<p>Transition has been the major focus of educational institutions. The focal argument of the majority of research into student transition deals with the challenges that students faced when they moved from high school to first year at university. Not much focus has been placed on the transition from undergraduate to postgraduate studies. Postgraduate enrollment rates have steadily grown over the past few years in Higher Education Institution`s (HEI). Support systems have been put in place to assist students. In spite of these available support systems, postgraduate students still find themselves facing challenges when engaging with postgraduate studies. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the academic transitional challenges postgraduate students&rsquo / experience as reflected by the inconsistencies in the enrollment and throughput rates. Secondly, to determine whether students utilised available support systems, e.g. the Academic Writing Centre and the Postgraduate Enrolment and Throughput (PET) programme at the Faculty of Community and Health Science at University of the Western Cape. This was a quantitative study. A cross sectional survey has been conducted by means of a computerised self-administered questionnaire (CSAQ). The study population was postgraduate students in the Faculty of Community and Health Science at masters&rsquo / level. Both course work and research students were included in the study. No sampling method was employed due to the small size of the population. Data was collected to explore the academic preparedness of postgraduate students, and there primary motivations for studying and the utilization of available support services at the University of the Western Cape.</p>

<p>The aim of the study states what is expected to be achieved by the study overall. According to Brink, Van Der Walt and Van Rensburg (2006), the aim should include the target population, research setting and the research variables. The aim of this study is to investigate the academic transitional challenges (variable) postgraduate students (target population) experience in the Faculty of CHS at UWC (setting) and to determine whether students utilize the available support systems provided. Research objectives Objectives are defined as clear concise declarative statements that are expressed in present tense, which indicate the specific information the study must yield (Burns &amp / Grove, 2003). The objectives of this study are: To determine the academic preparedness of the postgraduate students as evidenced by experience and previous participation in research activities, publications and papers delivered prior to postgraduate enrolment / To determine if postgraduate students make use of the support services offered by UWC to facilitate smooth academic transition / To determine the primary motivations of students enrolling for postgraduate studies in the faculty / To compare the characteristics of postgraduate students with academic preparedness and primary motivations.</p>

Atliekant fizinius krūvius pirmiausia aktyvėja širdies ir kraujagyslių sistemos funkcija, tačiau visuomet yra funkcinių galimybių ribos, o tai yra fizinį darbingumą limituojantis veiksnys. Darbo tikslas – Nustatyti širdies funkcinių išeminių reiškinių kaitos ypatybes atliekant pakopomis didėjantį krūvį veloergometru, įvertinti širdies funkcinių rodiklių kaitą dėl intervaliniu treniruotės metodu atliktų pratybų. Uždaviniai: 1 – palyginti nesportuojančiųjų ir ištvermę lavinančių sportininkų širdies susitraukimo dažnio kaitą atliekant pakopomis didėjantį krūvį veloergometru; 2 – nustatyti funkcinių išeminių reiškinių miokarde kaitos ypatybes nesportuojančiųjų ir ištvermę lavinančių sportininkų grupėse; 3 – nustatyti širdies funkcinių rodiklių kaitą dėl intervaliniu treniruotės metodu atliktų pratybų. Metodika. Buvo tirti 7 ištvermės rungčių atstovai lengvaatlečiai ir 16 nesportuojančių asmenų. Buvo taikytas provokacinio kas minutę didėjančio krūvio protokolas didinant krūvį po 50W. Fizinio krūvio ir atsigavimo metu buvo registruojama 12 standartinių derivacijų EKG. EKG registruoti naudota Kauno medicinos universitete Kardiologijos institute sukurta kompiuterinė EKG registravimo ir analizės sistema „Kaunas-krūvis“. EKG buvo registruojama prieš krūvį, kas minutę – kiekvienos krūvio pakopos pabaigoje ir pirmąsias tris atsigavimo minutes. Vertinimui buvo pasirinkti patys reikšmingiausi laikiniai EKG parametrai: ŠSD, JT intervalas, JT/RR, ST- segmento depresija ir QRS komplekso... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / At onset of exercising cardiovascular system activates a lot of mechanism, bet there exist a limit to what any body function could be activated. The factors limiting cardiovascular performance was objective in this study. The aim of the study was to define the peculiarities in changes of functional ischemic episodes while performing incremental exercise stress and to assess cardiac functional parameters change on the interval training method to carry out the exercise. Objectives: 1 – to compare the Dynamics of heart rate changes while performing in steps increasing workload by bicycle ergometer; 2 – to determine the peculiarities in occuring of functional ischemic episodes in myocardium in endurance trained athletes and non-sportsman cohorts; 3 – to determine the dynamics of cardiovascular functional indices under influence of interval training session. Methods. The seven endurance athletes and 16 endurance trained persons take part in the study. Was applied every minute provocative increasing in workload by 50W every one minute. The 12-lead standard leads of ECG was recordered by use the computerised system "Kaunas-load" developed in University of Medicine, Institute of Cardiology. ECG was recorded before the charge, at the end of every minute of the workload step and at the end of the first three minutes of recovery. The most significant parameters of ECG were taken for analysis: heart rate, JT interval, JT/RR, ST-segment depression and QRS complex duration. Results. The... [to full text]

