Professional Way Research Articles

INTERACTIONAL METADISCOURSE MARKERS IN DENTISTRY CASE REPORTS

Metadiscourse is essential in creating and organizing persuasive discourse, taking into account the norms and expectations of parties involved. The purpose of this study is to explore the use of interactional (interpersonal) metadiscourse markers in dentistry case reports, analyze their functions within the text, and evaluate their effectiveness in establishing the writer's credibility and authority in managing textual interactions. The research material included a collection of 60 clinical case reports sourced from special dentistry journals for 2017 – 2022. The larges share of all lexical interactional metadiscourse markers is represented by hedges, attitude markers are nearly one-third as much, while self-mentioned markers, and, especially, boosters and engagement markers are underrepresented. Deliberate, cautious expressions of scientific claims mainly achieved in the dentistry case reports by using hedges can bring in establishing credibility more than authoritative stances. The prevalence of hedges can be a way for dental professionals to indicate that their statements are not absolute or definitive. This is particularly important in a field like dentistry, where there may be multiple treatment options or varying levels of certainty about diagnoses. Attitude markers are used to evoke agreement among readers and create a sense of shared understanding, drawing the readers into a collaborative framework of agreement. Boosters as signals of confidence and certainty in the claims being made and engagement markers that propagate the author’s view are barely present in the dentistry case reports. Most of the interactional markers are located in the Discussion and Conclusion sections.

Benefits and barriers for poka-yoke implementation to minimise variations in construction projects

Variations are inevitable in any construction project. People tend to view variations as a natural and inherent part of construction work, due to the complexity of the construction project. Lack of knowledge, inexperience, and wrong expectations frequently caused variations and eventually lead to exceeding the project cost. Hence, minimising variations in construction projects is vital to the sustainable delivery of the project. Poka-Yoke is a Japanese mistake-proofing method that received wider recognition in the service industry. However, there is a lack of research on how Poka-Yoke can be implemented to minimise mistakes in construction projects. Therefore, this research is aimed to investigate the benefits and barriers of Poka-Yoke implementation for Sri Lankan construction projects to minimise variations. To collect qualitative data, semi-structured interviews were conducted with experts, and code-based content analysis through NVivo 12 was used to analyse the data. As Poka-Yoke is novel to the Sri Lankan construction industry, the identified nine barriers will pave the way for professionals to avoid the existing barriers by taking necessary precautions prior to implementation. Thus, the findings further emphasised the need for the government to provide proper knowledge through training sessions. The identified fifteen benefits will be encouraged professionals to use Poka-Yoke to minimise the causes of variations in construction projects. The construction industry professionals, Engineers, Architects, and Quantity Surveyors have to bind their greatest involvement during the designing stages to minimize the variations and thus benefit from the research findings.

Dyadic process and dynamics of caregiving and receiving in suicide recovery among Filipino college-aged students and their families.

With the increasing incidence of suicidality among the youth, identifying effective care and support that family members provide is essential. Despite numerous studies on the link between suicide mitigation and caregiving, the dyadic process and dynamics of family members supporting youth at risk have been scarcely explored. This study utilizes grounded theory to explore the actions, interactions, and processes involved in caregiving and receiving between five pairs of Filipino family caregivers and college-aged care receivers who recovered from suicidality. The study gave rise to a seven-phase model that characterizes the dynamic dyadic interactions between the family caregiver and the youth care receiver. This is summarized in the acronym C2 A2 R2 E, which means calling-on, contemplating, accepting, allowing, responding, reciprocating, and empowering. This model highlights the processes and dynamics of care within families, which may be useful in paving the way for families and mental health professionals to foster more effective support in mitigating suicidality among youth at risk.

Welcoming The Opportunities: Deciphering Contemporary Mobility of Indonesian Professionals to Japan

The research on how transnational mobility of professionals from developing countries is facilitated and constructed are still developing. Drawn on qualitative data from in-depth interviews with Indonesian professionals in Japan between 2018 and 2020 as a case study, this article discusses all the factors that facilitate the mobility of Indonesian professionals to Japan, including the individual narratives related to both Indonesia and Japan. The case study of Indonesian professionals in Japan demonstrates that the intersections of not only credentials, skills, and transnational economy between Japan and Indonesia, but also the various emerging channels such as scholarship regimes and the changing in Japan�s domestic labor market and recruitment systems have created a set of opportunities that increasingly pave the way for foreign professionals to build a career in Japan while contributing to the homeland. The transnational mobility of working professionals from developing countries to Japan could be seen as a form of welcoming such opportunities and it makes working in Japan as one of the options global talents can choose

