scholarly journals Professional Creativity as A Component of The Effective Activity of a Teacher

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (SPE3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantin Zaurovich Abdula-Zade ◽  
Marina Georgiyevna Sergeeva ◽  
Dmitry Vladimirovich Lukashenko ◽  
Anna Viktorovna Solovieva
Keyword(s):  
Professional Education ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Statistical Processing ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation Coefficient

The article considers the role and influence of professional creativity on the professional activities as an expression of the teacher’s creative abilities. The purpose of the article is a theoretical and empirical study of the influence of professional creativity on the effectiveness of a teacher’s professional activity. Attention is paid to the place and importance of creativity in the activities of a teacher. Based on an analysis of current literary sources, the phenomenon of professional creativity of a teacher is highlighted, a definition of this concept is given, and its structure and components are considered. The research methodology and its algorithm include a complex psychological and pedagogical experiment, diagnosing the stated parameters and statistical analysis of the results based on Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. The study of teachers’ creativity was carried out on the basis of the Institute of Foreign Languages of the Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “The Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia” (RUDN) at the Center for Continuing Professional Education. For research purposes, an experimental and a control group were formed. Each group consisted of 35 teachers. The sample was homogeneous by age and gender. The results of the study allow us to conclude that there is a strong relationship between the professional creativity of a teacher and the effectiveness of the professional performance, which is confirmed by the results of statistical processing of the data obtained.

scholarly journals The association between parameters of oral mucosal immunity and 25-hydroxyvitamin D in patients with rampant caries

2022 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 32-38
Author(s):  
A. S. Putneva ◽  
T. M. Karavaeva ◽  
M. V. Maksimenya ◽  
P. P. Tereshkov ◽  
M. N. Mishchenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Level ◽  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Hydroxyvitamin D ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation Coefficient ◽  
25 Hydroxyvitamin D ◽  
Tgf Β1 ◽  
Rampant Caries

Aim. To determine the saliva level of immunoregulatory proteins in patients with rampant caries and 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) deficiency and evaluate the association of their concentration with 25(OH)D plasma level.Materials and methods. The study was performed in two groups. The experimental group included 15 patients aged 20–22 years with rampant caries and the 25(OH)D plasma level of < 20 ng / ml. The control group encompassed 15 healthy age-matched volunteers with the 25(OH)D plasma level of 20–100 ng / ml. The concentrations of B7.2 (CD86), free active TGF-β1, CTLA-4, PD-1, Tim-3, LAG-3, IGFBP-4, and ICAM-1 were assessed using flow cytometry. The levels of LL-37 and secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) were measured using ELISA. The Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was used to reveal a correlation between the indicated proteins and the 25(OH)D plasma level.Results. A decrease in B7.2 (CD86), PD-1, Tim-3, sIgA, and LL-37 and elevation of IGFBP-4 and ICAM-1 saliva levels were detected in patients with rampant caries and 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency. A positive Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was revealed between plasma 25(OH)D and saliva levels of free active TGF-β1, CTLA4, B7.2 (CD86), LL-37, and sIgA. A negative correlation was revealed between 25(OH)Dand ICAM-1.Conclusion. 25(OH)D deficiency in patients with rampant caries is associated with decreased levels of B7.2 (CD86), PD-1, Tim-3, sIgA, and LL-37 and elevated levels of IGFBP-4 and ICAM-1 in the saliva. 

scholarly journals Clinical and immunological features of opisthorchiasis

2021 ◽  
Vol 102 (5) ◽  
pp. 626-635
Author(s):  
A U Sabitov ◽  
D A Soldatov ◽  
Yu B Khamanova
Keyword(s):  
Immune System ◽  
Immune Complexes ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Statistical Processing ◽  
Circulating Immune Complexes ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Cytotoxic Lymphocytes ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation ◽  
Diagnostic Center

