1,396 research outputs found
Exposure-Tolerant Imaging Solution forCultural Heritage Monitoring
No full textThis paper describes a simple and cheap solution specifically designed for monitoring the degradation of thin coatings employed for metal protection. The proposed solution employs a commercial photocamera and a frequency-domain-based approach that is capable of highlighting the surface uniformity changes due to initial corrosion. Even though the proposed solution is specifically designed to monitor the long-time performance of protective coatings employed for the restoration of silver artifacts, it can be successfully used also for assessing the conservation state of other ancient metallic works of art. The proposed solution is made tolerant to exposure changes by using a procedure for sensor nonlinearity identification and correction, does not require a precise lighting control, and employs only free open-source software, so that its overall cost is very low and can be used also by not specifically trained operator
The C-Section Epidemic: What's Tort Reform Got to Do With It?
No full textToday one in three babies in the United States comes into the world by cesarean section. The cesarean section has become the most commonly performed operating room procedure in the United States. Conventional wisdom holds that malpractice liability bears primary responsibility for the cesarean section epidemic and that tort reform, which caps physician liability, holds the key to its reduction. This article presents new aggregate empirical data that debunks this view. For the first time, it provides a national cesarean rate for births subject to damage caps and a national cesarean rate for births without damage caps. This data shows that a woman is not less likely to give birth by cesarean section in a state with damage caps than in one without. Thus, either damage caps are insufficient to address physicians’ concerns or other explanations better account for the overuse of the procedure. The empirical analysis will assist policy makers and advocates seeking to reduce the cesarean rate as well as contribute to consideration of the efficacy of medical malpractice reform as a means to reduce the broader problem of medical overtreatment.
The article then outlines three policy initiatives to reduce the cesarean section rate. First, it suggests upending the current payment practice for deliveries. Contrary to the present norm, it proposes that obstetricians receive more rather than less to deliver vaginally to compensate them for the extra time that vaginal delivery takes compared to cesarean delivery. Second, rather than looking to tort reform to reduce cesarean section rates, the article explores whether malpractice insurance providers themselves are contributing to the cesarean section epidemic and advocates two novel medical malpractice insurance reforms to address this problem. Third, it advocates public disclosure of hospital and physician cesarean section rates so that women can make informed decisions when selecting their health care providers and when determining whether to have a cesarean section
Plenary 3: U.S. Racial Justice Advocacy at the United Nations
No full textModerator: Joel Pruce, University of Dayton Human Rights Center
Participants: Jamil Dakwar, ACLU Human Rights Program [virtual] Sabrina Jordan, Ohio Families Unite Against Police Brutality Crista Noel, Chicago Mothers Against Torture Jimmie Briggs, Skoll Foundation [virtual] Nahal Zamani, State Strategy and Services for State Innovation Exchange (SiX) [virtual
Bridging the Distance: Exploring Informal Communication and its Impact on Productivity, Well-Being, and Workplace Dynamics in Hybrid Work Environments
No full textAuthor Sabrina Schopf, BScMasterarbeit Johannes Kepler Universität Linz 202
Bridging the Distance: Exploring Informal Communication and its Impact on Productivity, Well-Being, and Workplace Dynamics in Hybrid Work Environments
No full textAuthor Sabrina Schopf, BScMasterarbeit Johannes Kepler Universität Linz 202
The management of multiple aspiration : a case study of a merger in an Austrian hospital
No full textAuthor Sabrina Hermanseder, BAAbstract in englischer SpracheMasterarbeit Universität Linz 201
Behavioral Monitoring of Sexual Offenders Against Children in Virtual Risk Situations: A Feasibility Study
No full textThe decision about unsupervised privileges for sexual offenders against children (SOC) is one of the most difficult decisions for practitioners in forensic high-security hospitals. Facing the possible consequences of the decision for the society, a valid and reliable risk management of SOCs is essential. Some risk management approaches provide frameworks for the construction of relevant future risk situations. Due to ethical reasons, it is not possible to evaluate the validity of constructed risk situations in reality. The aim of the study was to test if behavioral monitoring of SOCs in high-immersive virtual risk situations provides additional information for risk management. Six SOCs and seven non-offender controls (NOC) walked through three virtual risk situations, confronting the participant with a virtual child character. The participant had to choose between predefined answers representing approach or avoidance behavior. Frequency of chosen answers were analyzed in regards to knowledge of the participants about coping skills and coping skills focused during therapy. SOCs and NOCs behavior differed only in one risk scenario. Furthermore, SOCs showed in 89% of all cases a behavior not corresponding to their own belief about adequate behavior in comparable risk situations. In 62% of all cases, SOCs behaved not corresponding to coping skills they stated that therapists focused on during therapy. In 50% of all cases, SOCs behaved in correspondence to coping skills therapists stated that they focused on during therapy. Therapists predicted the behavior of SOCs in virtual risk situations incorrect in 25% of all cases. Thus, virtual risk scenarios provide the possibility for practitioners to monitor the behavior of SOCs and to test their decisions on unsupervised privileges without endangering the community. This may provide additional information for therapy progress. Further studies are necessary to evaluate the predictive and ecological validity of behavioral monitoring in virtual risk situations for real life situations
Feminisme Dalam Novel Asya Story Karya Sabrina Febrianti
No full textThe novel Asya Story by Sabrina Febrianti contains the life story of a woman named Asya. In this novel also discusses how Asya's obstinacy and strength in overcoming every problem in his face. The problems described in this study are (1) Are feminism questions about aspects of the wisdom of the female characters in the novel "Asya Story" by Sabrina Febrianti?, (2), (3) Women's questions in the "Asya Story" novel by Sabrina Febrianti? The purpose of this study is to analyze data about the aspects of feminism psychology that discusses the character of female characters, the pressure of feelings of female characters, and the taste of female characters. The theory used by the author to analyze this research is the theory of Sikana (2005), Lubis (2016). The agreement used is a qualitative agreement. The type of research used is library research. The method used is descriptive method. The technique used is the hermeneutic technique. Data analysis using content analysis techniques. The results of the research submitted about the facts of feminism, especially about the policy aspects that often appear in the novel Asya Story by Sabrina Febrianti is a challenge of the character (character) women and recovery figures, women women Figure in the same story with humans in everyday life who always have different thoughts. Human life is often tested with tests and trials, as is the character who discusses the author in a novel. Exams and experiments that will shape the pressure and stress in humans
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