Retired French Military Orthopedic Surgeons’ Opinions on Their Careers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas de l’Escalopier ◽  
Olivier Barbier ◽  
Laurent Mathieu ◽  
Frédéric Rongieras ◽  
Camille Choufani
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Subjective Data ◽  
Orthopedic Surgeons ◽  
French Military

ABSTRACT Introduction Owing to their professional and personal experiences, retired military orthopedic surgeons’ views of their careers are a unique source of inspiration. Reflecting on their experiences allows them to grasp the positive points and those that need to be improved for future generations. The purpose of this study is to gather the opinions of retired surgeons on the career of military orthopedic surgeons. Methods We addressed a questionnaire to all retired French military orthopedic surgeons in the database of the Chair of Applied Surgery for the Armed Forces as of December 2020, retrained in the civilian sector. A questionnaire sent by email made it possible to collect demographic, professional, and personal data about their careers. Subjective data were evaluated using a visual analog scale from 0 to 10 or a subjective qualification scale. The main assessment criterion was the average score (out of 10) of the retired surgeons’ opinions on their careers. Results Fifty-two percent of retired surgeons replied (32 out of 61), with the respondents having an average age of 63 years. They had been in military retirement for an average of 14 years and had practiced for approximately 13.5 years. The majority (28 out of 32) had had a civilian activity after leaving the army. The three main reasons for leaving were the unsatisfactory working environment, the high number of deployments, and insufficient pay. Nevertheless, the respondents were satisfied with their activity, their job, and their training. The average score given for the overall opinion on their careers was 8.14/10. The three main disadvantages of the career that were noted were the quality of family life, the conditions of employment, and the financial aspects. The majority were very satisfied with the second half of their civil career. Conclusion Overall, the opinion of retired French military orthopedic surgeons on their careers is very good. Their point of view provides interesting elements for reflection from both a professional point of view and a personal point of view. They were very satisfied with the quality of their training, their job, and their activity. However, the quality of their personal/family life, working conditions, and the financial aspects of the career reduced this satisfaction. The results also have potential application in improving the preparation of young military orthopedic surgeons.

Military Orthopedic Surgeons Are Not Just Traumatologists

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camille Choufani ◽  
Olivier Barbier ◽  
Laurent Mathieu ◽  
Nicolas de L’Escalopier
Keyword(s):  
Orthopedic Surgery ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Trauma Surgery ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Trauma Surgeon ◽  
Reconstruction Surgery ◽  
Orthopedic Surgeon ◽  
Orthopedic Surgeons ◽  
French Military ◽  
Military Patients

ABSTRACT Introduction Each French military orthopedic surgeon is both an orthopedic surgeon and a trauma surgeon. Their mission is to support the armed forces in France and on deployment. The aim of this study was to describe the type of orthopedic surgery performed for the armed forces in France. Our hypothesis was that scheduled surgery was more common than trauma surgery. Methods We conducted a retrospective descriptive analysis of the surgical activity for military patients in the orthopedic surgery departments of the four French military platform hospitals. All surgical procedures performed during 2020 were collected. We divided the procedures into the following categories: heavy and light trauma, posttraumatic reconstruction surgery, sports surgery, degenerative surgery, and specialized surgery. Our primary endpoint was the number of procedures performed per category. Results A total of 827 individuals underwent surgery, 91 of whom (11%) were medical returnees from deployment. The surgeries performed for the remaining 736 soldiers present in metropolitan France (89%) consisted of 181 (24.6%) trauma procedures (of which 86.7% were light trauma) and 555 (75.4%) scheduled surgery procedures (of which 60.8% were sports surgery). Among the medical returnees, there were 71 traumatology procedures (78%, of which 87.3% were light traumatology) and 20 procedures corresponding to surgery usually carried out on a scheduled basis (22%, of which 95% were sports surgery). Conclusion Military orthopedic surgeons are not just traumatologists; their activity for the armed forces is varied and mainly consists of so-called programmed interventions.

scholarly journals Factors associated with vocal health and quality of life in teachers/professors

Revista CEFAC ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 515-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mônica Carneiro Leão de Albuquerque Lopes ◽  
Sabrina Nathália Fagundes ◽  
Kristiana Cerqueira Mousinho ◽  
Mylena Guimarães Cabral Correia ◽  
Camila Maria Beder Ribeiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Public Institution ◽  
World Health ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Clinical Aspects ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
Technological Education ◽  
World Health Organization Quality

