Cost effective maintenance of pavement sections requires timely preventive maintenance and planned rehabilitation treatments. Knowledge of the increase in condition due to application of treatment and the loss of condition after treatment are essential when deciding the maintenance and rehabilitation treatments. Any error in formulating these values can cause significant changes in recommendations provided. Many researchers have developed pavement performance prediction models; however, less research has been done on the impact of treatment actions on the condition of a pavement section after treatments. The objective of the research is to develop equations, using deterministic empirical method, that predict the increase in pavement condition and rate of decrease in pavement condition after treatment actions with respect to pavement condition just before the treatment. The equations are developed for different treatments and different functional class, and surface type combination to quantify the impact of the treatment for the use in pavement management system. These equations can be used to quantify the effects of different treatments for the use in pavement management system. Numerical illustration is presented using the data from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission-Pavement Management System software developed by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) located in Oakland, California. A relation is observed between increase in pavement condition and pavement condition just before treatment for different treatments and different functional class and surface type combination. Hence the equations to determine the trend in increase in pavement condition for different treatments and different functional class and surface type combination are developed. For rate of decrease in pavement condition, due to large variability in the data the loss of pavement condition per year could not be related to pavement condition just before treatment. Hence the equations to determine the trend in loss in pavement condition after treatment could not be developed. The developed equations can be efficiently used to predict increase in pavement condition due to application of the treatment and the loss of pavement condition after treatment.

The present study evaluated offender characteristics associated with completion of halfway house placement by the inclusion of additional offender characteristics for analysis in addition to those studied in previous research, the analysis of a large number of representative cases, and the use of statistics allowing clear conclusions upon which to base decision making. Data analysis was done in three steps. The first Step was to identify offender characteristics which were associated with completion in halfway house placement. The second step was to see how accurate the offender characteristics identified were in predicting completion of an offender's halfway house stay. The third step was to identify any possible factors which underlie the offender characteristics identified. Discriminant analyses identified ten offender characteristics which were associated with completion of halfway house placement for 521 male offenders and four offender characteristics which were associated with halfway house completion for the group of 33 female offenders studied. These offender characteristics resulted in 75.38 percent correctly classified cases for the male offender group and 96.9 7 percent correctly classified cases for the group of female offenders. Factor analyses resulted in the identification of four factors for the group of male offenders and two factors for the female offender group. Suggestions for future research included replications of the present study leading to the identification of offender groups based on probabilities of successful halfway house completion, and the establishment of halfway house programs tailored to offenders identified as having high or low probabilities of completion.

Rehabilitation treatments used for fear avoidance need to be further developed to be more adaptable to the different needs of patients. Fear avoidance is a condition whereby people avoid performing certain movements because they afraid of the pain they will experience or think they will experience from performing the movement. There is a need for exercises in fear-avoidance treatments to be fun, motivating and effective. This is to encourage the patients to continuously do exercises in the treatment. In this master thesis project, the experience of having audio feedback in music whilst performing exercises is investigated. A proof-of-concept prototype using one way of presenting audio feedback was built and used in experiments to investigate the experience. The prototype was built in Java and uses a camera-based motion capture system and markers to track movements. The results show that 100% of the participants thought about movements they had made when feedback was given, 60% claimed the feedback made them feel more aware of how they should move, and 70% said that the music with audio feedback was fun and/or exciting. The conclusion is that the use of music encouraged the participants to perform the exercises, and the feedback made them more conscious of the movements in the exercises and they reflect about the movements they made. / Rehabiliteringsmetoder som används vid behandling av rörelserädsla behöver vidareutvecklas för att behandlingar ska kunna anpassas bättre efter olika behov hos patienter. Rörelserädsla är ett tillstånd där en person undviker att utföra vissa rörelser för att hon är rädda för smärtan som hon upplever eller tror hon kommer uppleva när rörelsen utförs. Det finns behov av att övningar som utförs i behandlingar är roliga, motiverande och effektiva i att behandla rörelserädsla. Detta för att uppmuntra patienter som lider av rörelserädsla att utföra övningar de fått i rehabiliteringsbehandlingen. Detta masterarbete undersöker upplevelsen av att ha auditiv återkoppling i musik medan övningar utförs. En proof-of-concept prototyp som använder en typ av ljudfeedback byggdes och användes i experiment för att undersöka detta. Prototypen är byggd i Java och använder ett system för kamera-baserad rörelseföljning samt markörer för att följa rörelser. Resultaten visar att 100% av deltagarna tänkte på rörelser de utfört då ljudfeedback gavs i musiken, 60% tyckte att de blev mer medvetna om hur de skulle göra rörelserna och 70% sa att musik med ljudfeedback var kul och/eller spännande. Slutsatsen är att användandet av musik uppmuntrade deltagarna till att utföra övningarna samt att återkopplingen gjorde att de blev mer medvetna om rörelserna i övningarna och reflekterade kring rörelser de gjorde.

