Vpliv razvoja kontekstualnega znanja na razlikovalne kompetence

Prispevek izhaja iz opredelitve kompetence kot zmožnosti posameznika, da aktivira, uporabi in poveže pridobljeno znanje ter veščine v kompleksnih, raznovrstnih in nepredvidljivih delovnih situacijah. Namen raziskave je ugotoviti, ali razvoj specifičnega kontekstualnega znanja in veščin v organizaciji vodi do osvojitve specifičnih razlikovalnih kompetenc posameznika. V raziskavo so bili vključeni tržniki treh srednje velikih slovenskih podjetij, za katera smo ugotovili, da delujejo v treh različnih delovnih kontekstih. Rezultati raziskave so pokazali, da so razlikovalne kompetence, ki ločujejo nadpovprečno delovno uspešnega sodelavca organizacije od povprečno uspešnega na specifičnem delovnem mestu tržnika, pogojene z razvojem specifičnega kontekstualnega znanja in veščin

Grassroots Moodle

Over the past two decades or so we have witnessed the transition of the web from novelty to ubiquity. The web has become pervasive in our work environments, a necessity we can no longer do without. The emergence of Web 2.0 technologies brought “read/write” access to the web for the masses and thus caused (r)evolutions in fields relying on economics of scarcity. When we started using Moodle in 2006, many Web 2.0 technologies were already mature, but the use of Moodle was just beginning to gain ground in the field of education, which is generally cautious when experimenting with change. The aim of this paper is to collect and assess the data and experiences that have been developed over the six years during which Moodle has been in use at our Faculty. A case study methodology was chosen for qualitative investigation into some of the technical and organizational implications of implementing Moodle from a bottom-up approach. As of this year, the Faculty's Moodle is being used by 55% of our teaching staff and 82% of our students and is managed by one administrator

Life cycle model of software - sequencing and agile methods

Unatoč relativno kratkoj povijesti razvoja, softversko inženjerstvo do danas se razvija sve dinamičnije i intenzivnije. Sukladno tome, ističe se istinskom kompleksnošću, ali i značajem u suvremeno doba. Smatra se kako ono daje izravnu podršku suvremenom društvu i međunarodnoj ekonomiji. Generalno se može pojmiti kao znanstveno područje u svezi razvoja i upravljanja softverima to jest programskim rješenjima. Kada je riječ o razvoju softvera, zapravo se misli na fazni proces njegova životnog ciklusa. Svaka faza pri tome je jasno određena, a podrška provedbi ovoga procesa dolazi od integriranog, normatiziranog i standardiziranog kombiniranja metoda, tehnika i tehnologija. Agilne metode javljaju se kao odgovor na pritiske suvremenoga doba i nedostataka klasičnih metoda programiranja. One otklanjaju vodeće nedostatke sekvencijksih, tradicionalno orijentiranih metoda. Pri tome, ističu se većom fleksibilnošću, kvalitetom i orijentaciji prema korisnicima. U praksi donose veću učinkovitost i efikasnost.Despite a relatively short history of development, software engineering today is becoming increasingly dynamic and intensive. Accordingly, it is emphasized by the true complexity, but also by its significance in the contemporary time. It is considered to be a direct support to the modern society and the international economy. It can be generally considered as a scientific area for software development and management, that is, software solutions. Software development actually consideres thephases of its life cycle process. Each phase is clearly defined and has to be supportedwith the implementation of integrated, normatized and standraded combination of methods, techniques and technologies. Agile methods appear as a response to contemporary pressures and the disadvantages of the classical programming methods. They eliminate the main disadvantages of sequential, traditionally-oriented methods. In this regard, greater flexibility, quality and customer orientation are emphasized. In practice they bring greater efficiency and quality for customers

