Profession Research Articles

A Non-Invasive Photonics-Based Device for Monitoring of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Architectural/Sensorial Components & Technical Specifications

This paper proposes a new photonic-based non-invasive device for managing of Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFUs) for people suffering from diabetes. DFUs are one of the main severe complications of diabetes, which may lead to major disabilities, such as foot amputation, or even to the death. The proposed device exploits hyperspectral (HSI) and thermal imaging to measure the status of an ulcer, in contrast to the current practice where invasive biopsies are often applied. In particular, these two photonic-based imaging techniques can estimate the biomarkers of oxyhaemoglobin (HbO2) and deoxyhaemoglobin (Hb), through which the Peripheral Oxygen Saturation (SpO2) and Tissue Oxygen Saturation (StO2) is computed. These factors are very important for the early prediction and prognosis of a DFU. The device is implemented at two editions: the in-home edition suitable for patients and the PRO (professional) edition for the medical staff. The latter is equipped with active photonic tools, such as tuneable diodes, to permit detailed diagnosis and treatment of an ulcer and its progress. The device is enriched with embedding signal processing tools for noise removal and enhancing pixel accuracy using super resolution schemes. In addition, a machine learning framework is adopted, through deep learning structures, to assist the doctors and the patients in understanding the effect of the biomarkers on DFU. The device is to be validated at large scales at three European hospitals (Charité–University Hospital in Berlin, Germany; Attikon in Athens, Greece, and Victor Babes in Timisoara, Romania) for its efficiency and performance.

EVALUATION OF DEPRESSION AND RELATED FACTORS IN THE MEDICAL RESIDENTS WITH BECK DEPRESSION SCALE

Sağlık sisteminin temel parçalarından birini tıpta uzmanlık öğrencileri oluşturmaktadır. Mesleğe yeni başlayan hekimler deneyimsizlik ve mesleğin getirdiği zorluklar nedeniyle ciddi bir baskı altındadır. Bununla beraber, hekimi yalnızca bir çalışan olarak değerlendirmek doğru olmayacaktır. Sağlık çalışanları aynı zamanda toplumun da bir parçasıdır. Bu çalışmada tıpta uzmanlık öğrencilerinin depresyon düzeyleri değerlendirilmiştir. Elde edilen veriler ile asistanların karşılaştıkları sorunların belirlenebilmesi hedeflenmiştir. Tanımlayıcı kesitsel nitelikte planlanan bu çalışmaya 141 Tıpta Uzmanlık Öğrencisi hekim dahil edilmiştir. Depresyon durumu Beck Depresyon Ölçeği (BDÖ) ile değerlendirilmiştir.

Personal Entrepreneurial Skills of Public School Teachers

In the Philippines, teachers tend to find other sources of income due to some financial circumstances. With this, some teachers were entrepreneurs (termed as teacherpreneur) during break time and after office hours. This paper determined the profile of the teacher-entrepreneurs and identified the Personal Entrepreneurial Capabilities (PEC) of the aspiring Teacher-Entrepreneurs. Further, this paper assessed the Personal Entrepreneurial Capabilities of the teacher-entrepreneurs as startup for business and evaluated the Personal Entrepreneurial Capabilities of the Respondents before and after the training. A total of 89 teacher entrepreneurs (31 females and 58 males) were surveyed using a questionnaire with likert-scale responses. The researcher pointed out the following significant conclusions: first, majority of the respondents were young which fall on the age bracket of 20 - 29, male, single, permanent in employment status, less than 5 years in service, low monthly net income and they don’t have business background. It implies that even though respondents were young, they are already secured in their employment status. Second, the highest personal entrepreneurial capabilities were commitment to work contract, information seeking, opportunity seeking, and systematic planning/ monitoring. The lowest capabilities were risk taking and demand for quality/ efficiency. It implies that respondents were more on information seeking because of their profession while less risk takers since they don’t want to lose what they currently have. Third, self-analysis output implies that respondents were capable of being an entrepreneur. Last, the personal entrepreneurial capabilities that need improvement are risk taking, demand for quality/efficiency and self-confidence.

