Les parents face à la mort de leur enfant

En se basant sur son travail à la clinique d'hématologie et à la clinique d'urgence de l'hôpital Ste-Justine, l'auteure décrit le vécu des parents suite à la mort de leur enfant, selon les cinq étapes élaborées par E. Klibler-Ross. La mort d'un enfant est un événement tragique très difficile à accepter pour les parents car l'enfant est censé vivre, voir ses parents mourir et assurer la survie de la famille. La mort d'un enfant provoque de plus une situation de crise durant laquelle les parents doivent apprendre à vivre différemment, et à traverser positivement cette étape de leur vie. Durant cette épreuve, ils ont moins besoin de conseils que d'une présence humaine apte à leur permettre d'établir une relation significative avec les soignants. Cette relation est très importante car elle leur permettra de partager leur expérience et d'exprimer leurs sentiments rationnels et irrationnels.The account of the reactions and the experiences of parents in relation to their child's death are based on the author's professional experience with sudden infant death at the emergency unit, and at the clinic of hematology. The death of a child is a tragedy and an event that is very hard to accept. A child is expected to live, to see his parents die, to assure the continuation of a new generation. The analysis of reactions to death by Elizabeth Kiibler-Ross may help to understand the experiences of the child and his parents.There are many parental reactions as children's deaths.The death of a child provokes a crisis situation. The parents are forced to learn to live differently and go on to a new stage of their lives. They do not need advice as much as a comprehensive human presence able to establish a significant relation. This means to share with them their experiences and to enable them to express their rational and even irrational feelings

”ROMA POLITICAL REPRESENTATION STRUGGLES. EDUCATION AS EXAMPLE OF FAILED OFFICIAL POLITICAL DISCOURSE”

Thisarticle will discuss Roma social political integration in the context of rapidpolitical transformation after the collapse of Soviet Union in the Eastern and Central Europe. The reasons of failed Roma politicalmobilization will be discussed referring the concept “framing” (R. D. Benford,D.A.Snow, 2000). Both internal and external frame constructions will bediscussed in detail in order to understand the underlying factors that hadinfluenced the failure of Roma political mobilization, paying special attentionto education as an example of failed official political discourse.KEYWORDS:Roma, Ethnic identity ‘frames’, Political mobilization, Education

Echo State Networks: analysis, training and predictive control

The goal of this paper is to investigate the theoretical properties, the training algorithm, and the predictive control applications of Echo State Networks (ESNs), a particular kind of Recurrent Neural Networks. First, a condition guaranteeing incremetal global asymptotic stability is devised. Then, a modified training algorithm allowing for dimensionality reduction of ESNs is presented. Eventually, a model predictive controller is designed to solve the tracking problem, relying on ESNs as the model of the system. Numerical results concerning the predictive control of a nonlinear process for pH neutralization confirm the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms for the identification, dimensionality reduction, and the control design for ESNs.Comment: 6 pages,5 figures, submitted to European Control Conference (ECC

El sindicalismo en Almería en la Transición

En el siguiente Trabajo de Fin de Grado analizaremos la formación y la posterior extensión de las principales fuerzas sindicales en la provincia de Almería. El trabajo se enmarca en el periodo de la Transición democrática española. Así, comenzaremos con un breve análisis sobre la situación sindical durante la anterior etapa franquista. Para luego, pasar a realizar un escueto repaso de la transición sindical en el ámbito nacional. Una vez comentados dichos temas, pasaremos a explicar la formación de las principales centrales sindicales en la provincia almeriense durante los primeros años de la Transición (1975-1978). Por último, analizaremos sus líneas de actuación y su posterior extensión provincial (1979-1982)

Artifacts in magnetic resonance imaging: how it can really affect diagnostic image quality and confuse clinical diagnosis?

Different kinds of artifacts can occur during a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans due to hardware or software related problems, human physiologic phenomenon or physical restrictions. Some of them can seriously affecting diagnostic image quality, while others may simulate or be confused with different pathology. On another word artifact as an artificial feature appearing in an image that is not present in the original investigative object. It is important to recognize these artifacts according to a basic understanding of their origin, especially those mimicking pathology, as they can lead to incorrect diagnosis and cause serious after-effects on patient’s health and outcomes. We presented an overview of the most common MRI artifacts and methods to fix or rectify them. We also provide the original artifacts images and statistics from the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinical Hospital, Dept of Radiology, mainly obtained from image databases and some images from data base of other Lithuanian hospitals

Artifacts in computer tomography imaging: how it can really affect diagnostic image quality and confuse clinical diagnosis?

