Headache in Schoolchildren: Agreement Between Different Sources of Information

Cephalalgia ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 420-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Laurell ◽  
B Larsson ◽  
O Eeg-Olofsson
Keyword(s):  
International Headache Society ◽  
Headache Frequency ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
High Agreement ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Level Of Agreement ◽  
Duration Criterion

The level of agreement between different sources of information, i.e. questionnaires, interviews and diaries, was evaluated in a sample of 129 schoolchildren, 69 girls and 60 boys, ranging in age from 7 to 17 years. Headache diagnoses and headache features showed high agreement between questionnaires and subsequent interviews. The concordance between questionnaires and interviews for headache diagnoses increased, and the number of unclassified headaches decreased, when the International Headache Society (IHS) duration criterion was excluded. When comparing headache frequency reported in questionnaires and interviews with diary recordings, the agreement was low and the frequency higher in the diaries. Overall, the agreement between questionnaires, interviews and diaries was not related to age or gender. The questionnaire may serve as a valid source of information in studies of headache in schoolchildren. Prospective recordings in diaries provide additional information, in particular of low-intensity headache. In children, the IHS duration criterion should be modified or excluded.

Problems of Optimum Selection

1968 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 715-720
Author(s):  
Gail O'Connor
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Optimum Selection ◽  
Mechanical Ability ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Predictive Efficiency

This study examined the selection of different sources of information made by multiple regression, cutting scores, and factor analytic techniques and investigated these procedures in terms of their comparable predictive efficiency. Prior to their job training, 220 Naval winch operator trainees took a battery of seven McQuarrie subtests for mechanical ability. Criterion scores were derived from ratings given subsequent to training. No differences were found among the three methods. However, it is pointed out that the judicious use of factor analysis can provide additional information about the relationships and complexities of the predictors and criterion not available through multiple regression or cutting scores.

scholarly journals Educational behaviors of pregnant women in the Bronx during Zika’s International emerging epidemic: “First mom … and then I’d Google. And then my doctor”

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Rodriguez ◽  
Antoinette A. Danvers ◽  
Carolina Sanabia ◽  
Siobhan M. Dolan
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Emerging Infectious Diseases ◽  
Complete Information ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Initial Source ◽  
Source Of Information

Abstract Background The objective of the study was to understand how pregnant women learned about Zika infection and to identify what sources of information were likely to influence them during their pregnancy. Methods We conducted 13 semi-structed interviews in English and Spanish with women receiving prenatal care who were tested for Zika virus infection. We analyzed the qualitative data using descriptive approach. Results Pregnant women in the Bronx learned about Zika from family, television, the internet and their doctor. Informational sources played different roles. Television, specifically Spanish language networks, was often the initial source of information. Women searched the internet for additional information about Zika. Later, they engaged in further discussions with their healthcare providers. Conclusions Television played an important role in providing awareness about Zika to pregnant women in the Bronx, but that information was incomplete. The internet and healthcare providers were sources of more complete information and are likely the most influential. Efforts to educate pregnant women about emerging infectious diseases will benefit from using a variety of approaches including television messages that promote public awareness followed up by reliable information via the internet and healthcare providers.

scholarly journals REASSESSING RELIABILITY BASED ON SURVIVED LOADS

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (32) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timo Schweckendiek
Keyword(s):  
Probability Of Failure ◽  
Lower Probability ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Inspection Period ◽  
Bayesian Techniques ◽  
Safety Requirements ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Structural Resistance ◽  
Cost Of Construction ◽  
Source Of Information

The reliability of flood defenses is often dictated by large uncertainties in the hydraulic loading and the structural resistance. Additional information decreases uncertainty, however, acquiring it is often costly. One source of information, even though in many cases readily available, is hardly used – survived loads. This article shows how data on survived load conditions can be incorporated in reliability analysis by means of Bayesian techniques. The theory is illustrated by simple and realistic examples. In contrast to other sources of information, reassessing structures using survived load data always leads to higher reliability or lower probability of failure. Furthermore, attention is given to the expected development of failure in time. This may be relevant for situations, where the safety requirements of a structure are stated in terms of a design or inspection period. For both, re-assessing reliability based on (one time) survived loads as well as the expected increase of reliability in time, the examples show significant impact. Use of this knowledge, may, consequently, safe cost of construction or reinforcement.

scholarly journals FUENTES DE INFORMACIÓN QUE UTILIZAN LAS EMPRESAS PARA EL DESARROLLO DE ACTIVIDADES DE INNOVACIÓN EN ECUADOR.

