Professionals In Field Research Articles

Analysis of the Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Among Health Sciences Professionals

The Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are the revolution of the XXI century, which allows doctors to be in immediate contact with the international scientific community, providing common professional projects and reviewing specific health situations, without intermediaries. However, studies specifically analyze the scope this type of developments have on the medical profession, on the attitude and knowledge of the patients or the relationship between them. The purpose of this study was to design a tool to evaluate the use of ICT in the field of medical professionals and influence in their clinical practice. To do this we have chosen one of the most common problems in the field of health which is the problem of pain. Through a questionnaire filled out by medical professional whose clinical activity is related to the treatment of pain, some aspects of the influence of ICT are explored in the continuous training of medical and clinical practice.

Ethnomedicines in the 21st century: challenges and opportunities in the contemporary world

The ethnomedicine industry inherently developed de novo in the evolutionary history of humanity to provide healthcare services. This industry has existed long before the currently preferred conventional medicine and by then was the only trusted means of healthcare to humanity. Ethnomedicine has evolved and diversified into specializations along ethnic groupings worldwide. Nevertheless, attitude towards ethnomedicine is usually polarized varying from contemptuous dismissal to romantic glorification. Rarely does one come across people with balanced views. The discussion is based on 9 issues: view of ethnoknowledge of health from the early days, discovery and development of ethnomedicines, specializations in ethnomedicines, challenges and limitations, terminologies that shape ethnomedicine industry, merits and demerits of ethnomedicines, existing opportunities and the way forward. The ethnomedicine industry, just like any other field of professionalism, was not without challenges and limitations that affected its realization of full potential. In this discussion, 24 challenges and limitations are outlined but not limited to:- lack of information on standards, safety and efficacy, capacity building of ethnopractitioners, colonialism, climate change, witchcraft, socio-politics, recognition of ethnosystems, research and biased documentation, emerging diseases and pathogens, market value-chain, in-situ and ex-situ conservation, anthropogenic activities, sources of ethnomedicines, legal frameworks, harvesting, preparation, administration and storage methods, gender issues, poor remembrance of ethnomedical knowledge, existence of quackery, sources of ethnomedicines, biopiracy and bioprospecting, lack of mechanisms for monitoring and evaluation of ethnomedicines, advancement in human evolution and civilization, biological evolution and invasive alien species, stigmatisation due to poor perceptions and attitudes about ethnomedicines and competitive supremacy amongst ethnopractitioners and conventional practitioners, have all not favoured the industry. However, the use of ethnomedicines has tremendously increased and continues to increase albeit the above challenges and limitations facing the industry. The challenges and limitations are broadly and critically discussed while outlining opportunities and giving away forward.

Reshaping an issue-based field: assessing the impact of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) on the global development aid agenda

PurposeThe paper studies how the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) positioned itself in the process through which capacity building in developing countries was interpreted and enacted within the global development aid agenda from 1999 to 2016.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is an in-depth case study drawing on a comprehensive analysis of publications, reports and archival materials.FindingsThe paper unveils how IFAC shaped the interpretation of capacity building and its associated practices in a manner aligned with its expansionary aims thereby transforming itself into a prominent actor within, what we term, the capacity building issue-based field. It unpacks the strategies pursued by IFAC as it mobilised economic, social and cultural resources in support of its global capacity building ambitions for the accountancy profession. It reveals how key interactions between actors in the international development exchange field and the professional exchange field of accounting underpinned IFAC’s infiltration of, and impact on the evolution of, the capacity building issue-based field. We show how IFAC increased its influence in this field despite initially operating on the periphery of the global development aid agenda.Practical implicationsThe paper reveals how the global accountancy profession’s engagement with the capacity building activities of international development agencies became central to its commitment to serving the public interest. Our analysis suggests that deeper explorations of capacity building by the global accountancy profession in specific developing countries are required in order to determine whether these efforts have effectively catered to the needs of the citizens of those countries.Originality/valueThe work of professional accountancy organizations (PAOs) operating at the global level in the area of capacity building has been addressed in a fragmented fashion in prior research. This paper presents a unique analysis of developing alliances between the global accountancy profession and international aid agencies aimed at supporting the globalising efforts of IFAC within the realm of capacity building in international development aid. Theoretically, the paper advances prior work exploring the evolution of issue-based fields, in particular the role of inter-field relations in interstitial spaces within these processes.

