scholarly journals Design and Development of AI-Based Tourist Facilitator and Information Agent

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-133
Author(s):  
Adeel Munawar ◽  
Syed Ali Raza ◽  
Awais Qasim
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Specific Region ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Online Searching ◽  
Information Agent ◽  
Point Of Interest ◽  
Primary Key ◽  
Knowledge Communication

AbstractDue to the rapid increase in the demand for information that supports tourists after, before, and during the trip, many tour systems are available. However, these systems are not able to successfully replace a human facilitator that is expensive to hire. The primary key qualities of a human tourist guide are his/her knowledge, communication skills, and interpretation of destination attractions. Traditional tourist facilitator systems are lacking in these qualities. The main idea of the research is to design an agent to guide tourists, provide them accurate information about visitable places, without having any bound for a specific region and it will have human-like communication skills along with the point of interest knowledge, which depends on its internal knowledge base as well as its online searching techniques.

DYNAMIC REST SERVICES ORCHESTRATION USING THE KNOWLEDGE BASE

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kostyantyn Kharchenko
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Service Oriented Architecture ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
The Real ◽  
Server Side ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Services Orchestration ◽  
Client Side ◽  
Abstract Operation ◽  
Microservice Architecture

The approach to organizing the automated calculations’ execution process using the web services (in particular, REST-services) is reviewed. The given solution will simplify the procedure of introduction of the new functionality in applied systems built according to the service-oriented architecture and microservice architecture principles. The main idea of the proposed solution is in maximum division of the server-side logic development and the client-side logic, when clients are used to set the abstract computation goals without any dependencies to existing applied services. It is proposed to rely on the centralized scheme to organize the computations (named as orchestration) and to put to the knowledge base the set of rules used to build (in multiple steps) the concrete computational scenario from the abstract goal. It is proposed to include the computing task’s execution subsystem to the software architecture of the applied system. This subsystem is composed of the service which is processing the incoming requests for execution, the service registry and the orchestration service. The clients send requests to the execution subsystem without any references to the real-world services to be called. The service registry searches the knowledge base for the corresponding input request template, then the abstract operation description search for the request template is performed. Each abstract operation may already have its implementation in the form of workflow composed of invocations of the real applied services’ operations. In case of absence of the corresponding workflow in the database, this workflow implementation could be synthesized dynamically according to the input and output data and the functionality description of the abstract operation and registered applied services. The workflows are executed by the orchestrator service. Thus, adding some new functions to the client side can be possible without any changes at the server side. And vice versa, adding new services can impact the execution of the calculations without updating the clients.

What Do Certified Nurse Assistants Actually Know About Dysphagia and Feeding Nursing Home Residents?

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathy A. Pelletier
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Nursing Home Residents ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Surprising Result ◽  
Semistructured Interview ◽  
Feeding Behaviors ◽  
Comprehensive Information

The purpose of this study was to examine certified nurse assistants' (CNAs') knowledge of dysphagia and how to feed nursing home residents using nonparticipatory structured feeding observation, critique of staged feeding behaviors on film, and semistructured interview in a triangulation methods design. Content analysis of the data confirmed previous studies that suggested CNAs lack knowledge about dysphagia and how to feed residents. A surprising result was the lack of accurate, comprehensive information in CNA texts and classrooms about dysphagia and how to manage challenging feeding behaviors. Speech-language pathologists are uniquely trained to improve CNA communication skills and provide accurate information to nursing colleagues. Specific recommendations of how to improve CNA feeding training programs are provided.

scholarly journals The Associations Between Residents' Behavior and the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict MODE Instrument

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dotun Ogunyemi ◽  
Susie Fong ◽  
Geoff Elmore ◽  
Devra Korwin ◽  
Ricardo Azziz
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Faculty Evaluation ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Learning System ◽  
P Value ◽  
Faculty Evaluations ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Knowledge Communication

