scholarly journals Integrating Romanian Footwear Companies in a Sustainable Apprenticeship System and Experience from Piloting Work Based Learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-312
Author(s):  
Bogdan Sarghie ◽  
Andreas Saniter ◽  
Arina Seul ◽  
Aura Mihai
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Technical College ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Public Institution ◽  
Technical High School ◽  
Apprenticeship Model ◽  
Pilot Implementation ◽  
One Year ◽  
Selection Of

The Work Based Learning (WBL) pilot stands on a Locally Developed Curriculum elaborated within a partnership consisting of an Educational Institution (Technical high school), Economic operator (Footwear company) and a Public institution (University) and serves as a good apprenticeship model for both, VET providers and footwear companies. The goal of this study is to describes the apprenticeship experience and the stages of implementing WBL in Romanian footwear company, namely: selection of apprentices, WBL pilot planning, tutors training on WBL, WBL pilot implementation, and formative quality assurance. WBL pilot programme in Romania was applied at Papucei footwear company and involved three young apprentices from “Ion Holban” Technical College of Iasi with background in Textile and Clothing field. During one year, according to the developed WBL pilot program and guided by previously trained tutors from Papucei and TUIASI, the apprentices followed all the Core Spheres (Cutting, Pre-stitching, Stitching, Pre-lasting, Lasting, Assembly and Finishing) and Peripheral Spheres (Technical Development, Production planning, design and Quality Assurance) specific to industrial footwear manufacturing. The apprentices' achievements were evaluated by the responsible tutors using the special designed Matrices found in the Manuals developed by ICSAS to support tutors involved in WBL process. The entire apprenticeship experience was then investigated and evaluated by relevant stakeholders using SWOT analysis to highlight the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

Optimalisasi Key Performance Indicators (KPI) Melalui Pendekatan Balance Scorecard Upaya Mengimplementasikan Performance Management System (PMS) Pada Perguruan Tinggi

CCIT Journal ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-34
Author(s):  
Untung Rahardja ◽  
Muhamad Yusup Eva ◽  
Rosyifa Rosyifa
Keyword(s):  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Management System ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Key Performance Indicators ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Institution ◽  
Performance Measurement System ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Successful Implementation

SQL Server Reporting Services is a way to analyze data, create reports using the indicators and gauges. Indicators are minimal gauges that convey the state of a single data value at a glance, and most are used to represent the state of Key Performance Indicators. Manage and harmonize the performance of an institution's educational institutions, especially universities with the performance of individuals or resources, no doubt is one of the essential elements for the success of an entity of the institution. Integrate the performance of an educational institution with individual performance is not an easy process, and therefore required a systematic approach to manage it. Implementation of a strategic management system based Balanced Scorecard can be used as a performance measurement system that will continuously monitor the successful implementation of the strategy of any public educational institution and measure the performance of its resources in a comprehensive and balanced, not the quantity but the emphasis is more concerned with the quality, so the performance of educational institutions at any time can be known clearly. Contribution of Key Performance Indicators to manage and harmonize the performance of any public institution is a solution in providing information to realize the extent of work that has set targets, identify and monitor measures of success, of course, with performance indicators show a clear, specific and measurable.

Peculiarities of the juvenile period of the native Chechen genotypes of willow leaf pear (Pyrus salicifolia Pall.)

2020 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 32-38
Author(s):  
E. A. Dolmatov ◽  
R. B. Borzayev ◽  
A. N. Shaipov
Keyword(s):  
Chestnut Soil ◽  
Crop Breeding ◽  
Juvenile Period ◽  
Period 2 ◽  
Russian Research Institute ◽  
The Common ◽  
One Year ◽  
First Time ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Creative Cooperation

