Training Aid Research Articles

Effect of varied explosive training with training aids on selected locomotor abilities of school students

Effect of varied explosive training with training aids on selected locomotor abilities of school students

Гигиеническая оценка умственной работоспособности студентов медицинского вуза в зависимости от времени занятий и питьевого режима

Today, the issue of preservation, maintenance and development of mental performance is of great importance due to social transformation and the school and higher education system upgrade. The growing body of information, continuous modernization of the training programmes, the use of various technical training aids that result in intensification of cognitive activity have a negative impact on the students' mental state. The study was aimed to assess the medical students' mental performance indicators in relation to the time of the day and the daily fluid intake. A total of 300 students were enrolled, who had both morning and afternoon (after lunch) classes. Mental performance of medical students was assessed using the Anfimov's table. It was found that the students' mental performance depended not only on the start time, but also on the water consumption regime. The main trends of water consumption in young adults were defined: moderate water consumption (1–2 L per day) prevailed, low water consumption (less than 1 L per day) was ranked second, and high water consumption (more than 2 L per day) was the rearest.

Evaluation of The Training Course Carried Out by ICARDA in The Conservation Agriculture for Some Agricultural Employees in The Northern Region- Iraq

The research aims to evaluate the level of training in general from the point view of the trainees representing some of the agricultural employees working in the northern region. To evaluate the level of training in each of the field of training : Trainees' competence - the subject of conservation agriculture - training methods and aids - the environment of the implementation of training and in each criteria of each field criteria, and then finding the effect of all trainees' characteristics in the evaluation of training level, to determine the differences in the level of training and finding the effect of all trainees' characteristics, as well as identify the problems that facing trainees at the course, and the suggestions made by the trainees. The research included all the trainees in the ICARDA training course on the subject of conservation agriculture, which is 25 trainees data were collected through a questionnaire after verifying its validity and reliability then analyzed by using the Regression, the Mann-Whiteny test, the Kruskall-Wallis test, the results showed that the level of training was high in general and that the field of competence of trainers came in first rank with a percentage of 56%, while the field of conservation agriculture ranked last with 89.5%,and the impact factor for the all trainees characters is 16% .The results showed no significant differences in the evaluation of training level according to the different characteristics of the trainees for each one, and the most important problems encountered by the trainees in the training course: the short period of reporting by the date of the beginning of the course, shortened the number of days of the course. The most important proposals of the trainees: the establishment of training courses in places where the technology is already applied, focus on the participatory approach used in the course and continued use it in the next courses.
 

INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMENTIA CARE WORKFORCE TRAINING AND QI IMPLEMENTATION: LEARNINGS FROM 25 HOSPICES

Abstract To build and sustain a dementia-capable clinical workforce and care delivery organizations, it is essential to systematically disseminate evidence-based, interdisciplinary dementia care programs. The outbreak of COVID-19, clinical staff shortages, and competing priorities experienced by healthcare organizations including staff vaccination and other regulatory requirements, pose significant challenges to the continuation of agency-wide, interdisciplinary dementia care workforce training and quality improvement. In this symposium, we present our experience Implementing Aliviado Dementia Care, a comprehensive, interdisciplinary dementia care workforce training and quality improvement program amid COVID-19 across 25 U.S. hospice agencies, as part of an embedded pragmatic clinical trial. Aliviado Dementia Care consists of interdisciplinary dementia care workforce training, treatment algorithms, assessments, care plans, caregiver education, and clinical workflow changes. The symposium begins with a discussion of the training, knowledge improvement, turnover, and replenishing strategies of hospice champions during COVID-19. We then discuss how we tailored dementia care training for each of the skilled hospice disciplines (i.e., medicine, nursing, social work, spiritual care) and provide two case studies elucidating how additional tailoring was performed to fit local agency culture and needs during COVID-19. Furthermore, we discuss how we developed and iterated training for home health/hospice aides, the usability and training results, and specific considerations for training aides during COVID-19. Lastly, we conclude the symposium with a discussion of salient strategies and technologies that help sustain our nationwide implementation despite the ongoing COVID-19. Throughout each of these abstracts we also discuss how COVID-19 affected, and created differential implementation of components of the intervention.

