scholarly journals Revisiting Electrochemical Biosensing in the 21st Century Society for Inflammatory Cytokines Involved in Autoimmune, Neurodegenerative, Cardiac, Viral and Cancer Diseases

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
Susana Campuzano ◽  
Paloma Yáñez-Sedeño ◽  
José Manuel Pingarrón
Keyword(s):  
Point Of Care ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Accurate Determination ◽  
Test Time ◽  
Electrochemical Biosensing ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Inflammatory Processes ◽  
Human Skills ◽  
Cancer Diseases

The multifaceted key roles of cytokines in immunity and inflammatory processes have led to a high clinical interest for the determination of these biomolecules to be used as a tool in the diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring and treatment of several diseases of great current relevance (autoimmune, neurodegenerative, cardiac, viral and cancer diseases, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes). Therefore, the rapid and accurate determination of cytokine biomarkers in body fluids, cells and tissues has attracted considerable attention. However, many currently available techniques used for this purpose, although sensitive and selective, require expensive equipment and advanced human skills and do not meet the demands of today’s clinic in terms of test time, simplicity and point-of-care applicability. In the course of ongoing pursuit of new analytical methodologies, electrochemical biosensing is steadily gaining ground as a strategy suitable to develop simple, low-cost methods, with the ability for multiplexed and multiomics determinations in a short time and requiring a small amount of sample. This review article puts forward electrochemical biosensing methods reported in the last five years for the determination of cytokines, summarizes recent developments and trends through a comprehensive discussion of selected strategies, and highlights the challenges to solve in this field. Considering the key role demonstrated in the last years by different materials (with nano or micrometric size and with or without magnetic properties), in the design of analytical performance-enhanced electrochemical biosensing strategies, special attention is paid to the methods exploiting these approaches.

scholarly journals The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Piccialli ◽  
Vincenzo Schiano di Cola ◽  
Fabio Giampaolo ◽  
Salvatore Cuomo
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Commercial Vehicles ◽  
Human Skills ◽  
To Come ◽  
Complex Scenario ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe first few months of 2020 have profoundly changed the way we live our lives and carry out our daily activities. Although the widespread use of futuristic robotaxis and self-driving commercial vehicles has not yet become a reality, the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically accelerated the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in different fields. We have witnessed the equivalent of two years of digital transformation compressed into just a few months. Whether it is in tracing epidemiological peaks or in transacting contactless payments, the impact of these developments has been almost immediate, and a window has opened up on what is to come. Here we analyze and discuss how AI can support us in facing the ongoing pandemic. Despite the numerous and undeniable contributions of AI, clinical trials and human skills are still required. Even if different strategies have been developed in different states worldwide, the fight against the pandemic seems to have found everywhere a valuable ally in AI, a global and open-source tool capable of providing assistance in this health emergency. A careful AI application would enable us to operate within this complex scenario involving healthcare, society and research.

scholarly journals Learning Human Skills An Experiental and Feflective Guide for Nurses - Third Edition 1995

1997 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Antoinette Gmeiner
Keyword(s):  
Full Text ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Human Skills ◽  
Group Skills

Learning Human Skills is widely regarded as one of the key text for teaching and learning effective interpersonal, councelling and group skills at both student and practitioner level. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.

Human skills (2nd Edn)

1991 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
Alison Connolly
Keyword(s):  
Human Skills

scholarly journals HIV/AIDS and higher education in Lesotho : a Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) analysis of three institutions’ responses

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Monaphathi Maraka ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Activity Theory ◽  
Poor Response ◽  
Cultural Historical Activity Theory ◽  
World Health ◽  
Viral Load Suppression ◽  
Human Skills ◽  
Historical Activity ◽  
Cultural Historical Activity ◽  
Hiv Aids

The purpose of this study is to interpretively analyse the fight against HIV/AIDS, referred to as ‘response’, in three of Lesotho’s institutions of higher education (IHEs). These are the Lesotho College of Education (LCE), the National Health Training College (NHTC) and the National University of Lesotho (NUL). This study uses cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) to qualitatively interpret the response in a country with the second highest HIV prevalence globally. The study applies Vygotsky’s first generation of CHAT, Leontiev’s multifaceted second generation, and Engeström’s third generation, which features a minimum of two interacting activity systems. Its multimodal methodology draws from Mukeredzi’s (2009, p.56) critique of CHAT and its problem of not getting “in” deep into dimensions of an activity. Thus, this study incorporates closely matching theories, models and concepts around CHAT; mainly the World Health Organisation’s (2004b) health standards, Zeithaml and Bitner’s (2000) services marketing mix and Checkland and Holwell’s (1998) information systems. The findings reveal that conceptual tools - human skills and policies, do not mediate material processes such as planning, financing and reporting, resulting in a poor response. Gaps in human agency across critical elements of activity in the three IHEs result in conceptual, functional and material contradictions, and poor use of mediating artefacts adversely affects all interventions, including HIV testing and services (HTS), anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment and viral load suppression (VLS) envisaged in the UNAIDS (2014a and 2015) guidelines. This study teased out ‘expanded contradictions’ and tensions in the IHEs response, which invoked expansion, transformations, opportunities and new implications. Despite the IHEs leadership awareness of need for change, an historical embeddedness in unchanging cultures and functional contradictions due to poor agency (by subjects), lack of policies (rules), finance, (tools), hamper the response. The study found opportunities for IHEs against HIV/AIDS. Thisstudy recommends two new agency models. One is ‘knit-working’, which aims to improve responses by identifying key, specific, and rapidly doable ‘nitty-gritty’ inter-college activities. The second model aims to strengthen IHEs leadership agency through 3-Cs of commitment at top management, improved resources and capacity at middle management, in order to enable operational level services to evidence the concern over AIDS. This study will alleviate a dearth of literature in the nexus of Lesotho’s IHEs, HIV/AIDS and services.

