scholarly journals Ambassador of People with Disabilities in the Workplace—Conducive Demographic and Professional Characteristics

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (19) ◽  
pp. 7036
Author(s):  
Urszula Załuska ◽  
Alicja Grześkowiak ◽  
Cyprian Kozyra ◽  
Dorota Kwiatkowska-Ciotucha
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Professional Characteristics ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Aged Woman ◽  
People With Disability ◽  
Middle Aged Woman ◽  
The One

This paper introduces into the analysis the concept of the ambassador of people with disability in the workplace. A kind and friendly person in the workplace, who creates a positive atmosphere around people with disabilities, may play a crucial role in their adaptation on the open labor market. Presence of such a person is especially important in entities that did not previously employ people with disabilities. It is vital that employers who would like to employ people with disability possess knowledge about demographic and professional characteristics that predispose employees to perform this special role. On the one hand, in this article we attempted to evaluate the differentiation in the perception of the issue of disability due to demographic and professional characteristics of respondents, and, on the other hand, to identify features that favor being an “ambassador of people with disabilities” in the workplace. The study was conducted in 2019 on the representative samples of Internet users from 8 European countries using Computer-Assisted Internet Interviews. For the purposes of the study, we used the Attitudes to Disability Scale WHOQOL Group test and a proprietary questionnaire. As for the methods of analysis, we relied on the classical analysis of variance and logistic regression. The conducted study showed that the perception of the issue of disability is significantly related to demographic and professional characteristics of respondents, and that the role of the ambassador is the most appropriate for a middle-aged woman with a good knowledge of disability issues, indecisive in the workplace.

COGNITIVE AGING AND COGNITIVE RESERVE: POINT OF CONTACT

2020 ◽  
pp. 256-264
Author(s):  
В. С. Мякотных ◽  
А. П. Сиденкова ◽  
Е. С. Остапчук ◽  
И. А. Кулакова ◽  
Н. А. Белых ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Aging ◽  
Cognitive Reserve ◽  
Cognitive Disorders ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Age Related ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
The One

Высокий риск когнитивных расстройств у лиц пожилого и старческого возраста заставляет, с одной стороны, искать их причины, с другой - возможности профилактики. В связи с этим в последние годы получило распространение понятие когнитивного резерва, подразумевающего совокупность количественных параметров головного мозга и его способности сохранять высокую функциональную активность в процессе старения и на фоне связанной с возрастом патологии головного мозга. Представленный в статье материал на основе обзора научной литературы освещает два основных момента, касающихся возможности сохранения когнитивного резерва, - гендерный и образовательный факторы. Указывается на разные возможности женщин и мужчин, связанные со структурными и функциональными особенностями ЦНС у представителей разного пола, и на особую роль поддерживаемого в течение всей жизни образовательного процесса. Обозначена авторская позиция о необходимости разделения понятий образования и образованности, то есть уровня общей культуры и создания удобного инструмента для определения последнего. Это, в свою очередь, помогло бы в разработке модели когнитивного резерва, нацеленной на предотвращение трансформации физиологического когнитивного старения в патологическое. The high risk of cognitive disorders in the elderly and senile age makes, on the one hand, to look for their causes, on the other - the possibility of prevention. In this regard, in recent years, the concept of cognitive reserve has become widespread, implying a set of quantitative parameters of the brain and its ability to maintain high functional activity in the process of aging and against the background of age-related brain pathology. The material presented in the article on the basis of the review of scientific literature highlights two main points concerning the possibility of preserving the cognitive reserve-gender and educational factors. It is pointed to the different opportunities of women and men associated with the structural and functional characteristics of the Central nervous system in representatives of different sexes and the special role of the educational process supported throughout life. The author’s position on the need to separate the concepts of education and the level of General culture, and the creation of a convenient tool for determining the latter is indicated. This, in turn, would help in the development of a cognitive reserve model aimed at preventing the transformation of physiological cognitive aging into pathological aging.