The results of the study of the duration of the juvenile period of indigenous Chechen willow leaf pear genotypes (Pyrus salicifolia Pall.) are given in connection with the acceleration of the breeding process and the use of selected forms in pear breeding for high precocity. The studies were carried out in 2016-2019 at OOO “Orchards of Chechnya” in accordance with the Agreement on creative cooperation with the Russian Research Institute of Fruit Crop Breeding. The work was carried out in accordance with generally accepted programs and methods. The objects of the study were one-year and two-year-old pear seedlings obtained from sowing seeds of selected dwarf and low-growing local Chechen forms of willow pear (P. salicifolia Pall.), laying fruit buds on annual growths and seedlings of Caucasian pear (P. caucasica Fed.), 20 500 pcs. of each specie. The aim of the research was to study the potential of precocity of willow pear seedlings and to reveal of selected forms with the greatest degree of this trait. Stratified seeds were sown in the sowing department of the OOO “Orchards of Chechnya” production nursery in April, 2017. The seedlings were grown according to the common technology in dryland conditions on the plot with chestnut soil. The first fl owering of plants was noted in the spring, 2019. As a result of the research, for the first time on a large number of the experimental material it was found that in the off spring of the indigenous Chechen willow leaf pear genotypes, the selection of a little more than 2% of seedlings with a very short juvenile period (2 years) was possible. They are of great interest in accelerating the breeding process and in the selection of new pear varieties with high precocity. 20 willow leaf pear genotypes were selected for the further use in breeding for high precocity and as sources of the trait of short juvenile period.

scholarly journals Electronic data collection for multi-country, hospital-based, clinical observation of maternal and newborn care: EN-BIRTH study experiences

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Harriet Ruysen ◽  
◽  
Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman ◽  
Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev ◽  
Tanvir Hossain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
Clinical Observation ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Electronic Data ◽  
Concurrent Events ◽  
Maternal And Newborn ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract Background Observation of care at birth is challenging with multiple, rapid and potentially concurrent events occurring for mother, newborn and placenta. Design of electronic data (E-data) collection needs to account for these challenges. The Every Newborn Birth Indicators Research Tracking in Hospitals (EN-BIRTH) was an observational study to assess measurement of indicators for priority maternal and newborn interventions and took place in five hospitals in Bangladesh, Nepal and Tanzania (July 2017–July 2018). E-data tools were required to capture individually-linked, timed observation of care, data extraction from hospital register-records or case-notes, and exit-survey data from women. Methods To evaluate this process for EN-BIRTH, we employed a framework organised around five steps for E-data design, data collection and implementation. Using this framework, a mixed methods evaluation synthesised evidence from study documentation, standard operating procedures, stakeholder meetings and design workshops. We undertook focus group discussions with EN-BIRTH researchers to explore experiences from the three different country teams (November–December 2019). Results were organised according to the five a priori steps. Results In accordance with the five-step framework, we found: 1) Selection of data collection approach and software: user-centred design principles were applied to meet the challenges for observation of rapid, concurrent events around the time of birth with time-stamping. 2) Design of data collection tools and programming: required extensive pilot testing of tools to be user-focused and to include in-built error messages and data quality alerts. 3) Recruitment and training of data collectors: standardised with an interactive training package including pre/post-course assessment. 4) Data collection, quality assurance, and management: real-time quality assessments with a tracking dashboard and double observation/data extraction for a 5% case subset, were incorporated as part of quality assurance. Internet-based synchronisation during data collection posed intermittent challenges. 5) Data management, cleaning and analysis: E-data collection was perceived to improve data quality and reduce time cleaning. Conclusions The E-Data system, custom-built for EN-BIRTH, was valued by the site teams, particularly for time-stamped clinical observation of complex multiple simultaneous events at birth, without which the study objectives could not have been met. However before selection of a custom-built E-data tool, the development time, higher training and IT support needs, and connectivity challenges need to be considered against the proposed study or programme’s purpose, and currently available E-data tool options.