Public health workforce in indonesia: A dilemma between professional worker and way of life for health worker

Public health workforce in indonesia: A dilemma between professional worker and way of life for health worker

Weight Inclusive Thinking for Fitness Spaces (WIT FITS): A Pilot Study on the Effects of an Online Intervention on Exercise Professionals’ Anti-Fat Attitudes

ABSTRACT To address widespread weight stigma across the physical activity landscape, scholars have emphasized the need to provide exercise professionals with educational programs that help them (a) identify their biases, (b) reflect on their assumptions about higher-weight individuals, and (c) apply tangible strategies to enhance the inclusivity of fitness spaces. This pilot study assessed the impact of an educational intervention on exercise professionals’ anti-fat attitudes. The intervention was a two-hour, self-paced, online course titled Weight Inclusive Thinking for Fitness Spaces (WIT FITS). The course scope was designed upon the Health at Every Size® (HAES®) paradigm, attribution theory, and the strategies available in the literature to create weight-inclusive climates within fitness settings. This study was conducted using a one-group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design. Participants were 36 employees at recreation centers from three public universities in the Western region of the United States. Data were collected during pre-and post-intervention using the anti-fat attitudes test (AFAT), demographics, and a post-course evaluation survey. Results showed participants’ anti-fat attitudes significantly decreased from pre-to posttest. Specifically, participants’ scores significantly declined in two AFAT subscales: weight control/blame and physical/romantic unattractiveness. Outcomes from this pilot study suggest that the WIT FITS course has the potential to offer a practical, low-cost, and scalable way for in-service professionals to learn about weight and health and improve their attitudes toward larger-bodied people.

Hate speech on social media against German mayors: Extent of the phenomenon, reactions, and implications

AbstractDrawing on an online survey of mayors from the German federal state of Baden‐Wuerttemberg this article analyses (1) to what extent social media is used abusively at the municipal level, (2) how mayors react to hate speech and (3) whether the experience of such insulting comments and threats is correlated with their perception of social media as a tool for political communication. The analysis shows that hateful comments are part of the social media experience on the local level. 53.9% of the mayors have at least once experienced personal insults and hostilities on social media in their role as politicians. The majority of them (56.7%) ignored the hate speech without reaction. Significantly fewer reacted more actively: 29.8% responded to the insulting message, 5.4% blocked the hater, and 8.2% filed a judicial complaint. The statistical analysis shows that mayors who use social media in a more professional way are more likely to react to hate speech in such an active manner. Moreover, the experience of hate speech and particularly an active type of reacting are found to be positively related to mayors' perceptions of how useful they consider social media to be for political communication.

Utilizing a Telementoring Model to Promote the Evidence-Based School Counseling Model

Telementoring is a low-cost, flexible way for school mental health professionals to access professional learning. Using a mixed-methods intervention design, we examined the impact of prolonged telementoring on school mental health professionals’ (school counselors, psychologists, social workers, and others) understanding and application of evidence-based school counseling, including associations between their use of evidence-based, culturally responsive, and collaborative practices to support student mental health. Our findings demonstrate support for the use of telementoring to improve school mental health professionals’ understanding and application of the evidence-based school counseling model. We provide specific considerations for school counseling professionals.

Are we seeing what they want us to see? Toward a synthetic aperture for social media methods

Computational methods have offered new vantage points for understanding how meaning circulates during events and crises. These methods are not neutral and have conceptual challenges that must be addressed. This study makes five iterative passes through a data set of tweets during the Texas Blackout Crisis of 2021 showing that each method, applied in a reasonably professional way, would produce a different understanding of the crisis with different key actors, narratives, and dramatic entailments. The study concludes that a synthetic aperture model where multiple methods are applied to the same data offers practitioners and researchers better information, and at the very least that scanning methods must be justified to avoid manipulation.

TELEDENTISTRY FOR IMPROVING ORAL HEALTH OF RURAL INDIA

In the past three decades, teledentistry has grown as a way for dental professionals to connect with one another from afar. It enables collaboration between different practitioners when it comes to a patient and the required care for this patient. With rural communities or those of underserved populations, teledentistry can be quite useful. Along with reducing the time and expense involved with speciality consultations, it would boost the accessibility of specialists.

