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Creating a data collection for evaluating rich speech retrieval
No full textWe describe the development of a test collection for the investigation of speech retrieval beyond identification of relevant content. This collection focuses on satisfying user information needs for queries associated with specific types of speech acts. The collection is based on an archive of the Internet video from Internet video sharing platform (blip.tv), and was provided by the MediaEval benchmarking initiative. A crowdsourcing approach was used to identify segments in the video data which contain speech acts, to create a description of the video containing the act and to generate search queries designed to refind this speech act. We describe and reflect on our experiences with crowdsourcing this test collection using the Amazon Mechanical Turk platform. We highlight the challenges of constructing this dataset, including the selection of the data source, design of the crowdsouring task and the specification of queries and relevant items
Neuromechanical measurement of motor impairments in relation to upper limb activity limitations after stroke
No full textLoss of upper-limb function is a problem following stroke. Recent research has led to the emergence of new treatments but progress is hampered by lack of reliable objective measures of impairment, and understanding of the underlying impairment mechanisms associated with loss and recovery of functional activity. The aim of this research was to identify, using neuromechanical measurement methods, inter-relationships between motor impairments, and correlates of motor impairments with functional activity limitation in the upper limb of acute and chronic stroke survivors.An instrumented rig has been developed to measure impairments: muscle weakness, active range of movement, motor control accuracy in rhythmic and discrete tracking tasks, spasticity, coactivation, contracture and non-neural stiffness. In pilot studies, signal processing and data analysis techniques have been used to generate novel, clinically and physiologically relevant indices to quantify impairments. In a Main Study, 13 older impaired participants in the acute phase post-stroke, 13 in the chronic phase 14 age-matched unimpaired participants underwent rig assessments and performed a test of upper limb activity. A sub-group of impaired participants were tested on two days for test-retest reliability evaluation.Statistical tests have confirmed the validity of the impairments to distinguish between acute and chronic patients and unimpaired individuals, except coactivation during discrete movements and non-neural stiffness. Repeatability coefficients for the active test indices have been presented as benchmark values for use in future trials. The muscle activation indices showed lower repeatability which highlights the challenge of using these to measure change over time. The impairments that contributed to lower motor control accuracy were reduced extensor weakness, delayed extensor onset timing, coactivation and smaller extension AROM and PROM; coactivation was more strongly associated with motor control accuracy than with spasticity or stiffness.The most important contributors to functional activity in the acute group was extensor weakness, and in the chronic group was motor control accuracy and coactivation (rhythmic task). Contracture was important contributor in both groups, and was associated with weakness and loss of active range of movement rather than spasticity. The findings support the notion that rehabilitation strategies should focus on increasing muscle strength and prevention of contracture. However, assessment of more complex impairments like motor control accuracy and coactivation may be crucial to better target therapy, especially in the later phases post-stroke
Trade unions in Turkey : an analysis of their development, role and present situation
No full textThis thesis focuses on the trade union movement in Turkey with particular reference to the Turkish
confederation of trade unions (TURK-IS) and its members. Case studies were conducted in both TURKIS
and its member unions, widely, based on open-ended interviews with union officials, but also
involving the analysis of union's reports, documents and journals, the observation of workers education
seminars and visits to the state's institutions and employers' organisations. The main purposes of the
thesis have been to illustrate the changing nature, role and struggle of the Turkish unions in the context
of the changing economic, political and social structure of Turkey. It also focuses on the dominant
trends in trade unionism in a European context.
The study argues that an explicit and theorised understanding of internal and external pressure on the
trade union movements as they emerge in many countries, is of fundamental significance to the Turkish
trade unions. It is argued that the trend in the Turkish labour relations in the 1960s and 70s seemed to
be the co-operation of unions in the formulation of policies, related to national economic performance
and social stability in politics. In other words, unions were tolerated to provide both economic and
social stability at macro level and manageability and certainty at micro level in the light of the
industrialisation process.
In this context, Import Substitution Industrialisation (lSI) was the model of capital accumulation, which
required trade unions to become integrated within the new economic and political policies in order to
secure an economically and politically stable industrial relations framework. In this respect, the Turkish
unions played a mediating role between the state, employers and workers.
It is also argued that the changing system of capital accumulation (a move from lSI to "market
liberalism") in the 1980s has endangered the traditional institutional arrangements. The traditional role
of interest representation for unions, particularly as mediation between the ruling class and working
class, has become problematic. The decline of union power, due to changes in their environments, has
also weakened the value of central labour organisations as mediators between the state, employers and
workers. The anti-labour policies seems to have been the outcome of strategic interventions of the
governments and employers. In this context, particularly in the 1980s explicit reference to theoretical
frameworks have tended to increase in favour of "strategic choices" and "union identities".
