Requirement For Effective Communication Research Articles

Interprofessional Communication of Combatant First-Aid Personnel: Emotional Co-construction in Training Framework

First-aid personnel who engage in initial dialogues with injured combatants on the front lines become participants in interprofessional communication and need training courses that address their requirements for effective communication and dialogic interaction in combat environments. The primary objective of this research is to integrate emotional co-construction strategies into the training curriculum for First Aid Services (FAS). The study explores various emotional language devices and communication strategies that impact the trauma resolution process. The practical aim of this research is to offer insights for the development of workplace communication courses for FAS, fostering dialogues that contribute to personal stabilization, resilience, resistance, and relief for the combatant.

Health monitoring of ultra high fiber performance reinforced concrete communication tower using machine learning algorithms

Within the last decades, the needed for communication towers has accelerated with the requirements for effective communication, especially for radio, radar, and television. The complexity configuration of the tower and limit access to the structure body especially inner part of the tower with hollow section is led the health monitoring of tower as the main challenging issue to maintenance during its function. The change of natural frequencies can be considered as one of the prevalent damage detection methods in structural assessment procedures. Therefore, the main aim of present research is to develop health monitoring system for Ultra High Fiber Performance Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) communication tower based on frequency domain response. Since the frequency data of tower is mostly noisy and interpreting of frequency in different modes in variant case of tower damage. The hybrid algorithm based on the Adaboost, Bagging and RUSBoost algorithms are implemented to identify the damage in the UHPFRC communication tower using frequency domain data. The training samples for the algorithm are obtained from a finite element simulation and full-scale experiment testing is also performed to generate the testing samples. The finite element simulation dynamic frequency results are verified through conducting a full-scale experimental test on 30 m height UHPFRC communication tower. For this propose, frequency Response Functions (FRF’s), for healthy and damaged structures were obtained by exciting of tower by an impact hammer and the acceleration response recorded by three accelerometers sensors attached in suitable positions. The developed hybrid algorithm to identifying the damage is tested and verified by considering the part of tower segments 2–3 and conducting experimental testing on the healthy structure as well as a damaged structure which caused using dynamic actuator. The testing results proved the accuracy of the developed optimized hybrid algorithm to identify damage in the tower structure in variant condition.

Development of an IHOP Execution System Based on Analyses of Shipyard Production Planning Process

Production management in shipyards is one of the most significant activities impacting productivity. On-site managers and production planners still do not have sufficient production information to enable on-site scheduling because of restricted information sharing among departments. In this research, the main production management challenges were determined from workflow simulations of the production planning processes. An analysis of the requirements for effective communication between production management and on-site personnel was undertaken to establish an integrated hull construction, outfitting, and painting execution system architecture for shipyard applications, developed following the component-based design methodology. The proposed systems key functions encompass stages from block assembly to hull outfitting at the quay, and enable visualization of the production progress through color differentiation to maximize production information sharing. The proposed system facilitates the transmission of reliable and accurate production information to all relevant personnel in an appropriate timeframe.

A critical examination of the seafaring English education and training in China

The increased maritime accidents attributable to communication barriers have raised great concern about international shipping safety. The requirement for effective communication has been contained in the compulsory part of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers in 2010. However, many Chinese seafarers still experience difficulty in communicating with foreign seafarers at sea even though they passed the English exams required for a Certificate of Competency. Literature argues that the outcomes of maritime English education are not satisfactory. However, this claim is too general and has not been substantiated with empirical evidence. Using a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods, this paper reveals that English communicative incompetence of Chinese seafarers was attributable to the maritime English examinations system, teaching materials, teaching methods and teachers and students themselves. Recommendations were made to improve maritime cadets’ English communicative competence.

18.02: Optimisation of masts and towers

ABSTRACTWithin the last decades the need for tall structures has accelerated with the requirements for effective communication especially the advent of radio, radar and television. Latest the exponential growth in the use of cellular phones has meant a new era for towers and masts.There are many challenges for the engineers associated with these tall and slender structures especially when it concerns guyed masts. Many experts have stated that “a guyed mast is one of the most complicated structures an engineer may be faced with”. This statement is unfortunately underlined by the fact that the number of collapses of masts is relatively far greater than for other types of structures.The overall layout of telecommunication masts and towers is governed by the requirements to the transmission and receiving conditions. Added hereto the access and working conditions for installation and service are important issues for the design.A total optimising of towers and masts to the functional, economical and environmental requirements is a job for specialists, and it should normally take into account the total lifetime of the structure. However the optimising is often only focused on minimising the direct costs for the establishment of the structure, neglecting the many other factors influencing the “correct” optimisation.The extensive increase in the number of new masts and towers in the last few years, especially due to the expansion in the cellular telephones, has resulted in increased concern of the aesthetic appearance of these structures and this is an additional challenge to the designers.This paper gives an introduction to the optimisation of these structures and examples of designs are presented.

The Benefits of Stepping Into Others' Shoes: Perspective Taking Strengthens Transactive Memory

Perspective taking is an important requirement for effective communication. Teams working on knowledge-intensive tasks should benefit particularly. In a laboratory study, we examined whether perspective taking (vs. egocentrism) facilitated transactive memory when team members' knowledge was either different or similar. Perspective taking led teams to form more accurate transactive memory and agree more regarding each other's knowledge assessments. Corresponding effects were found when knowledge was similar. However, no interaction emerged. Our study shows that perspective taking is a cognitive state that can be induced with a short intervention and that can positively influence team-level outcomes such as transactive memory.

