scholarly journals Psychological studies of stress experienced by seamen during a long-distance sea voyage#

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 049-054
Author(s):  
Plopa Mieczysław
Keyword(s):  
Stress Conditions ◽  
Stress Process ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Personality Dimension ◽  
Difficult Situation ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Family Variables ◽  
High Level

The issues investigated in the current study pertain to selected psychological aspects of human functioning in long-term stress conditions. Results of the analyses performed in this study have submitted evidence to confirm the hypothesis in which it is stated that staying on the sea for a long time is a difficult situation which contributes - to a greater or smaller extent - to starting the stress process in sailors. The role of interpersonal competencies that has been found most distinct; high level of this variable contributed to reducing both anxiety and the feeling of loneliness. It has been evidenced in the research that the skill of good functioning in varied social groups, which results from high level of development of several traits including: openness, spontaneity, responsibility, and sensitivity, becomes particularly important in long-term difficult situations in which there is little possibility of eliminating the real menace. Another conclusion to be inferred from the research is the one confirming the theoretical suggestion in which the importance of ‘ego strength’ in modifying the course of stress process is emphasised. This personality dimension has turned out to constitute the factor capable of protecting an individual against increase in both anxiety states and the feeling of loneliness during sea isolation. Another issue considered in the current study pertains to defining the role of ‘family variable’ in mediating the course of stress process under conditions of long-term task isolation. The analyses have confirmed the hypothesis in which it was assumed that sailors functioning in family systems characterised by high level of integration and quality, experience lower emotional costs during a voyage. Generally, it may be claimed that - according to the research results of the study - ‘family variables’ may constitute a significant predictor of both the ‘quality’ of a man’s functioning and personal costs he experiences in long-term stress conditions.

Cardiac rehabilitation

2020 ◽  
pp. 371-384
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Heart Disease ◽  
Cardiac Rehabilitation ◽  
Cardiac Disease ◽  
Cardiac Event ◽  
Cardiovascular Prevention ◽  
Improvement Plan ◽  
National Service Framework ◽  
Long Time

This chapter looks at the role of cardiac rehabilitation for those at risk of cardiac disease or who have sustained a cardiac event. Cardiac rehabilitation has been a priority area for a long time in the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease, NHS Improvement Plan, and now features in the NHS Long Term Plan. The introduction of certification for cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation programmes (CPRP) has meant that their quality can be measured. The introduction of more technology-based interventions has opened up the opportunity for more people to participate, particularly for individuals who could not, or did not want to attend a traditional CPRP.

Investigating sponsor decision-making: the role of schema theory, agency conflicts, and signaling theory in the persistence of naming rights agreements

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 467-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan A. Jensen ◽  
David Head ◽  
Christopher Mergy
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Schema Theory ◽  
Agency Conflicts ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Naming Rights ◽  
High Level ◽  
Sport Facilities

PurposeNaming rights sponsorships of sport facilities are among the most highly visible marketing agreements in the world. However, factors that may lead one sponsorship to persist for decades, while others end after just a few years, have yet to be investigated. Thus, this study examines the decision-making of brand marketers by investigating the predictors of a sponsoring brand's decision to either continue or dissolve such agreements.Design/methodology/approachUtilizing a global data set of 219 naming rights agreements, an empirical approach is utilized to isolate whether a variety of factors increase or decrease the probability of sponsorship dissolution.FindingsResults indicate that agreements entered into with new, as of yet-unnamed facilities lead to a reduction in the probability of dissolution, with a high level of brand equity also reducing the probability of dissolution. Agency conflicts may also play a role, as the sponsoring firm being headquartered in the same metropolitan area as the facility also contributes to the persistence of such agreements.Originality/valueThese results are intended to assist both sides of what is ideally a long-term relationship in better understanding the factors that may either contribute to or inhibit longer-term partnerships.