Strategies to Mitigate Delay Career Completion in Computer Science Area

Objective: The objective of this study is communicating the strategies based on two active methodologies in order to contribute to finish undergraduate studies in a computer science degree in the face of the universal problem called All but Dissertation (ABD). Theoretical Framework: In this topic, the main concepts concerning to ABD and active methodologies: challenge-based learning and formative research are synthesized. These theoretical references were chosen for their significant contribution. Method: The methodology descriptive, adopted for this research comprises the Evidence-based software engineering. Data collection is based on observations and analysis of the defended productions. Results and Discussion: The results revealed the importance of capitalizing on students' knowledge, experiences and practices to solve problems of the context, in articulation with final degree productions. As a limitation, the data correspond to the 2022 year. Research Implications: Contribution of new evidence to previous findings, incorporating other active strategies to mitigate the prolongation of studies in Computer Science careers, given its great labor demand. Articulation between the university and the software industry, to influence other similar professional fields without spatio-temporal limitations. Originality/Value: The findings provide evidence to contribute to the study the ABD syndrome. The ICT products belonged to these graduation projects are highlighted, representing knowledge, practices and artifacts aimed at proposing real solutions to problems identified in the context.

МАТЕМАТИКА САБАГЫНДА ИЧКИ ЖАНА СЫРТКЫ ПРЕДМЕТТЕР АРАЛЫК БАЙЛАНЫШТАРДЫ МИСАЛДАРДА КӨРСӨТҮҮ

This article shows that internal and external interdisciplinary connections in mathematics also play an important role in physics, chemistry, economics, finance, philosophy and many other fields. Mathematics is a science that unites different fields of knowledge, giving them structure, accuracy and meaning. Many scientific and technical achievements are impossible without mathematical methods, therefore, understanding, knowledge, and application of mathematics is a prerequisite for success in almost any professional field. The main purpose of teaching the basics of general sciences is to understand these objective relationships in nature and society. Such relationships must be taken into account when determining the content, forms, methods and techniques of teaching students.

Vocational Foreign Language Teaching for Business Life: A Document Analysis

In today's world, both globalization and developments in science and technology have led many professions to adopt an intercultural structure on the international stage. To be efficient and successful in business life, it is now necessary to have a strong command of international jargon as well as knowledge and experience in the relevant profession. It has become a necessity to be able to thrive in the business world, where competition is increasing day by day, to follow professional developments at a global scale, and to keep up with innovations and changes. Proficiency in a vocational foreign language is seen as an important need to achieve these goals. In this study, a textbook prepared for teaching French as a vocational foreign language for A1/A2 beginner level, following the standards in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, was examined. Document analysis technique was used while examining the book. The chapters and the tasks, activities, and practices that comprise these chapters have been identified. Also, their contributions to improving both linguistic and communicative skills in professional fields have been revealed. Finally, suggestions were made on how the findings from this study could be integrated into different stages of educational institutions. Keywords: Vocational foreign language teaching, communicative skills, business life.

Analysis of the efficiency of the use of labor resources in agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan

In the article, the authors consider the current state of the labor market in the rural sector, namely, the efficiency of the use of labor resources in agriculture through quantitative and qualitative indicators. The analysis of these indicators allows to get information about the main problems and difficulties faced by employers in the process of using labor resources. Based on the analysis, the authors note that one of the main problems of agricultural enterprises affecting the competitive capabilities of the industry is the qualification of labor resources. At the level of senior management, the provision of high-quality personnel is relative. But there are not enough middle-level specialists and working professions. The authors also note that young professionals have no interest in staying in agriculture, so there is a high turnover of personnel. The authors conclude that the rapid development of technologies of the fourth industrial revolution, including digitalization, automation, and generational change of specialists and workers in the industry are the driving forces that change the requirements for the professionalism of employees of the agricultural industry. Therefore, in order to be competitive in the labor market, it is necessary to master new competencies and skills that can make their work indispensable. To win competition with machines, it is necessary to develop the ability to communicate with different people and the ability to work in a team, to train the willingness to solve problems and the desire to think outside the box. These competencies are universal for all professional fields of activity.

