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Cultural Aspects of Immediacy in an Asian Classroom Context
No full textAmong the various factors affecting students’ learning, immediacy is
probably the one that has been most studied over the last four decades. Immediacy,
a term coined by Mehrabian (1967), refers to verbal and nonverbal behaviours
used by interlocutors to decrease physical and physiological distance between
them, thus creating affinity, liking and affect. However, a number of questions arise
as to the suitability of the various immediacy scales and their cultural significance
in a non U.S. context, such as Hong Kong. Furthermore we were interested in
possible differences in teachers’ perception based on students’ motivation. This
paper presents the first part of an immediacy study, based on students of the
Department of English of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (looking into
mapping patterns of behaviours that increase immediacy). The results indicate
that Hong Kong students prefer the holistic approach of the Chinese traditional
teacher, a teacher who goes beyond just teaching in class, and that nonverbal
actions are not high in their list of preferred behaviours in teachers, such as
gestures, walking around the classroom or standing close to students (unlike what
has been observed among U.S. students)
Corrigendum to “Plastic Surgery in the time of Coronavirus in Italy. Can we really say `Thanks God we are plastic surgeons?'” [Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, Vol. 73(11) 2020, 2086–2102] (Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery (2020) 73(11) (2086–2102), (S1748681520304149), (10.1016/j.bjps.2020.08.081))
No full textThe authors regret that name and surnames of the authors appear in the wrong order. The correct version is: Elia (surname) Rossella (name), Giudice (surname) Giuseppe (name), Maruccia (surname) Michele (name). The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused
A Handbook of the Mythological and Biblical Allusions in Lamb's Essays of Elia
No full textThe study is divided into two parts: the first\r\ndeals with The Essays of Elia, and the second, with\r\nthe Last Essays of Elia. The explanations are given in the order of the allusions in the essays. Those \r\nessays in which no references to mythology or to the Bible have been found are specially noted. No attempt has been made to give more than one version of a myth or to discover what source Lamb, himself, used
The Three Layers of Elia Moutamid’s Cinema
No full textIn this article, the author proposes three layers of film analysis and spectatorship in order to discuss film director Elia Moutamid's oeuvre. The first layer refers to the filmic texts (plots and aesthetics), the second situates the films in their socio-historical and cinematographic contexts, and the third layer relates the films to Plato's simile of the cave, establishing their philosophical quality. The author argues that the interrelation between these various layers attests to the refinement of Moutamid's cinematic production
Evaluation of the mechanical effects of roots on slope stability using a finite element analysis
No full textValutazione del contributo meccanico delle radici alla stabilità dei pendii mediante modellazione agli elementi finiti
No full textVerifiering av EliA-metoden för analys av reumatoid faktor IgM och anti-CCP IgG
No full textReumatoid artrit (RA) är den vanligaste autoimmuna sjukdomen och prevalensen är 0.5-1.0% av populationen i industriella länder. Diagnos av RA sker bland annat genom analys av markörerna reumatoid faktor (RF) samt antikroppar mot cykliskt citrullinerad peptid (anti-CCP). Nefelometrisk metod samt CMIA har båda varit huvudmetoder för markörerna RF och anti-CCP respektive vid utredning av RA på Laboratoriemedicin på Länssjukhuset Ryhov i Jönköping. Införskaffning av instrumentet Phadia 250 har gjort det möjligt att sammanställa analyserna för markörerna på samma enhet. Syftet med studien var att verifiera EliA-metoden för anti-CCP samt RF på instrumentet Phadia 250 för att kunna ersätta nuvarande analysmetoder för de båda RA-markörerna. Bestämning av cut-off, mellanliggande precision, inomserieprecision samt överensstämmelse med tidigare metod utfördes. Totalt 115 prover (70 blodgivare, 30 patientprover och 15 konsekutiva prover) användes. En korrelation utfördes för CMIA respektive nefelometriska metoden med EliA-metoden samt en kategoriöverensstämmelse för nefelometrisk metod, CMIA och EliA-metoden. God korrelation erhölls för anti-CCP mellan CMIA och EliA-metoden (r=0.953, p=0.001) samt för RF mellan nefelometriska metoden och EliA-metoden (r=0.835, p=0.048). Analys av samtliga markörer bör inkluderas som screening för RA för att upptäcka sjukdomen. Metoden EliA tillät analys av båda markörer och verifieringen möjliggjorde övergången till EliA-metoden för Laboratoriemedicin i Jönköping.Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common autoimmune disease and the prevalence is 0.5-1.0% among the population in industrial countries. Diagnosis of RA is based partially on detection of the autoantibodies rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP). Nephelometry and CMIA have been the main methods for detection of the antibodies at Laboratoriemedicin at the County Hospital Ryhov in Jönköping. The purpose of this study was to verify the EliA-method for anti-CCP and RF on Phadia 250 in order to replace the current methods with the EliA-method. Determination of cut-off, intermediate precision, within-run precision and consistency with the previous method was performed on a total of 115 samples (70 blood-donors, 30 patient samples and 15 consecutive samples). A correlation between CMIA and the nephelometric method with EliA-method was performed and a cathegorical correspondance was done to assess the accordance between the previous methods with the EliA-method. A good correlation was obtained for anti-CCP between CMIA and the EliA-method (r=0.953, p=0.001) and RF obtained good correlation between the nephelometric method and the EliA-method (r=0.835, p=0.048). Analysis of both markers simultaneously has been recommended and the verification enabled the transition to the EliA-method on Phadia 250 for Laboratoriemedicin in Jönköping.
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