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Physics opportunities with the Advanced Gamma Tracking Array: AGATA
No full text© 2020, The Author(s). New physics opportunities are opening up by the Advanced Gamma Tracking Array, AGATA, as it evolves to the full 4π instrument. AGATA is a high-resolution γ-ray spectrometer, solely built from highly segmented high-purity Ge detectors, capable of measuring γ rays from a few tens of keV to beyond 10 MeV, with unprecedented efficiency, excellent position resolution for individual γ-ray interactions, and very high count-rate capability. As a travelling detector AGATA will be employed at all major current and near-future European research facilities delivering stable and radioactive ion beams
Nathan Filer and Agata Vitale
No full textWhat can writers and teachers of Creative Writing learn from psychiatry, neuroscience, and other medical disciplines about the links between creativity and mental illness?
Nathan Filer, author of 'The Shock of the Fall', and Agata Vitale, Senior Lecturer in Abnormal/Clinical Psychology at Bath Spa University, will be in conversation with Richard Hamblyn of Birkbeck College
Patient satisfaction with computer-assisted structured initial assessment facilitating patient streaming to emergency departments and primary care practices: results from a cross-sectional observational study accompanying the DEMAND intervention in Germany
No full textBACKGROUND: Patient numbers in emergency departments are on the rise. The DEMAND intervention aims to improve the efficacy of emergency services by computer-assisted structured initial assessment assigning patients to emergency departments or primary care practices. The aims of our study were to evaluate patient satisfaction with this intervention and to analyse if reduced patient satisfaction is predicted by sociodemographic data, health status or health literacy. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional patient survey in emergency departments and co-located primary care practices. Each intervention site was planned to participate for two observation periods, each with a duration of one full week. Study participants were recruited by the local staff. The patients filled out a written questionnaire during their waiting time. Patient satisfaction was assessed by agreement to four statements on a four point Likert scale. Predictors of patient satisfaction were identified by multilevel, multivariable logistic regression models adjusted for random effects at the intervention site level. RESULTS: The sample included 677 patients from 10 intervention sites. The patients had a mean age of 38.9 years and 59.0% were women. Between 67.5% and 55.0% were fully satisfied with aspects of the intervention. The most criticised aspect was that the staff showed too little interest in the patients’ personal situation. Full satisfaction (“clearly yes” to all items) was reported by 44.2%. Reduced patient satisfaction (at least one item rated as “rather yes”, “rather no”, “clearly no”) was predicted by lower age (odds ratio 0.79 for ten years difference, 95% confidence interval 0.67/0.95, p = 0.009), presenting with infections (3.08,1.18/8.05,p = 0.022) or injuries (3.46,1.01/11.82,p = 0.048), a higher natural logarithm of the symptom duration (1.23,1.07/1.30,p = 0.003) and a lower health literacy (0.71 for four points difference, 0.53/0.94,p = 0.019). CONCLUSIONS: The patients were for the most part satisfied with the intervention. Assessment procedures should be evaluated a) regarding if all relevant patient-related aspects are included; and whether patient information can be improved b) for patients with strong opinions about cause, consequences and treatment options for their health problem; and c) for patients who have problems in the handling of information relevant to health and healthcare. TRIAL REGISTRATION: German Clinical Trials Register (https://www.drks.de/drks_web/setLocale_EN.do) no. DRKS00017014. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12875-022-01825-5
Compliance and patient satisfaction with treatment settings recommended by the medical on-call service 116117 in Germany using computer-assisted structured initial assessment: a cross-sectional observational study accompanying the demand intervention
No full textObjectives In order to reduce the use of emergency departments, computer-assisted initial assessment was implemented at the medical on-call service 116117. Our study assessed compliance and patient satisfaction.Design Cross-sectional observational postal survey.Setting Medical on-call service 116117 by eight Associations of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Germany.Participants The intervention was observed between January 2020 and March 2021. Minors and patients with invalid contact data were excluded. A random sample of eligible patients received standardised questionnaires by mail.Outcome measures We analysed associations of sociodemographic data, health status, previous service use, health literacy, and recommended settings with compliance and patient satisfaction by multivariable, multilevel logistic regression.Interventions Based on symptoms and context factors, the computer software suggested service levels. Staff and patient discussed if higher levels were indicated, services were available and self-transport was possible. They then agreed on recommendations for treatment settings.Results Of 9473 contacted eligible