Experience Report Research Articles

O ensino e a aprendizagem não cabem em algoritmos: relato docente sobre o fetiche da inteligência artificial

This is a teaching experience report on the “Ethics and information” course at a federal university. Its first section describes its theoretical foundation, based on Álvaro Vieira Pinto’s cybernetics and the political economy of information and communication. Its second section discusses the course participatory methodology inspired by Paulo Freire (Vieira Pinto’s student), which resorted to multimedia didactic, self-assessment, dozens of student seminars, and a final open essay. As its main result, dialogic education confirms students’ unreasonable fascination with texts generated by artificial intelligence, along with the unpreparedness of the institution to address this new challenge.

Attitudinal barriers: a reflection of our actions in the Inclusion process

The article discusses the importance of attitudinal accessibility in the inclusion process, beyond physical and pedagogical transformations, highlighting that without attitudinal accessibility, other forms of accessibility are not effective. Share our actions as people and professionals in the inclusion process and beyond the transformations in the physical environment and teaching practices, which refer to physical and pedagogical accessibility, it is necessary to consider, mainly, the aspects that involve attitudinal accessibility because, without it, not another form of accessibility becomes effective. We aim to present the teachers' narratives on the themes. Thus, this article deals with an experience report on the impressions of teachers in an assistive technology course, where we discussed in several forums and the 18 participants presented their impressions. As a result, we had contributions about their anxieties, expectations, and prejudices they had about the care of people with disabilities. We concluded that it is necessary to feed the movement of inner transformation bumping into our attitudes and understanding that what is different is not always the other; we are everyone.

An Experience Report on the Evaluation of New Forms of Care for People with Mental Illness: Pros and Cons of the Use of SHI Claims Data

The present article describes the special features of an evaluation of research in mental health services in Germany. The experiences of the evaluation of flexible and integrated treatment options with a global treatment budget in psychiatric hospitals based on routine data of more than 70 statutory health insurance (SHI) funds (EVA64 study) are systematically presented. Using the EVA64 study as an example, recommendations for the use of claims data in the field of mental health services research and in general are derived. (1) First, the study and its use of claims data is described and classified. (2) The individual outcomes of the study are presented and evaluated in order to (3) derive criteria, identify strengths and suggest potential uses of claims data. (4) Finally, recommendations for the further development of claims data from SHI funds as a basis for evaluation are described.

상담위탁 가정폭력 행위자들의 폭력 경험에 관한 질적 분석 사례연구 - K시의 상담위탁 가정폭력 행위자를 중심으로 -

This study is a qualitative analysis case study on the experiences of violence by domestic violence offenders entrusted with counseling. The purpose of this study was to clarify the factors and identify the experiences of violence of domestic violence offenders based on Bowen's family therapy theory. The subjects of this study were a total of 5 male and female participants who were perpetrators of domestic violence who were sentenced by the D court in K City to entrust counseling for the disposition of domestic protection case No. 8. The study period was from November 2022 to April 2023, with in-depth interviews of 90 minutes per session, and original data such as recording, field notes, and experience reports were analyzed. After confirming the basic information of the research participants and analyzing the original data by categorizing husband violence, wife violence, parental violence, and child violence into 4 categories based on criminal history and domestic violence incident factors, 3 categories and 73 meaning contents were derived. This study attempted to identify the factors of anxiety, self-differentiation, triangular relationships, and family projection processes through qualitative content analysis studies on experiences of violence. The research results are as follows:. First, as the anxiety of domestic violence offenders decreased and violence decreased without emotional reflex behavior, the previously undifferentiated level of self-differentiation improved. Second, there was a positive effect of detriangulating the family triangle of domestic violence perpetrators and forming an autonomous relationship.Third, the effect of stopping violence was found as the multigenerational transfer process was interrupted due to the family projection of domestic violence offenders. Based on these results, positive results emerged where emotional stability and cyclical interaction were observed while confirming immature behaviors in the family of domestic violence perpetrators. These studies suggest that there is the possibility of enhancing the positve effects in future counseling related to domestic violence offenders

