Work Place Research Articles

REHABILITEES WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS’ CANE SKILLS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON INDEPENDENT TRAVEL IN NAIROBI CITY COUNTY, KENYA

<p>The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of rehabilitees with visual impairment cane skills on their independent travel. The study was based on Bandura’s social cognitive learning theory. The researcher used a case study research design. The study was carried out at Kenya Institute for the Blind located in Nairobi County, Kenya. The target population was two orientation and mobility trainers and fifty rehabilitees with visual impairment who lost sight between the years 2011 and 2016 and who underwent rehabilitation at KIB. A purposive sampling technique was used to select KIB for the study. Snowball sampling technique was used to locate thirty-seven rehabilitees with visual impairment. Data was collected using questionnaires. The pilot study was conducted at Machakos Technical Institute for the Blind because of its similar characteristics in the admission of rehabilitees with visual impairment. The researcher ensured the content validity of the research instruments through discussion with supervisors and lecturers in the Department of early childhood and Special Needs Education. Quantitative data was gathered using questionnaires and processed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) program. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics and presented using tables. The findings revealed that mobility canes were the main device used at Kenya Institute for the Blind for orientation and mobility. Worldwide, canes were the most used device for orientation and mobility for individuals with visual impairment. In KIB, the device was limited in supply and not readily available. Cane skills were the most popular orientation and mobility techniques among rehabilitees in KIB. The study concluded that rehabilitees were not adequately trained since a substantial period of time has elapsed yet they have not indicated favourable independent travel to their places of work. Orientation and mobility training at KIB led to the acquisition of necessary skills relevant to independent travel of individuals with visual impairment. The study recommended that there is a need for Kenya Government to facilitate the production of cheap locally made long canes suitable for our Kenyan roads.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/soc/0758/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Extreme heat, pregnancy and women’s well-being in Burkina Faso: an ethnographical study

Climate change is an increasing threat to the health of populations in Africa, with a shift in seasonal temperatures towards more extreme heat exposures. In Burkina Faso, like other countries...

The conundrum of the habitual workplace: In search of access to justice for transport workers in the European Union

EU private international law regulations are articulated around the ‘habitual place of work’ factor, which does not fit well with the fact that not only are these workers mobile, but their place of work is also mobile. This article critically examines the proxy to this concept developed by the Court of Justice to provide transport workers with access to justice. There are some caveats to the chosen factual approach, in particular its complexity as well as the disregard for the collective dimension of employment relationships, since it can only be undertaken on a case-by-case basis. Moreover, this factual approach does not fit well to all transport sectors. The application of this approach considering the transport worker's domicile/habitual residence might enhance the said access to justice. A similar factual approach is employed in the Posting Drivers in the Road Transport Sector Directive which further compromises worker protection in this sector.

Second Language Proficiency, Learning Strategies, and Employability Skills in Undergraduate Student

The present study hopes to investigate a comprehension of the relationship between second language proficiency, language strategies and the employability skills of undergraduate students. Though limited in the number, the studies conducted with respect to the topic under discussion in the current study show that there is a strong relationship between second language proficiency, language learning strategies and employability skills of undergraduate learners. Raising students awareness regarding their proficiency and strategies might make them not only more prepared for learning but also more analytic about their learning proficiency and the strategies they make use of it. Employability skills are those personal and daily living habits that have been identify employers and young entry level workers as essential for obtaining employment and for success in the work place. Language fluency plays a vital role in deciding the learning strategies as well in the job market. The current study focus on employability skills undergraduate students as it is high time to study their skills and enhance their skills as education is development of all round personality.

