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Simple Summary: Older adults with cancer are often the subject of much discussion at multidisciplinary cancer conferences (MCCs), yet little is known about the language used to describe frailty and other geriatric considerations at these meetings. Our objective was to explore how MCC presentations depict older patients. We found that MCCs frequently referred to comorbidity burden and projected treatment tolerance on the basis of subjective evaluations, rather than comprehensive geriatric assessments. We also noted that mentions of surrogate measures for frailty, such as chronological age and performance status, varied between tumour sites, presenter specialties, and presenter training levels. Overall, our results suggest that MCCs predominantly rely on age-based descriptions and, thus, engender risk of age-biased decision making. This work may guide future efforts aimed at standardizing the language at MCCs to include more objective terms and validated tools for considering different geriatric domains when discussing older adults with cancer. Older adults with cancer often present with distinct complexities that complicate their care, yet the language used to discuss their management at multidisciplinary cancer conferences (MCCs) remains poorly understood. A mixed methods study was conducted at a tertiary cancer centre in Toronto, Canada, where MCCs spanning five tumour sites were attended over six months. For presentations pertaining to a patient aged 75 or older, a standardized data collection form was used to record their demographic, cancer-related, and non-cancer-related information, as well as the presenter's specialty and training level. Descriptive statistics and thematic analysis were employed to explore MCC depictions of older patients (n = 75). Frailty status was explicitly mentioned in 20.0% of presentations, but discussions more frequently referenced comorbidity burden (50.7%), age (33.3%), and projected treatment tolerance (30.7%) as surrogate measures. None of the presentations included mentions of formal geriatric assessment (GA) or validated frailty tools; instead, presenters tended to feature select GA domains and subjective descriptions of appearance ("looks to be fit") or overall health ("relatively healthy"). In general, MCCs appeared to rely on age-focused language that may perpetuate ageism. Further work is needed to investigate how frailty and geriatric considerations can be objectively incorporated into discussions in geriatric oncology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Home-school communication is fundamental to parent involvement and student success. This essay and discussion article outlines the broad range of opportunities currently available for teachers to communicate with parents and associated strategies. The most frequent one-way modes of communication used with parents are discussed (websites, newsletters, email, texts, apps, report cards) as well as popular two-way interaction strategies (phone calls, home visits, parent-teacher conferences, virtual meetings). Key barriers to parent-teacher communication are also discussed, including racial stereotypes, language, teacher training, technology, and time, as well as the potential impact of a pandemic. Future directions for research in the area of school-home communication are also proposed. Ultimately, every communication exchange between teachers and parents occurs within the context of what has gone before and sets the stage for future interactions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract Animal-Assisted Human Services (AAHS) is a variety of interdisciplinary practices, including assistance/service animals and Animal-Assisted Interventions such as Animal-Assisted Activities, Animal-Assisted Learning, and Animal-Assisted Therapy. The Human-Animal Bond and Human-Animal Interactions (HAI) bridge the Natural Sciences, Humanities, Veterinary Medicine, and Applied Sciences. Over the last century, AAHS has gradually evolved into a booming, lucrative marketplace characterized by for-profit and non-profit businesses within Canada’s economy. Even so, there are no integrated national, provincial, or territorial frameworks for AAHS within Canada’s healthcare, social, justice, and correctional services on which its human services and economy are built. By the same token, the lines remain blurred concerning the essential competencies and credentials required to work or volunteer within the industry or how or where to begin pursuing a career within this rapidly growing ecosystem. Consequently, AAHS is still in its infancy as a recognized sub-category within Canada’s Human Services Industry. Additionally, this broad, multifaceted industry encompasses silos, such as the horse and dog industries. While both industries provide AAHS, their self-contained environments inhibit opportunities to cross-pollinate their knowledge, experiential learning, and expertise in theory and practice. Therefore, uniting and converging related industries within this milieu would help to open doors to new possibilities, innovations, and relationships that would not be possible otherwise. The correlation with HAI makes these human services a distinct discipline in its own right. For over two decades, The Canadian Foundation for Animal-Assisted Support Services (CF4AASS), an impartial national registered charity, has promoted the availability, credibility, and sustainability of excellence in AAHS. Co-designing this industry sector standard was a catalyst for integrating and engaging relevant stakeholders to cultivate mutually beneficial outcomes and building blocks toward a seamless national AAHS Centre of Excellence. Subsequently, re-imagining AAHS was a call to action where opportunity and shared responsibilities intersect. Embracing an integrated approach to foster unity in diversity and the co-innovation of AAHS, its marketplace, and the environments in which it interconnects is rooted in CF4AASS’s culture and support services. Illustrating the industry sector’s combined value, national footprint, and socio-ecological and socio-economic Systems (SES) impact would significantly enhance this promising sector’s complementary and essential human services contributions throughout Canada. With this in mind, I hope this commentary sheds light on why the development of a voluntary standard was long overdue and a proactive measure to benefit multiple stakeholders, a step forward to nurture and facilitate solidarity and innovation.

