18 research outputs found
Occupational injuries and stressors among Canadian air medical health care professionals in rotor-wing programs
No full textIntroduction: Air medical health care providers work in a unique environment that may affect occupational injury rates and patterns. Despite this knowledge, little high-quality evidence exists regarding occupational injuries specifically incurred by air medical health care professionals. We sought to characterize the epidemiology of occupational injuries experienced by Canadian rotor-wing health care providers.
Methods: A survey was sent to the 4 rotor-wing programs in Canada. All crewmembers participating directly in patient care were asked to complete the survey detailing any acute occupational injuries sustained within the previous year. A series of both open- and closed-ended questions was used to collect participant demographics and information regarding any injuries sustained.
Results: One hundred and six (40.6%) participants completed the survey. Three hundred and thirty acute injuries were reported. Hand lacerations and leg contusions were most prevalent (31 and 24 individuals incurred these injuries, respectively). Acute back injuries were also prevalent with 25 (23.6%) participants reporting at least one back injury. Overall, an injury rate of 3.2 injuries per person per year was reported. Lifting was cited as a common factor in injury (30 cases). Most injuries required little treatment, with only 17 needing physician intervention, and only 6 required more than 1 week off work.
Conclusion: Injuries among Canadian air medical crews are common, but fortunately, the majority are minor. Specific injury prevention strategies may focus on stretcher design, cabin ergonomics, and extremity protective equipment.Foundation for Air Medical Researc
Streamlining information and communication flow : A case study at Arla Foods
No full textThe purpose of the study is to investigate how the internal communication and information flow of the packaging process can be streamlined. In the study three questions were studied: [1] What problems within the internal communication and information flow has the packaging process? [2] How do communication and information deficiencies affect the efficiency of the packaging process? [3] How can a more efficient internal communication and information flow benefit their packaging process in the future? This study has taken place at a company called Arla Foods which is in Jönköping, Sweden. The company is a fresh produce dairy where over 100 different items are manufactured. As many articles are manufactured, it puts pressure on the company to streamline production and maintain their delivery times. The case study has been carried out in a department called the packaging process, this department is part of their production and is the final step before the product goes on to the warehouse. The department has been identified as a limitation for the entire system, therefore the survey has been conducted to identify how its internal communication and information flow caused the limitation. With a current situation analysis and a theoretical framework, the author has identified the difficulties in the flow of communication and information. The proposed recommendations include proposed measures that can streamline the internal communication and information flow in the packaging process. The final step has been a discussion and conclusion that has been written to discuss the study's validity and reliability, can summarize the improvement proposals and future studies that can be carried out for continuous improvement
Workplace risks and stressors as predictors of burnout: The moderating impact of job control and team efficacy
No full textAir medical healthcare (AMH) professionals care for critically-ill individuals while conveying them to healthcare centres from distant, and frequently dangerous, locations. AMH professionals experience additional health and safety issues beyond the “typical” stressors faced by other healthcare professionals. Therefore, we integrated the safety and psychosocial health literatures to examine the relationship between workplace stressors (risk perception, worries, and patient-care barriers) and two components of burnout (emotional exhaustion; depersonalization), and the moderating impact of job control and team efficacy for 106 Canadian AMH professionals. Worries over medical hassles and barriers to patient care uniquely predicted emotional exhaustion. Lack of perceived control over one's job was related to exhaustion and depersonalization after controlling for stressors. Job control and team efficacy buffered some of the stressor-burnout relationships.Foundation for Air Medical Researc
Creating Competitive Advantage
No full textThis chapter addresses collaborative business networks at the level of industry/cluster networks, which is important and relevant from the strategic management perspective in several industries. This chapter examines two current “hot topics”: the emergence of a new Internet driven business group, and its construction through a series of intentionally developed collaborative networks. Networks are seen to offer firms collective benefits beyond those of a single firm or market transaction. The author of this chapter aims to contribute to the development of the emerging theory of network management by inte-grating notions from the Industrial Network Approach and the Resource-Based View of the firm, in particular its extensions into dynamic capabilities and learning. The starting premise is that the charac-teristics of the task that organizations try to accomplish through forming a specific collaborative net-work influence, the management of that network, and thus, the capabilities developed and required. This chapter is based on a longitudinal case study in the ICT-sector. </jats:p
Creating Competitive Advantage
