101 research outputs found
Martin Opitz’ "New Year’s Gift with Song”
No full textAt the turn of the year 1623/24, Martin Opitz published a song of praise honouring Christ’s birth in German Alexandrine verse: Lobgesang Uber den Frewdenreichen Geburtstag Unseres Herren und Heilandes Jesu Christi [Song of praise about the joyous birthday of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ]. This example of erudition is also very personal: The author speaks about his troubles during the gruesome Thirty Years War. It concludes with a Latin Sapphic ode petitioning for absolution and peace. Scholars have never appreciated the ode’s function: It derives its full meaning from the intended melody, which was well-known to the dedicatee.
Amazingly, many poets copied Opitz in writing epic-dramatic poems including song(s) to honour friends or superiors with a New Year’s dedication; they imitated his motifs and even his title by way of “aemulatio”. When Opitz’ tendency towards dramatic representation and visualisation is enhanced, we find the work comes close to another musical epic-dramatic genre, the actus. We encounter this in several academic communities, its finest example being a hardly known musical composition by Johann Rosenmüller to words by Johann Ziegler.Non UBCUnreviewedFacult
Hypothesizing about Reading Recovery
No full textProfessor Opitz\u27s article is one of two in this special issue not written by a Reading Recovery trained teacher. The author has examined the literature on Reading Recovery and attempted to puzzle out the reason(s) for its success. Trained Reading Recovery teachers will find both points of agreement and disagreement, and many points on which to establish a discussion. Opitz writes, ...we do not, I believe, know why the program works. Yet as Clay suggests in this issue, answers are learned in the year-long and continuing contact training sessions. Our understanding of why the program works does not come from information or research alone, but from reflec tive practice. Reading Recovery teachers continue to re flect on their learning and practice, and implicit in the whole Reading Recovery process is ongoing research and evaluation. We have chosen the article because it reflects questions raised by those who have searched the literature on Reading Recovery and are contemplat ing involvement in the program. Professor Opitz\u27s hy pothesizing is based on wide reading in the literature about Reading Recovery, and should generate many powerful questions for the dialogue between trained Reading Recovery personnel and educators considering program implementation
THE DIGITAL O&P WORKSHOP
No full textDigitalisation is the megatrend in healthcare, not only since the pandemic. We are two European digital health experts and industry leaders in the field of orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) and in this article we explored what are the underlying trends driving the adoption of digitalisation for customisation of prosthetics & orthotics. We showed that several trends in 3D image capture (input step), 3D modelling (processing step) and 3D printing (output step) currently converge and thus fuel the rapid transformation of the O&P industry. In short outlooks, we rated the probability and timing of adoption rates across the upcoming couple of years. We furthermore reviewed the impact of boundary conditions set by regulators as well as the reimbursement system. Towards the end of this article, we outlined a digital scenario of the near future by following around an orthotist during her work. We finished with a call-to-action targeting regulators, payors, prosthetists/orthotists, and patients to enable such a desirable future.
Article PDF Link: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cpoj/article/view/36349/28332
How To Cite: Opitz M, Fröhlingsdorf P. The digital O&P workshop. Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal. 2021; Volume 4, Issue 2, No.15. https://doi.org/10.33137/cpoj.v4i2.36349
Corresponding Author: Manuel Opitz, MECURIS GmbH, Lindwurmstraße 11, 80337 München, Germany.E-Mail: [email protected] number: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6098-188
Individualizing Management Practices
No full textFirm performance relies heavily on employee motivation, yet individuals differ significantly in what motivates them. A substantial body of literature in economics, management, and management accounting explores the impact of management practices on firm performance and employee outcomes, revealing heterogeneity in employee responses based on characteristics such as gender, social preferences, and personality. This dissertation examines two approaches to individualizing management practices: (1) a centralized approach, using AI for tailored assignments, and (2) a decentralized approach, leveraging managerial discretion. Empirical evidence is drawn from proprietary firm data, surveys, field experiments, and online experiments.
Chapter 1 explores the centralized approach, applying machine learning to assign incentives based on worker characteristics. Experiments with gig workers reveal that targeted assignments improve performance compared to assigning a single best incentive scheme. The findings underline the importance of reliably measuring worker characteristics for ensuring algorithmic assignment quality.
Chapter 2 studies a decentralized approach in a spot bonus system where managers decide bonus timing. Analyses show that managers award a large portion of bonuses at year-end, reflecting a need for better information on performance. However, timely bonuses are associated with higher employee recognition, suggesting that managers face a trade-off.
Chapter 3 examines non-monetary practices, testing how highlighting flexibility in job ads affects applications. A field experiment with 176 job ads shows that emphasizing remote work or flexible work hours increases the number of applications, with the improvement partly varying by job characteristics.
Overall, the dissertation demonstrates the advantages and challenges of centralized and decentralized approaches, offering insights for academics and practitioners
Recollection reduces unitised familiarity effect
No full textTwo types of encoding tasks have been employed in previous research to investigate the beneficial effect of unitisation on familiarity-based associative recognition (unitised familiarity effect), namely the compound task and the interactive imagery task. Here we show how these two tasks could differentially engage subsequent recollection-based associative recognition and consequently lead to the turn-on or turn-off of the unitised familiarity effect. In the compound task, participants studied unrelated word pairs as newly learned compounds. In the interactive imagery task, participants studied the same word pairs as interactive images. An associative recognition task was used in combination with the Remember/Know procedure to measure recollection-based and familiarity-based associative recognition. The results showed that the unitised familiarity effect was present in the compound task but was absent in the interactive imagery task. A comparison of the compound and the interactive imagery task revealed a dramatic increase in recollection-based associative recognition for the interactive imagery task. These results suggest that unitisation could benefit familiarity-based associative recognition; however, this effect will be eliminated when the memory trace formed is easily accessed by strong recollection without the need for a familiarity [email protected]
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No full textPhotograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Second annual Mayflower lecture scheduled for Tuesday will feature a New York Educator clergyman author. Rev. Edmund Opitz a senior staff member of the Foundation of Economic Education at Irvington on Hudson will lecture at 8 p.m.
Attending to Spirituality in Issues of Science and Religion: Challenges and Triumphs
No full textAddressing students’ authentic selves and spiritual journeys poses pedagogical challenges, particularly for new faculty. The author reflects on his challenges and triumphs experienced while teaching Issues in Science and Religion at DePaul University’s School for New Learning, to highlight three effective strategies: multiple and varied means for students to expose their authentic selves in safe environments; disclosure of one’s authentic self to students to model spiritual reflection; and frequent reinforcement and clarification of course objectives and assessment criteria. The author provides examples of practices and discusses the value of collegial and institutional support and faculty development opportunities
Radfahren in der Sekundarstufe
No full textVorgestellt werden die wesentlichen Befunde einer Studie zum Fahrradfahren von Kindern in den Sekundarstufen der Schulen. Das eigentlich unerwartete Ergebnis der Studie lag in der überraschend hohen Anzahl der Unterrichtsangebote.The author presents the major results of a study regarding the use of bicycles by children in senior schools. The unexpected result of the analysis was that a wide variety of cycle training is available
Caring for Those Who are Neglected and Forgotten: Psychiatry in Prison Environments
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