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Xiao, Yan, Jacqueline Moss, Colin F. Mackenzie, F. Jacob Seagull, and Samer Faraj. "Transactive Responsibility Systems and High Reliability Teams: A Tentative Formulation." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 46, no. 16 (September 2002): 1428–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193120204601605.
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Understanding how teams perform successfully in high-risk settings can provide us with insights into the processes by which safety is created. Building upon previous field and laboratory studies, we propose a tentative formulation of a concept, transactive responsibility system, to account for the intricate, complex responsibility system emerged in team interaction. With a transactive responsibility system, a team can deal with the challenges of conflicting goals of training and performing and rapidly changing work environments found in many settings. A set of measurement proposals is made to illustrate the potential practical use of the concept. Potential impact on training is speculated.
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D. Hall-Ellis, Sylvia. "Reward systems promote high-performance work teams achieving library mission." Bottom Line 27, no. 2 (August 5, 2014): 66–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bl-04-2014-0011.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss that development and recognition of human capital is a shared responsibility reflecting a delicate balance with employees on one side and the organization on the other. Conveying the message that employees matter, are valued contributors and will be rewarded improves morale, builds trust and expands opportunities for growth, through challenging assignments, improving performance and furthering skill development. Design/methodology/approach – The typical organizational structure in a library is made up of three key components: formal reporting relationships, the identification of groupings of individuals into departments or teams and the design of systems that ensures effective communication, coordination and integration of efforts across units. What steps can a library administrator take to reimagine and implement a responsive rewards system? Findings – There are five recommendations for library administrators to develop and implement a rewards system. Originality/value – New thought piece on this topic.
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Johnson, Susan Moore, Stefanie Reinhorn, and Nicole Simon. "Ending Isolation: The Payoff of Teacher Teams in Successful High-Poverty Urban Schools." Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education 120, no. 5 (May 2018): 1–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016146811812000502.
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Background/Context Many urban schools today look to instructional teams as a means to decrease professional isolation, promote teachers’ ongoing development, and substantially reduce well-documented variation in teachers’ effectiveness across classrooms. Recent research finds that teams can contribute to teachers’ development and increased student achievement. However, research also suggests that teams often fail and that most schools are not organized to ensure their success. Therefore, it is important to learn more about how teams function in successful schools, how teachers experience them, and what factors contribute to their success. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study Data for this article were drawn from a comparative case study focusing on the human-capital practices in six successful high-poverty, high-minority schools (traditional, turnaround, restart, and charter), all located in one Massachusetts city. Each school was affected by a distinct set of state and local policies. Here, we focus on the schools’ approaches to professional learning and collaboration among teachers. Did they rely on teams, and, if so, what purposes did the teams serve, and how were they organized? How did teachers assess their experience with teams? What role did administrators play? Were there notable school-to-school differences in how these teams were organized and managed? Research Design/Data Collection and Analysis For this qualitative, comparative case study, we conducted semistructured interviews with 142 teachers, administrators, and other staff in six elementary and middle schools. Interview protocols encouraged participants to discuss their school's approach to teachers’ professional learning and work with colleagues. During school visits, we also observed a wide range of day-to-day practices and collected documents describing school policies and practices. We coded our data with both emic and etic topical codes and used various matrices to analyze responses within and across the sites. Conclusions/Recommendations Five schools relied on teams as a central mechanism for school improvement, dedicating substantial blocks of time each week to teachers’ meetings. Teams focused on matters of content (curriculum, lesson plans, and student achievement) and the student cohort (individual progress, group behavior, and organizational culture). Teachers valued their work on teams, saying that it supported their instruction and contributed to their school's success by creating coherence across classrooms and shared responsibility for students. Factors that supported teams included having a worthy purpose in support of the school's mission; sufficient, regular time for meetings; engaged support by administrators; and facilitation by trained teacher-leaders.
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Tarigan, Roy Bastian, Abdul Munir, and M. Rajab Lubis. "Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran Kooperatif dan Kecerdasan Emosional Terhadap Tanggung Jawab Siswa Dalam Mata Pelajaran Pendidikan Jasmani Olahraga Yayasan Pendidikan SMP Santo Xaverius 1 Kabanjahe." Tabularasa: Jurnal Ilmiah Magister Psikologi 2, no. 2 (July 9, 2020): 127–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.31289/tabularasa.v2i2.306.
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The objectives of this study are: (1) To find out the significant effect differences between the use of Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD) learning methods and Jigsaw learning methods on student responsibility, (2) To determine the significant difference in influence between students who have emotional intelligence towards student responsibility, (3) To determine the interaction of influence between learning models and emotional intelligence on student responsibility. The subject of this study was the eighth grade students of Santo Xaverius 1 Junior High School, namely class VIII-1 who used the STAD learning method and class VIII-3 using the Jigsaw method. The results of the study were: (1) the average responsibility of students taught by the Jigsaw learning method = 87.96 higher than the learning outcomes of students taught by the STAD learning method = 66.3 with Fcount = 1.127 Ftable = 4.006, (2) the average responsibility of students with high emotional intelligence = 86.68 higher than the responsibility of students with low emotional intelligence = 60.76 with Fcount = 7.749 Ftable = 4.009, (3) There is no interaction between learning models and emotional intelligence on student responsibility with Fcount = 2.239 Ftable = 2.683
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Perwira, Reza, Neneng Sri Rahayu, and Asropi Asropi. "A MODEL OF COLLABORATIVE GOVERNANCE FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION BOOK ASSESSMENT PROGRAM." International Journal of Business, Law, and Education 4, no. 2 (June 17, 2023): 428–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.56442/ijble.v4i2.182.
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The religious education book assessment (REBA) program is one of the national book governances in Indonesia implemented by the Ministry of Religious Affairs collaboratively. However, this program is considered to have not divided the functions of stakeholders appropriately in accordance with the concept of collaborative governance and national book regulations which are the responsibility of the government, private sector and community. The results show: (1) stakeholder functions are based on variable indicators of collaboration by dividing responsibility among six program implementation teams (verifiers, IT teams, book assessors, supervisors, supervisors, and instrument developers). (2) The collaboration model of this program refers to the principles of collaboration dynamics: face-to-face, motivational sharing, attractive communication, knowledge, and high adaptability. (3) Macro collaboration between the government, private sector, and community needs to be optimized to support REBA programs that are oriented towards producing religious education books that are suitable for use by the community.
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Moncton, David E. "The Advanced Photon Source: Performance and Results from Early Operation." Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 5, no. 3 (May 1, 1998): 155–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s0909049597015410.
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The Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory is now providing researchers with high-brilliance undulator radiation from below 1 keV to beyond 100 keV. All technical facilities and components are operational and have met design specifications. Fourteen research teams, with responsibility for 40 beamlines on the APS experiment hall floor, are currently installing beamline instrumentation or actively taking data. An overview is presented for the first operational year of the Advanced Photon Source. Emphasis is on the performance of accelerators and insertion devices, as well as early scientific results and future plans.
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De Brún, Aoife, Sabrina Anjara, Una Cunningham, Zuneera Khurshid, Steve Macdonald, Róisín O’Donovan, Lisa Rogers, and Eilish McAuliffe. "The Collective Leadership for Safety Culture (Co-Lead) Team Intervention to Promote Teamwork and Patient Safety." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 22 (November 22, 2020): 8673. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228673.
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Traditional hierarchical leadership has been implicated in patient safety failings internationally. Given that healthcare is almost wholly delivered by multidisciplinary teams, there have been calls for a more collective and team-based approach to the sharing of leadership and responsibility for patient safety. Although encouraging a collective approach to accountability can improve the provision of high quality and safe care, there is a lack of knowledge of how to train teams to adopt collective leadership. The Collective Leadership for Safety Cultures (Co-Lead) programme is a co-designed intervention for multidisciplinary healthcare teams. It is an open-source resource that offers teams a systematic approach to the development of collective leadership behaviours to promote effective teamworking and enhance patient safety cultures. This paper provides an overview of the co-design, pilot testing, and refining of this novel intervention prior to its implementation and discusses key early findings from the evaluation. The Co-Lead intervention is grounded in the real-world experiences and identified needs and priorities of frontline healthcare staff and management and was co-designed based on the evidence for collective leadership and teamwork in healthcare. It has proven feasible to implement and effective in supporting teams to lead collectively to enhance safety culture. This intervention overview will be of value to healthcare teams and practitioners seeking to promote safety culture and effective teamworking by supporting teams to lead collectively.
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Barry, Erin S., Karlen S. Bader-Larsen, Holly S. Meyer, Steven J. Durning, and Lara Varpio. "Leadership and Followership in Military Interprofessional Health Care Teams." Military Medicine 186, Supplement_3 (October 26, 2021): 7–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usab118.