CausalOps — Towards an industrial lifecycle for causal probabilistic graphical models

Context:Causal probabilistic graph-based models have gained widespread utility, enabling the modeling of cause-and-effect relationships across diverse domains. With their rising adoption in new areas, such as safety analysis of complex systems, software engineering, and machine learning, the need for an integrated lifecycle framework akin to DevOps and MLOps has emerged. Currently, such a reference for organizations interested in employing causal engineering is missing. This lack of guidance hinders the incorporation and maturation of causal methods in the context of real-life applications. Objective:This work contextualizes causal model usage across different stages and stakeholders and outlines a holistic view of creating and maintaining them within the process landscape of an organization. Methods:A novel lifecycle framework for causal model development and application called CausalOps is proposed. By defining key entities, dependencies, and intermediate artifacts generated during causal engineering, a consistent vocabulary and workflow model to guide organizations in adopting causal methods are established. Results:Based on the early adoption of the discussed methodology to a real-life problem within the automotive domain, an experience report underlining the practicability and challenges of the proposed approach is discussed. Conclusion:It is concluded that besides current technical advancements in various aspects of causal engineering, an overarching lifecycle framework that integrates these methods into organizational practices is missing. Although diverse skills from adjacent disciplines are widely available, guidance on how to transfer these assets into causality-driven practices still need to be addressed in the published literature. CausalOps’ aim is to set a baseline for the adoption of causal methods in practical applications within interested organizations and the causality community.

Evaluation of nursing workload in adult intensive care nursing as a teaching tool: an experience report

Evaluation of nursing workload in adult intensive care nursing as a teaching tool: an experience report

Adult Multissystem Inflamatory Síndrome (MIS-A): case report

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a global health crisis. SARS-CoV-2 infection and its broad spectrum of systemic involvement have demonstrated the existence of equally serious extrapulmonary complications in adult patients. In this context, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS), a serious complication that occurs after acute infection and has a hyperinflammatory nature with potential multisystem involvement, began to be reported as it developed in pediatric patients and in young and middle-aged adults. Experience report: Man, 36 years old, without previous comorbidities, with a history of COVID-19 infection, 4 months ago, with mild evolution and spontaneous resolution, seeks care for persistent fever for 20 days, generalized malaise, jaundice, choluria, chest pain and neck edema. Exams showed leukocytosis, with left shift, elevated PCR, negative blood culture. The tomography revealed an expansive lesion in the chest and cervical lymph node enlargement. The patient was admitted and underwent an exploratory cervicotomy for drainage and debridement, with prescription of intravenous antibiotics. Discussion: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS) associated with COVID-19 is a hyperinflammatory phenomenon that can cause organ dysfunction. Corticosteroids have been shown to be effective in treatment, but early diagnosis is crucial for a good prognosis. Conclusion: Adult Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-A) is a post-COVID-19 complication that can occur weeks after the initial infection. In this patient's case, multidisciplinary treatment, including surgery and various drug therapies, resulted in recovery. The case emphasizes the importance of raising awareness about MIS-A among health professionals and the need for research to improve diagnoses and treatments, as well as the importance of early interventions to manage the condition.

EXPERIENCE REPORT OF THE TEACHING PROJECT: EUROPEAN VANGUARDS: a dive into modernist artistic-literary work

EXPERIENCE REPORT OF THE TEACHING PROJECT: EUROPEAN VANGUARDS: a dive into modernist artistic-literary work