Measuring the Potential and Realized (or Revealed) Spatial Access from Places of Residence and Work to Food Outlets in Rural Communities of Québec, Canada

This study aims to bridge the gap between the potential and realized spatial access to food outlets in rural areas of Québec, Canada. By assessing both aspects, this research aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the challenges faced by rural communities in accessing food resources and the effectiveness of existing interventions in addressing these challenges. A mixed methods approach was adopted to collect and analyze data, combining GIS-based spatial analysis with community-based surveys. The spatial analysis allowed for the quantification of the potential access metrics, while the community surveys provided valuable information on travel behaviors, preferences, and barriers experienced by residents when accessing food outlets. The results of the distance measurement calculations showed that for both the potential and realized distance measurements, convenience stores are more easily accessible than grocery stores and supermarkets. Thus, workers seem to have a strategy for minimizing the impact of long distances by combining work and grocery shopping. These results are measured for the realized accessibility to grocery stores and supermarkets and the principal retailer used. Finally, the results of the analyses show that there is a socio-economic gradient in the potential geographical accessibility from home to the food outlets. The importance of developing and strengthening the local food environment to make it favourable to healthy eating and supportive of food security is discussed.

Work motivation and factors associated with it among health professionals in Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital

Motivation is the level of a person's willingness to put forth and maintain an effort in support of organizational goals. However, motivation towards task execution is affected by the organization and individual goals. For instance, low morale among the staff can damage the quality of service delivery. Hence, this study was intended to assess the working motivation status and factors associated with it among health professionals at Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital. A hospital-based cross-sectional study was employed. Stratified sampling techniques were used to extract sample from each job category proportionally. To make the distribution fair, all health workers were grouped according to their job title and selected by using the lottery method from each group. A standardized, self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. Data was checked, coded, and entered into EpiData 3.1 and exported for analysis into SPSS 25. Variable in the multivariable logistic regression model with a p value of < 0.05 at 95% CI were taken as significantly associated to motivation status. A total of 319 people were involved, with a 100% response rate. 20.4% of health professionals were motivated at Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital. Job satisfaction (AOR 6.46, 95% CI 1.72, 24.35), the presence of adequate medical supplies (AOR 5.01, 95% CI 1.23, 25.37), work place security (AOR 6.78, 95% CI 1.498, 30.72), and the presence of training opportunities in health facilities (AOR 2.23, 95% CI 1.01, 4.96) were significant factors associated with motivation status. The proportion of motivated health professionals was very low compared to previous studies in Ethiopia. The presence of security at work, adequate medical equipment, drugs, and supplies, job satisfaction, and the presence of training opportunities were predominant motivational factors. The hospital administration needs to give priority and work to safeguard security, ensure adequate medical supplies, and offer training to improve their satisfaction and motivation.

Partograph utilization is associated with educational status of obstetrics care givers in Ilu Aba Bor Zone, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Background: Worldwide, several thousands of mothers die every year due to pregnancy and birth related complications. Most of maternal deaths can be minimized by using partograph routinely. However, the level of utilization and associated factors among obstetrics care providers in Ilu Aba Bor Zone has been barely known. Objective: This study assessed the level of partograph utilization and its predictors among obstetric care givers working in public health institutions of Ilu Aba Bor Zone, South West Ethiopia. Methods: An institution-based cross-sectional study design was employed. A structured self-administered and pretested questionnaire adapted from available literatures were used. In addition to descriptive statistics, logistic regression analysis was applied to assess association. Results: The level of partograph utilization among obstetrics care providers in the study area was 32.8%. Receiving on-job training on partograph (AOR (Adjusted Odds Ratio) = 2.21, 95%CI (Confidence Interval) = 1.19, 4.11), working in a hospital compared to working in a health center (AOR = 2.43, 95%CI = 1.01, 5.82), having BSc (Bachelor of Science) and above educational status in contrast to having Diploma (AOR = 3.12, 95%CI = 1.59, 6.12), and having partograph in a health facility (AOR= 4.19, 95%CI = 2.12, 8.29) were positively associated with partograph use. Conclusions: Partograph utilization level was much lower than World Health Organization recommendation. On-job training on partograph, work place, educational status, and partograph availability were predictors of level of partograph utilization among the obstetric care givers.

