The quality of medical care in a round-the-clock hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic

Violations in the provision of medical care are detected by controlling the volume, timing, quality and conditions of medical care. The objective of the work is assessment of the activities of the round-the-clock hospital from the standpoint of the quality of medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and methods. A database of indicators reflecting the activity of round-the-clock hospital for four years, from 2017 to 2020 (Omsk) was formed. Analytical, statistical methods and the method of expert assessments were used to analyze the required indicators. Results. Evaluation of inpatient hospital activities during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the “pre-pandemic” years showed a 1.9-fold and 2.9-fold decrease in the total number of quality examinations performed and the number of defects detected, respectively. The number of defects that were grounds for denial or reduction of payment for medical care found in the “before-COVID-19” years was 2.1 times higher than in 2020. In 2020, the weight of the share of those defects that directly reflect the quality of medical care increased signifcantly. The quantitative composition of the inpatient hospital staff changed insignifcantly during the analyzed period – the number of physicians increased  by only 5 % over four years, with no dynamics in the qualitative characteristics of the staff. The number of medical equipment increased by 27.6 %. Due to re-profling in 2020, there was a decrease in the number of hospitalized patients, with an increase in the proportion of patients admitted by emergency care (up to 91 %) and an increase in mortality by 2.7 times. Conclusions. One of the conditions for maintaining high quality of medical care is a balance between the main components of quality: accessibility, timeliness, sufciency, efciency and safety and the speed of its achievement, which in turn depends on the amount of resources and reserves

Очистка бензольной фракции и бензола от непредельных и сернистых соединений новым модифицированным адсорбентом на основе природной глины

Objectives. This study aimed to create a method for purifying benzene fractions using a modified natural clay-based adsorbent, which removes both unsaturated and sulfur compounds from benzene or benzene fractions obtained by pyrolysis of petrochemical raw materials.Methods. Chemical and chromatographic methods were used to conduct flow analyses before and after purification. Testing was conducted under conditions that were similar to industrial conditions. The functional characteristics of the adsorbents (moisture resistance and bulk density) were evaluated by strength tests after wetting with water and by weighing batches of the adsorbents fixed in volume.Results. Three clay-based adsorbent samples were developed, and tested under laboratory conditions. Thereafter, the CS-Sorb-6890 (M) sample—an Ni-modified adsorbent—was tested under experimental industrial conditions. A positive effect was obtained, and a method for purifying benzene fractions (benzene) from sulfur compounds and olefins is proposed.Conclusions. The obtained results revealed that the modified active clay-based adsorbent successfully removed sulfur and unsaturated compounds from the benzene fraction simultaneously. The total sulfur concentration was reduced to 0.00004 wt % after 90% of it was removed. The conversion of the unsaturated compounds reached 100%.Цели. Создание способа очистки бензольной фракции (бензола) с помощью модифицированного адсорбента на основе природной глины, который позволит одновременно удалять непредельные и сернистые соединения из бензола или бензольной фракции, полученных пиролизом нефтехимического сырья.Методы. Анализы потоков до и после очистки выполняли химическими и хроматогра- фическими методами. Тестирование проводили в условиях, приближенных к промышленным. Функциональные характеристики адсорбентов (влагостойкость, насыпная плотность) оценивали с помощью испытаний на прочность после смачивания водой и методом взвешивания фиксированных по объему партий адсорбентов.Результаты. Разработаны три образца адсорбента на основе глины, проведено их тестирование в лабораторных условиях, после чего образец CS-Sorb-6890 (M) – адсорбент с нанесенным Ni – прошел испытания в опытно-промышленных условиях. Получен положительный эффект, предложен способ очистки бензольной фракции (бензола) от сернистых соединений и олефинов.Выводы. Достигнутые результаты свидетельствуют о том, что созданный модифицированный адсорбент на основе активной глины успешно удаляет одновременно сернистые и непредельные соединения из бензольной фракции. Удаление общей серы максимально составило 90%, и ее концентрация минимизирована до 0.00004 мас. %. Конверсия непредельных соединений достигла 100%

9-й семінар "Хмарні технології в освіті": звіт

This is an introductory text to a collection of selected papers from the 9th Workshop on Cloud Technologies in Education (CTE 2021) which held in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on the December 17, 2021. It consists of short introduction, papers’ review and some observations about the event and its future.Це вступний текст до збірника доповідей 9-го семінару з хмарних технологій в освіті (CTE 2021), який відбувся 17 грудня 2021 року в м. Кривий Ріг, Україна. Він складається з короткого вступу, огляду доповідей та деяких спостережень щодо заходу та його майбутнього

Data from an International Multi-Centre Study of Statistics and Mathematics Anxieties and Related Variables in University Students (the SMARVUS Dataset)

This large, international dataset contains survey responses from N = 12,570 students from 100 universities in 35 countries, collected in 21 languages. We measured anxieties (statistics, mathematics, test, trait, social interaction, performance, creativity, intolerance of uncertainty, and fear of negative evaluation), self-efficacy, persistence, and the cognitive reflection test, and collected demographics, previous mathematics grades, self-reported and official statistics grades, and statistics module details. Data reuse potential is broad, including testing links between anxieties and statistics/mathematics education factors, and examining instruments’ psychometric properties across different languages and contexts. Data and metadata are stored on the Open Science Framework website [https://osf.io/mhg94/]

Data from an International Multi-Centre Study of Statistics and Mathematics Anxieties and Related Variables in University Students (the SMARVUS Dataset)

