Gender Competence as the Most Important Component of the Teacher's Professionalism

In the modern education the attention is paid to the teacher's development and self- development of the identity, the teacher, who can be flexibly guided in the difficult social circumstances, and is professional work in the conditions of the reformed educational organization. In this regard is defined the model of development of the teacher's professional competence. The teacher has to understand the social role and functions in modern society; to aspire to the high level in development of professionalism when mastering psychology and pedagogical knowledge; to own personal qualities: insistence, pedagogical advantage, competence, professional responsibility. When forming the teacher's professional pedagogical competence it is necessary to pay attention to gender aspect. The gender perspective is one of those subjects which are interesting to modern society. Gender distinctions should be considered in educational process both in relation to trainees, and in relation to teachers. Men and woman train differently and there are essential gender distinctions in their behavioral and communicative aspects, in the solutions of many pedagogical problems and in styles of the teachers' professional activity. Our article is devoted to the analysis of this problem, which is urged not only to designate this problem, but also to develop specific conditions on its decision. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s7p9

Interference related corrections to classical gas diffusion in a system of small heterogeneities

Diffusion of an ideal gas in a system of small spherical heterogeneities (collective of particles and a system of small cavities in homogeneous medium) is considered. The effective diffusion coefficient is calculated using methods of multiple scattering theory. Some possible contribution to diffusion of multiple passing closed loops on the trajectory of a molecule is considered. The interest to such loops is related to constructive interference of amplitudes corresponding to two alternative ways of the loop passing (clockwise and counterclockwise). This interference always exists, irrespective to the medium disorder. In this paper, we show that the interference corrections to classical diffusion lead to appearance of low frequency macroscopic oscillations of the gas concentration and complete stagnation of the diffusion process. The latter resembles the Anderson localization of electrons in a system of impurities in an ideal lattice

Evaluation of a quality improvement intervention to reduce anastomotic leak following right colectomy (EAGLE): pragmatic, batched stepped-wedge, cluster-randomized trial in 64 countries

Background Anastomotic leak affects 8 per cent of patients after right colectomy with a 10-fold increased risk of postoperative death. The EAGLE study aimed to develop and test whether an international, standardized quality improvement intervention could reduce anastomotic leaks. Methods The internationally intended protocol, iteratively co-developed by a multistage Delphi process, comprised an online educational module introducing risk stratification, an intraoperative checklist, and harmonized surgical techniques. Clusters (hospital teams) were randomized to one of three arms with varied sequences of intervention/data collection by a derived stepped-wedge batch design (at least 18 hospital teams per batch). Patients were blinded to the study allocation. Low- and middle-income country enrolment was encouraged. The primary outcome (assessed by intention to treat) was anastomotic leak rate, and subgroup analyses by module completion (at least 80 per cent of surgeons, high engagement; less than 50 per cent, low engagement) were preplanned. Results A total 355 hospital teams registered, with 332 from 64 countries (39.2 per cent low and middle income) included in the final analysis. The online modules were completed by half of the surgeons (2143 of 4411). The primary analysis included 3039 of the 3268 patients recruited (206 patients had no anastomosis and 23 were lost to follow-up), with anastomotic leaks arising before and after the intervention in 10.1 and 9.6 per cent respectively (adjusted OR 0.87, 95 per cent c.i. 0.59 to 1.30; P = 0.498). The proportion of surgeons completing the educational modules was an influence: the leak rate decreased from 12.2 per cent (61 of 500) before intervention to 5.1 per cent (24 of 473) after intervention in high-engagement centres (adjusted OR 0.36, 0.20 to 0.64; P < 0.001), but this was not observed in low-engagement hospitals (8.3 per cent (59 of 714) and 13.8 per cent (61 of 443) respectively; adjusted OR 2.09, 1.31 to 3.31). Conclusion Completion of globally available digital training by engaged teams can alter anastomotic leak rates. Registration number: NCT04270721 (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov)