Institutions Of Various Types Research Articles

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For the guaranteed sustainable development of an educational organization it is necessary to carry out continuous monitoring related to achievement
 of planned results and in due time to carry out correcting and warning actions for elimination of possible failures in system. In this paper have been
 reflected approaches to assessment of educational organization�s quality management system functioning on the basis of ISO 9000 series international
 standards, has been reveled experience related to application of higher education institution�s quality management system productivity determination
 technique constructed on analysis of its processes� productivity, have been presented the main stages of offered mechanism realization. This technique�s
 purpose is providing a group of teachers and a staff of higher education institution led by a top management with necessary tools for quality management
 system�s effective introduction, application and certification. The offered technique creates conditions for qualitative executive decision-making on
 the basis of productive functioning of higher education institution�s process model with participation of all interested parties and taking into account the
 established facts recorded documentary. The technique can be used for distribution of experience related to steady effective management for support
 of regional educational systems in educational institutions of various types and education�s governing bodies, as well as for development of additional
 professional education on quality management.

Представления различных участников учебного процесса о социально-психологической ситуации в образовательном учреждении

The article deals with the socio-psychological situation in educational institutions of various types. As a hypothesis, we suggested that socio- psychological situation is a phenomenon with complex structure, substantially reflected in the representations of the main participants of the educational process, which can help to define homogeneity of representation of students and teachers, as well as specifics of the socio-psychological situation in each educational institution. The study was conducted in secondary educational institutions in Moscow. The respondents were students of tenth grades, their teachers and administration. The study revealed that in a particular educational institution, the representations of the main participants of the educational process are uniform and consistent (p<0.05), and significant differences are shown between the various institutions (p<0.01). We reveal an interaction between the elements of the socio-psychological situation (p<0.01). The results obtained can be used in practice of educational psychology during psychological support of educational institutions.

Социально-психологическая ситуация как характеристика уникальности образовательного учреждения

This paper analyzes the representations of the major educational process participants (students, teachers and representatives of the school administration) concerning the various elements of the socio-psychological situation in the educational institution. We assumed that the substantive characteristics of socio-psychological situation are reflected in the representations of the major participants of the educational process, which can help to define the degree of homogeneity of representations in students and teachers, as well as the uniqueness of socio-psychological situation in an educational institution. We describe the progress and the results of research conducted in Moscow on the basis of state educational institutions of various profiles (gymnasium with intensive study of English secondary school with ethno-cultural component), which was attended by 308 people, 235 of whom were students, and 73 were teachers and representatives of the school administration. We reveal the features of representation of different participants of the educational process about such elements of socio-psychological situation as leadership style, the type of organizational culture and the parameters of social and psychological climate in the educational institution. We describe significant differences in the expression of the elements of social and psychological situation in educational institutions of various types.

Factors Associated With Increased Resource Utilization for Congenital Heart Disease

To identify patient, institutional, and regional factors that are associated with high resource utilization for congenital heart surgery. We used hospital discharge data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) year 2000 (data from 27 states). Patients who had congenital heart surgery and were younger than 18 years were identified using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification codes. High resource utilization admissions were defined as those in the highest decile for total hospital charges. Univariate and multivariate analyses with and without deaths were used to determine demographic and hospital predictors for cases of high resource use. Case-mix severity was approximated using Risk Adjustment for Congenital Heart Surgery risk groups. Regional and state differences were also examined. Among 10,569 cases of congenital heart surgery identified, median total hospital charges were 53,828 dollars. Statewide differences in the number of high resource use admissions were present; California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, and Texas were more likely to have high resource use cases, and Maine and South Carolina were less likely. Subsequent analyses were performed adjusting for baseline state effects. Multivariate analyses using generalized estimating equations models revealed Risk Adjustment for Congenital Heart Surgery risk category (odds ratio [OR]: 1.66-14.1), age (OR: 3.81), prematurity (OR: 4.85), the presence of other major noncardiac structural anomalies (OR: 2.53), Medicaid insurance (OR: 1.48), and admission during a weekend (OR: 1.62) to be independent predictors of a higher odds of high cost cases. Although some institutional differences were noted in univariate analyses, gender, race, bed size, teaching and children's hospital status, hospital ownership, and hospital volume of cardiac cases were not independently associated with greater odds of high resource utilization. States varied in the frequency of high resource utilization for congenital heart surgery. Patients who had greater disease complexity, younger age, prematurity, other anomalies, and Medicaid and were admitted during a weekend were more likely to result in high resource utilization. Institutions of various types did not differ in high cost admissions, regardless of children's hospital or teaching status.

A study of viral hepatitis in a penal institution.

