Epidemiological study of gastroenteritis cases at the medical-social centre of Megara

Pnrpose: Epidemiological study of the possible causes and characteristics of gastroenteritis cases, recorded at the area of concern of the medical- social centre of Megara. Material- Method: The material of the study consisted of adults who came to the centre during the period January 2007 until December 2008 and were diagnosed with gastroenteritis. All patients with chronic inflamational bowel disease as well as patients having taken recently antibiotics were excluded. All patients came with symptoms of gastroenteritis i.e. vomits, diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever, debilitation

An Alternative Neo-Kohlbergian Approach in Social Pedagogy

In many countries social pedagogues apply ART (Aggression Replacement Training), a multimodal programme designed to help juveniles with severe behaviour problems. In this programme Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory of moral development makes up an important element. The first part of this article offers a presentation of Kohlberg’s theory and some of the critique made of it. The second part describes how the Kohlbergian tradition is implemented in ART. In the final part of the article a problem with the ART programme is pointed out and an alternative neo-Kohlbergian approach is described. This method may prove to be a viable approach in the field of social pedagogy and an adequate supplement to the ART programme

Understanding Pictures as Representations: 9-Month-Old Infants' Manual Investigation of Pictures as a Function of Referent Characteristics

82 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999.Pictures are both objects in their own right and symbols of whatever they depict. Their resemblance to what they represent has led to the assumption that the symbolic nature of pictures is easily understood, even by young infants. In a series of previous studies, 9-month-old infants' have manually investigated photographs presented to them in books, rubbing, hitting, and in many cases grasping at them, as if trying to pluck them off the page. The infants' behaviors are surprising in light of the well-established ability of even younger infants to discriminate between 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional stimuli. In the research presented here, the effect of distinctive characteristics of objects on infants' manual investigation of pictures of those objects was examined. In Study 1, a group of 9-month-old infants was presented with a series of objects with handles, half with salient texture on the other end and half without, and pictures of those objects. Infants' manual investigation of the pictures differed as a function of the texture and the specific parts of the objects depicted. The pattern of infants' behavior to the actual objects was similar: They rubbed more at depicted texture. In Study 2, a similar pattern of differences was found in response to pictures of substances and objects. Nine-month-old infants tended to rub the depicted substances more than they grasped. Parallels with infants' behavior to the actual substances and objects were not as clear in Study 2: Infants overwhelmingly grabbed the stimuli, regardless of solidity. In Study 3, infants were provided with direct experience with a set of objects which varied in terms of noise-making potential. Infants manually investigated pictures of the familiar objects more than pictures of unfamiliar objects. There were no differences in infants' manual investigation of the pictured objects as a function of the specific type of experience they had with the objects (noise-making versus silent). These findings support the position that infants manually explore pictured objects because they are unsure about the dual nature of pictures; with continued experience with both objects and pictures, infants come to fully grasp the representational nature of pictures.U of I OnlyRestricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETD

Understanding Pictures as Representations: 9-Month-Old Infants' Manual Investigation of Pictures as a Function of Referent Characteristics

82 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999.Pictures are both objects in their own right and symbols of whatever they depict. Their resemblance to what they represent has led to the assumption that the symbolic nature of pictures is easily understood, even by young infants. In a series of previous studies, 9-month-old infants' have manually investigated photographs presented to them in books, rubbing, hitting, and in many cases grasping at them, as if trying to pluck them off the page. The infants' behaviors are surprising in light of the well-established ability of even younger infants to discriminate between 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional stimuli. In the research presented here, the effect of distinctive characteristics of objects on infants' manual investigation of pictures of those objects was examined. In Study 1, a group of 9-month-old infants was presented with a series of objects with handles, half with salient texture on the other end and half without, and pictures of those objects. Infants' manual investigation of the pictures differed as a function of the texture and the specific parts of the objects depicted. The pattern of infants' behavior to the actual objects was similar: They rubbed more at depicted texture. In Study 2, a similar pattern of differences was found in response to pictures of substances and objects. Nine-month-old infants tended to rub the depicted substances more than they grasped. Parallels with infants' behavior to the actual substances and objects were not as clear in Study 2: Infants overwhelmingly grabbed the stimuli, regardless of solidity. In Study 3, infants were provided with direct experience with a set of objects which varied in terms of noise-making potential. Infants manually investigated pictures of the familiar objects more than pictures of unfamiliar objects. There were no differences in infants' manual investigation of the pictured objects as a function of the specific type of experience they had with the objects (noise-making versus silent). These findings support the position that infants manually explore pictured objects because they are unsure about the dual nature of pictures; with continued experience with both objects and pictures, infants come to fully grasp the representational nature of pictures.U of I OnlyRestricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETD

Paramythia tou Aisopou #8 of 12

This is a sixteen-page oversized pamphlet with a large picture on each page with about nine lines of prose text. The fox apparently spends the first half of the story talking with the wolf and with his own children. The woodman sends the fox to his home. When the hunters come, he points (to the fox?) and speaks. The fox and wolf shake hands at the end of the story. The art is, I would say, comfortable. I would love to find the whole set.Language note: GreekGilles Vigneault, Translated by Paul Allar