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ABSTRACT Introduction The U.S. Military has long been aware of the vital role effective leaders play in high-functioning teams. Recently, attention has also been paid to the role of followers in team success. However, despite these investigations, the leader-follower dynamic in military interprofessional health care teams (MIHTs) has yet to be studied. Although interprofessional health care teams have become a topic of increasing importance in the civilian literature, investigations of MIHTs have yet to inform that body of work. To address this gap, our research team set out to study MIHTs, specifically focusing on the ways in which team leaders and followers collaborate in MIHTs. We asked what qualities of leadership and followership support MIHT collaboration? Materials and Methods This study was conducted using semi-structured interviews within a grounded theory methodology. Participants were purposefully sampled, representing military health care professionals who had experience working within or leading one or many MIHTs. Thirty interviews were conducted with participants representing a broad range of military health care providers and health care specialties (i.e., 11 different health professions), ranks (i.e., officers and enlisted military members), and branches of the U.S. Military (i.e., Army, Navy, and Air Force). Data were collected and analyzed in iterative cycles until thematic saturation was achieved. The subsets of data for leadership and followership were further analyzed separately, and the overlap and alignment across these two datasets were analyzed. Results The insights and themes developed for leadership and followership had significant overlap. Therefore, we present the study’s key findings following the two central themes that participants expressed, and we include the perspectives from both leader and follower viewpoints to illustrate each premise. These themes are as follows: (1) a unique collaborative dynamic emerges when team members commit to a shared mission and a shared sense of responsibility to achieve that mission; and (2) embracing and encouraging both leader and follower roles can benefit MIHT collaboration. Conclusions This study focused on ways in which team leaders and followers on MIHTs collaborate. Findings focused on qualities of leadership and followership that support MIHT’s collaboration and found that MIHTs have a commitment to a shared mission and a shared sense of responsibility to achieve that mission. From this foundational position of collective responsibility to achieve a common goal, MIHTs develop ways of collaborating that enable leaders and followers to excel to include (1) understanding your role and the roles of others; (2) mutual respect; (3) flexibility; and (4) emotional safety. The study data suggest that MIHT members work along a continuum of leadership and followership, which may shift at any moment. Military interprofessional health care teams members are advised to be adaptive to these shared roles and contextual changes. We recommend that all members of MIHTs acquire leadership and followership training to enhance team performance.
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Bellini, Carlo Gabriel Porto, Rita de Cássia de Faria Pereira, and João Luiz Becker. "Organizational structure and enterprise systems implementation." Information Technology & People 29, no. 3 (August 1, 2016): 527–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/itp-04-2014-0076.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the structural design of customer teams (CuTes) working with external teams to implement customized information systems (IS). Design consists of theoretically based measures and a first set of real-world, empirical values. Design/methodology/approach – A search in the organizational literature suggested that the adhocracy is the preferred structure for CuTes. Adhocracy-like measures were then developed and applied to a high-performance CuTe to reveal a first benchmark for a team’s adhocratic design. Findings – High-performance CuTes do not necessarily implement the adhocratic principles to the highest degree. Research limitations/implications – It is still open whether all the structural measures described here are necessary and sufficient to describe the adhocracy-like structural design of CuTes. Practical implications – The CuTe is highlighted as the key incumbent of cooperation with the technology supplier and consultants in terms of project authority and responsibility. A psychometric instrument and real-world values are proposed as a reference for the structural design of high-performance CuTes. Social implications – The performance of IS projects is a social concern, since IS products should be aimed at serving people better both inside and outside the organization. Professionals who work in CuTes to develop better IS should receive institutional recognition and management attention. Originality/value – This study seems to be the first to discuss the structure of CuTes in customized IS projects from a theoretical and applied perspective.
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Ellis, N., M. Quraishy, C. M. Grubb, D. Codling, and J. Harrison. "Student psychiatry audit and research collaborative (SPARC): A new UK initiative to improve recruitment in psychiatry." European Psychiatry 41, S1 (April 2017): S735—S736. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.1349.
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IntroductionThe UK has longstanding problems with psychiatry recruitment. Various initiatives aim to improve psychiatry's image among medical students, but involve research and none are student-led. Providing opportunities to take part in psychiatry research and quality improvement could increase the number of students who choose to enter the speciality.ObjectivesWe have developed the student psychiatry audit and research collaborative (SPARC), a student-led initiative for nationwide collaboration in high-quality research and audits.MethodsOur model is inspired by the success of the UK Student audit and research in surgery (STARSurg). Area teams, located in medical schools, take part in multi-centre projects. The area teams consist of medical students, who have the main responsibility for collecting data; a junior doctor, to supervise the process; and a consultant, with overall responsibility for patient care. The data collected centrally and analysed by a team of medical students and doctors. Student leads from each site are named authors on resulting papers. All other students are acknowledged and are able to present the work.ResultsWe have completed our first audits in Cardiff and London; other sites will return data in 2017. Student feedback indicated a high level of satisfaction with the project and interest in psychiatry as a future career.ConclusionsThis initiative aims to tackle the recruitment problems in psychiatry by giving students a chance to take part in high quality research and audits.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Dick, Bob. "Democratic alternatives to hierarchy – why so few?" IJAR – International Journal of Action Research 19, no. 1 (May 31, 2023): 50–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.3224/ijar.v19i1.04.
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Examples are briefly described of organizations that offer a perspective to complement the experience of industrial democracy inNorway and Mondragon. The examples are organizations choosing a structure and culture that minimize hierarchy. They provide a less traditional approach to balancing political and socio-technical participation. To do so they devolve responsibility for coordination of effort and expertise to individuals and teams most directly providing the effort and expertise. This gives the individuals and teams high autonomy. Examples include a university class, action learning projects in community and organizational settings, and a voluntary self-organizing network of facilitators. In addition, a small sample of organizations from the larger sample documented by Corporate Rebels (https://corporate-rebels.com/) is also briefly described and compared. Finally, the examples are located within other, wider, changes taking place.
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Dyer, Wendy, and Paul Biddle. "‘Enhanced Support for High Intensity Users of the Criminal Justice System’: An Evaluation of Mental Health Nurse Input into Integrated Offender Management Services in the North East of England." Social Policy and Society 15, no. 1 (February 18, 2015): 43–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474746415000044.
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The current UK Government's focus on the development of services to manage and support offenders with mental health problems has resulted in a number of innovative project developments. This research examines a service development in the North East of England which co-located mental health nurses with two Integrated Offender Management teams. While not solving all problems, the benefits of co-location were clear, although such innovations are now at risk from government changes which will make Integrated Offender Management the responsibility of new providers without compelling them to co-operate with health services.
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LUCIANO, CARL S., MATTHEW W. YOUNG, and ROBIN R. PATTERSON. "Bacteriophage: A Model System for Active Learning." Microbiology Education 3, no. 1 (May 2002): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/me.3.1.1-6.2002.
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Although bacteriophage provided a useful model system for the development of molecular biology, its simplicity, accessibility, and familiarity have not been fully exploited in the classroom. We describe a student-centered laboratory course in which student teams selected phage from sewage samples and characterized the phage in a semester-long project that modeled real-life scientific research. The course used an instructional approach that included active learning, collaboration, and learning by inquiry. Cooperative student teams had primary responsibility for organizing the content of the course, writing to learn using a journal article format, involving the entire group in shared laboratory responsibilities, and applying knowledge to the choice of new experiments. The results of student evaluations indicated a high level of satisfaction with the course. Our positive experience with this course suggests that phage provides an attractive model system for an active-learning classroom.
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Tran, Henry, Jingtong Dou, Rose Ylimaki, and Lyntte Brunderman. "How Do Distributed and Transformational Leadership Teams Improve Working Conditions and Student Learning in Underperforming High-Needs Schools?" European Journal of Educational Management 5, no. 1 (June 15, 2022): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.12973/eujem.5.1.1.
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Theories of distributed leadership suggest that organizational learning and change results not from the efforts of a single individual, but rather from a network of people working within their broader systems. Team empowering leadership enhances human resources development of the organization to promote the sharing of knowledge that is necessary for change. In this study, we study transformational and distributed leadership team that have been linked to improving working conditions and students’ learning in high-needs schools. Specifically, we highlight a team-based intervention where positive organizational improvements were made to academically struggling schools, and then qualitatively examined the associated processes to understand what enabled the occurrence of those positive changes. We find that the team structure allowed for the clarification of expectations, enhancement of communication, and improvement of educator working conditions through professional development support and distribution of leadership responsibility, which ultimately resulted in improvement in school culture and performance.</p>
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Pilco, Ruth E. Quispe, Sofia C. A. Rodriguez Venturo, Rómulo L. Cruz-Simbrón, Jeffrey Javier Ramírez-Gramber, Víctor Eduardo Vásquez-Ortiz, Carlos Leonardo Julián, Julio E. Valdivia-Silva, and H. Saul Pérez-Montaño. "Conformation of an Astrobiology Interdisciplinary Research Group: The “Team Killalab” Case Study." Proceedings 24, no. 1 (June 4, 2019): 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/iecg2019-06197.