scholarly journals Do Soft Skills matter? A Study on Employability of Engineering Graduates in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-44
Author(s):  
Rumana Afroze ◽  
Tamanna Parvin Eva ◽  
Atiqur Rahman Sarker
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Human Skills ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Objective: University graduates in Bangladesh are presently confronted with high job competition. Because of less job availability, engineering graduates are facing more challenges in getting job opportunities than business graduates. Moreover, engineering graduates are more proficient in technical skills than with their human skills. The most important barrier for engineering graduates’ employability at their initial stage of career is that they have less focus on acquisition of their soft skills. Therefore, this study is concentrating to analyse the current situation of the engineering graduates’ soft skills deficiency and to investigate the impact of having soft skills on employability. Methodology:The nature of the study is qualitative and data has been gathered through in-depth interview and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). Respondents of in-depth interview are experienced engineers and HR experts who are working in engineering based organizations especially at the power solution service providing companies in Bangladesh. FGD among final year undergraduate engineering students has also been conducted to validate the interview data. Thematic analysis is used to analyse the qualitative data. Findings:The impact of having soft skills in getting employment of new graduates at the entry level is identified in this paper. Value Added: Higher education can assist in developing employability through increasing employment prospect and also achieving individual learning goals. However, fresh engineering graduates have social skills gap and lack of practical knowledge which can be reduced through acquiring soft skills. Different techniques such as self-training, institutional training, joining language sessions, attending presentation skills development classes and social programs can assist graduates in the acquisition of soft skills. Recommendations: As the most important reason of engineers’ unemployment is the lacking of collaboration between industry and academic institutions, this study focuses to draw the attention of engineering students, educational institutes and policy makers to highlight the importance of developing soft skills for employability and career growth.

scholarly journals SOFT SKILLS AS THE BASIS FOR DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL INTELLIGENCE OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

2020 ◽  
pp. 121-126
Author(s):  
Ирина Алексеевна Тавед ◽  
Ирина Евгеньевна Емельянова
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Social Intelligence ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Modern Human ◽  
The Social ◽  
Human Skills ◽  
Relationship Of

Обоснована значимость и взаимосвязь soft skills с социальным интеллектом детей дошкольного возраста. Описаны современные требования общества к современным навыкам человека, важным для успешной жизни, социализации, которые необходимо развивать у детей дошкольного возраста. Определено понятие «soft skills» (гибкие навыки) и авторская трактовка термина «социальный интеллект» детей дошкольного возраста. Представлены результаты анкетирования родителей о необходимости развития социального интеллекта и soft skills у детей дошкольного возраста, которые позволяют разработать рекомендации родителям по развитию социального интеллекта через soft skills у детей дошкольного возраста. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the importance and relationship of soft skills with the social intelligence of preschool children. The authors describe the modern requirements of society for modern human skills, which are important for a successful life, socialization, which must be developed in preschool children. The concept of «soft skills» (flexible skills) and the author's interpretation of «social intelligence» of preschool children are defined. The article presents the results of a survey of parents on the need to develop social intelligence and soft skills in preschool children, which allow them to develop recommendations for parents on the development of social intelligence through soft skills in preschool children.

scholarly journals Adoption of open innovation: Evidence from SMEs in the Ghanaian Hospitality Industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (07) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tian Hongyun ◽  
William Adomako Kankam ◽  
Florence Appiah-Twum ◽  
Isaac Gumah Akolgo ◽  
Shuja Iqbal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Innovation Adoption ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
It Infrastructure ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Managerial Style ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Human Skills

The objective of the study was to analyze the determinants of open innovation adoption among the Ghanaian hospitality SMEs. A cross‐sectional survey using a 5‐point Likert scale questionnaire was used to randomly collect data from 530 managers within the hospitality industry in Ghana. Using SmartPLS software 3.2.8 to analyze primary data, the results show that all six determining factors have a significant impact on open innovation adoption in the hospitality industry. Specifically, competition, human skills, managerial style and IT infrastructure have a positive and significant relationship with open innovation adoption. However, cost and cultural factors had a negative but significant influence on open innovation adoption. The study also provides managers with practical ways of adopting open innovation in the Ghanaian hospitality industry.

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