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Rehabilitation of client with Guillain Barré syndrome in occupational therapy - a case study
Get PDFUvod: Guillain-Barré sindrom je vnetna bolezen perifernega živčevja, ki povzroči hude okvare številnih telesnih funkcij in zgradb, kar omejuje posameznika pri opravljanju vsakodnevnih aktivnosti ali okupacij. Večina bolnikov v nekaj mesecih popolnoma okreva, pri nekaterih pa lahko ostanejo trajne posledice na različnih področjih. Vloga delovnega terapevta pri obravnavi oseb z Guillain-Barré sindromom je vzdrževanje ali izboljšanje spretnosti in funkcij, potrebnih za izvedbo aktivnosti ter priprava na vrnitev v domače okolje. Namen: Namen diplomskega dela je poglobljen prikaz delovnoterapevtske obravnave uporabnika z Guillain-Barré sindromom, vključenega v rehabilitacijo na Univerzitetnem rehabilitacijskem inštitutu Republike Slovenije – Soča ter ugotavljanje učinkovitosti obravnave. Metode dela: Raziskava je bila izvedena v obliki študije primera. V trinajsttedensko delovnoterapevtsko obravnavo je bil vključen 33-letni gospod z Guillain-Barré sindromom. Pri spremljanju napredka smo bili osredotočeni na zastavljene cilje, uporabnikovo dojemanje izvedbe in zadovoljstva z izvedbo njemu pomembnih okupacij, stopnjo samostojnosti pri izvajanju dnevnih aktivnosti ter izboljšanje funkcije rok. Rezultati: Povprečna ocena izvedbe in zadovoljstva z izvedbo se je pri COPM-u izboljšala z 1,2 na 6,4. Analiza aktivnosti je pokazala izboljšanje vseh motoričnih spretnosti. Razlika v skupnem seštevku Lestvice FIM pred in po obravnavi znaša 44 točk, pri vseh zastavljenih ciljih po GAS lestvici je dosegel najboljši možen napredek nad pričakovanim. Moč stiska desne roke je bila za 1 kg večja od moči stiska leve roke, skupna ocena indeksa funkcije roke pri SHAP se je pri desni roki izboljšala iz 67 na 98, pri levi iz 60 na 97. Ob vrnitvi v domače okolje je bil ponovno izveden COPM, kjer je sprememba v oceni izvedbe in zadovoljstva z izvedbo po 2. ocenjevanju znašala 1,4 točk. Razprava in zaključek: Uporabnik je dosegel zastavljene cilje. Spremljanje napredka je pokazalo na izboljšanje večine opazovanih parametrov, izboljšala se je spretnost rok, manjši napredek pa je opazen pri funkciji rok. Proces delovnoterapevtske obravnave po AOTA se je v študiji primera izkazal kot ustrezen.Introduction: Guillain-Barré syndrome is an inflammatory disease of the peripheral nervous system that causes impairment of several bodily functions and skills and limitis individuals in performing their daily activities or occupations. Most patients recover completely within a few months, but some lasting consequences may remain. The role of the occupational therapist in treating people with Guillain-Barré syndrome is to maintain or increase the skills and functional needs, essential for performing the activities and to prepare patients for returning to their domestic environment. Purpose: The purpose of the diploma work is an in-depth presentation of occupational therapy treatment of a client with Guillain-Barré syndrome involved in rehabilitation at University Rehabilitation Institute Republic of Slovenia – Soča, as well as the effectiveness of treatment. Methods: The research was conducted in the form of a case study. A 33-year-old man with Guillain-Barré syndrome was involved in a thirteen-week occupational therapy treatment (modelled on the American framework of practice). While monitoring the progress we focused on achieving the goals set, the client\u27s perception of the performance and his satisfaction with the performance of important activities, the degree of independence in performing daily activities and improving hand function. Results: The COPM showed the increase of the performance from 1.2 to 6.4the same with satisfaction. The analysis of the activity showed that a progress in most motor skills was achieved. The FIM showed the difference in the total score, which was 44 points. At all the goals set according to the GAS scale he achieved the best possible progress above expectations. The strength of the right hand grip was 1 kg higher than the strength of the left hand grip. The final score of the hand function index in the SHAP changed from 67 to 98 for the right hand, and increased from 60 to 97 for the left one. After the client’s return to his domestic environment the COPM was done again, whereby the change in performance and satisfaction measured 1.4 points. Discussion and conclusion: The client achieved all the set goals. Monitoring of the progress showed improvement in most of the observed parameters. Motor skills improved, while less progress was observed in hand function. The process of occupational therapy treatment based on the AOTA framework proved to be appropriate to the case study
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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