Identify the key characteristics of pedestrian collisions through in-depth interviews: a pilot study

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Monica Perkins ◽  
Sam Casalaz ◽  
Biswadev Mitra ◽  
Belinda Gabbe ◽  
Julie Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Pedestrian Collisions

scholarly journals CREATION OF DIGITAL TWINS - KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF PHYSICAL TO VIRTUAL TWINNING IN MECHATRONIC PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 781-790
Author(s):  
Carolin Sturm ◽  
Michael Steck ◽  
Frank Bremer ◽  
Sven Revfi ◽  
Thomas Nelius ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Industrial Application ◽  
Model Integration ◽  
Virtual Models ◽  
Digital Twins ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Computational Resources ◽  
Depth Interviews

AbstractDue to the falling costs of computational resources and the increasing potential of data acquisition, interest in digital twins, a virtual copy of the physical original, and their industrial application is increasing. Nevertheless, there is limited published work on how to support the process of physical to virtual twinning and what its key aspects are. The aim of this study is to present insights with regards to physical to virtual twinning gained from modelling projects in mechatronic product development. We conducted a survey and in-depth interviews with members of modelling projects. In the surveys and interviews we identified how physical products and virtual models were linked, which virtual models were used and which general challenges and key aspects are considered important by the project members. Our findings show that the key characteristics that pose challenges to modelling regarding physical to virtual twinning are model granularity, model validation, and model integration and interconnectivity.

scholarly journals Development and Local Contextualization of Mobile Health Messages for Enhancing Disease Management Among Community-Dwelling Stroke Patients in Rural China: Multimethod Study

10.2196/15758 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. e15758
Author(s):  
Enying Gong ◽  
Wanbing Gu ◽  
Erdan Luo ◽  
Liwei Tan ◽  
Julian Donovan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Secondary Prevention ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Dispatching Algorithm ◽  
Depth Interviews

Background Rural China has experienced an increasing health burden because of stroke. Stroke patients in rural communities have relatively poor awareness of and adherence to evidence-based secondary prevention and self-management of stroke. Mobile technology represents an innovative way to influence patient behaviors and improve their self-management. Objective This study is part of the System-Integrated Technology-Enabled Model of Care (the SINEMA trial) to improve the health of stroke patients in resource-poor settings in China. This study aimed to develop and pilot-test a mobile phone message–based package, as a component of the SINEMA intervention. Methods The SINEMA trial was conducted in Nanhe County, Hebei Province, China. A total of 4 villages were selected for pretrial contextual research and pilot study. The 5 stages for developing the mobile phone messages were as follows: (1) conducting literature review on existing message banks and analyzing the characteristics of these banks; (2) interviewing stroke patients and caregivers to identify their needs; (3) drafting message contents and designing dispatching algorithms for a 3-month pilot testing; (4) collecting feedback from pilot participants through questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews on facilitators and barriers related to their acceptance and understanding of messages; and (5) finalizing the message-based intervention based on participants’ feedback for the SINEMA trial. Results On the basis of 5 existing message banks screened out of 120 papers and patients’ needs identified from 32 in-depth interviews among stroke patients and caregivers, we developed a message bank containing 224 messages for a pilot study among 54 community-dwelling stroke patients from 4 villages. Of 54 participants, 51 (response rate: 94.4%) completed the feedback survey after receiving daily messages for 3 months. Participants’ mean age was 68 years (SD 9.2), and about half had never been to school. We observed a higher proportion of participants who were in favor of voice messages (23/42, 54%) than text messages (14/40, 35%). Among participants who received voice messages (n=43) and text messages (n=40), 41 and 30, respectively, self-reported a full or partial understanding of the contents, and 39 (39/43, 91%) and 32 (32/40, 80%), respectively, rated the messages as helpful. Analyses of the 32 interviews further revealed that voice messages containing simple and single-theme content, in plain language, with a repeated structure, a slow playback speed, and recorded in local dialect, were preferred by rural stroke patients. In addition, the dispatching algorithm and tools may also influence the acceptance of message-based interventions. Conclusions By applying multiple methodologies and conducting a pilot study, we designed and fine-tuned a voice message–based intervention package for promoting secondary prevention among community-dwelling stroke patients in rural China. Design of the content and dispatching algorithm should engage both experts and end users and adequately consider the needs and preferences of recipients.

