The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of using preferred characters with a constant time delay instructional procedure to teach community sign reading to three students with moderate intellectual disability with the definitions of the signs as non-targeted information. An adapted alternating treatments design was used to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the preferred characters on acquisition of the community signs. Pre- and post- assessments were conducted on acquisition of the non-targeted definitions, as well as generalization of the signs and their meanings. The results indicated that all students learned the target signs and they learned all of the definitions of the signs when they were presented with a preferred character. Students did not generalize the meanings of the signs to community settings.

Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία εκπονήθηκε στα πλαίσια της ενασχόλησης με Έργο ανάπτυξης Δικτύου Τηλεϊατρικής. Το Δίκτυο Τηλεϊατρικής συνίσταται από φορητές μονάδες ικανές να λαμβάνουν και να μεταδίδουν τα ζωτικά σήματα των ασθενών σε κάποιο Κέντρο Συντονισμού. Το κέντρο αυτό, στελεχωμένο από κατάλληλο ιατρικό προσωπικό, έχει τη δυνατότητα αφού αξιολογήσει τα λαμβανόμενα δεδομένα, να δώσει χρήσιμες συμβουλές παροχής πρωτοβάθμιας βοήθειας στον ασθενή, έως ότου μεταφερθεί σε κάποιο νοσοκομείο. Η διπλωματική εργασία επικεντρώνεται στο σχεδιασμό και στην ανάπτυξη της εφαρμογής Θέσεως Εργασίας, η οποία είναι βασικό τμήμα του Κέντρου Συντονισμού. Στελεχώνεται από εξειδικευμένους ιατρούς και έχει ως σκοπό, χρησιμοποιώντας όλα τα παρεχόμενα ιατρικά δεδομένα, να προσφέρει τη βέλτιστη προ-νοσοκομειακή φροντίδα στους ασθενείς, οι οποίοι βρίσκονται στον τόπο του φορητού τερματικού. Μέσω του ολοκληρωμένου Δικτύου Τηλεϊατρικής, η Θέση Εργασίας προσπελαύνει όλα τα στοιχεία ενός τρέχοντος περιστατικού τηλεϊατρικής, όπως ζωτικά σήματα, ιστορικό από το Ολοκληρωμένο Πληροφοριακό Σύστημα (Ο.Π.Σ.) των νοσοκομείων, φωτογραφίες καθώς και άλλα ιατρικά δεδομένα. Χρησιμοποιεί, επίσης, την υπηρεσία τηλεδιάσκεψης για να έχει οπτικοακουστική επαφή με το φορητό τερματικό και για να εκμεταλλευτεί το συμβουλευτικό ρόλο των Περιφερειακών Αιθουσών Τηλεδιάσκεψης. Η Θέση Εργασίας μετά το πέρας των περιστατικών ενημερώνει τους ιατρικούς φακέλους των ασθενών στο Ο.Π.Σ., ενώ έχει τη δυνατότητα να εκτελέσει σωρεία λειτουργιών εκτός σύνδεσης, ώστε να ανατρέξει σε χρήσιμα δεδομένα του Δικτύου, όπως παλιά περιστατικά, και να ολοκληρώσει την εξυπηρέτηση των περιστατικών. Η ανάπτυξη της εφαρμογής πραγματοποιήθηκε σε γλώσσα προγραμματισμού Visual Basic .NET με χρήση της πλατφόρμας Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition. Η υλοποίηση περιλαμβάνει τη δημιουργία Κεντρικής Βάσης Δεδομένων Τηλεϊατρικής, για την οποία επιλέχθηκε η Oracle 10g, ενώ για τη διαχείριση κι εποπτεία της βάσης χρησιμοποιήθηκαν οι εφαρμογές Oracle Client 10g και Oracle JDeveloper 10g / The present thesis was carried out through participation in a project concerning the development of a Telemedicine Network. The Telemedicine Network consists of mobile units capable of obtaining and transmitting patients’ vital signs to a Coordination Center. This centre is occupied by specialized medical personnel and has the capacity, after evaluating the received data, to provide useful healthcare advice prior to the patients’ transfer to a hospital. This thesis focuses on the design and development of the Treatment Workstation application, which is a basic part of the Coordination Center. It is operated by doctors and aims to provide, through the use of all the available information, an optimum pre-hospital care to the patients placed near the mobile unit. Utilizing the resources provided by the Telemedicine Network, the Treatment Workstation accesses all the data of a current telemedicine incident, e.g. vital signs, medical history by the hospitals’ Integrated Information System (I.I.M.), photos and other medical information. It also uses the teleconference service to establish an audiovisual communication with the mobile unit and to take advantage of the advisory contribution of the Peripheral Teleconference Room. After the incidents’ termination, the Treatment Workstation updates the patients’ medical files at the I.I.M. and is also able to perform a series of offline actions, in order to access Network’s useful data (e.g. old incidents) and to complete pending incidents. The application was developed in Visual Basic .NET through the platform Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition. The implementation includes the creation of a Central Telemedicine Database, using Oracle 10g, while the management and supervision of the database was performed with the use of Oracle Client 10g and Oracle JDeveloper 10g.

