Early intervention is critical for improving the long-term outcomes for children with autism (National Research Council, 2001). Training parents and other caregivers of young children with autism to implement treatment has been identified as a potential way to improve access to evidence based interventions during the critical early years Our field has a long history of successfully teaching par...

Combined with the teaching objectives and specific requirements of "Energy Storage Technology " course, this paper explore practical application flipped classroom model based on Outcome-based Education (OBE). An output-oriented student-oriented mode is constructed, an evaluation system reform feedback mechanism process assessment link as core are established model, which provides a reference fo...

In recent years, cost-effectiveness data have strongly influenced clinical practice guidelines for several cardiovascular treatments. Economic considerations are increasingly common as health systems are under mounting pressure to maximise value for money. The quality-adjusted life year (QALY)-an outcome measure that expresses the duration and quality of life-is the main pillar of cost-effectiv...

Background. To stratify the risk in patients with COVID-19, it is important to understand parameters that predispose a severe course. Following factors were described: age over 60 years, overweight, male gender, chronic diseases: hypertension, diabetes mellitus. Low liver density on computed tomography (CT) also considered as potential factor.
 Aim. evaluation whether low can be used predi...

The goal of this study was to explore whether differences in student academic indicators exist between taking a course face-to-face (F2F) and taking a course via distance education (DE). Three hundred and eighty five students were enrolled in a course offered, both, as F2F (n = 116) and as DE (n = 269). Course content, instructor, textbook adopted, and assessment methods were consistent between...

Many documents are produced in evaluation processes; documentation of student can therefore be time-consuming. Nevertheless, we have little knowledge about how these used. This paper is based upon analysis that direct and report on internal practice at a Norwegian university. Interviews with academics students used as supplementary data. We analyse described university compared to what express....

OBJECTIVE Previous studies indicate that sociocultural factors affect the course of pain disorder. We investigated the role of nationality as an indicator of cultural factors, and of the degree of inclusion (DI) in Swiss society as an indicator of the migration process on the course of pain disorder. METHOD In a semiprospective case-control study, outcome was assessed after a 2-year follow-up...