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Objective This study experimentally evaluated how well lay individuals could interpret and use 4 types of electronic health record (EHR) patient-facing immunization visualizations. Materials and Methods Participants (n  = 69) completed the study using a secure online survey platform. Participants viewed the same immunization information in 1 of 4 EHR-based immunization visualizations: 2 different patient portals (Epic MyChart and eClinicWorks), a downloadable EHR record, and a clinic-generated electronic letter (eLetter). Participants completed a common task, created a standard vaccine schedule form, and answered questions about their perceived workload, subjective numeracy and health literacy, demographic variables, and familiarity with the task. Results The design of the immunization visualization significantly affected both task performance measures (time taken to complete the task and number of correct dates). In particular, those using Epic MyChart took significantly longer to complete the task than those using eLetter or eClinicWorks. Those using Epic MyChart entered fewer correct dates than those using the eLetter or eClinicWorks. There were no systematic statistically significant differences in task performance measures based on the numeracy, health literacy, demographic, and experience-related questions we asked. Discussion The 4 immunization visualizations had unique design elements that likely contributed to these performance differences. Conclusion Based on our findings, we provide practical guidance for the design of immunization visualizations, and future studies. Future research should focus on understanding the contexts of use and design elements that make tables an effective type of health data visualization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Racial and ethnic healthcare disparities require innovative solutions. Patient portals enable online access to health records and clinician communication and are associated with improved health outcomes. Nevertheless, a digital divide in access to such portals persist, especially among people of minoritized race and non-English-speakers. This study assesses the impact of automatic enrollment (autoenrollment) on patient portal activation rates among adult patients at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), with a focus on disparities by race, ethnicity, and primary language. Materials and methods: Starting March 2020, autoenrollment offers for patient portals were sent to UCSF adult patients aged 18 or older via text message. Analysis considered patient portal activation before and after the intervention, examining variations by race, ethnicity, and primary language. Descriptive statistics and an interrupted time series analysis were used to assess the intervention's impact. Results: Autoenrollment increased patient portal activation rates among all adult patients and patients of minoritized races saw greater increases in activation rates than White patients. While initially not statistically significant, by the end of the surveillance period, we observed statistically significant increases in activation rates in Latinx (3.5-fold, p = < 0.001), Black (3.2-fold, p = 0.003), and Asian (3.1-fold, p = 0.002) patient populations when compared with White patients. Increased activation rates over time in patients with a preferred language other than English (13-fold) were also statistically significant (p = < 0.001) when compared with the increase in English preferred language patients. Conclusion: An organization-based workflow intervention that provided autoenrollment in patient portals via text message was associated with statistically significant mitigation of racial, ethnic, and language-based disparities in patient portal activation rates. Although promising, the autoenrollment intervention did not eliminate disparities in portal enrollment. More work must be done to close the digital divide in access to healthcare technology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Patient online access to medical records is assumed to foster patient empowerment and advance patient-centred healthcare. Since July 2020, patients in the Netherlands have been legally entitled to electronically access their medical record in general practice. Experience from pioneering countries has shown that despite high patient interest, user rates often remain low. How to best support implementation depends on individual needs and expectations of patient populations, which are as yet unknown in the Dutch context. Objective: To understand Dutch patients' needs and expectations with regard to online access to their medical record in general practice. Method: Twenty participants completed semi-structured individual interviews via video or telephone call. Transcripts of interviews underwent template analysis combining deductive and inductive coding using Atlas.ti software. Results: Patients' needs and expectations ranged across three overlapping areas: (i) prerequisites for getting online access; (ii) using online access; and (iii) the impact on interaction with healthcare providers. Patients expected benefits from online access such as better overview, empowerment and improved communication with their general practitioner but identified needs regarding technological difficulties, data privacy and complex medical language in their record. Conclusion: The concerns and obstacles participants identified point towards the need for organisational changes in general practice, for example, adjusted documentation practices, and the key role of the general practitioner and staff in promoting and facilitating online access. Implications: Implementation strategies addressing needs identified in this study may help to unlock the full potential of online access to achieve desired outcomes of patient involvement and satisfaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BACKGROUND: Social media data may augment understanding of the disease and treatment experiences and quality of life of youth with chronic medical conditions. Little is known about the willingness to share social media data for health research among youth with chronic medical conditions and the differences in health status between sharing and nonsharing youth with chronic medical conditions. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to evaluate the associations between patient-reported measures of disease symptoms and functioning and the willingness to share social media data. METHODS: Between February 2018 and August 2019, during routine clinic visits, survey data about social media use and the willingness to share social media data (dependent variable) were collected from adolescents in a national rheumatic disease registry. Survey data were analyzed with patient-reported measures of disease symptoms and functioning and a clinical measure of disease activity, which were collected through a parent study. We used descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression to compare patient-reported outcomes between youth with chronic medical conditions who opted to share social media data and those who did not opt to share such data. RESULTS: Among 112 youths, (age: mean 16.1, SD 1.6 y; female: n=72, 64.3%), 83 (74.1%) agreed to share social media data. Female participants were more likely to share (P=.04). In all, 49 (43.8%) and 28 (25%) participants viewed and posted about rheumatic disease, respectively. Compared to nonsharers, sharers reported lower mobility (T-score: mean 49.0, SD 9.4 vs mean 53.9, SD 8.9; P=.02) and more pain interference (T-score: mean 45.7, SD 8.8 vs mean 40.4, SD 8.0; P=.005), fatigue (T-score: mean 49.1, SD 11.0 vs mean 39.7, SD 9.7; P

