Effect of the Holistic Approach on the Quantity and Quality of EAP Students' Writing

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdel Salam A. El-Koumy
Keyword(s):  
Holistic Approach

Applying Expanded Servicescape to the Hotel Industry

2021 ◽  
pp. 109634802110115
Author(s):  
Seonjeong (Ally) Lee ◽  
Ning-Kuang Chuang
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Environmental Cues ◽  
Practical Implications

The physical environment plays an essential role in customers’ hotel stay experiences. Hotels offer a differentiated atmosphere that creates favorable customers’ evaluations. Based on the significant role of environmental cues, this study investigates the effects of an expanded servicescape on customers’ evaluations, including customer satisfaction, quality of life, and customer loyalty, in the context of the hotel industry. To test the proposed research framework, this study collects data from previous hotel customers and conducts a self-administered, online survey. Findings identified ambience, interactions with employees, authenticity, and fascination positively influenced customers’ satisfaction, which further influenced customer loyalty. Only ambience and fascination positively influenced quality of life, which in turn influenced customer loyalty. Results contributed to the application of expanded servicescape in the hotel context. Results also suggested practical implications of the holistic approach of servicescape in the hotel industry.

Inline Inspection: Both Effective Data Collection and Interpretation Needed to Achieve High Quality Reporting Results

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
James R. Walker ◽  
Paul Mallaburn ◽  
Derek Balmer
Keyword(s):  
Financial Risk ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Quality Reporting ◽  
Certification Standard ◽  
Consensus Standard ◽  
Inspection Data

Historically, pipeline operators have tended to place more weight on inline inspection tool specifications than on the inherent design and reporting capabilities of the service providers themselves. While internal collection of integrity data is very important, it’s imperative that vendors, also, have high levels of expertise and effective quality control systems in place to successfully analyze exceedingly high volumes of inspection data. The quality of inspection information is vital to assessing if a pipeline is fit for purpose now and/or into the future. Integrity managers attempting to reduce overall operating risk by making decisions based on inaccurate or poor quality reporting are in fact exposing their networks to greater safety and financial risk. Recognizing these risks and that inline inspection (ILI) is an overall system that needs to be formally qualified, operators and ILI service providers have collaborated to develop several international standards. The most recent is the umbrella API-1163 industry consensus standard, which is now being widely adopted, primarily in USA. This standard provides requirements and recommended practices for qualification of the entire ILI process. Two companion standards: ASNT In-line Personnel Qualification and Certification Standard No. ILI-PQ and NACE Recommended Practice In-Line Inspection of Pipelines RP0102 combine to address specific requirements for personnel who operate and analyze the results of ILI systems. In Europe, the Pipeline Operators Forum (POF) has, also, established specific requirements for ILI reporting processes and data formats. However, these standards do not define how operators and vendors must meet these requirements. To follow will be a story about how an ILI service provider embraced a holistic approach to address these standards’ requirements, in particular in the areas of data analysis, reporting, and dig verification due to their significant importance in assuring the final quality of its deliverables. A key outcome desired will be to provide operators with greater insight into what best practices and technologies ILI service providers should have embraced and invested in to insure reliable service delivery.

scholarly journals A randomized comparative clinical study to evaluate the efficacy of Ashwagandha Churna over Tagara Churna in the management of Nidranasha (insomnia)

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (05) ◽  
pp. 123-128
Author(s):  
Priyanka Ishwar Chimanchod ◽  
Sanjay Kadlimatti
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Study ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Quality Of Sleep ◽  
Comparative Clinical Study

Ayurveda is known for its holistic approach. It has emphazised to lead a healthy lifestyle, and Nidra is one among the important factor to remain healthy. Nidra is the most neglected part of modern lifestyle where one gives least importance to the timing, duration and quality of sleep with stress playing an important role in inducing insomnia. Aim of present study was to evaluate efficacy of Ashwagandha Churna over Tagara Churna in the management of Nidranasha. Study was conducted on 40 clinically diagnosed patients of Nidranasha. On the basis of observed data, it was concluded that Ashwagandha Churna has highly significant effect on Nidranasha when compared to Tagara Churna.