ABSTRACT Purpose: to analyze the association of self-reported vocal symptoms with personal, occupational and clinical aspects and relate them to the quality of life of teachers/professors of the federal network of vocational and technological education. Methods: study carried out with 157 teachers from a federal public institution of vocational and technological education, who answered the World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire (WHOQOL-bref), Quality of Life in the Voice (V-RQOL) questionnaire and a data form (on social information, health conditions, vocal symptoms, habits, organization and working environment). Statistical analysis was performed using the Chi-square test. Results: 29% of the teachers presented vocal symptoms. The prevalent complaints were dry throat (38.2%), cough (37.6%) and hoarseness (30.6%). There was a higher prevalence of symptoms in females. For the WHOQOL-bref, the average was 71.3 points, which is considered regular. The domain with the highest score was the psychological one with 75.3. Regarding V-RQOL, the average score in the global domain was 92.5 points, and the physical score was the most compromised one. 90.5% of teachers showed low voice impact on quality of life. Conclusion: although these teachers present vocal complaints, they do not reflect in the limitation of the quality of life.

scholarly journals Culinary quality and sensory profile of cassava varieties harvested at different ages

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 657-678
Author(s):  
Ronielli Cardoso Reis ◽  
◽  
Luciana Alves de Oliveira ◽  
Jamille Mota Almeida ◽  
Palmira de Jesus Neta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Sensory Profile ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Time Averaging ◽  
Commercial Variety ◽  
Culinary Quality ◽  
Sweet Cassava ◽  
Cassava Varieties

Sweet cassava must be rapidly cooked and meet the sensory and technological requirements of consumers. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the culinary quality of sweet cassava varieties harvested at three ages and obtain the sensory profile of these varieties using the check-all-that-apply method (CATA). Roots of three cassava varieties released or recommended by Embrapa (BRS Aipim Brasil, BRS Dourada and Saracura) and the commercial variety Eucalipto, harvested at nine, 12 and 15 months of age, were evaluated for physical, chemical and sensory aspects. At nine months of age, the Saracura, BRS Aipim Brasil and BRS Dourada varieties did not differ in cooking time, averaging 41.62 min. The Eucalipto variety had similar cooking times at the three harvest ages, averaging 21.83 min. There was a difference between the four varieties at nine months, with Saracura exhibiting the lowest acceptance score (5.0) and differing from the Eucalipto variety, which showed an average score of 6.3. At 12 months of age, there was a significant increase in the acceptance of the Saracura and BRS Aipim Brasil varieties, which did not differ from Eucalipto and had an average score of 6.4. Consumers perceived differences between the sensory characteristics of the cassava varieties using CATA. The sensory terms “creamy”, “soft” and “sticky” can be associated with greater acceptance of cooked cassava roots, whereas terms such as “floury”, “slightly bitter”, “no taste”, “hard” and “fibrous” can be associated with less acceptance and are therefore undesirable from the consumer’s point of view. Principal component analysis showed that the age at which the roots were harvested had a great effect on the culinary quality of cassava, regardless of the evaluated variety. The commercial variety Eucalipto was well-accepted by the consumers irrespective of root age and can be harvested at any of the evaluated ages. For the Saracura, BRS Aipim Brasil and BRS Dourada varieties, harvesting is recommended at 12 or 15 months so that better quality roots are obtained.

A Summing-Up of the War

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pesach Malovany ◽  
Amatzia Baram ◽  
Kevin M. Woods ◽  
Ronna Englesberg
Keyword(s):  
Armed Forces ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Military Leaders ◽  
Central Focus ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Successes And Failures

This chapter concludes this long war that became the central focus of life in Iraq from every point of view—political, military, economic, civilian and quotidian. The prolonged war posed a supreme challenge for the Iraqi civilian and military leaders, who were required to cope with insurmountable difficulties, including their army’s defeats on the battlefield. Its analyzes the Iraqi Army’s successes and failures, as well as Iran’s failures in the war, and its outcomes from an Iraqi perspective. It describes the tremendous growth and strengthening—in quantity and quality—of the Iraqi armed forces during the war, and the huge foreign support that Iraq received during it from different sources.

scholarly journals MPK Krakow quality services – assessment of the qualitative components that are most important from the passenger’s point of view

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Ewa Brożyna
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Point Scale ◽  
Transport Services

This article raises a subject of quality of transport services in public transport. The author presented in it the results of her research conducted among passengers of Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacyjne S.A. in Kraków, which showed that the level of passengers’ satisfaction of the quality of this communication is almost good (the average score was 3.61 in the five-point scale of assessments). The research allowed to acquire knowledge about the perception of the quality of MPK Kraków services by passengers and provided practical tips and suggestions regarding the directions of actions that can be taken to improve the quality of transport services at MPK Kraków. The research has been divided into two parts. Part of the research discussed in this article concerns aspects of quality most important from the point of view of the average passenger: frequency of running, punctuality of running, convenience, cost of travel and safety.

