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Distance studies or distance lectures? Lectures in the auditorium or distance lectures?
No full textThe paper describes the positive and negative aspects of lectures in the auditorium and distance lectures from a methodological perspective. The possibilities for distance learning in management study programmes, and the differences with contact studies, are discussed. In the discussion, attitudes towards distance learning are presented. It is stated that in the process of fundamental changes in world society, universities need to change as well. It is possible to make the following summary of the ideas set out in this paper: it is necessary to apply a fundamentally new approach to studies and their organisation in university courses; and when studying social sciences management studies subjects, it is necessary to apply distance learning using modern technical means. Given the number of observations, we think the following (somewhat paradoxical) summary of the ideas set out in this part of the paper is possible: no matter how you study (with lectures and seminars taking place in the classroom or at a distance), the end result is a young person who is educated and ready for the labour market
Valgustuse mõju Liivimaa luterlikule liturgiale 18. sajandi lõpus ja 19. sajandi alguses.
No full textThis article examines the influence of the Enlightenment on the liturgical life of the Livonian Lutheran Church in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, when many clergymen set aside traditional liturgical forms and introduced new ones, based on Enlightenment humanistic principles. It surveys the extent to which the traditional Livonian agenda was still in use at this time and what neological liturgical handbooks were employed in its place. Since the Livonian Church consisted of German, Latvian, and Estonian ethnic groups, the article enquires whether new liturgical forms were also implemented in Latvian and Estonian congregations, which at that time had not yet been affected by the ideas of the Enlightenment
Improving of strategic planning at Klaipeda city Public Health Bureau.
No full textProblem. Public Health Bureau of Klaipeda City is a municipal budgetary institution providing public services, so its activities must be planned in accordance with the measures established by the municipality. Therefore, in order to properly perform public health care and health promotion activities, it must have a clear goal showing the planned result. The aim of this Master’s Thesis is to find out what is the strategic activity plan of Public Health Bureau of Klaipeda City and what measures need to be taken to improve it. Hypothesis: implementation of the proposed measures for the improvement of strategic planning will improve the availability and quality of services provided by the Public Health Bureau of Klaipeda City. The aim of the thesis: preparation of the measures for the improvement of the strategic activity plan of Public Health Bureau of Klaipeda City after the analysis of the peculiarities of strategic activity planning in Public Health Bureau of Klaipeda City. Study results: the measures for improving the strategy of Public Health Bureau of Klaipeda City can be distinguished according to the factors influencing the strategic planning process and according to the elements of the planning process itself. According to the factors: supplementation of the form of the strategic plan; raising the competence skills of employees in the field of strategic planning; encouragement of the employee creativity; improvement of the analysis of financial, technological and human resources; improvement of the implementation of state public health priorities; provision of a form of cooperation that will help to pinpoint the expectations of interest groups; development of the strategy in such a way that all planning principles specific to the public authority are properly applied. For improvement of the strategic planning process there are proposals to: include strategic analysis; create a realistic vision, form a mission and values; identify strategic issues; set goals that create preconditions for increasing the operational efficiency; focus tasks towards the possibilities of reducing problematic areas of activity. The implementation of the proposed measures to improve strategic planning will lead to more classes, projects, activities and events. Higher motivation, creativity and competence of specialists will improve the quality of organized and implemented activities
Decision making in health care organizations.
No full textThe aim of the research - to analyze decision-making in health care organizations. Methodology of investigation. To achieve the goal, the analysis of scientific literature was performed, the method of comparative analysis, the method of data analysis, the method of data summarization, and the quantitative research method (questionnaire) were applied. The choice of private and public treatment facilities for the study may influence where decisions are made in order to compare or decide. The link of the questionnaire for health care professionals was sent to the doctors working in the private and public medical institution of the district by e-mail specified on the website of the medical institution. The link to the patient questionnaire was distributed through various social networks - district communities, groups. The survey was conducted in 2022. January 2 until 2022 February 4. The study involved 35 healthcare professionals and 317 patients. The data obtained during the study were processed using SPSS (version 20). The data are presented in tables and figures. The research was conducted in accordance with ethical principles. Results and conclusions of the study. The study revealed that health care professionals in district, both private and public, in many cases make decisions based on clinical efficacy / safety and often consult with other professionals when making clinical decisions. It has been found that the analyzed treatment facilities agree that treatment options need to be discussed with the patient, and that both treatment and medication decisions should be made by both the doctor and the patient, as patient participation would increase customer satisfaction and trust. in their practice, but most often patients do not participate in decision-making because of their beliefs, beliefs, values, as well as lack of information. Patients want to be involved in decision-making, agree that treatment options are being discussed with them, but, as healthcare professionals surveyed, have indicated that there is too little time for consultation. Empirical research has revealed that private healthcare professionals are more likely than public healthcare professionals to agree that treatment decisions should be made by both (physician and patient) - that patients should be involved in decision-making about both medication and treatment. The opportunity to participate in treatment decisions and they listen to and take into account the patient’s wishes so that patient participation in decision making increases customer satisfaction and trust
Phenomenon of care: experience of being elderly person in nursing home.