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The development of new technologies in recent years has highlighted interdisciplinarity as a tool to solve complex problems faced by scientists and engineers in research work. Worldwide, the area of space science, specifically astrobiology, has had more than 25 missions with high technological development and economic returns. However, the success of interdisciplinary teams requires collaboration, responsibility, and leadership on the part of all members to prioritize the main objectives of the research. Likewise, the formation of interdisciplinary teams can be affected because there is little information about the strategies and tools that recognize the opportunity for constant interaction between subjects from engineering and science. Using a known methodology based on other recent proposals, we include a description of the conformation and behavior of a research team and an analysis of interdisciplinarity through the interrelation and level of dependence of the existing subject categories in the “Killalab” team. In this research, we present the ensemble interdisciplinary group “Killalab” and its implications for the realization of astrobiological investigations.
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Zhang, Lin, Shenjiang Mo, Honghui Chen, and Jintao Wu. "Can corporate philanthropy be driven from the bottom to the top? Evidence from China." Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 11, no. 5 (August 8, 2019): 841–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sampj-08-2018-0206.
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Purpose This paper aims to demonstrate that corporate philanthropy can be driven from the bottom to the top. In particular, the authors investigate whether employees’ donations influence corporate philanthropy and under what conditions this effect occurs. Design/methodology/approach The sample consists of Chinese listed firms that disclosed the amount employees donated in response to the Sichuan earthquake in 2008. The Heckman two-stage selection model is applied to examine the effect of employees’ donations on corporate philanthropy and the conditions under which this effect occurs. Findings The results show that employees’ donations are positively associated with corporate philanthropy. Furthermore, a higher percentage of females in top management teams can significantly strengthen the effect of employees’ donations on corporate philanthropy. When the average age of the top management team members is high, the influence of employees’ donations on corporate philanthropy is stronger. Practical implications This is an empirical study that helps to predict corporate philanthropy. Another practical implication is that employees should be recognized as an important element of corporate social responsibility. Social implications The results encourage employees to become drivers of corporate social responsibility. Originality/value This study contributes to the corporate social responsibility literature by demonstrating that corporate philanthropy can be driven from the bottom to the top. Moreover, this study integrates signaling theory into the study of corporate social responsibility. Finally, this study identifies two important contingent factors that strengthen the effect of employees on top managers’ decisions about corporate social responsibility.
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Kumalasari, Nadya, Rinanti Rahayunig Bekti, and Djazuly Chalidyanto. "THE FACTORS PERFORMANCE OF FAMILY PLANNING OFFICERS WITH ACHIEVEMENT NUMBER OF NEW FAMILY PLANNING PARTICIPANTS LONG-TERM CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS IN TUBAN REGENCY 2017." Indonesian Journal of Public Health 17, no. 3 (November 4, 2022): 488–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/ijph.v17i3.2022.488-499.
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Introduction: The target of new KB participants for the Long-Term Contraception Method (MKJP) that was not achieved and the decline in the achievement of the new KB MKJP is the responsibility of PKB. This is due to the role of PKB as the spearhead of the success of the family planning program in the field. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors of family planning counselor teamwork related to the achievements of the new MKJP family planning participants. Methods: This research is a descriptive quantitative study, using a cross-sectional design. Result: The results of this study found that 14 of the 20 PKB teams with good leadership teams experienced a low decline and the remaining six teams experienced a high decline. The category of decreasing participants is divided into two, namely the low decline is the team that has decreased from the previous year of 11.77% - 27.54%, while the high decline category is the team with a decrease from the previous year of 27.55% - 43.31%. Conclusion: This happens when the team implements mutual performance monitoring, backup behavior, adaptability, and loop communication properly, so the decrease in the achievement of new MKJP KB participants will be lower, and vice versa. When the workforce is able to work well together, by paying attention to the work of one team and trying to help each other in achieving the agreed goals, it will indirectly improve performance so that it will easily reach the target.
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Brawley, Lawrence R., Albert V. Carron, and W. Neil Widmeyer. "Assessing the Cohesion of Teams: Validity of the Group Environment Questionnaire." Journal of Sport Psychology 9, no. 3 (September 1987): 275–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jsp.9.3.275.
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The process of validating a recently developed instrument to assess perceived team cohesion is discussed. The Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ), an instrument designed to measure cohesion in sport teams, has good estimates for its internal consistency and for its content and factorial validity (Carron, Widmeyer, & Brawley, 1985; Widmeyer, Brawley, & Carron, 1985). However, other aspects of its validity required examination. The present article reports three studies concerning inspection of the GEQ's concurrent (Study 1), predictive (Study 2), and construct (Study 3) validities. In Study 1 the GEQ exhibited the predicted correspondence with similar measures of cohesion and was not significantly correlated with measures of other constructs. In Study 2 the GEQ successfully discriminated team and individual sport athletes by predicting their membership to these groups on the basis of their task cohesion scores. As well, classification of athletes as new and long-standing members of individual sport teams was predicted on the basis of their social cohesion scores. Finally, in Study 3 evidence was obtained for the predicted difference in self-responsibility attributions between high and low task-cohesive athletes of team sports. Considering the results of the three studies with previous evidence of content and factorial validity, the conclusion was that the GEQ is valid. In sum, demonstrations of the GEQ's content, factorial, concurrent, predictive, and construct validity reflect the ongoing process of its construct validation.
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Klatt, Stefanie, Benjamin Noël, André Nicklas, Karsten Schul, Florian Seifriz, Alessa Schwarting, and Frowin Fasold. "Gaze Behavior and Positioning of Referee Teams during Three-Point Shots in Basketball." Applied Sciences 11, no. 14 (July 20, 2021): 6648. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11146648.
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This study looks at the visual scan patterns of high-class basketball referees. Using mobile eye-tracking devices, referees’ gaze behavior was analyzed during the execution of three-point shots in the official pre-season games of Germany’s men’s professional basketball league. We evaluated the extent to which the referees fulfill the tasks assigned to them, where do they look, and to what extent does their gaze behavior overlap during a three-point shot. Results indicate that referees who are far away from the ball and are, therefore, not responsible for observing the actual shot, tend to comply with their areas of responsibility less often than referees standing nearer to the ball, i.e., they appear to observe the ball more than required (ball watching) at the expense of other areas that they are required to be observing at the beginning of the shooting process. However, referees spend a very small part of a three-point shot looking at the same areas of interest. This indicates that referee teams’ allocation of gaze is rather effective, remaining in line with FIBA recommendations and is presumably not the main cause for errors in officiating.
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Nordström, Marie, and Peter Strang. "High Degree of Satisfaction With the Support Given by Multidisciplinary Palliative Home Care Teams in the County of Stockholm." Journal of Palliative Care 33, no. 2 (March 7, 2018): 109–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0825859718759880.
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Objective: At the initiative of Stockholm County Council, a survey was performed by an independent investigator to evaluate satisfaction among patients and their families with the advanced palliative home care teams in the county of Stockholm. The survey was performed in 2010 and compiled in 2011. The aim was to evaluate the impressions of patients and their families of the support given by the palliative home care teams in the Stockholm area and to evaluate the management of symptom control, availability, continuity, confidence, and quality of communication. Methods: A questionnaire was sent to 1424 patients and 329 family members to evaluate the views of the users of the home care service. Results: The response rate was 78% among both patients and their families or other caregivers. The proportion of positive and very positive responses among those who needed the specific help of the team was as follows: information about the service 86%, availability around the clock 96%, influence and feeling of shared responsibility 88%, and possibility of family members to have supportive discussions 95%. Eighty-three percent of patients experienced total pain relief and 99% total or partial relief. The corresponding figures for anxiety were 77% and 97% and for other symptom reliefs 79% and 98%, respectively. These figures were comparable to a smaller survey in 2014 and were high compared to the results from other medical services using similar questionnaires. Significance of the Results: A high quality of care is possible to achieve within palliative home care services.
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Kosky, Nick, and Clifford Hoyle. "Secondary mental healthcare in prisons in England and Wales: results of a postal questionnaire." Psychiatrist 35, no. 12 (December 2011): 445–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.110.033274.
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Aims and methodPrison mental health inreach teams (PMHITs) were introduced in response to policy from 2003. This provision comes under the responsibility of the National Health Service. Service development and structure was not defined in policy. A total of 97 prisons of an estimated 100 known to have a PMHIT were targeted by postal questionnaire and responses covered 62 prisons. Team structures were captured in the data with specific regard to the number of available professional sessions.ResultsFindings determine there is generally no correlation between input and prison capacity, although there was some evidence of correlation in the high secure (category A) estate and that the female estate was generally better served.Clinical implicationsIt is evident from this study that PMHITs have evolved piecemeal, with no clear standards or equity across the estate. This is of concern.