Psychological Well-Being and Job Satisfaction of Kenyan Police Officers

Purpose: Police work is a high risk job in terms of stress and low psychological wellbeing. In Kenya, police officers have presented high levels of suicide, homicide, assault and intimate partner abuse and this has become a matter of concern. &#x0D; Methodology: This theoretical paper applies the hermeneutic phenomenological approach to study psychological wellbeing and job satisfaction of police officers as a phenomenon and how it affects police work. Extensive and systematic literature review is done using search engines like google scholar, web of science and Scopus. The search includes historical and contemporary scholarly data which reveals how police work is understood by scholars and the media. This data is then assessed and interpreted to discern the emerging patterns, findings and conclusions.&#x0D; Findings: Statistics on the Kenya police service indicate that 20,000 police officers are either depressed or they present with various psychological disorders. Between 2016 and 2020 police have recorded within their ranks across the country 13 murders and 11 suicides per year without a break. Systematic literature view has revealed that high psychological wellbeing of police officers is imperative in order to remove or reduce psychological morbidity in police work. This not only decreases turnover, but also retains talent, and increases productivity. High psychological wellbeing also spills over to work teams and families in terms of happiness and wellbeing. Analysis of literature has also revealed that job satisfaction is one of the facets of psychological wellbeing at the work place.&#x0D; Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: This paper proposes that police managers, and stakeholders should proactively put in place strategies that enhance job satisfaction and therefore improve the psychological wellbeing of police officers. Researchers in partnership with police management should also address the knowledge gap in explaining how police stressors finally precipitate the high rates of murders and suicide and implement solutions.

The World We Have Lost: Reflections on Varieties of Masculinity at Work

AbstractThe focus on gender in and around the process of deindustrialisation is a very welcome development. The academic attention paid to the decline of male dominated places of work in part can be seen as a continuation of industrial/work sociology's longstanding interest in working-class industrial workers. It may seem counterintuitive to suggest that, notwithstanding a critical gendered account of deindustrialization that pays more attention to women, there remains a need to understand more fully the subtle processes of male gender construction within industrial work. Arguably what has not been fully accounted for are the subtle, complex, and varied ways in which younger males became fully fledged men through a shopfloor ritual, social and cultural transmission, and rites of passage. The article makes two main points. Firstly, it reflects on the notion of care in work and the idea of a moral order of the workplace wherein the workplace acted as an extended caring family. I want to think about this social form through my own research as well as that of other scholars in a variety of industrial workplaces, and also by drawing on workplace autobiography. Secondly, the piece highlights the continued attraction of an older one-dimensional image of male industrial work. In studying this aspect of workplace masculinity, we might be better placed to think about the nature of gendered loss associated with mass industrial closure over time and how in-work socialization patterns have been dramatically transformed. In the process this account will add great depth to our understanding of deindustrialization and industrial culture more generally.

The Interest and Perception of Associate Degree Nursing Students about Working in Health Services

Interest is the desire or will of a person to something. if there is a motivation from the individual can develop that desire, or will, while perception is everything that a person thinks, sees and feels. it can distinguish someone from others. then the interests and perceptions of every student must be different, depending on the understanding and interests of each student. it's becoming important, as an input to defining the policy direction for existing educational services. The purpose of this research was to describe the interests and perceptions of students of nursing level 3 working in the health service. The method used a quantitative design with a total sampling of 64 people. The result of this study found that more students were choosing hospitals for their first place of work after graduating from college. This is because according to students, hospitals have many cases of illness so it can sharpen the competence and ability becoming more and more skilled. Thus, educational institutions can enhance cooperation with various hospitals both at home and abroad in an effort to improve the competence and absorption of graduates working in hospitals.