Life cycle model of software - sequencing and agile methods

Unatoč relativno kratkoj povijesti razvoja, softversko inženjerstvo do danas se razvija sve dinamičnije i intenzivnije. Sukladno tome, ističe se istinskom kompleksnošću, ali i značajem u suvremeno doba. Smatra se kako ono daje izravnu podršku suvremenom društvu i međunarodnoj ekonomiji. Generalno se može pojmiti kao znanstveno područje u svezi razvoja i upravljanja softverima to jest programskim rješenjima. Kada je riječ o razvoju softvera, zapravo se misli na fazni proces njegova životnog ciklusa. Svaka faza pri tome je jasno određena, a podrška provedbi ovoga procesa dolazi od integriranog, normatiziranog i standardiziranog kombiniranja metoda, tehnika i tehnologija. Agilne metode javljaju se kao odgovor na pritiske suvremenoga doba i nedostataka klasičnih metoda programiranja. One otklanjaju vodeće nedostatke sekvencijksih, tradicionalno orijentiranih metoda. Pri tome, ističu se većom fleksibilnošću, kvalitetom i orijentaciji prema korisnicima. U praksi donose veću učinkovitost i efikasnost.Despite a relatively short history of development, software engineering today is becoming increasingly dynamic and intensive. Accordingly, it is emphasized by the true complexity, but also by its significance in the contemporary time. It is considered to be a direct support to the modern society and the international economy. It can be generally considered as a scientific area for software development and management, that is, software solutions. Software development actually consideres thephases of its life cycle process. Each phase is clearly defined and has to be supportedwith the implementation of integrated, normatized and standraded combination of methods, techniques and technologies. Agile methods appear as a response to contemporary pressures and the disadvantages of the classical programming methods. They eliminate the main disadvantages of sequential, traditionally-oriented methods. In this regard, greater flexibility, quality and customer orientation are emphasized. In practice they bring greater efficiency and quality for customers

The environmental contaminant DDE fails to influence the outcome of sexual differentiation in the marine turtle Chelonia mydas.

In many turtles, the temperature experienced during the middle of egg incubation determines the sex of the offspring. The implication of steroid sex hormones as the proximate trigger for sex determination opens the possibility that endocrine-disrupting contaminants may also influence the outcome of sexual differentiation. In this study we investigate the potential effects of DDE (a common DDT metabolite) on sexual differentiation of Chelonia mydas (green sea turtle). Four clutches of eggs collected from Heron Island, Queensland, Australia, were treated with DDE at the beginning of the thermosensitive period for sexual determination. An incubation temperature of 28 degrees C or less produces male hatchlings in this species, whereas 30 degrees C or more produces female hatchlings. Dosed eggs were consequently incubated at two temperatures (27.6 degrees C and 30.4 degrees C) on the upper and lower boundaries of the sex determination threshold for this species. DDE, ranging from 3.3 to 66.5 microg, was dissolved in 5, 10, and 25 microl ethanol and applied to eggshells above the embryo. Less than 2.5 ng/g DDE was present in eggs prior to dosing. Approximately 34% of the applied DDE was absorbed in the eggs, but only approximately 8% of applied DDE was found in embryos. Thus, treated eggs, corrected for background DDE, had up to 543 ng/g DDE. The sex ratio at these doses did not differ from what would be expected on consideration of temperature alone. Incubation time, hatching success, incidence of body deformities, hatching size, and weight were also within the limits of healthy developed hatchlings. This indicates that the eggs of C. mydas in the wild with concentrations of DDE less than 543 ng/g should produce hatchlings with relatively high hatching success, survival rate, and normally differentiated gonads

Vpliv konteksta organizacije na razlikovalne delovne kompetence

The subject of this paper is based on the definition of competence as the individual’s ability to activate, utilize and merge the knowledge acquired when faced with complex, diverse and unpredictable situations. The first part of this paper presents an outline of the fundamental hypotheses dealing with the subject of interpretative typology of competences, which does not regard the worker and the job as two separate identities, but rather as one single identity that is formed through the work experience. The goal of this research is to find an answer to the question, whether the differentiating competences that are necessary for a job in marketing depend on the work context of the specific organization within which they are put into practice. The subjects of our research were the employees of three medium-sized Slovenian enterprises, who function in three different work contexts, according to our findings. The results of the research show that the differentiating competences that separate superior job performance worker from an average one, who holds the same position as marketer, depend on the nature of the work context within which the employees perform their jobs.Prispevek izhaja iz definicije kompetence kot možnosti posameznika, da aktivira, uporabi in poveže pridobljeno znanje v kompleksnih, raznovrstnih in nepredvidljivih situacijah. Predstavljene so temeljne hipoteze interpretativne tipologije kompetenc, ki delo in delavca ne vidi kot dve ločeni identiteti, temveč kot enotno identiteto skozi doživeto izkušnjo dela. Cilj raziskave je odgovoriti na vprašanje, ali so potrebne razlikovalne kompetence za specifično delovno mesto tržnika odvisne od delovnega konteksta organizacije, v katerem so te uporabljene. V raziskavo so bili vključeni tržniki treh srednje velikih slovenskih podjetij, za katere smo ugotovili, da delujejo v treh različnih delovnih kontekstih. Rezultati raziskave so pokazali, da so razlikovalne kompetence, ki ločujejo nadpovprečno delovno uspešnega sodelavca organizacije od povprečno uspešnega na specifičnem delovnem mestu tržnika, pogojene z delovnim kontekstom, v katerem ta deluje

MLC tracking for lung SABR is feasible, efficient and delivers high-precision target dose and lower normal tissue dose.