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The process of nation-building in nineteenth century Canada involved the production of national symbols which could transcend sub-national loyalties, such as class, gender, ethnic, and religious identities, and unite the residents of the Canadian nation. While the symbols were many and varied, in this study I analyse the manner in which the Canadian state and civil society used royal ceremonies and representations to define and unify the Canadian nation between 1860 and 1911. The study focusses on the Canadian observances of Queen Victoria's Golden and Diamond Jubilees, her Memorial Services, the Coronation and Memorial Services of Edward VII, the Coronation of George V, and the royal visits of the Prince of Wales (Edward VII) in 1860 and the Duke of Cornwall and York (George V) in 1901. Regarding society and social relations as neither static nor fixed, but multiple and contradictory, I use the concept of cultural hegemony combined with elements from the "new" cultural history to examine the complex nature of power, identity, and royal representation in the nation-building process. Specifically, I argue that male members of the middle class articulated representations of themselves, women, the upper and lower classes, and the monarchy in order to legitimise their social authority and consolidate themselves as a cultural hegemony in the new national society. In turn, women and the upper and working classes resisted these representations with images of their own designed to empower themselves. The traditional elite claimed public and royal affirmation of their leadership; women and the working class sought an equal place in the nation. Complicating matters, however, were ethnic and religious identities which impinged upon class and gender loyalties and further altered the nature of royal representation and the formation and negotiation of a cultural hegemony. French Canadians, Irish Catholics, Jews, African and Asian Canadians, and the Peoples of the First Nations added their voices—and imagery—to the process of nation-building as each articulated representations of the monarchy in order to counter the dominant interpretations emanating from Protestants and whites. By doing so, they sought to either negotiate themselves a place within a wider hegemony or demand that their rights—and their place within the Canadian nation—be respected. Royal ceremonies and representations, then, were not trivial events in Canadian history. They comprised a fundamental feature in national imagery and played a vital part in the building of the Canadian nation.

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Legislative pressures are being brought to bear on South African employers to demonstrate that occupational assessment is scientifically valid and culturefair. The development of valid and reliable performance-based assessment tools will enable employers to meet these requirements. The general aim of this research was to validate a performance-based assessment battery for the placement of sales representatives. A literature survey examined alternative assessment measures and methods of performance measurement, leading to the conclusion that the combination of the work sample as a predictor measure and the managerial rating of performance as a criterion measure offer a practical and cost-effective assessment process to the sales manager. The empirical study involved 54 sales persons working for the Commercial division of an oil marketing company, selling products and services to the commercial and industrial market. By means of the empirical study, a significant correlation was found between performance of sales representatives in terms of the performance-based assessment battery for the entry level of the career ladder and their behaviour in the field as measured by the managerial performance rating instrument. The limitations of the sample, however, prevent the results from being generalised to other organisations.