ALIVIADO HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE AIDE DEMENTIA CARE EXPERT PROGRAM IMPROVES AIDE DEMENTIA KNOWLEDGE

Abstract Most persons living with dementia receive home health or hospice aide services during their hospice stay. To equip aides with essential knowledge and skills to effectively communicate with and care for persons living with dementia, we developed a 17-video dementia care expert program for aides, available in both English and Spanish. The objective of this presentation is two-fold: first, describe the development and refinement of the Aliviado aide dementia care expert program, including topic selection, usability testing, and cultural tailoring; and second, discuss aide knowledge improvement, along with special considerations for training aides during COVID-19. The Aliviado dementia care expert program for aides has been completed by 414 aides across 15 hospices as of February 2022; of which, 384 aides (93%) completed a dementia knowledge assessment both before and after the training and demonstrated significant knowledge gains with moderate-to-large effect sizes (p<0.0001; Cohen’s d=0.63).

Tool Development Defense Man Mannequin Basketball

This study aims to develop the Defense Man Mannequin tool as a training tool that can provide effectiveness to coaches and athletes. This tool is used to train techniques to facilitate the performance of the trainer. This research is a research development or Research and Development (R&D). The development of the model defense tool was first validated by material experts, media experts, and field trials of 8 basketball athletes for the 1st phase of the trial, 16 athletes for the 2nd phase of the trial. The subjects of this research were the basketball athletes of Club Garuda Putih, Jambi City. Data collection techniques were used in this study by using an instrument in the form of a questionnaire. The data analysis technique of this research is a descriptive qualitative and descriptive quantitative percentage. The results showed that the Defense Man Mannequin was feasible to be used as a basketball training aid. These results are obtained from the latest validation results of a) material experts by 92% or Eligible; b) media expert at 100% or appropriate; c) Athletes in the final stage of field trials are 95.3%. Thus, the conclusion is that the mannequin defense tool has been declared suitable for use as an exercise aid.

Farm Women’s Assessment of On-Campus Training Programmes Conducted by Farmer Training Centre, Junagadh

To assess the opinions of farm women on diff erent aspects of trainings organized by Farmer Training Centre (FTC), Junagadh, the present study was conducted using ex-post facto research design during 2019-2020. The multistage and purposive sampling technique was used for the study. Total eight villages and 240 farm women respondents were selected from Junagadh district for the study. It can be concluded from the study that majority of the farm women were interested in off campus training as compared to on campus training programmes. The research showed that out of total, 24.16 per cent of the farm women strongly agreed that staff of the FTC was cooperative, 21.66 per cent of them agreed with management of the training by FTC was good. Majority agreed that lessons were conducted as per the plan (47.00%), content of the training was relevant (46.00%). Training followed by demonstration (75.83%) and use of training aids (77.00%) were most prioritized by farm women. The major suggestions given by farm women to improve training programme were; more practical classes, fi eld visit and demonstration should be organized, followed by method demonstration must be used for complex technologies, more emphasis should be given on practical, female trainers should be preferred.

Sustainability of large-scale implementation of shared decision making with the SHARE TO CARE program.

