BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Stereotypes about schizophrenia may lead to prejudicial attitudes and discrimination with debilitating effects on people diagnosed with schizophrenia. There is thus a need to develop interventions aiming to prevent, reduce or eliminate such stereotypes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a documentary film on schizophrenia on cognitive, affective and ...

Since 1996, various attempts have been made to unify different object-oriented modeling languages. As a result of this endeavor, two languages have been developed: the Unified Modeling Language UML [3] and the Open Modeling Language OML [2]. Both UML and OML introduce a distinctive new feature: they allow users to extend or even to modify the base language in order to adapt the language to spec...

Using computer simulated tests, this study examined direction-of-motion stereotypes and response times for different configurations of lever controls and circular displays. Quantitative measures of the strength and reversibility of stereotypes were used to analyze the effects of pointer position, direction of turn instruction, and control plane on movement compatibility. The results showed that...

Powertypes constitute an advanced OO modelling mechanism that is usually utilized in the form of a specific pattern. Stereotypes comprise the basic customization and extension mechanism in UML, and are also used following a certain pattern. Although different in purpose, these two patterns present some interesting similarities and are shown here to become structurally identical in specific circ...

Tarlac State University (TSU) is a multi-ethnic and multicultural institution with student population that predominated by the Kapampangan, Ilocano, Tagalog ethnolinguistic groups. This paper comparative study of ethnic national stereotypes self-stereotypes these three Using modified Katz Braly trait checklist, as well their uniformity index, this was able to: 1) compare contrast positivity ste...

abstract background: fertility rate apparently is a non-interventional behavior, but in practice, it is infl uenced by social values and norms in which culture and traditional beliefs play a signifi cant role. in this regard, some studies have shown that gender roles can be associated with reproductive behaviors. with regard to the importance of annual reduction of population growth rate and it...

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) allows to visualize, to specify, to build and to document the devices of a system that involves a great quantity of software. It provides a standard form for writing the models of a system, covering so much of the conceptual aspects (such as processes of the business and functions of the system) as the concrete ones (such as the classes written in a specific ...

BACKGROUND Many jokes exist about stereotypical attributes of physicians in various specialties, which could lead to prejudices against physicians from a specific specialty. It is unknown whether and when medical students are aware of stereotypes about different specialties. The goal of this study was to analyze the degree of stereotypes that exist about medical specialties amongst undergraduat...