scholarly journals Temporal event-structure coding in developmental dyslexia: Evidence from explicit and implicit temporal processes

Psihologija ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Elliott ◽  
Louise Shanagher
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Functional Connectivity ◽  
Developmental Dyslexia ◽  
Temporal Processing ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Event Structure ◽  
Experimental Task ◽  
Matched Sample ◽  
Phonological Deficits ◽  
Whole Systems

As an alternative to theories positing visual or phonological deficits it has been suggested that the aetiology of dyslexia takes the form of a temporal processing deficit that may refer to impairment in the functional connectivity of the processes involved in reading. Here we investigated this idea in an experimental task designed to measure simultaneity thresholds. Fifteen children diagnosed with developmental dyslexia, alongside a matched sample of 13 normal readers undertook a series of threshold determination procedures designed to locate visual simultaneity thresholds and to assess the influence of subthreshold synchrony or asynchrony upon these thresholds. While there were no significant differences in simultaneity thresholds between dyslexic and normal readers, indicating no evidence of an altered perception, or temporal quantization of events, the dyslexic readers reported simultaneity significantly less frequently than normal readers, with the reduction largely attributable presentation of a subthreshold asynchrony. The results are discussed in terms of a whole systems approach to maintaining information processing integrity.

Working alongside people with intellectual disabilities who have had difficult experiences: Reflections on trauma-informed care within a service context

2021 ◽  
pp. 174462952098771
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Goad
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Trauma Informed Care ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
Conference Presentations ◽  
Trauma Informed ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Whole Systems

People with intellectual disabilities are more likely to experience adverse childhood experiences than those in the general population. Additionally, the conceptualization of ‘trauma’ is far broader than traditionally understood in order to encompass the far reaching relational nature of people with intellectual disabilities traumatic experiences. This reflective account details the first steps one service took to embrace trauma-informed care as a whole systems approach. The paper is a response to calls following conference presentations about our work, to share the process of the beginning of this journey, it also aims to provide key learning points, practical considerations and questions for reflection in order to support other services to begin their own relationships with trauma-informed care.

Improving self-management skills: a whole systems approach

2001 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 734-737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Kennedy ◽  
Anne Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Whole Systems

Building Sustainable WAC Programs: A Whole Systems Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-87
Author(s):  
Michelle Cox ◽  
Jeffrey Galin ◽  
Dan Melzer
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
Whole Systems

scholarly journals Active residents in care homes: A holistic approach to promoting and encouraging meaningful activity for residents living in care homes: Innovative Practice

Dementia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 1942-1947 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond Smith ◽  
Julia Wood ◽  
Fiona Jones ◽  
Liezl Anderson ◽  
Michael Hurley
Keyword(s):  
Residential Care ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Care Home ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
Care Home Staff ◽  
Meaningful Activity ◽  
Whole Systems

The active residents in care homes intervention aim to promote meaningful activity among care home residents. Residents, family members and staff from three residential care homes in South London are participating. It is a whole systems approach which involves formal and ‘on the floor’ training to empower care home staff to facilitate activity. Training is delivered by two occupational therapists, a physiotherapist and a rehabilitation assistant. This paper describes the active residents in care homes intervention, the evaluation methods and discusses some preliminary findings.

scholarly journals Sustainability marketing. The need for a realistic whole systems approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (17-18) ◽  
pp. 1530-1556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola J. R. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
Whole Systems

scholarly journals Saccadic Alterations in Severe Developmental Dyslexia

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Stefano Pensiero ◽  
Agostino Accardo ◽  
Paola Michieletto ◽  
Paolo Brambilla
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Visual Evoked Potentials ◽  
Developmental Dyslexia ◽  
Visual Information ◽  
Motor Deficits ◽  
Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia ◽  
Saccadic Eye Movement ◽  
Ocular Motor ◽  
Pattern Visual Evoked Potentials ◽  
Rapid Visual Information Processing

It is not sure if persons with dyslexia have ocular motor deficits in addition to their deficits in rapid visual information processing. A 15-year-old boy afflicted by severe dyslexia was submitted to saccadic eye movement recording. Neurological and ophthalmic examinations were normal apart from the presence of an esophoria for near and slightly longer latencies of pattern visual evoked potentials. Subclinical saccadic alterations were present, which could be at the basis of the reading pathology: (1) low velocities (and larger durations) of the adducting saccades of the left eye with undershooting and long-lasting postsaccadic onward drift, typical of the internuclear ophthalmoplegia; (2) saccades interrupted in mid-flight and fixation instability, which are present in cases of brainstem premotor disturbances.

scholarly journals 68 Assessing the Performance of Multiple Grass-fed Beef Production Systems in California

2020 ◽  
Vol 98 (Supplement_4) ◽  
pp. 46-47
Author(s):  
Sarah C Klopatek ◽  
Toni Duarte ◽  
Crystal Yang ◽  
James W Oltjen
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Model ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Carcass Quality ◽  
Animal Performance ◽  
Beef Production ◽  
Marbling Score ◽  
Final Body Weight ◽  
Whole Systems

Abstract With demand for grass-fed beef continuing to increase, there is an immediate need to determine animal performance and product quality from varying grass-fed systems. Therefore, using a whole systems approach, we investigated the performance and carcass quality of multiple grass-fed beef systems in California. The treatments included: 1) steers stocked on pasture, then feedyard finished for 140 days (CON); 2) steers grass-fed for 20 months (20GF); 3) steers grass-fed for 20 months with a 45-day grain finish (GR45); and 4) steers grass-fed for 25 months (25GF). The data were analyzed using a mixed model procedure in R. Final body weight (FBW) varied significantly between treatments (P < 0.05) with the CON cattle finishing at 626 kg and GF20 finishing with the lowest FBW of 478 kg. There were no significant differences in FBW between GF45 and GF25 treatments (P > 0.05), with FBW equaling 551 kg and 570 kg, respectively. Dressing percentage (DP) differed significantly between all treatments (P < 0.05), with CON DP at 61.8%, followed by GR45 at 57.5%, GF25 at 53.4%, and GF20 at 50.3%. Marbling scores and quality grades were significantly higher for CON compared to all other treatments (P < 0.05), with a marbling score of 421; 14% of CON animals graded select and 85% graded choice or upper choice. Cattle in the GR20 had the lowest marbling score of 285 (P < 0.05); 59% of the GR20 cattle graded select and 41% graded standard. There was no difference in marbling when comparing the GF25 and GR45 (P > 0.5). In addition, carcasses graded similarly between the two treatments with GF25 grading 13% standard 82% select, and 6% choice, GR45 graded 85% select and 15% choice. The findings from this study indicate that varying CA grass-fed beef production systems results in significant differences in both animal performance and meat quality.

The Angular Gyrus in Developmental Dyslexia: Task-Specific Differences in Functional Connectivity Within Posterior Cortex

2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth R. Pugh ◽  
W. Einar Mencl ◽  
Bennett A. Shaywitz ◽  
Sally E. Shaywitz ◽  
Robert K. Fulbright ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Connectivity ◽  
Developmental Dyslexia ◽  
Angular Gyrus ◽  
Posterior Cortex
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