scholarly journals How Happy Are Equine Athletes? Stakeholder Perceptions of Equine Welfare Issues Associated with Equestrian Sport

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 3228
Author(s):  
Tamzin Furtado ◽  
Liane Preshaw ◽  
Jo Hockenhull ◽  
Jennifer Wathan ◽  
Janet Douglas ◽  
...  

The international governing body for equestrian sports, the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), states that the welfare of the horse must be paramount and never subordinated to competitive or commercial influences. However, there is growing unease about welfare issues from both within and outside the sport. The aim of this study was to understand stakeholder perceptions of current welfare issues within equestrian sport, determine whether there is scope for change, and explore attitudes towards welfare assessment. Participants (n = 48) from equestrian sport (n = 38) and animal welfare research (n = 10) attended a workshop that included welfare-related presentations and focus group sessions. The focus group sessions were recorded, anonymised and analysed using thematic analysis. Conflict between the demands of competition and the needs of the horse was identified as a key welfare challenge. Although the physical health of equine athletes is closely monitored, horses’ psychological needs are sometimes overlooked. Participants recognised that improving competition practices may not be as impactful as improving the general management and training of horses. The term “quality of life” was considered preferable to “welfare”, which had negative connotations. Participants appreciated the idea of incorporating formal welfare assessments into their training and competition plans but stated that existing tools are rarely used and are not deemed feasible for real-life conditions.

Author(s):  
Victoria E.N Manoppo ◽  
Alfret Luasunaung

AbstractScience and technology activities for the community aims to provide knowledge to them in finding solutions to problems. Tateli II is one of the villages in Tateli II Village, Mandolang Sub-district, Minahasa District, North Sulawesi Province. Tateli II village fishermen are often or often confused with the marketing of fishery products because of the low selling price; this is because of their low state of knowledge about postharvest handling so that income is always low. Fishermen should be taught how to handle post-harvest catch so that when sold will create a reasonable price and at least be in accordance with the results of the business. One effort to maintain the quality of fishery products of fisherman production since harvested to the hands of consumers, and fish in a fresh / wet condition is handling with cold chain system (cold chain system).Training methods are based on adult learning methods (self-taught) and classically by providing theory and practice through lectures and group discussions (FGD: Focus Group Disscution). Implementation is made by providing theory as much as 25% and practice as much as 75% for 8 months.First, approach the village government to obtain permits and discuss the timing of meetings for the implementation of the technology extension / demonstration that will be implemented in view of the importance of time-gathering arrangements in this case the fishermen group.Extension and training activities can provide a view to the fisherman about the importance of post-arrest handling that is to maintain the quality of the fish in a cold state so it is not easily damaged or rotten. Counseling is given to the fishermen either individually or in groups. Conducted in groups in order that they can use this group in developing a capture fishery business can propose funding and / or equipment aid proposals through existing groups.Based on the results of observation, counseling and training, the activities of IbM Fishermen Group of Tateli II Village of Mandolang Sub-District of Minahasa Regency: 1. Fisherman Group of Tateli II Village of Mandolang Sub-district, have conducted fishing activities and there is desire from them all to use system where fish must be kept cool or keep it at a low temperature. 2. The fishermen group of Desa Tateli II Mandolang sub-district is able to understand that by maintaining the temperature of the fish remains cool the selling price can be high and apada can eventually increase their income. 3. Individual awareness as well as group members on the importance of group roles, spontaneously they want to submit fund and equipment proposal to the Government of North Sulawesi Province. Changes in attitude towards such development can provide a guarantee of the sustainability of their business so that the future can change the state of the economy and their daily circumstances and their families in a better direction.Keywords: ekstention, Female Workers AbstrakKegiatan Iptek bagi masyarakat ini bertujuan memberikan pengetahuan kepada mereka dalam menemukan pemecahan permasalahan. Tateli II merupakan salah satu desa yang berada di Desa Tateli II Kecamatan Mandolang Kabupaten Minahasa, Provinsi Sulawesi Utara. Nelayan desa Tateli II kerap kali atau sering bingung dengan pemasaran hasil perikanan karena harga jual yang selalu rendah; hal ini karena keadaan pengetahuan mereka yang rendah tentang penanganan pascapanen sehingga pendapatan selalu rendah. Nelayan harus diajarkan bagaimana cara menangani hasil tangkapan pascapanen supaya bila dijual akan menciptakan harga yang layak dan minimal bisa sesuai dengan hasil usaha. Salah satu usaha untuk menjaga mutu hasil perikanan produksi nelayan sejak dipanen sampai di tangan konsumen, dan ikan dalam keadaan segar/basah yaitu penanganan dengan system rantai dingin (cold chain system).Metode pelatihan dilakukan berdasarkan metode pembelajaran orang dewasa (otodidak) dan secara klasikal dengan memberikan teori dan praktek melalui ceramah dan diskusi kelompok (FGD: Focus Group Disscution). Pelaksanaannya dibuat dengan cara memberikan teori sebanyak 25% dan praktek sebanyak 75% selama 8 bulan.Pertama, melakukan pendekatan kepada pemerintah desa untuk mendapatkan ijin serta mendiskusikan tentang waktu pertemuan untuk pelaksanaan penyuluhan/demonstrasi teknologi yang akan diterapkan mengingat pentingnya pengaturan waktu mengumpulkan masa sekalipun dalam hal ini kelompok nelayan.Kegiatan penyuluhan dan pelatihan dapat memberikan pandangan kepada nelayan akan pentingnya penanganan pasca penangkapan yaitu harus mempertahankan mutu ikan dalam keadaan dingin sehingga tidak mudah rusak atau busuk. Penyuluhan diberikan kepada nelayan baik secara individyu ataupun secara berkelompok. Dilakukan secara berkelompok agar disuatu saat mereka bisa menggunakan kelompok ini dalam mengembangkan usaha perikanan tangkap  dapat mengusulkan proposal bantuan dana dan atau peralatan melalui kelompok yang ada.Berdasarkan hasil pengamatan, penyuluhan dan pelatihan, maka kegiatan IbM Kelompok Nelayan Desa Tateli II Kecamatan Mandolang Kabupaten Minahasa : 1. Kelompok nelayan Desa Tateli II Kecamatan Mandolang, sudah melaksanakan kegiatan penangkapan ikan dan ada keinginan dari mereka semua untuk menggunakan sistem dimana ikan harus tetap dingin atau tetap pada suhu rendah. 2. Kelompok nelayan Desa Tateli II Kecamatan Mandolang mampu memahami bahwa dengan mempertahankan suhu ikan tetap dingin maka harga jual bisa tinggi dan apada akhirnya bisa meningkatkan pendapatan mereka. 3. Kesadaran secara individual dan juga anggota kelompok akan pentingnya peranan kelompok, secara spontanitas mereka  ingin mengajukan proposal dana dan peralatan ke Pemerintah Provinsi Sulut. Perubahan sikap ke arah pengembangan demikian dapat memberikan jaminan keberlanjutan usaha mereka sehingga kedepannya bisa merubah keadaan perekonomian dan keadaan  sehari-hari mereka dan keluarganya ke arah yang lebih baik.Kata Kunci : extensions, training, cold chain


