Idiopathic Proximal Hemimegacolon in an Adult Woman

Idiopathic proximal hemimegacolon is a disorder characterized by bowel dilatation proximal to the splenic flexure. It is a very rare and therefore a poorly understood clinical entity. This report describes a case of idiopathic proximal hemimegacolon in a 44-year-old woman. The patient suffered from 2 episodes of constipation and bowel dilatation over 4 years and was successfully treated by medical therapy

The complete restoration of a first print of a Bible from Kutna Hora 1489

Práce se zabývá komplexním restaurováním prvotisku Kutnohorské Bible z roku 1489. Popisuje stav objektu a z něho vycházející restaurátorské postupy. Vytvoření pergamenové ochranné vazby konzervačního charakteru.This bachelor thesis involves the restoration of a first print edition of a Bible from Kutná Hora, dated 1489. This thesis outlines the condition in which the book was received and how the condition determined the selected method and plan for restoration. The restoration was completed by using a limp vellum binding.Ateliér restaurování papíru, knižní vazby a dokument

Badge of honour? An exploration of the use of digital badges to support a partnership approach to faculty development

This article describes a professional development initiative facilitated through a transformational partnership model. In this context, we discuss our experience of piloting an online continuing professional development course in the area of online teaching, which offered a digital badge for successful participants. The course was the result of a partnership between three Irish higher education institutions and a national agency that had initiated a nation-wide scheme to create and disseminate a range of open access collaborative professional development courses to promote the professionalisation of teaching and learning, with a specific digital badge being available for each course. We investigated the interplay between the digital badge issued for the course we piloted, and other potential intrinsic and extrinsic motivators. Digital badges appear to be a weak motivating factor in initial enrolment and engagement, although for some participants, they did motivate continued engagement and completion. We discuss implications in relation to internal and external drivers and motivations around professional development. We also offer reflections on the larger context in which badges might be used or valued by course participants in their professional environments