scholarly journals Dentistry during the COVID-19 Epidemic: An Italian Workflow for the Management of Dental Practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 3325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Peditto ◽  
Simone Scapellato ◽  
Antonia Marcianò ◽  
Paola Costa ◽  
Giacomo Oteri
Keyword(s):  
Health Workers ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Dental Procedures ◽  
Dental Practitioners ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University

The COVID-19 outbreak has raised concerns about infection control all over the world. Among health workers, dentists are particularly exposed to the COVID-19 infection risk. The aim of this paper is to present a workflow to manage dental procedures already in use at the Dental Unit of the University Hospital of Messina. The proposed workflow accounts for the many aspects of dental practitioners’ risk in the COVID-19 era, and focuses on the assessment of patient risk level, a two-phase dental procedure management (remote and face-to-face), and the use of specific preventive measures. No cases of COVID-19 infection were detected among patients and staff of the dental unit in a two-month period of time while using this protocol. This workflow seems a promising and effective solution to manage dental procedures during the COVID-19 outbreak, and could be implemented in both public and private practices until the emergency is contained.

The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy and Leadership in Pygmalion Perception of the Workers

2020 ◽  
pp. 384-410
Author(s):  
Eray Ekin Sezgin ◽  
Muhammet Düşükcan
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Mediator Role ◽  
Public And Private Sector

The main objective of the chapter was to examine the effect on the motivations of Pygmalion perception of health workers working in public-private hospitals operating in TRB1 region (Elazığ, Malatya, Tunceli, and Bingöl) and to analyze the mediator role of self-efficacy and leadership in this effect. For this purpose, employees of all public and private sector hospitals in the region were accepted as main mass and data was collected. A total of 12,939 health workers are employed in these hospitals. The sample of the study consisted of 414 health workers. In this study, the quantitative research method has been used and data was obtained through a face-to-face survey technique. The main analyses used in this study were descriptive statistics, validity and reliability, regression and mediating role analyzes. Pygmalion perception can be effective at a rate of 11% on motivation (r = 0.329; r2 = 0.108; p<0.001). In addition, it was found that leadership and self-efficacy had a partial mediating role in the effect of Pygmalion perception on motivation.

scholarly journals Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Pandemic: Future Challenges for Dental Practitioners

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 1704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioana Roxana Bordea ◽  
Edit Xhajanka ◽  
Sebastian Candrea ◽  
Simion Bran ◽  
Florin Onișor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virus Infection ◽  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Medical System ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Degree Of Contamination ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Dental Procedures ◽  
Dental Practitioners ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
High Degree

In the context of the SARS-CoV-2 (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) pandemic, the medical system has been subjected to many changes. Face-to-face treatments have been suspended for a period of time. After the lockdown, dentists have to be aware of the modalities to protect themselves and their patients in order not to get infected. Dental practitioners are potentially exposed to a high degree of contamination with SARS-CoV-2 while performing dental procedures that produce aerosols. It should also be noted that the airways, namely the oral cavity and nostrils, are the access pathways for SARS-CoV-2. In order to protect themselves and their patients, they have to use full personal protective equipment. Relevant data regarding this pandemic are under evaluation and are still under test. In this article, we made a synthesis about the way in which SARS-CoV-2 spreads, how to diagnose a novel corona virus infection, what the possible treatments are, and which protective personal equipment we can use to stop its spreading.

scholarly journals [Availability and use of emergency services in Tunisia:main results of a comprihensive national survey]

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 805-811
Author(s):  
M. K. Chahed ◽  
N. Somrani ◽  
H. Achour
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Service ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Emergency Rooms ◽  
Hospital Emergency ◽  
Public Emergency ◽  
Use Of Emergency Services ◽  
The University

In order to assess hospital emergency rooms, a comprehensive national epidemiological investigation was conducted in all 155 public emergency structures in Tunisia. Here we present the main results of the levels of availability and use of emergency services. Coverage of the population by services is adequate [one emergency service per 60, 000 people]. Emergency wards admit about 2, 500, 000 patients every year [a quarter of the population of the country]. The university hospital emergency services are the most heavily used [150 patients per day on average]. Emergency services are sought for medical [60%], surgical [18%], paediatric [14%] and gynaecological reasons [5%]. It would be useful to assess the quality of care delivered and the satisfaction of citizens and health workers.

scholarly journals Reflections from Transitioning Carpentries Workshops Online

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben B. Chiewphasa ◽  
Anna K. Moeller
Keyword(s):  
Formative Assessments ◽  
Online Delivery ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
R Programming Language ◽  
Online Setting ◽  
R Programming ◽  
The Many ◽  
Interactive Workshop ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