The study argues that in the Turkish case, unions have not been faced with a complete policy of
exclusion. In other words, the material conditions of "integrative" "collaborative" or "corporatist"
policies have been reduced, however, they have not been completely eliminated. The reasons for this
might be that although the economic power of TURK-IS and its members was no longer so important
for the government, the political mediating role of unions became significant in the period of the 1980s,
which included the transition to democracy, the process of integration of Europe, the implementation of
austerity policies and the fear of the possible failure of the parliamentary regime.
I argue in the thesis that under the painful and complex process of economic and political
reconstruction and the development of democracy the Turkish trade unions have been faced with a
number of tactical and political options in the rapidly evolving the issue of European Integration and of
democracy and the increasing uniformity amongst member of TURK-IS. The Turkish case suggests that
trade unions can achieve a position of influence in industrial relations systems as long as they pursue
politically motivated strategies by setting a new agenda for members, articulating the broad long-term
interests of the working class and finally displaying collective responses and collective responsibility. In
this respect, it is argued that there is still a significant scope for a more active initiating and coordinating
role for central labour organisations and unions can pursue more comprehensive and tenable
trade union strategies
Necrotizing pulmonary arteritis in a dog with patent ductus arteriosus
No full textRE: 7 ref.; SC: ZA; CA; VE; 0ISource type: Electronic(1) http://upei-resolver.asin-risa.ca?sid=SP:CABI&id=pmid:&id=&issn=0022-4510&isbn=&volume=22&issue=9&spage=603&pages=603-608&date=1981&title=Journal%20of%20Small%20Animal%20Practice&atitle=Necrotizing%20pulmonary%20arteritis%20in%20a%20dog%20with%20patent%20ductus%20arteriosus.&aulast=Turk&pid=%3Cauthor%3ETurk%2c%20J%20R%3bMiller%2c%20L%20M%3bMiller%2c%20J%20B%3bSande%2c%20R%20D%3C%2Fauthor%3E%3CAN%3E19812293235%3C%2FAN%3E%3CDT%3EJournal%20article%3C%2FDT%3
READINESS OF KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS TO GIVE FIRST AID IN THE KINDERGARTEN
No full textPri vsakdanjem delu v vrtcu se strokovni delavci poleg načrtovanega vzgojnega dela srečujejo tudi s poškodbami in nenadnimi bolezenskimi stanji. Namen diplomskega dela je bil ugotoviti, ali so strokovni delavci sposobni ustrezno nuditi prvo pomoč otroku. Za namen raziskave smo uporabili anketni vprašalnik, ki je vseboval 26 vprašanj. S pomočjo vprašalnika se je raziskalo, s katerimi poškodbami in nenadnimi bolezenskimi stanji se najpogosteje srečujejo vzgojitelji in pomočniki vzgojiteljev v praksi ter za katere jih je najbolj strah, da bi do njih prišlo v njihovi skupini. V raziskavi je sodelovalo 72 anketiranih vzgojiteljic in pomočnic vzgojiteljic na območju Dolenjske. Podatke smo obdelali kvantitativno z deskriptivno statistiko, s frekvenčno distribucijo, z uporabo tabel in z grafičnim prikazom. Raziskava je pokazala, da so strokovni delavci v vrtcih delno sposobni nuditi ustrezno prvo pomoč v določenih situacijah. Znanje prve pomoči strokovnih delavcev bi se moralo izpopolnjevati in obnavljati v krajšem obdobju.In addition to the planned educational work, early childhood professionals also face injuries and sudden health conditions with children in kindergartens. The objective of the diploma paper was to find whether early childhood professionals are able to properly offer first aid to children. We conducted a study with a questionnaire comprising 26 questions. The questionnaire helped us to analyse what injuries and sudden health conditions kindergarten teachers and their assistants encounter most frequently and which of those they are most afraid would occur in their groups. Our study included 72 kindergarten teachers and assistants in the Dolenjska region. The data obtained was processed quantitatively with descriptive statistics, using a frequency distribution, charts and graphs. The study has shown that early childhood professionals are partly able to properly offer first aid in certain situations. First aid knowledge among early childhood professionals should be extended and renewed over a shorter period of time
Mnenja vzgojiteljev o dejavnostih za razvoj matematičnega mišljenja v predšolskem obdobju
No full textEmancipacija žensk na področju športa kot simbola delitve med spoloma v 2. polovici 19. in 1. polovici 20. stoletja v slovenskem prostoru
No full textAnaliza učinkov uvajanja sistema kakovosti po ISO 9001:2000 v cestnem in gradbenem podjetju
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