Different kinds of artifacts can occur during a computer tomography (CT) scans due to hardware or software related problems, human physiologic phenomenon or physical restrictions. Some of them can seriously affecting diagnostic image quality, while others may simulate or be confused with different pathology. On another words artifact is an artificial feature appearing in an image that is not present in the original investigative object. It is important to recognize these artifacts according to a basic understanding of their origin, especially those mimicking pathology, as they can lead to incorrect diagnosis and cause serious after-effects on patient’s health. We presented an overview of the most common CT artifacts and methods to fix or rectify them. We also provide the original artifacts images and statistics from the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinical Hospital obtained from image databases

Uso do Método Estudo de Caso em Pesquisas de Gerenciamento de Projetos

Among the research methods, the Case Study is one of the most popular. However, sometimes surveys based on this method are criticized on how to apply it. In addition, there is a shortage of studies that analyze the use of the Case Study method in the scientific field of project management. Therefore, there is a need to increase knowledge about the application of this method in this area. Thus, the purpose of this article is to describe how the Case Study method is being applied to the field of project management. For this, we selected 40 project management articles from national and international journals published in the last seven years (2011 – 2017), which adopted the mentioned technique as a research method. Regarding the approach, this work is qualitative, the articles selected were examined under the descriptive nature and their analysis was guided by Content Analysis. The research provided information to guide the conduction of research with Case Studies in the field of project management, presenting the differences between national and international studies.Dentre os métodos de pesquisa, o Estudo de Caso é um dos mais populares. No entanto, por vezes, pesquisas calcadas nesse método recebem críticas quanto a forma de aplicação. Além disso, existe uma escassez de estudos que analisam o uso do método Estudo de Caso no campo científico do gerenciamento de projetos. Portanto, existe a necessidade de ampliar os conhecimentos sobre a aplicação desse método nessa área. Assim, o objetivo deste artigo é descrever como o método Estudo de Caso está sendo aplicado ao campo do gerenciamento de projetos. Para isso, foram selecionados 40 artigos de gerenciamento de projetos de periódicos nacionais e internacionais publicados ao longo de sete anos (2011 – 2017), os quais adotaram a mencionada técnica como método de pesquisa. Quanto à abordagem, este trabalho é de cunho qualitativo, os artigos selecionados foram examinados sob a natureza descritiva e a análise dos mesmos se guiou pela Análise de Conteúdo. A pesquisa proveu informações para guiar a condução de pesquisas com Estudos de Caso no campo do gerenciamento de projetos, apresentando as diferenças entre estudos nacionais e internacionais

The new mathematical model based carotid intima-media thickness and mild cognitive impairment: comparison of manual and semi-automated measurement techniques

An alteration of the cognitive functions plays a crucial role in the quality of life in the elderly. New investigations notice that the thickness of carotid intima-media (CIMT) might help to identify patients with an increased risk of cognitive deterioration. Our aim of the study was to evaluate CIMT of the patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) with static (manually) and dynamic (RF-QIMT) ultrasonographic equipments. Our results show that the CIMT was thicker measuring by semi-automated method, than manually and the differences were statistically significant. Our results show no correlation between the CIMT and scores of psychiatric tests, therefore more research is needed for improvement of carotid wall thickening changes in MCI patients

New mathematical model for examination of cervical cancer by using diffusion–weighted magnetic resonance imaging

We compare the mean value of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in a healthy cervix, cancer affected cervix and the cervix after chemoradiation therapy and evaluate the correlation of the value of ADC with the various clinical and histological findings. Prospective clinical study accomplished in Lithuanian University of Health Sciences University Clinical Hospital. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations performed on 117 women with and 49 women without cervical cancer by using a 1.5 Tesla scanner. Diffusion–weighted (DW) imaging was performing by using b values of 50, 400 and 800 s/mm2. ADC measured in a healthy cervix, cancer affected cervix and the cervix 6 months after chemoradiation therapy. The mean ADC of the patients of the study group – 0.658±0.120×10-3 mm2/s was considerably lower than the mean of the control group – 1.169±0.134×10-3 mm2/s (t= 24.123, p= 0.02). There was no correlation between mean ADC and the stage of the disease, the histological type or grade of the tumor. A weak negative correlation was detected between ADC and the age of the subjects (r= –0,337, p= 0,000). The mean ADC of responders increased to 1.111±0.138×10-3 mm2/s, the mean ADC of non-responders remained lower – 0.733±0.073×10-3 mm2/s (t= 9.158, p= 0.04). The ADC value in the case of cervical cancer is significantly lower than in the non-affected cervical tissue. It increases after effective chemoradiation therapy and becomes closer to the coefficient value of non-affected cervical tissue but remains lower. We cannot credibly consider about the stage of the disease, the histological type and grade of the tumor, according to the ADC value of cervical cancer. Slight decreasing of ADC value closely relate with elderly of patients