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Handy, Jocelyn, and Lorraine Rowlands. "The systems psychodynamics of gendered hiring: Personal anxieties and defensive organizational practices within the New Zealand film industry." Human Relations 70, no. 3 (July 21, 2016): 312–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0018726716651690.
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This article uses systems psychodynamic concepts to explore the creation and reproduction of gendered inequality within the New Zealand film industry. The article focuses on the ways in which senior film production workers’ anxieties about hiring, or working with, women influence the process of assembling project teams. It suggests that the process of choosing team members creates considerable anxiety for both senior film production workers with responsibility for hiring and lower-status team members who need to rely on them to create high-functioning teams. The industry ideal of the autonomous creative worker is implicitly gendered, conforming more closely to traditional concepts of the unencumbered male worker than traditional ideals of femininity and motherhood. The antithesis between these representations creates anxiety, raising unconscious fears that women as a category are less trustworthy workers. Consequently, discriminatory hiring practices that diminish these anxieties become collectively accepted as rational responses to organizational problems and embedded within the social system as collectively endorsed defences against anxiety. Given that project-based employment is temporary, this pattern of discrimination against women is regularly repeated and contributes to entrenched gender inequality within the film industry. Qualitative data from interviews with 12 male and 13 female film production workers is presented to illustrate this analysis.
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Gapeyeva-Yukce, Liudmila, Juha Saukkonen, and Henna Kautto. "Shared Stressors and Stress Coping Strategies in Start-up Teams." European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship 17, no. 1 (September 7, 2022): 240–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.34190/ecie.17.1.688.
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Engaging in new entrepreneurial efforts sets many demands for individuals involved, and many of those demands impact the well-being of the people in a start-up company. One common issue linked to well-being is stress. Prior research has indicated that a majority of all entrepreneurs experience stress on a regular basis (e.g. Shepherd et al., 2010). Furthermore, a recent study by Wach et al. (2021) identified that entrepreneurial stress differs from the stress that salaried employees with no entrepreneurship responsibility face in their work. The “overall high and persistence level of stress” (Wach et al., 2021) calls for stress research focusing on entrepreneurial setup. Since entrepreneurship is a wide concept and entrepreneurs as a category includes a wide variety of entrepreneurial individuals and teams, an even tighter scoping of stress research is defendable. This study studied a sub-category of entrepreneurial organizations called early-stage start-ups. This cohort of companies faces lots of uncertainties concerning the market, technology, and competition. Thus, it can be logically argued that these companies have stressors that are typical to their stage of development as well as difficult to solve due to the scarce resources that a young start-up possesses. The research design adopted was based on treating entrepreneurial stress as a collective effort as well as putting emphasis on the dynamic and volatile nature of the presence of stress in daily start-up operations. The longitudinal approach (study period of 3 weeks) and team-based fresh (video) entries by the teams (4 start-up teams of 2 to 5 people each) were tackling some of the methodological challenges of prior research. Both the experienced stressors and the coping strategies used got recorded and subjected to thematic content analysis. The findings identified stress-related characteristics typical for team-based operating model and also communal coping strategies including those that are rarely reported in the studies of coping strategies on the individual level. The findings contribute academically to the theory-building on the well-being of entrepreneurs and on a pragmatic level for entrepreneurs acting in their typically stress-laden environment as well as for the support and educational organizations for entrepreneurship.
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Li, Ching Yen, Chao Sheng Liu, and Faradillah Amalia Rivai. "The Moderating Effect of Top Management Team’s Power on the Relationship between CPA Independence & Audit Quality." International Journal of Research in Vocational Studies (IJRVOCAS) 1, no. 4 (January 28, 2022): 46–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.53893/ijrvocas.v1i4.75.
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This research integrates the top management teams (TMT)power theory, CPA economic independence theory, and reputation maintenance theory to explore the impact on audit quality. This study used the sample of firms listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) and Taipei Exchange (TPEx) from 2009 to 2016. The empirical results show that as the TMT power of Taiwan companies increases, the audit quality is higher. It is different from the general research that the TMT will conduct earning management based on self-interested behavior. The inference is due to Taiwan's relatively high proportion of family companies. In the face of the trend of social responsibility and the requirements of regulatory agencies, the company’s strategy of maintaining corporate image and successfully operating over to the next generation is presented with high audit quality. In addition, when CPAs face important clients, the CPA’s economy depends on important customers is greater than the effect of reputation maintenance, the audit quality will be reduced. When the TMT power is greater, it will offset the CPA's economic independence effect and enhance the audit quality.
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Poole, Julia. "The delegate's dilemma: ACATre-assessment in hostels." Australian Health Review 23, no. 4 (2000): 181. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah000181.
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The provision for 'ageing in place' in the Aged Care Act of 1997 has provided an opportunity for hostel facilities tobroaden their scope of care for older people. Aged Care Assessment Teams (ACATs) are required to provide assessmentsto give approval for high or low level entry to these facilities, and to provide approval for reclassification from low tohigh care. However, guidelines for ACAT assessments are contradictory with respect to the Resident ClassificationScale (RCS) which provides the facility funding formula, thus creating gatekeeping compared with advocacydifficulties for the ACAT.If the facility can support a claim of high care need for a resident via the RCS but the ACAT (using different andless in-depth criteria) does not agree with that claim, then the care of that resident might be compromised due toinadequate funding. Recommendations made to solve this dilemma include conferring the right of the hostel staff toreclassify residents when necessary, with the responsibility for confirmation of that classification to remain with thetrained validation officers from the Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services, not the ACAT.
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Waluyo, Baskoro Nugroho Putro, Hanik Liskustyawati, Tri Aprilijanto Utomo, Agus Mukholid, and Ahmad Septiandika Adirahma. "Talent Guidance Assistance in Junior High School Basketball Extracurriculars in Sukoharjo Regency." GANDRUNG: Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat 4, no. 1 (February 9, 2023): 909–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.36526/gandrung.v4i1.2504.
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Talent scouting is part of the achievement development process. Basketball is an extracurricular activity owned by almost every junior high school. Sukoharjo Regency is one of the districts with basketball coaching conditions that depend on extracurricular coaching. The management of basketball extracurricular activities is not as good as that of a club or academy. Schools are generally only able to employ one coach for extracurricular basketball. The coach is responsible for simultaneously fostering the achievements of the men's and women's teams. Coaching is a heavy responsibility because the treatment of extracurricular activities between boys and girls must be different. Support for facilities and infrastructure is also a problem because most schools have multifunctional fields that must be used interchangeably. Student participation in basketball extracurricular activities occurs voluntarily. That participation process proves there is no scientific selection process in recruiting participants for basketball extracurricular activities. Sport-themed extracurricular activities pay close attention to anthropometry and physical condition readiness. Coaches for basketball extracurricular activities need help to facilitate the coaching process. Talent scouting can be used as an alternative to facilitate the process of fostering extracurricular activities. Talent scouting can be used as a form of selection for students who want to join or as an instrument to determine the condition of students who have joined extracurricular activities. Assistance to basketball extracurricular trainers is carried out directly by employing "FKOR UNS Goes to School". Trainers will be given a theoretical explanation and invited to be directly involved in the test and measurement process.
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Hu, Yelin, Qiwang Zhang, and Xin Wang. "Potentials of top management team career development and corporate social responsibility." Career Development International 24, no. 6 (October 3, 2019): 560–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cdi-04-2018-0114.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between potentials of top management teams’ (TMT) career development and corporate social responsibility (CSR) by examining listed manufacturing companies in China. More importantly, it tried to contribute to the understanding of the senior executive’s career development in the trend of upgrading the manufacturing industry. Design/methodology/approach The sample firms in this paper were selected from the China A-listed companies in the manufacturing industry. It collected CSR and TMT data from the Rankins CSR Ratings (RKS) Database and CSMAR database and applied the multiple regression to test the hypotheses. Moreover, it implemented the robustness test by using the standard regression method and the structural equation model. Findings The findings indicate that a firm’s CSR performance is significantly associated with TMT’s educational level and overseas background. The government background, academic background and financial background of high-level managers, instead, have a negative relationship with CSR performance. In addition, firm’s ownership moderates the relationship between TMT and CSR initiatives – the career development potential of TMT has different effects on promoting CSR in the context of different ownership. These relationships remain significant when the managers’ tenure, gender, age, wage and firm size are controlled. Research limitations/implications The empirical research on the potentials of executive career development and CSR is limited to linear assumptions. Since there are fewer overseas holding companies in Chinese state-owned and private enterprises, it failed to reflect international differences. Practical implications First, CSR is related to the potentials of TMT career development and also the potentials of TMT career development are associated with the structure of the TMT. Second, to improve CSR, it is necessary to distinguish the different ownership of companies and then adjust the TMT structure correspondingly. Last, senior executives should choose their career direction according to their own distinct and inherent career development potentials. Originality/value This study explores the relationship between potentials of TMT career development and CSR. It not only expands the research in the field of CSR but also enriches the research on the career development of top executives.
