Perceptions of Hospitality and Safety Are Two Sides of the Same Coin

Entering a building is a ‘moment of truth’ and may invoke feelings of hospitableness. Physical environments and staff behaviour deliver ‘clues’ that may result in the experience of hospitality. The focus in a reception area may be on mitigation of risks, or on a hospitable atmosphere, with either a host or a security officer at the entrance. However, the division of tasks to either the pleasing host or the controlling security officer to a certain extent disavows the overlap between perceptions of hospitality and safety. This exploratory qualitative study combines a group interview with three managers responsible for hospitality and security in reception areas and Critical Incidents by staff and visitors (N = 51). Thematic coding was based on The Egg Aggregated Model and the Experience of Hospitality Scale. Results show that hospitality and safety are indeed two sides of the same coin. Usually people do accept security measures, provided that staff act in a hospitable way. A lack of security measures may seem ‘inviting’, but also decreases the perception of care for your visitor, and may cause uncertainty and therefore decrease comfort. A correct risk perception, flexible appliance of security measures, and a friendly approach connect aspects of ‘safe’ and ‘hospitable’ sentiments.

ENGINE AUTOSTART SYSTEM

To improve the comfort of using the car, it became necessary to develop an engine autostart system. This system will integrate it into the car's anti-theft system and improve the use of the car regardless of weather conditions. The introduction of such a system will make it possible to increase the range of messages about alarms and the state of the alarm, the small value of which in old models due to the growth of abductions, the lack of close parking places has absolutely ceased to satisfy the driver. The analysis of the existing engine autostart systems is carried out, in which the main problem is highlighted, namely, the impossibility of pro-lime engine autostart at a long distance. As a result of the analysis, the goal of the study was highlighted: the expansion of the functional and consumer capabilities of the auto-alarm system. The developed remote start system is designed for sound and optical notification of violation of the protected vehicle zones, prevention of theft and robbery, remote execution of service functions. The result of the research is: the development of a working model and software, as well as experimental research. The originality lies in the fact that the constructed circuit allows monitoring and control of the autostart functions of the car engine from almost any distance (limited by the GSM reception area).

ALGORITHM FOR DETERMINING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ZONE OF INTERFERENCE OPERATION OF THE RADIO CHANNEL OF THE UHF / VHF RANGE COMMUNICATION IN THE CONDITIONS OF OPERATION OF THE RADIOSHENOPRIAD SOURCE SYSTEM AT DIFFERENT HEIGHTS

A method for determining the limits of the maximum size of the stable radio reception area in the UHF / VHF range for mobile radio communication under the conditions of the radio interference system is proposed. The radio is intended to use a directional antenna or screen. Increasing the size of the stable radio reception area is provided by the optimal orientation at each point of the antenna device in azimuth and angle using the model of the radio channel, which allows to calculate the signal / interference ratio taking into account the spatial location of radio interference sources and digital 3D antenna pattern. receiver. The problem of determining the boundaries of the zone of stable radio exchange of mobile radio means using directional antennas in the conditions of real interference is formulated in the form of the problem of finding a single isoline in a scalar field. To determine the coordinates of the points of the map belonging to the isoline, a modification of the wave algorithm is proposed, which is low complexity and unambiguous results. Examples of practical use of the proposed numerical method allow us to conclude that the results are inconsistent with the data obtained in the known works by the analytical method for a particular case. At the same time, the numerical approach used significantly expands the possibilities of calculations by taking into account the location of multiple sources of radio interference at different altitudes, as well as the optimal orientation of the digital 3D - pattern of the antenna device of the signal receiver. The effectiveness of the proposed method is confirmed by increasing the area of the noise-tolerant radio exchange zone by 2.8 times in relation to the option of using a mobile radio with a dipole antenna. For the case of optimal orientation of the directional antenna of the receiver by the azimuth angle, additional optimization by the angle of the place gives a gain of 1.5 times.

Influence of the radio signals frequency band on their spatial selection in communication channels

This article deals with the dependence of the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) on the frequency band of a radio channel when transmitting three different radio signals over it based on a mathematical model. Signals are transmitted on a single carrier frequency, in one direction and occupy the entire channel frequency band, which varied from 0 to 30 GHz. A threeelement sparse antenna array (SAA) is used for signal transmission. Each signal is emitted by all three SAA elements with certain phase shifts. In the reception area, such a structure of the total field is formed, at which the maxima of all transmitted signals are spatially spaced. This allows each signal to be received on a separate antenna. Studies have shown that the S/N ratio for different signals depends differently on the channel bandwidth. For a signal emitted by all SAA antennas in phase, the S/N ratio is practically independent of the bandwidth and is about 70 dB. For the two remaining phased signals the S/N ratio varies equally over the entire range of the channel frequency band values and is characterized by a sharp drop from 62 to 8 dB.

Protected but not from Contamination: Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Bacteria from Birds in a Ghanaian Forest Protected Area

Resistance to antimicrobial agents is a growing concern in public health. It has been reported in wildlife from several places in the world though wild animals are not normally exposed to clinically used antimicrobial agents. Despite this, very little research has been done in Ghana to determine antimicrobial resistance in wild animals, particularly those in protected areas. In this study, the presence of colistin resistant and multidrug resistant (MDR) gram-negative bacteria in cloacal swabs of wild birds captured in a Ghanaian forest protected area were evaluated. A total of 195 isolates from 138 individual birds were obtained, identified and tested for resistance to colistin. The colistin-resistant isolates were subsequently tested for multidrug resistance to 4 other antimicrobial agents (Oxytetracycline, Streptomycin, Ampicillin and Ciprofloxacin). Colistin resistance was observed in 6.5% (9/138) of the birds and this was seen in only birds that were sampled close to the reception area of the protected area. About 50% of the colistin-resistant isolates were multidrug resistant. AMR isolates were obtained from birds that have been documented to show an insectivorous or omnivorous feeding preference. Data obtained from the study suggests that AMR and MDR occurred in wild birds from the Conservation Area and supports the claim that proximity to human impacted habitats (settlements/farmlands) increased the likelihood of carriage of AMR. Though the routes of transmission remain unclear, there is potential for spread from the wild birds to other wild/domestic animals and possibly back to humans.