Abstract Objective To assess if the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict MODE Instrument predicts residents’ performance. Study Design Nineteen residents were assessed on the Thomas-Kilmann conflict modes of competing, collaborating, compromising, accommodating, and avoiding. Residents were classified as contributors (n  =  6) if they had administrative duties or as concerning (n  =  6) if they were on remediation for academic performance and/or professionalism. Data were compared to faculty evaluations on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) competencies. P value of < .05 was considered significant. Results Contributors had significantly higher competing scores (58% versus 17%; P  =  .01), with lower accommodating (50% versus 81%; P 5 .01) and avoiding (32% versus 84%; P  =  .01) scores; while concerning residents had significantly lower collaborating scores (10% versus 31%; P  =  .01), with higher avoiding (90% versus 57%; P  =  .006) and accommodating (86% versus 65%; P  =  .03) scores. There were significant positive correlations between residents’ collaborating scores with faculty ACGME competency evaluations of medical knowledge, communication skills, problem-based learning, system-based practice, and professionalism. There were also positive significant correlations between compromising scores and faculty evaluations of problem-based learning and professionalism with negative significant correlations between avoiding scores and faculty evaluations of problem-based learning, communication skills and professionalism. Conclusions Residents who successfully execute administrative duties are likely to have a Thomas-Kilmann profile high in collaborating and competing but low in avoiding and accommodating. Residents who have problems adjusting are likely to have the opposite profile. The profile seems to predict faculty evaluation on the ACGME competencies.

scholarly journals Empowering Teachers: Building Sustainable Societies

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 281
Author(s):  
Osaretin Osadolor, Ph.D
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
National Development ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Generic Skills ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Empowering Teachers ◽  
Team Spirit ◽  
Sustainable Societies ◽  
Knowledge Communication

<p><em>Teacher is whoever earns a living on teaching in the schools. However, in these modern times, teachers are change agents required for the realization of the national goals of education. Education has been described as the door to be opened to get national development. That being the case, the key for opening the door is the teacher.</em></p><p><em>National development may be far-fetched if issues inherent in sustainable societies are not addressed. Such issues include those which pre-disposes societies to unsustainability. They are; balance between economic system and ecosystem, according the environment its recognition, differentiating between growth and development, among others.</em></p><p><em>In order that the teachers may be well equipped to contribute towards bringing about sustainable societies, their acquisition of generic skills were canvassed as imperatives. The generic skills are; knowledge, communication skills, adaptability, creativity, team spirit, literacy, IT-Fluency, learning as a way of life.</em></p>

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL SIMULATION ON TEAM COMMUNICATION AT THE END OF LIFE

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S150-S151
Author(s):  
Anne Halli-Tierney ◽  
Megan E Lippe ◽  
Alexandra Stanley ◽  
Allison Ricamato ◽  
Robert E McKinney
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Team Communication ◽  
Geriatric Population ◽  
The Impact

Abstract It is increasingly important that healthcare professionals understand how to care for patients at the end of life, especially as 75% of hospital deaths occur in the geriatric population. Many new healthcare profession graduates feel under-prepared to provide end-of-life care. Healthcare education programs must provide education on interprofessional communication and end-of-life care. This study explored the effects of an interprofessional end-of-life simulation on medical, social work, and nursing students’ communication skills. Across three simulation phases, teams were required to communicate with the patient (high-fidelity manikin), family members (scripted actors), and team members about treatment option, change in patient’s condition, and withdrawal of life-sustaining measures. A total of 16 teams participated in the simulation, with each team comprised of nursing students (n=7-8), social work students (n=1), and medical students or residents (n=1). Team communication skills were assessed using the Gap Kalamazoo Communication Skills Assessment Form. The average communication score for teams reflected fair to good communication (M=28.81, SD=5.55). The best communication domains were “Shares information” (n=8), “Communicates accurate information” (n=6), and “Builds a relationship” (n=5). The worst domains were “Demonstrates empathy” (n=7), “Provides closure” (n=6), and “Builds a relationship” (n=5). This simulation provides an interactive educational mechanism by which to educate interprofessional healthcare students on communication and care of patients at the end of life.

scholarly journals Finding Potential Propagators and Customers in Location-Based Social Networks: An Embedding-Based Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (22) ◽  
pp. 8003
Author(s):  
Yi-Chun Chen ◽  
Cheng-Te Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Feature Representation ◽  
Specific Point ◽  
Point Of Interest ◽  
The Future ◽  
Location Based Social Networks ◽  
Low Dimensional ◽  
Embedding Methods