P1136 Relationship between occupation and Inflammatory Bowel Disease’s activity in newly diagnosed patients

Abstract Background It is well known that occupational activity can affect health. The association between type of work and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) has been studied previously, but the studies on the topic are scarce and they do not have studied the relationship with clinical activity of the disease. The aim of this study is to elucidate if the type of work is a risk factor for the disease activity and severity in recently diagnosed IBD patients. Methods An observational prospective study including incident cases of patients with IBD diagnosed between June 2020 and September 2022 in the area of Santiago de Compostela was developed. Type of work, divided into white collar and blue-collar, sedentariness at work divided into high activity, moderate activity and sedentary activity according to the classification of occupational activity categories using accelerometry, and place of work divided into indoor and outdoor, time at work and contact with animals at work was recorded. All cases were followed-up through one year to assess the evolution of the disease. Endoscopic index at one year from the diagnosis, analytic parameters, hospitalizations related with the disease during the period, treatments administered, and number and severity of flares (measured by Partial Mayo Score and Harvey- Bradshaw) were collected. To analyze the results, a logistic regression was used. Results 136 patients were included and followed their activity for a year. 68 (50%) were females. 78 (57.4%) had ulcerative colitis, 52 (38.2%) Crohn’s disease and 6 (4.4%) unclassified colitis. 30 patients (22.1%) had at least one flare during this time (23 had 1 flare, 5 two and 2 three), and 4 patients were primary non responders. 7 patients (5.2%) were hospitalized. Neither the type of job (white or blue collar), time at work (working hours per week), physical activity at work (sedentary work, moderate activity or high activity), working outdoor vs. indoor nor contact with animals at work were associated with hospitalization (all p&amp;gt;0.05). When contact with chemicals, solvents and dusts were analyzed, no statistically significant difference was found (p&amp;gt;0.05). Regarding the appearance of flares, high activity at work and working outside were protective factors of the appearance of a flare, with OR 0.1 (0.0 – 0.7) and 0.2 (0.1 – 0.8) respectively (Table 1).After stratifying results according to type of IBD, there were no statistically significant differences. Conclusion High activity jobs and working outside are protective factors for a flare appearance in patients with recent diagnosis of IBD. Type of job it is not related with risk of hospitalization.

PRIORITIES IN THE INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINE ENTERPRISES AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THE MILITARY AGGRESSION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

The world economy changes its architecture. These changes are caused by the global technology revolution, which is associated with innovation processes. They cover a wide range of innovations: from the creation of decentralized systems based on trust (the blockchain) to open integrations of artificial intelligence (open AI ecosystem). Such processes configure new features of global markets and, more to the point, new players in these markets. Consequently, the most important task for Ukrainian business is to define clear development priorities related to innovations. This article examines the place of the Ukrainian economy in innovative global processes, identifies the main problems of entrepreneurship development under war conditions, and outlines priorities on the way to innovative reconstruction. An analysis of global innovation trends against the background of modern challenges was carried out on the basis of the Global Innovation Index (GII) for 2022, and the place of Ukraine in these processes was determined. The relationship between innovative contributions and innovative results is shown. The general entrepreneurial potential of Ukraine was determined, inclusive of the background of the russian war. It has been analyzed why the labor potential, which lost its place of work in connection with the armed hostilities of the aggressor, did not drift into the entrepreneurial private sector and did not join the ranks of the self-employed population. The innovative attitudes of Ukrainian entrepreneurship were analyzed and the industries that do not invest in technological innovation of production were identified. Arguments are presented why innovation can be the key to getting out of the crisis and a way to increase the competitiveness of enterprises in the domestic market, as well as promotion to foreign markets.