Objectives: As certified Carpentries instructors, the authors organized and co-taught the University of Montana’s first in-person Carpentries workshop focused on the R programming language during early 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a repeated workshop was postponed to the fall of 2020 and was adapted for a fully online setting. The authors share their Carpentries journey from in-person to online instruction, hoping to inspire those interested in organizing Carpentries at their institution for the first time and those interested in improving their existing Carpentries presence. Methods: The authors reflected on their experience facilitating the same Carpentries workshop in-person and online. They used this unique opportunity to compare the effectiveness of a face-to-face environment versus a virtual modality for delivering an interactive workshop. Results: When teaching in the online setting, the authors learned to emphasize the basics, create many opportunities for feedback using formative assessments, reduce the amount of material presented, and include helpers who are familiar with technology and troubleshooting. Conclusions: Although the online environment came with challenges (i.e., Zoom logistics and challenges, the need to further condense curricula, etc.), the instructors were surprised at the many advantages of hosting an online workshop. With some adaptations, Carpentries workshops work well in online delivery.

Proximity and choice of College of Distance Education (CoDE) of the University of Cape Coast for further studies

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 1012-1034
Author(s):  
Moses Segbenya ◽  
George Kwaku Toku Oduro ◽  
Fred Peniana ◽  
Kwesi Ghansah
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Average Distance ◽  
Distance Learners ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Electronic Learning ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Study Centre ◽  
The University

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the proximity of study centres to the students of College of Distance Education, University of Cape Coast (CoDE/UCC) and whether further studies of distance learners who were teachers and employees could lead to absenteeism in their workplaces. Design/methodology/approach A sequential explanatory strategy was used. A self-administered questionnaire and unstructured interviews as well as observation guides were employed to collect data from 2,077 students pursuing business and education programmes of CoDE in all study centres across Ghana. Data were analysed with descriptive statistics and pattern matching of content analysis. Findings The study found that few teachers and other workers pursuing the distance education do absent themselves from the workplace or classroom on Fridays preceding their face-to-face session because they embarked on their journey to the study centres on Friday morning. Some teachers also absented themselves from work on Mondays after face-to-face sessions for a lack of means of transport on Sunday after lessons. The absenteeism of these respondents directly and indirectly affected their employers, students and customers. Practical implications It was therefore recommended that management of CoDE/UCC should open more study centres in all the regions especially Western, Ashanti, Upper East, Northern and Upper West Regions to reduce number of hours spent by students to their study centres and consider introducing the business programmes at the existing district centres to reduce average distance covered by these students to commute from their places of work to their respective centres in the regional capitals. It was also recommended that online/electronic learning and audio versions (impersonal communication) of the study modules should be introduced so that students would not necessary have to travel to the study centre to participate in lectures/face-to-face sessions. Originality/value The findings of this study will help managers and administrators of both public and private distance educational providers. In addition to providing basis and areas for establishing study centres for geographical proximity, findings of the study should prove helpful for designing and delivering electronic and audio versions of distance education modules to reduce the level of absenteeism in workplace for the students.

Medidor de agua para sistema inteligente de control de agua potable

2019 ◽  
pp. 6-12
Author(s):  
Daniel Sustaita-Cruces ◽  
Elsa Verónica Martínez-Mejía
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The North ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University ◽  
Technological University

Objectives: Develop an electronic prototype that respects the environment, through the use of microcontroller cards such as Arduino, Nodemcu, IoT concept and cloud for the control and measurement of water consumption. Objectives specific: Process the data provided by sensors and meters distributed in the main water supplies of the university, as well as the public and private sectors and combine them with information, such as consumption patterns, to build a sophisticated image of how the water network is behaving . through the concept of IoT, data mining, big data and cloud. Measure and evaluate the impacts of the results obtained by the smart meter and that provide the applications for the correct decision making. Objectives Methodologycs: Strengthen the research line of the work team, which sets the standard for us as part of an academic body, of proposing projects based on Internet of Things, Big-Data and data mining technologies, using as a platform the potential of the microcontroller boards (Photon, Arduino, etc.), to enter the new industrial model 4.0 - environment. Create an academic body that carries out research activities through the use of different research methods for the solution to different problems within the institution. Contribution The water resource is essential for life, however, society rarely thinks about the different ways of use that is generally given, or the many activities of daily life in which it is present, and how our life It would change if its availability were near the end of its life cycle. The present project arises from the need to have a better control in the water consumption registers mainly in the Technological University of the North of Guanajuato which is the place where this research originates and from these registers allow an analysis of the data of consumption with greater accuracy and the best decision making.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Sniffer Dog experimental training: which protocol and which implications for reliable identification?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Angeletti ◽  
Francesco Travaglino ◽  
Silvia Spoto ◽  
Maria Chiara Pascarella ◽  
Giorgia Mansi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Hospital ◽  
Olfactory Conditioning ◽  
German Shepherd ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Dog Training ◽  
Volatile Organic ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Experimental Training ◽  
The University ◽  
Training Protocol