COMBINATORIAL POLYNOMIALLY COMPUTABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF SUBSTITUTIONS AND THEIR PROPERTIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-41
Author(s):  
VLADIMIR NIKONOV ◽  
◽  
ANTON ZOBOV ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Expectation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Small Range ◽  
Computational Point ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Bijective Function ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Element Base ◽  
Selection Of

The construction and selection of a suitable bijective function, that is, substitution, is now becoming an important applied task, particularly for building block encryption systems. Many articles have suggested using different approaches to determining the quality of substitution, but most of them are highly computationally complex. The solution of this problem will significantly expand the range of methods for constructing and analyzing scheme in information protection systems. The purpose of research is to find easily measurable characteristics of substitutions, allowing to evaluate their quality, and also measures of the proximity of a particular substitutions to a random one, or its distance from it. For this purpose, several characteristics were proposed in this work: difference and polynomial, and their mathematical expectation was found, as well as variance for the difference characteristic. This allows us to make a conclusion about its quality by comparing the result of calculating the characteristic for a particular substitution with the calculated mathematical expectation. From a computational point of view, the thesises of the article are of exceptional interest due to the simplicity of the algorithm for quantifying the quality of bijective function substitutions. By its nature, the operation of calculating the difference characteristic carries out a simple summation of integer terms in a fixed and small range. Such an operation, both in the modern and in the prospective element base, is embedded in the logic of a wide range of functional elements, especially when implementing computational actions in the optical range, or on other carriers related to the field of nanotechnology.

Physical capital stock, technological upgrading and modernisation in Hungary

2005 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Szalavetz
Keyword(s):  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Physical Capital ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Technology Generation ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
Physical Capital Accumulation

This paper discusses the relation between the quality and quantity indicators of physical capital and modernisation. While international academic literature emphasises the role of intangible factors enabling technology generation and absorption rather than that of physical capital accumulation, this paper argues that the quantity and quality of physical capital are important modernisation factors, particularly in the case of small, undercapitalised countries that recently integrated into the world economy. The paper shows that in Hungary, as opposed to developed countries, the technological upgrading of capital assets was not necessarily accompanied by the upgrading of human capital i.e. the thesis of capital skill complementarity did not apply to the first decade of transformation and capital accumulation in Hungary. Finally, the paper shows that there are large differences between the average technological levels of individual industries. The dualism of the Hungarian economy, which is also manifest in terms of differences in the size of individual industries' technological gaps, is a disadvantage from the point of view of competitiveness. The increasing differences in the size of the technological gaps can be explained not only with industry-specific factors, but also with the weakness of technology and regional development policies, as well as with institutional deficiencies.

Flouride and Nitrate Status of Some Ground Waters in Chittor District of Rajasthan State (India)

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 119
Author(s):  
Trapti Sharma ◽  
R. P. Nagar ◽  
R. C. Gaur ◽  
Pooja Gupta ◽  
Charanjit Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
World Health ◽  
Indian Council ◽  
Standard Methods ◽  
Ground Waters ◽  
Drinking Waters ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Research World ◽  
Drinking Purpose

In Rajasthan state the ground waters of some areas like Ramganj-mandi, Morak, Barmer, Jaisalmer, Chittor and Udaipur etc. are susceptible from drinking point of view.To test the quality of groundwater in Chittor district 14, ground water samples were collected from various places and analyzed for pH, E.C., Fluoride and Nitrate parameters by standard methods (A.P.H. A., Washington, USA, 1995). The study revealed that none of the ground waters was found suitable completely from drinking point of view. Some are having electrical conductivity > 1.4 dS/m, some are having pH >8.5, some area having fluoride >1.5 ppm and some are having nitrate>45 ppm. These are the limits of various parameters permitted by various International authorities like Bureau of Indian Standard, Indian Council of Medical Research,world health Organization etc. for drinking waters. So, it is recommended to the residents of above areas to use water for drinking purpose only after reverse osmosis or adopting suitable method of removing excess of Fluoride and Nitrate for drinking water to avoid unwanted pathogenic diseases harmful for human health.

A Futures Study on the Quality Of Life from the Point Of View of Iranian Youth

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Sina Saeedy ◽  
Mojtaba Amiri ◽  
Mohammad Mahdi Zolfagharzadeh ◽  
Mohammad Rahim Eyvazi
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Mixed Model ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Futures Studies ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University

Quality of life and satisfaction with life as tightly interconnected concepts have become of much importance in the urbanism era. No doubt, it is one of the most important goals of every human society to enhance a citizen’s quality of life and to increase their satisfaction with life. However, there are many signs which demonstrate the low level of life satisfaction of Iranian citizens especially among the youth. Thus, considering the temporal concept of life satisfaction, this research aims to make a futures study in this field. Therefore, using a mixed model and employing research methods from futures studies, life satisfaction among the students of the University of Tehran were measured and their views on this subject investigated. Both quantitative and qualitative data were analysed together in order to test the hypotheses and to address the research questions on the youth discontentment with quality of life. Findings showed that the level of life satisfaction among students is relatively low and their image of the future is not positive and not optimistic. These views were elicited and discussed in the social, economic, political, environmental and technological perspectives. Keywords:  futures studies, quality of life, satisfaction with life, youth

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