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raúl Carpio Freire ◽  
Susan Flores Armijos
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Information Market ◽  
Knowing That ◽  
Market Leadership ◽  
A Company ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Different Sources

Este artículo muestra las diferentes fuentes que las empresas usan para la innovación, analizando cada variable que se presenta mediante un estudio explicativo utilizando el método cualitativo. Sabiendo que la innovación es primordial para una empresa, se busca encontrar cual es la fuente o las fuentes de información que permite que se realice algo nuevo que hace que dicha empresa se mantenga pionera en el mercado.    Palabras claves: innovación, Ecuador, fuentes de información, desarrollo de productos.   ABSTRACT   This article shows the different sources of information that companies in Ecuador use for innovation by analyzing each variable that occurs through an explanatory study using the quantitative method. Knowing that innovation is critical to a company, the aim is to find the source or sources of information that make it possible to do something innovative in order to keep the company’s pioneering position in the market.   Keywords: innovation, prospective, source of information, market leadership.   Recibido: Febrero de 2015Aprobado: Mayo de 2015

Understanding different sources of information: the acquisition of evidentiality

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 947-968 ◽  
Author(s):  
LOES KORING ◽  
HANNAH DE MULDER
Keyword(s):  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Different Sources

AbstractThis paper investigates six- to nine-year-old children's acquisition of evidentiality. In two minimally different tasks we assess whether children can be made to use a particular source of information by presenting them with a specific evidential term. That is, we assess whether children have an explicit awareness of the source requirement of the evidential terms. The results demonstrate that children explicitly understand the direct evidential term, but not the indirect evidential terms. Interestingly, the direct evidential term tested (Dutch lijken) does not encode high speaker certainty. Hence, even though the child cannot rely on speaker certainty to provide an answer, the results still show that direct evidentiality is acquired before indirect evidentiality.

OPINIONS MANIPULATION: MEDIA, POWER AND GOSSIP

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (04) ◽  
pp. 567-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
WALTER QUATTROCIOCCHI ◽  
ROSARIA CONTE ◽  
ELENA LODI
Keyword(s):  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Opinion Dynamics ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
The Media ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Media Power ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Different Sources

Despite the increasing diffusion of the Internet technology, TV remains the principal medium of communication. People's perceptions, knowledge, beliefs and opinions about matters of fact get (in)formed through the information reported on by the media. However, a single source of information (and consensus) could be a potential cause of anomalies in the structure and evolution of a society. Hence, as the information available (and the way it is reported) is fundamental for our perceptions and opinions, the definition of conditions allowing for a good information to be disseminated is a pressing challenge. In this paper starting from a report on the last Italian political campaign in 2008, we derive a socio-cognitive computational model of opinion dynamics where agents get informed by different sources of information. Then, a what-if analysis, performed through simulations on the model's parameters space, is shown. In particular, the scenario implemented includes three main streams of information acquisition, differing in both the contents and the perceived reliability of the messages spread. Agents' internal opinion is updated either by accessing one of the information sources, namely media and experts, or by exchanging information with one another. They are also endowed with cognitive mechanisms to accept, reject or partially consider the acquired information.

scholarly journals Educational Behaviors of Pregnant Women in the Bronx During Zika’s International Emerging Epidemic: “First Mom … and then I’d Google. And then my Doctor”

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Rodriguez ◽  
Antoinette A. Danvers ◽  
Carolina Sanabia ◽  
Siobhan M. Dolan
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Emerging Infectious Diseases ◽  
Complete Information ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Initial Source ◽  
Source Of Information