patients, 1756 patients (18.5%) participated. Median age was 66 years (IQR=50–79), and 986 (59.0%) were women. At least one recommended setting was used by 1397 patients (85.4%). General practitioner (GP) practices were used by 143 patients (68.4%). Generally, better compliance was associated with lower depression levels (OR 1.59, 95% CI 1.17 to 2.17, p=0.003), fewer previous hospital stays (OR 2.02, 95% CI 1.27 to 3.23, p=0.003) and recommendations for any setting other than GP practices (OR 0.13, 95% CI 0.06 to 0.29, p<0001, to OR 0.37, 95% CI 0.19 to 0.72, p=0.003). A total of 606 patients (50.7%) were completely satisfied. Patient satisfaction was associated with higher age (OR 1.30, 95% CI 1.13 to 1.49, p<0.001), better self-rated health (OR 1.30, 95% CI 1.10 to 1.53, p=0.002), not having musculoskeletal disorders (OR 0.68, 95% CI 0.49 to 0.94, p=0.021), better health literacy (OR 0.69, 95% CI 0.54 to 0.89, p=0.005, and OR 0.49, 95% CI 0.36 to 0.67, p<0.001) and receiving no recommendation for GP practices (OR 0.61, 95% CI 0.43 to 0.87, p=0.006).Conclusions Most patients were compliant and satisfied. Lowest compliance and satisfaction were found in GP practices, but nonetheless, two of three patients with respective recommendations were willing to use this setting.Trial registration number German Clinical Trials Register DRKS00017014
To be able to give someone an oxygen mask, you first must be wearing one yourself. On the need to support art creators and artivists dealing with engaging art processes of a performative nature
No full textThe author of the article, Agata Siwiak, proposes the implementation of a professional support system for artists working with processes of engaging art, with particular emphasis on practices in areas of social crises. As an inspiration, the author presents the forms of support that have been developed on the basis of social work, activism and theatre pedagogy. The article is based on in-depth interviews with practitioners of engaging theatre who represent various theatre environments and professions, and on the knowledge Siwiak gained through her own theatre practices as part of the research-based practice methodology (the author is also a performance arts curator)
Entwicklung einer schnellen Pulsformanalyse für asymmetrische AGATA-Germanium-Detektoren
No full textOnTEAM metadata: GDSID: DOC-2007-May-32; Attribute ID: LIBRARY-thesis_diss-2007-005; Title: [GSI Diss 2007-05] Entwicklung einer schnellen Pulsformanalyse für asymmetrische AGATA-Germanium-Detektoren; Author(s): Beck, Torsten; Corporate author(s): ; Publication date: 20070501; Creator: manton; Creation date: 15.05.2007 16:02:12; Change date: 29.10.2008 16:29:34; Access: nur berechtigte Gruppen; Attribute type: Text.Thesis.Diss; Directory path: ['GSI Publications', 'GSI as Publisher']; Attribute path: ['Infrastructure', 'Library and Documentation', 'thesis_diss', 'Added in 2007']; File name(s): ['DOC-2007-May-32-1.pdf']; File title(s): ['']; File access: ['nur berechtigte Gruppen'
Contaminazione, Coinvolgimento, Impegno. Riflessioni su una ricerca di antropologia medica in contesti urbani affetti da disastri ambientali e sociali provocati dalla lavorazione del cemento-amianto in Italia
No full textThe author reflects on theoretical dilemmas and on her subjective experiences in doing a medical anthropological study that aims to be scientifically valid, practically applied, and socio-politically engaged.
To this purpose, the article discusses data collected in two Italian cities: Bari (southern Italy) in 2009, and Casale Monferrato (northern Italy), in 2012. Both the contexts have been affected by social and environmental disasters related to the presence of two asbestos-cement plants, active until the end of the 1980s: the Fibronit and the Eternit factories, respectively.
First, historical and social contextualization of legislation and epidemiological data about asbestos manufacturing are briefly provided, both for the national and the international settings, in order to better situate the actions of socio-political engagement undertaken by the victims organised into local anti-asbestos social movements whose goals and practices have national and international resonance.
Second, the author offers a general overview of asbestos’ characteristics as a raw material, and of the political-economic dynamics promoting its massive industrial use, despite the fact that biomedical studies have recognised asbestos fibres as cancer causing factors as far back as the 1960s.
Third, the author refers to anthropological and sociological literatures on risk perception and on the disaster’s processes in order to better understand the peculiarities of the asbestos-related disasters.
Lastly, the anthropologist’s engagement with the investigated issues is discussed, and a parallelism between contamination and engagement is offered by looking at a process in which the scientist and the research partners collaborate to promote new knowledge and socio-political changes
Crime in the art market - anti-crime measures
No full textKlimczyk Agata. Crime in the art market - anti-crime measures. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2017;7(2):662-666. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.842188
http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/4690
https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/828452
The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26.01.2017).