A carnival learning party: crossing cultural borders through coding literacy

This experience report aims to describe the conceptual and logistical features of Coding Carnival, a Brazilian-American collaboration on teaching computer programming as literacy. It is a descriptive study, with a qualitative inquiry into the Eisner methodology approach (2017). In the fall of 2019, through a sponsorship from the Brazilian government, Corrêa came to study concepts of coding literacy with Vee, an English professor at the University of Pittsburgh. They elected to design a reading group focused on teaching coding in K12[1] contexts. Readings included Brazilian and American scholars of literacy and coding, alongside hands-on activities. The culmination of the reading group was a "Coding Carnival," two public all-ages events with a theme of Brazilian carnival to demonstrate hands-on coding activities and to help families learn coding literacy together. The power and identity relationships inherent to literacy, as well as its symbolic and technological features, connected "coding literacy" with Brazilian literacy theory--in particular, the potential of individual transformation and emancipation described by P. Freire (1981). D’Ambrosio's "ethnomathematics" helped us to see how cultural, physical, and social conditions shape the mathematical thinking embedded in coding practices (D’Ambrosio, 2002). The coding literacy theory, presented by Vee (2017), in conversation with Bers’ ideas of teaching coding as a second language, helped us to bridge the gap between teaching in the humanities and understanding technical concepts in programming through a carnival learning party.[2] [1] K–12 is an abbreviation of kindergarten (K) for 5– 6-year-olds through twelfth grade (12) for 17–18-year-olds, corresponding to the first and last grades, respectively, of free basic education in the USA. [2] This study was approved by the University of Pittsburgh Institutional Review Board under the number STUDY19100176.

Community Psychology in Emergencies and Disasters: Experience Report

Community Psychology in Emergencies and Disasters: Experience Report

Interpersonal Motor Coordination in Children with Autism and the Establishment of Machine Learning Models to Objectively Classify Children with Autism and Typical Development

BackgroundThe global prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is around 1%. Yet the current diagnosis of ASD mainly depends on clinicians' experience and caregivers' report, which are subjective, time consuming, and labor demanding. An objective and efficient way to diagnose ASD is urgently needed. The objective of this study was to quantify an omnipresent yet least studied behavioral characteristic in children with ASD – interpersonal motor coordination (IMC), and to investigate the feasibility of using IMC related features to identify ASD by implementing machine learning algorithms. MethodsTwenty children with ASD and twenty-three children with typical development (TD) were filmed in a conversation with an interviewer. Motion energy analysis was implemented to obtain the movement time series, and cross wavelet analysis (CWA) quantified the level of IMC at different movement frequencies. Machine learning algorithms were utilized to examine whether these two groups of children could be accurately classified using features of IMC. ResultsStatistical analysis revealed reduced IMC in the ASD group at relatively high movement frequencies. The establishment of machine learning (ML) models showed that the maximum classification accuracy was 85.37% (specificity = 95.24%, sensitivity = 75.00%) using five original coherence values computed with CWA. In addition, the classification accuracy could be improved to 92.68% (specificity = 95.24%, sensitivity = 90.00%) with three novel features created by taking the sum of statistically significant features. ConclusionsChildren with ASD demonstrated an atypical profile of IMC, and IMC could be used to objectively classify children with ASD and TD. In addition, our analyses showed that creating novel features based on statistically significant features could help improve classification performance. It is proposed that such economic, contactless, and calibration-free approach to data collection might well serve both ASD research and practice, particularly early objective identification. However, this study could be improved with respect to larger sample size with balanced gender ratio and different severity.

PSYCHIATRIC DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION IN BRAZIL

The Brazilian Psychiatric Reform is a movement that seeks to transform the mental health care model, promoting the deinstitutionalization and social inclusion of people with mental disorders. In this context, Therapeutic Residences represent an alternative to psychiatric institutionalization, offering residential support for individuals who face these disorders and need family or community support, aiming for their social reintegration. This experience report seeks, therefore, to share the experience of a team from the Family Health Strategy in the city of Rio de Janeiro-RJ after one year of monitoring residents of a Therapeutic Residence.

