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Youth Is Going to Study in a Metropolis: How Not to Stay Alone

open access: yesВопросы образования
The needs of young people who have moved to study from other cities are often overshadowed by numerous studies of international students, traditionally considered by sociologists and practitioners to be among the most vulnerable groups.
Irina V. Lisovskaya   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating Risk Assessment into Spatial Planning: RiskOTe Decision Support System

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2018
The way in which risk maps are used in decision support processes for spatial planning at local scale is critical to helping decision makers in the definition of a prevention strategy to minimize risks.
Nelson Mileu, Margarida Queirós
doaj   +1 more source

Digital Cognitive Phenotyping for Differential Diagnosis and Monitoring in Neurological Conditions

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To assess the utility, accessibility, and equivalence to supervised scales of online cognitive assessment in older individuals with cognitive impairment. Methods Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD, n = 31), idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH, n = 26), and traumatic brain injury (TBI, n = 23) completed online cognitive ...
Martina Del Giovane   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contrasting scenarios : embracing speech recognition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The purpose of this chapter is to describe the use of caricatured contrasting scenarios\ud (Bødker, 2000) and how they can be used to consider potential designs for disruptive\ud technologies.
Kraal, Ben J., Ben Kraal
core   +1 more source

Deep Learning Pose Estimation for Phenotyping of Co‐Occurring Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To explore whether routine outpatient video combined with deep learning‐based pose estimation and clinically interpretable kinematic features can support multi‐label phenotyping of co‐occurring hyperkinetic movement disorders (HMDs).
Laura Cif   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Future Scenarios

open access: yes, 2014
The Future Scenarios initiative works in a participatory and interactive way with technical advisors and other key stakeholders in East and West Africa to build some up pictures of different worlds, or narratives, that identify the uncertainties that ...
Harvey, Blane   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Healthcare Waste Valorisation Alternatives

open access: yesEnvironmental and Climate Technologies
Infectious healthcare waste (iHCW), after microbial inactivation treatment, primarily ends up in landfills. Although the morphological composition of iHCW depends on the type of health facility, predominantly HCW consists of plastic and textile waste ...
Zlaugotne Beate   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Participatory scenario planning in place-based social-ecological research: insights and experiences from 23 case studies

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2015
Participatory scenario planning (PSP) is an increasingly popular tool in place-based environmental research for evaluating alternative futures of social-ecological systems. Although a range of guidelines on PSP methods are available in the scientific and
Elisa Oteros-Rozas   +22 more
doaj   +1 more source

Scenario’s evaluation by design. A “scenarios approach” to resilience

open access: yesTECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, 2018
This contribution describes opportunities and advantages related to the use of the “scenarios” approach in the design of resilient anthropic systems. A methodology that aims to support, from the early stages of the decision-making process, strategical choices concerning complex works and areas by duration, size and interactions with the environment.
Di Giulio, Roberto   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Uncertainty and the Tyndall decarbonisation scenarios

open access: yes, 2007
The transition to a low carbon energy system must occur in the context of numerous uncertainties that occur at all scales, from the extent of the carbon reduction required through to the technologies and policies which will bring the reductions about ...
Mander, Sarah   +12 more
core   +1 more source

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