Modern challenges in the application of personalized models in student education for the benefit of business and society

With each passing day, consumers, particularly students, expect more intelligent and personalized services. The key to providing such services is the concept of a personalized model. Applying appropriate personalized learning models to students is a process that is filled with many challenges. The main purpose of the current report is to explore the challenges that impede the design and implementation of models that are strictly customized to the interests of students. In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to explore the contemporary factors that are essential in designing personalization models. The factors are mainly related to the requirements of the business towards professionalism among students, as well as the goals set by the state for the education improvement. In order to achieve this goal, it is also necessary to investigate the technologies by which the personalization of models is realized and by which successful implementation of the personalized models is ensured in the students' education

Analysis of the linguistic usage of genders in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway

Virginia Woolf was a British playwright and novelist best known for possessing one of the most groundbreaking feminist spirits of the 20th-century literature. Her novel Mrs. Dalloway deals with issues such as social inequity, madness, or death. Likewise, the social status of the characters or their gender has an impact on the role each of them plays in the novel. Thus, this study focuses on the importance of speech and how factors like social class or era affect the use of the language of the different characters, however, it is precisely gender the major cause of these differences. Through language, the author portrays what society dictates what is expected of each character and how these assumptions determine the actions of the characters.Virginia Woolf fue una dramaturga y novelista británica mejor conocida por poseer uno de los espíritus feministas más revolucionarios de la literatura del siglo XX. Su novela La Señora Dalloway trata temas como la desigualdad social, la locura o la muerte. Así mismo, el estatus social de los personajes o su género tiene un gran impacto en el papel que cada uno interpreta en la novela. Por ello, este estudio se centra en la importancia del habla y cómo factores como la clase social o la época afectan al uso del lenguaje de los personajes, pero es precisamente el género lo que mayor influye en estas diferencias. A través del lenguaje, la autora representa lo que la sociedad dicta que es esperado de cada uno de los personajes y cómo estas suposiciones determinan sus acciones.Departamento de Filología InglesaGrado en Estudios Inglese

Student attitudes to participate in volunteer programs

Students education in medical colleges has its own traditions and follows the principles of pedagogy and psychology, applying good practices in medical science. With the selection of students accepted for teaching, the foundation is laid, on which further empathic and professional training is built. Nowadays, during a pandemic and a shortage of medical staff in healthcare we talk about volunteering practices by young professionals and students to get out of the crisis situation. Medical university students were given the opportunity to volunteer to serve patients with COVID-19. The purpose of this report is to present students 'attitudes to participate in volunteer programs and analyze opportunities to increase learners' motivation for such activities.There were used documentary and sociological methods. Internet sources related to volunteering as a concept are reviewed and analyzed. The sociological survey made through its own anonymous survey, covers 90.3% of the students majoring in " X-ray technician" at the Medical College in Sofia. The results of the survey showed that half of the respondents were involved in various volunteer activities; the biggest percentage of respondents have information about volunteer activities from social networks and friends; 86.3% want to get involved in volunteer programs, but 59.8% of respondents have free time to spend on it. 70.6% believe that volunteering can help their professional careers.In conclusion, it can be said that most of the respondents positively accept the idea of volunteering, but the commitment of the university, respectively the college and its teachers is to guide and stimulate its students to such activities that develop feelings such as empathy and satisfaction in helping others. In recent years, more and more attention has been paid to innovations in education, and volunteering practices would contribute to a positive change in the attitude of medical staff towards patients and their own profession

Aggression in school through pupils‘ eyes

School harassment and violence are gradually being recognized as some of the most important problems of modern education systems.The purpose of this study is to examine pupils‘ opinion on the presence of aggression at school, the measures being taken, and to generate suggestions from the pupils themselves to address the problem. The study includes a total of 174 pupils aged 11 to 18 years old from Varna, Dobrich, Shumen, Silistra, and Targovishte.The majority of pupils have witnessed aggression (89.1%), and every second one (52.9%) has been the victim of aggressive behavior. In each class there were on average 3-4 abusers and 3 victims. According to half of the pupils (52.7%), the measures in the school against aggression (mainly lectures, seminars or sanctions) are ineffective. The majority of respondents (87.8%) proposed the introduction of a special subject in health education starting from the first grade and having a different thematic focus, enabling the building of emotional and social competence and including contemporary interactive forms of training

OMAE2010-20811 THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF AVERAGE WAVE STEEPNESS RELATED TO PEAK PERIOD OR TO MEAN PERIOD

ABSTRACT The average wave steepness may be defined as the ratio between the significant wave height H s and the wavelength associated to either the zero-up-crossing mean period m L or the peak period p

A global remote-sensing assessment of the intersite variability in the greening of coastal dunes

