Vocational Profile of Resort Recreation Professionals Based on the 16PF

Previous research concerning the resort recreation profession have focused on identifying job responsibilities, necessary skills and knowledge (2, 7, 17). while criterion based information is beneficial it overlooks personality, a fundamental and powerful vocational determinant. The current study sampled resort members of the Resort and Commercial Recreation Association (N = 224). Using the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF), vocational profiles for male and female resort recreation professionals were identified. Discriminant analysis between Gender and Scores on the 16PF correctly predicted 76% of the overall cases. Since personality is basically stable across an adult\u27s lifetime, and vocational interests are strongly related to personality, the development of a vocational profile for resort recreation professionals may assist in career counseling and professional development

Job Competency Analyses of Entry-Level Resort and Commercial Recreation Professionals

This study was initiated by the Resort and Commercial Recreation Association (RCRA) in an attempt to determine the feasibility of a national certification program for resort and commercial recreation employees. Current national recreation related certification programs do not adequately address the needs of current commercial recreation employers (Gladwell & Beeler, 1993). A basic question of the job competency analysis were if a basic “core” of entry-level job competencies existed, and if it did could be identified, across the wide spectrum of resort and commercial recreation professional entry-level positions. The objectives of this study were to identify entry-level job competencies for professional members of RCRA; then, rank order the entry-level job competencies, as determined by a Delphi group, according to their importance to entry-level job performance. The Delphi group consisted of RCRA members that represented entry-level, middle management and upper management. Entry-level job competencies were developed through a two-phase research design. First, entry-level job descriptions were collected from RCRA organizations (N=89) and analyzed using Word Cruncher TM, a computerized content analysis program. Lists of 103 job qualifications were identified. Next, the Delphi Technique was initiated to rank-order the job competencies identified in the WordCruncher TM content analysis. The results from the Delphi study, after three rounds, identified nine major competency domains with a total of 52 specific entry-level job competencies. The General Accounting Office (1993a) predicts that skill standards and certification would “help employers identify qualified workers, save money on applicant screening, aid in recruitment and improve public perceptions of firms.”This is the author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Wilfrid Laurier University Press. The Journal of Applied Recreation Research is succeeded by the journal, Leisure, which is published by Taylor & Francis.Keywords: resort recreation, job competency analysis, commercial recreation, job task analysisKeywords: resort recreation, job competency analysis, commercial recreation, job task analysi

Ensemble preconditioning for Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation

We describe parallel Markov chain Monte Carlo methods that propagate a collective ensemble of paths, with local covariance information calculated from neighboring replicas. The use of collective dynamics eliminates multiplicative noise and stabilizes the dynamics thus providing a practical approach to difficult anisotropic sampling problems in high dimensions. Numerical experiments with model problems demonstrate that dramatic potential speedups, compared to various alternative schemes, are attainable

Dimethyl fumarate in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial

Dimethyl fumarate (DMF) inhibits inflammasome-mediated inflammation and has been proposed as a treatment for patients hospitalised with COVID-19. This randomised, controlled, open-label platform trial (Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy [RECOVERY]), is assessing multiple treatments in patients hospitalised for COVID-19 (NCT04381936, ISRCTN50189673). In this assessment of DMF performed at 27 UK hospitals, adults were randomly allocated (1:1) to either usual standard of care alone or usual standard of care plus DMF. The primary outcome was clinical status on day 5 measured on a seven-point ordinal scale. Secondary outcomes were time to sustained improvement in clinical status, time to discharge, day 5 peripheral blood oxygenation, day 5 C-reactive protein, and improvement in day 10 clinical status. Between 2 March 2021 and 18 November 2021, 713 patients were enroled in the DMF evaluation, of whom 356 were randomly allocated to receive usual care plus DMF, and 357 to usual care alone. 95% of patients received corticosteroids as part of routine care. There was no evidence of a beneficial effect of DMF on clinical status at day 5 (common odds ratio of unfavourable outcome 1.12; 95% CI 0.86-1.47; p = 0.40). There was no significant effect of DMF on any secondary outcome

Dimethyl fumarate in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial

Dimethyl fumarate (DMF) inhibits inflammasome-mediated inflammation and has been proposed as a treatment for patients hospitalised with COVID-19. This randomised, controlled, open-label platform trial (Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy [RECOVERY]), is assessing multiple treatments in patients hospitalised for COVID-19 (NCT04381936, ISRCTN50189673). In this assessment of DMF performed at 27 UK hospitals, adults were randomly allocated (1:1) to either usual standard of care alone or usual standard of care plus DMF. The primary outcome was clinical status on day 5 measured on a seven-point ordinal scale. Secondary outcomes were time to sustained improvement in clinical status, time to discharge, day 5 peripheral blood oxygenation, day 5 C-reactive protein, and improvement in day 10 clinical status. Between 2 March 2021 and 18 November 2021, 713 patients were enroled in the DMF evaluation, of whom 356 were randomly allocated to receive usual care plus DMF, and 357 to usual care alone. 95% of patients received corticosteroids as part of routine care. There was no evidence of a beneficial effect of DMF on clinical status at day 5 (common odds ratio of unfavourable outcome 1.12; 95% CI 0.86-1.47; p = 0.40). There was no significant effect of DMF on any secondary outcome

Physical Geology

Physical Geology, 15th edition, is the latest refinement of a classic introductory text that has helped countless students learn basic physical geology concepts for over 25 years. Students taking introductory physical geology to fulfill a science elective, as well as those contemplating a career in geology, will appreciate the accessible writing style and depth of coverage in Physical Geology. Hundreds of carefully rendered illustrations and accompanying photographs correlate perfectly with the chapter descriptions to help readers quickly grasp new geologic concepts. Numerous chapter learning tools and a website further assist students in their study of physical geology

Physical geology

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