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The purpose of this study is to contribute experience and insights, based on an interdisciplinary collaboration that can enhance the learning environment for hard of hearing pupils and ultimately their knowledge development. Hard of hearing pupils have lower goal fulfillment than hearing pupils. With this thesis I want to highlight the insights the participants in the research circle made on the basis of written and verbal dialogue. A qualitative content analysis has been used as a method of analysis in this study where the focus has been on a search for the similarities and differences based on the participants' written reflections. The study shows that the participants in the research circle by using and internalizing various tools in the social interaction develops the ability to enter into dialogue with each other and themselves. Which leads to that meaning and understanding are created for each other's activities. By starting from everyday situations and activities the dialogue leads to insights and a deeper understanding of the other activity. The study shows how the participants in both practices, who elementary school and hearing habilitation forms, creates a collective memory that promotes collaboration. Which ultimately should benefit the pupils' knowledge development.

Med globaliseringen har världen snabbt förändrats och designerns roll är inte längre lika självklar. Vi har tittat på hur man kan expandera begreppet design och utnyttja designerns kvalitéer inom nya områden. Magisterexamensarbetet "Design Thinking in Business Innovation" syftar till att undersöka hur man kan utnyttja designyrkets kreativa och innovativa processer inom affärsutveckling. I vårt exjobb har vi jobbat med ett av Storbritanniens ledande vitvaruföretag, GDHA, och har tillsammans med marknadsföringsstudenter från Stockholms Universitet tagit fram affärsstrategier för hur de kan agera på en framtida marknad. Kombinationen av kreativt tänkande och traditionell affärsutveckling genererade nya innovativa koncept med syfte att utifrån företagets förutsättningar stärka dess konkurrenskraft och skapa nya affärsmöjligheter. "Design Thinking in Business Innovation" resulterade i en ny arbetsmetod samt tre koncept som visualiserar resultatet av en kreativ affärsutvecklingsprocess. Dessa koncept sträckte sig från konventionell produktutveckling för differentiering till utveckling av nya försäljningskanaler samt en helt ny affärsidé som bygger vidare på GDHAs kärnverksamhet. Koncepten konkretiserades i form av en modell av ett kylskåpskoncept, samt tre stycken animerade kortfilmer.Som ett resultat av vårt exjobb har vi startat Remotel, ett design kontor som fokuserar på affärsutveckling genom användarorienterad research, kreativa processer och visuell kommunikation (mer info på www.remotel.se). / The world is undergoing change and the disintegration of the old economy is becoming evident. Production is moving to low cost countries and competition is growing fierce. In order to stay competitive, companies around the world recognises the need to become more innovative. In order to achieve this it is imperative to balance and compliment the linear business thinking that still rule the managerial body. Leading research in this area suggest that the key to innovation in business development lies within the creative thinking of the design field. This paper describes a joint master degree project that seeks to test these theories and develop methods and protocols to put them into practice. So the question is, what happens when one use industrial  design as a tool to innovate business in the Creative Economy? The research group consists of four industrial designers from Konstfack, University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm and four marketing students from School of Business, Stockholm University. During the project we applied action research and introspection in a case study where new business strategies where formulated for a live company as our empirical base. The process proved more difficult but also more rewarding than initially anticipated and resulted in several new potential strategies for the company while providing valuable insight and experience in interdisciplinary team work in this field. This paper presents suggestions to how design thinking and business thinking can be combined in the process of developing business strategies and accentuates some of the skills and qualities that inherently drive this process. The collaboration investigates the synergy between designers and business managers and illustrates the potential in combining these competences to find new ways to create, re-define and develop businesses in the creative economy.

