Best Use Of Time Research Articles

“This Book Is Your Book”: Jesuit Editorial Policy and Individual Indigenous Reading in Eighteenth-Century Paraguay

Abstract The authors underline the importance of the print Ara poru aguĭyey haba (meaning about the good use of time) for the Jesuit missions of Paraguay and the colonial Río de la Plata. Attributed to Father José Insaurralde, it is a two-volume devotional text entirely written in Guaraní that was published in Madrid in 1759 and 1760. Until now, literature has only approached the Ara poru in a superficial and external way, because it is written in a different way from the current ones. The unpublished translation of the summary and two preliminary warnings to readers reveal that it follows the structure of Ignacio de Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises. The authors of this article demonstrate that by the mid-eighteenth century, the Jesuit project was to produce an indigenous reader and devotee in the modern sense (individual reading and personal transformation).

The search for scientific information in academic databases

This article has the objective of socializing reflections that allow us to know about the search for information in academic databases, for which an analysis of the different databases, which are found in the great global information network as it is the WEB. It is based on a methodological strategy that, with a predominance of the qualitative perspective, makes it possible to describe and explain the importance of managing this type of resources for the good use of time when searching for information, identifying the technology tools and their uses in research tasks, through the use of a variety of methods, procedures and techniques for collecting information, with emphasis on bibliographic and documentary review, historical-logical and synthetic analytical methods, as well as observation. As a result, broad and enriching reflections and explanations on the subject in question are obtained, which can be useful for reorienting information search strategies and the benefit they provide to researchers in their different research activities.

FNEE1 Arkansas EFNEP's Transition to Online Training Shows Positive Feedback

Objective To maximize the efficiency of training provided to Arkansas EFNEP employees using an online interactivity format. Use of Theory or Research The Arkansas Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) state staff is responsible for program training for EFNEP Educators across 17 counties in Arkansas. As a team, we concluded that our program training needed greater continuity. Arkansas EFNEP changed to an online training delivery method (rather than all face-to-face) in hopes that this would make better use of time and money. Further, the EFNEP Educators will obtain a great conceptual knowledge of their role in a shorter amount of time and be able to work independently sooner. Target Audience The target audience is the Arkansas EFNEP Educators. Program Description Each newly hired EFNEP Educator has responsibility for completion of all online training modules housed through the University of Arkansas Extension website. Once the Educator has received access to this website, they can begin training. The training is divided into five modules, which are the five key areas of the Educators job responsibilities. Once they complete a module, state staff will schedule a Zoom session with the Educator to follow up with any questions and provide a preview for the next module. The training can be completed in one to two weeks. Results At the conclusion of the training, the employee completes an evaluation. The evaluations rate the training based on the improvement of the employee's knowledge, the instruction, the employee's perception of the ability to complete their jobs tasks, the presentation of information, and suggestions for improvement. To date, evaluations have provided positive feedback. Conclusions The online delivery method chosen for the EFNEP training has shown very positive results. The Educators can complete training in shorter amount of time with more focus and consistency. Funding Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program.

KINERJA APARATUR SIPIL NEGARA STUDI KASUS KANTOR KECAMATAN MOROTAI SELATAN KABUPATEN PULAU MOROTAI

The purpose of this study was to determine the performance of employees (ASN) in the South Morotai District office. The form of this research is descriptive qualitative, with data collection techniques through observation and in-depth interviews with the subdistrict head, subdistrict head secretary, employees, and the community. This study concluded that employees at the South Morotai District Office were not disciplined in terms of time, both when they entered the office and after working hours. Employees are not able to make the best use of time to do productive work to improve performance. employees generally do not know and understand their respective fields of duty. The concept of the right man in the right place is not applied in the placement of employees. Performance evaluation of employees at the South Morotai District Office is difficult because of unclear job descriptions and division of tasks for the state apparatus. This causes the work performance is not measurable both in quality and quantity..