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Duarte, Giselle Aparecida, and Adriana Cássia Papa. "A utilização da liderança situacional como diferencial estratégico para as organizações contemporâneas." Revista de Administração da UFSM 4, no. 3 (December 10, 2011): 364–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/198346592123.
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This article had the purpose of presenting the results for the use of Situational Leadership as a strategic differential at Contemporary Organizations. The themes Motivation in the workplace, Leadership and Empowerment, Styles of Leaderships and Situational Leadership were essential to debate the proposed topic. Having said this, the methodology applied here was case study and data collection was made with the use of the following qualitative tools: semi-structured interviews and observation. The present research was conducted at “Company X” and the individuals chosen for the study were leaders from this mentioned organization. The results obtained seem to indicate that in order to be a situational leader it is not fundamental to have conceptual knowledge of the topic. However, it is essential that this is aligned with contemporary practices. It is a leader’s responsibility to diagnosticate, make it flexible and to establish partnership to improve performance and to develop self-directed teams of high performance.
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Thielsch, Meinald T., Stefan Röseler, Christoph Lamers, and Guido Hertel. "The COVID-19 Marathon." Zeitschrift für Psychologie 231, no. 2 (May 2023): 115–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000522.
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Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic required the deployment of crisis management teams (CMTs) on an unprecedented scale. Due to their high level of responsibility and wide-ranging decision-making authority, the enduring resilience and health of CMT members is essential. Yet, during pandemics, they are permanently challenged. With cross-sectional data from 219 CMT members, we tested six pre-registered hypotheses based on the Job Demands–Resources model. We found the expected positive association between experienced demands and exhaustion (H1), which was moderated by home resources (partly confirming H2); a positive association between experienced resources and work engagement (H3), which was not moderated by demands (rejecting H4); and associations between exhaustion and engagement with outcome measures such as CMT members’ self-assessed performance, satisfaction, and quitting intention (mostly confirming H5 and H6). Furthermore, we explore how the pandemic has changed from experts’ perspectives, describe lessons learned, and derive practical recommendations and suggestions for future research.
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Valier, Alison R. Snyder. "Looking to Improve Your Practice? Consider the Science of Quality Improvement to Get Started." Journal of Athletic Training 55, no. 11 (October 15, 2020): 1137–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-0342.19.
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Quality improvement in health care is the responsibility of everyone (eg, patients, families, health providers, and administrative staff) to work toward delivering high-quality patient care, advancing professional knowledge and skills, and creating effective and efficient processes of care. Those involved in athletic health care, similar to other health care professionals, should strive to create patient care experiences that are safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient centered. Exploring the differences between quality improvement and research will help define the focus of improvement sciences on the health of systems, which is to identify quality gaps and evaluate processes of care, as opposed to filling knowledge gaps. Furthermore, considering the principles of quality improvement will set the foundation for quality initiatives in health care to focus on patients, value teams, emphasize systems and processes of care, appreciate variability, and require data. With a greater understanding of the principles of the quality improvement sciences, athletic trainers will be better positioned to create a culture of quality improvement and to take the initiative in leading improvement efforts so that local systems support the delivery of high-quality patient care.
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MacIver, Jane, and Heather J. Ross. "Withdrawal of Ventricular Assist Device Support." Journal of Palliative Care 21, no. 3 (September 2005): 151–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/082585970502100307.
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Objective Ventricular assist devices (VAD) are mechanical pumps implanted into patients with advanced heart failure who are at risk of imminent death. VADs are a treatment and not a cure, and mortality on device support remains high. Recognizing the dire nature of the decisions for patients and families and the associated high mortality rates, we actively included processes for device withdrawal as Part of our program mandate. Methods At Toronto General Hospital, from October 2001 to December 2004, 22 patients underwent implantation of a VAD. Seven patients died following device withdrawal. Results The average time spent on support prior to device withdrawal was seven days. In four of the seven cases, family members initiated discussions regarding device withdrawal. Family-initiated discussions were more likely to occur if patients were implanted electively, as a bridge to transplantation. Disagreements occurred between the ICU and the transplant teams regarding the timing of device withdrawal and responsibility for stopping the pump. Discussion Establishing a process for device withdrawal has been a key factor in the success of our VAD program. This process relies heavily on pre-implantation preparation, a strategy for resolving disagreements, and a process for withdrawing device support.
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Herzberg, Simone, Matt Hansen, Amanda Schoonover, Barbara Skarica, James McNulty, Tabria Harrod, Jonathan M. Snowden, William Lambert, and Jeanne-Marie Guise. "Association between measured teamwork and medical errors: an observational study of prehospital care in the USA." BMJ Open 9, no. 10 (October 2019): e025314. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025314.
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ObjectivesThe goal of this study was to examine the relationship between measured teamwork and adverse safety events in the prehospital emergency care of children using high-fidelity simulation. We posit that non-technical skills such as leadership, teamwork, situation awareness and decision-making are associated with the clinical success of teams.DesignObservational study.SettingEmergency medical services (EMS) responders were recruited from public fire and private transport agencies in Oregon State to participate in four simulations of paediatric emergencies using high-fidelity patient simulators, scene design, and professional actors playing parents and bystanders.ParticipantsForty-four fire/transport teams consisting of 259 EMS professionals consented to participate and completed simulations.Primary and secondary outcome measuresTeams were assessed using the Clinical Teamwork Scale (CTS), a validated instrument that measures overall teamwork and 15 specific elements in five overarching domains: communication, decision-making, role responsibility (leadership and followership), situational awareness/resource management and patient-friendliness. We used generalised estimating equations to estimate the odds of error with increasing overall CTS teamwork score while adjusting for clinical scenario and potential clustering by team.ResultsAcross 176 simulations, the mean overall score on the CTS was 6.04 (SD 2.10; range 1=poor to 10=perfect) and was normally distributed. The distribution of scores was similar across the four clinical scenarios. At least one error was observed in 82% of the simulations. In simulations with at least one observed error, the mean CTS score was 5.76 (SD 2.04) compared with 7.16 (SD 1.95) in scenarios with no observed error. Logistic regression analysis accounting for clustering at the team level revealed that the odds of an error decreased 28% with each unit increase in CTS (OR 0.72, 95% CI 0.59 to 0.88).ConclusionsThis study found that overall teamwork among care delivery teams was strongly associated with the risk of serious adverse events in simulated scenarios of caring for critically ill and injured children.
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Fenstad, Eric R., Sara E. Wordingham, and Keith M. Swetz. "Pulmonary Hypertension and Palliative Care: What, When, Where, and Why?" Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension 15, no. 1 (January 1, 2016): 26–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.21693/1933-088x.15.1.26.
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Summary: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) can be associated with a high level of symptom burden from the disease as well as its treatment. Involvement of palliative care (PC) services may help facilitate discussion regarding goals of care, prognostic planning, and treatment options focused on improving quality of life (QOL). Background: PC is active total care of a patient whose disease is not fully responsive to curative therapies, with symptom control as the top priority. After a life-limiting diagnosis is made, health care teams and patients determine prognosis, whether cure is attainable or reasonable, what treatment options are available, risks and benefits of associated treatments, and how treatment or nontreatment will impact QOL and survival. QOL is often the focus of palliative interventions, with the goal to minimize symptoms and empower patients with accurate information to help affirm life and meet objectives of care. Implications for clinicians: PC can begin at the onset of symptoms in a disease that cannot be cured. Early PC may help facilitate discussion regarding goals of care when patient expectations are discordant with prognosis. While PC is a responsibility of all clinicians, subspecialist assistance can be helpful when a clinical decline occurs, in the setting of uncertainty, when patients are removed from the transplant list, or when long-term QOL issues are present. Conclusion: Communication with patients who have PH can be delicate and requires an understanding of the disease's process, trajectory, and prognosis. PC teams possess communication skills that may benefit patients and providers with QOL optimization, delivery of difficult news, advanced care planning, and shared decision-making.
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Jones, Jordan, Kamla Sanasi-Bhola, Majdi N. Al-Hasan, Layne Reihart, Julie Ann Justo, and P. Brandon Bookstaver. "Candida parapsilosis bloodstream infection in an immunocompromised host with discordant multiplex polymerase chain reaction and conventional blood culture results: a case report." Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease 9 (January 2022): 204993612211384. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20499361221138446.