Author(s):  
Christina Spataro ◽  
Sophie Afdhal ◽  
Ali A. Weinstein ◽  
Carey Escheik ◽  
Patrick Austin ◽  
...  

Fatigue is often undiagnosed by health professionals as it is still seen as a nonspecific symptom without standard evaluations and effective treatments. Fatigue is present across many different diseases and has a profound effect on the quality of life of patients. However, it is still difficult to measure because of the lack of specificity of currently used self-report instruments. Patients with chronic hepatitis C infection, (HCV), experience fatigue as one of the most debilitating symptoms. The purpose of this study was to explore the types and dimensions of fatigue experienced by patients with HCV, identify specific terms they use to describe fatigue and assess how it influences everyday activities. Sixteen individuals with HCV (56% female, aged 58.1 ± 3.7 years) participated in three focus group sessions. The focus group sessions lasted between 60 and 90 minutes and were digitally recorded via audiotapes. Recorded focus groups’ audiotapes were analyzed through thematic analyses. The analysis suggested two primary categories of fatigue experiences. These were: capacity and engagement in activity. Capacity refers specifically to an individual’s sense of how much energy they have to do life activities or their maximum ability to produce energy. The word energy is the ability to perform work and includes one’s ability to access or utilize, expend, and restore it. The phrase engagement in activity, comprised two domains: initiation (getting started or being motivated) and personal satisfaction (value of the activity). This investigation helped to identify important domains of fatigue experienced by those with HCV. The findings augment our current understanding of fatigue for this group because the domains of fatigue and the terms used to describe it are not commonly represented in the most frequently used fatigue assessments.


2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 91-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Pizarek ◽  
Valeriy Shafiro ◽  
Patricia McCarthy

Computerized auditory training (CAT) is a convenient, low-cost approach to improving communication of individuals with hearing loss or other communicative disorders. A number of CAT programs are being marketed to patients and audiologists. The present literature review is an examination of evidence for the effectiveness of CAT in improving speech perception in adults with hearing impairments. Six current CAT programs, used in 9 published studies, were reviewed. In all 9 studies, some benefit of CAT for speech perception was demonstrated. Although these results are encouraging, the overall quality of available evidence remains low, and many programs currently on the market have not yet been evaluated. Thus, caution is needed when selecting CAT programs for specific patients. It is hoped that future researchers will (a) examine a greater number of CAT programs using more rigorous experimental designs, (b) determine which program features and training regimens are most effective, and (c) indicate which patients may benefit from CAT the most.