Optimising Communication in the Damage Control Resuscitation- Damage Control Surgery Sequence in Major Trauma Management

Damage Control Resuscitation and Damage Control Surgery (DCR-DCS) is an approach to managing severely injured patients according to their physiological needs, in order to optimise outcome. Key to delivering DCR-DCS...

Key Elements for the Improvement of Healthcare Services for Foreigners in Korea: A Delphi Study

Purpose: This study was performed to identify the key elements for the improvement of healthcare services for foreigners in Korea. Method: Delphi technique was used for this study. As the members of an expert panel for this study, 32 healthcare professionals, who were physicians, nurses, administrators, and care coordinators, with at least 6 months of experiences in international clinics and healthcare services in five metropolitan areas in Korea participated. Data collections were conducted three times from August to October, 2009. The priority and the importance were analyzed using descriptive statistics in SPSS Win 15.0. Result: The key element selected most frequently by the experts was the 'Healthcare providers' abilities for foreign languages' followed by 'Guidelines for facing medical accidences and disputes', 'Information and guide for healthcare services written in English', 'Informed consent preventing medical disputes', 'System of healthcare service fees for foreigners'. Conclusions: The key elements for the improvement of healthcare services for foreigners in Korea were mostly the requirements for effective communication with the foreign clients and the systemic support. The key elements identified in this study can be applied usefully for the development of strategies to improve the quality of healthcare services for foreigners.

The Health Service Bus: an architecture and case study in achieving interoperability in healthcare.

Interoperability in healthcare is a requirement for effective communication between entities, to ensure timely access to up to-date patient information and medical knowledge, and thus facilitate consistent patient care. An interoperability framework called the Health Service Bus (HSB), based on the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) middleware software architecture is presented here as a solution to all three levels of interoperability as defined by the HL7 EHR Interoperability Work group in their definitive white paper "Coming to Terms". A prototype HSB system was implemented based on the Mule Open-Source ESB and is outlined and discussed, followed by a clinically-based example.

The acoustic properties of SCBA equipment and its effects on speech communication

In assessing system requirements for effective communication in public safety applications, a number of challenges exist. The Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) mask air-delivery system is essential equipment in certain public service activities, mainly firefighting and HAZ-MAT (hazardous materials) operations. It is important that high-quality and reliable communications are maintained when SCBA equipment is employed. An SCBA mask encloses the face and mouth, which alters articulation and distorts the speech spectrum. SCBA system noises such as alarms and air-regulator noise, in addition to environmental noises, add to the deterioration of speech quality in an SCBA-fronted communication system. A digital speech codec adds another potential source of speech distortion and diminished intelligibility when noise-corrupted speech is processed. This article characterizes some of the effects of SCBA equipment on speech quality and intelligibility in the context of a radio communications system and outlines parameters that should be considered in communications system design and interfacing.

Mental models, pictures, and text: integration of spatial and verbal information.

In the past several years, there has been an acceleration in the publication of cognitive research on the interplay between linguistic and pictorial/spatial information. To report on and encourage this sort of research, we organized a symposium at the 1991 meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. The articles in this special section of Memory & Cognition are based on the work presented at the symposium. In this introduction, we offer a suggestion for why the integration of linguistic and spatial information is not only a possibility, but a requirement for effective communication. Our suggestion follows the linguistic analysis of the closed-class elements that convey spatial relations, the prepositions (Talmy, 1983). The structure of language provides but a small set of prepositions to encode the vast number of spatial relations that we can perceive. Thus, to understand a situation that a speaker or a writer is conveying, the listener or reader must combine linguistic information with (perhaps metric) spatial information derived from pictures, the environment, or memory.

Aiding the development of communication skills in medical students.

Difficulties with doctor-patient communication continue to be recognized as a major barrier to effective patient care. A fundamental requirement for effective communication has been identified to be an understanding of the patient as an individual, yet most medical students are educationally and socially isolated from their patients and have difficulty in understanding their problems. In an attempt to encourage an understanding of the communication difficulties which follow such ignorance, a simple project was designed for, and conducted by, two groups of medical students during their initial period of clinical contact. Students first estimated the expected level of basic biological knowledge and the likely life-styles of their patients and then compared their estimates with data collected from patients. Students' initial estimates of both knowledge and life-style were poor, but improved significantly after data collection and discussion of results. In addition to improving their knowledge, students also recognized the benefit that such understanding could bring to the quality of communication. From these results, it is suggested that similar class exercises could be valuably introduced with minimum effort into the undergraduate curriculum, as the first of a series of steps in the acquisition of effective communication skills.

Anatomy of a Presentation

A speaker may formally address an audience in the form of a speech, a presentation, or a lecture. The distinction between these forms is explained, and suitable applications for each are discussed. A great many of the requirements for effective communication by means of any of the three are common. A comprehensive breakdown of the factors involved and the choices available to the speaker is presented in diagrammatic form, supported by descriptive text.