Moral Problems Among Dutch Nurses: a survey

1999 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 468-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arie JG van der Arend ◽  
Corine HM Remmers-van den Hurk
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Care Settings ◽  
Societal Issues ◽  
Institutional Organization ◽  
Moral Problems ◽  
Moral Dimensions ◽  
Organization Leadership ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article reports on a survey of the moral problems that Dutch nurses experience during their everyday practice. A questionnaire was developed, based on published literature, panel discussions, in-depth interviews and participation observations. The instrument was tested in a pilot study and proved to be useful. A total of 2122 questionnaires were sent to 91 institutions in seven different health care settings. The results showed that nurses were not experiencing important societal issues such as abortion and euthanasia as morally the most problematic, but rather situations such as verbally aggressive behaviour of colleagues towards patients, keeping silent about errors, and medical treatment given against the wishes of patients. Moral problems occurred especially when nurses experienced feelings of powerlessness with regard to the well-being of patients. Moreover, these moral problems proved to be related to institutional organization, leadership, and collaboration with colleagues and other disciplines. Nurses appeared to have a limited awareness of the moral dimensions of their practice.

Understanding Firms’ Customer Satisfaction Information Usage

2005 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil A. Morgan ◽  
Eugene W. Anderson ◽  
Vikas Mittal
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Normative Theory ◽  
Information Usage ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Depth Interviews

Despite theoretical and empirical research linking a firm's business performance to the satisfaction of its customers, knowledge of how firms collect and use customer satisfaction information is limited. The authors investigate firms’ customer satisfaction information usage (CSIU) by drawing on in-depth interviews, a focus group of managers, and the existing literature. They identify key characteristics of the major processes involved in firms’ CSIU and compare the CSIU practices revealed in their fieldwork with widely held normative theory prescriptions. They also identify variations in CSIU among the firms in the fieldwork and uncover factors that may help explain the observed differences.

Tablet interpreting

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 342-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Goldsmith
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Software Tools ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
Consecutive Interpreting ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract This pilot study examines the recent phenomenon of tablet interpreting. Based on in-depth interviews with six practitioners, which were transcribed and analyzed inductively, the article presents an overview of software, tools, and technology that interpreters currently utilize in their work. Qualitative and quantitative results demonstrate regular, effective tablet use in various consecutive interpreting settings. Participants feel that these tools meet their needs and outstrip the functionalities offered by pen and paper in most contexts. This study compiles best practices for tablet interpreting, discusses their benefits and challenges, and describes features to consider when assessing new and existing tablets, applications, and styluses. The data underscore the need for training in this budding field, which represents a key area for future research and professional practice.

scholarly journals Identifying Strengths and Challenges in Interdisciplinary Graduate Supervision

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy Hibbert ◽  
Lorelei Lingard ◽  
Alan Pitman ◽  
Anne Kinsella ◽  
Tim Wilson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Graduate Supervision ◽  
Groupes De Discussion ◽  
Depth Interviews

This poster introduces the methodology and presents preliminary results from a pilot study of faculty, student, and administrator perspectives on graduate supervision in an interdisciplinary environment. The research team surveyed doctoral students and conducted in-depth interviews, focus groups, and reflective exercises with graduate students and faculty at one Canadian university.Cette affiche présente la méthodologie et les résultats préliminaires d’une étude pilote auprès de professeurs, d’étudiants et d’administrateurs quant à leurs perspectives sur la supervision d’étudiants en contexte interdisciplinaire. Les chercheurs ont sondé des doctorants et ont mené des entrevues en profondeur, des groupes de discussion et des exercices de réflexion avec des étudiants et des professeurs d’une université canadienne. 

