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Tele-operated climbing and mobile service robots for remote inspection and maintenance in nuclear industry
No full textCognitive dysfunction and effects of antipsychotics in schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder.
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82609.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, 26 augustus 2010Promotores : Buitelaar, J.K., Kahn, R.S. Co-promotor : Verkes, R.J.157 p
A Time-Efficient Competitive Pokemon Team-Building Algorithm
No full textThe Pokemon video game franchise is based on players, also known as trainers, capturing and battling with fictitious creatures called Pokemon. Competitive Pokemon battling is a complicated business. Before even stepping into the arena, a trainer must design a competitively viable team of six Pokemon to battle with. This task is a difficult one because there are currently 721 species of Pokemon to construct a team from, and new Pokemon are revealed every year. The author therefore developed the Score-Based Pokemon Analysis algorithm, also known as SBPA, to aid users in easily and quickly designing new Pokemon teams. The SBPA algorithm relies heavily on user interaction, and therefore requires the user to have already chosen at least one Pokemon to build his/her team around. The algorithm then analyzes the Pokemon the user has already chosen and returns a selection of Pokemon that would best further the development of the team. The user then chooses another team member, and the process is repeated until the user has developed his/her team. The SBPA algorithm analyzes the inputted team using three factors: Base Statistics, Typing, and the Popularity Factor. These three factors are then combined to determine the best potential team members per iteration. The algorithm focuses not only on user interactivity, but also on time efficiency in order to provide valuable information to the user in a time frame that would be impossible to a technologically unaided trainer. As a cost for its speed and user-friendliness, SBPA is less accurate in determining the absolutely optimal team than certain other algorithms. However, when considering the target market of the algorithm, the author found these compromises worthwhile.Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer ScienceDelft Institute of Applied Mathematic
Klauzula odpowiedniego stosowania przepisów na gruncie art. 300 k.p. a modyfikacja dyspozycji przepisów kodeksu cywilnego
Get PDFThe article includes deliberations on the issue of proper application of provisions of the Polish Civil Code to matters relating to relationship of employment, which are not regulated by labour law provisions. Among numerous issues and doubts arising in relation to functions of Article 300 of the Polish Labour Code in the legal system, the author has distinguished significance of a reservation of proper application of the provisions for the purposes of the labour law and, in particular, in the context of admissible modification of provisions of the Polish Civil Code. The analysis of opinions of the doctrine and review of the case law of the Supreme Court have made it possible to formulate a critical opinion on the possibility to amend provisions of the Polish Civil Code in the progress of application of the same in connection with article 300 of the Polish Labour Code. The conclusions have been extended by indicated threats arising from modification of provisions applied after fulBlment of prerequisites of article 300 of the Polish Labour Code as well as several trends of modifications, which would aim at limitation or elimination of any doubts and divergences as regards interpretation.Artykuł zawiera rozważania skupione wokół zagadnienia odpowiedniego stosowania przepisów Kodeksu cywilnego do nieunormowanych przepisami prawa pracy spraw ze stosunku pracy. Wśród wielu problemów i wątpliwości narosłych wokół funkcjonowania w systemie prawnym art. 300 k.p. autorka wyróżnia znaczenie zastrzeżenia odpowiedniego stosowania dla potrzeb prawa pracy, zwłaszcza w kontekście dopuszczalności modyfikacji dyspozycji przepisów Kodeksu cywilnego. Analiza poglądów doktryny oraz przegląd orzecznictwa SN pozwoliły na sformułowanie krytycznego stanowiska wobec możliwości dokonywania zmian w obrębie dyspozycji przepisów Kodeksu cywilnego w toku ich stosowania w związku z art. 300 k.p. Wnioski wzbogacone zostały o wskazanie zagrożeń płynących z modyfikowania dyspozycji przepisów stosowanych po spełnieniu przesłanek z art. 300 k.p. oraz o kilka uwag o kierunkach zmian, których celem byłoby ograniczenie bądź zniwelowanie wskazanych wątpliwości i rozbieżności interpretacyjnych
Raken of niet raken, dat is de vraag
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Emerging evidence for the use of atypical antipsychotics in borderline personality disorder.
No full textItem does not contain fulltextBACKGROUND: The availability of new atypical antipsychotics provides new opportunities for the treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD). METHODS: Original papers on this topic were sought. Our study reviewed and discussed 14 papers. RESULTS: 2 RCTs, 4 non-controlled open-label studies and 8 case reports. The patient populations studied were highly diverse and the dropout rate after a long follow-up period was high. All of the articles reported positive effects of olanzapine, clozapine, quetiapine and risperidone. CONCLUSION: BPD patients with psychotic-like, impulsive or suicidal symptoms might benefit from atypical antipsychotics. Since the methodological quality of the reviewed articles is poor, further randomised placebo-controlled studies with longer follow-ups are needed before any firm conclusions can be drawn
Shifting Perspectives on the Challenges of Shared Decision Making in Mental Health Care
Get PDFAlthough shared decision making (SDM) has become the most preferable way in doctor–patient communication, it is not fully implemented in mental health care likely due to the complex nature of psychiatric syndromes and treatments. In this review we provide a systematic overview of all perceived and reported barriers to SDM in the literature, acknowledging field-specific challenges, and offering perspectives to promote its wider use. We conducted a systematic search of the wider literature in different databases and included all publications mentioning specified barriers to SDM in psychiatric care. Relevant data and opinions were categorised into micro-, meso- and macro-level themes and put into clinical perspective. We derived 20 barriers to SDM from 100 studies and reports. Eight were on micro-level care delivery, seven involved meso-level issues, five concerned macro-level themes. The multitude of perceived and actual barriers to SDM underline the challenges its implementation poses in mental health care, some of which can be resolved while others are inherent to the nature of the care, with its long-term relationships, complex dynamics, and social consequences, all requiring a flexible approach. We present four perspectives to help change views on the potential of SDM in mental health care
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