SHARE TO CARE (S2C) is a comprehensive implementation program for shared decision making (SDM). It is run at the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) in Kiel, Germany, and consists of four combined intervention modules addressing healthcare professionals and patients: (1) multimodal training of physicians (2) patient activation campaign including the ASK3 method, (3) online evidence-based patient decision aids (4) SDM support by nurses. This study examines the sustainability of the hospital wide SDM implementation by means of the Neuromedical Center comprising the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery. Between 2018 and 2020, the S2C program was applied initially within the Neuromedical Center: We implemented the patient activation campaign, trained 89% of physicians (N = 56), developed 12 patient decision aids and educated two decision coaches. Physicians adjusted the patients' pathways to facilitate the use of decision aids. To maintain the initial implementation, the departments took care that new staff members received training and decision aids were updated. The patient activation campaign was continued. To determine the sustainability of the initial intervention, the SDM level after a maintenance phase of 6-18 months was compared to the baseline level before implementation. Therefore, in- and outpatients received a questionnaire via mail after discharge. The primary endpoint was the "Patient Decision Making" subscale of the Perceived Involvement in Care Scale (PICSPDM). Secondary endpoints were an additional scale measuring SDM (CollaboRATE), and the PrepDM scale, which determines patients' perceived health literacy while preparing for decision making. Mean scale scores were compared using t-tests. Patients reported a significantly increased SDM level (PICSPDM p = 0.02; Hedges' g = 0.33; CollaboRATE p = 0.05; Hedges' g = 0.26) and improved preparation for decision making (PrepDM p = 0.001; Hedges' g = 0.34) 6-18 months after initial implementation of S2C. The S2C program demonstrated its sustainability within the Neuromedical Center at UKSH Kiel in terms of increased SDM and health literacy. Maintaining the SDM implementation required a fraction of the initial intensity. The departments took on the responsibility for maintenance. Meanwhile, an additional health insurance-based reimbursement for S2C secures the continued application of the program. SHARE TO CARE promises to be suitable for long-lasting implementation of SDM in hospitals.

The effectiveness of artificial intelligence-based automated grading and training system in education of manual detection of diabetic retinopathy.

The purpose of this study is to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based automated diabetic retinopathy (DR) grading and training system from a real-world diabetic dataset of China, and in particular, to investigate its effectiveness as a learning tool of DR manual grading for medical students. We developed an automated DR grading and training system equipped with an AI-driven diagnosis algorithm to highlight highly prognostic related regions in the input image. Less experienced prospective physicians received pre- and post-training tests by the AI diagnosis platform. Then, changes in the diagnostic accuracy of the participants were evaluated. We randomly selected 8,063 cases diagnosed with DR and 7,925 with non-DR fundus images from type 2 diabetes patients. The automated DR grading system we developed achieved accuracy, sensitivity/specificity, and AUC values of 0.965, 0.965/0.966, and 0.980 for moderate or worse DR (95 percent CI: 0.976-0.984). When the graders received assistance from the output of the AI system, the metrics were enhanced in varying degrees. The automated DR grading system helped to improve the accuracy of human graders, i.e., junior residents and medical students, from 0.947 and 0.915 to 0.978 and 0.954, respectively. The AI-based systemdemonstrated high diagnostic accuracy for the detection of DR on fundus images from real-world diabetics, and could be utilized as a training aid system for trainees lacking formal instruction on DR management.

Bridging the know-do gap in low-income surgical environments: Creating contextually appropriate training videos to promote safer surgery in Ethiopia

Although international guidelines exist for the prevention of surgical site infections, their implementation in diverse clinical contexts, especially in low and middle-income countries, is challenging due to the lack of available resources and organizational structure of facilities. The goal of this project was to develop a series of video training aids to highlight best practices in surgical infection prevention in hospitals with limited resources and to provide practical solutions to common challenges faced in these settings.Using the validated Clean Cut education framework for infection prevention developed by Lifebox, a charity devoted to improving surgical and anesthetic safety, we partnered with clinicians in one Ethiopian hospital to create six educational videos giving practical guidelines for infection prevention under resource variable conditions. These include: 1) proper use of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, 2) hand and skin antisepsis, 3) confirming instrument sterility, 4) maintaining the sterile field, 5) antibiotic prophylaxis, and 6) gauze counting.Gaps in available online educational materials were identified in each of the six areas. Videos were created providing setting-specific education and addressing gaps in existing materials for each of the infection prevention topics. These videos are now integrated into infection prevention curricula through Lifebox in Ethiopia and ongoing data collection to evaluate acceptability and efficacy is ongoing.Surgical education videos on infection prevention topics addressing location-specific resources and workarounds can be useful to hospitals operating in resource-limited settings for training staff and supporting quality and safety efforts in surgery.