Why William Osler Matters

William Osler has been largely forgotten, but his abiding wisdom speaks loudly to a profession consumed in burnout & uncertainty.

The Milestones 2.0 Development Process.

The Milestones 2.0 Development Process.

VidaProFit: Caracterização dos Profissionais de Fitness em Portugal: VidaProFit

VidaProFit intends to characterize fitness professionals in Portugal, namely Technical Directors and Physical Exercise Technician, regarding socio-demographic variables and their intervention. A questionnaire was built and validated, and professionals respond in an online platform. Data were collected between November 2019 and March 2020, with a sample of 445 professionals. Regarding the sociodemographic characterization, the professionals have an average age of 30,4 years, professional experience of 8,7 years and most of them are single, without children and graduates. The most performed functions are group classes, exercise room and personal training. Regarding working hours, 58% work 35 hours or more and 42% less or 34 hours, although 66,3% indicate that they don´t have other profession. Most of the professionals perform functions in gyms/health clubs and have a job as an independent worker with a salary between €631.98 and €842.63. Regarding the verification of the association between the variables age and professional experience and the number of hours per function, it was found that a higher age and number of years of professional experience are significantly associated with the higher number of hours of more associated with coordination tasks, seeming to indicate that as professionals get older and get experience they perform more this type of functions.

Enabling the Planetary Workforce to do the best science by funding work that is a service to the Profession

Enabling the Planetary Workforce to do the best science by funding work that is a service to the Profession

Rasgos vocacionales de estudiantes de bachillerato aspirantes a una formación inicial docente

El objetivo del presente artículo es describir los rasgos vocacionales (área de especialidad, motivos, intereses y aptitudes) de estudiantes de bachillerato del subsistema de Preparatorias Estatales en Yucatán, México, que aspiran a estudiar una licenciatura en el ámbito de la educación. Para ello se aplicó un estudio cuantitativo de naturaleza descriptiva y transeccional a una muestra de 252 estudiantes en fase de egreso de bachillerato, quienes manifestaron que cursar un programa enfocado en la formación inicial docente está entre sus tres primeras opciones de carrera a nivel de licenciatura. Los resultados muestran que menos de la mitad de los estudiantes cursaron un área de especialidad de bachillerato acorde con la formación docente. Por un lado se halló una tendencia a la elección de esta carrera en función de motivos externos tales como la influencia familiar y la situación económica. Por otro lado, el análisis mostró que únicamente la tercera parte de los estudiantes posee en un nivel alto los intereses vocacionales relacionados con una licenciatura en educación, mientras que las aptitudes vocacionales requeridas para este perfil profesional se manifestaron en un nivel bajo e intermedio entre los participantes. De modo general, el estudio lleva a conclusiones importantes en torno a los rasgos vocacionales de los estudiantes de bachillerato que aspiran a una formación inicial docente. Esto se debe a que muestran factores de riesgo potenciales para su futura permanencia y satisfacción vocacional en algún programa de licenciatura de este tipo pues los resultados manifiestan que los aspirantes poseen los requisitos mínimos para el área en la que desean formarse. Esto adquiere una mayor relevancia a la luz de los retos actuales para quienes se preparan para la profesión docente, ante los cambios sociales y necesidades emergentes en los contextos escolares que añaden a este perfil nuevas y abundantes demandas.

