976 research outputs found
Lifelong learning among Croatian physiotherapy professionals
The aim of the study āLifelong learning among Croatian physiotherapy professionalsā was to examine the attitudes that physiotherapy professionals have towards their professional development. The issue being addressed in the study is their level of motivation for lifelong learning. The basic question to which this study was seeking an answer is outlined in the following hypothesis: āThere are statistically significant differences in the dependent variables which relate to lifelong learning with regard to five fundamental independent variables: sex, age, years of service, place of work and qualificationsā. 1271 respondents participated in the study, i.e. 77% of the defined population of physical therapists. The survey was carried out in 65 institutions at all healthcare levels, in Croatia, in the period from 1 October 2013 to 31 March 2014. The respondents were men and women between 18 and 65 years of age, and with 1 to 40 years of service. These respondents varied in terms of their place of work (private, regional and national institutions) and professional qualifications (ranging from secondary school degrees up to university degrees)
ARHIVIRANJE MEDICINSKIH SLIKA U DIGITALNOME OBLIKU
UVOD: Ubrzani razvoj raÄunalne tehnologije i mrežne
komunikacije udaljenih raÄunala, utjeÄe na metode oÄuvanja
elektroniÄkih dokumenata. Javlja se opasnost da
gradivo postane nepouzdano, da izgubi autentiÄnost u potpunosti
ili na pojedinim svojim razinama.
RAZRADA TEME. Razvoj dijagnostiÄkih slikovnih pretraga
(RTG, CT, MRI ili ultrazvuk) izrazito je unaprijedio
dijagnostiku, Ŕto je pridonijelo uspjeŔnijoj terapiji
i znaÄajno boljoj prognozi kod niza bolesti i patoloÅ”kih
stanja. Svaki od ovih dijagnostiÄkih modaliteta ima svoje
mjesto u algoritmu slikovnih metoda, i to pri postavljanju
dijagnoze, lokalizaciji te procjeni proŔirenosti patoloŔkog
procesa. Cilj ovog rada jest prikazati metodologiju dugotrajnog
oÄuvanja medicinskih slika u zdravstvenim ustanovama
uz suvremene DICOM standarde i PACS sustave
za arhiviranje slikovnih dokumenata u zdravstvu.
ZAKLJUÄAK: Uspostavljanje sustava za digitalno oÄuvanje
medicinskih slika zahtijeva velike promjene unutar
zdravstvenih ustanova: analizu poslovnih procesa, cjeloživotnu
edukaciju kadrova te osiguranje fi nancijskih sredstva
za održavanje i poboljŔanja sustava koja moraju pratiti
razvoj informacijske tehnologije
A cognitiveābehavioural perspective on Personality disorders with overāregulation of emotions and poor selfāreflectivity: The case of a man with avoidant and notāotherwise specified personality disorder, social phobia and dysthymia treated with Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/92051/1/pmh1195.pd
Do therapeutic imagery practices affect physiological and emotional indicators of threat in high self-critics?
Objectives: Imagery is known to be a powerful means of stimulating various physiological processes and is increasingly used within standard psychological therapies. Compassion-focused imagery (CFI) has been used to stimulate affiliative emotion in people with mental health problems. However, evidence suggests that self-critical individuals may have particular difficulties in this domain with single trials. The aim of the present study was to further investigate the role of self-criticism in responsiveness to CFI by specifically pre-selecting participants based on trait self-criticism. Design: Using the Forms of Self-Criticism/Self-Reassuring Scale, 29 individuals from a total sample of 139 were pre-selected to determine how self-criticism impacts upon an initial instance of imagery. Methods: All participants took part in three activities: a control imagery intervention (useable data N = 25), a standard CFI intervention (useable data N = 25), and a non-intervention control (useable data N = 24). Physiological measurements (alpha amylase) as well as questionnaire measures of emotional responding (i.e., the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, the Types of Positive Affect Scale, and the State Adult Attachment Scale) were taken before and after the different interventions. Results: Following both imagery interventions, repeated measures analyses revealed that alpha amylase increased significantly for high self-critics compared with low self-critics. High self-critics (HSC) also reported greater insecurity on entering the imagery session and more negative CFI experiences compared with low self-critics. Practitioner Points: Data demonstrate that HSC respond negatively to imagery interventions in a single trial. This highlights that imagery focused therapies (e.g., CFI) need interventions that manage fears, blocks, and resistances to the techniques, particularly in HSC. An initial instance of imagery (e.g., CFI) can be frightening for people who have a tendency to be self-critical. This research provides examples of physiological and emotional responses to imagery type therapies in high and low self-critics, and associated clinical implications. Therapists may find it helpful to be mindful that when introducing imagery based therapies, highly self-critical patients need interventions that manage fears, blocks, and resistances to the techniques
Pattern matching and pattern discovery algorithms for protein topologies
We describe algorithms for pattern matching and pattern
learning in TOPS diagrams (formal descriptions of protein topologies).