Applications of a novel detector for pencil beam scanning proton therapy beam quality assurance

2021 ◽  
pp. 2140041
Author(s):  
Pei-Ying Yang ◽  
Yang-Wei Hsieh ◽  
Chen-Lin Kang ◽  
Chin-Dar Tseng ◽  
Chih-Hsueh Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Proton Therapy ◽  
Beam Quality ◽  
Beam Width ◽  
Scanning Speed ◽  
Spot Size ◽  
Pencil Beam ◽  
Beam Position ◽  
The Cross ◽  
One Year

This study utilized a new type of detector, the CROSS II (Liverage Biomedical Inc., Taiwan), to perform a beam quality assurance (QA) procedure on a Sumitomo (Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Inc., Japan) pencil beam linear scanning proton therapy machine. The Cross II can monitor proton Pristine Bragg peak range, beam width, beam size, beam position, and scanning speed. All the data presented here were collected during a time span of over one year. The accuracy of the QA program could be verified if all the QA items were tested stably and within the programmed tolerances. Our results showed that the proton range remained within the [Formula: see text] mm tolerance, with the majority of measurements within [Formula: see text] mm, [Formula: see text] mm for spot size, 1.5 mm for spot position, and [Formula: see text]% for scanning speed. We found that the CROSS II detector is in high precise and steady state with highly efficient. Our proton therapy system was also proven to be in an accurate and reliable condition according to our QA results.

scholarly journals Competitive Binding Investigations and Quantitation in Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectra of Binary Dye Mixtures

2017 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mircea A. Comanescu ◽  
Cyril Muehlethaler ◽  
John R. Lombardi ◽  
Marco Leona ◽  
Thomas A. Kubic
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Characteristics ◽  
Synthesis Method ◽  
Nanoparticle Synthesis ◽  
Peak Height ◽  
Calibration Models ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Standard Calibration ◽  
One Year ◽  
Selection Of

This research presents a study in surface-enhanced Raman quantitation of dyes present in mixtures of alizarin and purpurin using standard calibration curves and Langmuir isotherm calibration models. Investigations of the nature of competitive adsorption onto silver nanoparticles by centrifugation indicates that both dyes in the mixture interact with the nanoparticles simultaneously, but only the stronger adsorbing one is seen to dominate the spectral characteristics. Calibration can be carried out by careful selection of peaks characteristic to each dye in the mixture. Comparisons of peak height and peak area calibrations reveal that peak heights, when selected by the maximum value and accounting for peak shifts, prove the better model for quantitation. It is also shown that the microwave nanoparticle synthesis method produces stable nanoparticles with a shelf-life of at least one year that give very little variation within and between uses.

scholarly journals Pedagogical Workers as Objects of Bullying

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-145
Author(s):  
О. V. Pohorilets
Keyword(s):  
Educational Institution ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
One Year ◽  
National Police ◽  
Victims Of Bullying

The article focuses on the analysis of the main types of bullying that pedagogical workers suffer from, including typical features and predominant forms of bullying of victims, characteristics of victims, as well as offenders and the like. The purpose of the article is to highlight the problem of bullying of pedagogical workers in the educational environment as a social phenomenon. The author has carried out the analysis of the judicial practice of the Law on Counteracting Bullying for one year when considering cases and holding people administratively liable for committing bullying, as well as the identified shortcomings in fixing the evidence base by the police while holding the buller accountable. It turned out that teachers’ bullying in virtual space is actually the transfer of bullying outside the educational institution. The author has offered the measures regarding the procedure and the obligation to consolidate evidence by representatives of juvenile prevention units of the territorial units of the National Police of Ukraine, in accordance with the requirements of the current legislation, in the case of teachers contacting law enforcement agencies as victims of bullying and activities to create a safe educational environment in educational institutions.

scholarly journals The opportunities of social diagnostic methods’ application in modern pedagogical practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 38-42
Author(s):  
Liliia Kononenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Recent Graduates ◽  
Diagnostic Work ◽  
Social Pedagogue ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Made In