No full textThis chapter addresses collaborative business networks at the level of industry/cluster networks, which is important and relevant from the strategic management perspective in several industries. This chapter examines two current “hot topics”: the emergence of a new Internet driven business group, and its construction through a series of intentionally developed collaborative networks. Networks are seen to offer firms collective benefits beyond those of a single firm or market transaction. The author of this chapter aims to contribute to the development of the emerging theory of network management by inte-grating notions from the Industrial Network Approach and the Resource-Based View of the firm, in particular its extensions into dynamic capabilities and learning. The starting premise is that the charac-teristics of the task that organizations try to accomplish through forming a specific collaborative net-work influence, the management of that network, and thus, the capabilities developed and required. This chapter is based on a longitudinal case study in the ICT-sector.</jats:p
Unraveling the Mysteries of the Qur'an: Contemporary Challenges in Understanding the Power and Beauty of Qur'anic Language: Mengurai Misteri Al-Qur’an: Tantangan Kontemporer Dalam Memahami Kekuatan dan Keindahan Bahasa Al-Qur’an
No full textThe Qur'an, the holy book of Muslims, has been a source of wisdom and guidance for centuries. In the contemporary era, the challenge of understanding the power and beauty of Qur'anic language has never been more relevant. This article aims to unravel the mystery surrounding this sacred text, exploring how contemporary challenges arise in trying to understand and appreciate the Qur'an's linguistic uniqueness. This study uses qualitative methods. The qualitative method in this study is used to understand social phenomena in depth and detail. This method focuses more on interpretation and understanding the meaning of the data obtained, rather than measurement and hypothesis testing. The result of this study is the literary quality of the use of language in the Qur'an has a significant role in the spread of Islam among the Arab community in the seventh century, which gave birth to a special interest in the study of the Qur'an. Thus, the uniqueness of the Qur'anic language is known as Qur'anic Uslub or Stylistics. Based on several responses to the Qur'an, it can produce a unique phenomenon called “Quran in everyday life” in contemporary Qur'ānic discourse, reflecting how the Qur'an is responded to and understood beyond its textual meaning, through continuous interaction. Thus, the Qur'ān seems to come alive and merge with everyday life. The divine challenge in the Qur'ān refers to various verses that invite humans to contemplate and understand the signs of God's greatness in His creation. The implication is to encourage people to get closer to God, gain a deeper understanding of God, and take lessons from the signs in the universe. One of the verses that reflects the divine challenge is in Q.S Al-Baqarah verse 164
Un primer análisis del rendimiento de BirdNET a distancias variables: un experimento con playback
No full textBird vocalisations, like any other acoustic signals, attenuate over distance, and therefore their structure degrades progressively. Such degradation may have an impact on the ability of automated signal recognition software, to detect and correctly identify bird vocalisations. BirdNET is a recently launched automated bird song recogniser commonly employed by researchers and the public. However, few studies have assessed its performance and our current knowledge about how BirdNET performance may vary over distance or with species is very limited. I aimed to evaluate whether BirdNET's ability to correctly identify bird vocalisations of three bird species varied over distance or according to recorder type and target species using a playback broadcast from 10 to 150m away. BirdNET's ability to correctly identify bird songs varied among species and generally decreased over distance but did not vary among recorder types. Overall BirdNET recall rate, defined as the percentage of vocalisations detected, and correctly identified, by the software, was 59.9% (499 vocalisations correctly identified of 840 vocalisations broadcast). A significantly higher number of vocalisations were correctly identified when broadcast at 50m or closer (mean recall rate of 92.2%), when compared to vocalisations broadcast farther than that distance (mean recall rate of 34.9%). Recall rate was also significantly higher for the Grasshopper Sparrow and the Hooded Warbler, when compared to the Gray Vireo. The number of misclassifications varied over distances and did not follow a linear pattern. This study provides valuable information that may contribute to improved surveys and for expanding the use of BirdNET for surveying bird communities using passive acoustic monitoring.Las vocalizaciones de las aves, como cualquier otra señal acústica, se atenúan con la distancia y, por lo tanto, la estructura de las vocalizaciones de las aves se degrada progresivamente. Tal degradación puede tener un impacto en la capacidad de programas automatizados de reconocimiento de señales a la hora detectar e identificar correctamente las vocalizaciones de las aves. BirdNET es un reconocedor automatizado de cantos de pájaros de reciente creación y comúnmente empleado por investigadores y el público. Sin embargo, pocos estudios han evaluado su rendimiento y nuestro conocimiento actual sobre cómo el rendimiento de BirdNET puede variar en función de la distancia o entre especies es muy limitado. Aquí, mi objetivo era evaluar si la habilidad de BirdNET para identificar correctamente las vocalizaciones de tres especies de aves variaba según la distancia, el tipo de grabadora empleada y entre especies, utilizando una grabación reproducida