This diploma thesis focuses on tackling the issue of in-prison rehabilitation and some related factors. The diploma thesis focuses particularly on the specific problems with social rehabilitation during imprisonment and the related programmes. The thesis gives an overview of social rehabilitation and social work. Close attention is paid to social rehabilitation, treatment programmes and social work. Theoretical knowledge is applied in practical use - a questionnaire survey from Plzeň Prison. The survey results show prisoners' opinions on social rehabilitation and treatment programmes.

<p>Hronična opstruktivna bolest pluća (HOBP) jedna je od vodećih uzroka morbiditeta i mortaliteta &scaron;irom sveta. Uprkos stalnom napretku u medicini, uvođenju novih prognostičkih biomarkera, otkrivanju novih bronhodilatatornih, antiniflamatornih i antiinfektivnih lekova, ova bolest i danas beleži stalan porast broja obolelih i umrlih. Prema savremenom tumačenju HOBP je heterogena bolest koja je udružena sa brojnim komorbiditetima i sistemskim manifestacijama. Zajednički faktori rizika su osnova za javljanje udruženih hroničnih bolesti. Komorbiditeti i akutne egzacerbacije doprinose ukupnoj težini bolesti. S obzirom da se HOBP manifestuje i izvan pluća kod svakog pacijenta je neophodno proceniti postojanje sistemskih manifestacija i tragati za komorbiditetima. U reviziji &bdquo;Globalne strategije za dijagnozu, lečenje i prevenciju hronične opstruktivne bolesti pluća GOLD‖ iz 2011. godine navedene sledeće pridružene bolesti za kojima je potrebno aktivno tragati: kardiovaskularne bolesti, disfunkcija skeletnih mi&scaron;ića, metabolički sindrom, osteoporoza, depresija i karcinom pluća, bronhiektazije. Lečenje HOBP delimo u dve velike grupe: farmakolo&scaron;ko i nefarmakolo&scaron;ko. Farmakolo&scaron;ko lečenje prema GOLD-u, danas se zasniva na stepenastom pristupu. Treba ga sprovodi kod svakog pacijenta sa simptomima. Poslednjih godina na značaju veoma dobija nefarmakolo&scaron;ko lečenje pacijenata sa HOBP, zbog sve vi&scaron;e dokaza o pozitivnom efektu na smanjenje simptoma bolesti, popravljanja tolerancije na napor, smanjenje egzacerbacija. U nefarmakolo&scaron;ko lečenje ubrajamo: aktivno izbegavanje faktora rizika, prestanak pu&scaron;enja, oksigenoterapiju, vakcinaciju protiv gripa, psihosocijalnu podr&scaron;ku, respiratornu rehabilitaciju (RR) i hirur&scaron;ko lečenje. Danas se zna da RR ostvaruje brojne benefite kod pacijenata sa HOBP, kao i da je većina tih benefita zasnovana na dokazima (GOLD 2013): pobolj&scaron;ava kapacitet za vežbanje, smanjene osećaja nedostatka vazduha, pobolj&scaron;ava kvalitet života, smanjuje broj hospitalizacija i dužinu hospitalizacije, smanjuje anksioznost i depresiju povezane sa HOBP, efekti traju i nakon zavr&scaron;enog programa rehabilitacije, pobolj&scaron;ava preživljavanje ovih pacijenata. Primarni ciljevi na&scaron;eg istraţivanja bili su da se utvrdi procenat ispitanika kod kojih je ostvaren pozitivan ishod respiratorne rehabilitacije, da se odredi povezanost sledećih faktora sa ishodom respiratorne rehabilitacije: pol, godine života, &bdquo;pack/years―, dužina trajanja bolesti, broj egzacerbacija u prethodnoj godini, pridružena oboljenja: ishemijska bolest srca, srčana insuficijencija, hipertenzija, osteoporoza, depresija, dijabetes, bronhiektazije, karcinom pluća, tuberkuloza pluća. Takođe smo želeli da utvrdimo i uticaj sledećih parametara na ishod rr:FEV1, BMI, satO2, 6-minutni test hoda, &bdquo;CAT― upitnik, &bdquo;mMRC― upitnik, BODE indeks. Urađena je retrospektivno-prospektivna studija, koja je uključila 500 pacijenata sa HOBP, svih stadijuma I-IV , u stabilnoj fazi bolesti, koji su u toku dvogodi&scaron;njeg perioda odradili kompletan program ambulantne respiratorne rehabilitacije. Program je sprovođen u Poliklinici za plućne bolesti, Instituta za plućne bolesti Vojvodine. Dobijeni rezultati pokazali su da je 452 pacijenta (90,4%) ostvarilo pozitivan ishod RR: najvi&scaron;e ispitanika 142 (28,4%) bilo je u kategoriji vrlo dobar, potom slede kategorije dobar sa 129 ispitanika (25,8%), zadovoljavajući sa 102 ispitanika (20,4%), i na kraju kategorija odličan sa ukupno 79 (15,8%) ispitanika. Nakon programa RR do&scaron;lo je do statistički značajnih pobolj&scaron;anja u vrednostima FEV1, 6MTH, satO2, CAT, mMRC, BODE indeksa. Pol, starost, pu&scaron;ački status, dužina trajanja bolesti i &ge;2 egzacerbacije u prethodnoj godini nemaju uticaja na uspe&scaron;an ishod RR. Utvrđeno je postojanje statistički značajne negativne korelacije između srčane slabosti i pozitivnog ishoda respiratorne rehabilitacije, dok nije nađena statistički značajna povezanost ostalih ispitivanih komorbiditeta sa pozitivnim ishodom respiratorne rehabilitacije. Kao statistički značajni univarijantni prediktori pozitivnog ishoda respiratorne rehabilitacije jesu: manji broj pridruženih bolesti, odsustvo srčane slabosti, niža saturacija hemoglobin kiseonikom, veći BMI, mMRC &ge; 2, CAT &ge; 10, B i D stadijumi bolesti, dok je multivarijantnom logističkom regresionom analizom pokazano da su nezavisni prediktori pozitivnog ishoda respiratorne rehabilitacije: manji broj pridruženih bolesti, odsustvo srčane slabosti, veći BMI, CAT &ge; 10.