Use of Level 1 PSA in the Frame of EPR Licensing

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Georgescu ◽  
Patricia Dupuy ◽  
Francois Corenwinder
Keyword(s):  
Probabilistic Methods ◽  
Spent Fuel ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Spent Fuel Pool ◽  
Level 1 ◽  
Water Reactors ◽  
High Level ◽  
Design Construction

The French “Technical Guidelines for the design and construction of the next generation of NPPs with Pressurized Water Reactors” specify that the safety demonstration has to be achieved in a deterministic way, supplemented by probabilistic methods. In this context, for the EPR reactor of Flamanville (EPR-FA3), the PSA has been used from the beginning of the design. In the frame of the application for commissioning of EPR-FA3, EdF has to provide an “as-build” full scope PSA for the reactor and for the spent fuel pool, covering the internal events, as well as the internal and external hazards of significant impact. Some of these probabilistic studies were developed and evolved during the EPR design (PSA for “internal events”, specific studies for practically eliminated sequences, long term accident sequences…) and were analysed by IRSN, as French Safety Authority (ASN) technical support, at different EPR project stages (initial design, detailed design, construction application….) leading to many design and studies improvements. Today, in order to make the analysis of the application for the commissioning of the EPR-FA3 reactor more effective, the “anticipated” analysis of this application is in progress in France. In this context, the updated versions of the level 1 probabilistic studies for internal events and hazards were analysed by IRSN in 2013. The results and conclusions of this analysis were presented by IRSN early 2014 during a dedicated meeting of French Standing Group of experts for Reactors safety (SGR). The paper presents the analysis performed by IRSN of EdF EPR-FA3 level 1 probabilistic studies, highlighting the role of PSA to the achievement of high level of safety of EPR reactor.

scholarly journals The prevalence of risk factors of cardiovascular diseases in persons with arterial hypertension exposed to occupational stress

2017 ◽  
Vol 95 (6) ◽  
pp. 535-544
Author(s):  
A. I. Telegina ◽  
R. A. Liferov ◽  
A. Ya. Fisun ◽  
R. G. Makiev ◽  
V. V. Gornov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Emotional Stress ◽  
Cardiovascular Complications ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Atherosclerotic Process ◽  
High Level

Based on the literature data and the results of their own research, the authors emphasize the importance of studying adverse effects of high emotional load during stress-induced hypertension and draw attention to the high prevalence of modifiable risk factors of cardiovascular disease among servicemen exposed to occupational stress. It has been shown that lifestyle of hypertensive subjects under heavy stress is characterized by irrational changes in eating behavior, high prevalence of smoking, increased alcohol consumption, and low physical activity. The leading role of long-term emotional stress was demonstrated as an independent risk factor of hypertension in servicemen exposed to long-term occupational psycho-emotional stress. Analysis of the intima-media complex thickness in brachiocephalic arteries, depending on the level of psychosocial stress demonstrated that the group of the examined servicemen with hypertension showed changes that might be due to the development of atherosclerotic process, the response to increased flow, and arterial wall tension at a high level of stress. These changes are unidirectional regardless of the duration of hypertension history. Results of evaluation of the overall risk of developing cardiovascular complications based on the SCORE scale in the servicemen with established and newly diagnosed hypertension under heavy stress suggest its enhancement in the next 10 years which makes necessary implementation of a system of measures for preventing and correcting pathological conditions caused by stressful loads. Stratification of risk factors is essential for early diagnosis of hypertension and the choice of adequate therapy in subjects undergoing high psycho-emotional stress.

scholarly journals Using the Administration to Update and Evaluate Urban Planning for Cities

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 2476-2481
Author(s):  
Hadeel Mowafaaq Mahmood , Et. al.
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Term Treatment ◽  
Long Term Treatment ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
The City

The planning process takes place to face a number of challenges and obstacles that address and continue for a long time to form a plan that includes the fundamental changes in society and keep pace with population and urban growth, and planning and the formation of blueprints is a basis to meet the needs of society, but the passage of time to configure it to keep pace with growth and the speed of increasing population and technical growth, it requires research studies Faster to configure a re-planning of plans and studies as an alternative to re-planning and supporting them with follow-up and continuous evaluation processes that are among the basic components of management operations, which is the solution to reduce problems and shortcomings and support for planning processes as a current and long-term treatment The role of management is important to support the planning process in the presence of evaluation and follow-up to meet the requirements of the city and its expansion Urban development and development, and looking forward to the most prominent concepts and ways that decision-makers take with techniques and methods that make the city and the services provided to it in the best image that makes the city with urban development and urban management represented by the countries.

scholarly journals Artificial Intelligence as a Resilient Tool for Fighting Inequalities in the COVID-19 Crisis

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Luís Capucha ◽  
Nuno Nunes ◽  
Alexandre Calado
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Human Enhancement ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Term Change

