13 research outputs found
Kuosimalliston suunnittelu Finlaysonille : freelancerina sesonkiin kevät/kesä 2016
No full textOpinnäytetyön aiheena on kuosimalliston suunnittelu Finlaysonille freelancerina sesonkiin kevät/kesä 2016. Opinnäytetyö on työelämälähtöinen, sillä tekijä on tekstiilimuotoilun opintojensa aikana keskittynyt kuosisuunnitteluun ja myynyt Niityllä-kuosin Finlaysonille. Tekijällä on aiempaa kokemusta kuosisuunnittelusta myös Carlsonille.
Tekijä työskentelee freelancer-kuosisuunnittelijan roolissa ja tutkii freelancerin työnkuvaa tavoitteenaan freelancer- kuosisuunnittelijana työskentely muotoilijaksi valmistumisen myötä. Opinnäytetyössä tekijä keskittyy suunnittelemaan kuosimalliston määrittämiensä lähtökohtien pohjalta. Tekijä perehtyy määrittämään Finlaysonin yrityskuvaa ja suunnittelemiensa kuosimallien kohderyhmää. Hän tutkii määrittämänsä kevät/kesä 2016 sesongin trendejä.
Opinnäytetyön alussa tekijä oli sopinut kahden tapaamiskerran muodossa tapahtuvasta yhteistyöstä Finlaysonin kanssa, mutta yrityksen omistajavaihdoksien seurauksena yhteistyö ei ollut enää mahdollinen. Tekijä tapaa opinnäytetyönsä puitteissa Familonin tuoteryhmäpäällikön Mailis Linnolan ja saa häneltä palautteen suunnittelemastaan kuosimallistosta sekä vastauksia esittämiinsä kysymyksiin kuosisuunnittelu-alasta. Hänen Mailis Linnolalta saamansa palaute edustaa opinnäytetyössä asiantuntijan näkemystä.
Tekijä määrittää kuosimallistolle konseptin, jonka pohjalta hän suunnittelee kuosimalliston. Hän kuvaa opinnäytetyössään suunnitteluprosessin kulkua sekä tarkastelee prosessia kriittis-realististisen evaluaation tutkimusmenetelmän pohjalta. Tekijän tavoitteena on opinnäytetyönsä myötä kehittyä kuosisuunnittelijana sekä saada uutta tietoa alasta.The topic of the thesis is designing a pattern collection for Finlayson as a freelancer for the season Spring/summer 2016. The thesis is a work oriented because during her textile design studies the author has specialized in pattern design and sold the pattern called Niityllä to Finlayson. The author has also earlier experience in pattern design for Carlson.
The author works as a freelancerpatterndesigner and investigates freelancer´s job description. Her target is to work as a freelancerpatterndesigner after graduation. During the thesis the author focuses on a design pattern collection based on the determined starting points. The author orientates to determine Finlayson´s brand and through that also her pattern collection´s target group. She investigates also the season trends of Spring/summer 2016 season’s trends.
In the beginning the author has agreed about the cooperation with Finlayson in the form of two meetings. The cooperation was not possible anymore following the changes in the Finlayson’s ownership. The author meets within her thesis the Product Group Manager of Familon and gets feedback about pattern collection and answers for questions about pattern design from her. In the thesis this feedback by Mailis Linnola represents the expert´s insight.
The author designs the pattern collection based on the concept she determines. She gives a description about the designing process and examines the process based on the critical-realistic evaluation research method. The aim of the author is to grow up as a designer and to get new information about pattern design with the help of the thesis
Haridus- ja teadusminister Mailis Repsi representatsiooni muutumine ajalehe Postimees näitel – minister-praktikandist reisikorraldajaks
No full textThe title of my Bachelor’s Thesis is The Alteration of the Representation of the Minister for
Education and Science Mailis Reps – the Case of Postimees daily. I examined three periods –
2002–2003, 2005 and 2006–2007.
My purpose was to study how media represents a person who has an important institutional
role in the society and how media looks in the case of Reps at the person, politician and
institution.
Main question was – how is the representation of Reps changed from 2002 to 2007?
My hypotheses were following – Reps is represented in all periods negatively and
controversially, the practice of giving labels is used very often, occupational incapacity of
Reps is put on the foreground, an image of a young politician is constructed for Reps.
To answer my research question, I conducted a quantitative content analysis and qualitative
discourse analysis of texts.
