A Descriptive Model of the Relapse Process in Disqualified Drivers

1999 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonie Wilson ◽  
Tony Ward ◽  
Leon Bakker
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Stage Model ◽  
Theory Analysis ◽  
Descriptive Model ◽  
Rater Reliability ◽  
The Past ◽  
High Level

AbstractDriving-while-disqualified (DWD) offenders represent a significant proportion of the driving offender population, and contribute to a significant drain on governmental and societal resources. The reoffence or relapse process of recidivist DWD offending has been somewhat neglected in the past, and this paper represents a first attempt at developing an empirically generated model of this phenomenon. In this study, we undertook a grounded theory analysis of offence chain information obtained from 28 male recidivist DWD offenders. The grounded theory analysis resulted in the development of a 15-stage model of the relapse process of recidivist DWD offenders. The model identifies and describes the sequence of psychological, behavioural, and environmental factors, including mediating variables that contribute to DWD reoffending. The model was then applied to 14 new offence chains to examine its level of saturation, content validity, and inter-rater reliability. The results suggest that the model has provisional validity and adequate inter-rater reliability, and achieved a high level of saturation. The strengths and value of the model are discussed, as are its clinical and research implications.

scholarly journals How statically-typed functional programmers write code

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (OOPSLA) ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Justin Lubin ◽  
Sarah E. Chasins
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Functional Programming ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Domain Modeling ◽  
Theory Analysis ◽  
Reasoning Strategies ◽  
Lab Experiments ◽  
Type Construction ◽  
High Level ◽  
Insight Into

How working statically-typed functional programmers write code is largely understudied. And yet, a better understanding of developer practices could pave the way for the design of more useful and usable tooling, more ergonomic languages, and more effective on-ramps into programming communities. The goal of this work is to address this knowledge gap: to better understand the high-level authoring patterns that statically-typed functional programmers employ. We conducted a grounded theory analysis of 30 programming sessions of practicing statically-typed functional programmers, 15 of which also included a semi-structured interview. The theory we developed gives insight into how the specific affordances of statically-typed functional programming affect domain modeling, type construction, focusing techniques, exploratory and reasoning strategies, and expressions of intent. We conducted a set of quantitative lab experiments to validate our findings, including that statically-typed functional programmers often iterate between editing types and expressions, that they often run their compiler on code even when they know it will not successfully compile, and that they make textual program edits that reliably signal future edits that they intend to make. Lastly, we outline the implications of our findings for language and tool design. The success of this approach in revealing program authorship patterns suggests that the same methodology could be used to study other understudied programmer populations.

EFFECTS OF THE ACTIVITY OF CUPROM SA, BAIA MARE BRANCH OVER THE QUALITY OF THE ENVIROMNENT (I)

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-20
Author(s):  
Taro Gilbert ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Environment Factors ◽  
The Past ◽  
Baia Mare ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
History Of ◽  
High Level ◽  
The City

SC Cuprom SA Bucharest Branch Baia Mare is known as one of the biggest copper factory from ores from Romania, but at the same time one of the biggest polluters from the recent history of the country. Placed in the Baia Mare basin, at the outskirts of the city, the plant generated, in the past, a significant negative impact over the environmental factors, especially over the air and soil. The monitoring of the environment factors in the period offunctioning and after closure revealed a high level of pollution of the emplacement. After ceasing of the activity, in 2009, the emplacement passed through a period of continuous degradation, successive demolitions of the buildings and minimum involving regarding the protection of the environmental factors and application of depollution processes. In this moment the platform of Cuprom Sa represents a tampon zone placed in the eastern part of Baia Mare, which stand in the path of development of the city in that direction due to the high level of degradation of the site, high level ofpollution and lack of capitalization measures.

Development of the Content and Quality in Briefs Instrument (CQB-I)

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 74-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Elf ◽  
Maria Svedbo Engström ◽  
Helle Wijk
Keyword(s):  
Content Validity ◽  
Scale Level ◽  
Quality Of Information ◽  
Rater Reliability ◽  
The Past ◽  
Item Level ◽  
Healthcare Environments ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Spearman’S Correlation

Objective: The Content and Quality in Briefs Instrument (CQB-I) was designed to develop a valid and reliable audit instrument to examine the content and quality of information in documents (briefs) created in the early stages of designing healthcare environments. Background: The importance of effective briefing has been emphasized in many research studies during the past two decades. However, there is no developed instrument for auditing the content and quality of these documents. Methods: The study had a methodological and developmental design based on an established methodology for instrument development and validation. The development process consisted of three main phases: (1) item generation and scale construction; (2) assessment of face and content validity, and (3) testing of the reliability. To obtain face and content validity, expert panels reviewed the CQB-I. Content validity was assessed using the Content Validity Index (I – CVI = item level, S – CVI = scale level). Reliability was tested by test-retest and inter-rater reliability. Results: CQB-I was found to have good content validity (I − CVI = 0.78–1.0 and S – CVI = 0.98). Inter-rater reliability was acceptable (Spearman's correlation = 0.62) and stability was considered high for both raters (83% and 88%, respectively).