2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-106
Author(s):  
Wiharyanto Wiharyanto

The study aims to analyze about the low graduation and certification exam training participants of the procurement of goods / services of the government and its contributing factors, and formulate a strategy of education and training and skills certification exams procurement of goods / services of the government. Collecting data using the method of study documentation, interviews, and questionnaires. Is the official source of information on the structural and functional Regional Employment Board, as well as the participants of the training and skills certification exams procurement of goods / services of the government in Magelang regency government environment. Analysis using 4 quadrant SWOT analysis, to determine the issue or strategic factors in improving the quality of education and training and skills certification exams procurement of government goods / services within the Government of Magelang regency. The results show organizer position is in quadrant I, which is supporting the growth strategy, with 3 alternative formulation strategies that improve the quality of education and training and skills certification exams procurement of government goods / services, and conducts certification examination of the procurement of government goods / services with computer assisted test system (CAT). Based on the research recommendations formulated advice to the organizing committee, namely: of prospective participants of the training and skills certification exams procurement of goods / services the government should consider the motivation of civil servants, is examinees who have attended training in the same period of the year, the need for simulation procurement of goods / services significantly, an additional allocation of training time, giving sanction to civil servants who have not passed the exam, the provision of adequate classroom space with the number of participants of each class are proportional, as well as explore the evaluation of education and training and skills certification exams procurement of goods / services for Government of participants.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1089-1097
Author(s):  
Nguyen Quynh Hoa ◽  
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Phung Chu Hoang ◽  

Quality outcomes from vocational education and training (VET) are fundamental to ensuring a skilled workforce and supporting a productive economy. The quality of vocational training from the demand’s perspective is defined as meeting the customer specification, needs or requirements. Using the method of Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Multiple Regression Analysis to get the analytical results of 275 respondents as graduates of University of Transport and Communication, University of Transport Technology (the two universities training on transportation in the North of Vietnam), the results show that factors are measured by the observed variables in the study that ensure reliability and relevance. The descriptive statistics result of vocational training quality is 3.28, while all independent variables are at average level (between 3.1 to 3.48) with the highest value related to the quality of the teacher and the lowest are facilities and training programs and management capacity of university. However, the regression results show that the qualification of the teacher, material facilities and training program, management capacity and job opportunities at the training school do not affect the quality of the training while “Learners-NH” have a great positive effect and the labor market information has a negative effect on the training quality of the school significantly. Base on those data, some policy recommendations have been given out in order to improve the training quality of transport technology universities in the north of Vietnam in particular and the vocational training quality of Vietnam in general.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-60
Author(s):  
Alma Tasevska

Abstract The realistic state of the education of the Roma community illustrates the need for serious investments in resources of a human and material kind. Although the recent decade proved to be a decade of educational needs of the Roma, analyses still show the necessity for sustaining the continuity in advancing the developments of everything connected to early childhood development, as a basic sub-system in education. The research that was done had the aim of exploring the needs for strengthening the competencies and the sensibilities of work in environments with social, language and cultural specificities. The research was conducted in several stages, with focus groups as well: a questionnaire for kindergarten educators was conducted; research with a focus group of kindergarten educators was conducted; research with a focus group of parents whose children attend the kindergarten was conducted; research with a focus group of NGO representatives was conducted. The methods and techniques applied are the method of analysis, the inductive, descriptive and the method of generalization, as well as techniques of analysis of pedagogical documentation, observation,and surveying. It can be concluded that: kindergarten educators show a need towards professional development and training related to early childhood development and learning; kindergarten educators show a need towards cooperation with the community; parents showed their dissatisfaction withthe difficult adaptation of children in the kindergarten; NGO representatives stated the need for infrastructural investments, as well as investments in joint project activities between the children, educators,and parents.


Author(s):  
E. A. Vakulin ◽  
A. I. Zayats ◽  
V. A. Beklemeshev ◽  
V. A. Ivashkevich ◽  
V. A. Khazhiev ◽  
...  

Investigation of failures is one of the critical activities of mining and haulage equipment operability assurance in mining. Maintaining failure investigation at the required quality level, it is possible to identify provisions, rules and procedures that should be revised or changed, operation conditions that should be improved, additional personnel training, if required, etc. Investigation of failures in mines is under responsibility of machine men and electricians of maintenance and operation services. In reality, factory management and setup for production condition weak concernment of these workers in quality investigation aimed at finding of sources of equipment failures. This article describes real-life results achieved in development and use of maintenance service operation, technology and management monitoring. The requirements are substantiated for quality improvement in failure cause finding and removal in mining and haulage equipment at Chernogorsky open pit mine, SUEK-Khakassia. Causes of the present quality of failure investigation by machine men of Chernogorsky Repair and Engineering Works and Chernogorsky open pit mine are revealed. The proposed recommended practices will improve quality of mining and haulage equipment failure investigation.


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