In recent decades, the vegetation on many coastal dunes has expanded spatially, which is attributed, among other things, to global-scale climate change. The intersite variability in this dune greening has not yet been substantially investigated, nor is it known whether it is consistent with intersite variability in climate change. Therefore, the objectives of this work were firstly to quantify and analyse the change in vegetation cover from multitemporal (Formula presented.) time series at a large number (186) of dune fields worldwide, calculated from Landsat satellite imagery available between 1984 and 2021 and secondly, to correlate the identified trends with trends in the main climate variables influencing vegetation growth (temperature, precipitation and wind speed). We show that greening is strongest in cool temperate climates (35° to 66.5° north/south latitudes) and that the rate of greening is accelerating at many sites. We find no dependence between the rate of greening and the local temporal change in temperature, precipitation and/or wind speed. Based on existing literature, sand supply and anthropogenic activities are discussed as possible reasons for the absence of a clear global relationship between variability in dune greening and climate change

Evaluating potentially inappropriate medications in elderly patients in a pharmacy setting in Bulgaria: A pilot study utilizing the EU (7)-PIM List

Objective: The primary aim of this study was to evaluate, for the first time, the use of the EU-7 PIM List in identifying potentially inappropriate medications among older patients. Researchers have firmly established the connection between drug-related problems, which include increased morbidity and mortality rates and the heightened utilization of healthcare services. While previous studies have focused on methodologies for identifying potentially inappropriate medications in Bulgaria, further research is warranted to explore the applicability of the widely recognized EU(7)- PIM List. Materials and methods: A prospective review was conducted on patient prescriptions aligned with the National Health and Insurance Fund, explicitly focusing on patients aged over 65 years from a single pharmacy in Veliko Turnovo City, Bulgaria. The review spanned from November 2022 to April 2023. The prescriptions analyzed in this study exclusively comprised medications covered by the insurance fund. The pharmacy manager provided patient prescription data in a coded form, which included information on the patients’ age, corresponding medications, and accompanying ICD codes. Results: The study analyzed a sample of 255 patients. Healthcare providers prescribed 2,623 medications, and 61.96% of the patients had polypharmacy, taking more than five medications daily. Among the study population, 67% with polypharmacy had at least one PIM based on the EU (7)-PIM List criteria. In total, 173 potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) were identified. The main PIMs were categorized into four groups: alimentary tract and metabolism, blood and blood-forming organs, cardiovascular system (CVS), and nervous system. Most PIMs (75.72%) were in the ATC cardiovascular system. Within the CVS category, 11 PIMs were associated with digoxin intake and 11 with antiarrhythmics such as propafenone, flecainide, and amiodarone. In addition, trimetazidine was linked to 9 PIMs, and centrally acting antiadrenergic agents had 22 PIMs, with moxonidine being the most prevalent (n=16). Peripherally acting agents were linked to 22 PIMs, primarily doxazosin. The study identified 24 PIMs related to diuretics, specifically spironolactone, and 18 PIMs related to selective calcium channel blockers such as verapamil. The antithrombotic agent category had the highest share, with 30 identified PIMs, including acenocoumarol, dabigatran, rivaroxaban, and apixaban. Furthermore, the examination of ICD codes confirmed that most PIMs occurred within CVS, with patients having ICD I11.0 and ICD I11.9 being associated with 40 and 47 PIMs, respectively. Conclusion: This study highlights many PIMs among patients with cardiovascular diseases. Using the EU (7)-PIM List as a pilot study demonstrates its effectiveness in managing adult patients’ conditions. Given the significant role of PIMs in deprescribing strategies for older patients with polypharmacy, there is a need for prescribers, educators, and drug regulatory institutions to show increased interest in regulatory measures and specific aspects related to PIM use. This is important because the demographic trend of population ageing continues, and organizations increasingly focus on the elderly population

Relatório de estágio em farmácia comunitária

Relatório de estágio realizado no âmbito do Mestrado Integrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas, apresentado à Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbr

Remittances, Gender and Skills : Evidence from Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Region

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between remittance flows and the gender and skill characteristics of the migrants. By using annual data on bilateral migration and bilateral remittances between 20 OECD sending countries and 22 receiving countries from Europe and Central Asia over the period 2010-2012, a gravity model, incorporating the share of female- and the share of skilled migrants, is estimated. The model is extended by including a number of macroeconomic determinants of remittances. The main results show that remittances per capita decline with both share of female migrants and the share of the skilled migrants, and this relationship is more evident for receiving countries with relatively higher income levels. Skilled women are also found to remit smaller amounts of money relative to the unskilled ones. Thus, the study contradicts the widespread claim that females are more reliable remitters and that the negative effect of brain drain from developing countries could be mitigated by larger volumes of remittances sent by skilled migrants relative to unskilled ones. Furthermore, most of the macro variables are found to be significant and remittances show to be more responsive to the economic conditions in the source rather than in the recipient countries. The evidence on the motives to remit is rather mixed