scholarly journals A holistic approach to remove the bottlenecks and to improve the quality of medical research in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 3469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudip Bhattacharya ◽  
Raman Kumar ◽  
Shaili Vyas ◽  
Amarjeet Singh ◽  
MdMahbub Hossain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Research ◽  
Holistic Approach

scholarly journals Opportunities and challenges of using socially intelligent agents: increasing interaction and school participation for children suffering from a long-term illness

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Mårell-Olsson ◽  
Thomas Mejtoft ◽  
Sofia Tovedal ◽  
Ulrik Söderström
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Agents ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Medical Needs ◽  
Societal Benefits ◽  
School Participation

PurposeChildren suffering from cancer or cardiovascular disease, who need extended periods of treatment in hospitals, are subjected to multiple hardships apart from the physical implications, for example, experienced isolation and disrupted social and academic development. This has negative effects long after the child's recovery from the illness. The purpose of this paper is to examine the non-medical needs of children suffering from a long-term illness, as well as research the field of artificial intelligence (AI) – more specifically, the use of socially intelligent agents (SIAs) – in order to study how technology can enhance children's interaction, participation and quality of life.Design/methodology/approachInterviews were performed with experts in three fields: housing manager for hospitalized children, a professor in computing science and researcher in AI, and an engineer and developer at a tech company.FindingsIt is important for children to be able to take control of the narrative by using an SIA to support the documentation of their period of illness, for example. This could serve as a way of processing emotions, documenting educational development or keeping a reference for later in life. The findings also show that the societal benefits of AI include automating mundane tasks and recognizing patterns.Originality/valueThe originality of this study concerns the holistic approach of increasing the knowledge and understanding of these children's specific needs and challenges, particularly regarding their participation and interaction with teachers and friends at school, using an SIA.

Psychologist, 2 years’ experience, USA; Psychologist, 5 years’ experience, USA

2020 ◽  
pp. 122-125
Author(s):  
Markus Reuber ◽  
Gregg H. Rawlings ◽  
Steven C. Schachter
Keyword(s):  
Epileptic Seizures ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Definitive Diagnosis ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Frontal Lobe Epilepsy ◽  
Compelling Evidence ◽  
Caucasian Female ◽  
Video Eeg

This chapter presents a case with compelling evidence for frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) and Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES) to address the difficulties providers encounter in helping families receive a definitive diagnosis and eventual path forward. The patient in question was a teenage Caucasian female seeking a third opinion for paroxysmal events. Her father had requested an evaluation to rule out epilepsy after having been told twice before that his daughter’s episodes were likely to be psychogenic in nature. Evidence subsequently obtained over the course of her three-day video-EEG hospitalization provided support for both epilepsy and PNES. The chapter then argues that every adolescent and young adult with epilepsy would benefit from a holistic approach to seizure management, one that takes into account the patient’s quality of life, psychosocial well-being, and relationship with school, family, and friends.

Skin

2013 ◽  
pp. 127-139
Author(s):  
Christopher Griffiths ◽  
Amy Foulkes
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Skin Disease ◽  
Drug Toxicity ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Differential Diagnoses ◽  
Joint Disease ◽  
Accurate Description ◽  
Shared Knowledge ◽  
Rheumatological Disease

Optimal rheumatological care involves a holistic approach to the patient. As rheumatologists frequently see dermatological manifestations of rheumatological disease, as well as cutaneous signs of drug toxicity, knowledge of how to approach the diagnosis and management of the patient with skin disease is essential. With many successful examples of joint rheumatology/dermatology clinics, the subsequent shared knowledge and management will improve the quality of life of patients with combined skin and joint disease. This chapter includes basic skin anatomy and morphological definitions, which facilitate accurate description of skin disease. Common differential diagnoses and common dermatological manifestations of rheumatological disease are discussed with appropriate options for management.