The building information model (BIM) is assumed to encompass all the required parameters, rules and attributes about a design product and process for Architecture-Engineering-Construction (AEC) practitioners in a way that is comprehendible by all participants sharing the model and that communicates their needs and intentions. The socio-cognitive day-to-day interactions that occur in the workplace imply however that there are discrepancies between what is exchanged as design information when sharing a model and what is exchanged as goals, needs and possibly conflicting intentions and interests when sharing a common ill-structured problem. The findings of an ethnographic study are presented. The study investigates affordances and limitations in BIM-enabled practice regarding the communication of design intent among design teams in the context of an architectural project. Grounded theory coding was used as a basis for analytic induction through constant comparison and examination of data from field observation, interviews and design meetings, to identify emergent conceptual categories central to the research inquiry. A "thick description" was provided that took into account the dynamic interactions among teams, including interdisciplinary, intradisciplinary and non-disciplinary interaction. By dissecting hypothetical models of shared project information offered by BIM, the dissertation identified interfaces of information exchange, states of the BIM model as a boundary object, and emergent and overlapping communities of practice that delineate the degree of completeness and correctness of a BIM model and describe its effectiveness in capturing and conveying the intent of participants upon interaction. To draw parallels to other contexts, the assumptions central to the study were discussed in relation to a spectrum of possible scenarios within the larger population of AEC firms. In light of the findings and "persona" descriptions identified in the study, the dissertation examined and proposed amendments and richer descriptions to existing surveys and market reports that address the use and benefits of BIM in the AEC industry, including topics such as the internal business value of BIM, top ways to improve value of BIM, and impact of project factors on BIM value.

Merged nursing inpatient ward is in the last few years becoming a trend of smaller, but also medium-sized hospitals. Due to the restructuring of beds of acute inpatient care in the Czech Republic, separate inpatient wards are merged to one joint ward, in the context of surgical as well as internal medicine. Merged inpatient ward is a combination of various disciplines (specialisms) of inpatient care under one senior consultant, or there is a common nursing ward, where senior consultants of individual disciplines are retained, while nursing care is merged. The main reason for the establishment of a merged inpatient ward is the optimization of beds and the related effective use of bed capacity in connection with an effort to preserve access to health care. The aim of the thesis Merged Nursing Inpatient Ward from the Perspective of Nurses and Management was to evaluate the contribution of a merged nursing inpatient ward, to identify the reasons for the project and the complications that accompanied the project. This research should analyze the problems in nursing care in connection with the origination of the project, to assess the demands of nursing on the ward and map errors in the field of nursing care in the context of the realization of the project. The thesis should evaluate interdisciplinary collaboration and map the occurrence of conflicts in a multidisciplinary team. During the survey it was found that the main reasons for the project were the financial savings associated with the restructuring of acute care beds in the Czech Republic. The establishment of a merged nursing inpatient ward helped the hospital to keep some expertise and it unified nursing care of the separate wards. In connection with the establishment of a joint nursing care, some complications and disadvantages that accompanied the project initially were analyzed. The survey showed how sensitively employees responded to the major change in the organization and how the cooperation between superiors and subordinates functioned. The study analyzed in what form the selection of employees for a common bed fund was realized and whether managers themselves could choose subordinates for their departments. One part of the research was the evaluation of the quality of nursing care on the merged inpatient ward, which showed that the establishment of the project did not have a negative impact on the quality of nursing care. In contrast, nursing care was united and there was also unified organization of nursing on the ward. The research evaluated the feedback from the subordinates to the top managers which was implemented through meetings and sessions. The survey refers to the greater workload on nurses in the working process on the merged ward. The origin of the project had an impact on the creation of new multidisciplinary teams and interdisciplinary collaboration. The project of a joint nursing inpatient ward was realized that the hospital can continue to provide quality health services to all patients. Research has shown that although the project had certain disadvantages and complications, it was certainly beneficial for the organization. The conclusions of the thesis may be presented in seminars, conferences and may be offered to professional journals for publication. The results of the research can help organizations that are going to realize the project of merged nursing inpatient ward.