El desarrollo de los recursos humanos es un aspecto crucial de cualquier organización, que implica la gestión y el desarrollo de los empleados para garantizar que tengan las habilidades y la motivación para contribuir al éxito de la empresa. El objetivo del artículo es determinar de qué manera se relaciona el desarrollo de recursos humanos y los indicadores de desempeño del personal de la Universidad Nacional de Huancavelica, año 2022. La metodología es investigación aplicada, correlacional; la población es el total de personal docente y administrativo de la Universidad Nacional de Huancavelica, el muestreo no probabilístico e intencionado. La técnica de recolección de información fue encuesta y el instrumento un cuestionario. Los resultados indican la presencia de una asociación entre las dos variables subsistema de desarrollo de recursos humanos e indicadores de desempeño del personal de la Universidad Nacional de Huancavelica, Año 2022. Se concluye que, el coeficiente de correlación hallada es de rho=0,546** que tiene asociado una probabilidad p.=0,000

Mustafa Can Koc,1,2 Elif Yildirim,3 Liliana Nanu,4 Gabriel Marian Manolache4 1School of Physical Education and Sports, Istanbul Gelisim University, Istanbul, Türkiye; 2Directorate of Sports Sciences Application and Research Center, Istanbul Gelisim University, Istanbul, Türkiye; 3Department of Statistics and Quality Coordinator, Konya Technical University, Konya, Türkiye; 4Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Galati, RomaniaCorrespondence: Liliana Nanu; Mustafa Can Koc, Email lnanu@ugal.ro; cankoc_01@hotmail.comPurpose: The purpose of this study is to carry out the Turkish adaptation study of the personal responsibility scale developed by Ren et al for Chinese university students and to examine the validity and reliability of the adapted scale. The original scale was developed to determine the personal responsibility levels of Chinese university students. This research is very important in terms of determining the personal responsibility levels of Turkish university students.Methods: This research involved university students, who were selected through purposeful sampling, a non-probability sampling method. After the original scale was translated into Turkish, a pilot study was conducted on 165 students and exploratory factor analysis was conducted to reveal the scale structure. The validity and reliability of the determined factor structure was tested on 259 students. Internal consistency was obtained with the Cronbach Alpha coefficient. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to check the validity of the two subscale structure.Results: To examine the two-dimensional factor structure of the scale, fit indices were examined: X2/df (1.591), GFI (0.949), IFI (0.937), TLI (0.920), CFI (0.936), RMSEA (0.048) and SRMR (0.050) and It was observed that the indices were within acceptable limits. In the analysis results conducted with the multi-group confirmatory factor analysis method for measurement invariance, it was observed that ∆CFI and ∆TLI values among all metrics were less than or equal to 0.010.Conclusion: The Turkish version of the personal responsibility scale for Chinese college students, consisting of 12 items and two subscales, was proven to be a confirmatory and reliable tool to measure university students’ awareness of personal responsibility.Keywords: Turkish adaptation, university students, personal, responsibility, validation, scale