Abstract BackgroundThe objective of the study was to understand how pregnant women learned about Zika infection and to identify what sources of information were likely to influence them during their pregnancy.MethodsWe conducted 13 semi-structed interviews in English and Spanish with women receiving prenatal care who were tested for Zika virus infection. We analyzed the qualitative data using grounded theory.ResultsPregnant women in the Bronx learned about Zika from family, television, the internet and their doctor. Informational sources played different roles. Television, specifically Spanish language networks, was often the initial source of information. Women searched the internet for additional information about Zika. Later, they engaged in further discussions with their healthcare providers.ConclusionsTelevision played an important role in providing awareness about Zika to pregnant women in the Bronx, but that information was incomplete. The internet and healthcare providers were sources of more complete information and are likely the most influential. Efforts to educate pregnant women about emerging infectious diseases will benefit from using a variety of approaches including television messages that promote public awareness followed up by reliable information via the internet and healthcare providers.

Determinants Considered by Consumers for Brand Selection - with Reference to Laptops in Albania

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margret Plloçi ◽  
Macit Koc
Keyword(s):  
Primary Data ◽  
Battery Life ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Light Weight ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Technical Features ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Core Features

Abstract Purpose of the article There is relatively a big number of brands in the market of laptops nowadays in Albania. It appears that the number of brands offered in this market could easily be compared to the number of brands in Europe and even broader. The purpose of this study is to help Albanian vendors understand the criteria that consumers take into consideration when they make the decision to purchase a laptop. Methodology/methods The research is based on the collection and the analyses of the primary data collected through interviews to people like managers or employees who work in the sector of trading laptops or in businesses like education where laptops are broadly used recently; then a survey is done through a questionnaire delivered to customers who already own and use a laptop and customers who are potential buyers of laptops. Scientific aim The aim of the research is to identify if there are any relationships between the demographics of the consumers and the criteria of buying a laptop; on the other hand, to find out how is the relationship between the demographics and the features of different brands. Findings The study found out that Albanian consumers have good knowledge of laptops and their brands, and they use different sources of information for making their decisions in buying a laptop; it is found that there are relationships between some demographics like age or gender and the appraisal for some attributes of the laptops like price, design and high graphics card; it is also found that some technical features and other attributes of using laptops are some of the determinants that influence the laptops’ purchases. Conclusions It is realized that one of the most important demographics of the consumers is their age. Some core features like RAM, ROM, battery life, processor quality, light weight or attributes that are connected to the purposes of using the laptop computers like practicality and mobility in using them, work and studying processes, quick access to the internet are determinant factors which influence the decision making process of purchasing a laptop. I would recommend that future researches be focused also on the relationship between the customers’ income and their preferred brand or ranking brands according to the customers’ preferences. Such studies should also extend outside the city of Tirana.

Feature-based multi-criteria recommendation system using a weighted approach with ranking correlation

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 1013-1029
Author(s):  
Zeeshan Zeeshan ◽  
Qurat ul Ain ◽  
Uzair Aslam Bhatti ◽  
Waqar Hussain Memon ◽  
Sajid Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Recommendation System ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Multiple Features ◽  
Recommendation Algorithms ◽  
Label Correlations ◽  
Feature Based ◽  
Multicriteria Model ◽  
Implicit And Explicit ◽  
Hybrid Recommendation ◽  
Different Sources

With the increase of online businesses, recommendation algorithms are being researched a lot to facilitate the process of using the existing information. Such multi-criteria recommendation (MCRS) helps a lot the end-users to attain the required results of interest having different selective criteria – such as combinations of implicit and explicit interest indicators in the form of ranking or rankings on different matched dimensions. Current approaches typically use label correlation, by assuming that the label correlations are shared by all objects. In real-world tasks, however, different sources of information have different features. Recommendation systems are more effective if being used for making a recommendation using multiple criteria of decisions by using the correlation between the features and items content (content-based approach) or finding a similar user rating to get targeted results (Collaborative filtering). To combine these two filterings in the multicriteria model, we proposed a features-based fb-knn multi-criteria hybrid recommendation algorithm approach for getting the recommendation of the items by using multicriteria features of items and integrating those with the correlated items found in similar datasets. Ranks were assigned to each decision and then weights were computed for each decision by using the standard deviation of items to get the nearest result. For evaluation, we tested the proposed algorithm on different datasets having multiple features of information. The results demonstrate that proposed fb-knn is efficient in different types of datasets.

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