These problems can be reduced to checking for subgraph isomorphism
and finding maximal common subgraphs in a restricted class of ordered
graphs. We have developed a subgraph isomorphism algorithm for
ordered graphs, which performs well on the given set of data. The
maximal common subgraph problem then is solved by repeated
subgraph extension and checking for isomorphisms. Despite the
apparent inefficiency such approach gives an algorithm with time
complexity proportional to the number of graphs in the input set and is
still practical on the given set of data. As a result we obtain fast
methods which can be used for building a database of protein
topological motifs, and for the comparison of a given protein of known
secondary structure against a motif database
BIOMEDICINSKI ZNANSTVENI ÄASOPISI U OTVORENOM PRISTUPU
UVOD: Razvoj Interneta kao i nova informacijska tehnologija
omoguÄila je do sada nezamislivu suradnju u znanstvenoj
zajednici koja dijeli izvore i rezultate razliÄitih
istraživanja. Model otvorenog pristupa koji je kao globalna
ideja u znanstvenom komuniciranju nastao devedesetih
godina proÅ”log stoljeÄa ima pri tome kljuÄnu ulogu.
CILJ ISTRAŽIVANJA: Cilj ovog rada je analizirati znanstvene
Äasopise iz podruÄja biomedicine i zdravstva koji
se objavljuju prema naÄelima modela otvorenog pristupa
znanstvenim informacijama. U istraživanju postavljena je
hipoteza: (H1) āHrvatski znanstveni Äasopisi iz podruÄja
biomedicine i zdravstva u modelu otvorenog pristupa najÄeÅ”Äe
objavljuju izvorne znanstvene radoveā.
METODOLOGIJA I REZULTATI: Ovim istraživanjem
provedena je kvantitativna analiza hrvatskih znanstvenih
Äasopisa iz podruÄja biomedicine i zdravstva u razdoblju
od 1. sijeÄnja 2011. do 1. listopada 2015. služeÄi se hrvatskim
portalom za znanstvene Äasopise HrÄak. Analiza je
obuhvatila 9 Äasopisa koja su zadovoljila kriterije istraživanja.
ZAKLJUÄAK: Od ukupno 55 Äasopisa koji se mogu pretražiti
pod kategorijom biomedicine samo je 9 Äasopisa
zadovoljilo kriterije istraživanja. NajÄeÅ”Äe se objavljuju
izvorni znanstveni radovi koji predstavljaju kumulativnu
osnovu za pokretanje novih istraživanja ili pisanje drugih
radova odnosno razvijanja struÄnih smjernica koje se primjenjuju
u kliniÄkoj praksi
BIOMEDICINSKI ZNANSTVENI ÄASOPISI U OTVORENOM PRISTUPU
UVOD: Razvoj Interneta kao i nova informacijska tehnologija
omoguÄila je do sada nezamislivu suradnju u znanstvenoj
zajednici koja dijeli izvore i rezultate razliÄitih
istraživanja. Model otvorenog pristupa koji je kao globalna
ideja u znanstvenom komuniciranju nastao devedesetih
godina proÅ”log stoljeÄa ima pri tome kljuÄnu ulogu.
CILJ ISTRAŽIVANJA: Cilj ovog rada je analizirati znanstvene
Äasopise iz podruÄja biomedicine i zdravstva koji
se objavljuju prema naÄelima modela otvorenog pristupa
znanstvenim informacijama. U istraživanju postavljena je
hipoteza: (H1) āHrvatski znanstveni Äasopisi iz podruÄja
biomedicine i zdravstva u modelu otvorenog pristupa najÄeÅ”Äe
objavljuju izvorne znanstvene radoveā.
METODOLOGIJA I REZULTATI: Ovim istraživanjem
provedena je kvantitativna analiza hrvatskih znanstvenih
Äasopisa iz podruÄja biomedicine i zdravstva u razdoblju
od 1. sijeÄnja 2011. do 1. listopada 2015. služeÄi se hrvatskim
portalom za znanstvene Äasopise HrÄak. Analiza je
obuhvatila 9 Äasopisa koja su zadovoljila kriterije istraživanja.
