An Historical Study: The U.S. Army Vietnam Individual Training Group (UITG) Program, 1971-1973

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth R. Bowra
Keyword(s):  
Training Group ◽  
Historical Study ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Individual Training

scholarly journals How do you Implement a Digital Environment to Support a Training Group? | Comment organiser son environnement numérique pour soutenir le groupe en formation ?

2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Ronchi
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Training Group ◽  
Instructional Designer ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Training Experience ◽  
Online Delivery ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
The Individual ◽  
European University ◽  
Individual Training

This case deals with an instructional designer (ID) working at a European university who has been asked to convert an existing on-campus program for working professionals to online delivery. This case took place over a period of several months and led to the development of an online training program. The program was designed to facilitate management of the individual training courses, while supporting exchanges between participants from a highly heterogenous audience. Interpersonal relationships that developed within the group remained a basic component of the training experience. The main challenges encountered by the instructional designer were the module-based courses that emphasized personalized learning, a lack of confidence in the Program Coordinator, and a lack of ICT knowledge by the design team in an institutional context unfavorable to the use of ICT. The courses offered by this university were mainly on-campus and the LMS was mainly used as a content repository.

scholarly journals Segregation Academies Then and School Choice Configurations Today in Deep South States

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Marilyn Grady ◽  
Sharon Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
School Choice ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
School Funding ◽  
Historical Study ◽  
Board Of Education ◽  
Deep South ◽  
Public School Funding ◽  
The U.S

In the following article, we present a brief historical review of segregation academies and their impact on students and public schools. Based on the review, we provide a portrait of the vestiges of segregation academies that appear to be currently re-emerging in different educational configurations throughout the U.S. and particularly in Deep South states. The purpose of a historical study is to provide a descriptive overview of specific social problems confined within a predetermined timeframe (Danto, 2008). This historical review’s purpose was to address the following inquiry: What were the characteristics of Deep South segregation academies designed to circumvent Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka? In what ways are these characteristics manifested in 2015 school choice configurations in the Deep South states, specifically Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina? To what extent, if any, did these manifested characteristics affect 2015 public school funding in Deep South states?

scholarly journals Beyond the Extremism of Radical Muslim Groups: A Socio-Historical Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Mokhamad Iqbal Khomaini
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Historical Study ◽  
Muslim Country ◽  
Military Operation ◽  
Muslim Countries ◽  
The Us ◽  
The One ◽  
The Military ◽  
Bomb Explosion ◽  
The U.S

Muslim terrorist group is a contrast issue, they are the one who openly opposes the U.S. Oppression, but on another side, they are blamed for being a terrorist. The story started with oppression on Muslim countries everywhere: Afghanistan was invaded by USSR army, then 1991, Iraq also was attacked as a response call from the US to Kuwaiti aid request, then in 2001, Afghanistan was invaded and occupied by the U.S., then the raid over Taliban and all its organization in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the military operation in Iraq, 2003, and daily killing upon Palestinian since 1967 with no ending etc. So, the counter upon oppression rises, but unfortunately those who struggled to defend Muslim territories against U.S. invasion are called as a “terrorist”. Once upon a time in 2000, Bali was the most destined of tourism but unexpectedly, a big tragedy happened in Indonesia with the bomb explosion in Bali Island and killed 202 people, most of the victims were foreign tourists. The result of investigations pointed to “Jemaah Islamiyah” as an actor of that incident. The national and International news media posted that “Jamaah Islamiyah” did a terror on the basis of jihad against America and its allies who invaded a Muslim country, but unfortunately, the victims were civilians who have nonsense affiliated with politics. Keywords:Terrorist, Extremism, and Radical Muslim Group 

The effect of patient training of the fundamentals of medical knowledge on the effectiveness of controlling cardiovascular risk factors

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
G.S Isayeva ◽  
M Vovchenko ◽  
O Buriakovska ◽  
A Shalimova ◽  
N Emelyanova
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Blood Lipids ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Training Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Group Training ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Training