Life-curriculum vision is a reasoning plan for or of educating that guides human actions. A vision is a reasoning plan for educating, should a plan be prescribed as strictly guiding human actions; or a plan of educating, should a plan be generated after actions have already taken place. As such, this life-history study explored and interrogated lessons learnt by means of and through Prof M’s life-curriculum vision that helped him to understand his unique identities and to manage his life-objective reality. Prof M’s vision and pragmatic paradigm produced a natural identity framework for this purposive and convenient individual life-history study based on photo voices, semi-structured interviews, and reflective activities as the data-generation methods. Prof M’s narratives were evaluated by his family, relatives, colleagues, and friends. The findings revealed that, through his life-curriculum vision, he had become a pragmatist, naturalist, and agnostic, deploying his experiences of societal, professional, personal, and natural identities. Consequently, this study recommends that individuals reflect on and critique their experiences. Such reflection and critique may allow them to create their own relevant unique tools, enabling them to address both their personal needs (personal identity) and their societal and professional needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information science in Germany is undergoing a transformation as several information science institutes have been closed. There are still three locations where information science can be studied. The authors of the article note that information science lacks a professional canon, which poses difficulties for graduates in the job market. The training content is often focused on library activities and lacks in-depth research. The handling of open access is criticized, and the question is raised whether an information science perspective on it would be meaningful. Information science should evolve towards computer science and develop a canonical self-understanding in order to exist as an independent discipline. [Extracted from the article]

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The counsellor trainees' self-efficacy is indirectly influenced by what they have experienced in their personal or academic lives, and the experience does contribute to their knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes. Nevertheless, sufficient evidence to elaborate on the reciprocal interactions in the context of counselling is still limited. Therefore, this descriptive-correlational study intends to investigate the connection between Malaysian counsellor trainees' perceived multicultural counselling competence and self-efficacy and their personal and academic multicultural experiences. All four instruments had been adapted and translated into Malay before being completed by 208 randomly selected counsellor trainees. According to the study's findings, counsellor trainees scored high on academic multicultural experience but low on personal multicultural experience. They also gained high scores for multicultural counselling self-efficacy and moderate perceived multicultural counselling competence. Importantly, findings revealed substantial correlations between perceived multicultural counselling competence and self-efficacy with academic multicultural experience. Overall, the finding highlights the practice of experiential pedagogy in the multicultural counselling course and encourages collaborative efforts involving faculty members and programme providers in developing and sustaining students' or counsellor trainees' multicultural counselling competency and self-efficacy growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background and Aim: Lip prints just like fingerprints follow unique patterns in every individual and are said to vary significantly even within the same family. Lip prints can be recognized from 6th week of intrauterine life and remain unchanged throughout their life. The objective of the present study was to evaluate personal identification through lip print patterns with additional reference to twins and members of the same family. Materials and Methods: Lips of 75 males, 75 females, and 30 twins were studied in various quadrants. In addition, the pattern in the middle 10 mm of the lower lip was also evaluated to note the pattern distribution and dominance of the type of pattern in different genders. Lip print patterns in five families across three generations (eight members each of the same family) were observed for the existence of inheritance of patterns from their ancestors. Results: Among males and females, the most common pattern in the middle 10 mm of the lower lip is Type III (34.66%) and Type IV (32%), respectively. In the middle 10 mm of the lower lip, 33.33% of twins have similar lip patterns but with differences in its arrangements. The result showed different lip print patterns even in twins and among the members of the same family across three generations, with some similar patterns which suggesting hereditary influences in lip prints. Conclusion: In the present, we can see that lip prints are unique and permanent for every human being even among twins and individuals of the same family.