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur Karlstadmodellen och TAKK (Tecken somAlternativ och Kompletterande Kommunikation) kan användas i förskoleverksamheten för attfrämja hela barngruppens språkutveckling.De metoder som har används för att undersöka och svara på frågeställningen är intervju ochenkätundersökning. Det gjordes tre olika intervjuer. En med en mamma till ett barn demDowns syndrom och som även är certifierad handledare i Karlstadmodellen. En med enbarnskötare som arbetat med ett barns språkutveckling med hjälp av Karlstadmodellen. Ochden tredje intervjun gjordes med tre sjuksköterskor på Barnavårdscentralen.Enkätundersökningen skickades ut till 16 förskolor och 14 svarade. Detta genererade i 56besvarade enkäter. På så vis blir det totala bortfallet 13 obesvarade enkäter.I resultatet framkom det att man i Karlstadmodellen och TAKK arbetar med ett nätverk kringdet barn som är i behov av stöd. Detta är troligen något som skulle vara svårt att applicera påen hel barngrupp. Däremot finns det modeller likande TAKK som är anpassade för barngrupp.Respondenterna från två av intervjuerna anser att man skulle kunna använda sig utav vissalekar från Karlstadmodellen till hela barngruppen. / The purpose with this study is to examine how The Karlstad model and Signs and AlternativeCommunication can be used in preschool to help the whole group of children with theirlanguage development.The methods that have been used to examine and answer all the questions is interviews andquestionnaire. There were three different interviews made. The first interview was with amother to a child with Down syndrome, who is also a certified mentor in the Karlstad model.The next person to be interviewed was a caretaker of children who works with children’slanguage development with help from the Karlstad model. And the third interviewed wasmade with three nurses at the children’s care center.The questionnaire was sent to 16 preschools and 14 of them replied. This generated in 56answered questionnaires.The result shows that those who use The Karlstad model and Signs and AlternativeCommunication work with a network around the child in need of support. This is probablysomething that would be hard to work with in a group of children in preschool. But there ismodels like Signs and Alternative Communication who is adjusted for child groups. Therespondents from two of the interviews consider that some games from the Karlstad modelcan be used for a whole group of children.

Language is the most common and crucial element newspapers apply to express meaning. Language is a system of linguistic signs combined by rules to create meaning. Newspapers use language, among other or sign systems (e.g. photographs, graphics, content and layout) to communicate. These systems support each other and perform as a unit to reflect a newspaper's character and function. South Africa has a diversity in language, culture, background and literacy levels and the media's target audiences differ significantly. The ways in which these systems are thus applied, diverge to satisfy the various needs of audiences. These needs include being informed, entertained, aesthetically pleased, emotionally involved and mobilized (persuaded). Audiences also seek a reflection of their values, views and cultures in the media. / Thesis (M.A. (Communication Studies))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

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Young children’s ‘alternative’ notions of science are well documented but their unorthodox ideas about arithmetic are less well known. For example, studies have shown that young children initially treat numbers as position markers rather than size symbols. Also, children often hold a transformational view of operations; that is, they are reluctant to accept the commutativity of addition and multiplication. This ‘alternative’ view of operations is often overlooked by teachers, keen to demonstrate the so called ‘laws’ of arithmetic. However, this paper argues that we should not be in any haste to replace these primitive intuitions; instead, we should show that transformational operations actually reflect how objects behave when acted on in the physical world. The paper draws on earlier research of the writer in which young children used signs for transformational arithmetic in game scenarios. In particular, it examines the feasibility of ‘sums’ in which the operator is distinguished from the operand. In short, this paper presents the theory behind an entirely new way of teaching arithmetic, based on children’s ‘alternative’ intuitions about numbers and operations.