Epidemiological Methods: Concepts and Applications
Epidemiological Methods
Epidemiological Methods: The application of scientific method to the field of epidemiology, the phenomena of population health, to understand the causal factors of community health problems.
Limitations
- Variability of phenomena
- Multiple causality of health issues
- Experimentation challenges
- Epidemiological research requires population collaboration
Stages of Epidemiological Research
- Sample epidemiological phenomenon
- Data tabulation and comparison
- Developing a hypothesis (H)
- Experimental
Teacher’s Role in Mediated Learning: Cognitive & Social Growth
The Role of the Teacher/Mediator
Learning is a socially mediated process, which pushes students to go beyond what they can do alone. Mediation is a process of interaction between the human organism in development and adult experience. It implements the features that guide the teaching process, established in three categories:
A) Cognitive
- Intentionality and Reciprocity: The mediator establishes goals and objectives and is selected to share with the student’s intentions in a mutual process. The reciprocity
Interactive Graph Search: Efficient Strategies for Navigating Decision Graphs
Interactive Graph Search
Ahmet Deniz
Introduction
We study Interactive Graph Search (IGS), with the conceptual objective of departing from the conventional “top-down” strategy in searching a poly-hierarchy, also known as a decision graph. In IGS, a machine assists a human in looking for a target node z in an acyclic directed graph G, by repetitively asking questions. In each question, the machine picks a node u in G, asks a human “is there a path from u to z?”, and takes a boolean answer from the human.
Read MoreWorkplace Safety and Health: Understanding Risks
Item 8: Safety and Health at Work
1. Work and Health
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not just the absence of disease or infirmity. It includes three aspects: physical health, social health, and mental health.
Health, from a multidisciplinary concept: When we discuss the working conditions that may pose a risk factor, we must do so from a holistic perspective.
Working Condition: Any job characteristic that may have a significant
Read MoreHospital Pharmacy: Essential Practices and Standards
Hospital Pharmacy: Definition and Scope
Hospital pharmacy is a specialized field of pharmacy that is integrated into the care of a medical center. These include centers such as a hospital, outpatient clinic, drug dependency facility, poison control center, drug information center, or residential care facility.
Scope of Hospital Pharmacy
- To ensure the availability of the right medication at the right time in the right dose at the minimum possible cost.
- To professionalize the functioning of pharmaceutical
Dental Epidemiology: Methods, Uses, and Applications
Epidemiology
Two objectives of epidemiology in dentistry are:
- Collection of data to uncover biological processes. Teeth form the biological process of disease.
- To establish relationships between events and variables.
What is a Hypothesis and How is it Tested?
A hypothesis is a ratio that establishes relationships between events and variables and requires a verification method.
The Difference Between Research in Physical and Biological Sciences
The physical sciences study the physical phenomena of matter,
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