The journey of an integrationist: A grounded theory analysis.

Psychotherapy ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas Rihacek ◽  
Ester Danelova
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Theory Analysis

Conventional versus Mindfulness-based Interventions for Anxiety and Worry: A Review and Recommendations

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-67
Author(s):  
Deah Jo Abbott ◽  
Caleb Wayne Lack
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Options ◽  
Additional Treatment ◽  
Third Wave ◽  
Stage Model ◽  
Pharmacological Treatments ◽  
The Past ◽  
Behavioral Therapies ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapies ◽  
Specific Disorders ◽  
Psychiatric Problems

Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent and most functionally impairing psychiatric problems experienced by the population. Both pharmacological and psychological evidencebased treatments exist for a number of specific disorders, but may fail to fully relieve symptoms, pointing to the need for additional treatment options. Often considered to be part of the “third wave” of cognitive-behavioral therapies, treatments incorporating mindfulness have emerged in the past two decades as increasingly popular with clinicians and frequently sought out by consumers. The present article reviews the extant literature regarding the efficacy and effectiveness of mindfulnessbased treatments for anxiety, worry, and related problems. Although they have not attained the solid empirical status of CBT or certain pharmacological treatments, the extant research shows mindfulness- based interventions appear to be a promising and useful treatment for people suffering from anxiety and worry. Further work should be done, levels 3-5 of the NIH stage model to determine whether or not they should be further implemented.

Machine learning for rediscovering revolutionary ideas of the past

2021 ◽  
pp. 105971232098304
Author(s):  
R Alexander Bentley ◽  
Joshua Borycz ◽  
Simon Carrignon ◽  
Damian J Ruck ◽  
Michael J O’Brien
Keyword(s):  
Language Processing ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Phylogenetic Inference ◽  
The Past ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Inherent Nature ◽  
Social Learning Processes ◽  
High Level ◽  
Scientific Ideas ◽  
Revolutionary Science

The explosion of online knowledge has made knowledge, paradoxically, difficult to find. A web or journal search might retrieve thousands of articles, ranked in a manner that is biased by, for example, popularity or eigenvalue centrality rather than by informed relevance to the complex query. With hundreds of thousands of articles published each year, the dense, tangled thicket of knowledge grows even more entwined. Although natural language processing and new methods of generating knowledge graphs can extract increasingly high-level interpretations from research articles, the results are inevitably biased toward recent, popular, and/or prestigious sources. This is a result of the inherent nature of human social-learning processes. To preserve and even rediscover lost scientific ideas, we employ the theory that scientific progress is punctuated by means of inspired, revolutionary ideas at the origin of new paradigms. Using a brief case example, we suggest how phylogenetic inference might be used to rediscover potentially useful lost discoveries, as a way in which machines could help drive revolutionary science.

Teachers in Transition. A Biographical Perspective on Transnational Professionalisation of Internationally Educated Teachers in Germany

2021 ◽  
pp. 147490412110109
Author(s):  
Henrike Terhart
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Interview Study ◽  
Theory Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Biographical Approach ◽  
Teachers In Transition ◽  
The University

Teachers trained in one country are often not allowed to serve as teachers in another country because their teacher’s license is not recognised as equivalent. The barriers these teachers have to overcome in order to work in their profession again are high and often require further (full) teacher training at the university. The paper provides insights into the conditions for teachers who participate in (re-)qualification programmes in Germany and Europe. By linking the theoretical concepts of a biographical approach to teacher professionalisation and transnationalisation in education, the results of an interview study with teachers who have participated in a programme for refugee teachers at a university in Germany are presented. The Grounded Theory analysis reconstructs the strategies of internationally educated teachers managing to keep up their hope to be able to work as teachers again and thus counter the formal de-professionalisation they are facing.

scholarly journals Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIEd): a high-level academic and industry note 2021

AI and Ethics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ali Chaudhry ◽  
Emre Kazim
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Intelligent Tutoring Systems ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Tutoring Systems ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
The Past ◽  
Artificial Intelligence In Education ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
High Level ◽  
Contextualized Learning

AbstractIn the past few decades, technology has completely transformed the world around us. Indeed, experts believe that the next big digital transformation in how we live, communicate, work, trade and learn will be driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI) [83]. This paper presents a high-level industrial and academic overview of AI in Education (AIEd). It presents the focus of latest research in AIEd on reducing teachers’ workload, contextualized learning for students, revolutionizing assessments and developments in intelligent tutoring systems. It also discusses the ethical dimension of AIEd and the potential impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the future of AIEd’s research and practice. The intended readership of this article is policy makers and institutional leaders who are looking for an introductory state of play in AIEd.

Striking the balance: A grounded theory analysis of staff perspectives

1996 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Clegg ◽  
P. J. Standen ◽  
G. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Theory Analysis
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