In the scenarios of location-based social networks (LBSN), the goal of location promotion is to find information propagators to promote a specific point-of-interest (POI). While existing studies mainly focus on accurately recommending POIs for users, less effort is made for identifying propagators in LBSN. In this work, we propose and tackle two novel tasks, Targeted Propagator Discovery (TPD) and Targeted Customer Discovery (TCD), in the context of Location Promotion. Given a target POI l to be promoted, TPD aims at finding a set of influential users, who can generate more users to visit l in the future, and TCD is to find a set of potential users, who will visit l in the future. To deal with TPD and TCD, we propose a novel graph embedding method, LBSN2vec. The main idea is to jointly learn a low dimensional feature representation for each user and each location in an LBSN. Equipped with learned embedding vectors, we propose two similarity-based measures, Influential and Visiting scores, to find potential targeted propagators and customers. Experiments conducted on a large-scale Instagram LBSN dataset exhibit that LBSN2vec and its variant can significantly outperform well-known network embedding methods in both tasks.

Development of speech activity of younger schoolchildren through the use of communication technologies

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-175
Author(s):  
G. Zhussupbekova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Practical Skills ◽  
Speech Activity ◽  
Education Today ◽  
The Republic

The article deals with the use of communicative learning technologies for the development of speech activity of younger schoolchildren, which is implemented as part of the implementation of the updated content of education in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The main idea of the updated educational process is the formation of a functionally literate personality of the younger student through the development of practical skills in the use of language units in four types of speech activity: speaking, listening, reading and writing. In the system of Kazakhstan's primary education today, a special place is given to the use of communication technology, which makes it possible to focus on methods of effective formation of students ' speech activity and communication skills.

Distinct and expanded roles for reference librarians

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilene F. Rockman
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Service Orientation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Development Management ◽  
Reference Librarians ◽  
Instructional Products

PurposeProposes advocating that reference librarians have a distinct and important role in the development, management, dissemination, and sustainability of institutional repositories.Design/methodology/approachSuggests working with faculty and students to encourage them to share their research and instructional products, and to contribute to the extension of their discipline's knowledge base in new and meaningful ways.FindingsNotes that reference librarians are natural partners to be involved with institutional repositories because of their service orientation, subject experience as knowledge managers, and communication skills.Originality/valueMakes important recommendations about the role of the reference librarian in contributing to the success of institutional repositories.

scholarly journals Patient as teacher sessions contextualize learning, enhancing knowledge, communication, and participation of pharmacy students in the United Kingdom

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Andrew Martin Lunn ◽  
Ann Urmston ◽  
Steven Seymour ◽  
Andrea Manfrin
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Fisher Exact Test ◽  
Free Text ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Knowledge Communication

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of Patient As Teacher (PAT) sessions on the knowledge, communication skills, and participation of pharmacy students in the United Kingdom.Methods: During the academic year 2019–2020, year 1 and 2 pharmacy students at the University of Central Lancashire were invited to complete a questionnaire following PAT sessions. Data were analyzed by means of descriptive statistics, including mean and standard deviation for: continuous variables and reliability analysis. Pearson’s chi-square or Fisher exact test, odds ratio, and phi were used for analyzing dichotomous variables. Thematic analysis was used for free text comments.Results: Sixty eight of 228 students participated (response rate of 29.8%). No statistical difference was found between gender (P=0.090); a statistically significant difference was found between year (P=0.008). Cronbach’s α (0.809) confirmed a good internal consistency. Ninety-seven percent of the students learned a lot, and 85.3% appreciated and valued the PAT sessions; 89.7% wanted more sessions. Ninety-two point seven percent perceived the sessions to contextualize their learning. Five questions were dichotomized by grouping the responses into negative and positive; 90.3% of responses were positive and did not show statistically significant differences in gender and year of study. Overall students’ free text comments were positive, but active listening and consultation appeared in the positive and negative domains, highlighting the need for more student engagement.Conclusion: PAT sessions had a positive impact on students’ knowledge, communication skills and participation, and contextualized learning. They provide a valuable contribution to the pharmacy students’ experience in the United Kingdom.

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