508 Cancel Burn Camp: No Way! Our Institutions Creation of a Virtual Burn Camp and What it Taught Us About Our Patients

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S101-S101
Author(s):  
Tracee Short
Keyword(s):  
Planning Committee ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Daily Schedule ◽  
Virtual Platform ◽  
Residential Camp ◽  
Cooking Classes ◽  
Gift Card ◽  
First Time

Abstract Introduction Last year we planned and created our own burn camp. We saw a need not being served and jumped in a created a camp experience that was archived in a documentary and received stellar reviews by all who attended. The kids’ camp expectations was exceeded and everyone was looking forward to 2020. We planned for a great 2020 camp experience and then COVID struck. We debated about the safety to proceed with residential camp as we knew it. Other camps cancelled but our inner need to serve wouldn’t let us do this. Methods Our planning committee quickly shifted and began planning for how we can bring that experience to a virtual platform. We engaged our Facebook group and called every kid on our list to inform the parents of the change. We then created a daily schedule and purchased the items needed for all activities. We then sent or delivered these with a gift card to kids that couldn’t make the pickups. Pickups were scheduled in the cities where most of our kids reside. We conducted daily yoga and meditation, cooking classes, painting and campfire stories. We mixed daily online sessions with 3 tailgating meet ups. We invited guest lectures and left the virtual space open for the kids to hang out. Results At the final tailgate/virtual pizza party, we had an awards ceremony and received testimonials from kids and parents about how for the first-time siblings were able to participate. We delivered to 15 kids and had 20 attend the tailgate pickups. On average, we had 16 kids attend daily. Conclusions Parents could see how their child benefitted from this community and the intent of camp. This event revealed exactly where our patients reside from a socioeconomic standpoint. Deliveries to some homes left our volunteers in tears. This helped explain the discrepancy between interest expressed and the numbers that showed daily for events. It also made us recognize that camp means even more as it is an escape from their realities.

scholarly journals Strategies Used by Professors through Virtual Educational Platforms in Face-To-Face Classes: A View from the Chamilo Platform

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Heriberto Gonzalez Valencia ◽  
Jackeline Amparo Villota Enriquez ◽  
Patricia Medina Agredo
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Virtual Platform ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
The Moment

This study consisted in characterizing the strategies used by professors; implemented through virtual educational platforms. The context of this research were the classrooms of the Santiago de Cali University and the virtual space of the Chamilo virtual platform, where two professors from the Faculty of Education of the same university participated. The methodological approach of the investigation is qualitative, the observation and the interviews were the procedure to collect the data used. The results obtained and the analyzed literature show that there are different strategies used by professors through the implementation of the Chamilo virtual educational platform as a support to face-to-face classes, leading us to recognize that its utility has different intentions at the moment of being implemented by the professor.

VR and AR Restoration of Urban Heritage: A Virtual Platform Mediating Disagreement from Spatial Conflicts in Korea

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 561
Author(s):  
Hyun-Chul Youn ◽  
Seong-Lyong Ryoo
Keyword(s):  
Place Identity ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Urban Structure ◽  
Spatial Transformation ◽  
City Wall ◽  
Urban Structures ◽  
Urban Heritage ◽  
Digital Restoration ◽  
Japanese Colonial ◽  
Virtual Platform

This study sought to uncover (1) the disagreement of spatial conflict between urban heritage and surrounding urban structure using two case studies from Korea—the main gate of the royal palace (Gwanghwamun) and the urban park containing celebrity graves (Hyoch’ang Park)—and (2) whether digital heritage restoration may mediate spatial conflict. A historical literature review and field surveys were conducted, with three main findings. First, the place identity of Gwanghwamun and Hyoch’ang Park, rooted in the Josŏn Dynasty, was seriously damaged during the Japanese colonial period. Although there were national attempts to recover the place identities of these sites during the modern period, limitations existed. Second, the restoration of Gwanghwamun’s Wŏltae (podium) and the relocation of Ŭiyŏlsa (the shrine of Hyoch’ang Park), which involved spatial transformation based on heritage, emerged in conflict with their surrounding urban structures—we identify a spatial conflict between local residents and stakeholders’ memories and the histories of these sites. Third, Donŭimun (the west gate of the city wall of the Josŏn Dynasty) digital restoration is a case mediating the conflict by restoring a sense of place in a virtual space and activating the cultural memory of the public by showcasing properties.

scholarly journals The uniform information virtual space of construction organizations as an effective control of the construction process management

2018 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 01005
Author(s):  
Alena Antipova ◽  
Daria Eremina ◽  
Tatiana Shakirova
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Document Management ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Construction Organizations ◽  
Virtual Platform