Evaluation of Language Dysfunction among Untreated Patients with Psychosis Attending the Psychiatry Inpatient Services of a Tertiary Healthcare Centre from North India: A Cross-sectional Study

Background: Psychosis, encompassing conditions such as schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder with psychotic features, presents a perplexing landscape where language dysfunction emerges as a notable hallmark. Compared to classical psychotic symptoms (such as delusions and hallucinations), language disorganization can be directly observed, and it is not dependent upon subjective reports of abnormal experiences on part of the patient. Consequently, it has been regarded by researchers as a more objective and informative clinical marker of brain dysfunction in psychosis. There is a dearth of Indian studies in this domain and when compared to international studies, a strong need for revival of research has been felt. Aim: To evaluate language dysfunction among first-admission untreated patients of psychosis using the clinical language disorder rating scale (CLANG). Methodology: In this cross-sectional study, language dysfunction among 60 untreated psychotic patients who attended the psychiatry inpatient services of a tertiary care center from North India in the period from January 2022 to October 2023 were evaluated for the presence of language dysfunction using a valid tool called CLANG after taking approval from the Institutional Ethical Committee and with the informed consent of the patients and/or their caregivers. Data set for 60 patients regarding the sociodemographic-clinical profile and language dysfunction was obtained. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics as appropriate. Results: Diagnosis-wise, most of our patients belonged to schizophrenia (n = 26) (43.33%). Rest of them psychotic disorders like bipolar affective disorder with psychotic symptoms (15%) and schizoaffective disorder (11.67%) to name a few. The most commonly affected language domains in our patients were referential failures (65%), discourse failures (46.67%) and lack of semantic association (16.67%). Schizophrenics were differentiated from non-schizophrenic psychosis patients based on lack of semantic association (exclusively seen in schizophrenics). Referential failures and discourse failures were commonly noted in both schizophrenia and non-schizophrenic psychotic disorders. Poverty of speech was rather predominant in mood disorders with psychotic symptoms. Conclusion: The findings of our study put emphasis on the fact that language dysfunction is a core component of the phenomenon of psychosis and perhaps revalidates the neural basis of psychosis. The domain ‘lack of semantic association’ was typically present in patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, while other language abnormalities like referential failures and abnormal prosody were generally present in patients of untreated psychosis.

Evaluating competency-based medical education: a systematized review of current practices

BackgroundFew published articles provide a comprehensive overview of the available evidence on the topic of evaluating competency-based medical education (CBME) curricula. The purpose of this review is therefore to synthesize the available evidence on the evaluation practices for competency-based curricula employed in schools and programs for undergraduate and postgraduate health professionals.MethodThis systematized review was conducted following the systematic reviews approach with minor modifications to synthesize the findings of published studies that examined the evaluation of CBME undergraduate and postgraduate programs for health professionals.ResultsThirty-eight articles met the inclusion criteria and reported evaluation practices in CBME curricula from various countries and regions worldwide, such as Canada, China, Turkey, and West Africa. 57% of the evaluated programs were at the postgraduate level, and 71% were in the field of medicine. The results revealed variation in reporting evaluation practices, with numerous studies failing to clarify evaluations’ objectives, approaches, tools, and standards as well as how evaluations were reported and communicated. It was noted that questionnaires were the primary tool employed for evaluating programs, often combined with interviews or focus groups. Furthermore, the utilized evaluation standards considered the well-known competencies framework, specialized association guidelines, and accreditation criteria.ConclusionThis review calls attention to the importance of ensuring that reports of evaluation experiences include certain essential elements of evaluation to better inform theory and practice.

Contributions of the internship at the Humpback Whale Project to academic training: experience report

Contributions of the internship at the Humpback Whale Project to academic training: experience report

Languaging and Practices: Intimations of a Singular Ontology

Abstract The paper rejects both mentalism and reduction of the trait of Language (capital L) to linguistic phenomena. What is termed lingualism is replaced by tracing wordings to practices that unite metabolism, coordinative activity and linguistic history. Like other partly cultural, partly natural traits (e.g. grazing), languaging enacts modelling (Sebeok 1988). In Yu’s (2021) terms, it extends how supersession informs morphogenesis, agency, sensing and acting. Having challenged lingualism, one deflates reports of experience. Appeal to practices and ontologies (not ontology) posit linguistic ‘objects’ or, in Sellars’s terms, versions of the Myth of the Given. With Sellars, therefore, I rethink the analytic/synthetic divide around the normative power of languaging. On such a view, practices, nonhumans and humans co-evolve with manifest and scientific modes of acting that are constituted by unknowable singular ontology. Knowing is inextricable from languaging and how the resources of cultural modelling are rendered and grasped by using the (simplexifying) powers of living human beings.