PERSONNEL ACCOUNTING AND ADMINISTRATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA IN AN ERA OF ECONOMIC RECESSION

Personnel accounting has suffered neglect over the years, considering it as a liability is a common feature of all the accounting practices. In teaching profession, their reward, they say, is in heaven. This paper examined which personnel actually fits into the human capital accounting in the administration of secondary school. It also tried to fathom out the impact of economic recession on the productivity of the personnel and suggested ways of wriggling out or cushioning the effect of it. Article visualizations:

FACTORS INFLUENCING TEACHER JOB SATISFACTION AND COMMITMENT AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE GREATER ACCRA REGION, GHANA

This paper examines the determinants of teacher’s job satisfaction and the implications on their job commitment. The study concentrated on pre-tertiary school teachers in the Greater Accra region, Ghana. Quantitative survey approach based on positivist philosophies research design was adopted in gathering data. Over 96% (676) participated fully in answering questionnaire from a sampling frame of 700. For the analysis of data, a number of descriptive statistical tests and in combination of Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmation Factor Analysis (CFA) was used. The main tools used were mean, standard deviation, frequency and Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression. The findings generally shows teachers are satisfied with their job profession intrinsically and this had impacted on their commitment level. However, extrinsically, results indicates teachers are not satisfied especially in the area of salary and other rewards and better conditions of service; career advancement; recognition and promotion policy; among others. Notwithstanding, the results have shown that teachers were committed to their professional job basically due to the love of the job and the students they teach. Article visualizations:

Judith Hargreaves (née Morrow)

Gifted and highly intelligent, she was devoted to the vet profession.

Le festivalier : lecteur, auteur et créateur de sens


 
 
 
 Le festival littéraire Les Correspondances d’Eastman, qui a lieu en Estrie, au Québec, offre une programmation variée comprenant notamment des lectures publiques, des entrevues d’auteurs, des spectacles littéraires et des ateliers d’écriture. Sa spécificité consiste à proposer aux visiteurs d’écrire des lettres dans des jardins d’écriture aménagés par les citoyens du village d’Eastman. D’un côté, en incitant l’ensemble des visiteurs à prendre la plume, le festival encourage la démocratisation de la littérature et de la création littéraire. D’un autre côté, le festival supporte la professionnalisation des écrivains reconnus en rémunérant leur participation aux activités et en leur offrant une plateforme de promotion et une visibilité accrue. À partir des tensions sous-jacentes à ces deux facettes du festival, l’article propose d’explorer le·s rôle·s des festivaliers dans le cadre des Correspondances d’Eastman et de le·s comparer avec celui des écrivains professionnels. L’analyse sera particulièrement centrée sur les interactions entre les visiteurs et les écrivains professionnels, qui oscillent constamment entre la proximité, l’intimité et la distance.
 
 
 

Medical Professionalism Best Practices: Addressing Burnout and Resilience in Our Profession

Medical Professionalism Best Practices: Addressing Burnout and Resilience in Our Profession

A importância do diagnóstico de enfermagem: visão dos enfermeiros

Os diagnósticos assim como todas outras fases do processo de enfermagem desempenham papel fundamental para evolução do cliente, os mesmos norteiam todo planejamento da equipe de enfermagem sobre a implementação dos cuidados que atendam necessidades específicas de todos os pacientes no processo de saúde e doença. Este trabalho teve como objetivos levantar junto aos profissionais enfermeiros, o nível de conhecimento acerca dos diagnósticos de enfermagem e sua relação sob a ótica do processo de enfermagem e teorias de enfermagem. Tratou-se de uma pesquisa de campo com caráter qualitativo, tendo como sujeitos do estudo enfermeiros(as) ligados diretamente assistência, na atenção terciária de um hospital do interior paulista, que abordou os conhecimentos desses profissionais acerca da importância dos diagnósticos de enfermagem. Dos 18 (100%) participantes, apenas 4 (22,22%) responderam que se pautam na Teoria NHB de Wanda de Aguiar Horta e utilizam impressos eletrônicos da Taxonomia da Nanda-I. Os demais 14 (77,77%), não souberam responder. A busca por um cuidado humanizado e uma profissão embasada cientificamente se faz necessário para toda á prática do cuidado, os diagnósticos de enfermagem sendo uma das fases do PE são essenciais para toda evolução dos pacientes, porém muitas vezes os diagnósticos de enfermagem não são aplicados de maneira correta, como foi possível constatar através dos dados e opiniões obtidos durante este estudo.