In the face of new modern requirements for the construction industry, the need for prompt and timely interaction between departments involved in the construction of buildings and facilities has increased. The structural analysis of processes at each stage of the construction life cycle determined the need to form a uniform information virtual space for the organizational structures involved in the construction of objects of various levels. During the research the features of the interaction of construction organizations and enterprises with the customer are studied, an algorithm for interaction between participants in the construction process in the uniform virtual space and an information model of the virtual space of construction organizations and enterprises is implemented. The structure of the information system is a client-server architecture and allows to track the progress of construction step by step, maintain electronic document management and receive services in electronic format. The uniform virtual platform will unite all participants in the construction process: investors, customers, design and survey institutes, government agencies and construction organizations. The proposed regulations will allow to create a completely new process approach to the system of interaction between the participating structures and the operational control system at each stage of the life cycle as well as help unite all participants in the construction process, provide them timely access and reliable access to sources of information about the facility.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurship and Innovation Events during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The User Preferences of VirBELA Virtual 3D Platform at the SHIFT Event Organized in Finland

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3802
Author(s):  
Jussi S. Jauhiainen
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
User Preferences ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Abrupt Changes ◽  
Virtual Platform ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Virtual Events ◽  
First Time ◽  
International Events

The COVID-19 pandemic brought abrupt changes for international events that promote entrepreneurship and innovation. Usually, such events bring together thousands of participants to provide them with information about ongoing and emerging trends in their fields, to network with old and new colleagues and get ideas that can develop into innovations. In 2020, most such events were cancelled. Few events were organized virtually, that is without participants physically coming together. Compared with physical face-to-face events, virtual events reduce the travel-related emissions and consumption, thereby supporting sustainability. This article studies the SHIFT entrepreneurship and innovation event held virtually in October 2020 and organized in Finland. For this article, the author gathered data about user preferences from surveying participants, speakers, presenters and organizers, almost all of whom were first-time users of VirBELA’s 3D virtual platform. Furthermore, participant observation and interviews via avatars were conducted during the event. At the virtual event, 68% of respondents talked with former acquaintances, and 68% also talked with new acquaintances, and 53% opinioned that using the virtual platform can support the emergence of innovations. Virtual entrepreneurship and innovation events have potential to support networking, novel ideas and thus innovations, but issues of trust and confidentiality arose concerns among some participants.

scholarly journals AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH AS A TOOL FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH SCIENCES IN THE PRACTICAL TRAINING OF DENTISTS ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE ZOOM PLATFORM

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (34) ◽  
Author(s):  
V.S SERIKOV ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Support Tools ◽  
Comprehensive Development ◽  
Virtual Platform ◽  
First Time

This research is devoted to the study of an interdisciplinary approach used in the basic dental education program aimed at improving the practical training of dentists. Based on academic data, a training program was developed, in which for the first time a course was set in an "interdisciplinary" mode using THE zoom virtual platform. The aim of the research is to analyze the interdisciplinary approach as a tool for continuous improvement of health Sciences in the practical training of dentists. In the course of the study, 100 students of the faculty of dentistry were surveyed to assess the perception of teaching, assess the level of satisfaction with the educational program for research projects and scientific activities in the practical training of future dentists. As a result, 98.3% of students agreed with the content of the distance learning course, 99.1% - with the results of the Exhibitor's work, 91.8% - with the support tools, and the satisfaction level was 96.4%. Thus, in the course of work, the perception of an "interdisciplinary" approach as a tool for continuous improvement is necessary to improve the practical training of dentists. The majority of students are satisfied with the course, which indicates a positive attitude and desire for comprehensive development among students based on the distance program.

Settlement Monitor

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Keyword(s):  
Planning Committee ◽  
Central Bureau ◽  
Israeli Government ◽  
Jewish Settlement ◽  
Construction Activity ◽  
Israeli Army ◽  
First Time ◽  
The City

Significant developments this quarter: As 2016 draws to an end, new data from Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics and the group Peace Now reveals that settlement construction activity quadrupled in the calendar year. In an attempt to subvert the High Court's decision to evacuate the illegal Amona settler outpost by 25 December 2016, the Israeli government's Higher Planning Committee promotes plans to allocate the evicted Amona settlers at least 98 new settlement units in the Palestinian village of Jalud. The Knesset's Ministerial Committee for Legislation approves the so-called Regulation Bill, which would retroactively legalize illegal settler outposts built on Palestinian land. If passed, the legislation will avert future cases similar to that of Amona. Additionally, a military compound used by the Israeli army is readied for civilian residence in Hebron, the first time in over a decade that the Israeli government moves to expand Jewish settlement in the city.

scholarly journals Shared Space in Distance: A Phenomenological Study on Student Leadership in Virtual Platform

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-111
Author(s):  
Wilter C. Friales
Keyword(s):  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Student Leadership ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Student Leaders ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Shared Space ◽  
Virtual Platform ◽  
And Coping

Campus student leadership in a virtual space refers to the pursuit of student leaders in pursuing leadership through organizing, implementing, and facilitating programs and activities virtually. This study utilized a Qualitative Transcendental Phenomenological approach with two sets of focused group discussions and two in-depth interviews. Four themes (categories) emerged that characterized the essence (structure) of the phenomenon of student leadership in virtual space. The themes include “transition and gains” that discuss their experience of the shift from face-to-face leadership to the virtual platform. The second theme is “Mindfulness and Actions” which describes how their mental attitudes have changed when it comes to making decisions now that they lead virtually. The third one is “Adaptability and Coping” which discusses their experiences on how they adapt to the changes and cope with the challenges. The fourth theme is on “virtual rapport and connection” which explains the roles exemplified by the student leaders in establishing the connections among them in the virtual space. The understanding of student leadership in a virtual space provides input for the institution in intensifying its support and improving the delivery of virtual programs and activities through more effective and efficient leadership of students.