scholarly journals Right thyroid lobed cyst in a middle-aged woman: A case report

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-10
Author(s):  
Adam Moyosore Afodun ◽  
Khadijah Kofoworola Quadri ◽  
Akeem Ayodeji Okesina ◽  
Abdulfatai Olakunle Ojewale ◽  
Airat Adeola Bakare ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Lymphadenopathy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
Cystic Mass ◽  
Aged Woman ◽  
Thyroid Cyst ◽  
Middle Aged Woman ◽  
Right Lobe ◽  
The Right

Background: Thyroidal ultrasound has been used to detect neck lesions and nodules for decades. However, cystic thyroid disease is rare with few reported series. Different consensus exists concerning availability of medical treatment and the limited role of surgical management. Case presentation: We present a 31-year-old female with obvious neck swelling and dysphagia. Ultrasound diagnosed a suspected colloidal thyroid cyst in the right lobe. The hypoechoic cystic mass measures 3.2 cm x 3.6 cm on frozen sonogram, with evidence of bilateral (cervical) lymphadenopathy. Thyroid cystic nodule viewed via sonar corresponds to detected mass finding on observation and palpitation. Researchers have recently standardized Thyroid-Imaging- Reporting and Data System (TIRADS), mostly in the United States. Conclusion: If Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) and hormone therapy fail, cysts larger than >2.8cm may require surgical intervention, especially when there is a danger of great-vessel compression.

scholarly journals The fourth industrial revolution: contradictions of the new social reality and its techno-digital security

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 30-43
Author(s):  
Marina Kostolomova
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Federal Regulations ◽  
Strategic Development ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Brave New World ◽  
The One

The article is devoted to the topical topic of the fourth industrial revolution, which every member of society is witnessing and participating in today. The author analyzes the process of forming a new social reality and notes its ambiguous nature. On the one hand, there are obvious innovative breakthroughs in many areas of life that can significantly "improve" human (not only social) existence. On the other hand, the contradictions and paradoxes of such a "brave new world" are exponentially increasing, "deferred" challenges and risks are being formed, moral and ethical algorithms of social interaction are being transformed. The author focuses on the fact that today humanity, in order to form a balanced and safe social environment, needs to delve into the essence of the process of the fourth industrial revolution. To do this, it is necessary not just to comprehend their upcoming scientific and technological "steps", but equally those profound changes that have already been launched. In addition, the article also notes the special role of the COVID-19 pandemic, which, according to many researchers, has forever changed the usual societal contours, forming a kind of "post-pandemic" social reality. The paper analyzes the uniqueness of the situation of "layering" of two transformational processes – the expansion of the fourth industrial revolution and the reformatting of being by the COVID-19 virus. In view of this, as the author notes, a person begins practically, at the level of everyday life, to face an increasing volume of changes generated by these processes, as well as to experience fear of the future and a permanent state of anxiety. Therefore, in the modern social reality, there is an adequate demand for the formation of a "response" to new, including digital challenges and risks, as well as in the strategic development of regulatory and adaptive measures. The author substantiates the need to develop a strategy for techno-digital security and include it in the relevant federal regulations.

Technologies of Social Work with Disabled People in the Works of National Authors

2020 ◽  
pp. 38-44
Author(s):  
Lyudmila Detochenko ◽  
Yulia Boyko
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Education And Employment ◽  
Limited Health

The article describes the technologies of social work that play a special role in the integration of disabled people into society and that are aimed at identifying problems and at their solutions. The use of technology contributes to the prevention of social risks, helps forming life orientations, and provides assistance in obtaining education and employment. The article covers the views of domestic authors on social work technologies, their role in the lives of people with disabilities and people with limited health abilities, as well as the role of these technologies in the development of communication skills for further adaptation of a disabled person.

