Film lessons: early cinema for historians of science

Despite much excellent work over the years, the vast history of scientific filmmaking is still largely unknown. Historians of science have long been concerned with visual culture, communication and the public sphere on the one hand, and with expertise, knowledge production and experimental practice on the other. Scientists, we know, drew pictures, took photographs and made three-dimensional models. Rather like models, films could not be printed in journals until the digital era, and this limited their usefulness as evidence. But that did not stop researchers from making movies for projection at conferences as well as in lecture halls, museums and other public venues, not to mention for breaking down into individual frames for analysis. Historians of science are more likely to be found in the library, archive or museum than the darkened screening room, and much work is still needed to demonstrate the major effects of cinema on scientific knowledge. Film may have taken as long to change science as other areas of social life, but one can begin to glimpse important ways in which 'image machines' (cameras, projectors and the like) were beginning to mediate between backstage experimental work and more public demonstration even around 1900.I thank the Wellcome Trust (106553) for support

The investigation of fixed nitrogen catalytic processes for technologies of dual-purpose materials production

The paper is dedicated to investigation of fixed nitrogen catalytic processes and related technologies of dual-purpose materials production. The appropriated technologies of ammonia, nitric acid methanol production are considered. The development of novel axial-radial part of ammonia reactor with high-effective special plate heat exchanger is considered too

Личностные составляющие успешной профессиональной деятельности тренера как управленца

В дослідженні встановлено, що виконання управлінських функцій та підвищення ефективності професійної діяльності тренера знаходиться в залежності від такої складової його особистості як організованість. Отримані дані про складові та провідні особистісні детермінанти, що визначають необхідний рівень організованості тренера для виконання завдань управлінської діяльності.The study found that the performance of administrative functions and efficiency of the professional coach is dependent on this part of his personality as an personal organization. The data on the components and leading personality determinants that determine the level of organization needed a coach to perform management tasks. It was determined the importance rank of components coach organization: regulatory (1), productive communication (2), dynamic (3), motivational (4), cognitive (5) and emotional (6). The complex of psychodiagnostic methods, providing improvement of evaluation system of personal organization coach, and his guidance and selection and training were grounded. It was revealed that personal organization of sports coach as manager depends on the personality traits that have two levels of significance: invariant core formed of a combination of qualities that are necessary for efficient operation; personality traits, which are sufficient for effective action. Leading determinants of personal organization of coach provides the following features: setting and achieving goals and objectives of professional activity ; identification of the best options considering available resources; act confidently and convincingly; establish an effective monitoring system in a sports team; confidently and carefully operate in a changing environment; respond adequately to the risks arising in the process of management. The study proposed the program to improve personal organization of coach as the subject of management. The distinctive feature of the proposed program is to focus on the major determinants of personal organization and interactive tools with the "assertiveness" and "time management", which is adapted to the specific management of the coach. The study provides an opportunity to outline areas for further consideration of the problem of professionally important personal coach's qualities formation to improve the efficiency of solving problems of management.В исследовании установлено, что выполнение управленческих функций и повышение эффективности профессиональной деятельности тренера находится в зависимости от такой составной его личности как организованность. Получены данные о составляющих и ведущих детерминантах, определяющих необходимый уровень организованности тренера для выполнения задач управленческой деятельности

Interdisciplinary Team Approach in Fall Prevention: Physician Perspective Focus

An in-hospital fall is a devastating event for patients and care providers resulting in injuries, physiological and psychological patient declines, and sometimes deaths. Furthermore, fall related costs greatly increase hospitals’ expenses and cause massive distress to caregivers and health providers. Many patient-specific, organizational, and seemingly erratic factors contribute to the occurrence of in-hospital falls. Despite this, hospitals must undertake consistent evidence-based measures to prevent fall occurrences as much as possible. The traditional nursing approach to falls prevention is not sufficient to control fall rates because the issue is too complex and must be approached from multiple perspectives rather than just nursing. Therefore, innovative practices and approaches were explored to provide additional fall preventive measures. International and local U.S. practices emphasize the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to falls prevention. This model includes multiple clinicians with diverse backgrounds, such as physicians, physical therapists, and pharmacists, who assess patient fall risks together and implement measures to effectively decrease the risks. Limited guidelines and lack of conclusive research about the interdisciplinary approach lead the team of Master of Science in Nursing Clinical Nurse Leader students to investigate the roles of multidisciplinary team members for falls prevention in great detail. As a result, a blueprint of team role descriptors was created and offered for implementation in the medical-surgical elderly client population unit. This project provides innovative guidelines for falls prevention. These guidelines have the potential to decrease patient falls by 20-30 % in the hospital. This paper is particularly focused on the physician’s role in fall prevention. In addition, this paper represents a modified compilation of current innovative hospital practices and evidence-based research findings

Влияние типологических свойств нервной системы, темперамента и личностных особенностей студентов - футболистов на уровень их технической и физической подготовленности

В статті подаються матеріали психофізіологічного дослідження рівня технічної і фізичної підготовленості футболістів 17-19 років з різною спортивною успішністю. Встановлено, що за допомогою впливу на індивідуально-психологічні якості спортсменів можна підвищити ефективність їх фізичної і технічної підготовленості.In article materials of psychological physiological research of a level of technical and physical readiness of football players of 17-19 years with different sports success move. It is established, that with the help of influence on personal psychological qualities of sportsmen it is possible to raise efficiency of their physical and technical readiness.В статье подаются материалы психофизиологического исследования уровня технической и физической подготовленности студентов-футболистов с разной спортивной успешностью. Установлено, что с помощью влияния на личностно-психологические качества спортсменов можно повысить эффективность их физической и технической подготовленности

Predictor, Montreal, and Meg Crane : a very brief history of pregnancy testing in Canada

Mcgill alumnus and Cambridge University PhD recipient, Jesse is a historian of science, technology and Medicine at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He is co-lead on an UK-German collaborative research project investigating the contested use and regulation of drugs in pregnancy and the risk of birth defects since thalidomide. His first book will reconstruct the remarkable transformation of pregnancy testing from an esoteric laboratory tool to a commonplace of everyday life

The Why, the What, the How: Disney, the Population Council, and the Pre-Production of "Family Planning"

Family Planning, a short, animated film made by Walt Disney Productions in 1968, is a touchstone for historians of global population. Since Matthew Connelly's Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population (2008) re-energized the field, the film has become a fixture in histories of population control; an irresistible opportunity to namecheck Donald Duck and inject some levity into otherwise sober accounts. Analysis has concentrated on salient features of the film: its construction of an ethnically generic "everyman," its consumerist message, and its coyness about contraception. It typically figures as one of the most significant products of a sustained effort to mobilize mass media in the service of international family planning.Our research mobilizes previously neglected lines of evidence, especially unpublished documents held by the Rockefeller Archive Center (RAC), to shed new light on hidden negotiations and contestations. In drawing from the materials at the RAC — and beyond — we aim to contribute to an increasingly concerted effort to embed questions about media and communication more centrally in histories of reproductive politics

The relationship between emotional intelligence and job performance of call centre leaders

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a relationship between perceived emotional intelligence and job performance among inbound call centre leaders in the medical aid environment. The sample consisted of 268 participants (45 leaders and 223 raters) across different age and race groups. A convenience sample was used, since it was easier to focus on call centre leaders working in the same office. All of the participants completed the 360º Emotional Competency Profiler (ECP) in order to measure emotional intelligence whereas the job performance data were obtained from the management team and an average score of their performance over a one-year period was examined. The research results show that there was no statistically significant relationship between emotional intelligence and job performance among the call centre leaders.M.A. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology )Industrial and Organisational Psycholog