La relación educativa en propuestas formativas en línea Estudio de caso desde las percepciones de los estudiantes

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-124
Author(s):  
María Cecilia Beccaria ◽  
Mariángeles Castro Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Positive Reinforcement ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Affective Dimension ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Virtual Platform ◽  
Relationship Of

Universities are currently undergoing virtualization processes that operate on their structural bases and must be interpreted in the context of the transformations that societies undergo. At the beginning of the century, Garrison, Anderson and Archer (2000) introduced the Community of Inquiry (CoI) model which describes how learning takes place within a community, through the interaction of three nuclear elements that make up the core of an educational experience: cognitive presence, social presence and teacher presence. In this framework, the creation of links is presented as a vital necessity in any training intervention and a prevalent factor in the development of academic commitment, especially in the field of higher education. In line with the above, we propose to investigate how interpersonal relationships –and more specifically the teacher-student link– affect the development of academic commitment in university students of a distance-taught career, studied through a virtual platform. This approach to our object is materialized from the students' perspective through a qualitative methodology, of an exploratory-descriptive nature, framed in a case study. The “teacher-student link” emerges associated with the “affective dimension”, a component of the “social presence” element in the CoI model. Its properties are: "accompaniment", "positive reinforcement", "generosity" and "stimulation". In this way, the affective dimension and the vocation for proximity to the student transcend the physical space, and online interventions are configured as powerful generators of interpersonal relationships. This translates into a reciprocal treatment, since a relationship of presence and proximity between the participants of a curricular path is established, producing interactions that allow a real knowledge of the other. Additionally, generation of interpersonal links is defined as a nuclear factor in the development of academic commitment in online training proposals. From a relational perspective, the strengthening of interpersonal links has a central impact on education which is also verified in the virtual space, evidencing a marked personalization of the process.

scholarly journals Simulation and Validation of Castings in Shop Floor

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Partha Haldar ◽  
Goutam Sutradhar
Keyword(s):  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Casting Process ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Shop Floor ◽  
Casting Simulation ◽  
Time Simulation ◽  
Virtual Platform ◽  
First Time ◽  
Simulation And Validation

Production of sound casting demands a thorough understanding of whole casting process. But still, defects and rejection of castings are ubiquitous because in general, the designer lacks domain knowledge about casting processes and hardly have any methodology to find out the parameters that produce sound casting. Casting simulation software simulates the way how casting engineers decide the casting process in a virtual platform and also analyzes each decision to point out the design modifications needed to enhance the quality of casting as well as reduce lead time, tooling and manufacturing costs. The application of simulation software enables us to say, “Get it right, the first time and every time”. Simulation software can be very helpful in calculating tedious formulas, constructing solid modeling which will be helpful to visualise the actual situation like core/mould assembly, gating and feeding arrangements with the main casting before going into actual practice. It can be adopted for troubleshooting existing castings, and for producing new castings without or minimum shop-floor trials. This chapter illustrates the advantages of casting simulation (both tangible and intangible), bottlenecks (technical and resource-related), and some best practices to subdue the bottlenecks. In this chapter some of the live examples have been cited to understand the process logically and scientifically.

Annulate lamellae in the Sertoli cells of guinea pig testis after unilateral torsion of the spermatic cord

1984 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 196-197
Author(s):  
J. Chakraborty ◽  
A. P. Sinha Hikim ◽  
J. S. Jhunjhunwala
Keyword(s):  
Sertoli Cells ◽  
Guinea Pigs ◽  
Spermatic Cord ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Annulate Lamellae ◽  
Spermatogenic Cells ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Structural Details ◽  
First Time

Although the presence of annulate lamellae was noted in many cell types, including the rat spermatogenic cells, this structure was never reported in the Sertoli cells of any rodent species. The present report is based on a part of our project on the effect of torsion of the spermatic cord to the contralateral testis. This paper describes for the first time, the fine structural details of the annulate lamellae in the Sertoli cells of damaged testis from guinea pigs.One side of the spermatic cord of each of six Hartly strain adult guinea pigs was surgically twisted (540°) under pentobarbital anesthesia (1). Four months after induction of torsion, animals were sacrificed, testes were excised and processed for the light and electron microscopic investigations. In the damaged testis, the majority of seminiferous tubule contained a layer of Sertoli cells with occasional spermatogonia (Fig. 1). Nuclei of these Sertoli cells were highly pleomorphic and contained small chromatinic clumps adjacent to the inner aspect of the nuclear envelope (Fig. 2).

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