From the quantitative analysis I found out that:
1. The majority of texts had a negative orientation towards Reps.
2. The majority of texts handled Reps’s occupational failures and incapacities.
3. The conflict of Reps’s incapacity was the biggest in the third period.
4. The orientation of the text’s author was positive in the first period.
5. The majority of texts with negative orientation were published in the second period.
6. The interest towards Reps was the biggest in the second period.
From the qualitative analysis I found out that:
1. The most important role in the case of Reps was the role of the institution. It was
followed by the role of the person and the politician.
2. An image of a minister-trainee was formed for Reps. A stereotype is used that a young
person is weak in the role of a minister because one has no life or administration
experience.
3. The negativity of the journalists has disappeared in the third period but the criticism of
the institution (Postimees) has increased.
4. Reps has been identified by gender and motherhood, and slightly by appearance.
5. The representation of photos is somewhat positive.
6. In the case of a few caricatures the note of criticism has been increased. Due to this the
photo carries a bigger emotional meaning than the text does.
7. The representation of Reps is identified by high appraisal and by low neutrality and
objectivity.
8. The practice of giving labels is usual in the case of representing Reps.
9. Reps’s comments are positive. She does not take criticism very seriously. Her use of
language is a little naïve and rough around the edges.
10. The conflict of Reps’s failure has increased but the amount of texts which deal with
the question of the educational problems has decreased.
11. Negativity towards Reps is increased by her visit to Mari, by her party background
and by taking her two week old daughter with her to work.
12. The negativity in the headlines has decreased and the positivism increased.
13. The disappointment in Reps has increased and expectations of her decreased.
14. Reps is not identified through her field but through visit to Mari and through the child
topic.
On the results of my research I conclude that:
1. In spite of the fact that Reps as a person is represented positively, some of her personal
qualities are not counted as acceptable in the role of the institution. These qualities are
her age, mother language and confidence.
2. In the representation of Reps there has been used a constructive model in stead of a
cognitive one. Same topics and arguments are being used.
3. There has been formed a myth that Reps has failed in her profession as a minister.
4. The topic of education has been personified. Reps is a sign which has hindered the
discussion of educational matters.
5. A bilateral transmission has taken place – the criticism of the educational system in
Estonia and the criticism of the Ministry of Education and Science has transferred to
the minister and vice versa.
6. Also a bilateral disappointment has occurred – Postimees as the institution, journalists
and other authors have been disappointed in Reps and Reps is frustrated by the media.
7. Reps is a sign of the time – she indicates the selectiveness, randomness and exclusion
in the media.http://www.ester.ee/record=b3755412*es
Ekspertų veiklos etika.
No full textThe report studies problems of the expert ethics. The urgency of the mentioned problems is caused by the fact that complicated and serious questions of the ethic nature can be raised in practice. There are mainly problems of the ethics of legal proceedings studied in the special literature. A little attention has been paid to problems of the expert ethics. By studying principles of ethics from philosophy’s point of view, a system of moral standards and professional moral rules, which are used in specific conditions of legal proceedings and investigative activity, has been worked out. The professional morality in the sphere of forensic expertise has certain specificity. The author has expounded the moral rules that should be followed by a forensic expert. The strict fulfillment of professional ethic standards is a guarantor for the expert findings’ objectivity and trustworthiness.Straipsnyje nagrinėjami probleminiai ekspertų etikos klausimai. Temos aktualumą lemia praktikoje atsirandantys sudėtingi ir rimti su etika susiję klausimai. Specialiojoje literatūroje daugiausia nagrinėjamos teismo etikos problemos. Ekspertų etikos klausimams skiriama mažai dėmesio. Etikos principus nagrinėjant iš filosofijos nuostatų, nustatyta moralės normų ir profesinių etinių taisyklių, taikomų specifinėmis teismo ir tardymo veiklos sąlygomis, sistema. Tam tikra specifika pasižymi ir teismo ekspertizių srities profesinė moralė. Autorė detaliai išdėsto moralės taisykles, kurių privalo laikytis teismo ekspertas. Griežtas profesinės etikos normų taikymas yra ekspertinės išvados objektyvumo ir patikimumo garantas
Safety and efficacy of a probiotic-containing infant formula supplemented with 2'-fucosyllactose: a double-blind randomized controlled trial.