This study explores the interconnexion between personal and professional development in therapist growth. This research examines a self-integrated perspective on training, by looking at the equal importance of nurturing personal development alongside professional skills cultivation. The study uses the concept of Significant Events (SE) which was originally developed to understand client change processes and applies the concept to investigate the development of the person-of-the-therapist. SE is events that are experienced in the therapy process and that are experienced by the client as being helpful or hindering for therapeutic change. Similar to the process of therapy, professional development is not a linear process of acquiring skills and knowledge but a discontinuous process that is driven by SE. The goal is to explore transformative moments in therapists' development. 281 participants completed an online questionnaire, evaluating: i) therapists' personal and professional characteristics, such as their age, gender, supervision, personal therapy, and the level of training and ii) therapists' SE. Participants were asked to list helpful or hindering SE's that influenced their personal and professional development. Thematic analysis uncovered three main themes: i) personal events (physical and mental health, interpersonal relationships, exploring the world, losses and deaths), ii) professional events (training, clinical experiences, relationship with colleagues, challenges due to work position), and iii) hybrid events where personal and professional aspects intertwine (personal therapy and societal context inducing insecurity). Findings suggest a more integrated self in personal and professional development. The study contributes to ongoing discussions on professional development, revealing the interplay between personal and professional spheres of therapists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In this short study, I attempt to reconstruct the main conceptual components of Edmund Husserl's concept of death following the leading clue of his late transcendental phenomenological methodology. First, I summarise his thoughts on death, from the point of view of "the natural attitude", as an event in the world. Then, I try and explore the manifold senses of the limit phenomenon of death as a multidimensional transcendental phenomenological problem in all of its intersubjective-world constitutive, personal-primordial, and metaphysical-constructive layers of meanings, respectively. By doing so, I also hope that the path we travel can serve the reader as an opportunity for a personal and reflective confrontation with death. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this personal memoir of the impact of war and displacement, I tell the story of my father, a Polish-Jewish student from Lwow, then in Poland, who became a refugee after the German invasion of Soviet occupied Poland in 1941. It is the story of loss, survival and reinvention of nationality and family. It is a story familiar to those many refugees through the ages who coped with displacement and loss and made a new and successful life in a foreign country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El presente artículo plantea supuestos sobre aquellos factores sociales, culturales, personales y psicológicos que influyen en el comportamiento del consumidor y que afectan al desarrollo empresarial de las micros, pequeñas y medianas empresas en el contexto ecuatoriano. Se realizó una revisión bibliográfica de los datos que han sido generados e investigados estadísticamente por otros autores en estos últimos cinco años (2019-2023) sobre aquellos factores que influyen en las decisiones de compra del consumidor ecuatoriano. A partir de los hallazgos más relevantes se logró identificar y abordar 17 variables que actúan en la decisión de compra de un individuo que pueden generar un efecto de ruptura comportamental en el consumidor y que pueden afectar negativamente al desarrollo empresarial. Se concluye que, el consumidor posee decisiones de compra que son prioritarios que están relacionados con la educación, salud y alimentación frente a compras relacionados con productos de conveniencia.

Background: Physical inactivity is a public health concern. Personal factors play a pivotal role in either prohibiting or promoting students’ physical activity (PA) participation. Limited studies have explored the influence that personal factors have on PA participation through a mixed- methodological approach. Therefore, this study aimed to 1) examine PA levels, preferences, motivation and mental health and 2) explore the personal factors that influence PA levels among undergraduate students from a South African university. Methods: A sequential explanatory mixed-methods design was employed. Quantitative data were collected through previously validated questionnaires among a convenient sample of undergraduate university students (n = 534). The questionnaire focused on PA levels, preferences, motivation and mental health. Data were analysed using SPSS V.29. Thereafter, semi-structured interviews commenced with a convenient sample of undergraduate students (n = 18) to provide insights into the quantitative results. Atlas Ti. V.8 was used for the thematic analysis. Results: Approximately a third (29%) of undergraduate students were physically inactive. Evening sessions and endurance activities were most preferred. Improving body shape, finding happiness and achieving one’s personal best were primary motivations for PA participation. Mental health concerns, such as depression (23.2%) and anxiety (40.6%), were extremely severe. Social support, social media and recognition from others were reported as facilitators of PA, while barriers included lack of knowledge, time constraints and financial limitations. Conclusions: The study emphasises that personal factors influence undergraduate students’ PA participation. However, the findings indicate inadequate PA levels among this demographic. Evening sessions were preferred, with endurance activities being the most favoured type. Social support and social media emerged as facilitators, while barriers included limited PA knowledge, time constraints and financial issues. Motivations for PA centered around improving body shape, happiness and achieving personal goals. The prevalence of mental health, particularly depression and anxiety were prevalent. Tailored interventions addressing both mental health and motivational aspects are essential to enhance PA participation.

ObjectiveThis study examines how onset of chronic pain affects characteristics of personal social networks among adults aged 51+ across Europe.MethodsWe used population-based data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE; 2011-2015; n = 12,647). Using a change score analysis approach, we tracked changes in personal social networks of respondents experiencing new-onset chronic pain (n = 3803) compared to pain-free counterparts (n = 8844) in 11 European countries over four years.ResultsOverall, consistent with network activation theory, respondents with new-onset mild-to-moderate chronic pain reported increases in sizes and diversity of their personal social networks, compared to their pain-free counterparts. However, consistent with the "pain as threat to the social self" theory, respondents with new-onset moderate pain or mild-to-moderate pain reported a decrease over time in perceived satisfaction and closeness with networks, respectively. Estimates from interactions between new-onset pain severity and sex show that men with new-onset pain experienced greater decreases in network satisfaction (mild pain) and closeness (severe pain) than did women.DiscussionThis study highlights the complex social consequences of chronic pain, which may vary based on pain severity, gender, and type of social outcome considered.