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Listening is an essential skill in effective communication. It involves more than just hearing words. It requires actively engaging with the speaker to understand their thoughts, emotions, and perspectives. By utilizing various listening tactics, individuals can enhance their communication skills, build stronger relationships, and foster a more profound understanding of others. In this article, we will explore the top seven listening tactics that can help improve communication and promote meaningful connections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In professional team sports, the collection and analysis of athlete-monitoring data are common practice, with the aim of assessing fatigue and subsequent adaptation responses, examining performance potential, and minimizing the risk of injury and/or illness. Athlete-monitoring systems should be underpinned by appropriate data analysis and interpretation, to enable the rapid reporting of simple and scientifically valid feedback. Using the correct scientific and statistical approaches can improve the confidence of decisions made from athlete-monitoring data. However, little research has discussed and proposed an outline of the process involved in the planning, development, analysis, and interpretation of athlete-monitoring systems. This review discusses a range of methods often employed to analyze athlete-monitoring data to facilitate and inform decision-making processes. There is a wide range of analytical methods and tools that practitioners may employ in athlete-monitoring systems, as well as several factors that should be considered when collecting these data, methods of determining meaningful changes, and various data-visualization approaches. Undeipinning a successful athlete-monitoring system is the ability of practitioners to communicate and present important information to coaches, ultimately resulting in enhanced athletic performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Willingness to communicate is subject to the moment-by-moment fluctuations in the classroom. Therefore, teachers’ decisive role comes to the foreground as they can increase learners’ desire to communicate at a particular moment by their interventions. Online instruction, despite furnishing learners with authentic material, has failed to culminate in communication thanks to connection problems or lack of non-verbal clues. Thus, the present study aimed to explore Iranian EFL teachers’ perceptions of strategies to promote willingness to communicate of learners in online classes. The mixed-methods design was employed to answer the research questions. To this end, a self-designed questionnaire was first piloted and then administered to the main sample which included thirty-seven teachers. The questionnaire subsumed five effective factors garnered from extant literature. Five teachers were interviewed as to their perceptions of pros and cons of promoting WTC in online classrooms. The results indicated that teachers’ motivational strategies were perceived to promote WTC best in online classes followed by teacher immediacy. Qualitative reports also corroborated the numerical data. Lack of non-verbal clues i.e. body language was perceived to decrease learners’ motivation and participation; however, technological resources like games were reported to increase WTC in online classes. Teachers should pay heed to their crucial role in inciting positive atmosphere and get better equipped to capitalize on online affordances to increase participation in online classes.

Trong giao tiếp, lối xưng hô không chỉ thể hiện thái độ, tình cảm của các chủ thể trong giao tiếp mà còn thể hiện vị trí, nhận thức, mối quan hệ xã hội, văn hóa và khả năng ngôn ngữ của cá nhân, cộng đồng. Để góp phần làm rõ thêm đặc trưng văn hóa giao tiếp của người Êđê, bài viết phân tích đặc trưng giao tiếp của người Êđê qua các mối quan hệ, cách thức và các nghi thức xưng hô qua sử thi Y Khing Ju.