The attempt to expand the traditional academic ideas about diagnostics in social work has been made, in particular the selection of social diagnostic methods, the purposes of their application, professional situations and focus groups in which these methods can be applied.The research determines the opportunities of application social diagnostics in pedagogical practice, to identify the optimal methods of social diagnostics and the conditions in which it is advisable to apply this type of diagnostic by professional participants of the educational process.Other methods have been proposed in addition to the classic list of social diagnostic methods, such as interlocution, interviews and surveys of all types; they are unpopular in modern social and socio-pedagogical work, but due to their accessibility, validity, ease of processing and in formativeness can be used even by recent graduates. These include a genogram, a family sociogram, as well as an eco-map, the map of social environment and the map of social contacts.The viability of applying social diagnostic methods in a teacher’s daily practice for preventing, revealing and solving social problems has been determined.During the investigation, the author concludes that social diagnostic is the most significant technique among many universal ones that a social worker/social pedagogue can use in his/her work. The optimal location for diagnostic work is an educational institution. It provides quick access to the client base with the widest range, allows you to work with clients in the system of social relations, enables diagnostic work with less motivational pressure, covers relationships with parents/families and facilitates their involvement in preventive work

scholarly journals Kepemimpinan dan Penjaminan Mutu; Peran Kepala Sekolah dalam Menunjang Penjaminan Mutu SMA YP 17 Surabaya

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-228
Author(s):  
Usman Usman ◽  
Mohammad Baihaqi
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Principal Leadership ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Curriculum Management ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Role Of Principal

The quality assurance and development of an educational institution depends on the quality of the headmaster as an educational leader. Therefore, the headmaster are required to be more creative, innovative and dynamic in line with changes in society that are increasingly fast and open. This study aims to analyze the role of principal leadership in supporting quality assurance at SMA YP 17 Surabaya. This research is a descriptive qualitative research with a case study approach. From the results of the study it can be concluded that in supporting quality assurance, the leadership of the head of SMA YP 17 Surabaya is supported by the character of strong responsibility, courage in making decisions, and participation in implementing policies. The headmaster has made several important efforts in supporting the quality assurance of the institution by developing the curriculum, human resources, infrastructure and increasing community participation. In managerial terms, the development of the quality of the institution is supported by good coordination with the academic community and the existence of togetherness in curriculum management and learning. In order for quality assurance to be more effective, the headmaster must periodically evaluate every program that has been implemented. The aim is to measure the level of success and find out the deficiencies of the program being implemented. Furthermore, the headmaster needs to conduct more massive socialization of the institution to the community. This is an effort to increase community participation in efforts to develop the quality of schools in the future.

scholarly journals Kleiber ratios and growth curves of African Black and Red Neck ostrich breeds and their crossbreeds

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (6supl2) ◽  
pp. 4059-4072
Author(s):  
Marcos Paulo Gonçalves de Rezende ◽  
◽  
Paulo Luiz Souza Carneiro ◽  
Riccardo Moretti ◽  
Johnny Iglesias Mendes Araujo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feed Efficiency ◽  
Growth Curves ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Adult Weight ◽  
Kleiber Ratio ◽  
Final Weight ◽  
African Black ◽  
One Year ◽  
Lower Production ◽  
Selection Of

The selection of animals with lower production costs can be achieved by using feed efficiency and growth curve information. Kleiber ratio (KR) is an alternative option for discriminating against the animals that have the greatest weight gain about their final weight. Alternative feed efficiency and growth curves for ostriches of the African Black (AB) and Red Neck (RN) breeds and their crossbreeds (CB) were investigated using KR and Gompertz equation. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used. The highest adult weight was identified in the RN and CB. AB was more precocious than the RN and CB individuals. Only AB animals reached 75% of their mature weight at one year of age. At 180 days, AB showed better KR. AB was different from the others, mainly for KR at 90 days and 180 days. Considering multivariate analysis, AB animals were different from the others, regardless of sex, mainly for KR at 90 days and KR at 180 days. Other subgroups separated the animals by sex. In a market preferring animals of minor structure (smaller cuts) and greater precocity, it would be suitable to opt for AB. When animals with greater body structure (larger cuts) are desired, males RN and CR is the best option, however, it will be slaughtered with greater age and lower value for KR (may generate a bigger production cost ). It is possible to obtain animals with precocity and high KR, being well represented by the AB breed.

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