The Field of Giftedness—Past, Present, and Prospects: Insights From Joseph S. Renzulli and Robert J. Sternberg

ABSTRACT Academic disciplines and professional fields need to engage in ongoing evaluation of their purposes and conceptual frameworks. The complex field of gifted education can benefit from such evaluations, and the refinements that can emerge from them. This article is a discussion between two of the most prominent scholars in the field. The discussion is based on a set of questions that cover much of the field’s conceptual and practical territory. While answering the questions, the scholars also respond to each other. They address a wide range of phenomena in the field, including concerns pertaining to identification of the gifted, program development, instructional goals and processes, underrepresentation and other social justice issues, and the need for expansion of ethical awareness, among other topics. The discussion also is framed with some interdisciplinary concepts.

Encuentros desde el rizoma entre el Saber Pedagógico y el Currículo en las Escuelas Normales Superiores de Antioquia

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the inter-critical dialogue scenarios from the rhizomatic encounters between pedagogical knowledge and the curriculum in some Higher Teacher Training Colleges of Antioquia. To strengthen the points of epistemic placement, the category "Knowledge" is addressed first, followed by a theoretical journey on the conception of pedagogy as a disciplinary and professional field. In this field, pedagogical knowledge derived from teaching practices is produced, which is put into conversation from the curricular field. Finally, the methodological path is presented, which is based on a historical-hermeneutic look, a rhizome-sensitive map and a biographical-narrative methodological tool.

Development of a method of teaching trainee doctors foreign language professional communication based on an integrated approach

Introduction. The integrated approach, being one of the innovative approaches in teaching a foreign language for professional communication, contributes to the parallel development of both students’ foreign language communication skills and their professional competencies within a single academic course. To attain effective outcomes in the dual objective of training, it is crucial not only to meticulously choose the integrated course content, considering its subject-thematic focus, but also to devise a practical training method that mirrors the specifics of future medical specialists' professional activities. The aim of this research is to develop a method of teaching trainee doctors foreign language professional communication based on an integrated approach. Materials and methods. First year trainee doctors of the Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics specialty of Derzhavin Tambov State University (Russian Federation) were the participants of the experimental study. In the control group (N = 20), students studied the language for special purposes, and in the experimental group (N = 20) students studied using an integrated approach. Evaluation of students’ progress was based on seven criteria. The Student's statistical t-test method was used for the results process. Results. The integrated approach effectiveness was confirmed during experimental study, which reflected the mastery of the professional thesaurus by trainee doctors (t=3.19 at p≤0.05), in the development of writing (t=4.8 at p≤0.05), speaking skills (t=4.8 at p≤0.05) and solving professional cases on the studied language (t=2.17 at p≤0.05). However, the study did not confirm the integrated approach advantages in the grammatical speech skills formation of trainee doctors (t=1.45 at p>0.05), in the development of listening skills (t=1 at p>0.05) and reading skills (t=1.45 at p>0.05). The results obtained can be explained by the fact that by the beginning of experimental work, students had already developed the following language and speech skills at a high level (B1-B2). Conclusion. The novelty of the study is in the development of a method for teaching trainee doctors professional foreign language during an integrated course. The prospects for the work are to further study the potential of the integrated approach in teaching students who speak the language at level A2-B1. It is anticipated that the effectiveness of the integrated learning method will be evaluated on a group of students with a foreign language communicative competence level of A2-B1. Additionally, the methodology is of research interest as it aims to identify the speech skills of foreign language interaction, categorized by types of speech activity, in a specific professional field of communication.