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The study aimed to identify the effectiveness of electronic messages for public relations in communication between employees of private institutions. The extent of the importance of these messages as a means of internal communication with the public of the institution’s employees, in supporting or promoting the activities carried out by the public relations department socially, culturally and morally, and to what extent electronic messages contribute to the internal communication processes of individuals working in the institutions in light of the rapid developments produced by information and communication technology and its advanced and renewable applications In recent years, the form of electronic messages has changed; A new communication reality, its manifestations manifested in the concepts, administrative and intellectual systems, and organizational cultures on which modern institutional communication studies have relied, which in turn changed the methods of this communication with employees to manage public relations as a link and a concept of work. The importance of this study lies in the fact that it examines how electronic messages act as a communication tool to support communication and cooperation between departments in disseminating information related to institutional operations to work at the internal and external levels, and the importance of content that can support employee relations in institutions by implementing regulations or administrative and organizational systems. And others. As this study sought to reveal the nature of the effect of electronic messages on any variables or aspects of communication for employees of the Public Relations Department that may arise when performing institutional work, through application to a sample of employees in the public relations department in different institutions estimated at 120 individual in to interpret the results Studies used to show aspects of communication and communication using electronic messages to complicate or facilitate practical communication. The results indicate that most of the behavioral and cognitive motives are most appropriate for the proper management of public relations e-mails when communicating through them: deleting unimportant publications immediately after downloading them; The order of reading messages according to some criteria; After reading, immediately decide what to do with the letters; reply to requests via PR emails on the same day; and organizing the incoming read messages according to categories, and transferring them to different folders, in order to ensure the institutional building that enhances this communication. Accordingly, the study came out with recommendations for the necessity of managing and using electronic messages for public relations in the course of work, because through the results they do not pose a threat to the productivity, security and privacy of institutions, in most cases; There is room for improvement and measures that may enhance the utility of this tool. In particular, most workers may face some difficulty in organizing the information received through this method, and a large proportion of them still have behaviors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Coronary heart patients are very strong subjects in the research of verbal interaction profiles. Because a lot of verbal interactions must be understood by patients as communicators. Simple communication theory to find this interaction has several elements, namely Communicator, Message (Message), Channel, Communicative, and Feed back. This type of research uses qualitative descriptive methods including observations in the location of the safira panjen Malang Main clinic, in-depth interviews with coronary heart patients who were included in the informant's criteria as a sample, namely Mr. Suryadi who had long been treated as a coronary heart disease patient, as the primary informant , and supporting informants namely the closest person and specialist doctor and then data analysis. The results of this study can be concluded 1.) the profile of verbal interaction of coronary heart patients in communicating has Determinism the use of verbalization generally has conditions directed to meet the desired goals of coronary heart patients (communicators) in expressing messages in the form of language, symbols, chennel in the form of senses and HP in communicating, Feed Back with communicants, this leads to healing, and verbal interactions of a coronary heart patient (communicator) experience repeated conditions with the assumption that using Indonesian or Javanese language kromo inggil, Channel, Feed back given by communicant in this is like; family environment, workplace and physician at the same time) in Communicating Coronary Jatung Patients who finally get the full understanding and comfort and discomfort to influence their health condition, 2.) Obstacles are also experienced in interacting which lead to Polarization, Evaluation of Stasis in Coronary Heart Patients, Stereotypes Between Patients with Coronary Hearts (Communicators) with their communicants.