No full textRelevance of the research. As societies age, the number of elderly people is growing rapidly, and in this period, there are especially many of them in the world (Acienė and Mačiulskytė, 2021). This poses ever-new challenges to all communities in the world and influences the development of research at the national and international levels (Bjerregaard et al. 2018; Acienė and Mačiulskytė, 2021). Due to the need for services for the elderly in the last decade, one of the fastest growing sectors in Europe and Lithuania is the long-term care sector (Naujanienė et al., 2016; Matonytė et al., 2019; Green Paper, 2021). According to official statistics and forecasts, long-term care in 2016 was needed by 19.5 million Europeans. This need is projected to increase from 23.6 million in 2030 to 30.5 million in 2050 (Green Paper, 2021). In Lithuania, the number of elderly people living in nursing homes is also increasing every year, and the largest age group for which long-term social care services are provided are persons aged 85 and over (Charenkova, 2020). Social services in nursing homes are the realization of care and social justice in society in relation to the elderly. Although care is a fundamental concept in social work, research has examined it more broadly only in the context of the ethics of care (Gilligan, 1982; Noddings, 2003; Bubeck, 2004; Held 2006; Slote, 2007; Bikauskaitė, 2013). Observing the popularity of care ethics ideas in areas of applied ethics such as health care, nursing, shows the importance of the concept of care and the need to address care in the areas of social work to assess not only its semantic but also its social and philosophical richness, especially in caring for the elderly. Therefore, in order to take better care of the elderly by organizing the provision of social services to them in a nursing home, it is necessary to understand the content of the care experienced by the elderly person in the nursing home, and what care is relevant to the elderly person in the nursing home. To examine these issues from the perspective of an old man. There is a lack of such approach and understanding in the scientific and practical environment of social work. The object of the research is the experience of care in old age as a subjective state and the structure that defines it. The aim of the research is to reveal and describe the phenomenological structure of care based on the experience of an elderly person in a nursing home. Objectives of the research: 1. To theoretically conceptualize the phenomenon of old age and care. 2. To identify the phenomenological categories describing the experience in old age and their relevance in social work. 3. To reveal the structure of the phenomenon of care in old age and its phenomenological definition. 4. To update the emerging phenomenological findings in the context of theoretical concepts. 5. To single out the conceptual results of the research in the prepared conclusions. Methodology of the research. In May-September 2020, a qualitative phenomenological research was carried out using the method of scientific data collection - a semi-structured interview with the residents of the nursing home who have lived in the nursing home for 2-4 years. The material collected in the qualitative research was analysed with a break, in December 2020 - March 2022. The research data were analysed by Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. Structure of the final thesis. The first part analyses the phenomenon of aging, its complexity from different theoretical perspectives because there is no single theory that integrates different knowledge and approaches. Different scientific theories agree that an authentic human relationship with the environment, which human consciousness helps to create and sustain, is critical to successful aging. The content of the latter is revealed by the phenomenological categories, the relevance of which in social work is explained by the philosophy of existentialism. Care arises as a category of meaningful human relationship with the world, which helps to understand the process of the formation of the meaning of human presence in the world. The second part is intended to present the methodological provisions of the qualitative phenomenological research, the methodology of Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis, the organization, course and ethics of the research; interpretation of the research data. The third part presents the analysis of individual cases of the experience of an old person in a nursing home performed by the method of interpretive phenomenology, and the results of this research. Conclusions. The phenomenon of care is a subjective and variable-intensity state, the structure of which consists of the following parts: care for coexistence has revealed the importance of interpersonal relationships with children, loved ones, and community in a nursing home. Care for the meaningfulness of death has revealed the importance of pastoral-type intervention and spiritual help as a special way of communication for the perception of embodied temporality in old age. Care for authentic experience has shown that life in old age turns into existence. The elderly person motivates the daily desire to live with his/her own efforts. It is difficult and not everyone succeeds in acknowledging that the opportunities are only their own due to the changed level of activity. Care for health has revealed that illness as an existential experience is the cause of weaker viability in old age. Complex well-provided nursing in old age is a counterweight and a source of vitality in old age. Care for alienation has revealed the perception of becoming elderly as the otherness to human identity, as a decline and opposition to life, for the elderly person is no longer what he/she was and is no longer as good as he/she was in his/her youth
Research on the development of multi-purpose terminal infrastructure and superstructures.