Key Characteristics of Low Back Pain and Disability in College-Aged Adults: A Pilot Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 93 (7) ◽  
pp. 1217-1224 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P. Handrakis ◽  
Karen Friel ◽  
Frank Hoeffner ◽  
Ola Akinkunle ◽  
Vito Genova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Key Characteristics

scholarly journals Food Waste Behaviour at the Consumer Level: Pilot Study on Czech Private Households

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 11311
Author(s):  
Lea Kubíčková ◽  
Lucie Veselá ◽  
Marcela Kormaňáková
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Private Households ◽  
Depth Interviews

The issue of food waste is a problem that affects the whole society. Food is wasted throughout the food chain. Households are great contributors to the problem. A detailed analysis of municipal waste from the production of 900 Czech households was performed. These datasets allowed for comprehensive insides. The analyses of mixed municipal waste were performed every quarter of the year (summer 2019–spring 2020). The method of municipal waste analysis was supplemented by questionnaire survey among households and 10 in-depth interviews aimed at identifying the main causes of waste. One of the periods in which food waste was measured was affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic. This finding has also been confirmed by findings from other countries. The climatic crisis multiplied by the impacts of COVID-19 has highlighted the need to actively address the issue of food waste.

scholarly journals Fatherhood in the Russian Provinces: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 629-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Lipasova
Keyword(s):  
Research University ◽  
Gender Ideology ◽  
Natural Growth ◽  
Educational Strategies ◽  
Gender Imbalance ◽  
Concerted Cultivation ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Life Trajectory ◽  
Depth Interviews

Alexandra Lipasova – PhD student, Department of Sociology, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia. Email: [email protected] DOI: 10.17323/727-0634-2017-15-4-629-642 The article explores gender contracts and fatherhood models that are present in families living in small Russian towns. Firstly, the key characteristics of the social groups in this research, 'potential middle class' and 'manual workers' are defined. This is followed by a review of two parental educational strategies: concerted cultivation and accomplishment of natural growth. Two theoretical explanations for gender imbalance in the division of unpaid family labour are offered. These are the economic/bargaining perspective and the gender perspective. Then, drawing on in-depth interviews with fathers and mothers from small Russian towns, the conclusion is reached that fathering practices in these families have situational character, defined by, in Bourdieu’s term, their 'habitus'. Many fathers still keep a 'low bar for fatherhood'. The less affluent families from Russian provinces do not rate their children’s opportunities for social mobility very highly, so they motivate them to be successful in sports, thus accomplishing a variant of the 'natural growth' educational strategy. The gender contract in these families can be characterized by distinct gender imbalance; many fathers still think that house work and childcare are a mother’s responsibility. Even the fathers who were labelled as 'involved' demonstrate rigid views on the preferred life trajectory of their daughters. It is noted that the degree of father’s involvement depends on the partners' negotiating the terms of their family gender contract. Traditional gender ideology and notions about gender inequality make parenthood the sole responsibility of mothers, and breadwinning the ultimate duty of fathers.

scholarly journals Dietetic Students’ Drivers and Barriers to Healthy Eating While Studying to Be a Healthcare Professional (a Pilot Study)

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 579
Author(s):  
Marie Trahearn ◽  
Dave Merryweather ◽  
Farzad Amirabdollahian
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
University Life ◽  
Dietetic Students ◽  
Eating Practices ◽  
The University ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Purposive Sample

Background: For Dietetics students, starting university means developing the knowledge and skills required to be a healthcare practitioner. This pilot study aimed to explore the perceptions and views of the students on their drivers and barriers of healthy eating while studying Dietetics at university. Methods: A qualitative study was undertaken with a purposive sample of six final year Dietetic students at a UK university. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were used to elicit students’ experiences and perceptions of barriers to healthy eating. Interview data were analysed thematically. Results: Five themes emerged from the interview data including studying Dietetics, placement, influence of significant others, food security, and social and cultural aspects of the university life, with several sub-themes, and perspectives about the future beyond the university life. Conclusions: The findings suggest a potential need for Dietetics course providers to consider the range of barriers to healthy eating that students may encounter whilst studying and how these may undermine their ability to develop healthy eating practices and effective professional skills. Further research is required that explores the extent of barriers to healthy eating and examine whether these impinge upon effective practice.

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