Aim. To assess the clinical and immunological features in patients with chronic opisthorchiasis, depending on the duration of the infection. Methods. The first group consisted of 19 patients with the duration of the infection up to 1 year, the second group consisted of 21 patients with the duration of the infection between 1 and 5 years, the third group was formed of 23 patients with the duration of the disease more than 5 years, the control group 20 healthy individuals. Immunological research was carried out at the Clinical Diagnostic Center. Statistical processing was performed using Microsoft Excel 2010 and Statistica 6.0 software. The statistical significance of differences was determined by using the MannWhitney test (U-test) at the level of significance of p 0.05. The correlations were assessed by calculating Spearman's rank correlation coefficients.Results Clinical features of chronic opisthorchiasis were revealed in the disease duration groups of up to 1 year, from 1 year to 5 years, more than 5 years: the subclinical course was most common in the group of up to 1 year; cholangiohepatitis prevailed in the group of between 1 to 5 years, allergic skin syndrome, cholangiocholecystitis and pancreatitis dominated in the group of more than 5 years. The immune response in chronic opisthorchiasis was characterized by: up to 1 year lymphocytosis, increased levels of immunoglobulins M (IgM) and circulating immune complexes (CIC), a decrease in the number of T-lymphocytes (CD3+), as well as an increase in bactericidal activity of leukocytes (BAL); between 1 and 5 years monocytosis, increased levels of immunoglobulins M, immunoglobulins G and circulating immune complexes, a decrease in T-cytotoxic lymphocytes (CD8+) and nitro blue tetrazolium (NBT test), as well as an increase in NK cells and phagocytic activity of monocytes, more than 5 years eosinophilia. Conclusion. Common features of rearrangement of the immune system in opisthorchiasis: inflammatory changes in the hemogram, activation of humoral immunity with parallel suppression of the cellular component of the immune system, and increased phagocytosis.

scholarly journals Dorsopathies: routine checkups as a procedure necessary for early diagnostics, risk factors and comorbidities identification

2018 ◽  
pp. 12-17
Author(s):  
IN Denisov ◽  
TV Zaugolnikova ◽  
TS Popova ◽  
TE Morozova
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Primary Care Physicians ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Statistical Processing ◽  
Noncommunicable Diseases ◽  
Exact Test ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Urgent Task ◽  
Working People

Early detection of dorsopathies is an urgent task for primary care physicians, since such conditions can combine with other chronic noncommunicable diseases (NСD) and adversely affect the course all comorbidities, consequently disimproving the quality of life of patients and increasing the frequency of their requests for medical assistance. This study aimed to determine the value of routine checkups in the context of detection of dorsopathies, NCD, and identification of risk factors (RF). We have retrospectively analyzed the patient records database of a rural outpatient clinic in the Tver region (years 2015 to 2017). The prevalence of dorsopathies and NCD RF were the subjects investigated. Fisher's exact test and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (SRCC) were applied for the purposes of statistical processing of the results. We discovered that dorsopathy most often was a comorbidity to arterial hypertension and gastrointestinal tract diseases; it was strongly related to the NCD (SRCC = 0.506), age (SRCC = 0.383), slightly less so — to hypodynamia (SRCC = 0.146), type of the patient's occupation (intellectual or physical labor) (SRCC = 0.07). Routine checkups improve the rate of detection of dorsopathy: the more patients undergo such examinations, the more cases of dorsopathy are diagnosed. Thus, it is necessary to increase the number of working people attending the checkups in order to detect dorsopathies early and prevent them effectively.

scholarly journals Specifics of the structural stability of professional creativity of a foreign language teacher

2021 ◽  
pp. e021017
Author(s):  
Svetlana Vladimirovna Dmitrichenkova ◽  
Svetlana Vitalievna Rachek ◽  
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Leshchenko ◽  
Marina Georgiyevna Sergeeva
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Art Therapy ◽  
Structural Stability ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Language Teacher