Strategi Work-Family Balance pada Perempuan Suku Banjar yang Memiliki Peran Ganda

This study aims to determine work-family balance strategies in women who have a dual role especially in Banjar women and to know the factors that influence the achievement of balanced work family. The method used is descriptive qualitative, with interview data collection methods. The research subjects were selected by using purposive sampling technique. The results of the study are related to strategies in balancing work and family that are done by the subject, namely 1) making the best use of time, time management, completing work on time, separating work and family matters, making special schedules to spend with children and other family members every Saturday Sunday or holiday, and prioritize important days for families and children such as child shows and others that indeed our existence becomes important for our families 2) monitor the family while working for example by making a single call to the child to check the situation even there are parents or household assistants who guard them, 3) share roles with husbands. Furthermore, the factors that influence the achievement of balance are 1) partner support 2) commitment at the beginning of marriage 3) the same experience of the husband. The implication of this study is that it can provide an overview related to work-family balance strategies in women who have multiple roles. Work-family balance is important for everyone because if the multiple roles run are not balanced then it is likely to lead to family and work conflicts.

Defining and Defending the Unique Role of Practitioner Publications

Editorial| October 01 2018 Defining and Defending the Unique Role of Practitioner Publications ABT Editor: William F. McComas William F. McComas ABT Editor Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The American Biology Teacher (2018) 80 (8): 555. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2018.80.8.555 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation William F. McComas; Defining and Defending the Unique Role of Practitioner Publications. The American Biology Teacher 1 October 2018; 80 (8): 555. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2018.80.8.555 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe American Biology Teacher Search Recently, I received a question from an author who asked me how she should justify writing for The American Biology Teacher in her tenure application because her dean did not think this was the best use of time. To address this frustrating question requires some background. First, let's talk about two often-proposed “guardians” of scholarly quality, rejection rate and impact factor. These terms may be all-but-unknown to many of our readers but loom large in the minds of many university-based writers. Rejection rate is a simple measure of how many articles are published with respect to how many are submitted to a given journal. Many believe that journals with a high rejection rate are the “better” journals, but this may be something of a circular argument. If a journal is considered prestigious, more people, even those with no business doing so, are likely to submit to that journal, and the... You do not currently have access to this content.

Project Portfolio Management Can Ensure Best Use of Time and Resources

Many organizations struggle with too many projects in the “pipeline” based on limited resource capacity. I have heard numerous stories by attendees of my Project Portfolio Management class at the University of Wisconsin‐Madison of the “pain points” caused by this situation, such as personnel and resources being pulled off one project to work on another and then pulled off that project to work on another one, or personnel working on so many concurrent projects at once that these personnel are overwhelmed with trying to split their time so fine. Then they don't know which project to focus on first.

Préférences des médecins généralistes libéraux en France métropolitaine quant à la délégation des tâches médico-administratives aux secrétaires assistant(e)s médico-social(e)s : étude en analyse conjointe

BackgroundA general practitioner's office is an economic unit where task delegation is an essential component in improving the quality and performance of work. AimTo classify the preferences of general practitioners regarding the delegation of medical-administrative tasks to assistant medical-social secretaries. MethodConjoint analysis was applied to a random sample of 175 general practitioners working in metropolitan France. Ten scenarios were constructed based on seven attributes: training for medical secretaries, logistical support during the consultation, delegation of management planning, medical records, accounting, maintenance, and taking initiative on the telephone. A factorial design was used to reduce the number of scenarios. Physicians’ socio-demographic variables were collected. ResultsOne hundred and three physicians responded and the analysis included 90 respondents respecting the transitivity of preferences hypothesis. Perceived difficulty was scored 2.8 out of 5. The high rates of respondents (59%; 95% CI [51.7–66.3]) and transitivity (87.5%; 95% CI [81.1–93.9]) showed physicians’ interest in this topic. Delegation of tasks concerning management planning (OR=2.91; 95% CI [2.40–13.52]) and medical records (OR=1.88; 95% CI [1.56–2.27]) were the two most important attributes for physicians. The only variable for which the choice of a secretary was not taken into account was logistical support. ConclusionThis is a first study examining the choices of general practitioners concerning the delegation of tasks to assistants. These findings are helpful to better understand the determinants of practitioners’ choices in delegating certain tasks or not. They reveal doctors’ desire to limit their ancillary tasks in order to favor better use of time for “medical” tasks. They also expose interest for training medical secretaries and widening their field of competence, suggesting the emergence of a new professional occupation that could be called “medical assistant”.