This large, international dataset contains survey responses from N = 12,570 students from 100 universities in 35 countries, collected in 21 languages. We measured anxieties (statistics, mathematics, test, trait, social interaction, performance, creativity, intolerance of uncertainty, and fear of negative evaluation), self-efficacy, persistence, and the cognitive reflection test, and collected demographics, previous mathematics grades, self-reported and official statistics grades, and statistics module details. Data reuse potential is broad, including testing links between anxieties and statistics/mathematics education factors, and examining instruments’ psychometric properties across different languages and contexts

DYNAMIC MATHEMATICAL SOFTWARE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MODERN TEACHER’S WORK: THE RESULTS OF THE PEDAGOGICAL EXPERIMENT

The article presents the results of pedagogical research about the willingness and the psychological readiness to use dynamic mathematical software (DMS) by working and future math teachers. The experiment was conducted during 2010-2014 at the Sumy Makarenko State Pedagogical University. The results of the research demonstrate the dynamics of the increase in the number of teachers and students who wish to use DMS in their future careers. It was used nonparametric method for dependent samples - the McNemar’s test - to handle the results of the research. The hypothesis, that the study of the Special course of the use of dynamic mathematical software by future math teachers has a positive impact on the willingness and the readiness to use such software in their own professional activities, was confirmed at the significance level of 0.05. Additionally, the results of the experiment on the willingness and the readiness to support the teaching of some subjects (algebra, planimetry, solid geometry and analysis) by dynamic mathematical software, and the willingness to use some dynamic mathematical software (Gran (Gran1, Gran2d, Gran3d), GeoGebra, Сabri, MathKit, DG, GS) by Ukrainian math teachers were given. Analysis of results revealed that working and future math teachers prefer to work with Gran and GeoGebra, respectively. That is why the further work on the creation of educational materials on the use of GeoGebra is useful

Use of specialized software for the development of visual thinking of students and pupils

Abstract: The article reveals the essence and defining characteristics of visual thinking: visual productivity and activity of putting forward visual hypotheses, constructive activity, strategic-semantic flexibility, and visual originality. The ways of using specialized software for the development of visual thinking are revealed: the organization of visual search through the tasks visualized in the virtual environment, the use of tasks aimed at the developing the ability to put forward visual hypotheses, the use of tasks aimed at identifying visual originality in solving them, the use of cognitive-visual graphics, the use of tasks with incomplete conditions and tasks with redundant data, and the use of inverse tasks. According to the results of the expert assessment, two most effective ways in which to influence the development of visual thinking have been identified: the organization of visual search through the tasks of visualized in the virtual environment and the use of cognitive-visual graphics. It is established that for the implementation of these ways it is advisable to use specialized software, namely programs of dynamic mathematics, Smart-objects from the package of office programs, tools for creating infographics, and graphic editors. The results of a pedagogical experiment on the development of visual thinking of young people through visualized tasks in a virtual environment and the use of cognitive-visual graphics are presented

Педагогічний дизайн і підготовка майбутніх фахівців його використовувати

Formulation of the problem. The article describes the Ukrainian experience of preparing future specialista for pedagogical design. Materials and method: theoretical: modeling - to substantiate and develop a model of forming the readiness of future specialists -pedagogues to pedagogical design, to identify pedagogical conditions that contribute to the preparation of future specialists for pedagogical design; empirical: diagnostic to find out the effectiveness of pedagogical conditions of forming the readiness of future specialists to pedagogical design; pedagogical experiment (ascertaining, forming) - to check the effectiveness of the model of formation of future specialists’ readiness for pedagogical design; statistical - analysis of the obtained data with the help of mathematical statistics methods for processing and interpretation of experimental results. Results. In particular, the state of development of the problem in the theory and practice of Ukrainian vocational training is described, the essence of pedagogical design is revealed, the essence and structure of readiness of future specialists to pedagogical design are specified; described diagnostic tools for determining the level of readiness of future specialists for pedagogical design; developed and theoretically substantiated model of formation of future specialists' readiness for pedagogical design; the results of the statistical analysis of its effectiveness are described. Conclusions. The effectiveness of the introduced model of forming the readiness of future specialists for pedagogical design was confirmed. The prospects for further scientific research are connected with the development of a holistic concept of project pedagogical activity in higher education, creation of a structural and functional model of project activity of an educational institution in Ukraine.Постановка проблеми. У статті описаний український досвід підготовки майбутніх фахівців до педагогічної дизайну. Матеріали і методи: теоретичні: аналіз і систематизація наукових джерел, педагогічне моделювання для обгрунтування і розроблення моделі формування готовності майбутніх фахівців до педагогічного дизайну; емпіричні: діагностичні для з'ясування ефективності педагогічних умов формування готовності майбутніх фахівців до педагогічного дизайну; педагогічний експеримент (констатувальний, формувальний) - для перевірки ефективності моделі формування готовності майбутніх фахівців до педагогічного дизайну; статистичний - аналіз отриманих даних за допомогою методів математичної статистики для обробки та інтерпретації експериментальних результатів. Результати. Схарактеризовано стан розвитку проблеми в теорії і практиці професійної освіти України, наведено суперечності, яік на сьогодні не вирішені в галузі підготовки фахіців до педагогічного дизайну, уточнено сутність і структуру готовності майбутніх фахівців до педагогічного дизайну; описані засоби діагностики для визначення рівня готовності; розроблено й теоретично обґрунтовано модель формування готовності майбутніх фахівців до педагогічного дизайну; описані результати статистичного аналізу її ефективності. Висновки. Підтверджено ефективність розробленої моделі формування готовності майбутніх фахівців до педагогічного дизайну. Перспективи подальших наукових досліджень пов'язані з розробкою цілісної концепції проектної педагогічної діяльності у вищій школі