LONGITUDINAL SUPPORT FOR THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELITE JAPANESE ATHLETE WITH SEVERE INJURIES - A CASE STUDY FROM THE PSYCHODYNAMIC PERSPECTIVE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia Chisato Ogawa
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Development ◽  
Severe Injuries ◽  
Longitudinal Support

scholarly journals Exposure-based risk assessment and emergency management associated with the fallout of large clasts

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Osman ◽  
Eduardo Rossi ◽  
Costanza Bonadonna ◽  
Corine Frischknecht ◽  
Daniele Andronico ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hazard Analysis ◽  
Mount Etna ◽  
Particle Sedimentation ◽  
Severe Injuries ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Safe Area ◽  
Sedimentation Model ◽  
Hazard Zone ◽  
The Many

Abstract. Fallout of ballistic blocks and bombs ejected from eruptive vents represents a well-known hazard in proximal areas. However, fallout of large clasts sedimenting from plume margins extending to medial areas with the potential to produce severe injuries to people and cause damage to infrastructure, is often overlooked. Recent eruptive events at Mount Etna (Italy) provide a clear example where large-clast fallout from plume margins (> 5 cm) has posed a real threat both to the many visitors reaching the summit area and to local infrastructure, and, therefore, has been selected as a case study. To quantify this hazard, a new particle-sedimentation model was calibrated with field data and then used for probabilistic hazard assessments. For a fully probabilistic scenario the hazard zone covered 72 km2 and included some 125 km of paths and roads, and 15 buildings; evacuation on foot to a safe area was estimated at almost 4 hours, but this could be reduced to less than 3 hours if two shelters were provided. Our results show the importance of integrating probabilistic hazard analysis of large-clast fallout within effective strategies of risk management and reduction, especially in the case of volcanoes where visitors can reach the summit areas.

Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Children in Mae Sot and Bangkok: An Analysis of Unmet Needs and Risks

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paradee Thoresen ◽  
Sue Gillieatt ◽  
Angela Fielding
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Unmet Needs ◽  
Psychological Development ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Children’S Perspectives ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
History Of

Abstract This article reports on a longitudinal case study, which included site visits in Thailand from 2014 to 2015, and participant follow-up to mid-2018. It documents the lived experience of children from Syria, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Vietnam, and Myanmar in two different locations in Thailand: Bangkok and Mae Sot (a district close to Thailand-Myanmar border with a long history of economic migrants and refugees from Myanmar). It documents perspectives of children and the adults in their lives while in exile. It presents an analysis of the children’s perspectives on needs and how unmet needs for safety, basic materials, health care, and education put them at risk of arrest, detention, abuse, and exploitation, and impact their psychological development. Contextual factors such as available services, existing policies and laws are also discussed in relation to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

Process Organization as a Determinant on Team Development and Maturity

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 2-575-2-578
Author(s):  
Georg Stawowy ◽  
Holger Luczak
Keyword(s):  
Work Organization ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Psychological Development ◽  
Team Development ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
A Company ◽  
Strategic Goal

Numerous German companies experience a slow down in team work two to three years after the implementation. Therefore, stability of work organization gains importance as a strategic goal. Based on a literature review on team development a model to describe team development as a basis for the definition of team maturity is presented in this paper. Furthermore, a classification of team tasks in addition to a chosen model of team development lead to a model to explain the relationships among process organization, team tasks and the level of social-psychological development. The underlying hypothesis are finally formulated. Following, a company case study with 28 teams has been conducted to research the tasks within a flow production line and to assess in 48 interviews with members of 14 teams the achieved level of team maturity.

Case Study Commentary: Addressing the Personal and Performance Needs of a Collegiate Student-Athlete

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles A. Maher
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Psychological Development ◽  
Division I ◽  
Student Athlete ◽  
Risk Environment ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Case Response

This article reflects a response to the case of a freshman student-athlete lacrosse player who was in the process of transitioning into a Division I environment. Within the context of the case response, guidelines were provided for assessment of the student-athlete at four separate, yet interrelated levels of psychological development. These levels were: as a person; as a student-athlete who exists in a high-risk environment; as a teammate; and as a performer in the sport of lacrosse. Relatedly, it was suggested how the strengths and needs of this individual could be assessed and how resulting needs assessment information could be used in the design of an individual plan for the student-athlete. As such, it was suggested that the individual plan would most likely center on helping the individual to become increasingly aware of herself as a person and performer, to offer guidance in adhering to her physical rehabilitation, and to develop a routine for her daily preparation and for monitoring her practice and game performances. The case response concludes with a description of a framework for determining the student-athlete’s readiness for engaging in the plan and its activities.

scholarly journals Analysis Factors That Influence Escalator-Related Injuries in Metro Stations Based on Bayesian Networks: A Case Study in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingying Xing ◽  
Shengdi Chen ◽  
Shengxue Zhu ◽  
Jian Lu
Keyword(s):  
Bayesian Network ◽  
Expectation Maximization ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Evidence Theory ◽  
Influential Factor ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Independence Test ◽  
Severe Injuries ◽  
Bayesian Network Structure