The introduction of trained sniffer dogs for COVID-19 disease detection could be an opportunity, as previously described for other diseases. Dogs could be trained to detect volatile organic compounds (VOCs), the whiff of COVID-19 disease. Dogs involved in the study were three one male and two females from different breeds, Black German Shepherd, German Shepherd and Dutch Shepherd. The training was performed using sweat samples from COVID-19 positive apteints and from covid-19 free patients admitted at the University Hospital Campus Bio-medico of Rome. Gauze with sweat were collected in glass jar with metal top and put in metal boxes used for dog training. The dog training protocol was performed in two phase: the olfactory conditioning and the olfactory discrimintaion research. The training palnning was focused on the switch moment for the sniffer dog, the moment when the dog was able to identify VOCs specific for COVID-19 disease. At this time the dog was able to identify VOCs specific for COVID-19 disease with significant reliability, in terms of number of correct versus uncorrect (p<0.0001) reporting. In conclusion, this protocol could provide a useful tool for sniffer dogs training and their introduction in mass screening context, cheaper and faster than a conventional testing method.

scholarly journals USING INTERNET AND EDUTECH BECOME A PRIMARY NEED RATHER THAN A LUXURY - THE REALITY: A NEW SKILLED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM - DIGITAL UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Narcisa Roxana Mosteanu
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Learning System ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Digital Campus ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University

Actual movements in socio-economic life around the world impose e-learning and e-presence and moving digital is more than online teaching. Present research analysis was conducted on two different types of institutions: public and private universities from Europe, with different teaching and learning system: American and European. Information was congregated through face-to-face and online interaction with representative people from universities. The present research paper aims to demonstrate how a digital campus, with all its aspects, can perform a crucial role in enriching the university campus’s structure and culture to ensure the quality of teaching, research, and administrative management using actual innovative technologies. More than this the present paper underlines the society benefits from implementation and running a Digital university campus, especially in a time of socio gathering restrictions.

Current Therapeutic Approach in EDNOS

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
F. Fernandez-Aranda ◽  
I. Krug ◽  
N. Riesco ◽  
I.M. Sanchez-Diaz
Keyword(s):  
University Hospital ◽  
Motivation To Change ◽  
Case Control Studies ◽  
Pilot Studies ◽  
Psychosocial Impairment ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Long Term Prognosis ◽  
The University

Background and aims:Despite the high prevalence of EDNOS only a small proportion of individuals with this disorder seek treatment, which may be due in part to difficulties in finding specialized treatment settings for EDNOS and the high costs and logistics associated with face-to-face individual psychotherapy. This omission is critical since there is evidence that the severity of psychopathology and degree of secondary psychosocial impairment in those with EDNOS are comparable to those seen in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) or bulimia nervosa (BN). There has been hardly any research on the treatment of atypical EDs other than the promising effort on BED, for which Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) is proposed to be the most effective treatment. The aim of this presentation is to show several pilot studies and our experience of treating EDNOS cases, but also to analyze variables associated to good-outcome.Method:We performed several clinical studies with EDNOS patients at the University Hospital of Bellvitge to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of specific outpatient CBT programs of short and long term duration.Results and conlusions:The few case-control studies where the effect of diagnosis on the prognosis has been analyzed have shown differential course and outcome in EDs. EDNOS (with exception of BED) showed the poorest long-term prognosis, due to their heterogeneity and, in many cases, to their lower motivation to change. Specific therapy programs, based on our experience, will be discussed.

scholarly journals Child malnutrition in Toamasina hospital: the determining role of the socio economic conditions of the mother

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 495
Author(s):  
Emile Kasy ◽  
Arthur Ratsimbazafy ◽  
Judicael Andriafanjanomenjanahary ◽  
Andry Maharo Andrianarivelo ◽  
Van Cuong Miora Anissa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Workers ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Severe Malnutrition ◽  
National Scale ◽  
Nutritional Recovery ◽  
Combined Action ◽  
The University ◽  
Hospital Center

Background: The severe malnutrition is the background of infant mortality in Toamasina region. In spite of the efforts given to the care of those undernourished, this medical scourge always clamps down in national scale. A wider look shows that it is not only a health problem but also socio economic. Our study has as goal to detect the degree of influence of socio economic conditions of mothers about nutritional and weights condition of the childrenespecially in hospitals.Methods: We led a cross descriptive retrospective study based on hospitalized children records in Intensive Nutritional Recovery Center (INRC) of the University Hospital Center (UHC) of Toamasina during 2017.Results: 150 children have been included in the study. The average age of children is 11 months and there is no particular difference found concerning their gender. The breastfeeding was found in most of the case (90%). Concerning the mother, the average age is 21, 5. Those mothers were singles in 76.67% of the cases and practiced informal activities in 62% of the cases. We have deplored 3 deaths during our study period.Conclusions: The poor socio economic condition of the mothers influences considerably the risk to expose the children less than 5 years to the malnutrition. A combined action between health workers and economists is compulsory so as to get through this scourge.

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