This study aims were to analyze the influence of: 1) socio-economic, personal and marketing mix on consumer perceptions, 2) socio-economic, personal and marketing in determining purchasing decisions for fresh pork in Kupang City, and 3) socio-economic, personal and marketing through perceptions in determining purchasing decisions. The research was conducted in 3 sub-districts in Kupang City. The sampling technique in this study used a non-probability sampling method using purposive sampling technique. The results showed that: 1) socio-economic factors, personal, product, price, and promotion have a significant effect on consumer perceptions, while the location factor has an insignificant effect on consumer perceptions; 2) socio-economic factors, products, prices, and consumer perceptions have a significant effect on purchasing decisions for fresh pork in Kupang City, while personal, location, and promotion factors have an insignificant effect on purchasing decisions for fresh pork in Kupang City; 3) socio-economic, personal, product, price, and promotion factors have a significant effect in determining the decision to purchase fresh pork in Kupang City through consumer perceptions, while the location factor has an insignificant effect in determining the decision to purchase fresh pork in Kupang City through consumer perceptions.

The research employed the descriptive method. The data collecting techniques were interviews, observations, surveys, and focus group discussions with several elements of society from at-risk adolescents, parents in general, and community leaders. The results showed that people's knowledge was poor both personally and interpersonally. The researchers assessed the need for socialization planning involving the community. Also, the researchers socialized the adolescents with counseling on children's rights, social and assertive skills, helping skills, establishing a Children's Forum, and optimizing the Taman Baca Anak (Children's Reading Garden). Furthermore, a socialization of child protection and good parenting was carried out for parents. The organization can be strengthened by developing networks with the Bandar Lampung City Family Learning Center. The evaluation showed an increased empowerment of adolescents, parents, adults, and organizations. The practical implication of this research is the learning method in improving the level of thinking and proficiency in action for at-risk adolescents where every process involves the community. Within the scope of future research, there is an expectation that educational interventions will be employed to foster the comprehension of at-risk adolescents and their parents concerning the importance of adolescent self-awareness and the promotion of effective parent-child communication.

BACKGROUND: The primary requirement for a capable patient health record (PHR) that can interact appropriately with the family medicine system and collect and share qualified data is a minimum data set (MDS) aligned with family medicine’s functions and goals. The aim of this research was to determine the MDS for a blockchain-based PHR system that can effectively interact with family medicine providers and collect and share qualified data. This MDS is intended to be applicable to all members of the community covered by family medicine. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This applied study was conducted in 2022 in a cross-sectional and descriptive approach in three phases. In the first phase, a content analysis related to the research objectives was conducted in scientific databases, search engines, and websites of the centers and scientific research organizations with publications and policy-making in this field. Consequently, 11 studies were selected for use in the second and third phases. In the second phase, to determine information needs, a researcher-developed questionnaire including 17 classes was given to 50 people under the cover of the family medicine plan in Shiraz city. By choosing one of the two options “Yes” or “No” by them, the necessary data classes were determined. In the third phase, the second researcher-developed questionnaire was designed and administered to 100 family physicians in Shiraz city. This questionnaire included the data elements corresponding to the data classes approved in the previous phase. The family physicians were asked to rate the importance of each data element using a Likert scale with five options, ranging from “very unimportant” to “very important.” The necessary data elements were determined based on these scores. RESULTS: In the first questionnaire, 16 of the 17 data classes received approval from individuals covered by the family medicine plan. Consequently, a questionnaire comprising 16 classes and 105 data elements was administered to the family physicians. Ultimately, the MDS was determined to include 16 classes and 72 data elements. CONCLUSIONS: Determining essential data elements, especially for patient/physician interaction in family medicine, should be such that they can be managed by the person while being comprehensive and providing sufficient help to the physician during the treatment process. This MDS can be used to interact with and refer PHRs to other physicians and specialists, as well as help interoperability between the PHR and other health systems, such as hospital information systems (HIS) and electronic health records (EHRs).