Joint User Association and Hybrid Beamforming Designs for Cell-Free mmWave MIMO Communications

Cell-free millimeter-wave (mmWave) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications have been proposed as promising enablers for the next generation wireless networks. In this paper, we study the user association and hybrid beamforming in cell-free mmWave systems without full channel state information (CSI) acquisition. We consider a cloud radio access network (C-RAN), where multiple remote radio heads (RRHs) are distributed to communicate with users via analog beamforming, and connected to a centralized baseband unit (BBU) through fronthaul links which executes digital beamforming. We aim to jointly design user association, hybrid beamforming, and fronthaul compression with the aid of uplink training. A train-and-design framework is developed to achieve this goal. In particular, we first propose a two-stage uplink training approach to assist RRH-level design, during which the analog beamforming and user association are obtained. After that, digital beamforming and fronthaul compression are optimized at BBU based on the training results. Two performance metrics are considered in this paper, i.e. weighted sum-rate maximization and max-min fairness. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed train-and-design framework for both sum-rate maximization and max-min fairness performance metrics. It is shown that the proposed algorithms can achieve comparable performance to the full-digital beamformer.

Approach to advanced practice nursing student clinical during COVID-19.

Approach to advanced practice nursing student clinical during COVID-19.

Validation of a polymer odor capture-and-release (POCR) aid for training canines to detect triacetone triperoxide (TATP)

A major issue in canine training for the detection of hazardous materials is the limited availability of materials for handlers and trainers on a routine basis. This is particularly a challenge for homemade explosives such as triacetone triperoxide (TATP), which is friction and impact sensitive, making it hazardous to handle for all canine and bomb technician personnel. The polymer odor capture and release training aid (POCR) was designed as a solution to this challenge. The TATP POCR consists of a layer of absorptive polymer enclosed in a seamless metal container. In this configuration, the POCR provides a non-hazardous training aid that delivers odor at a known, reproducible rate. This study evaluated the TATP POCR both chemically and in canine testing to provide a validated training aid. Chemical analysis determined how much TATP was absorbed by the polymer in the POCR, and subsequently determined that the POCR had an odor concentration comparable to a 1 g laboratory-grade TATP training aid with a 13-hole lid. Finally, the dissipation rate of TATP from the POCR (7.8 m/min) was established up to 0.5 m.The chemical results were compared to the success in canine detection results. Three phases of canine testing were conducted: 1) Initial validation with an internal cohort of canines imprinted on the TATP POCR, 2) Pilot testing with operational explosives detection canines imprinted on the bulk TATP, and 3) External testing with operational explosives detection canines imprinted on either TATP POCR or bulk TATP. Across all phases, alerts to the respective testing odor in both controlled odor discrimination and operational search testing was above 80 %. For the internal cohort of canines that were trained on the TATP POCR, alerts to the TATP training aid were >90 % and false alerts were < 10 %, validating the training method and material. The combined results provide evidence that the TATP POCR may be used efficiently in initial or maintenance training as well as in retaining motivation and performance in operational settings. This is one of the first studies of its kind to thoroughly evaluate a canine training aid by presenting chemical analysis and supporting canine testing across internally-sourced and operational externally-sourced canine groups.

Application of Medical Imaging and 3D Printing Technology in Teaching the Handling of Novel Medicine in Periodontal Surgery.

Recently, fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) agents for periodontal tissue regeneration have been increasingly applied to the treatment of periodontal disease. Our current challenge for resident dentists with little clinical experience is to enhance instruction in the handling of new medicine in addition to teaching conventional procedures in periodontal tissue regeneration. This report describes using case-specific, cost-effective three-dimensional (3D) models for dentists' lectures and periodontal surgical training.As an educational and training aid, preoperative and postoperative cone-beam computed tomography images were superimposed to enable three-dimensional observation of postoperative bone regeneration. A three-dimensional anatomical model was fabricated based on these images. Dental laboratory materials were used to reproduce the periosteum and gum. The fabrication time per 3D model was about 2 hours and the cost per model was about $0.5. These models were used for lectures to resident dentists and periodontal surgery training, and their feedback was obtained. The resident's response to surgical training using these 3D models was generally positive.The use of FGF-2 represents a new direction in the treatment of periodontal disease. This being new, however, means that inexperienced periodontists require training in its application and how this will affect prognosis, as this will differ from that with more conventional techniques aimed at tissue regeneration. The low-cost 3D model presented in this report can be a valuable tool to help accomplish this in teaching inexperienced dentists, such as resident dentists.

