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Academic expectations profiles of spanish and portuguese higher education students
Las expectativas académicas de los
estudiantes son hoy reconocidas como una
variable importante en la explicación de su
adaptación y éxito académico. Esa importancia
es mayor en los alumnos del primer año, ya
que, frecuentemente presentan expectativas
iniciales muy elevadas que no siempre llegan
a concretarse. Con la pretensión de conocer
cuáles son esas expectativas iniciales, el trabajo que se presenta analiza el perfil de las mismas en estudiantes de Enseñanza Superior (ES) de primer año. La muestra está
compuesta por 719 estudiantes de diversas
titulaciones académicas de las Universidades
de Vigo-Campus de Ourense y Minho. A los
participantes se les aplicó el Cuestionario
de Percepciones Académicas (CPA). Los
resultados han sido analizados tomando
la nacionalidad y el ámbito de estudio (cientifico, juridico-social, tecnológico). Los resultados muestran que los estudiantes
portugueses tienden a presentar expectativas
más elevadas en general, traduciéndose en
una valoración superior de su entrada en la Universidad. A su vez, considerando las siete
dimensiones de expectativas evaluadas, se comprueba un perfil similar para ambos países en relación a las expectativas más o menos
valoradas. Se destacan las expectativas de
obtener una formación que permita acceder
a un buen empleo o carrera, en primer lugar,
y las expectativas de tener en la Universidad
oportunidades de desarrollo personal y social,
en segundo lugar, como las más valoradas por
los estudiantes.Academic expectations are recognized as
an important variable for students’ adjustment
and academic success. This importance is higher for first year students, because they often present initial expectations that may
not be met. Aiming at identifying these initial
expectations, this study presents and analyses the profile of first year students' academic expectations. The sample included 719
students attending different undergraduate
programs at University of Vigo - Campus
of Ourense, and at University of Minho.
Participants completed the Academic
Perceptions Questionnaire (APQ). Analyses
were based on students’ nationality and study domain (scientific, juridical-social, technological). Results show that Portuguese
students present higher expectations, in
general, which shows they attribute a higher
value to their access to University. On the other
hand, and regarding the seven dimensions of
assessed expectations, we can see that this
difference in average scores is not structural,
because there is a similar pattern of higher and
lower expectations, for both countries. The most valued expectations are, in first place, expectations of having an education that will
lead to a good job or career, and in second
place, expectations of having opportunities of
personal and social development in University
Walk well:a randomised controlled trial of a walking intervention for adults with intellectual disabilities: study protocol
Background - Walking interventions have been shown to have a positive impact on physical activity (PA) levels, health and wellbeing for adult and older adult populations. There has been very little work carried out to explore the effectiveness of walking interventions for adults with intellectual disabilities. This paper will provide details of the Walk Well intervention, designed for adults with intellectual disabilities, and a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to test its effectiveness. Methods/design - This study will adopt a RCT design, with participants allocated to the walking intervention group or a waiting list control group. The intervention consists of three PA consultations (baseline, six weeks and 12 weeks) and an individualised 12 week walking programme. A range of measures will be completed by participants at baseline, post intervention (three months from baseline) and at follow up (three months post intervention and six months from baseline). All outcome measures will be collected by a researcher who will be blinded to the study groups. The primary outcome will be steps walked per day, measured using accelerometers. Secondary outcome measures will include time spent in PA per day (across various intensity levels), time spent in sedentary behaviour per day, quality of life, self-efficacy and anthropometric measures to monitor weight change. Discussion - Since there are currently no published RCTs of walking interventions for adults with intellectual disabilities, this RCT will examine if a walking intervention can successfully increase PA, health and wellbeing of adults with intellectual disabilities
Imaging Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis
Interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension (PH) are the most common cardiopulmonary findings in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). About two thirds of patients suffering from SSc develop scleroderma interstitial lung disease. PH is present in about 20% of SSc patients and is typically associated with severe lung disease, although it may be an isolated manifestation of SSc. High-resolution CT scanning is a key method for evaluating chest involvement. There are four roles of imaging in scleroderma interstitial lung disease: 1) detection of lung involvement, 2) identification of patients likely to respond to treatment, 3) assessment of treatment efficacy, and 4) exclusion of other significant diseases to include PH and cardiac and esophageal abnormalities
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