de 10 a 150 m. La habilidad de BirdNET para identificar correctamente los cantos de las aves varió entre las especies y, en general, disminuyó con la distancia, pero no varió entre los dos tipos de grabadores testados. La tasa de detección de BirdNET, definida como el porcentaje de vocalizaciones detectadas e identificadas correctamente por el software, fue del 59,9% (499 vocalizaciones identificadas correctamente de las 840 vocalizaciones reproducidas). Se identificó de manera correcta y significativa un mayor número de vocalizaciones cuando se emitieron a 50 m o más cerca (tasa media de detección del 92,2%), en comparación con las vocalizaciones emitidas a más de esa distancia (tasa media de detección del 34,9%). La tasa de detección también fue significativamente más alta para el chingolo saltamontes y la reinita encapuchada, en comparación con el vireo gris. El número de clasificaciones erróneas varió con las distancias y no siguió un patrón lineal. Ese estudio proporciona información valiosa que puede contribuir a mejorar futuros muestreos y a expandir el uso de BirdNET para censar comunidades de aves usando monitoreo acústico pasivo.The author acknowledges support from Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional through the Beatriz Galindo Fellowship (Beatriz Galindo-Convocatoria 2020)
Optimalisasi penerapan nilai-nilai Pancasila dalam pengabdian kepada masyarakat di Desa Talang Lindung
No full textPengabdian kepada masyarakat bertujuan untuk mengoptimalkan penerapan nilai-nilai Pancasila pada masyarakat Desa Talang Lindung. Tujuan dari pengabdian ini agar masyarakat dapat mengamalkan nilai-nilai Pancasila secara optimal. Adapun metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode terapan (Applied Research). Berdasarkan hasil pengabdian kepada masyarakat Talang Lindung, masyarakat secara tidak langsung sudah menerapkan bentuk-bentuk kegiataan yang terkandung pada nilai pancasila. Meskipun pengamalan penerapan Pancasila sudah cukup baik, namun masih perlu adanya optimalisasi dan arahan. Tujuannya supaya masyarakat Talang Lindung lebih mengetahui secara mendalam tentang pentingnya nilai Pancasila sebagai petunjuk dalam bertindak dan bertingkah laku dikehidupan sosial masyarakat sehari-hari
Retrospective and projected warming-equivalent emissions from global livestock and cattle calculated with an alternative climate metric denoted GWP
No full textLimiting warming by the end of the century to 1.5̊C compared to pre-Industrial times requires reaching and sustaining net zero global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and declining radiative forcing from non-CO2 greenhouse gas (GHG) sources such as methane (CH4). This implies eliminating CO2 emissions or balancing them with removals while mitigating CH4 emissions to reduce their radiative forcing over time. The global cattle sector (including Buffalo) mainly emits CH4 and N2O and will benefit from understanding the extent and speed of CH4 reductions necessary to align its mitigation ambitions with global temperature goals. This study explores the utility of an alternative usage of global warming potentials (GWP*) in combination with the Transient Climate Response to cumulative carbon Emissions (TCRE) to compare retrospective and projected climate impacts of global livestock emission pathways with other sectors (e.g. fossil fuel and land use change). To illustrate this, we estimated the amount and fraction of total warming attributable to direct CH4 livestock emissions from 1750 to 2019 using existing emissions datasets and projected their contributions to future warming under three historical and three future emission scenarios. These historical and projected estimates were transformed into cumulative CO2 equivalent (GWP100) and warming equivalent (GWP*) emissions that were multiplied by a TCRE coefficient to express induced warming as globally averaged surface temperature change. In general, temperature change estimates from this study are comparable to those obtained from other climate models. Sustained annual reductions in CH4 emissions of 0.32% by the global cattle sector would stabilize their future effect on global temperature while greater reductions would reverse historical past contributions to global warming by the sector in a similar fashion to increasing C sinks. The extent and speed with which CH4 mitigation interventions are introduced by the sector will determine the peak temperature achieved in the path to net-zero GHG. © 2023 del Prado et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.The authors of this paper report the following sources of funding: Global Dairy Platform supported authors AdP and BL. Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science supported AdP, Spanish National Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation supported AdP through grant (RYC-2017-22143), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación supported AdP through grant (CEX2021-001201-M), Eusko Jaurlaritza supported AdP through grant (BERC 2022-2024), Dairy Management Inc (US) supported AdP and JT through Global Dairy Platform AdP was also supported through Global Dairy Platform by Arla Foods, Dairy Australia, Dairy Companies of New Zealand, Global Round Table for Sustainable Beef, Innovation Centre for US Dairy, McDonalds Corporation, and Meat and Livestock Australia. BL is supported by Global Dairy Platform. JT received salary from Dairy Management Inc. The funders had a role in the study design by providing some of the general questions. The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section. Many thanks to Arla Foods, Dairy Australia, Dairy Companies of New Zealand, Dairy Man- agement Inc., Global Dairy Platform, Global Round Table for Sustainable Beef, McDonalds Corporation, and Meat and Livestock Australia for helping on the study design and providing some of the general questions
