Begleitende Evaluationsstudie des AMS Wien zum Pilotprojekt "Trainingsarbeitsplätze"

Seit Jänner 2009 wird in Wien das Pilotprojekt "Trainingsarbeitsplätze" zur Weiterentwicklung der vermittlungsorientierten Zusammenarbeit mit Unternehmen von ausgewählten Sozialökonomischen Betrieben (SÖBs) und Gemeinnützigen Beschäftigungsprojekten (GBPs) durchgeführt. Im Anschluss an die Transitarbeitsphase werdenTransitarbeitskräfte bis zu drei Monate lang auf Trainingsarbeitsplätze in Unternehmen des 1. Arbeitsmarktes vermittelt, um ihre (Re-)Integrationschancen zu erhöhen. Die kooperierenden Betriebe übernehmen dabei einen bestimmten Anteil der Personalkosten. Die im Auftrag der Landesgeschäftsstelle des AMS Wien von der Prospect Unternehmensberatung GesmbH durchgeführte Evaluierung begleitete das Pilotprojekt zwischen Juni 2009 und Dezember 2010. Sechs Beschäftigungsprojekte vermittelten in diesem Zeitraum 69 Transitarbeitskräfte auf Trainingsarbeitsplätze in Unternehmen verschiedener Größen und Branchen. Zwölf dieser insgesamt 69 TeilnehmerInnen am Pilotprojekt waren zum Zeitpunkt der Erhebung noch am Trainingsarbeitsplatz tätig. 57 Trainingsarbeitsplätzewaren zu diesem Zeitpunkt bereits beendet,wobei in 24 Fällen eine Übernahme der ehemaligen TrainingsarbeitsplatzinhaberInnen in ein reguläres Dienstverhältnis erfolgte. Dies entspricht einer Übernahmequote von 42 Prozent

Berufliches Unterstützungsmanagement für BezieherInnen der Bedarfsorientierten Mindestsicherung: Begleitende Evaluierung des Wiener Pilotprojektes "Step 2 Job"

Übergeordnetes Ziel des Pilotprojektes "Step 2 Job" war die Arbeitsmarkt(re)integration arbeitsfähiger BezieherInnen der Bedarfsorientierten Mindestsicherung im Alter von 21 bis 64 Jahren. Die Dauer der Betreuung war mit zwölf Monaten begrenzt und die Teilnahme verpflichtend. Die Betreuung erfolgte unter Einsatz der Methode des Case Managements. Am Pilotprojekt "Step 2 Job" nahmen 802 Personen teil. Die im Jahr 2011 von der Prospect Unternehmensberatung GmbH realisierte Evaluierung des Pilotprojektes "Step 2 Job" wurde aus Mitteln des Arbeitsmarktservice Wien, der Stadt Wien und des Wiener ArbeitnehmerInnen Förderungsfonds (waff) gefördert. Das vorliegende AMS info resümiert die wichtigsten Ergebnisse dieser Studie

A learning algorithm for visual pose estimation of continuum robots

Continuum robots offer significant advantages for surgical intervention due to their down-scalability, dexterity, and structural flexibility. While structural compliance offers a passive way to guard against trauma, it necessitates robust methods for online estimation of the robot configuration in order to enable precise position and manipulation control. In this paper, we address the pose estimation problem by applying a novel mapping of the robot configuration to a feature descriptor space using stereo vision. We generate a mapping of known features through a supervised learning algorithm that relates the feature descriptor to known ground truth. Features are represented in a reduced sub-space, which we call eigen-features. The descriptor provides some robustness to occlusions, which are inherent to surgical environments, and the methodology that we describe can be applied to multi-segment continuum robots for closed-loop control. Experimental validation on a single-segment continuum robot demonstrates the robustness and efficacy of the algorithm for configuration estimation. Results show that the errors are in the range of 1°

Cortisol and 17-hydroxyprogesterone levels in saliva of healthy neonates - Normative data and relation to body mass index, arterial cord blood pH and time of sampling after birth

The measurement of cortisol and 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) in saliva has become a reliable tool for both the scientist and the clinician for studying adrenal cortical function in the adult and the older child. We have now established in parallel normative data for salivary cortisol and 17-OHP levels in healthy neonates. We have asked whether or not there is a circadian rhythm of cortisol and 17-OHP saliva levels in neonates. Furthermore, we have asked whether salivary hormone levels correlated with auxologic and clinical data and time of sampling. Cortisol and 17-OHP levels in saliva samples from 119 healthy neonates (55 girls, 64 boys) were measured using in-house time-resolved fluorescent immunoassays. Saliva samples were obtained using a saliva collecting tube three times a day on the first or second day of life. Gender and gestational age did not influence salivary cortisol and 17-OHP levels. No significant circadian rhythm of salivary hormone levels was detected in this group of newborns. However, body mass index, arterial cord blood pH and time of saliva sampling significantly influenced salivary hormone levels. In conclusion, measurement of cortisol and 17-OHP in saliva is feasible in healthy neonates. The existence of normative data forms the basis for future studies on pathophysiologic states in the newborn period. Copyright (C) 2000 S. Karger AG, Basel