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Prompt treatment of candidemia, especially in immunocompromised hosts, is known to improve outcomes. We present a case of discordance among results of Gram stain, multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based rapid diagnostic technology, and conventional cultures that subsequently resulted in delayed therapy and hospitalization. An immunocompromised patient presented to the outpatient oncology clinic with signs and symptoms of systemic infection. Blood cultures were obtained, and Gram stain showed gram-negative rods, while multiplex PCR results (BioFire® FilmArray® BCID 1) returned positive for both Enterobacter cloacae and Candida parapsilosis. Conventional cultures only grew E. cloacae. Because of the discordant results, the primary team elected to give ertapenem monotherapy and defer antifungal therapy. The patient’s symptoms progressed, and 11 days later, the patient was admitted with subsequent positive blood cultures for C. parapsilosis. The patient required a 9-day hospitalization due to complications associated with candidemia. This case highlights the value of understanding and interpretation of rapid diagnostics, shared decision-making in antimicrobial management of high-risk patients, and the important responsibility of antimicrobial stewardship teams across the continuum of care.
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Mohapatra, Sanjay, Debapriyo Nag, and Ravi Tej P. "Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.: creating a competitive advantage through an empowered workforce." Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies 4, no. 5 (October 8, 2014): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eemcs-08-2013-0170.
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Subject area This case study concerns self-managed teams (SMTs) and high-performing work stations. Studylevel/applicability This study is applicable to training, employee satisfaction and developing economy in the society at large. Case overview High-performance work systems (HPWS) are processes in which organizations utilize a fundamentally different approach for managing work in place of the traditional hierarchal approach. HPWS uses an approach that is fundamentally different from the traditional hierarchical or bureaucratic approach otherwise known as the control-oriented approach. The fundamental difference between control-oriented and involvement-oriented approach is in organizing and managing at the lowest level in an organization. The basic purpose of HPWS is to create an organization based on employee involvement, commitment and empowerment. In these kinds of highly involved organizations, employees demonstrate more responsibility and commitments because of high empowerment and have access to information/knowledge and awareness to perform at the highest level. In this case study, the authors make a complete study about the ten pillars of SMTs in Dr Reddy's Laboratories Private Ltd. and the situation of FTO-4 at the Yanam plant and FTO-7 at the Visakhapatnam plant post-implementation of the SMT concept. This paper attempts to demonstrate how SMTs differ from conventional teams, as well as how effectively they contribute to the organization objectives. Expected learning outcomes To understand HPWS and concept of SMT; to understand how the concepts of HPWS and SMT were implemented in Dr Reddy'S Laboratories in *FTO-4 AND *FTO-7; to understand the key difference between traditional hierarchical systems and SMTs; to find out how continuous process improvement has made SMT initiative an evolving one (from 2002 to 2011); to understand how involvement of different stakeholders has made SMT initiative a sustainable one; and to understand the importance of SMT in this twenty-first century as they lead to a better and brighter future for everyone. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email support@emeraldinsight.com to request teaching notes.
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Oldrini, Oliver, Patrick Armand, Christophe Duchenne, and Sylvie Perdriel. "Parallelization Performances of PMSS Flow and Dispersion Modeling System over a Huge Urban Area." Atmosphere 10, no. 7 (July 16, 2019): 404. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos10070404.
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The use of modeling as a support tool for crisis management and decision planning requires fast simulations in complex built-up areas. The Parallel Micro SWIFT SPRAY (PMSS) modeling system offers a tradeoff between accuracy and fast calculations, while retaining the capability to model buildings at high resolution in three dimensions. PMSS has been applied to actual areas of responsibilities of emergency teams during the EMERGENCIES (very high rEsolution eMERGEncy simulatioN for citIES) and EMED (Emergencies for the MEDiterranean sea) projects: these areas cover several thousands of square kilometers. Usage of metric meshes on such large areas requires domain decomposition parallel algorithms within PMSS. Sensitivity and performance of the domain decomposition has been evaluated both for the flow and dispersion models, using from 341 up to 8052 computing cores. Efficiency of the Parallel SWIFT (PSWIFT) flow model on the EMED domain remains above 50% for up to 4700 cores. Influence of domain decomposition on the Parallel SPRAY (PSPRAY) Lagrangian dispersion model is less straightforward to evaluate due to the complex load balancing process. Due to load balancing, better performance is achieved with the finest domain decomposition. PMSS is able to simulate accidental or malevolent airborne release at high resolution on very large areas, consistent with emergency team responsibility constrains, and with computation time compatible with operational use. This demonstrates that PMSS is an important asset for emergency response applications.
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Hulu, Irwan Lihardo, and Dian Perayanti Sinaga. "The Effect of Learning Media in Guided Inquiry Model Settings on Students' Science Process Skills in Senior High School of Taman Siswa Pematangsiantar." JURNAL PEMBELAJARAN DAN BIOLOGI NUKLEUS 8, no. 1 (March 11, 2022): 192–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.36987/jpbn.v8i1.2474.
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The use of media in the Guided Inquiry Model setting is an active learning process that uses learning media in teams, guided inquiry activities to develop knowledge, questions to improve critical and analytical thinking skills, problem solving, reporting, metacognition, and individual responsibility. This research was conducted with the aim of knowing the effect of the google classroom learning media in the Guided Inquiry model setting on science process skills in ecosystem material in class X SMA Taman Pematangsiantar students in the 2020/2021 academic year. The population in this study were 140 students consisting of 4 classes. Sampling was done randomly, using cluster random sampling. Data analysis was carried out by determining the normality, homogeneity, validity and reliability tests, and the hypothesis was proven by the t-test. at the significant level = 0.05. From the results of hypothesis testing, it is obtained tcount (tcount = 3.56 > ttable 1.66), so H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted, meaning that there is an influence of the Google classroom learning media in the Guided Inquiry model setting on science process skills in ecosystem material in class X SMA Taman Pematangsiantar students Academic Year 2020/2021. The results of the overall answers from respondents regarding the Google Classroom learning media show that the results of the statement strongly agree at 50.52%, the statement agrees at 40%, and the rest of the students choose the other statement option by 7.48%
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Towry, Kristy L. "Control in a Teamwork Environment—The Impact of Social Ties on the Effectiveness of Mutual Monitoring Contracts." Accounting Review 78, no. 4 (October 1, 2003): 1069–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/accr.2003.78.4.1069.
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This study examines control in a teamwork setting, experimentally investigating two financial incentive systems that have been proposed in the agency-theory-based analytic literature. Both systems rely on mutual monitoring—the ability of team members to observe each other's actions. However, the systems differ on whether team members report observations of their peers' efforts to management (vertical incentive system) or directly control the actions of each other (horizontal incentive system). Findings suggest that the effectiveness of these systems depends on the level of team identity. Specifically, a strong team identity leads to greater coordination. The result is that the effectiveness of a vertical incentive system is degraded by a strong team identity. On the other hand, a horizontal incentive system becomes more effective in the presence of a strong team identity. The results of this study suggest that when the team has achieved a high level of identity, the most effective way to use this information is likely horizontal in nature, delegating responsibility for control to self-managed teams, rather than extracting the information through reporting mechanisms. This study thus helps explain why firms have more readily embraced horizontal incentive systems than vertical incentive systems.
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Lindberg, J. O., and Susanne Sahlin. "A Decade Later." International Journal of Cyber Ethics in Education 2, no. 1 (January 2012): 25–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijcee.2012010103.
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Today, an increased impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the society at large has lead teachers to engage in professional development activities related to the use of ICT. Even though this development has been prominent for more than two decades, its long term effects seem complex to determine. This paper is based on interviews with twelve Swedish teachers who participated in a national program for promoting school development and use of ICT in 2000-2001. The program was aligned with the pedagogical approaches set out in the national Swedish curriculum, such as a shift from teaching to learning and giving pupils more responsibility, introducing interdisciplinary approaches to teaching in teams, and a problem based pupils-oriented pedagogy. The analysis of the interviews show that teachers still feel a high degree of appreciation for the program, and that they share a relative agreement of the importance of the program for their teaching with ICT in the last decade. The general intentions of the program to be more concerned with school development and pedagogy rather than technology and ICT seem also to be present today as a long term effect.
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Mazerolle, Stephanie M., Eva Monsma, Colin Dixon, and James Mensch. "An Assessment of Burnout in Graduate Assistant Certified Athletic Trainers." Journal of Athletic Training 47, no. 3 (May 1, 2012): 320–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-47.3.02.
