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日本とくに北海道の乳牛舎の比較研究
In Japan as in Belgium the cow house should be constructed as a single-floor-building. As well from the point of view of labour requirement ;and animal health as construction costs the loose house with_ cubicles and concrete slatted floors between the cubicle rows, must be preferred above the stanchion barn, when the size of the herd is 25 or more cows. In Hokkaido the loose house and the stanchion barn should be insulated, the latter more than the former ; in Honshu only the stanchion barn and the roof of the loose house must de insulated (K≦1) . Natural ventilation can give complete satisfaction, when it is well regulated. When constructing a stanchion barn, one should build the strawless type in order to reduce labour requirement. Full attention should be given to all construction details in order to avoid injuries with the cows and save labour
The Health Belief Model and Factors Relating to Potential Use of a Vaccine for Shigellosis in Kaeng Koi District, Saraburi Province, Thailand
Shigellosis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality throughout
the world. Approximately, 1.1 million deaths occur a year due to this
disease, making it the fourth leading cause of mortality worldwide.
This paper explores local interest in and potential use of a vaccine
for shigellosis in Thailand where Shigella poses an important
public-health concern. Data for this study were collected during
June-November 2002 from 522 subjects surveyed using a sociobehavioural
questionnaire in Kaeng Koi district in central Thailand. The community
demand and likely use of a vaccine were examined in relation to the
Health Belief Model, which provides analytical constructs for
investigating the multiple issues of local readiness to accept and
access a new vaccine. As the key outcome variable, most respondents
showed interest in receiving a vaccine against dysentery which they
thought would provide useful protection against the disease. However,
there was only a moderate number who perceived dysentery as serious and
themselves as susceptible to it, although it was perceived to cause
some burden to and additional expense for families. Most people
identified a number of groups who were thought to be especially
vulnerable to dysentery, such as the elderly, pre-school, and
school-age children, and poor labourers. Other outcomes of the study
included the identification of acceptable and convenient sites for its
delivery, such as government health clinics and private clinics, and
respected sources for information about the vaccine, such as health
clinic personnel and community health volunteers. This information
suggests that components of the Health Belief Model may be useful in
identifying community acceptance of a vaccine and the means of
introducing it. This health information is important for planning and
implementing vaccine programmes
Becoming a Performance Analyst : Autoethnographic Reflections on Agency, and Facilitated Transformational Growth
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Reflective Practice, on 3 September 2014, available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14623943.2014.900014.This paper features an autoethnographic approach in presenting and reflecting upon the story of one higher education student’s rapid vocational and academic transformation. Initially an inconspicuous undergraduate student, Andrew experienced an accelerated development that catapulted him to working in elite sport performance analysis (PA) environments, within a year. PA is a sub-discipline of sports coaching that involves using the latest technological advances to influence sporting performance, through the objective analysis of performance data. This autoethnographic piece is partly Andrew’s personal reflection upon that journey towards his newfound profession, which initially grew out of his experience of a generic sports degree at a university. Through stepping out of his comfort zone, and analysing sports previously unknown to him, extraordinary progress was made, and various vocational and academic opportunities arose. The initial catalyst for this developmental journey was facilitated by coaching lecturer David, who reflects upon how Andrew’s story links to his own educational philosophies. Andrew and David explore what these stories might mean to them personally, including potential links to the metaphor of learning as becoming, and notions around the concepts of learner agency, and educational facilitation. The paper ends by exploring the theoretical frameworks that guided this paper’s structure and focusPeer reviewedFinal Accepted Versio
Comparative Study of Dairy Cattle Housing in Japan with Special Reference to Hokkaido
In Japan as in Belgium the cow house should be constructed as a single-floor-building. As well from the point of view of labour requirement ;and animal health as construction costs the loose house with_ cubicles and concrete slatted floors between the cubicle rows, must be preferred above the stanchion barn, when the size of the herd is 25 or more cows. In Hokkaido the loose house and the stanchion barn should be insulated, the latter more than the former ; in Honshu only the stanchion barn and the roof of the loose house must de insulated (K≦1) . Natural ventilation can give complete satisfaction, when it is well regulated. When constructing a stanchion barn, one should build the strawless type in order to reduce labour requirement. Full attention should be given to all construction details in order to avoid injuries with the cows and save labour
The Health Belief Model and Factors Relating to Potential Use of a Vaccine for Shigellosis in Kaeng Koi District, Saraburi Province, Thailand
Shigellosis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality throughout
the world. Approximately, 1.1 million deaths occur a year due to this
disease, making it the fourth leading cause of mortality worldwide.
This paper explores local interest in and potential use of a vaccine
for shigellosis in Thailand where Shigella poses an important
public-health concern. Data for this study were collected during
June-November 2002 from 522 subjects surveyed using a sociobehavioural
questionnaire in Kaeng Koi district in central Thailand. The community
demand and likely use of a vaccine were examined in relation to the
Health Belief Model, which provides analytical constructs for
investigating the multiple issues of local readiness to accept and
access a new vaccine. As the key outcome variable, most respondents
showed interest in receiving a vaccine against dysentery which they
thought would provide useful protection against the disease. However,
there was only a moderate number who perceived dysentery as serious and
themselves as susceptible to it, although it was perceived to cause
some burden to and additional expense for families. Most people
identified a number of groups who were thought to be especially
vulnerable to dysentery, such as the elderly, pre-school, and
school-age children, and poor labourers. Other outcomes of the study
included the identification of acceptable and convenient sites for its
delivery, such as government health clinics and private clinics, and
respected sources for information about the vaccine, such as health
clinic personnel and community health volunteers. This information
suggests that components of the Health Belief Model may be useful in
identifying community acceptance of a vaccine and the means of
introducing it. This health information is important for planning and
implementing vaccine programmes
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Baseline Characteristics of the 2015-2019 First Year Student Cohorts of the NIH Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) Program.
ObjectiveThe biomedical/behavioral sciences lag in the recruitment and advancement of students from historically underrepresented backgrounds. In 2014 the NIH created the Diversity Program Consortium (DPC), a prospective, multi-site study comprising 10 Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) institutional grantees, the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) and a Coordination and Evaluation Center (CEC). This article describes baseline characteristics of four incoming, first-year student cohorts at the primary BUILD institutions who completed the Higher Education Research Institute, The Freshmen Survey between 2015-2019. These freshmen are the primary student cohorts for longitudinal analyses comparing outcomes of BUILD program participants and non-participants.DesignBaseline description of first-year students entering college at BUILD institutions during 2015-2019.SettingTen colleges/universities that each received <30,000/yr and 25% were their family's first generation in college.Planned outcomesPrimary student outcomes to be evaluated over time include undergraduate biomedical degree completion, entry into/completion of a graduate biomedical degree program, and evidence of excelling in biomedical research and scholarship.ConclusionsThe DPC national evaluation has identified a large, longitudinal cohort of students with many from groups historically underrepresented in the biomedical sciences that will inform institutional/national policy level initiatives to help diversify the biomedical workforce