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Enhancing the Usability of Telecare Devices
2006
Demographic and sociological changes in the last 50 years have forced Western societies to create services to attend to elderly people in their homes, where they can live within familiar environments. Telecare involves a device plugged into a telephonic network that provides access to teams of professionals who can attend to the needs of the elderly in their homes. These devices have been designed according to the principles of universal design, but the great number of erroneous calls to telecare centers point to the necessity of enhancing the usability of the devices. One analysis of the cognitive functioning of elderly people showed that a possible cause of these errors could be the diffi…
Care Poverty
2022
The representation of Sámi people on Finnish and Norwegian tourism websites in English
2014
Tutkielman tarkoituksena oli selvittää, minkälaisia representaatioita saamelaisista rakennetaan norjalaisessa sekä suomalaisessa matkailumarkkinoinnissa englanniksi. Aineistona oli yksi kunkin maan virallisen matkailumarkkinointiportaalin (VisitFinland ja VisitNorway)saamelaisaiheinen alasivu. Tutkielman teoriapohjana käytettiin kriittistä diskurssianalyysia(esim. Fairclough 1992, Pietikäinen & Mäntynen 2009, Blommaert 2005). Taustatietona käytiin läpi aiempia tutkimuksia saamelaisrepresentaatioista. Metodeissa nojattiin pääosin laadulliseen ja monimodaaliseen analysointiin, jossa pohjana oli Fairclough’n (1992) kolmitasoinen diskurssiaineiston analysointi. Tutkimustuloksista kävi ilmi, ett…
Aquatic cycling—What do we know? A scoping review on head-out aquatic cycling
2017
Over the past few years, aquatic cycling has become a trending fitness activity. However, the literature has not been reviewed exhaustively. Therefore, using scoping review methodology, the aim of this review was to explore the current state of the literature concerning aquatic cycling. This study specifically focused on study designs, populations and outcomes. A comprehensive search of seven databases (PubMed, MEDLINE, Cinahl, Embase, PEDro,Web of Science, WorldCat) was conducted up to 30th September 2016. GoogleScholar, World Cat, ResearchGate, specific aquatic therapy websites and aquatic therapy journals were searched to identify additional literature. Full-text publications in English,…
L'Ecuba euripidea: dramma della violenza sugli inermi
2010
This paper focuses on ‘violence on unarmed people’ as the unifying theme that underlies the structure of the tragedy with an anthropopoietic function, what means to build up, by contrast, models of human and humanity.. All the three forms of violence against unarmed people, which can be singled out in the tragedy, are analyzed. The first is the sacred violence of Polyxena’s sacrifice, which is represented as an unnecessary and avoidable killing, due to the excessive power of the winners Greeks on losers barbarians. The second is the criminal violence upon Polydorus, motivated by greed for gold but also due to the impunity in a destructive war. The third is the ‘maenadic’ violence by which H…
Maltrato y enfermedad mental. Estudio de personas con enfermedad mental, víctimas de maltrato
2011
Se realiza un trabajo de investigación sobre la victimización de personas con enfermedad mental, desde la perspectiva de que este colectivo es con frecuencia víctima de maltrato, a pesar de los prejuicios y el estigma que pende sobre él. Dada su especial vulnerabilidad social, los y las profesionales que atienden a esta población tienen la responsabilidad de visibilizar este fenómeno, y validar los instrumentos de diagnóstico que utilizan como útiles para detectar maltrato. The thesis involved research on the victimization of people with mental illness from the angle of this group often being the victim of abuse, despite the prejudice and stigma that hangs over it. Given its special social …
Yksinäisten työikäisten vuorovaikutussuhteet
2018
Riittävät vuorovaikutussuhteet ovat tärkeä hyvinvoinnin resurssi. Vuorovaikutussuhteiden vähäisyys tai se, etteivät suhteet vastaa odotuksia, aiheuttaa ahdistusta ja muita negatiivisia tunteita. On luonnollista tuntea ajoittain itsensä yksinäiseksi, mutta pitkittynyt tai pysyvä yksinäisyyden tunne on vakava ongelma. Tämän systemaattisen kirjallisuuskatsauksen tavoitteena on jäsentää, mitä tiedetään yksinäisten työikäisten vuorovaikutussuhteista. Työikäisillä tarkoitetaan tässä alle 65-vuotiaita aikuisia. Katsaus kohdistuu työikäisten yksinäisyyttä koskevaan viestinnän ja lähitieteiden tutkimukseen vuosilta 2006–2017. Viimeaikainen työikäisten yksinäisyyden tutkimus on kohdistunut yksinäiste…
Una más de la familia. Au pairs atrapadas entre el capital humano y la economía moral
2018
In contemporary societies we are witnessing an expansion of the messages of human capital. These messages have as their central dimension idea of the self-entrepreneur, which implies a deepening in the logic of activation, while blurring the wage relations. In this scenario, young people with university degrees are becoming a favourite target in the offensive of human capital. The penetration of these human capital messages can be seen in the discourses of young university students who have been forced to leave the country during the crisis. In the present text we approach the discourses of young women who came out as au pairs. The characteristics of this figure place it in a space halfway …
Aktywizacja seniorów na przykładzie działalności edukacyjnej i kulturalno-społecznej Uniwersytetu Trzeciego Wieku w Kędzierzynie-Koźlu
2022
Less is future: landscape as the key element for the “milieux” renaissance in the former East Germany
2013
Twenty-two years ago, Germany was reunified as a single state. Waste land, pollution and empty buildings are some of the problems that the people had to face, along with radical and painful political reorganization. The strong collective reaction to these environmental and social disasters was heart-warming. Hundreds of coordinated and collective actions of renovation in open spaces were carried out. People were involved in each level of the design process in order to decide the best way to improve and promote the heritage and identity of their landscape. Halle, Dessau, Leipzig, and Berlin are some examples explained in this paper which demonstrate that these successful massive actions are …