Analysis of business Chinese teaching content (based on Chinese and Russian textbooks)

The article is devoted to the study of current Russian and Chinese business Chinese teaching materials that can potentially be used in teaching business Chinese to nonlinguistic students. This article analyzes the teaching content of business Chinese textbooks by using the comparative research method.&#x0D; It is based on the training aids, which are currently used both in China and abroad, and analyzes their compliance with the current requirements of teaching business Chinese in the Russian higher educational institutions. The article is recommended for Chinese language teachers in higher education institutions who teach Chinese or business Chinese in nonlinguistic specialties, where Chinese is the first or second foreign language. The article deals with textbooks of Russian and foreign authors on business Chinese language and analyzes them for the possibility to give lessons on these textbooks to the students of non-linguistic specialties.&#x0D; The author studied several textbooks, including two English-Chinese and three Russian-Chinese textbooks. Based on the conducted comparative analysis, the English-Chinese textbooks are aimed at studying business Chinese in the format of additional language courses, this course does not imply an undergraduate course, as the lessons are designed for fewer hours, they contain a large amount of vocabulary, dialogues and some cultural explanations, at the same time they do not contain tasks for working on the vocabulary, translation tasks and grammar exercises, which gives minimal information assimilation and can lead to a shortage of information. Russian textbooks, on the other hand, assume a university education, with a sufficient number of hours of study. However, these textbooks assume studying Chinese as the first foreign language, which does not correspond to the current reality, where Chinese is most often the second foreign language in non-linguistic specialities, which significantly reduces the number of hours planned for its study.&#x0D; Based on the data obtained, the strengths and weaknesses of each textbook have been identified and their relevance to the format of teaching Russian undergraduate students of non-lingual majors, but learning Chinese.

Use of 3d printing technology in the treatment of microtia and other outer ear deformities

Introduction: Microtia and other outer ear deformations may cause a lot of psychical, social, and mental stress for a patient. In order to surgically treat it, we need a very experienced plastic surgeon specializing in such operations. With the use of 3D printing technology, such as fused deposition modeling or a sacrificial layer process there are a lot of possibilities starting from creating aids for plastic surgeons to printing ear prosthesis from live cells. Objective: The study's objective was to research, review and compare data available on PubMed about the use of 3D printing in the treatment of microtia and other ear deformations. A brief description of the state of knowledge: With the current state of knowledge, with the 3D printing technology, we can quickly create highly individualized and helpful training aids for plastic surgeons that would help them during operations. There is also a possibility of developing a personalized splint that would help correct the ears better than conventional methods. What’s more, we can also print prosthetics, not only with the use of conventional materials used in 3D printing but also with live chondrocytes and adipocytes that were able to chondro and adipogenesis, respectively. Conclusions: There are a couple of ways we can use 3D printing in the treatment of outer ear deformities. The most promising is printing with live cells, but we need more research to develop better methods and techniques to use in the future prosthetics.

What a good boy! Deciphering the efficiency of detection dogs

Dogs have a powerful olfactory system, which is used in many areas of the police and military to detect drugs, human remains, and explosives, among other items. Despite these powerful detection abilities, methods assessing the performance (MAP) of dogs remain scarce, and have never been validated. In particular, scientific knowledge on post-training performance assessments is scarce. To validate a quantitative MAP, an efficient detection dog (DD) must first be defined. Here, we aimed to define what an efficient DD is, and to develop a quantitative MAP. Specifically, we conducted 1) an international survey sent to professional DD practitioners (n= 50), and 2) an experimental assay on cadaver and drug DDs (n= 20). Based on the survey, efficient DDs were defined as confident animals, making few mistakes, alerting to the presence of target odors as close as possible, able to strategically screen the search area effectively, independent and not easily distracted. The developed quantitative MAP was based on video tracking DDs in a circular behavioral arena, in which the error rate of DD was recorded, including accuracy and the strategy level. Previous studies have already demonstrated that DDs are usually confidant. Guidance was not assessed during MAP development; however, handlers could not guide DDs during the search session. Based on this method, future studies should evaluate DD performance throughout the entire training process. Such monitoring would allow thresholds to be determined, allowing efficient DDs to be identified, along with the effect of certain factors on performance (e.g., dogs breed, gender, and training aids used during DD conditioning).