Trauma and orthopaedic surgery

2019 ◽  
pp. 747-764
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Orthopaedic Surgery ◽  
Sports Injuries ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
X Rays ◽  
Degenerative Diseases ◽  
Past Medical History ◽  
Musculoskeletal Trauma

This chapter on trauma and orthopaedics covers musculoskeletal trauma, sports injuries, infections, tumours, and congenital and degenerative diseases. The chapter is well structured, describing conditions seen commonly in clinic, in the emergency department, and in theatre. It highlights important cases to see during medical school, both in emergency and elective theatres, as well as key investigations to observe. It reiterates consideration of past medical history and a holistic approach to the patient rather than dealing with only a focus on pain or joint problems. It reviews improvement of quality of life. It also discusses common conditions such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, providing a table to clearly differentiate between the two. This chapter includes clear pictorial principles of orthopaedic management, and a clear system for describing X-rays systematically.

scholarly journals A theological model for pastoral anthropology within the dynamics of interculturality: Cura animarum and the quest for wholeness in a colo-spirituality

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniël J. Louw
Keyword(s):  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Human Identity ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
Unconditional Love ◽  
Qualitative Interpretation ◽  
Spiritual Culture ◽  
Pastoral Therapy

Healing is embedded in relational and systemic networks. In order to heal life (cura vitae) human relationships as determined by paradigms (patterns of thinking and conceptualisation) emanating from cultural settings, should be healed. In order to apply a holistic approach to healing in pastoral therapy, a systemic, relational and qualitative interpretation of soul in cura animarum [cure and care of human souls] was proposed. The notion of a colo-spirituality [spiritual culture] was developed in order to link interculturality to the trans-cultural notion of grace (the eschatological paradigm). The latter is the prerequisite for an intimate space of unconditional love in order to heal the quality of our human identity and attitude or habitus [being functions] within the existential realities of life (i.e. anxiety, guilt or shame, despair, helplessness or vulnerability, anger).’n Teologiese model vir ’n pastorale antropologie binne die dinamika van interkulturaliteit: Colo-spiritualiteit as integrale pastorale terapie binne cura animarum. Die konsep van heling is ingebed binne relasionele en sistemiese netwerke. Ten einde die lewe self te genees (cura vitae) moet menslike verhoudinge soos wat dit bepaal word deur paradigmas (patrone van rasionele denkkonstrukte) en kulturele kontekste genees word. Ten einde ’n omvattende en integrale benadering tot pastoral terapie te volg, word ’n sistemiese, relasionele en kwalitatiewe verstaan van die menslike siel in ’n pastorale model vir cura animarum voorgestel. Ten einde ’n interkulturele benadering in pastorale terapie te volg en heling te verbind met die trans-kulturele konsep van genade (die eskatologiese paradigma) word die konsep van ’n colo-spiritualiteit ontwikkel. Die verstaan van genade as ’n transkulturele konsep is nodig met die oog op die vestiging van ’n ruimte van onvoorwaardelike liefde wat die kwaliteit van menswees en houdinge (habitus) binne verskillende eksistensiële realiteite (d.w.s. angs, skuld en skaamte, wanhoop, hulpeloosheid en weerloosheid, woede) deurslaggewend bepaal.

scholarly journals A need for holistic approach to the occupational health developing (in Serbia)

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirjana Arandjelovic
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Future Orientation ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Well Being ◽  
World Health ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
The Road ◽  
Countries In Transition ◽  
Health Organization

AbstractCountries in transition, such as Serbia, have been going through obligatory system reforms, including the reform of the healthcare system. As a rule, occupational health becomes marginalized by the authorities who decide on medical care. In spite of the fact that this branch of medicine cares for working population that mostly carries the burden of transition, when material situation equals the existential minimum, its potentials are not recognized. On the other hand, the World Health Organization makes a remark that such population’s health is undermined now more than ever, and adopts a binding global plan for member countries and their experts in occupational health to take urgent measures for overall working people’s health according to their needs. It seems that former work method of biomedicine specialists could not realize such ambition. This paper discusses the possibilities of occupational health future orientation toward holistic medicine, for the sake of workers’ well-being and better quality of their lives, then creation of more humane society and vocational affirmation. Health promotion at workplace and salutogenic concept may have crucial roles. This concept is a huge challenge for academic public and vocational practitioners in poor countries in transition that are already burdened with the current economic and financial crisis. Each in their own way, helped by self-education and education, without big material investments, together they may take their countries to the road of health, the road still rarely taken, yet more secure.

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