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Implementing technological change in anorganisation: a comparative analysis of concepts.
No full textThis article reveals the research issues related to the implementation of technology-driven change, distinguishes differences in techno-change, information technology projects and organisational change programmes, and names the stages in the implementation of technology-induced change, and comparative technological models of research of acceptance of change. The scientific literature points out that techno-changes differ from the usual information technology and organisational change programmes, because not only do they focus on the improvement of technological activities, but they also have a huge impact on users (people, processes, organisational activities). Technochange differs from organisational change, in that in this type of change, information technologies, information technology specialists and technical methodologies are very clearly involved in the change, and technochange is distinguished by its complexity. Three or four stages are usually distinguished for the implementation of technology-induced changes in organisations by the most commonly used phases in the life cycle of technological change proposed by Markus (2004). In models of the acceptance of technological change, an organisation is treated as a combination of two interconnected systems, technical and social. The implementation of technological change is aimed at harmonising the structure of technical and social organisation, and improving the activities of the organisation. The success of technological change is linked to the balance of technology, consumers and tasks, and the political, technological and social consequences. In this way, structural, strategic and intellectual, as well as social and cultural dimensions are included at organisational and individual levels of change. An analysis of concepts of the implementation of technological change is useful in understanding not only the implementation of technological change itself, and the analysis of its technical characteristics and the management of their acceptance. It is also useful for understanding the social side of the organisational structure, its capacity and infrastructure levels, the personal reasons why individual employees tend to resist technological change, what interventions can be made, and how to influence workers’ behaviour to help reduce their resistance to technological change
Global post-medieval/historical archaeology: the Baltic states /
No full textFor its fifth edition, our overview of global postmedieval/ historical archaeology takes a slightly different format, with a curated set of articles about the Baltic states. An introduction by Erki Russow provides an excellent context interweaving the connected histories and archaeologies of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Readers of our previous overviews will notice similar themes of colonialism and war in this year’s edition: in many ways it demonstrates the exciting progress our discipline has made in addressing these major topics on a global scale. If you are a historical/post-medieval archaeologist from a non-English speaking country and would like to provide an overview of the state of later-period archaeology in your part of the world, please contact Eric Tourigny or Sarah Newstead
The sources of the Lithuanian expression of Jurgis Ambroziejus Pabrėža’s sermon to Prussian Catholics.
No full textThe article examines the sermon of the famous early 19th century Lithuanian preacher Jurgis Ambroziejus Pabrėža (1771–1849) to East Prussian Catholics, named “Sermon on great Happiness”, given on the occasion of the Great Jubilee on June 29, 1827 in Drangauskine (near Tilsit). This is the only known sermon of J. A. Pabrėža given in Prussia. The language and spelling of this sermon differ from other texts of the same period. The word Gylukys (in German: das Glück) used in the title of the sermon indicates that the author was prepared to adapt the text to the addressee. The article examines which Prussian Lithuanian publications J. A. Pabrėža used to prepare the sermon in a language understood by the addressee
Monografijų leidybos tendencijos Lietuvos socialiniuose ir humanitariniuose moksluose: duomenų bazės „Lituanistika“ analizė.
No full textThe aim of this article is to reconstruct and analyse scholarly book (or monograph) publication patterns in Lithuanian Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) registered in national database “Lituanistika”. Database “Lituanistika” provides a good starting point and repository of empirical data as it indexes and abstracts different types of scholarly publications in SSH, monographs included. The empirical part of the research consists of finding registered monographs, attributing them to the individual SSH disciplines, comparing the number of monographs and scholarly articles in various SSH, and retracing the timeline of registered monographs across different disciplines etc. The analytical approach of our research is based on an idea of (social) constructivism. We aim at reconstructing the motives behind the publishing of scholarly books or abstaining from such practice. In this article we argue that the motives to publish (or not to publish) a scholarly book are a product of a broader Lithuanian social, institutional and disciplinary context, which influences and regulates the actions of individual SSH researchers
Ther apeutic activities of priests-vaidiluciai and reflections of these activities in 19th to 21st-century folk medicine (part II).
No full textAccording to 15th to 18th-century written sources, priests-vaidiluciai, successors to the servants of the cult of the pre-Christian religion, performed various duties, including therapeutic activities. Descriptions in sources indicate that the nature of the therapeutic assistance they provided varied according to the magic activity they performed. The healing activities of vaidiluciai have not been systematically studied. This article extends the analysis of data on the therapeutic activities of different groups of vaidiluciai in 15th to 18th-century written folk sources, and identifies the reflection of these activities in 15th to 18th-century folk medicine based on archive records and healing faith records. The research helps to trace the meaning and origin of some therapeutic methods of folk medicine, and the possible development of traditions
Parental burnout during COVID-19 pandemic among nurses.
No full textParenting is a complex and stressful activity. Prolonged extreme parental stress can lead to parental burnout. Parental burnout develops when parental resources (emotional, cognitive, psychological, financial, etc.) are insufficient to meet current and emerging needs. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused great stress and anxiety to many parents around the world. For healthcare professionals, the pandemic period is particularly difficult due to increased stress in the workplace. Constant stress in the workplace and at home can lead to severe psychological illnesses. The aim of this study was to reveal the parental burnout of nurses during COVID-19. A quantitative study was conducted using the Parental Burnout Assessment tool. The participants were nurses (n = 200) raising pre-school and school age children. The results revealed that nurses experienced relatively mild burnout in parenting activities, presumably due to the possibility to work in the workplace (not from home) without juxtaposing work and children’s learning problems. Greater burnout is caused by younger age of parents, higher education, higher number of children living together, and time spent helping children with education. Persons who have used the services of babysitters or children's centres/clubs before the national lockdown experience more severe burnout in parenting activities
Potential of Aloe vera for treatment of infection with Aeromonas hydrophila bacteria on Koi fry /
No full textThis research aims to study the ability of Aloe vera (Burm.f.), extract to treat Koi fry [Cyprinus rubrofuscus (Lacépède, 1803)] which is attacked by Aeromonas hydrophila (Chester, 1901). The method used was the experimental method using a completely randomized design with five treatments and three replications was applied. The treatment used was immersion with A. vera extract with a concentration of treatment A (0 mg kg–1), B (150 mg kg–1), C (300 mg kg–1), D (450 mg kg–1) and E (600 mg kg–1). The variables observed were in vitro test, LC50-24-h test, clinical symptoms which included damage to fish body, fish feeding response to shock which were analyzed descriptively comparatively. The results showed A. vera extract has the ability as an antibacterial with inhibition zone diameter reaching 20.49 mm at a concentration of 5 000 mg kg–1 and LC50 test 48 h (in vivo test) of 1 157.16 mg kg–1, so for the treatment of fish use concentrations below that concentration. The use of aloe vera extract with a concentration of 300 mg kg–1 for 48 h was effective to treat koi fry infected with A. hydrophila by healing relatively fast body damage, response to feed and shock is normal and fast
Origin and fate of dissolved organic matter in four shallow Baltic Sea estuaries /
No full textCoastal waters have strong gradients in dissolved organic matter (DOM) quantity and characteristics, originating from terrestrial inputs and autochthonous production. Enclosed seas with high freshwater input therefore experience high DOM concentrations and gradients from freshwater sources to more saline waters. The brackish Baltic Sea experiences such salinity gradients from east to west and from river mouths to the open sea. Furthermore, the catchment areas of the Baltic Sea are very diverse and vary from sparsely populated northern areas to densely populated southern zones. Coastal systems vary from enclosed or open bays, estuaries, fjords, archipelagos and lagoons where the residence time of DOM at these sites varies and may control the extent to which organic matter is biologically, chemically or physically modified or simply diluted with transport off-shore. Data of DOM with simultaneous measurements of dissolved organic (DO) nitrogen (N), carbon (C) and phosphorus (P) across a range of contrasting coastal systems are scarce. Here we present data from the Roskilde Fjord, Vistula and Öre estuaries and Curonian Lagoon; four coastal systems with large differences in salinity, nutrient concentrations, freshwater inflow and catchment characteristics. The C:N:P ratios of DOM of our data, despite high variability, show site specific significant differences resulting largely from differences residence time. Microbial processes seemed to have minor effects, and only in spring did uptake of DON in the Vistula and Öre estuaries take place and not at the other sites or seasons. Resuspension from sediments impacts bottom waters and the entire shallow water column in the Curonian Lagoon. Finally, our data combined with published data show that land use in the catchments seems to impact the DOC:DON and DOC:DOP ratios of the tributaries most
EU energy policy and Lithuania’s energy security.
No full textThe aim of the thesis is to reveal the significance of energy policy and energy security of EU and Lithuania. The first chapter presents the concept of energy policy, energy security and threats to it. The second chapter discusses the influence of NATO and the EU on energy policies and energy securities of other countries. The third chapter discusses Lithuania’s energy policy, the attitude of the country’s political parties towards the increase in energy security, reasons for Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant project failure and the threat of the Astravets Nuclear Power Plant to country’s security. The following conclusion can be drawn – at the moment one of the main EU goals indeed is to ensure energy safety and form a joint energy policy of State Members, while the relevance of energy security in Lithuania is in many cases determined by Russia’s energy policy, therefore it can be stated that the defensive statements have been confirmed