Ziel dieser Fragebogen-basierten Studie war es, die Sichtweisen von Zahnärzten und Allgemeinmedizinern aus einem repräsentativen Teil Deutschlands (Niedersachsen) auf die zahnmedizinische Versorgung von Patienten mit DM oder KHK einzuschätzen. Die Arbeitshypothese lautete: es existiert keine zielorientierte Zusammenarbeit von Allgemein- und Zahnmedizinern bezüglich der Versorgung dieser Risikopatienten. 1000 Ärzte und Zahnärzte Niedersachsens wurden hierzu mit statistisch vergleichbaren Fragebögen befragt. Die Fragen umfassten die Themenbereiche: demographische Information, Detektion und Management von Risikopatienten, Antibiotikaprophylaxe und Zusammenarbeit von Ärzten und Zahnärzten. Die Rücklaufquote war bei den Zahnärzten mit 39% mehr als doppelt so hoch als bei den Ärzten (18%). Schlußfolgernd zeigte sich, dass keine zielgerichtete Zusammenarbeit zwischen Ärzten und Zahnärzten existiert. Die Zahnärzte informieren verstärkt die Patienten über die Zusammenhänge von oraler und allgemeiner Gesundheit und die Notwendigkeit der interdisziplinären Zusammenarbeit. Allgemeinmediziner und Zahnmediziner weisen Wissenslücken und unsicheren Umgang mit der Guideline für Antibiotika-Prophylaxe auf. Die Verbesserung der interdisziplinären Zusammenarbeit ist unabdingbar und sollte schon in der universitären Ausbildung beginnen.:Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 EINFÜHRUNG 1 1.2 DER RISIKOPATIENT IN DER ZAHNÄRZTLICHEN PRAXIS 2 1.3 DIABETES MELLITUS 4 1.3.1 DEFINITION, KLASSIFIKATION UND EPIDEMIOLOGIE 4 1.3.2 DIABETES MELLITUS UND ZAHNÄRZTLICHES RISIKO 5 1.4 KORONARE HERZERKRANKUNG UND ENDOKARDITIS 7 1.4.1 DEFINITION, KLASSIFIKATION UND EPIDEMIOLOGIE 7 1.4.2 KHK, ENDOKARDITIS UND DAS ZAHNÄRZTLICHE RISIKO 8 1.5 AKTUELLE DATENLAGE ZUR INTERDISZIPLINÄREN ZUSAMMENARBEIT VON ZAHNÄRZTEN UND ÄRZTEN 10 1.6 ZIELSETZUNG UND FRAGESTELLUNG 13 2 PUBLIKATIONSMANUSKRIPT 14 3 ZUSAMMENFASSUNG DER ARBEIT 22 4 AUSBLICK 25 5 ANHANG 26 5.1 ABKÜRZUNGSVERZEICHNIS 26 5.2 TABELLENVERZEICHNIS 27 6 LITERATURVERZEICHNIS 28 7 WISSENSCHAFTLICHE PRÄSENTATIONEN 33 8 DARSTELLUNG DES EIGENEN BEITRAGS 34 9 ERKLÄRUNG ÜBER DIE EIGENSTÄNDIGE ABFASSUNG DER ARBEIT 36 10 LEBENSLAUF 37 11 DANKSAGUNG 38

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The study is an exploratory investigation of Pentecostal pastors' perceptions on psychological distress, using grounded theory. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with five senior pastors, of Pentecostal churches in Soshanguve township located near Pretoria in South Africa. Data was analysed using open, axial and selective qualitative research methods. Verification of the results by the participants enhanced the validity and reliability of the research. Results indicate that there seems to be certain similarities between the established frameworks in psychology and the worldview of pastors with regard to psychological distress. It seems as if the pastors share common views about psychological distress with the medical, interpersonal and cognitive schools of thought. Therefore, psychological distress would be regarded as impairment in the social and occupational life spheres. The pastors' referral patterns and strategies to deal with religious clients' psychological distress are discussed, as well as their limitations as mental health care workers for their communities. It is suggested that, to bring psychological services to the black community, psychologists form collaborative relationships with Pentecostal pastors. / Thesis (MA(Clinical Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2003. / Psychology / unrestricted