Vocabulary Learning and Memory Strategies Usage among English for Medical Purposes (EMP) Students

In the backdrop of globalization, proficient command of English as an international language is essential in different research fields. English for Medical Purposes (EMP) is an essential prerequisite for international communication and exchanges, however, vocabulary has been found to be an obstacle in EMP learning, which affects learners’ academic achievement in their professional field. This article investigated students’ beliefs on EMP vocabulary learning, preferences for memory strategies, and perceptions on memory strategies usage. It aimed to find out the difficulty in EMP vocabulary learning, viable memory strategies and the effect and influence of using these strategies. A qualitative research method of in-depth interview was used to deeply explore students’ real subjective thinking on EMP vocabulary learning and memory strategies usage. Students from Ningxia Medical University, China, who would like to improve their EMP lexical proficiency were conveniently selected as the participants. The qualitative analysis software NVivo 12 was used to analyze the collected data. The results mainly indicate that most students believe EMP lexis is challenging to learn because of its complicated characteristics, while high language proficiency learners are found to utilize more memory strategies. Students primarily concentrate on simple operations of strategies use and agree on the benefits of enhancing memorization, while having own categorization of learning EMP lexical items. The conclusions obtained from the research results could provide references for both EMP vocabulary teaching and learning, and some recommendations are proposed to improve EMP vocabulary learning quality.

IDENTIFYING AND ANALYSING BASE TREND IN CORPORATE UNIFORM DESIGN

The article examines the problem of identifying key trends in the development of the concept of corporate uniform in an organisation based on information about successfully implemented projects in various professional fields. For this purpose, an algorithm for applying data analysis methods in practical activities CRISP-DM was used, which includes six typical stages: understanding business goals, initial study of data, data preparation, modeling, evaluation and implementation. For each stage, methods (mathematical, expert) for processing data to identify trends are defined. The result of applying the proposed methodology is a visual presentation of data on identified trends in uniform design, including in the format of temperature maps, allowing a specialist in the field of costume design to reasonably interpret them and extrapolate the identified trends into the future of corporate fashion and corporate identity.

Designing diagnostic tools for the organization of differentiated professional orientation of high school students in pedagogical fields

Importance. Professional orientation in pedagogical fields is an effective means for the education system development. The diagnosis is an essential planning and organization component of targeted professional orientation for high school pupils. The issue of conscious selection of a teaching career is linked to the axiological aspect of the orientation for adolescents and young people, as well as to the implementation of the individualization and differentiation principles in education. A comprehensive set of diagnostic tools for targeted career guidance for high school students under modern conditions, considering the pedagogical field and its axiological significance, has not yet been defined. There is a growing need for educational initiatives and scientific support for the development of methods range for targeted career guidance, including diagnostics, to encourage students to pursue careers in the field of education. The aim of the research is to provide a theoretical basis and present the results of developing diagnostic tools for organizing differentiated professional orientation for high school students pursuing pedagogical studies. Based on systematic, predictive, individualized, and value-based approaches to professional guidance, these diagnostic tools could be useful for selecting students for teaching positions, implementing a system of personalized career counseling in a contemporary educational setting, and for admission officers involved in planning and executing career guidance programs in the field of teacher training.Research Methods. Analysis of scientific literature and the current state of affairs in the vocational guidance and career counseling field, as well as a review of existing tools and parameters for this purpose. The research follows a logical path that begins with the career guidance organization for schoolchildren and progresses to the diagnostic instruments development (such as sample interview questions) for use in differentiated career counseling for those interested in teachingrelated fields.Results and Discussion. The “professional orientation” concept is considered both in Russia and abroad, and the specific implementation examples of career guidance activities in education are presented. An important area of professional orientation is value orientation towards pedagogical specialties. Career guidance diagnostics includes an analysis of values, value attitude to the profession, interests, abilities, and orientation of students necessary to predict the development of personality qualities in the chosen field of training in pedagogical specialties, and the organization of differentiated career guidance. In the research course, the author’s diagnostic tools are developed – the diagnostic matrix “Career guidance interview for a future teacher”.Conclusion. The problem of differentiated professional orientation towards pedagogical specialties among adolescents and young people is urgent and requires special attention from the state, society and the educational system. The professional orientation of high school students to pedagogical specialties includes the diagnosis of values, value attitude to the chosen profession, individual interests and abilities, improves educational results and helps to see the prospects and opportunities of everyone in the future professional field – the field of education. In addition, it reduces the risk for a person to choose an unsuitable profession and helps to successfully integrate into the professional teaching community in the future.