Article1 November 1958A STUDY OF VIRAL HEPATITIS IN A PENAL INSTITUTIONIRWIN A. SCHAFER, M.D., JAMES W. MOSLEY, M.D.IRWIN A. SCHAFER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JAMES W. MOSLEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-5-1162 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe occurrence of viral hepatitis in institutions of various types is well known and has been reported previously.1The present report concerns a study of viral hepatitis in a penal institution carried out during an 11-month period. From the epidemiologic evidence obtained it is believed that parenteral transmission was of significance in the behavior of the disease during the period considered, and that the hepatitis was predominantly due to the serum (B) type rather than to the infectious (A) type. Since prison populations are not infrequently utilized as donor sources by agencies conducting blood-collection programs, it is important to consider...Bibliography1. DrakeMing MEG: Gamma globulin in epidemic hepatitis. Comparative value of two dosage levels apparently near the minimal effective level, J. A. M. A. 155: 1302, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. DarmadyHardwick EMC: Syringe transmitted hepatitis, Lancet 2: 106, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Hughes RR: Post-penicillin jaundice, Brit. M. J. 2: 685, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. DrakeBarondessBasheHenleHenleStokesPennell MEJAWJGWJRB: Failure of convalescent gamma globulin to protect against homologous serum hepatitis, J. A. M. A. 152: 690, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. StokesBerkMalamutDrakeBarondessBasheWolmanFarquharBevanDrummondMaycockCappsBennett JJELLMEJAWJIJJEBRJWDRBAH: The carrier state in viral hepatitis, J. A. M. A. 154: 1059, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. LehaneKwantesUpwardThomson DCMMGDR: Homologous serum jaundice, Brit. M. J. 2: 572, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. CappsSbanovScheiffey RBVCS: A syringe-transmitted epidemic of infectious hepatitis, J. A. M. A. 136: 819, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. ThompsonSutliffHennessyNorman JTWDTPST: Transmission of viral hepatitis by dental procedures, J. M. A. Alabama 23: 45, 1953. Google Scholar9. RobertsStill RBH: Homologous serum jaundice transmitted by tattooing needle, Canad. M. A. J. 62: 75, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar10. Smith BF: Occurrence of hepatitis in recently tattooed service personnel, J. A. M. A. 144: 1074, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. AltschulRosterPaleyTurner APDSSL: Incidence of hepatitis among narcotic addicts in the Harlem Hospital, New York, Arch. Int. Med. 89: 24, 1952. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. SteigmannHymanGoldbloom FSR: Infectious hepatitis (homologous serum type) in drug addicts, Gastroenterology 15: 642, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. Morton RS: Syringe-transmitted jaundice, Brit. M. J. 2: 938, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. Sherwood PM: An outbreak of syringe-transmitted hepatitis with jaundice in hospitalized diabetic patients, Ann. Int. Med. 33: 380, 1950. LinkGoogle Scholar15. NeefeNorrisReinholdMitchellHowell JRRFJGCBDS: Carriers of hepatitis virus in the blood and viral hepatitis in whole blood recipients, J. A. M. A. 154: 1066, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication March 4, 1958.From the Hepatitis Investigations Unit, Epidemiology Branch, Communicable Disease Center, Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.Requests for reprints should be addressed to James W. Mosley, M.D., Chief, Hepatitis Unit, Epidemiology Branch, Communicable Disease Center, 50 Seventh Street, Northeast, Atlanta 23, Georgia. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySerum Hepatitis in Swedish Track-FindersHIATUS HERNIAH.A.A. IN DRUG ADDICTSPrisoner Blood Donors and Posttransfusion (Icteric) Viral HepatitisChronic liver disease in narcotics addicts 1 November 1958Volume 49, Issue 5Page: 1162-1177KeywordsBehaviorEpidemiologyHepatitisHepatitis AHepatitis virusesInfectious disease epidemiologyInfectious hepatitisInoculationMedical servicesPopulation statistics ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...

Impressions of a Foreign Observer of American Education

It is difficult for one, during a hurried tour of six weeks through a foreign land and in necessarily short visits to educational institutions of various types, to form clear and definite ideas of the diverse educational activities of the country. The writer will, however, record some of his general impressions of American education. The first thing that impressed the writer as most remarkable in America is the generous financial provision made for the education of the mass of the people everywhere in the United States. The different states as well as the federal government and the entire body of the American people seem to look upon education as a religious obligation which they must meet regardless of the cost involved. They are generally ready to receive and consider favorably the ever increasing demands made by the schools on their financial resources, being anxious to provide the very best educational training for the rising generation. Such unbounded faith in education is hardly noticeable in any other part of the world, certainly not in India where education is generally the first to suffer from the cruel ax of the ardent economist. The fine buildings and equipment provided for schools, colleges, and universities so as to enable the students to pursue their manifold activities in classrooms, libraries, laboratories, museums, gymnasiums, and playgrounds and the highly trained and highly paid directors, principals, professors, demonstrators, and teachers appointed to supervise these students bear ample testimony to the devotion of the American people to education. Another thing that attracted the writer's attention is the free though well-ordered atmosphere pervading the educational institu-