"Innovation" has become a pertinent and frequently used term in relation to public-sector administration and planning. This article is a review of the planning theory debate from the 1960s until today focusing on the definitions, understandings, and uses of the innovation. We seek to answer the following three questions regarding the use of the overlapping terms "innovate," "innovative," and "innovation" in planning theory texts: (i) To what extent have they been used? (ii) In what sense and to what purpose? and (iii) Are we heading for a third position ("innovate") in planning theory, such that "communicate," "calculate," and "innovate" are three interplaying approaches? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper describes the concept of leadership and its influence on franchise organisations perfomance. In the speciality literature, a number of studies have been written and are still written today, which show the necessity of redefining the notion of manager regarding the elements that define the leader within the organization. Over time, a series of analyzes have been put in place to determine whether a person has a leadership role following a development process or whether leadership skills are skills with which a person is born with. The concept of an efficient manager should not be confused with the concept of leader because in the case of the first concept, the attribute used to achieve the results remains the authority with which the manager is established, an attribute that the leader does not have. Leaders builds morale and improves satisfaction, by building and developing in employee's confidence and by creating a warm and positive environment. We can observe without a doubt that successful organizations need leaders at all levels. Fun Science Romania, an international entertainment and education franchise initiated in Romania since 2005, understood the significant role of leadership especially during the financial crises of 2008. Finding the best leaders according the specific of the activity and the specific of the organization is a real challenge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper describe leadership qualities identified as important by stakeholders of a major science event. Can leadership skills raise a major science event for the community What are the qualities needed to develop such an event that aims to become a tradition in a unfriendly society as the romanian society Financial skills, credibility and communication are just a few of the leadership issues identified as important in successfully implementing a major scientific event. SCIKIDS Science Festival, is the largest youth science festival in Romania, celebrating 7 editions. The inaugural event was held on October 2013. In 2019 SCIKIDS Science Festival celebrated seven edition accumulating over 50.000 visitors. This study is based on findings from seven years of practice in science events area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Willingness to communicate (WTC) in second language has recently become an important concept across disciplines of second language acquisition (SLA).WTC in a foreign language which refers to the tendency to orally communicate may be caused by situational variables. Moreover, personality traits of individuals may also be a determining factor in WTC. The main aim of this study is to explore the relationship between different personality traits and WTC in EFL context. Also, the role of gender in the level of WTC is investigated. In this study, two questionnaires of NEO Five Factor Model (NEO-EFM) of personality and WTC scale for WTC were used to collect data from 80 participants. Then, the data was analyzed by Smart PLS software. The Bootstrap method was used to determine T-values and the significance of path coefficients. The results indicated that neuroticism had a positive and significant relationship with WTC, while agreeableness and conscientiousness had negative and significant relationship with WTC from the five factors of personality. Also, there was no significant relationship of gender on WTC via big five personality factors between the two groups of female and male language learners observed.

Background: The high failure rate of innovation projects motivates us to understand the perceptions about resistances and barriers of the main stakeholders to improving success rates., Objective: This study aims to analyze the readiness for change in the implementation of a 3D printing project in a Catalan tertiary hospital prior to its implementation., Methods: We used a web-based, voluntary, and anonymous survey using the Normalization Measurement Development questionnaire (NoMAD) to gather views and perceptions from a selected group of health care professionals at Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital., Results: In this study, 58 professionals, including heads of service (n=30, 51%), doctors (n=18, 31%), nurses (n=7, 12%), and support staff (n=3, 5%), responded to the questionnaire. All groups saw the value of the project and were willing to enroll and support it. Respondents reported the highest scores (out of 5) in cognitive participation (mean 4.45, SD 0.04), coherence (mean 3.72, SD 0.13), and reflective monitoring (mean 3.80, SD 0.25). The weakest score was in collective action (mean 3.52, SD 0.12). There were no statistically significant differences in scores among professions in the survey., Conclusions: The 3D printing project implementation should pay attention to preparing, defining, sharing, and supporting the operational work involved in its use and implementation. It should also understand, assess, and communicate the ways in which the new set of practices can affect the users and others around them. We suggest that health officers and politicians consider this experience as a solid ground toward the development of a more efficient health innovation system and as a catalyst for transformation., (©Francesc López Seguí, Joan Cos Codina, Laura Ricou Ríos, María Isabel Martínez Segura, Laura Miró Mezquita, Raquel Escrich Navarro, Meritxell Davins Riu, Oriol Estrada Cuxart, German Anashkin Kachalin, Daniel Moreno-Martínez. Originally published in JMIR Human Factors (https://humanfactors.jmir.org), 06.10.2023.)