The article presents the results of an empirical study concerning the structural stability of the professional creativity of a foreign language teacher by means of art therapy and training sessions within the framework of additional education. The purpose of the article is a theoretical and empirical study of the different dimensions of professional creativity of a foreign language teacher. Attention is drawn to the key role of the sustainability of the professional creativity development in teaching foreign languages. The research methodology and its algorithm included a complex psychological and pedagogical experiment, diagnostics of the stated parameters and statistical analysis of the results based on Spearman's rank correlation coefficient before and after the formative experiment. The study of specifics of the structural stability of professional creativity was carried out on the basis of the Institute of Foreign Languages of the Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “The Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia” (RUDN) at the Center for Continuing Professional Education. For research purposes, an experimental and a control group were formed. Each group consisted of 35 teachers. The sample was homogeneous by age and gender. The results of the study allow us to conclude that the stability of the professional creativity is of greater importance than the level of its development. The study confirmed that training sessions and art therapy practices can effectively develop the structural stability of professional creativity. The study also made it possible to outline the vector of further research in line with the stated problems.

scholarly journals Reflection of meanings and peculiarities of subjectivity of employees of internal affairs bodies in the environment of continuous education

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-89
Author(s):  
Dmitriy Litvin
Keyword(s):  
Personal Development ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Lifelong Education ◽  
Life Meaning ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Internal Affairs

Abstract. The research problem lies in the need to study the contradiction between the high values of life-meaning orientations and the reflexivity of employees of the internal affairs bodies. Purpose of the article: to investigate the indicated contradiction and reveal the peculiarities of the subjectivity of the personality of employees. The analysis and interpretation of the characteristics of the personal development of employees in lifelong education was carried out by the method of clustering the sample using the values of the tests "Life-meaning orientations" D. Krambo, L. Makholik, adaptation - D.А. Leontiev, reflexivity (A.V. Karpov), as well as the subjectivity of a professional's personality and focus on the personal development of an employee, including in lifelong education based on the author's methodology. The work used the correlation analysis of the studied features by means of nonparametric statistical criteria (Spearman's rank correlation coefficient), cluster analysis. As a result of the study, it was revealed that reflexivity, orientation towards development in professional activity and focus on continuing education in clusters are expressed unevenly. The hypothesis of a strict inverse relationship between manifestations of reflexivity and life-meaning orientations was not confirmed. At the same time, a feature of the subject-personal orientation of employees is an insufficient connection between reflexivity and high values of meaningful orientations, subordination of the personal principle to the "professional role and position" (according to the terms of V.A. Lefebvre) due to the subordination and discipline in the profession, as well as the substitution of the moral imperative with legal norms. Strategies with extremely high values of life-meaning orientations of adult employees of internal affairs bodies, which have a negative correlation with reflexivity, regardless of subjectivity or the severity of orientation towards development in the profession, are assessed by us as unfavorable for personal development.

scholarly journals R&D activity and core business efficiency on the example of technology companies

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz L. Nawrocki
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Time Shift ◽  
Gross Margin ◽  
Core Business ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Business Efficiency ◽  
The Relationship

Taking as a basis for discussion the Schumpeter’s innovation theory, this paper analyses the relationship between enterprises activity in the field of research and development, and their efficiency at the core business level. This analysis was performed in two ways – with the assumption shift in time between research and development activities and companies business efficiency, and without it – using the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. The sample was accounted for 252 companies from the technology sector, whose shares are traded on NYSE or NASDAQ, and the analysis time period consisted of three years (2011–2013). The results obtained in the course of analysis generally indicate lack of strong relationship between distinguished categories. A noticeable, but only at moderate level, positive correlation was found in both considered approaches only in respect of the relationship between the intensity of expenditures on research and development or y/y change of these expenditures and gross margin on sales. Therefore, it seems to be relevant to extend this research at least in such directions as: identification and characterization of factors determining efficiency of companies research and development activities, as well as examination considered relationship taking into account business diversity within the sector and wider time shift between realized research and development activities and various measures of core business efficiency.