The Emergence of Forest Genetics in Portugal

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-106
Author(s):  
Ignacio García-Pereda
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Cork Oak ◽  
Institution Building ◽  
Special Role ◽  
History Of Biology ◽  
Forest Genetics ◽  
Forestry Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One

This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the history of biology and forestry in Portugal. It will focus on the one state-owned cork oak station devoted to forestry research, showing how its foresters and scientists shaped, and relied on, the state-controlled unions, both for producing and distributing varieties of cork oak and for controlling the seeds and plants forest owners used. Portugal played a very special role in the international development of Mediterranean forest genetics during the first half of the twentieth century. Forestry genetics were decisive for the Estado Novo government, and the Alcobaça Station became a model for the future organization of other countries’ applied forestry research centers. The paper shows how the milieu of forestry scientists and breeders played an important role in the development and institutionalization of genetics in Portugal. The paper will explore how these relationships made it possible for the scientists to test, multiply, and distribute the seeds and plants they produced at the laboratory throughout the Portuguese landscape, thus demonstrating the role of scientists as active agents of state formation and landscape transformation within a corporate political economy. The history of the Alcobaça Forest Station is an important example of fascist institution building.

scholarly journals Factors of Ethnic Politicization in the Context of Threats to National Security in Ukraine

2021 ◽  
pp. 29-46
Author(s):  
Tetiana Bevz
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
National Security ◽  
Government Reform ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Dual Citizenship ◽  
Ethnic Entrepreneurship ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
The One

Ethnic mosaicism of Ukraine and the ethnonational factor are the phenomena that affect all spheres of the society. The ethnic factor has a special role in the emergence of contradictions in polyethnic states. On the one hand, “ethnicity is a form of social organization of cultural differences” (F. Bart), and on the other, ethnicity is instrumental and can be used as a means to achieve political goals (A. Cohen). Ethnicity has been and is a political resource that has been played out by political players for centuries. An important political phenomenon of our time is politicized ethnicity. The article analyzes some factors of politicization of ethnicity. The factors of politicization of ethnicity were: dissemination of unreliable information about the radical demands of territorial autonomy on behalf of “national minorities”; the destructive role of politicians who positioned themselves as lobbyists for the interests of national minorities; ethnic entrepreneurship, ethnic political parties; presence of dual citizenship, fake news, false information, and more. It is proved that certain factors of politicization of ethnicity pose a threat to the national security of the country.It is determined that ethnic identity is an effective tool for both consolidation and deconsolidation of ethnic groups and has its own political subjectivity. It is proved that in the process of decentralization, representatives of all ethnonational communities perceive each other well, and conflicts on ethnic grounds do not arise. However, due to people's low awareness of the peculiarities and prospects of the local government reform, politicians, especially local ones, are playing the “ethnic card” in their own interests.

scholarly journals Measurement of Factors Affecting the Perception of People with Disabilities in the Workplace

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 4455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urszula Załuska ◽  
Alicja Grześkowiak ◽  
Cyprian Kozyra ◽  
Dorota Kwiatkowska-Ciotucha
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
The Impact

The issue of employing people with disabilities is crucial from both a social and economic perspective, and is often influenced by the social perception of this group of people. In this article, we attempted to examine attitudes towards the disabled in eight European countries by using one of the most popular tools that measures the perception of such people in everyday life—the Attitudes to Disability Scale (ADS) developed by the WHOQOL Group. We checked the general attitude towards disability according to the ADS scale and the specific perception of disability in the workplace using a scale created ad hoc. The research was conducted in 2019 using the CAWI (computer-assisted web interview) method on representative samples of Internet users, whereas the analysis methods included the measurement reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modelling (SEM). The obtained results allow for the acceptance of the measurement model of the ADS scale in the societies of the analyzed countries. No significant differences were found between models created for people with a disability experience (a group from the WHOQOL Group research) and without such experience. The measurement using the original ADS scale factor structure is of good reliability, whereas CFA is of good fit. We also examined the impact of ADS scale factors on the perception of people with disabilities in the workplace using the SEM model, and obtained good fit of the model. The results show that the dimensions of perception, such as inclusion, discrimination and prospects, affect the evaluation of people with disabilities in the workplace.

