberate faking and strategic processing. Based on a theoretical reflection of these issues, and a comprehensive survey of published IAT studies, it is concluded that a number of uncontrolled factors can produce (or reduce) significant IAT scores independently of the personality attribute that is supposed to be captured by the IAT procedure.

A.T.I. Method: apprenticeship, test, instruction

The A.T.I, method is based on the control theory and is the result of the author's personal experiences and observations. The academic year 1971-72 has so far shown that the practical results that may be expected from it can not as yet be evaluated ; all we can do for the present is to look at how it is being applied. However, as the reader will later perceive, most of our arguments are based on general theories,as it is felt that those which relate to the system are not as important as those which refer to the means, since it is the latter which later condition the application of the method to other systems.

Video enforcement for HOV lanes: field test results for the I-30 HOV lane in Dallas.

Texas Department of Transportation, Austin

Automobile consumer information study crash test program. Volume I. Summary report. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Test site instrumentation study. Volume I. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Test facility inventory for the U.S. Department of Transportation. Final report. Volume I of VI.

National Highway Safety Bureau, Washington, D.C.

Development and calibration of an aerodynamic disturbance test facility. Volume I: executive summary. Final report.

Mode of access: Internet.

Test facility inventory for the U.S. Department of Transportation. Final report. Volume III of VI. D-I.

National Highway Safety Bureau, Washington, D.C.

Test facility inventory; U.S. Department of Transportation. Final report. Addendum I.

National Highway Safety Bureau, Washington, D.C.

Development and field test of a responsible alcohol service program. Volume I: research findings. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.