Interrelation of career orientations, life strivings and values of students of secondary vocational education

Introduction. Value and motivational guidelines play an important role in shaping students» career self-determination. Currently, significant changes are taking place in the value orientations and motives of young people. That is why the study of the relationship between value-motivational characteristics and career orientations becomes especially relevant.Purpose setting. The task is to identify the relationship between career orientations, life aspirations (motives) and values of students of secondary vocational education.Methodology and methods of the study. To achieve this goal, the «Career Anchors» technique (developed by E. Schein), the «Aspiration Index» technique (developed by E. Deci and R. Ryan) and the value orientation technique (developed by S. Schwartz) were used. Students from Krasnoyarsk institutions of secondary vocational education took part in the study as respondents.Results. The results showed that the most significant career orientations for respondents were «Autonomy», «Lifestyle Integration» and «Service». Among less pronounced career orientations, young people consider «Stability of place of residence and work». Young people are dominated by internal aspirations (motives) related to relationships, health and personal growth. The values of hedonism, independence and achievement are of great importance to respondents. Students ranked the following values as less important: conformity, power and tradition.Conclusion. As a result of the study, the leading career orientations, main life aspirations (motives) and the most significant values for students of secondary vocational education were identified. Significant relationships between these characteristics were also identified.

Outcome of fracture shaft of humerus fixed with dynamic compression plate in B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

Introduction: Open reduction and internal fixation with dynamic compression plate (DCP) is necessary for fracture shaft of humerus (SoH) whose closed reduction is not acceptable or cannot be retained in slab or cast.&#x0D; Objectives: Aim of the study was to evaluate outcome of fracture SoH fixed with DCP.&#x0D; Methodology: Patients with fracture SoH fixed with DCP in BPKIHS in 2015-16 were prospectively studied for one year for perioperative issues and functional outcome using DASH score.&#x0D; Results: There were 87 patients of fracture SoH fixed with DCP. Among 87 patients, 65.5% were male and 34.5% were female. The mean age was 36.4 years. The most common mode of injury was road traffic accident followed by fall from height, work place injury. The average operating time was 71 minutes with standard deviation 15.6. The mean blood loss was 205ml ± 45.60. Post-operative hospital mean stay was 4.5 days. There was post-operative radial nerve palsy in 4.6%. Only 69 patients can be followed up for one year for evaluation. Radial nerve palsy recovered fully in those with post-operative palsy. Disability of shoulder arm and hand (DASH) score was 82.50±9.6 after one year of surgery. Fracture was not united in 3(4.3%) patients out of 69 patients who reported for follow up at one year of injury and needed bone grafting and secondary intervention. This shows satisfactory functional outcome in fracture SoH fixed with DCP.&#x0D; Conclusion: Dynamic compression plating for SoH fracture has satisfactory outcome.

Legal qualification of the use of foul language at work: mobbing or petty hooliganism

The article is devoted to the problem of legal qualification of the use of foul language at work. Despite the fact that Ukrainian labour legislation was supplemented with anti-mobbing innovations at the end of last year, these innovations remain understudied, which leads to many problems in law enforcement. For example, one of the controversial issues is the distinction between the content of Articles 173 «Petty hooliganism» and 1735 «Mobbing (Baiting) of an Employee» of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offences.&#x0D; To gain a deeper understanding of the central topic of the study, the author analyzes the legal nature of such phenomena as mobbing in labour relations and petty hooliganism. In particular, the author examines their system of features through the prism of its understanding as a holistic and interconnected structure characterised by emergence and impossibility of the whole’s existence without its individual elements.&#x0D; In the course of writing this article, the author took into account the situational nature of the use of foul language in the workplace, and therefore proposed several options for resolving various incidents. In particular, the author considers situations in which: 1) an employee constantly uses foul language during communication at work solely due to a low level of speech culture; 2) an employee systematically humiliates the honour and dignity of a colleague by using foul language.&#x0D; In addition, the author’s position was expressed in the research paper that the concept of «public place» used in the wording of the disposition of Article 173 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offences is generic in nature, while the term «place of work» is specific in relation to the previous one.&#x0D; The empirical basis of the study is the national regulatory legal acts (the Labour Code of Ukraine and the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offences), as well as court practice.&#x0D; In general, this research article is intended to contribute to the improvement of the efficiency of application of the relevant legal provisions of labour and administrative legislation and fair consideration of cases of administrative offences.

Improving the quality of counseling and clinical supervision in opioid treatment programs: how can technology help?

