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From paradise lost to paradise regained: A compassionate retuning of assessed seminars

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Universities often aim to deliver a curriculum that is both research‐based and develops transferable skills in students, thereby enhancing their competitiveness in the job market. At the same time, evidence indicates that university students experience significant stress owing to the competitive nature of the assessments, an aspect that is ...
Sarah Stephen
wiley   +1 more source

Clustering with shallow trees

, 2009
We propose a new method for hierarchical clustering based on the optimisation of a cost function over trees of limited depth, and we derive a message--passing method that allows to solve it efficiently.
A Braunstein, A Flaxman, Altschul S F, Bradde S Braunstein A Flaxman A Zecchina R, L Foini, M Bailly-Bechet, R Zecchina, S Bradde   +7 more
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An Experience‐Sampling Study on the Frequency and Diversity of Positive and Negative Affective States

European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ecological models explain social phenomena by assuming specific properties of the world an individual lives in. The evaluative information ecology model (Unkelbach et al. 2019) assumes two such properties: Positive information is more frequent (i.e., positivity prevalence), but negative information is more diverse (i.e., negativity diversity).
Anne I. Weitzel, Christian Unkelbach
wiley   +1 more source

A community based cross sectional study on feasibility of lay interviewers in ascertaining causes of adult deaths by using verbal autopsy in rural Wardha [PDF]

, 2009
Background & objectives: 1) To study the causes of adult (15 years and above) deaths using verbal autopsy (VA) and its socio-demographic characteristics.
Deshmukh, PR, Dongre, AR, Garg, BS, Singh, A   +3 more
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Burden of visceral leishmaniasis in villages of eastern gedaref state, Sudan: an exhaustive cross-sectional survey. [PDF]

, 2012
Since December 2009, Médecins Sans Frontières has diagnosed and treated patients with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Tabarak Allah Hospital, eastern Gedaref State, one of the main endemic foci of VL in Sudan.
A Ismail, A Stauch, AB Joshi, AM Musa, B Bucheton, CP Thakur, Dagemlidet Worku, DE Elnaiem, DE Elnaiem, EA Khalil, EE Zijlstra, EE Zijlstra, EE Zijlstra, EE Zijlstra, F Chappuis, Fabienne Nackers, François Chappuis, GK Adam, H Veeken, Hechmi Louzir, Himida Ali Gorashi, Jean-Claude Djoumessi, Jean-François Etard, JH Kolaczinski, K Ritmeijer, K Ritmeijer, K Ritmeijer, Khalid A. Ahmed, Koert Ritmeijer, Marleen Boelaert, Niven Salih, OF Osman, Omer Hammam, Rahma Eltigani, SE Meredith, Y Mueller, Yolanda Kathrin Mueller, ZM Luz   +37 more
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Correction: Use of verbal autopsy and social autopsy in humanitarian crises [PDF]

BMJ Global Health, 2018
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000640.].
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Creativity and its link to epilepsy

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Creative thinking represents one of our highest‐order cognitive processes, involving multiple cortical structures and an intricate interplay between several cortical and subcortical networks. It results in novel ideas that translate to useful products or concepts. The evolutionary purpose of creativity is therefore apparent, as it advances our
Itay Tokatly Latzer, Phillip L. Pearl
wiley   +1 more source

Birth attendants as perinatal verbal autopsy respondents in low-and middle-income countries: a viable alternative?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility of using birth attendants instead of bereaved mothers as perinatal verbal autopsy respondents. METHODS: Verbal autopsy interviews for early neonatal deaths and stillbirths were conducted separately among mothers ...
C Engmann, A Garces, I Jehan, J Ditekemena, M Phiri, V Thorsten, M Mazariegos, E Chomba, O Pasha, A Tshefu, D Wallace, EM McClure, RL Goldenberg, WA Carlo, LL Wright, C Bose   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection on the Outcome of Treatment and Survival of Tuberculosis Patients in Mwanza, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 1998
Little is known about the outcome of tuberculosis (TB) treatment and subsequent survival of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients treated under routine programme conditions in a developing country.
Lefi, M, Mfinanga, S, Moshiro, C, Mugomela, A, O'Brien, R, van den Broek, J   +5 more
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Post-Mortem diagnosis of dementia by informant interview. [PDF]

, 2010
The diagnosis of normal cognition or dementia in the Brazilian Brain Bank of the Aging Brain Study Group (BBBABSG) has relied on postmortem interview with an informant. Objectives:To ascertain the sensitivity and specificity of postmortem diagnosis based
Balbino, Érika Silvério, Battela, Camila, Brucki, Sonia Maria Dozzi, Campora, Flávia, Damin, Antonio Eduardo, Farfel, José Marcelo, Ferretti, Renata Eloah de Lucena, Grinberg, Lea Tenenholz, Jacob-Filho, Wilson, Leite, Renata Elaine Paraiso, Lima, Maria do Carmo de Ascenção, Moreira, Eliza Guccione, Morillo, Lilian Schafirovits, Nitrini, Ricardo, Pasqualucci, Carlos Augusto, Perroco, Tibor Rilho, Rosemberg, Sérgio, Ruiz, Lumena, Saldiva, Paulo Hilário Nascimento, Suemoto, Claudia Kimie   +19 more
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