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Context: Graduate assistant athletic trainers (GAATs) must balance the demands of clinical care and the academic load of graduate-level students. Objective: To examine burnout among GAATs with clinical assistantships at National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I institutions and to identify the personal and situational variables that are related to burnout. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Division I universities offering graduate assistantship programs. Patients or Other Participants: Two hundred one GAATs enrolled at NCAA Division I universities with graduate assistantship positions. Main Outcome Measures(s): The Athletic Training Burnout Inventory, which assesses stress and burnout among ATs through 4 constructs: emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, administrative responsibility, time commitment, and organizational support. The 6-point Likert scale is anchored by 1 (never true) and 6 (always true). Results: The GAATs who traveled with athletic teams (4.051 ± 0.895) and those who provided classroom instruction (4.333 ± 1.16) reported higher levels of stress due to time commitment than those who did not travel (3.713 ± 1.22) or teach (3.923 ± 0.929). We also found a difference in administrative responsibility across clinical settings (F6,194 = 3.507, P = .003). The results showed that GAATs in NCAA Division I clinical settings (44.55 ± 13.17 hours) worked more hours than those in NCAA Division III clinical settings (33.69 ± 12.07 hours) and those in high school settings (30.51 ± 9.934 hours). Conclusions: Graduate assistant ATs are at risk for burnout because of the time necessary to complete their clinical and academic responsibilities and their additional administrative responsibilities. Graduate assistants who work in the Division I clinical setting are at greater risk for burnout than those in the secondary school setting because of the large number of hours required.
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Randmaa, Maria, Maria Engström, Christine Leo Swenne, and Gunilla Mårtensson. "The postoperative handover: a focus group interview study with nurse anaesthetists, anaesthesiologists and PACU nurses." BMJ Open 7, no. 8 (August 2017): e015038. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015038.
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ObjectivesTo investigate different professionals’ (nurse anaesthetists’, anaesthesiologists’, and postanaesthesia care unit nurses’) descriptions of and reflections on the postoperative handover.DesignA focus group interview study with a descriptive design using qualitative content analysis of transcripts.SettingOne anaesthetic clinic at two hospitals in Sweden.ParticipantsSix focus groups with 23 healthcare professionals involved in postoperative handovers. Each group was homogeneous regarding participant profession, resulting in two groups per profession: nurse anaesthetists (n=8), anaesthesiologists (n=7) and postanaesthesia care unit nurses (n=8).ResultsPatterns and five categories emerged: (1) having different temporal foci during handover, (2) insecurity when information is transferred from one team to another, (3) striving to ensure quality of the handover, (4) weighing the advantages and disadvantages of the bedside handover and (5) having different perspectives on the transfer of responsibility. The professionals’ perceptions of the postoperative handover differed with regard to temporal foci and transfer of responsibility. All professional groups were insecure about having all information needed to ensure the quality of care. They strived to ensure quality of the handover by: focusing on matters that deviated from the normal course of events, aiding memory through structure and written information and cooperating within and between teams. They reported that the bedside handover enhances their control of the patient but also that it could threaten the patient's privacy and that frequent interruptions could be disturbing.ConclusionsThe present findings revealed variations in different professionals’ views on the postoperative handover. Healthcare interventions are needed to minimise the gap between professionals’ perceptions and practices and to achieve a shared understanding of postoperative handover. Furthermore, to ensure high-quality and safe care, stakeholders/decision makers need to pay attention to the environment and infrastructure in postanaesthesia care.
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Magee, Elizabeth, and Anthony Plotner. "Examining barriers and strategies for effective professional or interagency collaboration in secondary transition." Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation 56, no. 1 (January 11, 2022): 29–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/jvr-211170.
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BACKGROUND: For young adults with disabilities, post-high school outcomes in employment, higher education, and independent living are markedly worse than for peers without disabilities. As a result, legislation and research aimed at supporting transitioning students with disabilities has increased. Further, numerous initiatives that better support youth and families have been implemented at the state and local level. Collaboration within and across service delivery systems has been identified as a critical aspect of transition planning and supports; however, evidence-based research related to the implementation and effects of collaborative partnerships is limited. OBJECTIVE: In the current study, we identify transition professionals’ perceptions of collaborative factors that facilitate and inhibit collaboration. METHOD: This study utilizes a single-state survey research design to examine the viewpoints of people in transition professions, specifically educators, Vocational Rehabilitation professionals, and community supports providers. RESULTS: Variances in perceptions were found among participant role groups. Specifically, educators as a whole report that time and workload barriers affect their ability to collaborate effectively. Further, findings indicate that ensuring individual collaborative team member responsibility is perceived as an effective strategy. CONCLUSIONS: These findings may be applied to technical assistance providers when developing team-level evaluations to monitor current levels and support needs of collaborative transition planning teams.
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Meshko, Halyna, and Oleksandr Meshko. "MANAGEMENT OF THE FORMATION PROCESS OF SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL CLIMATE IN THE PEDAGOGICAL STAFF OF THE PRESCHOOL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION." Scientific Bulletin of Uzhhorod University. Series: «Pedagogy. Social Work», no. 1(50) (May 31, 2022): 186–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.24144/2524-0609.2022.50.186-190.
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The study is devoted to the problem of forming a socio-psychological climate in the teaching staff of preschool education. The article analyzes the state of development in the scientific literature and educational practice of problems. Based on the study of psychological literature, the factors of formation of the socio-psychological climate in the teaching staff of preschool education are determined. The necessity of managing the process of forming the socio-psychological climate in the teaching staff of preschool education is substantiated. Since the basis and prerequisite for the formation of an optimal socio-psychological climate is the level of socio-psychological development of the team, so to determine the level of socio-psychological development of the teaching staff of preschool education, we used the method of socio-psychological self-assessment R.Nemov. The characteristics of the team, such as responsibility, collectivism, cohesion, contact (personal relationships), openness, organization and awareness, are identified and schematically presented in the form of a diagram of the average socio-psychological relief of relationships in the teaching staff of preschool education. The results of the study showed low indicators of socio-psychological climate in the teaching staff of preschool education, confirming the presence of pedagogical teams in many preschools in an atmosphere of hostility, unhealthy competition, low levels of mutual assistance and high levels of conflict. Based on the analysis of scientific literature and the results of studying the state of the socio-psychological climate in pedagogical teams of preschool education, a program to manage the process of socio-psychological climate in the teaching staff and ways to optimize it in the context of the head of preschool education. The prospects of further scientific research aimed at developing and implementing a system of training future specialists of preschool education institutions and heads of educational institutions for purposeful management of the process of forming a favourable socio-psychological climate in the teaching staff are outlined.
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Rezal Rasli, Mohd, Halimah Abdul Manaf, and Mazlan Ismail. "Examining the integrity behavior challenges of enforcement officers in Malaysian local government." Problems and Perspectives in Management 18, no. 1 (March 19, 2020): 263–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.18(1).2020.23.
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There is a call from society to examine the integrity behavior challenges of local government (LG) enforcement officers who work directly with citizens due to the nature of this job. One of the job requirements of enforcement officers is to investigate law enforcement directly to their customers, such as petty traders, hawkers, business owners, developers and contractors, and others. In executing their duties, particularly on law enforcement, high integrity behavior and professionalism of enforcement officers in LG administrative areas of responsibility are necessary. Based on the framework, the study aims to examine the integrity behavior challenges of enforcement officers from the citizens’ and staff’ perspectives, in particular, on to what extent the officers face the difficulties and challenges in executing their enforcement tasks. Thus, during the study, 30 respondents, namely the citizens and LG staff in Kedah, were surveyed. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis to gain specific dimensions related to integrity behavior. From the citizens’ perspective on LG enforcement teams’ integrity behavior, challenges were related to main aspects such as biasness, political intervention, and bureaucracy matters. Meanwhile, LG staff consider integrity behavior challenges to be affected by opportunistic attitudes among staff, workforce, and financial issues. The study suggests that enforcement officers should develop soft skills, employability skills, and upgrade academic levels to understand the current situation and develop negotiation skills to deal with grassroots society.
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R. Paterick, Zachary, Nachiket Patel, and Timothy E. Paterick. "Preparticipation Athletic Screening, Supervision, and Disqualification of Student- Athletes: Physician Trepidation of Legal Liability." Journal of Exercise, Sports & Orthopedics 5, no. 2 (May 26, 2018): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.15226/2374-6904/5/2/00172.