Can artificial intelligence (AI) be a sustainable way to help solving the Covid-19 global problem? What does the way how welfare states, charity organizations and labour markets are dealing with the pandemic crisis tells us about the AI capacity for reducing exposition of underprivileged groups to the desease? It is becoming more and more visible how the new coronavirus pandemic is affecting specifically the most deprived and vulnerable groups, and also the big difference that welfare states and their policies make. What did the pandemic show about the relations between social inequality, welfare state provision and AI? This presentation will discuss the role of AI as a tool for public policies fighting inequalities that were amplified during the Covid-19 crisis. It will be analysed how the welfare state, the labour market and social communities are already incorporating AI tools and how this can eventually produce more resilient paths. Accelareted and amplified by the Covid-19, several processes of AI penetration in health, education, healthcare, social security, public administrations, labour and surveillance of citizens, became a subject of public discussion. Artificial intelligence is currently a process of long-term change in health and biotechnologies, long-distance education, teleworking, automation, robotization, consumption behaviours, surveillance and human enhancement. An in-deep analysis of the Portuguese case will support the lessons that can be learnt from AI and its use in public policies in a context of pandemic crisis, leading to a set of political recommendations, to promote its application as a resilient tool to fight inequalities.

scholarly journals PARTISIPASI ANGGOTA IKATAN ALUMNI MAGANG JEPANG TERHADAP KELEMBAGAAN PETANI

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1271
Author(s):  
Ahmad Syariful Jamil ◽  
Annisa Fitri ◽  
Hidayat Hidayat ◽  
Fadila Marga Saty
Keyword(s):  
Informal Education ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Alumni Association ◽  
Access To Knowledge ◽  
High Level ◽  
Gain Access

Farmer institutions are places where people gather to channel their aspirations, opinions, and tools to fulfill their basic needs. The purpose of this study was to analyze the characteristics and the participation of members of the Japanese internship alumni association to the farmer institution. This research was conducted from September 2020 to March 2021. The respondents were determined as many as 50 alumni by purposive sampling ranging fromWest Java, Central Java to East Java Provinces. The data analysis used was descriptive qualitative method. The results showed that the characteristics of the members of the Japanese internship alumni association in general were relatively young, had relatively high formal and informal education, and most of their businesses had well developed. The participation of members of the Japanese internship alumni association to participate in the farmer institution was 94%. In addition, most of the Japanese alumni had a role as committee members in the farmers institution, 68%, and had been involved for a relatively long time in the farmer institution. The involvement of alumni in agricultural institutions for more than 10 years. One of the reasons for Japanese internship alumni to join the institution was to help gain access to knowledge and technology. This indicates that alumni had a high level of awareness of the strategic role of farmer institutions in advancing their business.

Biological Exchanges in World History

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. McNeill
Keyword(s):  
World History ◽  
Human History ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Domesticated Animals ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Biological History

One important way in which people have altered environments, and thereby altered their own ecological contexts and their own history, is through biological exchange. Biological exchange can refer to any number of things. In this article, it means above all else the long-distance transfers of crops, domesticated animals, and disease-causing microbes, or pathogens. This choice is intended to emphasize biological exchanges that carried the greatest and most direct historical significance. The article aims to explore the role of the most important biological exchanges for human history. Biological exchange was sometimes carried out intentionally and sometimes accidentally. Faster and more frequent transport and travel continue to promote biological exchange. The long-term process of biological globalization continues, and will inevitably continue. In biological history, four or five centuries is the merest flash. In the long run, strange and unforeseen things will happen.

“I’m a renal transplant coordinator”

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (Number 1) ◽  
pp. 20-26
Author(s):  
Tania Burns ◽  
Anna McGovern ◽  
Emma Van Hardeveld ◽  
Julie Haynes ◽  
Julie Reynolds ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renal Replacement Therapy ◽  
Renal Transplant ◽  
End Stage Kidney Disease ◽  
Therapy Options ◽  
Australian State ◽  
Specialist Knowledge ◽  
High Level ◽  
End Stage

The advance of renal replacement therapy options for people with end-stage kidney disease has given rise to the development of specialist renal nurses including the renal transplant coordinator. The renal transplant coordinator role requires a high level of specialist knowledge in renal and transplantation nursing plus a commitment to following through with people in the long term. To find out just what renal transplant coordinators in Australia do, an interview was conducted with renal transplant coordinators from each Australian state and territory. Their stories relate to transplanting units; referring centres; and, adult, paediatric, state-wide and national renal services. They demonstrate the diversity that exists within the role of the renal transplant coordinator.

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