Access the Quality Service of Ganeshman Singh Memorial Hospital and Research Center

The aim of this paper is to assess the quality of services in the Ganeshman Singh Memorial Hospital and Research Center, Lalitpur, Nepal, considering that the quality is a key parameter in performance evaluation. Patients are the main actors in evaluating and judging the quality, therefore this study is based on a questionnaire completed by 53 patients and visitors between January and February, 2020. The results show that services by the paramedical staff (OPD nurses) have the highest mean value (mean = 4.17) which is closed to the excellent performance of hospital whereas the lowest mean was 3.57 rated for the cleanliness of the hospital, including the reception area, OPD and surrounding area. Though, in average (mean = 3.77), facilities of Hospital were rated as ‘Good’ in total. Similarly, the cost of medicine was slightly expensive in comparison of other cost like consultation fee, cost of diagnosis and lab test and registration. The patients had rated the cost of hospital in totality as ‘Good’ status, which indicates that the total cost of treatment was affordable for the patient. With the necessary inputs from the patients and the attendants by pointing various drawbacks or deficiencies should always be taken care of by the hospital administration that will turn into a good result of improvement in the hospital services to the satisfaction of the patients.

Millennial backpackers and risks in travel: a typological approach

In the research undertaken, the analysis categorised risk in the experience of the millennial generation of backpackers. An attempt was made to systematise it on the basis of the cognitive as well as emotional characteristics presented by the respondents. The research was conducted between 2018-2020. A non-random selection was used to acquire respondents called snowball sampling. 409 Polish millennial backpackers were found and interviewed online, and from this code keys were then extracted, assigned to meaningful categories, and thematic ranges were defined. The analysis of the collected qualitative material was used to establish a typology of risk for millennial backpacking. Analysis of the collected material on backpacking allowed five coded risk categories to be extracted. The first one was the backpacker's attitude towards travel; the second a search for autonomy and independence; the third selective calculation in terms of ‘profit and loss’, the balance determining behaviour; the fourth connected with the emotional needs of backpackers and the search for impressions; the fifth with external conditions involving risk related to environmental and cultural features of the reception area. Typological systematization of risk in backpacking allows the needs of this groups of travellers to be understood and service provision to be adapted to the requirements of a particular generation.

Urban Arrival Infrastructures between Political and Humanitarian Support: The ‘Refugee Welcome’ Mo(ve)ment Revisited

<p>Maximilian Park in Brussels was the site of a makeshift refugee camp for three months in 2015 when the institutional reception system was unable to provide shelter for newly arriving asylum seekers. Local volunteers stepped in, formed a civic initiative and organized a reception area under the banner ‘Refugees Welcome!’ The civic platform which emerged claimed and asserted (existing) rights for one specific group, asylum seekers, exclusively, and thus did not challenge the exclusive migration regime nor demand transformation. While such a humanitarian approach risks reproducing the exclusive border regime and the inequalities it engenders, political<em> </em>support is a disturbing rupture in the name of equality that resists normative classifications and inaugurates transformation. This article maps out the complex dialectical interrelation between political and humanitarian support and argues that political implications can only be understood through longer-term research, emphasizing processes of transformation that have resulted from these moments of disruption. Therefore, the article revisits Maximilian Park two and four years after the camp and reveals how the humanitarian approach chosen in the camp sustainably transformed the park, adding arrival infrastructures beyond the institutional, and had an impact on how refugees were dealt with and represented. Concluding, the article suggests the notion of ‘solidary humanitarianism’ that providing supplies, meeting acute existential needs and simultaneously articulating political claims that demand structural transformation: the right to shelter, basic supply, presence, and movement for all in the city.</p>

A Team Approach to Remote Vision Therapy and the Transformation to Virtual Vision Therapy

Our practice, Alderwood Vision Therapy Center (AVTC) focuses on optometric vision therapy. We are located in Washington state. This holds great significance in this era of COVID-19 as the first documented case of the novel coronavirus in the United States was confirmed in Washington State on January 21, 2020. The individual who holds this ominous distinction, a gentleman in his 30s, had travelled to Wuhan, China where the pandemic originated. Initially there was optimism that our practice could continue in-office operations at our two locations. We sent out a notice to our patients that we were making continual changes to our normal practices in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. These changes included having only those individuals essential to the patient’s visit attend the appointment as to limit exposure in the reception area. Patients were advised that if they had fever within the past two weeks or had exposure to anyone confirmed as having the virus, their appointment would be rescheduled. We indicated that we were looking at the option of Remote Vision Therapy sessions and that, while insurance did not as yet pay for this, it was a vital option. It seemed as if every day the landscape was changing and it became apparent, fairly rapidly, that in-office therapy would be difficult to continue. As we investigated the alternative of Remote Vision Therapy more seriously, we ultimately made the heart wrenching decision to close in-office operations on March 18, 2020, five days in advance of Governor Jay Inslee’s Stay Home Order that closed nonessential businesses in the state.