1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7
© The Author (s) 2017;
This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland
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The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.
Received: 01.02.2017. Revised 12.02.2017. Accepted: 28.02.2017.
Przestępczość na rynku dzieł sztuki - możliwość przeciwdziałania
Crime in the art market - anti-crime measures
Agata Klimczyk
Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
Streszczenie
Celem pracy jest przedstawienie wybranych aspektów dotyczących przestępczości na rynku dzieł sztuki oraz możliwości ich przeciwdziałaniu. Autorka pracy wykorzystała metodę analityczną-prawną oraz przegląd piśmiennictwa. Ponieważ przestępczość na rynku dzieł sztuki integralnie łączy się z popytem na dobra kultury, kwestia ta została uwzględniona w niniejszej pracy. Przedstawiono jakie czynniki mają na to wpływ. Poruszono kwestię zabezpieczenia w muzeach powiatowych i miejskich. Wskazano w jaki sposób można przeciwdziałać omawianemu procederowi i oddziaływania współpracy międzynarodowej m.in. Narodowego Instytutu Dziedzictwa, Forów Prawnych Dziedzictwa Europejskiego.
Summary
The aim of the work is to present selected aspects of crime in the art market and the possibility of counteracting them. The author has used: the method of legal analysis and literature study. Crime in the art market is related to the cultural goods, the author shows what factors have influence to this. It was showed key role of The National Heritage Board of Poland, EU Heritage Legislation.
Słowa kluczowe: przestępczość, rynek dzieł sztuki, dzieła sztuki, sztuka
Keywords: crime, art market, works of art, ar
Doping w sporcie - prawne aspekty = Main legal issues of sports doping
No full textKlimczyk Agata. Doping w sporcie - prawne aspekty = Main legal issues of sports doping. Journal of Health Sciences. 2014;4(14):285-293. ISSN 1429-9623 / 2300-665X. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13372
http://journal.rsw.edu.pl/index.php/JHS/article/view/2014%3B4%2814%29%3A285-293
https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/works/594485
http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21433
The journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland parametric evaluation. Part B item 1107. (17.12.2013).
© The Author (s) 2014;
This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Radom University in Radom, Poland
Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,
provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial
use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
Conflict of interest: None declared. Received: 15.11.2014. Revised 05.12.2014. Accepted: 10.12.2014.
Doping w sporcie - prawne aspekty
Main legal issues of sports doping
Agata Klimczyk
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun
Streszczenie
Autor pozwoli sobie przybliżyć problematykę dopingu w sporcie, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem prawnych aspektów, w tym karnoprawnych reguł sportowych, włączając w to kwestię ciężaru dowodu, metod ustalania faktów i domniemań. Celem publikacji jest przedstawienie niedozwolonych metod dopingu. W pracy zastosowano metodę polegającą na analizie specjalistycznej literatury.
Słowa kluczowe: Prawo, sport, nielegalny doping.
Abstract
The Author of this work brings issue of doping closer to readers. The main aim of work is showing illegal methods of doping. In the work was used method of analysing of scientific articles.
Special attention will be paid to sports rules and crime law, especially to: presumption, burden of proof and methods of determining facts. The essential part of this work is related to illegal doping.
Key worlds: Sport, illegal doping, law.Klimczyk Agata. Doping w sporcie - prawne aspekty = Main legal issues of sports doping. Journal of Health Sciences. 2014;4(14):285-293. ISSN 1429-9623 / 2300-665X. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13372
http://journal.rsw.edu.pl/index.php/JHS/article/view/2014%3B4%2814%29%3A285-293
https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/works/594485
http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2143
"More Life". Agata Bielik-Robson’s project of messianic vitalism (Agata Bielik-Robson "Erros. Mesjański witalizm i filozofia")
No full textThis text is a review of the latest book by Agata Bielik-Robson as seen in the context of all her intellectual projects. The authors point to a significant shift of Bielik-Robson’s interest which leads her toward the reinterpretation of the texts of Jewish philosophers who represent messianic vitalism. The reviewers also try to present what for Bielik-Robson is the main opposition between Eros and Thanatos and explain what Erros is - the third way which is proposed by the philosopher as an alternative for the subject defined by the tragedy of existence. The authors of the review also point in a slightly polemical mode to the philosophical contexts only marginally presented in the book (mainly Vattimo’s pensiero debole) which need to be defined more precisely but are sometimes deliberately ignored by the author
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