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Physicians participate in screening, routine medical supervision, and the disqualification process of high school and college student athletes. Physicians and schools evaluating student-athletes for athletic participation should understand the meticulous medical process necessary to make eligibility/disqualification decisions, and the associated liability issues. It is the responsibility of a team physician to take a lead role in the sports teams’ medical evaluation process. The first duty of a team physician and institution is to protect the health and well being of their collegiate student athletes. The potential liability associated with the evaluation process requires that high schools and institutions of higher education work with their physicians to develop sound and reasonable administrative strategies regarding participation in athletics. Reducing the liability risk requires an understanding and compliance with the available medical guidelines and evolving judicial framework. It is imperative physicians understand case law and available medical guidelines. As medical professional standards evolve, so will responsibilities under legal standards. Liability issues regarding the preparticipation screening of athletes, their medical supervision, and their eligibility for and disqualification from participation are of increasing concern to the practicing medical community. Court cases involving athletic field morbidity and mortality have elucidated an evolving legal framework related to the alleged failure to properly diagnose, treat, qualify, or disqualify individuals from competitive sport. This manuscript will highlight liability cases involving cardiac, neurological, musculoskeletal, and heat illness issues. These cases will identify the importance of the standard of care in evaluation/disqualification, adherence to medical guidelines, and the need for diligent follow up in determining return to play issues.
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Dragun, Andriy. "SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AS A FACTOR OF ENSURING THE ECONOMIC SECURITY OF DOMESTIC ENTERPRISES IN THE CONDITIONS OF MODERN CRISES." ECONOMIC BULLETIN OF THE DNIPROVSK STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, no. 1(4) (September 28, 2022): 38–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.31319/2709-2879.2022iss1(4).264525pp38-48.
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The article considers the social enterprise as the implementation of a new "social contract". New aspects of the contradiction between the employee and the latest technologies implemented by enterprises are considered. The main elements of the new model of relationships in a modern enterprise are considered in order to develop approaches and ways to eliminate the conflict of interest of employees in a high-tech enterprise. The study is based on the further development of elements of a new model of interaction between workers and modern social enterprises was the principle of taking into account the interests of the enterprise, workers and society as a whole.
The elements of the new model of interaction between workers and modern technologies of social enterprise were: the creation of a new format of work in the period of return after the crisis or work during the external crisis; analysis and identification of new opportunities after the crisis and their implementation in every aspect of daily work, the formation of new business requirements due to the crisis, the implementation of new opportunities, the formation of employee welfare, taking into account the characteristics and benefits of different groups , artificial intelligence in work teams, the use of institutional knowledge to change the role of employees, the creation of new industries, branches, etc .; providing retraining of workers; HR functions in the enterprise, ensuring future dynamic stability. Each element is given a brief description. The domestic experience of realization of corporate social responsibility is resulted.
An aspect of social responsibility such as caring for the health and safety of workers is shown. This aspect is an important factor in the successful operation of the enterprise in times of crisis. It is determined that for domestic enterprises such care for employees can be their health insurance. The approach of effective introduction of voluntary medical insurance of employees of the enterprise at the expense of the employer is resulted.
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Golovin, S. A., S. V. Zykov, Yu P. Korablin, and D. A. Kryukov. "Application of high-level methods of compromise optimization for control of autonomous robotized open pit mining." Russian Technological Journal 8, no. 5 (October 20, 2020): 7–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.32362/2500-316x-2020-8-5-7-18.
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In most software engineering approaches, software design begins with defining functional requirements, which is well suited to web-based software development projects. When designing high-critical large-scale software intended for industrial use, accounting for non-functional software requirements is also required. The main idea of the proposed document-oriented approach is to design a stable architectural solution as early as possible, taking into account the nonfunctional characteristics of the software: reliability, security, maintainability and performance (quality attributes). At the same time, the key issue is the coordination of functional requirements, taking into account technical limitations and business requirements achieved during the steady interaction of customer and developer teams. To increase the flexibility of the designed solutions and prevent crisis situations when developing highly critical large-scale software, it is proposed to use the approach integrating the architecture-centric design method (ACDM), the architecture-tradeoff analysis method (ATAM) with a matrix enterprise architecture matrix (EAM). This allows getting a result that is adequate to the required level of responsibility and reliability. Consideration of quality attributes within the framework of the method of compromise analysis makes it possible to select and make certain decisions in software design taking into account the scale of the software and its scope. The main attributes of product quality are highlighted (ISO 25010 standard), critical scenarios are defined for each of them (templates and use cases). The use of these templates for detailed software design with the necessary parameters of functional requirements, business conditions and technological limitations reduces the risk of developing unpredictable and uncertain system behavior. Based on the proposed approach, an architectural solution is presented for highly critical, responsible, large-scale software for managing autonomous robotic open-pit mining of minerals. Critical attributes for creating the specified software were identified and ranked, and the architecture of the solution according to the SWEBOK software development standard was described. Further, taking into account the nature, scale and scope of the software solution, recommendations are given on high-level architectural templates for the system design, including layers, pipelines and microservices. The proposed architecture-oriented development method is suitable for industrial-level software in various subject areas.
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Živanović, Srđan, Veselinka Kulić, Natalija Hadživuković, Jelena Pavlović, and Sandra Matović. "Dietary habits and nutritional status of adolescents." Биомедицинска истраживања 11, no. 2 (2020): 167–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/bii2002167z.
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The concept of proper nutrition implies meeting the needs of the body concerning daily energy intake and a sufficient amount of nutrients and protective substances necessary to maintain the physiological functions of the body and its health. Nutrients are divided into macronutrients (proteins, carbohydrates and fats) and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals). Accelerated growth and development during adolescence increase nutrient requirements. Therefore, energy and nutrition requirements must meet the needs of adolescents. During their growth and development, there is an increased need for vitamins and minerals, especially for calcium, iron, zinc and vitamin D. During intensive growth, adolescents require more vitamins, especially B-complex vitamins and vitamin C, the intake of calcium and phosphorus is necessary as well, and the insufficient needs for proteins affect the development of muscles and energy levels. Proper nutrition and eating habits during the period of growth are of the utmost importance for the appropriate physical, psychosocial and cognitive growth and development of a child. Eating disorders usually occur as a result of low or high energy intake, and the most common types of these disorders are anemia, anorexia and bulimia, obesity and comorbidities, and poor eating habits. When it comes to the implementation of various programs concerning the prevention of bad eating habits and eating disorders, the school management, expert teams and student parents should bear the overall responsibility. Once or twice a year, preventive check-ups and BMI measurements are recommended to identify eating disorders.
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Трещетенкова, Наталья, Natalya Treshchetenkova, Наталья Касаткина, Natalya Kasatkina, Татьяна Чурсина, Tatyana Chursina, Ирина Тимошенко, et al. "YOUTH POLICY IN MODERN FOREIGN STATES." Journal of Foreign Legislation and Comparative Law 1, no. 6 (February 7, 2016): 0. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/17169.
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The basic directions of youth policy of foreign countries, which in recent years has become one of the priority directions of the state policy in general are considered in the article. In the overall context of demographic change in the world, high unemployment among young people, negative impact on the youth of military conflicts, the radicalization of the society in the number of countries it is particularly acute vulnerability of youth part of society. Young people have to look for ways to adapt, socialize, provide a decent standard and increase quality of life. The reaction of some youth to these negative developments is the emergence of extremist youth teams, growth of alcoholism, drug abuse and youth crime that puts the state to the need for the development of an effective system of measures aimed at the prevention of these social phenomena, the protection of political, labor, social and cultural rights of young people. In foreign practice there are two basic approaches to the implementation of youth policy. The first is based on the recognition of the State’s responsibility for the successful entry of young people into society. The second approach assumes that the main emphasis in the practical implementation of youth policy, the basic grounds of which are defined by the state, should be emphasised on non-governmental organizations whose activities are carried out mainly by attracting funding from various nongovernmental sources.
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Lefterov, Vasyl, Volodymyr Artyomenko, Vasylyna Gutsol, Serhii Harkavets, and Larysa Volchenko. "The influence of psychological characteristics on managers efficiency within medical institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic." Journal of Medicine and Life 16, no. 1 (January 2023): 135–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.25122/jml-2022-0295.
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This article examines the theoretical and practical aspects of the activity of medical managers, the social and psychological climate within teams, and interpersonal relations. The goal of the study was to investigate the interpersonal interaction styles and intragroup relations between team members and managers, as well as to determine the impact of managers' psycho-emotional characteristics on their effectiveness during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 158 medical workers participated in the study, which was conducted in 2021 using a self-developed questionnaire. The expert evaluation method and standardized psychodiagnostic methods were used. We identified negative factors that affected the management of medical institutions during the pandemic, such as deficiencies in material and economic support, low levels of managerial competence, violation of collegiality and fairness principles during duties and rewards distribution, and deficiencies in manager recruitment. The most psychologically challenging aspects of managing or working in a medical facility during a pandemic include excessive emotional tension and stress, high levels of responsibility, lack of management experience and/or competence in crisis conditions, physical overload, work outside of working hours, and lack of adequate rest. A mini-personality profile of the effective manager of medical institutions in pandemic conditions was developed. One of the psychological regularities of a manager's performance identified is the presence of self-regulative skills in negative emotional states, pronounced activity and energy, mobility, and a strong desire for action.