Plankton digital twins—a new research tool

AbstractDigital twins (DT) are simulation models that so closely replicate reality in their behaviour that experts may believe model output to be real. Plankton offer worthy yet tractable biological targets for digital twinning, due to their relatively simply physiology and significant role in ecology from theoretical studies through to planetary scale biogeochemistry. Construction of dynamic plankton DT (PDT), representing a supreme test of our understanding of plankton ecophysiology, would form the basis of education and training aids, provide platforms for hypothesis setting/testing, experiment design and interpretation, and support the construction and testing of large-scale ecosystem models and allied management tools. PDTs may be constructed using concepts from systems biology, with system dynamics, including feedback controls akin to biological (de)repression processes, to provide a robust approach to model plankton, with flexible core features enabling ready and meaningful configuration of phenotypic traits. Expert witness validation through Turing Tests would provide confidence in the end product. Through deployment of PDTs with appropriate input controls and output (visualization) tools, empiricists are more likely to engage with modelling, enhancing future science and increasing confidence in predictive operational and also in long-term climate simulations.

The effects of using exercises with aids in developing some motor abilities and achieving 5000 meters walking for young people

The research included identifying some of the motor abilities of the young walkers in the sample, and then preparing a training program using modern training aids that matches the capabilities of the research sample. Also, to identify the effect of the training program using modern training methods in developing some of the kinetic components of walking among the young research sample members. The experimental method was used for its convenience, in order to solve the research problem on a sample of walking athletes - Al-Kut National Walking Center - Wasit Governorate, the youth category between the ages of 18-19 years, and their number (10) contestants constituted (90%), and their number was (12) contestants from original search community. They were chosen by the intentional method and it was confirmed that they are moderately distributed on the normal distribution curve of Causs. Then they were randomly distributed into two groups: control and experimental, with five contestants for each group. The equivalence of the sample in the researched abilities was also verified, and the training program was prepared according to the capabilities of the research sample members. Modern training methods were employed, including sticks, tools, ropes and kits. The training curriculum was implemented on April 17, 2021 and ended on June 19, 2021 with two training units per week for a period of eight weeks. The SPSS statistical package was used to extract the research results. The researcher concluded that the use of aids in modern training within a training program increased the effectiveness of the performance of kinetic abilities in terms of flexibility, agility and balance in the training program according to the abilities investigated, which contributed to the development of capabilities of the kinetic walking contestants among the sample members. The research recommended the need to take advantage of the training program prepared by the researcher and to take advantage of the means used to develop harmonic capabilities by using modern means for the researcher and to prepare them for tournaments.

DEVELOPMENT OF PASSING PRACTICE AIDS TO IMPROVE ACCURACY IN BASKETBALL ATHLETES IN MEDAN CITY IN 2021

Development of Passing Aids to Improve Accuracy is a tool in implementing the passing accuracy training program for basketball athletes. This tool can help, provide convenience and efficiency for athletes and coaches, can also provide various forms of training combined with passing or shotting exercises. This tool can also be used for three types of passing, namely, bounce pass, chest pass, and over head pass. This tool can be adjusted according to the athlete's needs when doing the training process. The research method used in this research is the research and development method. The assessment population in this study were 6 experts, namely 2 sports experts, 2 coaches, and 2 media experts. The form of the tool that has been made beforehand is validated by 3 experts, namely 1 sports expert, 1 trainer expert and 1 tool expert. The first trial of using the tool involved 5 basketball athletes and 3 experts, then the results were validated with an average value of 87.14%. While the results of the trial using the second tool involved 5 basketball athletes and 6 experts, then the results have been validated with the average value of the validity of the six being 90.4%. Based on the results of the validation by the six experts, it can be concluded that the development of passing training aids to improve accuracy is already valid and can be used for passing exercises in basketball clubs.Keywords: Training Aids, Accuracy, Passing, Basketball