Small, tight-knit communities, are complex to manage from outside during a disaster. The township of Lyttelton, New Zealand, and the communities of Corsair Bay, Cass Bay, and Rapaki to the east, are especially more so difficult due to the terrain that encloses them, which caused them to be cut-off from Christchurch, the largest city in the South Island, barely 10 km away, after the Mw 7.1 Darfield Earthquake and subsequent Canterbury Earthquake Sequence. Lyttelton has a very strong and deep-rooted community spirit that draws people to want to be a part of Lyttelton life. It is predominantly residential on the slopes, with retail space, service and light industry nestled near the harbour. It has heritage buildings stretching back to the very foundation of Canterbury yet hosts the largest, modern deep-water port for the region. This study contains two surveys: one circulated shortly before the Darfield Earthquake and one circulated in July 2011, after the Christchurch and Sumner Earthquakes. An analytical comparison of the participants’ household preparedness for disaster before the Darfield Earthquake and after the Christchurch and Sumner Earthquakes was performed. A population spatiotemporal distribution map was produced that shows the population in three-hourly increments over a week to inform exposure to vulnerability to natural hazards. The study went on to analyse the responses of the participants in the immediate period following the Chrsitchurch and Sumner Earthquakes, including their homeward and subsequent journeys, and the decision to evacuate or stay in their homes. Possible predictors to a decision to evacuate some or all members of the household were tested. The study also asked participants’ views on the events since September 2010 for analysis.

The aim of the study states what is expected to be achieved by the study overall. According to Brink, Van Der Walt and Van Rensburg (2006), the aim should include the target population, research setting and the research variables. The aim of this study is to investigate the academic transitional challenges (variable) postgraduate students (target population) experience in the Faculty of CHS at UWC (setting) and to determine whether students utilize the available support systems provided. Research objectives Objectives are defined as clear concise declarative statements that are expressed in present tense, which indicate the specific information the study must yield (Burns &amp; Grove, 2003). The objectives of this study are: To determine the academic preparedness of the postgraduate students as evidenced by experience and previous participation in research activities, publications and papers delivered prior to postgraduate enrolment; To determine if postgraduate students make use of the support services offered by UWC to facilitate smooth academic transition; To determine the primary motivations of students enrolling for postgraduate studies in the faculty; To compare the characteristics of postgraduate students with academic preparedness and primary motivations. / Magister Curationis - MCur

Dödsfall, arbetsplatsolyckor, hot och våld. Alla är de exempel på kriser som inträffar på svenska företag varje år. Dessa händelser ställer krav på att företagen har en organisation och struktur för att klara av att hantera kriserna och för att minska verkningarna av dem. Krishantering är ett samlingsbegrepp för hur man systematiskt arbetar för att minska krisens omfattning, både före, under och efter att den har inträffat. Syftet med att använda krishantering är att företagen skall kunna förebygga att allvarliga händelser inträffar och att hantera dem på ett effektivt sätt.   Ungefär sju av tio svenska företag har idag etablerad krisberedskap som gör att de klarar av att hantera kriser och olyckor, men lagstiftningen ställer krav att alla företag skall planera och organisera krisstöd och krishantering oavsett verksamhetsområde och bransch. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur chefer i privata företag beskriver krishantering inom sina verksamheter och hur man ser på prioritering av krishanteringen. Studien undersöker även huruvida det anses viktigt med utbildning för att skapa förutsättningar för att bedriva ett gott krishanteringsarbete. Totalt har fyra stycken kvalitativa intervjuer genomförts med chefer i privata företag och organisationer. Intervjuerna har sedan analyserats utifrån innehållsanalys med meningsbärande enheter, koder, kategorier samt underkategorier.  Resultatet i studien påvisar stora skillnader mellan större och mindre företag, där de större företagen har etablerade krisorganisationer med rutiner och arbetssätt som gör att de på ett effektivt sätt kan hantera allvarliga händelser. De mindre företagen saknar krisberedskap helt och hållet och saknar många gånger information och kunskap om hur de skall tolka och applicera lagtext på området.