Abstracts of the British Psychosocial Oncology Society Annual Conference, 8-9 March 2018, Southampton, UK.

Background: Personalised information and support can be provided to cancer survivors using a structured approach. Assessment tools such as the Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA) in the UK and the Comprehensive Problem and Symptom Screening (COMPASS) in Canada have been recommended for use in practice. However, completion of the HNA/COMPASS is not widely embedded into practice and Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) express concern about their ability to respond to issues raised by patients. Aims: To investigate CNS's views on HNAs/COMPASS and identify barriers and facilitators to implementation. Methods: This international on‐line survey using a snowball technique recruited CNSs across the UK and one Canadian province (Manitoba) in 2017. Results: A total of 306 CNSs in the UK and 162 in Canada completed the on‐line survey. In the UK, HNAs were completed primarily prior to and immediately after treatment. In Canada, COMPASS was usually completed at every appointment. Participants expressed concerns that HNAs/COMPASS were becoming “tick‐box exercises” which did not meet patients' needs. Barriers to completion were time, staff shortages, lack of confidence, privacy and signposting of resources. Facilitators were privacy for confidential discussions, training, confidence in knowledge and skills, and signposting of resources. Conclusions: That so many busy CNSs completed this survey demonstrates the importance they attach to HNAs and COMPASS. The challenges faced with implementing these assessments into everyday practice require training, time, support services and an appropriate environment. It is vital that the HNA and COMPASS are conducted at optimum times for patients to make the best use of time and resources.

Rendimiento académico, enfoques de trabajo e implicación en los deberes escolares

<p class="Default">El objetivo de este artículo de investigación fue analizar la relación entre enfoque de trabajo, implicación en los deberes escolares y rendimiento académico en matemáticas. Partici­paron 897 estudiantes de 5º y 6º curso de Educación Prima­ria (50,2% chicos y 49,8% chicas). Los resultados indican que a mayor rendimiento académico mayor enfoque profundo en la realización de los deberes escolares, mayor cantidad de deberes realizados y mejor aprovechamiento del tiempo. No obstante, el tiempo que los estudiantes dedican a realizar los deberes es mayor cuando el rendimiento es bajo o medio. Se discuten implicaciones educativas.</p>

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OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: The NIH states, “The training of the biomedical workforce has always been an integral part of the NIH mission… It takes just one good mentor to influence the career of a new investigator; it takes a robust culture of mentorship across the research community to strengthen, sustain and diversify the entire biomedical research enterprise.” The University of Minnesota’s CTSI-Education core strives to build and maintain a strong culture of mentoring by providing CTSI KL2 scholars an opportunity to mentor an undergraduate student participating in the Pathways to Research Program (PReP). Using this mentoring model, participants gain valuable benefits and CTSI’s culture of mentoring is strengthened. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Participating KL2 scholars are matched with a promising PReP scholar for a 12-week mentored research project. The PReP program selects top candidates through a highly competitive application process. Students work in their mentor’s lab full-time, funded by CTSI-Ed. They engage in additional activities together including a mentor/mentee, an interview activity and 2 social events. Junior faculty scholars are asked to participate as judges at CTSI’s Poster Session and are invited to present at PReP seminars. The program culminates with the announcement of the Junior Mentor of the Year, in which scholars nominate their mentors for the award. Junior faculty mentors receive support through a training course, Optimizing the Practice of Mentoring, mentor orientation and a roundtable discussion with the program director and other mentors. The program’s infrastructure is designed to foster mentee/mentor relationships through faculty and staff support. Junior faculty receive one-on-one coaching when faced with difficult mentoring situations and are recognized for their mentoring successes. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Junior faculty mentors highly rate the program on the following points; the experience was a good use of time, I am satisfied with my experience, I would recommend this program to faculty colleagues and students. Undergraduates and Professional students rated their mentoring relationship as 1 of 3 best outcomes of the program. In exit surveys, their highly rated program successes include having a network that helps move their career forward, and confidence to persist through training to become a successful researcher. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: Creating a culture of mentoring is important to the strengthen, sustain and diversify the biomedical research workforce. This mentoring model contributes to the mission while vertically integrating CTSI-Ed’s KL2 and PReP programs. On an individual level, junior faculty improve communication and management skills, develop leadership qualities, increase their network, provide a sense of fulfilment and personal growth, and reinforce their own skills and knowledge of subject. They are also provided a top undergraduate student worker fully funded by the program.