When Large Language Models Meet Optical Networks: Paving the Way for Automation

Since the advent of GPT, large language models (LLMs) have brought about revolutionary advancements in all walks of life. As a superior natural language processing (NLP) technology, LLMs have consistently achieved state-of-the-art performance in numerous areas. However, LLMs are considered to be general-purpose models for NLP tasks, which may encounter challenges when applied to complex tasks in specialized fields such as optical networks. In this study, we propose a framework of LLM-empowered optical networks, facilitating intelligent control of the physical layer and efficient interaction with the application layer through an LLM-driven agent (AI-Agent) deployed in the control layer. The AI-Agent can leverage external tools and extract domain knowledge from a comprehensive resource library specifically established for optical networks. This is achieved through user input and well-crafted prompts, enabling the generation of control instructions and result representations for autonomous operation and maintenance in optical networks. To improve LLM’s capability in professional fields and stimulate its potential on complex tasks, the details of performing prompt engineering, establishing domain knowledge library, and implementing complex tasks are illustrated in this study. Moreover, the proposed framework is verified on two typical tasks: network alarm analysis and network performance optimization. The good response accuracies and semantic similarities of 2400 test situations exhibit the great potential of LLM in optical networks.

Assessing Digital Competency Among Thai Citizens: A Comprehensive Study in the Post-Covid-19 Era

During the past Covid-19 pandemic, the digital skills of Thai citizens have transformed. This study will lead to ways to promote and develop digital skills and competency in various fields in order to be ready to cope with the Next Normal era. The study of digital competency of Thai citizens aimed to 1) study the digital competency of Thai people, and 2) compare the digital competency of Thai citizens in terms of gender, age and educational background. The 912 research samples were obtained by volunteer sampling. The research instrument was an online evaluation form. Data were analyzed by percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test for independent samples by one-way ANOVA. The research found that 1) the overall digital competency of Thai citizens was at a high level, in terms of digital knowledge and skills and characteristics to use digital information technology and communication with confidence and creativity to achieve goals related to work, learning, and participation in society. When considering each aspect, it was found that communication and collaboration, safety, information and data literacy, problem solving, and digital content creation were all at a high level respectively; and 2) When comparing the digital competency of Thai citizens, it was found that the samples with different genders had no statistically significant difference in digital competency. As for age and educational backgrounds, there was a statistically significant difference in digital performance at the .05 level, except for the digital competency in safety which had no statistically significant difference. The overall digital competency of Thai citizens at all educational levels is high, and those in advanced professional fields have the highest level of digital competency overall. This is in line with the regulations of numerous Thai universities and vocational schools, which mandate that final-year students take a Digital Literacy Test.

In experts’ words: Translating theory to practice for teaching self-regulated learning

Introduction Health professions education (HPE) should help students to competently self-regulate their learning, preparing them for future challenges. This study explored the perspectives of expert self-regulated learning (SRL) researchers and practitioners on the practical integration of SRL theories into teaching. Methods An exploratory qualitative research study was conducted involving semi-structured interviews with acknowledged research leaders in the field of SRL and/or experienced professionals dedicated to teaching SRL strategies for complex skills in different disciplines. The data were analyzed using an iterative thematic approach guided by a six-step framework. Results Fifteen interviews were conducted with experts from six countries representing diverse contexts, cultures, and disciplines. We identified five themes related to translating theory to practice for teaching SRL in HPE: theoretical issues, cultural aspects, stakeholders’ participation, teaching complexity, assessment, and feedback. Conclusions This study presents a useful starting point for teaching SRL. The experts suggest a supportive learning environment with the guidance of competent teachers by using general and task-specific teaching and learning strategies, as well as sufficient sources and cycles of feedback, all tailored to the culture and context. These findings call for a shift in faculty development programs to foster teachers to support second-order scaffolding in HPE.