BackgroundThe opioid epidemic has resulted in expanded substance use treatment services and strained the clinical workforce serving people with opioid use disorder. Focusing on evidence-based counseling practices like motivational interviewing may be of interest to counselors and their supervisors, but time-intensive adherence tasks like recording and feedback are aspirational in busy community-based opioid treatment programs. The need to improve and systematize clinical training and supervision might be addressed by the growing field of machine learning and natural language-based technology, which can promote counseling skill via self- and supervisor-monitoring of counseling session recordings.MethodsCounselors in an opioid treatment program were provided with an opportunity to use an artificial intelligence based, HIPAA compliant recording and supervision platform (Lyssn.io) to record counseling sessions. We then conducted four focus groups—two with counselors and two with supervisors—to understand the integration of technology with practice and supervision. Questions centered on the acceptability of the clinical supervision software and its potential in an OTP setting; we conducted a thematic coding of the responses.ResultsThe clinical supervision software was experienced by counselors and clinical supervisors as beneficial to counselor training, professional development, and clinical supervision. Focus group participants reported that the clinical supervision software could help counselors learn and improve motivational interviewing skills. Counselors said that using the technology highlights the value of counseling encounters (versus paperwork). Clinical supervisors noted that the clinical supervision software could help meet national clinical supervision guidelines and local requirements. Counselors and clinical supervisors alike talked about some of the potential challenges of requiring session recording.ConclusionsImplementing evidence-based counseling practices can help the population served in OTPs; another benefit of focusing on clinical skills is to emphasize and hold up counselors’ roles as worthy. Machine learning technology can have a positive impact on clinical practices among counselors and clinical supervisors in opioid treatment programs, settings whose clinical workforce continues to be challenged by the opioid epidemic. Using technology to focus on clinical skill building may enhance counselors’ and clinical supervisors’ overall experiences in their places of work.

Addressing Fear of Negative Consequences of Overdose Response: A Qualitative Study of the Perceptions of Service Industry Workers Who Encounter an Opioid Overdose in an Urban Commercial District in Atlanta, Georgia.

The increased contamination of illicit drugs with fentanyl in the United States drug market has contributed to escalating mortality from drug overdose. Leisure and hospitality service industry workers are encountering opioid-triggered overdoses in their workplaces, such as restaurants and bars. Consequently, this increases the need for overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) training, which has been limited. We aimed to describe the experiences among service industry workers encountering an overdose in their workplace. We conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with service industry workers in Little Five Points (L5P), Atlanta, between October 2019 and April 2020 and triangulated methods with participant observations and fieldwork. Purposive criterion sampling methods were applied to recruit from different establishments in the L5P commercial district, which comprised restaurants, bars, retail shops, and theaters. After an initial seed sample was identified by engaging key stakeholders during fieldwork (business owners, managers, and the business association), a snowball sample followed for a final sample of N = 15. To contextualize the local population of harm reduction workers, people who use drugs and/or obtain safer drug consumption supplies in L5P (sterile syringes, safer using kits, naloxone), and service industry workers and their customers in L5P, the first author volunteered with an Atlanta syringe services program from October 2019 to April 2020. The first author conducted participant observations during the syringe exchange program and field notes were taken during observation (44 hours). This engagement ensured a rich, thick description. We used a pragmatic approach to thematic data analysis for this study. Data were analyzed iteratively and inductively from interviews and observations. Two independent researchers reviewed transcripts to identify passages in the data related to the question of interest. The passages were contextualized within the full data set independently to understand the relationships in developing a theory of what was commonly occurring across participants' experiences, and these relationships led to emerging salient themes regarding encountering an opioid overdose at work. One salient theme related to overdose response emerged with the service industry workers included fear of negative consequences of overdose response, specifically, fear of disease transmission from artifacts of drug use and overdose response, including the spread of blood-borne disease, violence, and exposure to unintentional overdose. When discussing drug use, participants' beliefs about the potential for personal danger from drug use artifacts (syringes and discarded drugs) and violence were identified as barriers to opioid overdose responses. Our findings provide valuable insights for tailoring OEND training for service industry workers to confront fears associated with opioid overdose response in their places of work to decrease mortality from the opioid epidemic. Harm reduction approaches need to be sensitive to the places in which overdose occurs and who the overdose responder is likely to be, which requires appropriately tailoring OEND training for service industry workers.