AB0227 BASELINE SYNOVIAL LEVELS OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES-9 IN EARLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS-THE ASSOCIATION WITH INITIAL RADIOGRAPHIC CHANGES

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 1413-1414
Author(s):  
S. Stojanović ◽  
B. Stamenković ◽  
J. Nedovic ◽  
V. Živković ◽  
I. Aleksic
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Synovial Fluid ◽  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Joint Destruction ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Early Ra ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Acpa Level

Background:Matrics metalloproteinases (MMPs) are the key enzymes responsible for the joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Objectives:The aim of this study was to examine the association of baseline levels of metalloproteinases-9 (MMP-9) in serum and synovial fluid (SF) with structural damage of hand and feet joints in patients with early RA and also with imunoserological markers of the disease.Methods:The study enrolled 134 subjects with knee synovitis: 72 patients with early DMARD-naïve RA (symptom duration ≤12 months) and 62 patients with osteoarthritis (OA), as control group. Synovial fluid was obtained by an arthrocentesis of the knee joint. Joint damage was estimated by hands, knee and feet radiography. With regard to the presence of destructive joint changes on initial x-ray, RA patients were classified as erosive and nonerosive form of disease. ELISA assay was used for the detection of MMP–9 activity in serum and SF as well for the imunoserology tests: rheumatoid factor RF (IgG) and anti-CCP antibody (ACPA).Results:MMP–9 activity in serum and SF of RA patients was significantly higher compared to its activity in serum and SF of control group (p<0.01 and p <0.001 respectly) (table 1).Table 1.MMP–9 activity (ng/ml) in serum and SF of RA and control group patientsGroupMMP-9 activity in BP(ng/ml); mean±SDMMP-9 activity in SF(ng/ml)mean±SDRA(n=72)18.28±7.54**15.07±13.24***Controls -OA(n=62)13.58±3.070.65±0.41RA – rheumatoid arthritis; SD – standard deviation; n – number of subjects; ** – p<0.01, *** p<0,001We did not establish a significant correlation between the activity of MMP 9 in serum and SF in the RA and control groups (Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient in RA was 0,02 and 0,06 in control group).Most of the subjects from RA group (52–72.22%) had verified radiographic erosive changes in joints. Nonerosive arthritis was present in remaning 20 (27.78%) of RA patients. No differences were obtained according to the sex, age or disease duration between erosive and nonerosive RA patients.Table 2 represents MMP–9 activity in serum and SF of patients with erosive and nonerosive RA. The values of MMP–9 activity measured in serum were higher in nonerosive compared to erosive RA (20.35±10.30 vs. 17.46±6.25), but the difference was not statistically significant (p>0.05). However, MMP–9 activity in SF was significantly higher in erosive compared to nonerosive RA (17.53±12.87 vs. 8.76±7.72; p<0.05).Table 2.MMP–9 activity (ng/ml) in serum and SF of patients with erosive and nonerosive RAMMP-9 activityErosive RA(n=52)[ng/ml]Nonerosive RA(n=20)[ng/ml]Serum17.46±6.2520.35±10.30Synovial fluid17.53±12.87*8.76±7.72RA – rheumatoid arthritis; SD – standard deviation; n – number of subjects; * p<0.05;We also examined the correlation of MMP 9 activity in serum and SF with standard imuno serological markers of disease (RF and ACPA). Our results indicate that there is a significant correlation of MMP 9 activity in SF with ACPA level in RA group (Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient is 0,48), but not with RF (Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient is 0.06).Conclusion:MMP–9 activity in serum and synovial fluid of patients with early RA is significantly higher compared to patients with osteoarthritis. High activity of MMP–9 in synovial fluid of patients with early RA correlated with ACPA level and may be a predictor of rapid radiographic progression of disease.References:[1]Prodanovic S, Radunovic G, Babic D. et al. Matrix Metalloproteinases-3 Baseline Serum Levels in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients without Initial Radiographic Changes: A Two-Year Ultrasonographic Study Med Princ Pract 2018;27:378–386[2]S. Fadda, E. Abolkheir, R. Afifi et al. Serum matrix metalloproteinase-3 in rheumatoid arthritis patients: correlation with disease activity and joint destruction, Egypt Rheumatol 2016, 38 (3) 153-159.Disclosure of Interests:None declared

scholarly journals Value-motivational characteristics of managers with different levels of innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Mikhailova ◽  
Dmitrij Koba
Keyword(s):  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation Coefficient ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Different Levels