The role of informal learning spaces in enhancing student engagement with mathematical sciences

ABSTRACTBy helping create a shared, supportive, learning community, the creative use of custom-designed spaces outside the classroom has a major impact on student engagement. The intention is to create spaces that promote peer interaction within and across year groups, encourage closer working relationships between staff and students and support specific coursework activities – particularly group work. Such spaces make better use of time since students are motivated to stay and work during long gaps in their timetable, can provide a sense of ‘home’ within the institution and can lead to a cohesive community of practice. In this paper, we describe how this has been achieved and currently delivered in Mathematics at Sheffield Hallam University and provide some detailed analysis of the student usage of the space.

Pride and Prejudice

Making the best use of time has become increasingly important within the heritage sector. Prioritizing objects for conservation treatment or preventive conservation remains a challenge for the conservation professional in the context of ever increasing public programmes. Different risk management methodologies have been used in the field of heritage conservation for some years. However, curators and conservators may have clear but diverging ideas about priority of work based on the value of the object in one case, or the vulnerability of the object in the other. Finding common ground based on the highest potential loss of value has been the subject of a series of stakeholder group discussions at the British Museum. Using only elements of value and vulnerability assessment out of common risk management methodologies, curators were asked to assess the value of their collection in a first step. In a second step, these assessments and the vulnerability of objects were discussed with colleagues from science and conservation. As a result, a visual map of priorities emerged, which had buy-in from all sides, and which formed the basis of a future work plan. This approach has helped to develop a shared understanding of priorities amongst different heritage professionals, and dealt effectively with prioritizing objects based on potential loss of value to objects and perceived risks.

Time perspective and social preference in older and younger adults: Effects of self-regulatory fatigue.

Socioemotional selectivity theory predicts that when perceived time in life is limited, people will prefer emotionally close social partners over less emotionally rewarding partners. Regulating social choices with regard to time perspective can make the best use of time with regard to well-being. However, doing so may depend on the self-regulatory capacity of the individual. Two studies, 1 with younger adults (N = 101) and 1 with younger (N = 42) and older (N = 39) adults, experimentally tested the effects of time perspective and self-regulatory fatigue on preferences for emotionally close partners and knowledgeable partners. In both studies and across younger and older adults, when self-regulatory fatigue was low, the perception of limited time resulted in a greater preference for close social partners relative to knowledgeable social partners. However, this shift was eliminated by self-regulatory fatigue. In Study 2, when fatigued, younger adults preferred close social partners to knowledgeable partners across time perspectives; older adults preferred close and knowledgeable partners more equally across time perspectives. These findings have implications for social decision-making and satisfaction among people who experience chronic self-regulatory fatigue. They also contradict previous suggestions that only younger adults are susceptible to self-regulatory fatigue. (PsycINFO Database Record

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In order to implement the teaching of a foreign language at a desired level and quality, and to offer some practical arrangements, which stand for to the best use of time, efforts, and cost, there is a need for a road map. The road map in teaching is a learning strategy. This article shows how strategies of social language learning and cooperative learning can be used in teaching of Turkish as a foreign language. The article uses the framework of the research made on learning strategies and is based on qualitative research methods. It evaluates the strategies which are connected to the social language learning and the principles of cooperative learning and puts a particular emphasis on the issues which are connected to the process of teaching Turkish as a foreign language by bringing into a discussion such questions as which principles should the learning activities be prepared and what are the roles of students and a teacher. In addition, the article gives some suggestions on how to detect learning strategies of every student and to accomplish their internalization by the students - achieving thus success in teaching Turkish as a foreign language.   Key words: Teaching Turkish as a foreign language, strategies of social language learning, cooperative learning.