No full textThis master thesis examines bulk cargoes, their classification and characteristics. Also analyzes bulk cargo terminals and handling equipments. An overview of grain flows in the ports of the Eastern Baltic sea. Analyzes the peat, sracp metal and grain flow and handling equipment of JSC ,,Kaminera cargo handling“. The master‘s thesis calculates: peat, scrap metal and grain flow at JSC ,,Kaminera cargo handling“ in 2022 – 2026 years; berth permeability, estimate the area of the terminal to storage opmistic amout of cargo in 2026. Determined emisions from ships and terminal equipment. Also performed SWOT analysis of the terminal
Improvement of regasification process efficiency for floating storage regasification unit /
No full textNatural gas plays a vital role in the economically and environmentally sustainable future of energy. Its reliable deliveries are required, especially nowadays, when the energy market is so volatile and unstable. The conversion of natural gas to its liquefied form (LNG) allows its transport in greater quantities. Affordability and reliability of clean energy is a key issue even for developed markets. Therefore, natural gas usage enables to implement green solutions into countries’ economies. However, the LNG-production process consumes a considerable amount of energy. This energy is stored in LNG as cold energy. After LNG unloading into storage tanks at receiving terminals, it is vaporised and compressed for transmission to a natural gas pipeline system. During the regasification process, the large part of the energy stored in LNG may be recovered and used for electricity generation, seawater desalination, cryogenic air separation, hydrogen liquefaction, material freezing, carbon dioxide capture, as well as for combined LNG cold energy utilization systems. Moreover, increased efficiency of LNG terminals may attract potential clients. In the presented paper, a mathematical model is performed to determine the influence of LNG composition and regasification process parameters on the quantity of released LNG cold energy in a large-scale floating storage and regasification units (FSRU)-type terminal “Independence” (Lithuania). Flow rate of LNG regasification, pressure, and boil-off gas recondensation have been considered. Possibilities to reduce the energy losses were investigated to find the ways to improve the regasification process efficiency for real FSRU. The results analysis revealed that potential of LNG cold energy at FSRU could vary from 20 to 25 MW. A utilisation of industrial and urban waste heat for the heat sink FSRU is recommended to increase the energy efficiency of the whole regasification process
The benefits of learning analytics for education: an analysis of the experiences of Lithuanian general education school teachers.
No full textThe article discusses the benefits of learning analytics for education: the theoretical part reveals the concept of learning analytics, discusses how learning analytics technologies help to improve the teaching / learning process. The focus is on the most important group of learning analytics beneficiaries - teachers. The benefits of learning analytics in teachers' pedagogical work are discussed. The empirical part of the article presents the results of a qualitative study for the analysis of teachers' experiences. The study involved 17 teachers from Lithuanian general education schools with experience in working with learning analytics tools. The semi-structured interview method allowed to gather the research participants' insights into the use of learning analytics in Lithuanian schools from the perspective of teachers. Qualitative analysis of the content of the informants' answers revealed teachers' opinion on the benefits of learning analytics for teaching and learning, teachers' competencies to work with learning analytics tools, empowering teachers to use learning analytics tools and to make data-based pedagogical decisions
Cambio en la organización de los procesos educativos durante la pandemia COVID-19: análisis de las experiencias del profesorado de educación infantil.
No full textThe COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on education and teaching systems. It has fundamentally changed the way we learn, teach, communicate and collaborate within and between our education and teaching communities. This has affected learners, their families, teachers, heads of institutions, as well as the wider community. The purpose of this study is to analyse the pre-school teachers' experiences about changes in the organization of the educational process during the covid-19 pandemic period (in Lithuania). The strategy of qualitative research was chosen for the study, 15 Klaipėda city pre-school education teachers were interviewed. The study revealed that teachers did not change the content of education programs, sought to maintain the continuity of education and develop all the competencies of preschool children. Participants of the educational process experienced a variety of emotions and disturbances. Teachers missed for more decisive action of the institution’s administration. Many teachers note that it was difficult to manage time and organize activities for children. The opinion of educators discovered during the research helped to highlight advantages and disadvantages of distance pre-school education. Although the participants of the education process experienced difficulties, distance education enabled teachers to develop subject competencies and improve their ability to use ICT in the educational process