Light and heavy transfer products in Xe 136 + U 238 multinucleon transfer reactions

A. Vogt et al.; 12 pags.; 14 figs.; PACS number(s): 24.10.−i, 25.70.Hi, 29.30.Aj, 29.40.Gx© 2015 American Physical Society. ©2015 American Physical Society. Background: Multinucleon transfer reactions (MNT) are a competitive tool to populate exotic neutron-rich nuclei in a wide region of nuclei, where other production methods have severe limitations or cannot be used at all. Purpose: Experimental information on the yields of MNT reactions in comparison with theoretical calculations are necessary to make predictions for the production of neutron-rich heavy nuclei. It is crucial to determine the fraction of MNT reaction products which are surviving neutron emission or fission at the high excitation energy after the nucleon exchange. Method: Multinucleon transfer reactions in Xe136+U238 have been measured in a high-resolution γ-ray/particle coincidence experiment. The large solid-angle magnetic spectrometer PRISMA coupled to the high-resolution Advanced Gamma Tracking Array (AGATA) has been employed. Beamlike reaction products after multinucleon transfer in the Xe region were identified and selected with the PRISMA spectrometer. Coincident particles were tagged by multichannel plate detectors placed at the grazing angle of the targetlike recoils inside the scattering chamber. Results: Mass yields have been extracted and compared with calculations based on the grazing model for MNT reactions. Kinematic coincidences between the binary reaction products, i.e., beamlike and targetlike nuclei, were exploited to obtain population yields for nuclei in the actinide region and compared to x-ray yields measured by AGATA. Conclusions: No sizable yield of actinide nuclei beyond Z=93 is found to perform nuclear structure investigations. In-beam γ-ray spectroscopy is feasible for few-neutron transfer channels in U and the -2p channel populating Th isotopes.The research leading to these results has received funding from the German Bundesministerium fur Bildung ¨ und Forschung (BMBF) under Contract No. 05P12PKFNE TP4, the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under Grant No. 262010-ENSAR, and the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion under Contract ´ No. FPA2011-29854-C04. A.V. thanks the Bonn-Cologne Graduate School of Physics and Astronomy (BCGS) for financial support. One of the authors (A. Gadea) was supported by MINECO, Spain, under Grants No. FPA2011-29854-C04 and No. FPA2014-57196-C5, Generalitat Valenciana, Spain, under Grant No. PROMETEOII/2014/019, and EU under the FEDER program.Peer Reviewe

The anonymous subgraph problem

In this work we address the Anonymous Subgraph Problem (ASP). The problem asks to decide whether a directed graph contains anonymous subgraphs of a given family. This problem has a number of practical applications and here we describe three of them (Secret Santa Problem, anonymous routing, robust paths) that can be formulated as ASPs. Our main contributions are (i) a formalization of the anonymity property for a generic family of subgraphs, (ii) an algorithm to solve the ASP in time polynomial in the size of the graph under a set of conditions, and (iii) a thorough evaluation of our algorithms using various tests based both on randomly generated graphs and on real-world instances

Stretching the Rules: Monocentric Chromosomes with Multiple Centromere Domains

The centromere is a functional chromosome domain that is essential for faithful chromosome segregation during cell division and that can be reliably identified by the presence of the centromere-specific histone H3 variant CenH3. In monocentric chromosomes, the centromere is characterized by a single CenH3-containing region within a morphologically distinct primary constriction. This region usually spans up to a few Mbp composed mainly of centromere-specific satellite DNA common to all chromosomes of a given species. In holocentric chromosomes, there is no primary constriction; the centromere is composed of many CenH3 loci distributed along the entire length of a chromosome. Using correlative fluorescence light microscopy and high-resolution electron microscopy, we show that pea (Pisum sativum) chromosomes exhibit remarkably long primary constrictions that contain 3-5 explicit CenH3-containing regions, a novelty in centromere organization. In addition, we estimate that the size of the chromosome segment delimited by two outermost domains varies between 69 Mbp and 107 Mbp, several factors larger than any known centromere length. These domains are almost entirely composed of repetitive DNA sequences belonging to 13 distinct families of satellite DNA and one family of centromeric retrotransposons, all of which are unevenly distributed among pea chromosomes. We present the centromeres of Pisum as novel ``meta-polycentric'' functional domains. Our results demonstrate that the organization and DNA composition of functional centromere domains can be far more complex than previously thought, do not require single repetitive elements, and do not require single centromere domains in order to segregate properly. Based on these findings, we propose Pisum as a useful model for investigation of centromere architecture and the still poorly understood role of repetitive DNA in centromere evolution, determination, and function