Differences between Professional and Amateur Cyclists in Endogenous Antioxidant System Profile.

Currently, no studies have examined the differences in endogenous antioxidant enzymes in professional and amateur cyclists and how these can influence sports performance. The aim of this study was to identify differences in endogenous antioxidants enzymes and hemogram between competitive levels of cycling and to see if differences found in these parameters could explain differences in performance. A comparative trial was carried out with 11 professional (PRO) and 15 amateur (AMA) cyclists. All cyclists performed an endogenous antioxidants analysis in the fasted state (visit 1) and an incremental test until exhaustion (visit 2). Higher values in catalase (CAT), oxidized glutathione (GSSG) and GSSG/GSH ratio and lower values in superoxide dismutase (SOD) were found in PRO compared to AMA (p < 0.05). Furthermore, an inverse correlation was found between power produced at ventilation thresholds 1 and 2 and GSSG/GSH (r = −0.657 and r = −0.635; p < 0.05, respectively) in PRO. Therefore, there is no well-defined endogenous antioxidant enzyme profile between the two competitive levels of cyclists. However, there was a relationship between GSSG/GSH ratio levels and moderate and submaximal exercise performance in the PRO cohort.

Reforming Journalism Education on a Tertiary Level in Afghanistan: recommendations for a Dual Education Model

The importance of journalism’s role in society is beyond debate. Particularly in so-called fragile states, the social responsibility of media and journalism cannot be denied. Journalism education must account for the high level of skills required by journalists, and the ‘mediation’ function of journalists in fragile states should be conceptualised. Responding to dynamic developments in the Afghan media landscape and the resulting need for high-quality journalism education, this article proposes a reform model for journalism education on a tertiary level in Afghanistan. Based on research as well as a needs and feasibility assessment following the participatory action research (PAR) approach, target models and an implementation plan for educational reform were developed. This provides a potential blueprint for reforms in journalism education in fragile states, which considers social and cultural values and interests in the local context while drawing on the perspective of the outsider. This article presents the results of a project entitled “Professionalisation of Journalism Education on a Tertiary Level in Afghanistan”, which resulted in a manual.

Exhausted nurses could leave profession, ICU matron warns

Exhausted nurses could leave profession, ICU matron warns

Create Ties to Persons in Wealthy Professions

Create Ties to Persons in Wealthy Professions

Becoming a mentor: giving back to the profession

Becoming a mentor: giving back to the profession

Impact of professionalism of workplace learning support team on learning outcome

Purpose This study aims to understand the impact of professionalism (PR) of the workplace learning support team on learning outcomes. The context of this study is an e-procurement system implementation. Management provides initial formal training (TR) to potential users of the system and also arranges informal learning support by deploying the support team for technical guidance/resolving issues on day-to-day basis for successful implementation. Learning outcome has been measured in terms of perceived ease of use (PEU) by employees and also in terms of the actual use (AU) of the system. This study also explores the role of timely and appropriate initial TR on learning outcomes. Design/methodology/approach An empirical study has been conducted by collecting survey data from 167 employees using an e-procurement system from India. SPSS 22.0 with add-in Process Macro v3.4 developed by Hayes has been used for statistical analysis. Findings The results indicate that the PR of the workplace learning support team positively influences employee’s PEU of the system and also the final required outcome in terms of the AU of the system. This study also found that the employee’s PEU of the system mediates the relationship between the PR of the workplace learning support team and the AU of the system. The result also indicates that higher is the user perception of the appropriateness of initial TR, higher is the effect of PR of the workplace learning team on user learning outcome. Originality/value This study is an attempt to investigate the unexplored aspect of workplace learning. This paper contributes by studying for the first time, the impact of PR of the workplace learning support team and appropriate initial TR in enhancing the learning outcome in the context of e-procurement implementation.