Facial recognition technology is becoming more and more integrated into our daily lives, offering a new method for handling personal data. This essay examines how this technology has developed from a theoretical idea to a useful instrument in fields like security and attendance control. By using either facial recognition or identifying numbers on an inventive platform that meets a variety of user needs across devices and emphasizes efficiency and simplicity, our proposed system seeks to streamline the process of obtaining and updating personal data. The C# programming language is used to describe the development process, which includes elements like document requests, registration, and automated administrative activities that lower bureaucratic obstacles often associated with traditional documentation processes and increase accessibility. Lastly, we look at the likelihood that this new technology will be widely used in the future for improved security surveillance in a variety of industries. In conclusion, our work is a prime example of how user-centric design and technical innovation may be coupled to advance personal data management practices toward more efficient, efficacyfocused operations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background and Aim: Lip prints just like fingerprints follow unique patterns in every individual and are said to vary significantly even within the same family. Lip prints can be recognized from 6th week of intrauterine life and remain unchanged throughout their life. The objective of the present study was to evaluate personal identification through lip print patterns with additional reference to twins and members of the same family. Materials and Methods: Lips of 75 males, 75 females, and 30 twins were studied in various quadrants. In addition, the pattern in the middle 10 mm of the lower lip was also evaluated to note the pattern distribution and dominance of the type of pattern in different genders. Lip print patterns in five families across three generations (eight members each of the same family) were observed for the existence of inheritance of patterns from their ancestors. Results: Among males and females, the most common pattern in the middle 10 mm of the lower lip is Type III (34.66%) and Type IV (32%), respectively. In the middle 10 mm of the lower lip, 33.33% of twins have similar lip patterns but with differences in its arrangements. The result showed different lip print patterns even in twins and among the members of the same family across three generations, with some similar patterns which suggesting hereditary influences in lip prints. Conclusion: In the present, we can see that lip prints are unique and permanent for every human being even among twins and individuals of the same family. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To synthesize available evidence of factors comprising the personal, financial, and environmental mobility determinants and their association with older adults' self-reported and performance-based mobility outcomes. PubMed, EMBASE, PsychINFO, Web of Science, AgeLine, Sociological Abstract, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature databases search for articles published from January 2000 to December 2021. Using predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria, multiple reviewers independently screened 27,293 retrieved citations from databases, of which 422 articles underwent full-text screening, and 300 articles were extracted. The 300 articles' information, including study design, sample characteristics including sample size, mean age and sex, factors within each determinant, and their associations with mobility outcomes, were extracted. Because of the heterogeneity of the reported associations, we followed Barnett et al's study protocol and reported associations between factors and mobility outcomes by analyses rather than by article to account for multiple associations generated in 1 article. Qualitative data were synthesized using content analysis. A total of 300 articles were included with 269 quantitative, 22 qualitative, and 9 mixed-method articles representing personal (n=80), and financial (n=1), environmental (n=98), more than 1 factor (n=121). The 278 quantitative and mixed-method articles reported 1270 analyses; 596 (46.9%) were positively and 220 (17.3%) were negatively associated with mobility outcomes among older adults. Personal (65.2%), financial (64.6%), and environmental factors (62.9%) were associated with mobility outcomes, mainly in the expected direction with few exceptions in environmental factors. Gaps exist in understanding the effect of some environmental factors (eg, number and type of street connections) and the role of gender on older adults' walking outcomes. We have provided a comprehensive list of factors with each determinant, allowing the creation of core outcome set for a specific context, population, or other forms of mobility, for example, driving. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Education for sustainable development recognizes the ways, in which teachers improve education, by utilizing their skills to the fullest extent and reconsidering the conditions of the teaching profession. The relationship between teachers' professional identity and teachers' emotions is an issue that needs to be studied as a basis for improving the effectiveness of their professional activities. Thus, a standardized questionnaire was used to describe the characteristics of Vietnamese secondary teachers and the influence of teacher professional identity (TPI) on working emotions. The study was conducted in Vietnam using two survey instruments aimed to determine the role of TPI contribution in the different dimensions of teachers' emotions (anger, fear, joy, love and sadness). Findings revealed that a higher level of TPI social dimension was among participating Vietnamese teachers, and a lower level was towards career with negative emotions such as anger, fear and sadness. In addition, higher levels of the institutional dimension of TPI were associated with lower levels of teachers' feeling of joy in their career; and when the level of the personal dimension of TPI was higher, teachers' sense of love towards their profession was higher. Three implications of the study are proposed to help promote teacher identity, in ways that contribute to positive emotion in executing their teaching task. In other words, when teachers had a higher motivation, satisfaction, and commitment, they could perceive teaching as a noble job and be full of positivity. This made teachers ready for professional development in compliance with sustainability education goals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ce texte ego-historique est consacré au récit d'un cheminement professionnel et personnel vécu lors d'une campagne de recrutement à l'Université. Ce travail développe une écriture originale qui vise à éclairer les circonstances et les vicissitudes d'un parcours singulier ayant orienté des choix. Dans ce texte inspiré de faits réels, à la croisée d'une réflexion ego-historique et d'une fiction littéraire, tous les noms et prénoms ont été changés. S'émancipant des codes académiques par sa forme hybride, ce travail n'en est pas moins le récit historique des tropismes d'une vie professionnelle conditionnée par l'institutionnel, le social, le culturel, mais également par des circonstances personnelles, familiales et intimes. Cette évocation d'une trajectoire humaine, perméable aux environnements divers et variés, est l'occasion de comprendre un itinéraire particulier dans le contexte spécifique de la période des recrutements des professeurs des universités. This autobiographical article recounts the professional and personal events experienced during a university recruitment campaign. It describes the conditions and the twists and turns of events which affected the choices the author made. The article, based on facts, falls midway between autobiographical reflection and literary fiction; all the names have been changed. And though it breaks away from the codes of academia because of its hybrid form, it remains a historical and factual account of the tropisms of a professional life conditioned by institutional, social, and cultural contexts, as well as by personal and family circumstances. This description of a human trajectory, permeable as it was to various and differing environments, provides an entry into understanding what can be involved in an individual's itinerary in the specific context of the period of recruitment of full professors in universities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This text is a collage of perspectives and considerations of how we work as a collective. It is an entry from wandering around, conversing and, ultimately, agreeing that we are in the process of figuring out what it is that we do and how we want to do it. It does not follow a linear narration but it is a polyphonic composition expressing our co-existence over the last two years. Our meeting was possible thanks to the fellowship programme which enabled our paths to cross, creating space for the intersection of different generations, socioeconomic circumstances, and geopolitical contexts. It then led us to form a collective as a way of building up on the work we had done together and expanding it beyond the timeframe and scope of Critical Practice (Made in Yugoslavia)*. Still, we held onto the idea of collectivity, horizontal knowledge sharing, decentralised group structure and reciprocity as guiding principles for that future evolution of our work which has been instilled in us through the CP experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The literature on microcredit programs has largely focused on positive socioeconomic outcomes and low accessibility issues in farming areas and has provided less insight into the effects of easily acquired microcredit in pastoral areas. Using a case study approach, and econometric models, this paper addresses this gap by examining why and how easily acquired microcredit loans in Inner Mongolian pastoral areas increase the risk to the financial security of households or livelihood risk. Results show that existing microcredit programs increase livelihood risk because loan and repayment requirements do not align with the husbandry production cycle of contemporary Inner Mongolian pastoralists. This misalignment forces pastoralists to borrow from usurers to repay bank loans. Furthermore, households that need to borrow from usurers typically own smaller numbers of livestock and are less likely to be able to repay the usurers by selling animals. Instead, they tend to increase their bank loans in the coming year to repay the previous year's debt, trapping them in a vicious and ultimately impoverishing circle of annual loans they cannot fully pay back, and feeding increasing debt. We suggest that microcredit programs in semiarid areas should be in sync with the local production cycle and recognize environmental constraints that cause high variation in production seasonally and year to year. Our results supplement previous findings on microcredit applications and are particularly pertinent for other semiarid areas of the world.