Ett ämnesövergripande arbetssätt har både en lång historia och genererar goda resultat,trots detta förskjuts lärarnas uppdrag mot andra, i vissa fall disparata, arbetsuppgifter inom utbildningsväsendet. Hur kommer det sig, är ett ämnesövergripande arbetssätt för svårt? Eller finns det andra förklaringar, det är det som denna studie skall försöka att titta närmare på.Syftet med denna studie är att beskriva hur lärare på gymnasieskolans naturvetenskapliga- och teknikprogram uppfattar och realiserar ett ämnesövergripande arbetssätt. Studien har genomförts genom samtalsintervjuer med empiristyrd tematisk analys som metodramverk. Resultatet av studien visar att de teman som lärarna beskriver är: ämnen och kombinationer av dessa, arbetsformer, eleverna, lärarkollegiet, resultatet av ett ämnesövergripandearbetssätt samt förutsättningar. Samarbetet mellan lärarna är inte alltid smärtfritt, dock är brist på tid till samordning och planering det som framhålls som den största stötestenen, och tydligaste resultatet, för ett välfungerande ämnesövergripande arbetssätt. Eldsjälarnas betydelse är ytterligare ett resultat av studien. En slutsats är att informanterna inte naturligt sett eller tänkt på sin egen undervisning i flera ämnen som ett ämnesövergripande arbetssätt. Den vanligaste formen avämnesövergripande arbetssätt är projektformen.Ytterligare en slutsats finns i att: när uppföljningen sker är det är arbetsformen somutvärderas och inte elevernas kunskapsutveckling. / Interdisciplinary working methods has both a long history and generate good results and yet it has a relatively hidden position within the educational system. How come, is it too difficult? Or are there other reasons? This is the objective for this study.This study will describe the experiences teachers, in the upper secondary school, express while working within interdisciplinary working methods. The study has been performed by a number of interviews and analyzed with applied thematic analysis framework. The result of the study shows that the themes the interviewees describe are; the subjects and combinations of those, ways of working, the students, the colleagues, the results and the prerequisites. The collaboration between the teachers is not a walk in the park, however the lack of time to perform planning and coordination are the major obstacles preventing successful interdisciplinary working methods.The importance of the enthusiasts is another result of the study. One conclusion is that the informants do not naturally thought about their own teaching of several subjects as a cross-disciplinary approach. The most common form of interdisciplinary working method is the project form. Another conclusion is that: when the follow-up is done, it is the work method that is evaluated and not the students' knowledge.

我國數位典藏計畫自民國87年起至今已發展逾十四年，並於民國91年啟動數位典藏國家型科技計畫。目前已有超過100餘個圖書館、檔案館及博物館等機構參與，且具有多元豐富的主題內容。 本研究旨在探討我國數位典藏計畫自民國91年至99年間之學術論文成果，包含民國97年至99年數位典藏與數位學習國家型科技計畫之成果文獻。本研究採用書目計量學進行文獻特性與跨領域合作分析，經資料蒐集及統計後共計3,032筆書目。首先，針對近九年書目進行文獻特性與主題分析，再者，針對近三年文獻作者計1,186位，進一步進行跨機構與跨領域合作分析。希冀透過本研究，檢視我國數位典藏計畫近九年之學術論文成果分析，並觀察我國數位典藏計畫參與機構/成員間之跨領域合作情形。 本研究結果歸納如下：1.我國數位典藏與數位學習計畫學術研究多元，以研討會論文類型發表居多；2.我國數位典藏與數位學習計畫文獻內容以系統建置與技術服務主題居多，觀察近三年文獻主題則以「數位學習與教育」方面文獻數則較多，可推論因97年起與「數位學習國家型科技計畫」計畫合併，因而在數位學習方面之文獻數量比例增加。3.近三年機構生產力排名為國立臺灣師範大學、中央研究院、國立中央大學、國立臺灣大學、國立臺南大學；4.近三年作者領域以人文及社會科學與工程技術為背景居多；5.近三年作者跨領域合作以工程技術與科學教育合著情形居多。 / The Taiwan Digital Archives Program had been developed 14 years since 1998. Presently, more than 100 libraries, archives and museums and other institutions had involved, and the digital content range covering art, humanities history and life science. This study aimed to explore the Taiwan Digital Archives Program from 2002 to 2007 and its successor of Taiwan Digital Archives and e-Learning Program from 2008 to 2010 as research scope. The research is to find out characteristics of the literature production and to look into the interdisciplinary collaboration between co-authors. The major findings are as follows: a. Taiwan Digital Archives and e-Learning Program has diverse research and development, and types of published papers were mainly conference papers. b. The subject of published papers of Taiwan Digital Archives and e-Learning Program were mainly system building and technical services. However, to observe in recent years the literature subjects are mainly e-learning and education. c. The past three years of productivity rankings in sequence is National Taiwan Normal University, Academia Sinica, National Central University, National Taiwan University and National University of Tainan. d. The past three years of author background is mainly humanities and social sciences and engineering and technical. e. To observe the interdisciplinary collaboration of co-authors is between engineering technology and science education.