Open digital infrastructures for bridging professional cultures: the case of extreme citizen science between journalism and research

In this paper, we suggest framing citizen science projects as interprofessional collaborations. We first focus on one case study − the PLACES project − implementing three “extreme citizen science” collaborations between social scientists and journalists. We then show that in order to enable successful collaborations, participants need to be supported in aligning their professional practices, goals, and ways of framing the research problem. In the second part, with insights from another project (COESO), we show how dedicated infrastructures, understood as social and technical ecosystems, can support the creation of communities of practice, thus bridging the gap between the professional cultures of the people involved in citizen science endeavours. Another key condition for the success of extreme citizen science projects relies on the projects’ governance, which can be influenced by the infrastructures’ design.

The Implementation of Micro-Credentials in Formal and Informal Learning: A Systematic Literature Review

When educational institutions across the globe closed because of the COVID-19 crisis, they rapidly had recourse to emergency remote teaching, online learning, and self-paced training. Such an unprecedented situation accelerated the movement and uptake on courses from online platforms such as Coursera, Udemy, etc. As such, modular learning was seen as a way for learners and professionals to keep on upskilling and reskilling themselves both in academic and professional areas. The recognition of the knowledge acquired, and competencies demonstrated by learners, via a new credentialing system, termed as micro-credentials, is seen as a novel, but ambitious approach that is being portrayed as a highly probable future of education systems. However, several research studies have been conducted in this area with little breakthrough or widescale implementation that has led to substantive changes in existing educational systems and models. This paper presents a systematic literature analysis to understand how micro-credentials concept has so far been implemented in educational contexts, its potential to be recognized as transferable credits in formal higher education and the technologies being implemented to store, stack and manage micro-credentials. The data collection process consisted of selecting articles published in the past ten years. The results show that although there is a growing interest in this research area, there is significant divide between applications and recognition of micro-credentials. Hence, this paper reports a summary of prior research conducted and help in identifying the gaps in research studies with respect to the implementation of micro-credential in formal and informal learning.

Antecedents and Effectiveness of Human Resource Business Partner Performance: Evidence from Banking Sector of Pakistan

The lack of synergy between the HRM functions and the ambiguity of human resources business partnering (HRBP) role are significantly blocking the way of HR professionals to become business partners. The paper proposed a theoretical framework, based on Ibrahim (2015) model focusing on the antecedents of HRBP performance, and further link HRBP performance to Organizational Performance and effectiveness. We proposed that factors such as having HR Business Knowledge by Management, Top Management & Line Manager support to HRBP, Management understanding of HRBP’s Role, and Synergy between HRM practices, positively affect the performance of HRBP, and better performance would lead to increased Organizational Performance and effectiveness. To establish the empirical validity, we conducted a self-administered study, from 250 employees belongs to HR top management, line managers, and professionals working in the banking sector. Data were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis and structured equation modeling. The results showed that among other factors, Synergy between HRM practices has a positive and significant influence on HRBP performance. However, HRBP performance positively and significantly affects both Organizational Performance and effectiveness. The findings revealed that HRBP would play an important and positive role to achieve goals, implement HR strategy, and also increased Synergy between HRM functions makes HRBP performance more effective.

Modern problems of bachelor tourism employment as an indicator of the state of the tourism industry

The article provides analytical data on the employment of graduates of the direction of bachelor training 43.03.02 "Tourism" year 2022. Trends and problems in the development of the tourism industry are identified formed by the requests and challenges of the changing socio-economic and political situation in the country and in the world. Factors of influence on the preservation of interest in the tourist sphere of professional activity and ways to strengthen these factors are determined. The most promising types of tourism for the formation of a strategy for the development of tourism companies in the region were noted.

ՀՀ ԶՈՒ-ի ՀՕՊ-ի զորքերի զինծառայողների տագնապայնության և կյանքի որակի միջև կապի ուսումնասիրություն / Studying the connection between anxiety and the life quality of the servicemen in the air defense troops of the RA armed forces

Professional contact with the dangerous and deleterious factors of activity inevitably affects people’s health. To name a few, the sanitary and hygienic conditions of the working environment, a lot of psychotraumatic factors of professional activity and way of life. The working environment can also directly affect the human brain, thereby increasing or decreasing his performance efficiency. Said factors can well influence on one’s psyche, and in particular cause anxiety. In terms of the working environment affecting on a person’s health, and especially on its mental component, the military personnel whose service takes place in conditions of increased stress, in particular from that of the Air Defense Forces, who, throughout their professional activities, daily encounter many anxiety-provoking factors. These factors take hold of their overall health and life quality, and deserve special attention. The electromagnetic radiation of ultrahigh frequency of nonthermal exposure is one of them to name. Based upon the data received in the course of the research conducted by the authors in the units of the Air Defense troops of the RA Armed Forces, the liaison between the quality of life and the anxiety level of said contingent has been analyzed. The analysis via Pearson's linear correlation coefficient made it possible to clearly identify the following patterns: both state anxiety and trait anxiety do have a pronounced effect on the psycho-emotional and physical components of the quality of life of the military personnel of the Air Defense troops of the RA Armed Forces. Meanwhile their influence on the physical component of health is much less evident. As claimed by the generalization and evaluation of the results of the research data analysis, specific recommendations have been worked out for the development and implementation of measures targeted at reducing the anxiety and improving the quality of life of this contingent of military personnel.