Resumen La enfermedad por COVID-19 ha afectado a más de 163 millones de personas alrededor de todo el mundo, azotando con mayor incidencia y gravedad a la población mayor que vivía en residencias para personas mayores. La población mayor ha sido la mayor víctima debido a la edad avanzada, a las enfermedades crónicas y al déficit que presenta su sistema inmunitario, todo esto sumado al riesgo de residir en un centro gerontológico, y supone el 25% del total de decesos por COVID-19 en Andalucía. Objetivo: Conocer los factores que han influido en el ámbito residencial geriátrico para que la situación de pandemia haya tenido efectos más graves sobre los residentes. Metodología: Se ha realizado una investigación cuantitativa, un estudio descriptivo observacional, a través de la realización de cuestionario autoadministrado en 20 residencias de la comunidad autónoma de Andalucía analizando lo sucedido desde el inicio de la emergencia sanitaria hasta el 15 de marzo de 2021. Resultados: Los resultados más destacables mostraron dependencia entre el tipo de aislamiento, los recursos humanos disponibles y el modelo de cuidados utilizado, con la incidencia de la pandemia por COVID 19 y los ingresos hospitalarios de residentes y profesionales. Conclusiones: Se hace visible la necesidad de implementar un modelo de cuidados específico centrado en las necesidades de la persona mayor, contando con los recursos humanos necesarios y con la correcta adecuación del entorno para llevar a cabo, si fuese necesario, distintos tipos de aislamiento.