ZAKLJUÄAK: Od ukupno 55 Äasopisa koji se mogu pretražiti
pod kategorijom biomedicine samo je 9 Äasopisa
zadovoljilo kriterije istraživanja. NajÄeÅ”Äe se objavljuju
izvorni znanstveni radovi koji predstavljaju kumulativnu
osnovu za pokretanje novih istraživanja ili pisanje drugih
radova odnosno razvijanja struÄnih smjernica koje se primjenjuju
u kliniÄkoj praksi
"E-križobolja" - stjecanje znanja o bolnom sindromu putem modernih informacijskih tehnologija
Stjecanje znanja o bolnim sindromima u donjem dijelu kralježnice, koristeÄi suvremene moguÄnosti digitalne komunikacije putem informacijskih tehnologija, upuÄuje na koriÅ”tenje naziva "e-križobolja". Križobolja je zdravstvena poteÅ”koÄa mnogih ljudi razne životne dobi. Razvoj informacijskih tehnologija omoguÄio je otvoreni pristup stjecanju medicinskog znanja i za korisnike koji nemaju medicinsko obrazovanje. Cilj ovoga rada je putem pregleda literature utvrditi i analizirati moguÄnosti koriÅ”tenja modernih tehnologija u svrhu samopomoÄi kod križobolje, te neovisno o tome i ispitati kakvi su stavovi bolesnika o koriÅ”tenju informacijske tehnologije i moguÄnosti digitalne komunikacije putem interneta.
U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 120 ispitanika prosjeÄne životne dobi 49,25 godina koji su koristili fizioterapijske tretmane u Krapinskim Toplicama. Provedena je analiza rezultata anketnog upitnika o koriÅ”tenju informacijskih tehnologija i digitalne komunikacije u svrhu koriÅ”tenja za samopomoÄ, te napretka u stjecanju novih znanja koja se odnose na križobolju.
U ovom radu pregledom literature utvrÄeno je da zemlje Älanice EU, ukljuÄujuÄi Hrvatsku uspostavljaju veÄ godinama sustav e-medicine, prateÄi i prilagoÄavajuÄi se napretku moderne tehnologije, a rezultati upuÄuju na to da ispitanici koriste suvremene tehnologije i oblike digitalnih komunikacija u svrhu usvajanja novih znanja i njihove primjene, kako bi postigli bolje rezultate lijeÄenja.
Rezultati ukazuju da se stavovi o koriÅ”tenju informacijskih tehnologija ne razlikuju u odnosu na spol (p > 0,05), pozitivan stav opada s porastom životne dobi, a viÅ”a razina obrazovanja iskazuje veÄe povjerenje u lijeÄenje povjereno zdravstvenom struÄnjaku.
Na osnovu rezultata proizlazi potreba za uvoÄenjem dostupnih informacija o bolnom sindromu izdanih od strane struÄne i kompetentne osobe
How one experiences and embodies compassionate mind training influences its effectiveness.
This paper explores indicators of practice quality of a brief compassion mind training (CMT) intervention and their impact on the development of an inner sense of oneās compassionate self (CS) and a range of self-report measures. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: compassionate mind training (CMT; nā=ā77) and wait-list control. Participants in the CMT condition practiced a range of CMT practices during 2Ā weeks. Each week, participants completed a feedback questionnaire, measuring practice frequency, helpfulness and embodiment of the practices in everyday life. Self-report measures of compassion, positive affect, shame, self-criticism, fears of compassion and psychopathological symptoms were also completed at pre and post. Practice frequency was associated with the frequency and easiness of embodiment of the CS. Perceived helpfulness of the practices was related to greater embodiment of the CS and to increases in compassion, reassured self, relaxed and safe affect and decreases in self-criticism. The embodiment variables of the CS were associated with higher compassion for the self, for others and from others and with improvements in reassured self, safe affect and compassionate goals. Embodiment of the CS and perceived helpfulness of the practices predicted compassion for the self and experience of compassion from others at post-intervention. Perceiving compassion cultivation practices as helpful and being able to embody the CS in everyday life is key to foster self-compassion and the experience of receiving compassion from others, as well as to promote feelings of safeness, contentment and calmness.Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) Compassionate Mind Foundation charit
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