Erleben der chronischen Krankheit im Alltag von HämodialysepatientInnen

Die dialysepflichtige Niereninsuffizienz verzeichnete während der letzten zehn Jahre in Österreich einen zunehmenden Anstieg an PatientInnenzahlen. Diese schwerwiegende chronische Erkrankung verursacht unterschiedlich starke Auswirkungen auf die individuellen Lebensbedingungen der betroffenen Menschen. Auswirkungen können sich in Form von verminderter Lebensqualität, psychischer Belastung, körperlichen Einschränkungen sowie durch den hohen Zeitaufwand, der für die Durchführung der Dialysebehandlung im Krankenhaus aufgewendet werden muss, zeigen. Von den Betroffenen sowie auch von ihren Angehörigen verlangt diese Tatsache eine Anpassung an eine völlig neue Lebenssituation. Das Pflegepersonal hat neben der professionellen Durchführung der Hämodialysebehandlung auch die Aufgabe den PatientInnen diese Anpassung durch fachkundige Beratung und empathisches Handeln zu erleichtern. An sie werden sehr hohe Anforderungen bezüglich ihres allgemeines pflegerischen Wissens, ihres pflergerisch-nephrologischen Fachwissens, ihres fachkundigen Handelns sowie ihrer persönlichen sozialen Kompetenz gestellt. Ziel der vorliegenden qualitativen Forschung ist das Erleben von chronischer Krankheit im Alltag aus der Sicht von HämodialysepatientInnen darzustellen. Die Auswertung der acht geführten Interviews erfolgte mittels der Methode der qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse nach Phillip Mayring und ergab, dass sich der Tagesablauf der PatientInnen in drei unterschiedlich erlebten Alltagswelten, nämlich der Krankenhauswelt, der Krankheitswelt und der Lebenswelt widerspiegelt. Die Krankenhauswelt ist jener Teil des Alltags der Patientin, in dem die Therapie der chronischen Erkrankung Platz einnimmt. Es wurden Faktoren analysiert, die zeigen wie eine Dialysebehandlung und ihre dazugehörenden organisatorischen Rahmenbedingungen subjektiv erlebt werden. Weiters ist sie durch die persönliche Haltung, welche die Patientin gegenüber der Behandlungsform einnimmt, geprägt. Die Krankheitswelt umfasst Erfahrungen mit Diätmaßnahmen, subjektiv erlebten körperlichen Beeinträchtigungen und wahrgenommenen Aspekten des Umgangs der Angehörigen mit der Erkrankung. Die individuelle Einstellung der Patientin zur Erkrankung sowie Alltagssorgen und Ängste, die durch die Erkrankung ausgelöst werden spielen eine große Rolle. Der Alltag der Lebenswelt ist gekennzeichnet durch die Beschäftigung mit den Auswirkungen der Erkrankung auf die berufliche Situation. Weiters setzen sich die Betroffenen in dieser Welt mit der Bedeutung der chronischen Krankheit auf die Haushaltsführung und das individuelle Freizeitverhalten auseinander. Auch die Vereinbarkeit von Urlaub und Dialysepflicht ist ein wichtiger Bestandteil dieser Alltagswelt.End stage renal disease recorded a growing increase in number of patients during the last ten years in Austria. This serious chronic disease causes varying effects on individual living conditions of affected persons. Effects may be apparent in form of reduced quality of life, psychological distress, physical limitations and the extremely time-consuming implementation of the dialysis treatment in the hospital. This fact requires adjustments to a completely new life situation from affected patients and their relatives. It is the responsibility of the nursing staff to make this adaption easier by providing expert advice and empathic behavior in addition to the professional execution of the dialysis treatment. Staff is challenged by very high demands in general nursing knowledge, particular expert nursing knowledge in nephrology as well as personal social skills. The aim of this qualitative research is to examine the experience of chronical illness in daily life from the perspective of haemodialysis patients. The evaluation of the eight interviews conducted was performed by using the method of qualitative content analysis by Phillip Mayring and showed that the daily routine of the patients is reflected in three different worlds, namely the hospital-, the disease- and the life-world. The hospital-world ist that part of the patients daily life in which the treatment of the chronical illness takes place. Factors analyzed show how a dialysis treatment and its associated organized conditions are experienced subjectively. Furthermore this world ist conditioned by the personal attitude the patient takes towards the specific form of the dialysis treatment. The disease-world includes experience with dietary measures, physical impairment and personal observations how relatives deal with the disease. The individual attitudes of the patients towards the disease, their daily sorrows as well as worries and fears triggerd by the disease play a major role. The life-world is characterized by preoccupation with the effects of the disease on the job situation. In addition effected patients deal with the impact of their chronical illness on household and individual leisure activities. The reconcilliation of vacation and dialysis treatment is also an important part of this world

Dynamic Critical Behavior of an Extended Reptation Dynamics for Self-Avoiding Walks

We consider lattice self-avoiding walks and discuss the dynamic critical behavior of two dynamics that use local and bilocal moves and generalize the usual reptation dynamics. We determine the integrated and exponential autocorrelation times for several observables, perform a dynamic finite-size scaling study of the autocorrelation functions, and compute the associated dynamic critical exponents $z$. For the variables that describe the size of the walks, in the absence of interactions we find $z \approx 2.2$ in two dimensions and $z\approx 2.1$ in three dimensions. At the $\theta$-point in two dimensions we have $z\approx 2.3$.Comment: laTeX2e, 32 pages, 11 eps figure