No full textBACKGROUND: Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) have important and diverse biological functions in early life. This study tested the safety and efficacy of a starter infant formula containing Limosilactobacillus (L.) reuteri DSM 17938 and supplemented with 2'-fucosyllactose (2'FL).
METHODS: Healthy infants < 14 days old (n = 289) were randomly assigned to a bovine milk-based formula containing L. reuteri DSM 17938 at 1 × 107 CFU/g (control group; CG) or the same formula with added 1.0 g/L 2'FL (experimental group; EG) until 6 months of age. A non-randomized breastfed group served as reference (BF; n = 60). The primary endpoint was weight gain through 4 months of age in the formula-fed infants. Secondary endpoints included additional anthropometric measures, gastrointestinal tolerance, stooling characteristics, adverse events (AEs), fecal microbiota and metabolism, and gut immunity and health biomarkers in all feeding groups.
RESULTS: Weight gain in EG was non-inferior to CG as shown by a mean difference [95% CI] of 0.26 [-1.26, 1.79] g/day with the lower bound of the 95% CI above the non-inferiority margin (-3 g/day). Anthropometric Z-scores, parent-reported stooling characteristics, gastrointestinal symptoms and associated behaviors, and AEs were comparable between formula groups. Redundancy analysis indicated that the microbiota composition in EG was different from CG at age 2 (p = 0.050) and 3 months (p = 0.052), approaching BF. Similarly, between sample phylogenetic distance (weighted UniFrac) for BF vs EG was smaller than for BF vs CG at 3-month age (p = 0.045). At age 1 month, Clostridioides difficile counts were significantly lower in EG than CG. Bifidobacterium relative abundance in EG tracked towards that in BF. Fecal biomarkers and metabolic profile were comparable between CG and EG.
CONCLUSION: L. reuteri-containing infant formula with 2'FL supports age-appropriate growth, is well-tolerated and may play a role in shifting the gut microbial pattern towards that of breastfed infants.
TRIAL REGISTRATION: The trial was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov ( NCT03090360 ) on 24/03/2017
Continuous beta-2 microglobulin–based clearance highlights superiority of high-Dose HDF over high-flux HD in predicting outcomes
No full textInternational audienceRecent studies suggest that high-dose hemodiafiltration (HDF) may reduce mortality more effectively than high-flux hemodialysis (HD), though the mechanisms remain unclear. Traditional metrics such as Kt/V and convective volume do not fully capture overall dialysis efficiency. This study proposes a novel approach using circulating beta-2-microglobulin (ß2M) levels to estimate an equivalent Continuous Dialytic Clearance (eCDC ß2M ), reflecting an equivalent glomerular filtration rate. Using data from the FRENCHIE study, we calculated eCDC ß2M and assessed its association with patient outcomes, including all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, in comparison with traditional dialysis dose metrics. Our analysis showed that HDF achieved higher treatment efficiency than high-flux HD, with a mean increase of + 1.5 ml/min in eCDC ß2M . Moreover, eCDC ß2M demonstrated superior predictive value for mortality risk compared to Kt/V. These findings support eCDC ß2M as a meaningful and physiologically relevant measure of dialysis efficiency and adequacy. By better reflecting the continuous function of the native kidney, this approach may improve patient stratification and outcome prediction across all forms of kidney replacement treatment schedule. Further validation in independent patient cohorts is warranted
Pengaruh Potensi Diri, Lingkungan Teman Sebaya, Perencanaan Karir, Pendapatan Orang Tua, Dan Tingkat Pendidikan Orang Tua Terhadap Minat Melanjutkan Studi Ke Perguruan Tinggi Pada Siswa Di SMK N 1 Kinali Kabupaten Pasaman Barat
No full textPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh secara parsial dan simultan potensi diri, lingkungan teman sebaya, perencanaan karir, pendapatan orang tua, tingkat pendidikan orang tua terhadap minat melanjutkan studi ke perguruan tinggi. Jenis penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif dan asosiatif. Penelitian dilakukan pada semester genap tahun ajaran 2022/ 2023. Yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini siswa kelas XII SMK Negeri 1 Kinali Kabupaten Pasaman Barat tahun ajaran 2022/2023 yang berjumlah 380 siswa dengan teknik Stratified random sampling sebanyak 119 sampel. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan angket kuesioner. Analisa data menggunakan uji regresi logistik dengan menggunakan SPSS 25.0.Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa (1) Potensi diri berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap minat melanjutkan studi ke perguruan tinggi di SMKN 1 Kinali Kabupaten Pasaman Barat yang menunjukan bahwa nilai sebesar 6,432 > sebesar 1,981 (144,513) dan nilai probabilitas lebih kecil dari tingkat signifikannya 0,011 sebesar 1,981 (144,513) dan nilai probabilitas lebih kecil dari tingkat signifikannya sebesar 0,015 sebesar 1,981 (144,513) dan nilai probabilitas lebih kecil dari tingkat signifikannya sebesar 0,038 sebesar 1,981 (144,513) dan nilai probabilitas lebih kecil dari tingkat signifikannya sebesar 0,027 sebesar 1,981 (144,513) dan nilai probabilitas lebih kecil dari tingkat signifikannya sebesar 0,007 dari hasil sebesar 2, 294 dengan tingkat signifikan sebesar 0,000 t_table of 1.981 (144.513) and the probability value is smaller than the significance level of 0.011 t_table of 1.981 (144.513) and the probability value is smaller than the significance level of 0.015 t_tabel amounting to 1.981 (144.513) and the probability value is smaller than the significance level of 0.038 t_table of 1.981 (144.513) and the probability value is smaller than the significance level of 0.027 t_table of 1.981 (144.513) and the probability value is smaller than the significance level of 0.007 of F_table results are 2,294 with a significance level of 0.000 < α = 0.05.To increase students' interest in continuing their studies at a better university, the author suggests further improving self-potential, peer environment, career planning, parental income and parental education level for class XII students at SMK N 1 Kinali, West Pasaman Regency.Keywords: Interest in continuing to tertiary education, self-potential, peer environment, career planning, parental income, parental education level.
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No full textNonanatomical sensory deficits have been described for hundreds of years. We use the term "nondermatomal somatosensory deficits" (NDSD) for the purposes of this study. A commonly held viewpoint associating these deficits with "psychogenic" or "nonorganic" pain is best expressed by the following statement: "Psychogenic sensory deficits are diagnosed by their variability, sharp midline transition, and non anatomic dermatomal distibution" 1 . In addition, the presence of these NDSD is one of several criteria for the diagnosis of "non organic" pain 2 . Our group has observed NDSD in chronic pain patients and their behavior under the influence of intravenous administration of sodium amytal, a medium action barbiturate MATERIALS AND METHODS The sample studied consisted of all subjects referred to the senior author (AM) for the purposes of an independent medical examination over the course of 3 years (1996)(1997)(1998)(1999). The following were collected at the time of evaluation: (a) standardized demographic data forms; (b) body maps where patients marked their pain areas; (c) standardized history with attention to original and current pain complaints; (d) behavior displayed through the interview and physical examination; (e) thorough neuromusculoskeletal examination; and (f) documentation of gross cutaneous and deep sensory abnormalities by the examiner in body maps identical to those used by the patient. Cutaneous sensation was tested via a soft brush (for light touch), a pinprick wheel for pain, and a cold roller for gross cold perception; and vibration sense was tested by a 128 Hz tuning fork. Pain arising from deep structures (muscles, periosteum, etc.) was tested by manual pressure in all cases and wherever possible by pressure algometry over multiple bone prominences in the upper and lower extremities. The latter method has been described Methods. Data were collected via standardized history, examination, and patient-as well as physician-drawn body maps in a consecutive series of 194 subjects seen for the purpose of an independent medical examination. Results. Forty-nine subjects (25.3%) with primarily widespread pain (often diagnosed as fibromyalgia) presented with hemisensory or quadrotomal deficits to pinprick and other cutaneous stimuli on the side of lateralized pain or worse pain. The NDSD limbs often had impairment of vibration sense (not infrequently associated with "forehead vibration split"), reduced strength, dexterity or movement, and extreme sensitivity to superficial skin palpation or profound insensitivity to deep pain. Spatial, temporal, qualitative, and evolutionary patterns of NDSD emerged associated with cognitive/affective symptoms. NDSD subjects were more often born outside Canada, more likely to be injured at work, present with abnormal pain behavior, and have negative investigations. Conclusion. NDSD are a prevalent problem associated with chronic pain. Future research should explore the prevalence of NDSD in other pain populations, the role of personality and related factors, and the underlying biological substrate of these deficits. (J Rheumatol 2001;28:1385-93
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Colchicine to prevent sympathetic denervation after acute myocardial infarction: the COLD-MI trial
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