Expanding foresight practitioner excellence: Assessment of practitioner evaluation capacity

AbstractForesight evaluation is an emerging area of evaluation practice. In 2021, the Association of Professional Futurists (APF) conducted a survey of foresight practitioners to assess their capacity to conduct quality evaluation. Results suggest a moderate level of evaluation capacity exists amongst the APF membership, though the use of evaluation is low overall. Respondents with evaluation experience report being able to do both process and impact evaluations. Additionally, foresight practitioners understand the importance of evaluation, particularly to improve their foresight practice, and use evaluation findings for multiple reasons. However, respondents indicate the barriers to the evaluation of foresight are numerous. One group of factors is related to a lack of knowledge about evaluation and how to collect and analyze data related to the evaluation of foresight. Other barriers were attributed to the perceived lack of appreciation of the value of evaluation of foresight by clients and funders. Lastly, study findings speak to the need for a multifaceted approach with diverse resources to strengthen individual and organizational foresight evaluation capacity.

Guidance booklet on violence against the elderly as an educational Tecnology: experience report

With the understanding that the issue of violence against elderly people, the relevance of implementing strategies to mitigate the damage suffered by elderly people who are victims of violence is evident. The objective of this article is to describe as an experience report the construction of the guidance booklet on violence against the elderly as an educational technology. This is an experience report work, with a qualitative, descriptive approach developed through the Center for Adult and Elderly Health Studies in Educational Technologies (NESAIted), which seeks to develop educational technologies through research that aims to facilitate the understanding common themes in everyday life, which are often neglected. This article is based on the following discussions: understanding the construction of the booklet as an educational technology and the information booklet as an educational technology on violence against the elderly. Furthermore, in an increasingly “digital” panorama, the notification of reports of violence against the elderly available for planning and directing effective actions is much more than having access to information and sharing knowledge. The informative booklet on screen in this article highlights the importance of society's action in situations with a potential risk of violence against the elderly with a view to preventing it.

Ethnographic profile and difficulties in accessing oral health care in Amazon region – an experience report

The Indigenous People living in the surrounding areas of the lower course of the Amazon River have little and outdated epidemiological information on oral health. The access to oral health is a distant reality for this population and the precariousness of primary health care in these regions is alarming, thus access to oral health care becomes an unmet need. Objective: This experience report aims to contribute to a critical reflection on the barriers to access to oral health for the Sateré-Mawé Indigenous People of the Andirá-Marau Indigenous Reserve (Amazonas, Brazil). Case report: Traditional medicine practiced by healers proved to be active in the region, nevertheless, the precariousness of access to institutionalized health in Indigenous Health Districts is also part of the reality of these peoples, being justified by the difficulty of traveling to the regions with professionals and specialists. This situation reflects on the sparse results of the available health surveys, which show they have worse oral health conditions compared to the non-indigenous population. Conclusion: After daily experience, it was possible to register that more adequate sanitary approaches are needed that meet real needs of this community.

Breast cancer in young women: training for primary care nurses

Objective: To report on the experience of training nurses working in Primary Health Care. Method: Experience report on an online training held in March 2022, addressing breast cancer in young women (<40 years) for nurses working in primary care. Results: Six nurses took part in the training. The use of Health Information and Communication Technologies was shown to be an important tool for promoting educational activities. The action contributed to the practice of the nurses, who were satisfied with the approach taken, and the majority (83.7%) replicated the information. The provision of complementary educational materials helped positively in understanding the content. Conclusion: The role of nurses and the implementation of ICTs as a care tool in health promotion in PHC was highlighted, with a view to raising awareness and early detection of breast cancer in the target audience.