Escalator-related injuries have become an important issue in daily metro operation. To reduce the probability and severity of escalator-related injuries, this study conducted a probability and severity analysis of escalator-related injuries by using a Bayesian network to identify the risk factors that affect the escalator safety in metro stations. The Bayesian network structure was constructed based on expert knowledge and Dempster–Shafer evidence theory, and further modified based on conditional-independence test. Then, 950 escalator-related injuries were used to estimate the posterior probabilities of the Bayesian network with expectation–maximization (EM) algorithm. The results of probability analysis indicate that the most influential factor in four passenger behaviors is failing to stand firm (p = 0.48), followed by carrying out other tasks (p = 0.32), not holding the handrail (p = 0.23), and another passenger’s movement (p = 0.20). Women (p = 0.64) and elderly people (aged 66 years and above, p = 0.48) are more likely to be involved in escalator-related injuries. Riding an escalator with company (p = 0.63) has a relatively high likelihood of resulting in escalator-related injuries. The results from the severity analysis show that head and neck injuries seem to be more serious and are more likely to require an ambulance for treatment. Passengers who suffer from entrapment injury tend to claim for compensation. Severe injuries, as expected, significantly increase the probability of a claim for compensation. These findings could provide valuable references for metro operation corporations to understand the characteristics of escalator-related injuries and develop effective injury prevention measures.

scholarly journals Exposure-based risk assessment and emergency management associated with the fallout of large clasts at Mount Etna

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 589-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Osman ◽  
Eduardo Rossi ◽  
Costanza Bonadonna ◽  
Corine Frischknecht ◽  
Daniele Andronico ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hazard Analysis ◽  
Mount Etna ◽  
Particle Sedimentation ◽  
Severe Injuries ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Safe Area ◽  
Sedimentation Model ◽  
Hazard Zone ◽  
The Many

Abstract. Fallout of ballistic blocks and bombs ejected from eruptive vents represents a well-known hazard in areas proximal to volcanoes (mostly <5 km from the vent). However, fallout of large clasts sedimenting from plume margins that extend to medial areas and have the potential to produce severe injuries to people and cause damage to infrastructure, is often overlooked. Recent eruptive events at Mount Etna (Italy) provide a clear example where large-clast fallout from plume margins (>5 cm) has posed a real threat both to the many visitors reaching the summit area and to local infrastructure, and, therefore, has been selected as a case study. To quantify this hazard, a new particle sedimentation model was calibrated with field data and then used for probabilistic hazard assessments. For a fully probabilistic scenario the hazard zone covered 72 km2 and included some 125 km of paths and roads, as well as 15 buildings. Evacuation on foot to a safe area was estimated at almost 4 h, but this could be reduced to less than 3 h if two shelters were provided. Our results show the importance of integrating probabilistic hazard analysis of large-clast fallout within effective strategies of risk management and reduction, especially in the case of volcanoes where visitors can reach the summit areas.

scholarly journals The Impact of Selected Individual and External Factors on the Occurrence of Severe Injuries: Case Study of Slovenia

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 325-334
Author(s):  
Polona Tominc ◽  
Urban Šebjan
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Seat Belt ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Severe Injuries ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Fatal Injuries

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the importance of different determinants and their impact on the severity of injuries of individuals in road traffic accidents, so that measures that are supposed to prevent or reduce severe injury consequences can be developed. In this paper three research models have been built. Model I was built to study the impact of demographic factors (gender and age) on the individual’s likelihood to wear a seat-belt while Model II to study the impact of demographic factors (gender and age) and the impact of wearing a seat belt on the likelihood that fatal injuries of individuals in road traffic accidents occur. Model III was formed to study the impact of several environmental factors on the likelihood that the accident involves severe or fatal injuries of road traffic accident participants. Altogether our study revealed that middle-aged individuals (over 25 years and up to 65 years old) are less likely to wear a seat belt and at the same time more likely to suffer fatal injuries in road traffic accidents. This is the result that implies that the targeted policy measures to the population between 25 and 65 years of age are needed to reduce the fatal injuries occurrence in Slovenia.

Case Study: Bhopal Gas Tragedy

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Akash Dhyani ◽  
Arvind Rehalia ◽  
Yasar Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Madhya Pradesh ◽  
Excessive Amount ◽  
Severe Injuries ◽  
The People ◽  
The Future ◽  
Industrial Disaster

Bhopal is known for one of the biggest industrial disaster, known as Bhopal Gas Tragedy. The disaster occurred in the capital of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal at a pesticide plant, on 2-3 December 1984. The disaster is caused due to the leakage of excessive amount of MIC gas, that caused the huge amounts of death and severe injuries to the people being caught by the dangerous gas. Due to this, Bhopal Gas Tragedy is known to be the worlds most dangerous industrial disaster. In this case study, the author has explained about the happenings in the disaster, its reasons and has also suggested some points to avoid such kinds of major happenings in the future.

Performance Assessment of Crash Barriers used in Road Safety: A Case Study of Malekhu Kurintar Section of the Prithvi Highway

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 65-70
Author(s):  
Saru Bati ◽  
Thusitha Chandani Shahi
Keyword(s):  
Road Accident ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Accident Rate ◽  
Severe Injuries ◽  
The Road ◽  
Valley Side ◽  
Single Vehicle ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The Impact

Hill roads in Nepal are comprised of critical geometry and limited roadway clearances. It causes high number of runoff roadway type of accidents with single vehicle. These accidents often carry huge number of fatalities and severe injuries. Installation of crash barriers is the most effective way of preventing such accidents along hill roads. However, the existing practice of construction of crash barriers does not show the satisfactory results. Therefore, this research aimed at the evaluation of typical crash barriers constructed along the valley side of highway. Analysis of the road accident of Malekhu-Kurintar section of Prithvi Highway record shows that this section has relatively higher accident rate and most of the accidents are runoff roadway type. Further, these accidents are mainly caused due to either the absence or the failure of the crash barriers along the valley side of the highway. On the basis of field records, kinetic energy absorbed by the crash barriers and their deflections was investigated by application of computer based analysis tool ABAQUS V6.10. It has given satisfactory results on the deflection of W-beam and plum concrete barriers due to the impact of vehicle moving in various range of speed.

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