End-of-life perspectives according to family caregivers of older adults with dementia: A qualitative study.

Family caregivers are primarily responsible for the care of older adults with dementia, and the demands of this care increase as the end of life approaches. Experiencing the end of a family member's life can be stressful, and caregivers consider important to know how to identify when their loved one is approaching the end of life in order to prepare for this moment. Thus, as the family is primarily responsible for the older adult with dementia, it is essential to know the meanings of the end of life attributed by family caregivers. To analyze the perceptions of family caregivers of older adults with dementia about the end of life. This is a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study. The convenience sample consisted of family caregivers of older adults with dementia. The inclusion criteria were being a family member directly involved in the care of the older adult with dementia and being 18years of age or older. Data were collected from individual semi-structured interviews. The number of participants was defined during the interviews using the saturation criterion. Data were analyzed using the thematic analysis technique. A total of 63 family caregivers participated, 74.6% of whom were women, predominantly wives and daughters. Two themes resulted from the data analysis: (i) Different perspectives on the end of life: from death itself to a sad, painful and long grief process; and (ii) End of life in the perspective of transcendence. The meaning of the end of life was perceived in different ways by family caregivers. Understanding how they perceive and experience the end-of-life process of the older adult with dementia helps to clarify the best ways for the health professionals to approach and intervene with these families.

Using Anchor to Create Podcasts for Youth Audiences

The Anchor podcasting tool provides an innovative way for Extension professionals to deliver information to youth, as well as promote further engagement. This article describes the process our team followed to create a series of career podcasts for middle school students using Anchor. We discuss benefits and considerations to keep in mind if you are considering launching a podcast of your own.

SME 혁신기술인력의 성장경로와 계속학습 사례연구

Objectives The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of programs at high vocational schools and universities in a view of technical manpower mastering their entry jobs, and the growth path and people who gradually attempted innovative learning activities in and out of the organization and the local consortium. The learning performance researched according to the Kirkpatrick Model. Methods Individual interviews with college professors, Delphi surveys to develop performance indicators, and questionnaires with high school students, college students, teachers, professors, graduates, and corporate official were conducted. Being participated in the business meeting, it recorded the document, opinions and debates presented by public officer and researchers. Results In the individual learning process, job identity education was important for long-term employment in SMEs. To get certificates was effective in cultivating learning habits, the professional way of thinking was naturally acquired in close contact and communication with the professor. Although the role of companies does not meet the students and school officials’ expectation, employment contract decreased the energy waste and make student concentrate on preparing entry job. Group self-efficacy by observing alumni for a long time affect investment plans for R&D personnel growth. SMEs is easy to acquire experience as a president with undifferentiated job duties. To note, there is less social prejudice against technicians from vocational high schools and disadvantage to get qualified by post learning. Conclusions It analyzed the overall project evaluation, insufficient to view the learning that can be classified as an innovative technical manpower in this sample. A follow-up study is requested on how technical personnel occupy a high power position in technology, management, and education fields out of view that consortium unit as organizational learning.

Policy framework to apply artificial intelligence for the management of records at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

PurposeThis study aims to investigate how a policy framework can be applied in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for the management of records at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa. A policy and legal framework enables the records divisions to protect, administer and make their records available in a safe and professional way. Policies play a crucial role in ensuring that records are properly managed.Design/methodology/approachConvergent mixed-methods research was conducted, and data were collected using interviews and questionnaires. Data were analysed thematically and statistically and presented in tables and figures.FindingsThe study reveals that the policy framework should also include the application of AI for the management of records. Therefore, this study further concludes that the CSIR should review their policy framework to ensure the application of AI for the management of records is accommodated.Originality/valueThe study proposed a framework to guide the application of the policy framework in using AI for the management of records at CSIR. It is hoped that the proposed framework will serve as a guideline for the implementation of a policy framework in the utilisation of AI in the archives and records management sector.

Tomasz Kamusella. Words in Space and Time: Historical Atlas of Language Politics in Modern Central Europe

Tomasz Kamusella. <i>Words in Space and Time: Historical Atlas of Language Politics in Modern Central Europe</i>