Third places, the connective fibre of cities and high-tech entrepreneurship

ABSTRACT Urban ‘third places’ foster informal interactions and face-to-face contact that is critical to the development of new innovations and start-up businesses. Our research utilises extensive microdata in combination with telephone interviews with over 200 start-up companies in Stockholm, Sweden. Our findings indicate that access to third places has a significant impact on the number of new high-tech start-ups (both by entrepreneur place of residence and work) in their vicinity. This suggests that third places play a demonstrable role in innovation and economic growth.

Bats (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) of the Bashkiria National Park

In 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 in the national park “Bashkiria” located in the southeastern part of the Republic of Bashkortostan, studies of the local fauna of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) were carried out. The uniqueness of the specially protected natural area lies in the presence of linden-maple-oak forests located on the eastern border of their range and a wide variety of surface and deep relief forms associated with the development of karst rocks. As a result, data on the habitation of 12 species of bats, which belong to six genera of the Vespertilionidae family, were obtained. Of these, eight species are included in the regional Red Book. The species Nyctalus lasiopterus, listed in the Red Book of the Russian Federation, was found in the Republic of Bashkortostan for the fi rst time. A cadastre is presented with a description of the places of work, geographical coordinates and results of catches, information on wintering places, the nature of stay in the region, reproduction, age and sex composition of populations, indicators of relative abundance. According to traps, the most numerous in the national park are: Pipistrellus nathusii, Vespertilio murinus, Myotis brandtii, Nyctalus noctula, M. daubentonii and Plecotus auritus. Few species are: Eptesicus nilssonii, M. mystacinus, N. leisleri and M. dasycneme, while M. nattereri and N. lasiopterus are rare. In addition to the identifi ed species, Pipistrellus pygmaeus, discovered by us 30 km south of the borders of the national park, can live on the territory. Recommendations on the protection of bats and the introduction of N. lasiopterus into the Red Book of the Republic of Bashkortostan are presented.

What is important to young medical technologists for radiology when choosing a job?

Given the intensifying competition in Germany for medical technologists for radiology (MTR), our aim was to identify job-related preferences among MTR trainees. For this purpose, a survey was carried out among MTR trainees at the MTR schools in Düsseldorf, Mainz, and Heidelberg. The focus was on the individual influence of 40 work- and employer-related factors and on the preferred place of work (hospital, practice) and area of operation (radiology, nuclear medicine, radiation therapy) after completing training. 90 MTR trainees took part in the survey. On average, they indicated a pleasant working atmosphere, regular compensation for overtime, and good teamwork as the most important criteria for applying for an MTR position. With regard to their preferred place of work, more than two-thirds stated that they would initially apply to a hospital after completing their training. Moreover, the majority of the respondents prefer to start their MTR careers in diagnostic and interventional radiology, followed by radiation therapy and nuclear medicine. Imaging clinics and practices can use the present results for targeted personnel recruitment in order to make their MTR positions as attractive as possible from the point of view of young MTRs. · The increasing competition for qualified young talent also affects imaging centers.. · The aim of the survey was to gain insight into the career- and job-related preferences of MTRs.. · Imaging clinics/practices can use these results as a starting point for establishing specific human resources measures for technologists.. · An increase in perceived employer attractiveness can lead to competitive advantages with respect to attracting and retaining qualified MTRs.. · Zippel C, Wirth P, Biedenstein S et al. What is important to young medical technologists for radiology when choosing a job?. Fortschr Röntgenstr 2024; DOI: 10.1055/a-2221-3971.