scholarly journals Pandemic and disability: Challenges faced and role of technology

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Monnie Parida ◽  
Manjira Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Online Mode ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
People With Disability ◽  
Challenging Situation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Risk Infection

The pandemic has affected every facet of human life. Apart from individual’s psychological and mental health issues, the concern regarding mobility, access and communication with high risk infection is a challenging situation. People with disability are more likely vulnerable to infections. The new changes in our social lifestyle (social distancing, limiting touch) can profoundly impact the day today life of people with disability. In this paper, we will briefly discuss the situation faced by individuals with disabilities, some known remedies, and yet to be identified and curated technological remedies; the impact due to transition of special education toward online mode. Tips and tricks for better utilization of work from home concept by people with disabilities. Accessibility must be universal, accommodating all and encouraging inclusivity. As rightly said by Helen Keller, “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision”; subsequently, going by the demand of the time, we should contribute toward the universal design approach by supporting people with disabilities and commit to the changes required in disability care to reduce the impact of pandemic.

Higher Education and Class Mobility in the State of California: “What Is to Be Done?”

2010 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-148
Author(s):  
Choi Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
High School Teachers ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Class Mobility ◽  
Aged Woman ◽  
Middle Aged Woman ◽  
Standardized Examinations ◽  
Undergraduate Class

I met Gabriela Macias a few months ago in an undergraduate class in history that I teach to prospective high school teachers. A diminutive middle-aged woman, Gabriela was watchful in class and seemed indifferent to my attempts to reach through her stony silences. But a couple of weeks into the class, I made a breakthrough. We had been discussing the role of passion in education. I had started the discussion by insisting that unless teachers feel a real sense of commitment to the student body and feel passionate about empowering students with knowledge and ideas, they have no business being in the classroom. In retrospect, my statements seemed a little extreme, but it is hard to entice students to enter the teaching profession by the prospect of tests, more state-administered tests, and even more standardized examinations! When Gabriela started speaking, the class fell silent. But it was not her eloquence that silenced us; it was her accent. Her accent was impenetrable! I am troubled by this public admission and even considered omitting this sentence from this essay. As an immigrant from India, I find people often have trouble understanding the stubborn Indian cadences that litter my superficially Americanized speech. But that day we all strained to understand Gabriela.

scholarly journals Paket Wisata Bagi Difabel Di Yogyakarta

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 116
Author(s):  
Febri Handoyo ◽  
Aufi Nidau Sholihah ◽  
Anggit Novitariasari ◽  
Ashila Fitra Hani ◽  
Qonita Putri Firdausa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Know How ◽  
Travel Agents ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
People With Disability ◽  
Tourism Activity ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One ◽  
Special Region

Yogyakarta is the one of the biggest tourist destination in Indonesia. Domestic and Foreigner tourist come to this city every year in big number. Yogyakarta has so many tourist destinations, for example: Keraon Yogyakarta, Sambisari Temple, Taman Pintar, Malioboro, etc. Because of that, Yogyakarta need travel agents to makes every tourist easier enjoy their trip, and the number of travel agents in Yogyakarta has growth every year. Tourist who come to Yogyakarta is not only normal people, but also people with disability, they also have same chance to do tourism activity and travel agents should accommodate it. The purpose of the research is to know how far the travel agents in Special Region of Yogyakarta can create tour package for people with disabilities. The research also explained about how many local tourists and international tourists who come to Yogyakarta every year. From that data, we know how many markets for tour package in Yogyakarta. The methods used in the research is qualitative method. The writers collected the data by interview, literature study, and observation. The subject of the interview is people with disability, government, and the management of the tourism destination. The writers also compare the result from the interview with the fact in the field. From the result of the research the writers can conclude tour package that has been offered by travel agents in Yogyakarta is not friendly for people with disabilities.

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