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Lean design improves both health-care facilities and processes: a literature review
2014
This article presents a literature review of the challenges and possibilities for Lean design in modern health-care facilities. Many of today's health-care facilities are in dire need of renovation since limited financial resources among health-care demand improved work process efficiency, safety and employee well-being. Lean philosophy has been successfully implemented into hospitals with up-and-running hospital processes, but has not been thoroughly tested as a design methodology. The principles of Lean do not contradict with user-centric, participatory or ergonomic design approaches and thus the possibilities of using Lean as a complementary design methodology to the aforementioned appro…
MODERN DIDACTIC TERMS IN THE CONTENT OF LATVIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE STUDIES
2015
The article is devoted to a pending matter in the Latvian linguistics and methodology of language and literature – the formation of the system of terminology. The 90-ies of the 20th century when Latvia gained its national independence brought changes not only in the political and economic life but also in the terminology because new realities, which appeared in life, needed new names. Essential transformation in education brought along changes in the nomination system of the specific realities in the sphere. By establishing broader contacts with the pedagogical information field of the Western countries, translating scientific articles one comes in touch with specific concepts of the sphere…
Interaktīvo metožu efektiviāte, mācot angļu valodas gramatiku vidusskolā
2016
Bakalaura darba mērķis ir pierādīt interaktīvo metožu efektivitāti, mācot saliktās tagadnes laiku angļu valodā. Šis pētījums sastāv četrām nodaļām. Pirmajā nodaļā akcentēts angļu valodas gramatikas nozīmīgums un sniegts ieskats gramatikas teorijā. Tiek aprakstītas galvenās iezīmes un atšķirības mutvārdu un rakstveida gramatikā, kā arī minēts, kāpēc angļu valodas gramatika būtu jāmāca un aprakstīta skolotāja loma mācību procesā. Otrajā nodaļā pētītas dažādas angļu valodas gramatikas mācīšanas tehnikas un metodes. Trešajā nodaļā aprakstīti interaktīvie paņēmieni, mācot angļu valodas gramatiku vidusskolā. Bakalaura darba praktiskā daļa ietver eksperimentu. Šī daļa veltīta novadīto stundu aprak…
Teaching English in Finnish upper secondary schools: How English is taught and what are the most effective ways of learning
2010
Tämän proseminaari-tutkielman tarkoituksena oli saada selville, millaisia opetusmenetelmiä opettajat käyttävät englannin tunneilla suomalaisissa lukioissa ja millainen opetus on oppilaiden mielestä hyödyllisintä englannin kielen oppimisessa. Lisäksi tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli vertailla oppilaiden ja opettajien vastauksia näihin kysymyksiin. Englannin kielen käyttö on lisääntynyt paljon lyhyessä ajassa globalisoituvan yhteiskunnan seurauksena, minkä vuoksi on tärkeää saada selville, onko suomalaisissa lukioissa annettu opetus nimenomaan oppilaiden mielestä höydyllistä ja tehokasta. Aihetta on tutkittu viimeksi Suomessa kaksikymmentä vuotta sitten ja tämän vuoksi uusi tutkimus oli tarpeel…
Ensemble methods for item-weighted label ranking: a comparison
2022
Label Ranking (LR), an emerging non-standard supervised classification problem, aims at training preference models that order a finite set of labels based on a set of predictor features. Traditional LR models regard all labels as equally important. However, in many cases, failing to predict the ranking position of a highly relevant label can be considered more severe than failing to predict a trivial one. Moreover, an efficient LR classifier should be able to take into account the similarity between the items to be ranked. Indeed, swapping two similar elements should be less penalized than swapping two dissimilar ones. The contribution of the present paper is to formulate more flexible item…
ACTIVE LEARNING METHODS IN STUDIES: STUDENTS’ OPINIONS AND EXPERIENCES
2021
Rapid changes in education and pedagogy are related not only to the global crisis caused by COVID-19, but also to other changes determined by globalization and technological convergence—labour mobility, changes in different professions and changes in teacher–student relations—that are also affected by intergenerational differences. Changes in the pedagogical paradigm, which are included in the content of the Paris Communiqué (2018) and outlined in many important educational development and planning documents, emphasise students’ transition from being mere recipients of information to being participants actively engaged with new information in a learning environment. Following the identifica…
Assessment methods for impact of environmentally friendly entrepreneurship and driving forces to the quality of environment
2002
Environmentally friendly entrepreneurship (further – EFE) is one of the tools for improvement environmental quality. There might be made theoretical approaches, how quantitatively large is the impact of the EFE in changes of the quality of environment. In this field theoretical suggestion is prior to practice, because in the most of countries there is domination of several cases, but it could not be used as overall tendency [8; 10]. Opposite impact to quality of environment might be created by driving forces (driving forces are economical indicators, which stimulate changes in quality of environment) [1] like overcon‐sumption, growth of gross domestic product (further – GDP) etc. The articl…
Immunochemical rapid determination of quinoxyfen, a priority hazardous pollutant
2018
In 2013, quinoxyfen was included in the list of priority hazard pollutants of the European Water Framework Directive due to its toxicity to aquatic organisms. However, few analytical methods for the analysis of this fungicide have been reported and no rapid immunochemical methods have been published so far. In the present study, immunoreagents for quinoxyfen analysis were generated for the first time and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed. Two carboxylated derivatives of quinoxyfen were designed on the basis of the minimum energy conformation of the target compound. Active esters of those novel compounds were prepared using N,N′-disuccinimidyl carbonate, and purified for cov…
Analysis of Trace Pharmaceuticals and Related Compounds in Municipal Wastewaters by Preconcentration, Chromatography, Derivatization, and Separation …
2014
A significant portion of pharmaceuticals and other organic chemicals consumed by people and animals are released into municipal wastewater treatment plants. Most of them are degraded during the wastewater treatment processes, but some of them degrade only partially and may be widely transported and dispersed into the aquatic environment. This is why efficient and fast analytical methods are needed for detection of organic compounds in wastewaters at trace levels. Because wastewaters often consist of complex matrices and high-molecular mass materials, e.g., lignocellulosic biomass, which may bring challenges to the sample preparation procedures, efficient pre-concentration methods such as so…
Dietary acrylamide and physical performance tests: A cross-sectional analysis
2021
Background Dietary acrylamide is found in certain foods, such as deep frying, baking and roasting, and is associated with higher inflammatory and oxidative stress parameters. The association between dietary acrylamide and physical performance has not yet been explored. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between dietary acrylamide intake and physical performance tests in a large cohort of North American individuals affected by knee osteoarthritis or at high risk for this condition. Methods Dietary acrylamide intake was obtained through a food frequency questionnaire and reported in quartiles and as an increase in deciles. Physical performance was explored using the 20-…