In this study, we used Andersen's Behavioral Model with the family as a unit of analysis to examine the patterns of awareness and utilization of social services by families with at least one adult with intellectual disabilities. Face-to-face interview questionnaires were conducted with primary family caregivers in Hsinchu City, Taiwan in 2004. Data were collected on adults' and caregivers' pred...

Over the past decade, considerable research has linked traumatic experiences, including childhood trauma, to the development of psychotic symptoms. More recently, the concept of dissociation has been connected to psychosis, particularly auditory hallucinations, as well as to the historical conception of schizophrenia. In this workshop, Professor Andrew Moskowitz, the lead editor of ‘‘Psychosis,...

BACKGROUND The Theory of Change (ToC) approach has been used to develop and evaluate complex health initiatives in a participatory way in high income countries. Little is known about its use to develop mental health care plans in low and middle income countries where mental health services remain inadequate. AIMS ToC workshops were held as part of formative phase of the Programme for Improvin...

The 9th edition of the Intelligent Environments Conference (IE’13) will be held at Athens, Greece, 18 and 19 of July 2013. This is the fifth time this conference will host a range of international and multidisciplinary workshops. This year, a total of 15 workshops are being prepared and are already waiting for contributions. Amongst all workshops, 9 of them are being held independently and the ...

The [email protected] workshop (MRT) series offers a discussion forum for the rising need to leverage modeling techniques at runtime for the software of the future. MRT has become a mature research topic, which is, e.g., reflected in separate sessions at conferences covering MRT approaches only. The target venues of the workshops audience changed from workshops to conferences. Hence, new topics i...

Determinations of CKM matrix elements are clouded by uncertainties in nonperturbative QCD parameters that relate measurable quantities to the underlying parton-level processes. A principal goal of the CLEO-c program is to provide precision measurements in the c-quark sector that will stimulate lattice QCD theorists to calculate relevant nonperturbative QCD parameters in this sector and to valid...

There is an increasing call for products following circular economy principles. Despite growing pressure, understanding of the current situation and development vectors largely missing. In this study, workshops were arranged six industrial companies manufacturing electronics operating in Finland to obtain empirical state implementation. During workshops, each company assessed a chosen product u...

We present the application of the process workshop method to define revised work processes in software development companies. Through two empirical action research studies, we study the impact of company premises and goals on the execution and subsequently on the results of the method. We conclude that both premises and goals will influence the workshops, and suggest how the focus of the worksh...

Eight, three-day workshops were given in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam during June to July 2002. These workshops focused on practical aspects of how to use principles of pond dynamics to improve pond management and optimize fertilization efficiencies for natural food production in semi-intensive aquaculture systems. The centerpiece of the workshops was learning how to...