Abstract   A prospective randomized parallel-group study was performed to assess the effectiveness of group and individual educational training of patients of the fundamentals of medical knowledge to control risk factors. The study included 365 patients with high and very high cardiovascular risk; 150 had group training; 150 had individual training; 65 were a control group, follow-up period was 3 years. Blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), fat to muscle ratio (bioimpedance method, Body Composition Monitor BF511), physical activity (Walking style III pedometer), blood lipids, glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin, quality of life (SF-36 Health Status Survey questionnaire), eating habits, and compliance to medical therapy (Morisky-Green questionnaire) were evaluated before and after completion of the training. The composite endpoint was assessed (myocardial infarction, stroke, cardiovascular death, hospitalizations due to worsening of heart failure, urgent revascularization). Educational hours were the same in both groups, but in the “Individual group” patients had “face to face” visits with a medical specialists. All patients kept an individual diary. Statistical processing was performed using the SPSS 17 (IBM) package. Results In both training groups, a significant decrease in blood pressure and an increase of patients with the target blood pressure were found. After completing the educational course, the level of compliance to drug treatment in the “group training” had scored of 3.2 [1.5–3.5]; 3.5 [2.5–3.75] in the “individual training” group, and 2.0 [1.0–3.0] in the control group. Initially, the number of patients with the targeted blood pressure level was 63 (42.0%) and 67 (44.6%) persons in the “group training” and “individual training” groups; this parameter after training completion was 134 (89.3%, p=0.0001) in “group training” and 121 (80.6%, p=0.0001) in “individual training”. Patients undergoing “group training” did not have their blood lipids changed significantly. In the course of “individual training”, statistically significant decreases in total cholesterol by 21.1% (p=0.031), LDL cholesterol by 20.1% (p=0.04) and an increase in HDL cholesterol by 11% (p=0.03) were observed. A significant decrease in BMI (by 7.1%, p=0.011) and fat tissue content (10.2%, p=0.013) were observed only after “individual training”. Eating habits and smoking rate did not change significantly in the groups. An increase in physical activity was detected only in “individual training” group. Risk of cardiovascular events was lower “individual training” group (OR-0,32; CI 95% 0,12–0,84; p=0,02). Conclusion Both individual and group educational courses did not lead to a change in eating habits, but had significant effect on blood pressure. More significant effect of individual training compared to group training was found on blood lipids, physical activity and quality of life. A decrease in cardiovascular events was noted only in the “individual training” group. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: Public Institution(s). Main funding source(s): L.T. Mala National Institute of Therapy NAMSU

scholarly journals Alertness Training Increases Visual Processing Speed in Healthy Older Adults

2021 ◽  
pp. 095679762096552
Author(s):  
Melanie D. Penning ◽  
Adriana L. Ruiz-Rizzo ◽  
Petra Redel ◽  
Hermann J. Müller ◽  
Tiina Salminen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Functional Connectivity ◽  
Processing Speed ◽  
Visual Processing ◽  
Training Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Healthy Older Adults ◽  
Visual Processing Speed ◽  
Individual Training

In this study, we investigated whether alertness training in healthy older adults increases visual processing speed (VPS) and whether functional connectivity in the cingulo-opercular network predicts training gain. Using the theory of visual attention, we derived quantitative estimates of VPS before and after training. In Study 1, 75 healthy older adults participated in alertness training, active-control training, or no training ( n = 25 each). A significant Group × Session interaction indicated an increase in VPS in the alertness-training group but not in the control group, despite VPS not differing significantly between groups before training. In Study 2, 29 healthy older adults underwent resting-state functional MRI and then participated in alertness training. Pretraining functional connectivity in the cingulo-opercular network correlated with the individual training-induced change in VPS. In conclusion, results indicate that alertness training improves visual processing in older adults and that functional connectivity in the cingulo-opercular network provides a neural marker for predicting individual training gain.

The U.S. Census as a Source in Political History

1991 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 565-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Winkle
Keyword(s):  
Political Behavior ◽  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Political History ◽  
Historical Study ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Analysis ◽  
History Of ◽  
Social Demographic ◽  
The U.S

Political historians have long depended on aggregate records of political behavior—“election returns”—as a crucial resource in the historical study of American politics. During the past 30 years, however, the “new” political historians have increasingly turned to the U.S. census to reveal relationships between political and social behavior in the American past. The veritable revolution in American political history in recent decades, in fact, has largely depended on the political analysis of census records. Political historians now routinely mine the U.S. census for social, demographic, and economic information about voters and officeholders, states and regions, specific decades, and even “political eras.” Census data are most crucial to the political history of the nineteenth century and have benefited, in particular, the debate over levels of voter turnout, the study of political leadership through collective biography, and the ethnocultural model of political behavior.

scholarly journals Historical Study in the U.S.: Assessing the impact of Tuning within a professional disciplinary society

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-67
Author(s):  
Daniel J. McInerney
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Administrative Support ◽  
Professional Organization ◽  
Historical Study ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

The U.S.-based American Historical Association (AHA), the largest – and most influential – professional organization for historians, was the first disciplinary society in the world to lead a Tuning project, launching its work in 2012. This essay analyzes a survey distributed to historians on campuses that have taken part in the AHA Tuning project. The purpose is to understand, after six years of work on the project, what practical difference Tuning has made for historians, students, courses, curricula, and departments. Survey data indicate that, under the disciplinary society’s guidance and encouragement, historians have created meaningful learning outcomes, implemented the objectives in courses and curricula, and begun work in the measurement of student learning. Not surprisingly, the project has faced limits and obstacles, particularly with leadership of the work, faculty buy-in, administrative support, follow-up assistance, enrollment concerns, student engagement, and outreach to stakeholders. However, after half a dozen years of activity, U.S. historians have made marked progress not only in articulating disciplinary learning outcomes (as have colleagues in other parts of the world) but also in implementing and assessing those objectives. While precise readings of “impact” remain elusive, a Tuning project under the direction of a disciplinary society has helped generate significant pedagogical, curricular, and cultural changes in the field of history..Received: 03 April 2018Accepted: 12 November 2018Published online: 29 November 2018

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