Guidebooks and Rankings: The Value of Optional External Reporting

This chapter details the benefits and costs of participating in optional external reporting and considers how best to determine which reports represent the best use of time and resources.

Searching for an Academic Librarian Job: Techniques to Maximize Success

Job-hunting can be a confusing process for new librarians searching for their first professional position. Much of the literature available to potential job seekers focuses on general interview etiquette. This article provides advice to expedite the job hunt for academic library positions. The author draws upon personal experience to provide tips for an effective job hunt. These include how to prepare for a job search, locate job announcements, prepare application materials, typical interview procedures, and how to interact with a hiring committee. Additionally, the article provides guidance on how to make the best use of time spent on the job hunt and not get discouraged during the process.

Enfoques de trabajo e implicación en los deberes escolares en estudiantes de Educación Primaria

El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar las relaciones entre el rendimiento académico y una serie de variables vinculadas con la implicación del estudiante en los deberes escolares (cantidad de deberes realizados de los prescritos por el profesorado, tiempo invertido en la realización de los deberes y aprovechamiento del tiempo dedicado a los deberes) y con el enfoque de trabajo que adopta al realizar los deberes (enfoque profundo versus enfoque superficial). Más concretamente, se va a comprobar si hay diferencias en estas variables en función de los distintos niveles de rendimiento académico de los estudiantes. También se pretende analizar si estas relaciones varían en función del género del alumnado y del curso. La muestra está integrada por 180 estudiantes (49.4% chicos y 50.6% chicas) pertenecientes a cuatro centros públicos de Educación Primaria de la provincia de A Coruña. El 41.7% cursaban 4º curso de Educación Primaria, el 34.4% cursaban 5º curso de Educación Primaria y el 23.9% cursaban 6º curso de Educación Primaria. Los resultados encontrados indican que a medida que los niveles de rendimiento académico son más altos también hay un aumento en la cantidad de deberes realizados, en el aprovechamiento del tiempo dedicado a los deberes, así como en la utilización de un enfoque profundo al hacer esos deberes. Aunque no parece haber diferencias estadísticamente significativas en el tiempo dedicado a los deberes en función de los distintos niveles de rendimiento, la tendencia que se observa es que cuando el rendimiento es bajo, el tiempo dedicado a los deberes es mayor, mientras que cuando el rendimiento es alto, el tiempo que dedican los estudiantes a los deberes es menor. Asimismo, otro resultado destacado es que según van avanzando los estudiantes de curso se produce un aumento progresivo del tiempo que dedican a hacer los deberes escolares y, sin embargo, el aprovechamiento que hacen de ese tiempo va siendo cada vez menor. Además, según se avanza de curso también hay un incremento en el uso de un enfoque superficial al hacer los deberes.

Designing and using informal learning spaces to enhance student engagement with mathematical sciences.

By helping create a shared, supportive, learning community, the creative use of custom designed spaces outside the classroom has a major impact on student engagement. The intention is to create spaces that promote peer interaction within and across year groups, encourage closer working relationships between staff and students and support specific coursework activities - particularly group work. Such spaces make better use of time since students are motivated to stay and work during long gaps in their timetable, provide a sense of 'home' within the institution and can lead to a cohesive community of practice. We describe how this has been achieved and currently delivered in Mathematics at Sheffield Hallam University and provide evidence for its success.

Applying Quality and Project Management methodologies in biomedical research laboratories: a public research network’s case study

Quality principles and Project Management (PM) methodologies have long been ignored in non-regulated scientific research, even though they have been widely used in industrial and business applications, improving management and results and reducing costs. A groundbreaking project named Quality and Project Management OpenLab was implemented by a network of Italian National Research Council institutes, with the aim to realize and disseminate within the scientific community an innovative way to plan and organize research activity, inspired by Quality and PM principles and customized for needs and requisites of biomedical research laboratories. The results show better use of time and project consistency. Our experience of working side by side with Quality consultants clearly shows that the proper and accurate application of Quality and PM methodologies to intellectual and scientific production can facilitate and strengthen research, providing tools to make it faster and more efficient without imposing any undue constraints.