Aktualumas: Žaidėjų ir komandos tobulėjimo vyksmo išdava yra tam tikras žaidėjų ir komandos parengtumas (Bompa, 1999; Buceta, 2000; Stonkus, 2002). Kurčiųjų krepšinio treniruočių teorijai ir praktikai bei žaidiminei veiklai tobulinti svarbu moksliškai tyrinėti bei susisteminti Lietuvos kurčiųjų krepšininkų fizinio parengtumo, jų varžybinės veiklos ypatumus 2007 m. II-jame ir 2011 m. III – jame Pasaulio kurčiųjų vyrų krepšinio čempionatuose, kadangi šia tema literatūros yra labai nedaug, o tai yra labai svarbu ruošiant kurčiuosius krepšininkus busimiems čempionatams. Tyrimo objektas: Lietuvos kurčiųjų krepšininkų parengtumas ir žaidiminė veikla 2007 m. II-jame ir 2011 m. III – jame Pasaulio kurčiųjų krepšinio čempionatuose. Tyrimo subjektas: Lietuvos kurčiųjų vyrų krepšinio rinktinės žaidėjai. Tyrimo tikslas: Atskleisti Lietuvos kurčiųjų krepšinio vyrų rinktinės fizinio parengtumo ir žaidiminės veiklos II-jame ir III-jame Pasaulio kurčiųjų vyrų krepšinio čempionatuose ypatumus. Hipotezė: Manytume, kad parengtumo ir žaidiminės veiklos analizė gali atskleisti Lietuvos kurčiųjų krepšinio rinktinės dalyvavimo II-jame bei III-jame Pasaulio kurčiųjų vyrų krepšinio čempionatuose rezultatyvumo prielaidas. Uždaviniai: 1 Išnagrinėti ir palyginti Lietuvos kurčiųjų krepšinio vyrų rinktinės fizinį parengtumą ir funkcinį pajėgumą rengiantis 2007 m. II-jam ir 2011 m. III-jam Pasaulio kurčiųjų vyrų krepšinio čempionatams. 2. Išanalizuoti ir palyginti Lietuvos kurčiųjų krepšinio... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Relevance: The outcome of the process of the improvement of players and a team is a certain preparedness of players and a team (Bompa, 1999; Buceta, 2000; Stonkus, 2002). In order to improve the theory and practice of death basketball trainings and playing activities, it is significant to study scientifically and to systemize physical preparedness death basketball players, particularities of their competitive activities in II and III World Deaf Men Basketball Championships in 2007 and 2011 respectively, because there is little literature on this subject and it is very important when preparing deaf basketball players for future championships. Object of the study: Preparedness and playing activities of Lithuanian deaf basketball players in II and III World Deaf Basketball Championships in 2007 and 2011 accordingly. Subject of the study: The players of the Lithuanian National Deaf Men Team. Goal of the study: Show the particularities of physical preparedness and playing activities of the Lithuanian National Deaf Men Team in II and III World Deaf Men Basketball Championships. Hypothesis: We suppose that an analysis of preparedness and playing activities can show the presumptions of the results of the participation of the Lithuanian National Deaf Basketball Team in II and III World Deaf Men Basketball Championships. Tasks: 1. Study and to compare physical preparedness and functional capacity of the Lithuanian National Deaf Men Basketball Team in II and III World Deaf Men... [to full text]

This thesis provides a case study of the Government of Canada's former Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness (OCIPEP) through the lens of horizontal management (part of New Public Management theory). This study demonstrates that the effective use of horizontal management (horizontality) may reduce fragmentation occurring when the goal of critical infrastructure protection requires organizations to work cross-jurisdictionally and in partnerships. This need to collaborate is due to the ownership problem: over 85 per cent of Canada's critical infrastructure is owned by organizations other than the federal government. Research methods include a background survey of literature on critical infrastructure protection, horizontal management and horizontality, and new public management; and interviews using a snowball sample of eight subjects who held various positions within OCIPEP to better understand what the organizational structure appeared to be from within the organization. The research concludes that OCIPEP was not given the resources necessary to successfully fulfil its mandate. Results include the need for administrative and managerial support for horizontal endeavours, to encourage a "cultural context" of horizontality, as there are many organizational barriers to successfully using horizontality and collaborative methods. There were areas of success for OCIPEP, but more areas of weakness. Recommendations include additional study of the organization, a shift into a better-supported organization (which was accomplished with OCIPEP's inclusion into Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada), and clear delineation of roles between the Government of Canada and the owners of the critical infrastructure.