</p> / <p>Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the leading morbidity and mortality causes all over the world. Despite the steady advance in scientific research, introduction of novel prognostic biomarkers, new and potent bronchodilation, anti-inflammatory and anti-infectious drugs, a constant increase in the number of the affected and deceased from chronic obstructive pulmonary diseas has still been permanently evidenced in the 21st century. In a modern concept, the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is understood as a heterogenous disorder associated with numerous comorbidities and systemic manifestations. Common risk factors represent the basis for concomitant chronic diseases to develop. Comorbidities and acute exacerbations contribute to the overall disease severity. As a COPD may develop extrapulmonary manifestations as well, each patient should be evaluated for systemic manifestations and comorbidities. The 2011 update of the &bdquo;Global Strategy for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention &ndash;GOLD‖ lists the following comorbidities to be actively searched for: cardiovascular diseases, skeletal muscle dysfunction, metabolic syndrome, osteoporosis, depression, lung cancer and bronchiectases. The treatment of COPD can be devided in two groups: pharmacological and non-pharmacological. Pharmacological treatment is today, according to GOLD, based on incremental approach. It should be carry out in every patient with simptoms. In last few years, non-pharmacological treatment of COPD is very popular, due to the evidence of positive effects on decreasing the simptoms, increasing the tolerance to exertion and decreasing the exacerbations. Non-pharmacological treatment consider: active avoiding the risk factors, smoking cessation, oxigenotherapy, vaccination against the flu, psicho-social support, respiratory rehabilitation and surgery. It is well known today that respiratory rehabilitation achieve numerous benefits in COPD patients and most of that benefits are evidence based (GOLD 2013): increasing the exercise capacity, decreasing the shortness of breath, increasing the quality of life, reduces the number and length of hospital stay, decreasing the anxiety and depression conected to COPD, the effects lasts and after the rehabilitation program, improves the survival of this patients. The primary goals of this investigation were to establish the percentage of patients with positive outcome after the respiratory rehabilitation, to determine the conection of the following factors with the outcome of respiratory rehabilitation: gender, age, &bdquo;pack/years―, duration of the disease, the number of exacerbations in previous year, comorbidities: ischemic heart disease, heart failure, arterial hypertension, osteoporosis, depression, diabetes mellitus, bronchiectasis, lung cancer, tuberculosis. The other goals were to establish the influence of some parametars on the outcome of respiratory rehabilitation: FEV1, BMI, SaO2 ,6 minute walk test, &bdquo;CAT― questionnaire, &bdquo;mMRC― questionnaire, BODE index. This was retrospective-prospective study the included 500 patients with COPD, from I to IV stadium, in stable disease, who have done the two years complete program of ambulatory respiratory rehabilitation. The program have been done in polyclinic for respiratory diseases, Institute for pulmonary disesases of Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica. The results showed that 452 patients (90,4%) achieved positive outcome of respiratory rehabilitation. The majority of patients 142 (28,4%) were in ―very good‖ caterogy, the 129 patients (25,8%) in category ―good‖, ―satisfied‖ 102 patients (20,4%) and ―excellent‖ 79 patients (15.8%). After completion of the respiratory rehabilitation program, statistically significant improvements of the following parameters have been achieved: FEV1, 6MTH, SaO2, mMRC, BODE index. Gender, age, smoking, duration of the disease and &ge;2 exacerbations in previous year did not have influence on the successful respiratory rehabilitation outcome. The statistically significant negative correlation between the heart failure and positive respiratory rehabilitation outcome has been achieved, while there were no statistically significant correlations among other comorbidities and the successful respiratory rehabilitation outcome. The statistically significant univariant predictors of positive outcome of respiratory rehabilitation are: less comorbidities, absence of heart failure, lower oxygen saturation, higher BMI, , mMRC &ge; 2, CAT &ge; 10, B i D stadium of disease, while multivariant logistic regression analysis showed that the independent predictors of positive outcome of respiratory rehabilitation are: less comorbidities, absence of heart failure, higher BMI, CAT &ge; 10.</p>

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