This paper foregrounds the effective use of the theme of silence in the two Indian literary masterpieces viz. Tagore’s Gitanjali and Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri. Firstly, it makes a critical discussion on the philosophical notions of silence quoting Kierkegaard as he says it is essentially a spiritual state that helps establishing relationship between God and human being. Then, the Hindu philosophical views have been focused critically quoting lines from the Gita, the Upanishads, and the writings of both Adishankara and Raman Maharshi that advocate silence to be the state of trance providing eternal happiness obtained after profound introspection, meditation, ultimate realization and gaining spiritual attainment or enlightenment. Both Tagore and Aurobindo have vividly used the tenets of silence very much attributed to their characters as well as the narrative perspectives of their writings. Silence is apparent in them in terms of the value of both the ethereal as well as spiritual forms. It is noticed that they carry on the threads of their writings by making us realize the silence of five categories and concepts. They are the silence of the natural elements like the forest, sea, hills, valleys, etc.; five ethereal elements like earth, water, air, fire, and the sky; the silence of cosmic elements like darkness, light, the stars, the planets, and the space; the silence of personal elements like heart and mind, tolerance, efforts, thoughts, intuitions, and looks. What is more, they philosophize the silence of soul and the glorification of the supreme soul—the absolute and the relative; and the silence of the mystics and the mysteries that abounds the matrix of the communion between the Creator and the creation. Finally, lines from William Wordsworth’s “Address to Silence” have been quoted to examine the uniformity of thoughts and approaches towards the theme of silence.

The questions of what and how to teach are traditional in education. Since knowledge in modern pedagogical science is concentrated around approaches, familiarity with them should form a meaningful basis for the training of future teachers. Pedagogy in its essence is the science and art of managing the processes of development and formation of an individual’s personality. This prompts us to pay attention primarily to instrumental approaches: personal, situational, activity-based and environmental. Their strength lies in the means to which they “owe” their name. However, while familiarizing themselves with these approaches, students face a number of difficulties. They are caused by the following facts: the place and significance of each approach in the system of pedagogical knowledge is uncertain; the methodology and theory of approaches are detached from technology and techniques; predisposition and willingness of students to study the content of the approaches in a certain order are neglected; departments have a limited capacity for carrying out training in accordance with the approaches themselves. These reasons make it difficult to understand the role of each approach in personal development training. They prevent students from mastering the theory and instrumental base of the approaches. The latter prevents them from starting personal development training. The ideas formulated in this article are the author’s answer to these problems. In addition, the historical precedent given in the article, which later developed and took shape in the doctrine of the environmental approach, is intended to help comprehend the situation with the organization of personal development training in pedagogical universities.

Objective: To characterize the real-world treatment patterns and outcomes of patients with high-risk locally advanced cervical cancer (HR-LACC). Methods: This retrospective study identified and randomly selected adults diagnosed between 2010 and 2018 from the ConcertAI Oncology Dataset. For patients initially treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT), we estimated real-world progression-free survival (rwPFS) among those with persistent disease, real-world time on CCRT, and recurrence-free survival (rwRFS) using Kaplan-Meier methods. Results: The cohort included 300 patients. Median age at diagnosis was 51 years. 53.7 % were White and 30.0 % were Black; 52.0 % were premenopausal; 89.3 % had squamous cell histology; 75.3 % had stage III disease, and 92.7 % had no evidence of performance status impairment. Initial treatment included CCRT (N = 229), surgery (N = 28), antineoplastics only (N = 11), and radiation only (N = 5). Twenty-seven patients were untreated. Baseline characteristics for the CCRT-first patients were similar to the overall cohort; their median real-world time on treatment was 1.6 months; 78.2 % received cisplatin for a median of 1.2 months; 28.4 % received antineoplastics after CCRT, and 11.8 % initiated a second antineoplastic therapy. Of the CCRT-first patients, 27/143 with a complete response had subsequent recurrent disease (median rwRFS not reached). 179 patients had persistent disease, among whom median (95 % confidence interval [CI]) rwPFS was 29.7 (16.9–59.3) months. Conclusion: In this study of United States-based clinical practices, most HR-LACC patients received CCRT as initial treatment. Many patients developed persistent disease after CCRT indicating a need for improved first treatment and maintenance options.

El problema de la infra municipalidad en nuestro país arroja una situación en la gestión diaria de los municipios altamente preocupante en materia de gestión de personal. La falta de recursos materiales y personales, unida a la poca especialización en una materia tan diversa y cambiante como es la gestión de recursos humanos en los pequeños municipios hace que nos encontremos ante un panorama alarmante, que no puede demorar más tiempo su intervención, ya sea mediante reformas normativas que agilicen y flexibilicen la gestión de personal, ya sea con la especial intervención de las entidades supramunicipales. El personal adecuado y su gestión en la administración pública es el mayor activo para atender las demandas ciudadanas.