The goal of this thesis was to reposition individual preparedness within a social environmental context. First, a theoretical model was developed to more accurately represent the social environmental considerations neglected in current preparedness research and policy. A series of three studies tested this model using a mixed-methods approach: First, subjective conceptualizations of preparedness were explored in a qualitative analysis (N = 12). Findings revealed that participants evaluated their readiness not in terms of prescribed activities, but perceptions about their current resourcefulness as well as past local hazards. Participants’ had positive social environments which also reinforced their perceived coping ability in future emergency events. Subsequent thesis studies investigated the role social environment further, using quantitative data. The second study explicitly tested whether perceptions of risk and coping could explain differences in preparedness based on demographic attributes linked to variations in social environment. Data from a survey examining Canadians perceptions regarding terrorism threats (N = 1503) revealed that greater anticipated response was significantly associated with increased age, as well as female gender, higher education levels, and higher income levels. Statistically significant differences in threat appraisals were also reported based on these demographic groupings. However, mediation analyses demonstrated that with the exception of gender, differences in anticipated response could not be explained via risk perceptions or perceived coping efficacy, suggesting that social environment’s role in preparedness is not related to the internal processes often targeted in current campaigns. The third study used a multilevel design to investigate the contextual role of neighbourhood social environment in anticipated emergency response. Results demonstrated that a more deprived social neighbourhood context was related to lowered anticipated emergency response. This relationship was maintained after controlling for significant individual-level factors such as previous experience and sociodemographics, highlighting the importance of neighbourhood social context in facilitating emergency preparedness. Taken together, these findings provide novel evidence that focusing preparedness strategies to primarily target internal processes is misguided, and that future research and policy must position preparedness efforts in the context of existing social environmental resources and barriers in order to build capacity for effective emergency response.

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how the school as a whole is working with crisis management. The purpose includes examining the readiness of both school teachers and leisure educators when it comes to dealing with crises that children undergo and also to study how they best can provide support for those children. Accordingly, this thesis aims to provide an insight into what the school's work with crisis management might look like. The basis of this thesis consists of six qualitative interviews with a principal, a school counselor, two class teachers and two leisure educators.   The study shows that it is important to have a functioning crisis team and a well-made emergency preparedness plan, which the school in this study is considered to have. The crisis group is responsible throughout the crisis work, attends trainings and updates the emergency plan. It is also the crisis group's responsibility to ensure that the other staff knows about the emergency plan and its content and how they should proceed if a crisis were to occur. Some staff members participating in this study do not feel fully prepared to handle a crisis situation. However, it seems they have more knowledge of handling such situations than they think, since they know how to proceed if a crisis occurs. They also have good thoughts on how to support children who are in a crisis. / Syftet med detta examensarbete är att undersöka hur skolan som helhet arbetar med krishantering. I syftet ligger att studera vilken beredskap såväl skola, som lärare och fritidspedagoger har när det gäller att hantera barns krissituationer, samt hur de på bästa sätt kan vara ett stöd för barn som genomgår någon form av kris. Detta examensarbete syftar därmed till att ge en inblick i hur skolans krishanteringsarbete kan se ut. Undersökningen i detta arbete har bestått av sex kvalitativa intervjuer med en rektor, en skolkurator, två klasslärare samt två fritidspedagoger.   Resultatet av undersökningen har visat att det är viktigt med en fungerande krisgrupp och en välarbetad krisberedskapsplan, vilket skolan i undersökningen anses ha. Krisgruppen är den som ansvarar över hela krisarbetet, går på utbildningar och uppdaterar krisplanen så att den är aktuell. Det är även krisgruppens ansvar att se till så att övrig personal känner till krisplanen och dess innehåll, samt hur de ska gå tillväga om en krissituation skulle uppstå. Några på skolan som deltagit i denna undersökning känner sig inte helt förberedda inför att hantera en krissituation. Däremot verkar de ändå ha mer kunskap om det än vad de själva tror, då de vet hur de skulle gå tillväga om en krissituation uppstår, samt att de har goda tankar om hur man ska stödja barn som befinner sig i en kris.