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Comparison of knowledge between professional and volunteer firefighters about body survey in accordance with ITLS protocol
Get PDFUvod: Gasilstvo v Sloveniji v obliki, kot ga poznamo danes, deluje že od leta 1869. Sprva so naloge gasilstva obsegale predvsem gašenje požarov, nato so se razširile. Danes so gasilci izobraženi tudi za nudenje prve nujne medicinske pomoči, med drugim imajo opravljen tečaj za oskrbo poškodovanca po ITLS (International Trauma Life Support) protokolu, katerega cilj je hitra in sistematična oskrba poškodovanca. Ker tako poklicni kot tudi prostovoljni gasilci izvajajo oskrbo poškodovana po ITLS protokolu, smo izvedli raziskavo, kjer so oboji pokazali svoje teoretično in praktično znanje o oskrbi poškodovanca po protokolu ITLS. Namen: Namen diplomskega dela je oceniti znanje poklicnih in prostovoljnih gasilcev o oskrbi poškodovanca po protokolu ITLS, primerjati rezultate obeh skupin in na podlagi dobljenih rezultatov predlagati morebitne spremembe v izobraževanju gasilcev v zvezi z vsebinami prve pomoči. Metode dela: Diplomsko delo temelji na deskriptivni metodi dela. V uvodu so predstavljena teoretična izhodišča o nalogah gasilcev in ITLS protokolu. Za oceno teoretičnega znanja o oskrbi poškodovanca po ITLS protokolu smo oblikovali pisni preizkus znanja. Praktični del raziskave je zajemal izvedbo primarnega ITLS pregleda poškodovanca, ki je bil ocenjen na podlagi slovenske verzije uradnega ocenjevalnega obrazca za oskrbo poškodovanca po ITLS protokolu. Rezultati: Poklicni gasilci so pri teoretičnem delu dosegli 93 % uspeh, prostovoljni gasilci pa 94 % uspeh. Pri praktičnem delu so višjo raven znanja pokazali poklicni gasilci, ki so dosegli 63 % uspeh, medtem ko so prostovoljni gasilci dosegli 59 % uspeh. Skupno povprečje teoretičnega in praktičnega znanja pri poklicnih gasilcih je 78 %, pri prostovoljnih 76,5 %. Razprava in zaključek: Glede na dobljene rezultate lahko zaključimo, da so tako poklicni kot tudi prostovoljni gasilci pokazali visoko raven znanja o oskrbi poškodovanca po ITLS protokolu. Na majhno razliko med skupinama najverjetneje vpliva razlika v načinu dela. Poklicni gasilci imajo več izkušenj s posredovanjem v realnih nesrečah, medtem ko imajo prostovoljni gasilci več vaj in so tako bolj teoretično podkovani. Zaključimo lahko, da gasilci aktivno vadijo in obnavljajo znanje, vendar so še možnosti za izboljšave. Za izboljšanje rezultatov bi bilo smiselno, da bi poklicni in prostovoljni gasilci večkrat sodelovali v skupni vaji, kjer bi si delili nasvete in izkušnje.Introduction: Firefighting in Slovenia as we know it today has been present since 1869. At first, the duty of firefighters was mainly fire extinguishing, but the range of their work gradually extended. Nowadays, firefighters know how to provide first medical aid and they completed the course of care of an injured according to the ITLS protocol (International Trauma Life Support). According to ITLS, care must be provided quickly and systematically. As both professional and volunteer firefighters provide care to the injured according to the ITLS protocol, we conducted a survey in which professional and volunteer firefighters showed their theoretical and practical knowledge on the care of an injured according to the ITLS protocol. Aim: The aim of our diploma work is to assess the knowledge of professional and volunteer firefighters on the care of an injured according to the ITLS protocol, compare the results of both groups and, based on the obtained results, suggest eventual changes in the education of firefighters regarding first aid. Methods: The diploma work is based on the descriptive method. The introduction presents the theoretical starting points on the tasks of firefighters and the ITLS protocol. To assess the theoretical knowledge on the care of an injured according to the ITLS protocol, we drew up a written examination. The practical part of the research encompassed the performance of the primary ITLS check of an injured, and the firefighters were assessed using the Slovenian version of the assessment form of care of an injured according to the ITLS protocol. Results: Professional firefighters obtained 93 % success in the theoretical part and volunteer firefighters 94 % success. A higher level of knowledge in the practical part was shown by professional firefighters who achieved 63 % success, whereas volunteer firefighters obtained 59 % success on average. The overall average of the obtained points in the theoretical and practical part of the research by professional firefighters was 78 % and by volunteer firefighters 76.5 %. Discussion and conclusion: In relation to the obtained results, we can conclude that both professional and volunteer firefighters showed a high level of knowledge on the care of an injured according to the ITLS protocol. The small difference between the groups is probably the result of a different work approach. Professional firefighters have more experience from real-life interventions, whereas volunteer firefighters have more training, thus being better educated. Based on the obtained results, we can conclude that firefighters actively practice their skills and update their knowledge, but there is certainly space for improvement. To obtain even better results, professional and volunteer firefighters should more often join forces in the same exercise, sharing advice and experience as well as improving each other\u27s knowledge
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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