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Writing Bragg Gratings in Multicore Fibers
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2016
We describe a technique for inscribing identical fiber Bragg gratings into each core of a multicore fiber. This is achieved by introducing an additional surface into the optical path to mitigate lensing by the curved surface of the fiber cladding.
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Scientific Measurement and Lab Skills - Concepts
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2020
Two-Dimensional Graphs Some chemistry experiments take the form of directly changing one property of the system that you are studying otherwise known as the independent variable, like temperature, and measuring the effects on another property, otherwise known as the dependent variable, like volume. Once the data have been collected, the interaction between the two parameters must be quantified — or converted into a form that can be evaluated — and compared to other relationships.
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Using Virtual Reality to Transfer Motor Skill Knowledge from One Hand to Another
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2017
We describe a novel virtual-reality based setup which exploits voluntary control of one hand to improve motor-skill performance in the other (non-trained) hand. This is achieved by providing real-time movement-based sensory feedback as if the non-trained hand is moving. This new approach may be used to enhance rehabilitation of patients with unilateral hemiparesis.
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Guidelines for Writing Outcome
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2023
When developing expected outcomes for a patient care plan, the nurse should adhere to the following recommendations: Patient outcomes reflect the patient's response to the goal rather than what the nurse aims to achieve. Terminology should be observable and measurable to avoid the reader's interpretation. The desired outcome should be realistic and achievable in the designated care timeframe. Expected outcomes should align with adjunctive therapies. The outcome should enhance care evaluation by...
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Development of a Virtual Reality Assessment of Everyday Living Skills
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2014
A challenge for proving treatment efficacy for cognitive impairments in schizophrenia is finding the optimizing measurement of skills related to everyday functioning. The Virtual Reality Functional Capacity Assessment Tool (VRFCAT) is an interactive gaming based computerized measure aimed at skills associated with everyday functioning, including baseline impairments and treatment related changes.
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Progress depends on coordination among language knowledge, fine-motor control, visual attention, memory, and symbol understanding. A child may know what they want to communicate but still need motor control to form marks or visual attention to distinguish and reproduce letters. Considering these linked behaviors helps explain why development may be uneven across different writing activities.
Sound-letter relationships connect spoken language with written symbols, while writing a name provides a meaningful context for practicing letters and their formation. These activities strengthen the relationship between language knowledge, memory, and written representation. They also give instruction a focused way to examine how children apply emerging knowledge during personally relevant writing tasks.
Visual attention helps children attend to the forms and details of marks or letters, while memory supports retaining letter forms, sounds, and learned writing patterns. When either behavior is still developing, a child may show difficulty sustaining or reproducing writing-related actions. Observing these differences can help identify specific learning barriers rather than treating writing performance as a single ability.
Instruction can provide practice with drawing, forming letters, connecting sounds with letters, and writing names. These activities address different parts of early writing development while allowing children to communicate through increasingly organized marks and symbols. Using several forms of practice helps instruction attend to language, motor, visual, and memory-related behaviors before conventional sentence writing emerges.
Researchers can examine how children initiate writing activities, how long they sustain participation, and how they respond during those activities. These observations provide behavioral information beyond the marks on a page, including engagement and responses that may signal progress or barriers. Such evidence can support assessment of literacy development and guide targeted instructional decisions.
Observations are useful when educators or researchers need to identify developmental progress, locate learning barriers, or evaluate which aspects of writing require support. Findings can inform effective instruction and targeted interventions, while repeated attention to children’s writing behaviors can contribute to literacy assessment. In behavior research, the focus remains on observable initiation, persistence, and responses during writing activities.