Background and purposeThe purpose of this work is to present the clinical experience from the first-in-human trial of real-time tumor targeting via MLC tracking for stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) of lung lesions.Methods and materialsSeventeen patients with stage 1 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or lung metastases were included in a study of electromagnetic transponder-guided MLC tracking for SABR (NCT02514512). Patients had electromagnetic transponders inserted near the tumor. An MLC tracking SABR plan was generated with planning target volume (PTV) expanded 5 mm from the end-exhale gross tumor volume (GTV). A clinically approved comparator plan was generated with PTV expanded 5 mm from a 4DCT-derived internal target volume (ITV). Treatment was delivered using a standard linear accelerator to continuously adapt the MLC based on transponder motion. Treated volumes and reconstructed delivered dose were compared between MLC tracking and comparator ITV-based treatment.ResultsAll seventeen patients were successfully treated with MLC tracking (70 successful fractions). MLC tracking treatment delivery time averaged 8 minutes. The time from the start of CBCT to the end of treatment averaged 22 minutes. The MLC tracking PTV for 16/17 patients was smaller than the ITV-based PTV (range -1.6% to 44% reduction, or -0.6 to 18 cc). Reductions in mean lung dose (27 cGy) and V20Gy (50 cc) were statistically significant (p ConclusionThe first treatments with lung MLC tracking have been successfully performed in seventeen SABR patients. MLC tracking for lung SABR is feasible, efficient and delivers high-precision target dose and lower normal tissue dose

SPECT imaging of Moyamoya disease using 99mTc-HM-PAO comparison with computed tomography findings

99mTc-HM-PAO was used to evaluate regional cerebral blood flow in a 26-year-old woman with Moyamoya disease. This patient had an 18-month history of recurrent neurologic deficits and had angiographic evidence of Moyamoya disease. She had used oral contraceptives and cigarettes, but had no other risk factors for stroke. Single photon emission computed tomographic images showed bilateral and asymmetric reductions in blood flow to anterior and lateral brain regions. These findings correlated better with clinical symptomatology and suggested more extensive brain involvement than did computed tomography.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/27118/1/0000110.pd

Study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial in general practice investigating the effectiveness of acupuncture against migraine

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Migraine is a chronic neurologic disease that can severely affect the patient's quality of life. Although in recent years many randomised studies have been carried out to investigate the effectiveness of acupuncture as a treatment for migraine, it remains a controversial issue. Our aim is to determine whether acupuncture, applied under real conditions of clinical practice in the area of primary healthcare, is more effective than conventional treatment.</p> <p>Methods/Design</p> <p>The design consists of a pragmatic multi-centre, three-armed randomised controlled trial, complemented with an economic evaluation of the results achieved, comparing the effectiveness of verum acupuncture with sham acupuncture, and with a control group receiving normal care only.</p> <p>Patients eligible for inclusion will be those presenting in general practice with migraine and for whom their General Practitioner (GP) is considering referral for acupuncture. Sampling will be by consecutive selection, and by randomised allocation to the three branches of the study, in a centralised way following a 1:1:1 distribution (verum acupuncture; sham acupuncture; conventional treatment). Secondly, one patient in three will be randomly selected from each of the acupuncture (verum or sham) groups for a brain perfusion study (by single photon emission tomography). The treatment with verum acupuncture will consist of 8 treatment sessions, once a week, at points selected individually by the acupuncturist. The sham acupuncture group will receive 8 sessions, one per week, with treatment being applied at non-acupuncture points in the dorsal and lumbar regions, using the minimal puncture technique. The control group will be given conventional treatment, as will the other two groups.</p> <p>Discussion</p> <p>This trial will contribute to available evidence on acupuncture for the treatment of migraine. The primary endpoint is the difference in the number of days with migraine among the three groups, between the baseline period (the 4 weeks prior to the start of treatment) and the period from weeks 9 to 12. As a secondary aspect, we shall record the index of laterality and the percentage of change in the mean count per pixel in each region of interest measured by the brain perfusion tomography, performed on a subsample of the patients within the real and sham acupuncture groups.</p> <p>Trial registration</p> <p>Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN98703707.</p