Allama Muhammad Iqbal was one of the greatest poets who bestowed the nature's blessing and insight. In his poetry he did his best to communicate his thoughts to reconstruct the Muslim's ideas especially the Muslim youth. During his time the Indian Muslim were facing numerous issues needed to relook. The Muslim scholar tried their best and Iqbal's endeavor's on the height. In this article a discussed is being carried out to discover the depth of the topic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Human being learn at each and every stage of life in one way or another. This learning is sometimes caused by a single event or sometimes by a repeated action. A teacher uses different skills and techniques to make the students learn easily. Many teachers, during their teaching, use body gestures, which help them to communicate with their students. The teachers move their hands to facilitate its students to understand an idea. Sometimes he/she changes its facial expressions while showing the intensity of a situation. The Holy prophet: Muhammad SAW was a teacher for the whole of humanity and that is why while teaching his students, he made different kinds of physical gestures. This research paper discusses the significance of these physical gestures during teaching and some examples of these gestures are given from the life of the Holy Prophet: Muhammad SAW. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the very first verses of the Bible, we see God set an example of leadership through his creation of the world. In this article, the author examines different elements of leadership exemplified in the Genesis account of creation; he maintains that this account demonstrates that to lead is to initiate, relate, serve, communicate, share, and create. While divinely exemplified in the story of creation, each of these traits has application to human leadership--namely the servant leadership style. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focus of medical education presently is how best to develop an effective future practitioner with the relevant set of skills and knowledge. These responsibilities largely hinge on the teachers involved in the training program especially during the clinical years of learning. The teachers' effectiveness is in turn, greatly dependent on both their intrinsic and extrinsic motivations. However, these aspects are often neglected. Hence, it is pertinent that medical schools understand the needs of clinicians and support them as educators. In the paper, we will describe how a Singapore medical school established sustainable and mutually beneficial relationship using a novel 3Cs approach- Connect, Communicate and Collaborate. The paper elaborates the rationale of the concept, operational processes, results of early success as well as limitations and future opportunities. This model can be useful and relevant to other medical schools and institutions where the students spend significant time of their training outside the parent institution on how best to develop sustainable relationships with external faculty.

This article focuses on surveys of first-year language learners studying 19 different languages at two large East Coast Universities. The survey included questions about why students decided to study these languages, including career plans, study abroad, interest in liter-ature and culture, desire to communicate with speakers of the lan-guage, desire to speak with family members, building on previous language skills, and love of languages in general. Results were broken down by language and by language types, such as whether the lan-guages were commonly taught in the United States, how the lan-guages are politicized in the current historical context, and how the languages intersect with historical and geographic trends in immigra-tion and immigration policy. This article examines in particular the presence of heritage language learners in these language classrooms, the varying reasons that students choose to study these languages, and students’ prior attainment and exposure to the language. The pa-per discusses the political, historical, and social contexts of language study in the United States and the associated implications for effec-tive language recruitment and effective language program design.

Scientific literacy is built on critical thinking. The postbaccalaureate workforce enhances our economies and societies by contributing a wealth of knowledge and skill sets to local communities, respective industries, and beyond as our world becomes increasingly interconnected. Education in scientific literacy should teach students how to learn about science and how to cultivate and communicate a positive attitude about science. Learners in a 200-level nonmajors biotechnology course engaged with a series of ethical dilemmas after mastering the basic elements of argument structure and advanced tools in argument evaluation. To introduce collaboration as a constructive process in undergraduate education, student interactions with peers require guidance, flexibility, and compassion to learn from each other. Students gain critical thinking mastery from two modules addressing how we argue and evaluate claims. Students apply these critical thinking skills to various ethical arguments involving responsible conduct of research training. Using our structured and interdisciplinary approach, new scholars learn through practice how to read, analyze, and evaluate research scenarios and respond to potential ethical situations. This strategy allows students to develop important scholarly skills, including a systematic approach to evaluating credibility and applying generosity to theirs and others' understanding of their circumstances., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2023 Sjogren et al.)