BB-GeoGPT: A framework for learning a large language model for geographic information science

Large language models (LLMs) exhibit impressive capabilities across diverse tasks in natural language processing. Nevertheless, challenges arise such as large model parameter size and limited model accessibility through APIs such as ChatGPT and GPT-4, which prohibits the model deployment on mobile devices and domain adaptation or fine-tuning. Moreover, while LLMs excel in general domains, their performance in specialized fields such as GIS may not always align with the expectations of domain experts. This is primarily attributed to the diverse disciplinary origins of the training data, which often lack comprehensive coverage and treatment of knowledge specific to individual disciplines (e.g., GIS). Therefore, there is a crucial need to train and adapt LLMs specifically designed for different professional fields. In this paper, our focus is on the GIS domain, where we introduce BB(BaBy)-GeoGPT, a large language model with GIS-specific knowledge. To achieve this goal, we curated a comprehensive set of resources, comprising model pretraining data (BB-GeoPT, 26,907 documents), supervised fine-tuning data (BB-GeoSFT, 35,876 instructions), and evaluation data (BB-GeoEval, 600 objective questions and 150 subjective questions). BB-GeoGPT is developed by first adapting an open-source general-domain LLM, the LLaMA-2-7B model, to our pretraining data. Subsequently, we use instruction tuning to further fine-tune the model on our BB-GeoSFT. Through extensive experiments on the evaluation dataset, BB-GeoGPT demonstrates improvements ranging from 10.55% to 47.57% for objective questions and from 7.87% to 27.73% for subjective questions, when compared to general LLMs of similar size in terms of accuracy. Moreover, our data collection strategy and the amassed data can serve as a foundation for advancing LLM research in the GIS domain, fostering further development.

Agency, authority and universality in the promotion of global ELT textbook series

ABSTRACT There is at present much focus in ELT on describing and promoting teacher and learner agency. However, ELT as a professional field is concurrently characterised by an increasing orientation toward authoritative texts, particularly those imbued with authority at the transnational level. Global textbooks are a notable example, since they, along with global language testing and language policy, play an increasingly important role in determining teaching and learning practices across a range of different settings. Our focus in this paper is on how the authoritativeness of global textbooks is upheld in online promotional materials. Examining websites of three contemporary ELT textbook series, we analyse discourse strategies employed to legitimise the authoritative position of the textbooks and their publishers. We find that publishers legitimised their authority through strategic links to external forces (policy, testing), in this way foregrounding the universality of the textbooks. In contrast, the websites represented the agencies of teachers and learners only minimally, primarily as subordinate to the agency attributed to textbooks themselves. We conclude with a reflection on the need for applied critical scholarship in ELT that can offer practical alternatives and thus disrupt dominant notions of universality and the hierarchization of knowledge these are based on.

Improving the Efficiency and Quality of Education as the Basis for Successful Digitalization of the Economy

The determining influence of the effectiveness and quality of education systems on all spheres of human activity has been studied: economic, social, socio-political, everyday and spiritual. The most important conditions are considered and the main ways are analyzed to significantly increase the efficiency of modern vocational education while simultaneously improving its quality. The necessity of using adaptive educational technologies is substantiated, the features of algorithmization of the adaptive learning process are shown in order to improve its quality, and ways of creating an effective model of the professional field for adaptive educational systems are analyzed. The comparative analysis method was used to select these paths. The possibilities of creating modern adaptive vocational training systems based on the use of the concept of the International Labor Organization “Labor Competency Modules” are illustrated. Examples of results obtained during many years of professional activity are given.

Empirical Experience of the Prophet as a Source of Knowledge Hadith Perspective

Empiricism is a branch of Western epistemology that is based on experience and discourages reason. According to empiricism, the source of knowledge is experience or empirical. Reason is not a source of knowledge; instead, reason is tasked with processing knowledge gained from experience. The aim of this research is to find out hadiths about the life of the Prophet which can constitute epistemology as science. This research uses a descriptive method with a literature review. Thus, this research concludes that the application of Islamic epistemology based on the life of the Prophet is proven in the Muslim hadith no. index 2336 about the wrong story of the Prophet to date palm farmers. This hadith is a tribute to the Prophet because of his expertise and ability in the professional field. In other words, the Prophet's hadith shows that the only people who understand agricultural issues better are farmers. Judging from the asbab al-wurud hadith, the Prophet was born and raised on the barren Arabian Peninsula. Therefore, the Prophet only expressed his opinion without having experience in farming dates. From this experience of the Prophet's erroneous opinions, lessons can be made for farmers, as those who understand more about the world of Islamic boarding schools are the kyai and Islamic boarding school administrators.