The main idea of the presented work is the assumption that innovative behavior is largely predetermined by the synthesis of values and motives, the relationship of which has not been sufficiently studied. The article presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of the value-motivational characteristics of managers with different levels of expression of innovativeness. On the basis of the theoretical study, the authors of the article formulated a hypothesis about the presence of significant differences in value-motivational characteristics among managers with different levels of innovativeness. The hypothesis determined the goal of the empirical study, which was to establish links between value-motivational characteristics and the specificity of the severity of innovativeness among middle managers working in manufacturing companies. The study involved 83 respondents from 25 to 50 years old, working in manufacturing companies in the Moscow region. The survey was carried out using the following methods: (1) methodology "Diagnostics of the real structure of personal value orientations" by S.S. Bubnova; (2) questionnaire "Diagnostics of the motivational structure of personality" by V.E. Milman; (3) "Scale of self-assessment of innovative personality traits" (N.M. Lebedeva, A.N. Tatarko). For statistical verification of the results, the Kruskal-Wallis H-test and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient were used. The empirical results obtained made it possible to identify managers with different levels of self-assessment of innovativeness among the respondents and to obtain in each of the groups specific data on the manifestation of value-motivational characteristics of behavior and activity. At the end of the article, the authors formulated recommendations to enhance the professional activity of managers with different levels of self-assessment of innovativeness. In particular, it is important to develop training programs that correct the value-motivational sphere of the individual, taking into account the synthesis of those values and motives of activity that are characteristic of groups with high, medium and low self-esteem of innovativeness.

scholarly journals Experiencing Stress among Nurses during Resuscitation Procedure and Legal Obligations for Healthcare Workers in Slovenia

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-262
Author(s):  
Anton Koželj ◽  
Maja Strauss ◽  
Matej Strnad
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Statistical Processing ◽  
Frequency Standard ◽  
P Value ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation ◽  
Legal Obligations ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Post Code

Nurses are always part of the team that performs resuscitation procedures. In this paper the authors explore the influence that resuscitation procedures on nurses who perform them. For data collection, the authors used a survey with a convenience sample of nurses who work in emergency settings. For statistical processing of data, the authors used the calculation of frequency, standard deviation, means, and median. Authors used Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and calculated the p-value. The respondents in the survey completed the Post-Code Stress Scale. The results show that the majority of the respondents experienced resuscitation cases as burdensome situations; however, the level of stress was moderate. Nurses still experience some physical and psychological symptoms during resuscitations.

scholarly journals DEVELOPING SAFETY CULTURE OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES OF FUTURE BUILDERS:

2019 ◽  
pp. 101-107
Author(s):  
Natalia Kulalaieva
Keyword(s):  
Safety Culture ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation ◽  
Spearman’S Rank Correlation Coefficient ◽  
The Social ◽  
Safety Cultures

Relevance: the article substantiates the need to develop and experimentally test the effectiveness of the author’s methodological system. Theoretical analysis of the problem under study is carried out on the basis of scientific works on the formation of life safety cultures in young people and the development of pedagogical and methodological systems. Aim: of the article was to experimentally test the developed methodological system of forming a safety culture of professional activity for future builders and to substantiate its future prospects. Methods: theoretical; empirical (self-evaluation methods; peer evaluation); mathematical and statistical (frequency analysis; criterion test of statistical hypotheses; Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient; Statistical Package for the Social Science for the social sciences, Microsoft Excel). Results: a purposeful, personally-oriented, culturally appropriate and self-organizing methodological sys- tem has been developed that provides a continuous process of improving the complex of values and motives, knowledge and skills, as well as the development of professionally important qualities for the prevention and overcoming of dangerous situations and ecological threats literate behaviour, building effective communication in the professional environment during their training in vocational (vocational) educational institutions. The author defines the criteria and the corresponding indicators for assessing the levels of formation of a safety culture of professional activity in future builders. Conclusions: the results of the experiment confirmed the positive influence of the developed methodological system on the growth of the level of safety culture formation of professional activity in them. In the future, it is envisaged to study and apply the best foreign practices on its formation and development in future specialists, construction workers and teachers, to create an informational educational environment for its formation among vocational education institutions.

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