Most models of successful aging have been limited to what researchers perceived to be its domains of rather than what elderly individuals and their caregivers have to say about their experiences. ...Sixty-five family caregivers recruited through geriatric care management agencies and support groups were interviewed to determine whether successful aging models accurately reflected their perspectives on aging. An open-ended question about successful aging was used along with a list of its 20 common characteristics, as identified in the literature, to compare the relevance of domains associated with different successful aging models. Caregivers identified domains in all major models, but new domains also emerged (e.g., quality of life, positive attitude, financial well-being). It was concluded that current models of successful aging may need to be expanded to include these additional domains and that quality of life may be a more inclusive and useful indicator of well-being than the concept of successful aging.
To describe the essence of the competition between the perfective & imperfective aspects in the Russian past tense, a distinction is made between two varieties of imperfective aspect: the ...assertive-eventive imperfective & the presuppositional imperfective. Two factors are argued to play key roles in aspect selection: pragmatic implicature & eventive presupposition. By pragmatic implicature, speakers select the imperfective aspect if the entirety of a state of affairs lacks relevance in the discourse context; in addition, event anaphora triggers the imperfective, never the perfective. As the unmarked aspect, the imperfective is used in all contexts of presupposed events, including those that constitute completed acts. Tables, References. Adapted from the source document
This report describes the economic impact of microsurgical cases and routine plastic surgery cases in our medical center. The study is based on a financial analysis of the practices of two surgeons. ...Financial data of patient encounters (admission to the hospital or a surgical unit) identified with each surgeon were categorized into microsurgical and related cases and routine cases (including cosmetic procedures and general hand cases). Revenues, costs, and profits were tabulated. Data were analyzed for 2 fiscal years (1994-95 and 1995-96). Analysis of the first fiscal year showed that microsurgery encounters (n = 188) generated $4.4 million in revenue with a profit margin after direct costs of $2.5 million (57 percent) and a net profit, after indirect costs, of $1 million (23 percent). Routine encounters (n = 262) generated $1.7 million with a net loss of -$145,000 after direct and indirect costs. In the second fiscal year, microsurgery encounters (n = 230) had income of $4.7 million, a profit over direct costs of $2.5 million (53 percent), and a net profit after indirect costs of $0.9 million (19 percent). Routine cases (n = 202) in the same period earned $1.3 million with a net loss of -$107,000. This analysis formulates a comprehensive definition of microsurgical practice and shows that cases within this definition generated dramatically higher hospital incomes and profits compared with routine plastic surgical practice. In the circumstances of our medical center, development of this subspecialty is fiscally justifiable.
Konservasi, daur ulang, serta penghematan air merupakan implementasi green campus yang penting dalam aktivitas keseharian di kampus. Hal ini mengingat kebutuhan air di lingkungan kampus cukup besar ...dan berpotensi menimbulkan degradasi sumber daya air. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis faktor internal dan eksternal yang dapat mendukung maupun menghambat implementasi green campus di UKSW berdasarkan kriteria tata kelola air dalam UI GreenMetric. Hasil Identifikasi faktor ekstenal dan internal digunakan sebagai dasar penyusunan strategi tata kelola air dengan pedekatan metode Quantitative Strategic Planning Matric (QSPM). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa posisi tata kelola air UKSW saat ini berada pada fase “grow” dan“build” pada matriks Internal-External (I-E), dengan skor IFE = 2,549 & skor EFE =3,368. Oleh karena itu, strategi yang paling cocok untuk diterapkan dalam rangka implementasi green campus pada aspek tata kelola air adalah strategi intensif dan integratif. Mengacu pada IFE dan EFE, terdapat 15 strategi yang berhasil disusun. Strategi tersebut mencakup 5 strategi S-O; 5 strategi W-O, 3 strategi S-T, dan 2 strategi W-T. Strategi dengan Total Atractiveness Score (TAS) tertinggi adalah mengalokasikan dana untuk pemberdayaan SDM-UKSW dalam rangka pengembangan teknologi daur ulang air dan air hujan sebagai bentuk implementasi green campus sekaligus menunjang keikutsertaan dalam pemeringkatan UI GreenMetric (TAS =2,797)
MDPCT1 is a four-layer cos-theta Nb3Sn dipole demonstrator developed and tested at FNAL in the framework of the U.S. Magnet Development Program. The magnet reached record fields for accelerator ...magnets of 14.1 T at 4.5 K in the first test and 14.5 T at 1.9 K in the second test and then showed large degradation. While its inner coils performed exceptionally well with only two quenches up to 14.5 T and no evidence of degradation, the outer coils degraded over the course of testing. By adopting new measurement and analysis techniques at FNAL we are discussing in detail what happened. Both success and failure in our diagnostics are discussed. The evolution of techniques over the course of two tests (and three thermal cycles) shows the path to address challenges brought by the first four-layer magnet tested at FNAL. This paper presents the analysis of quench data along with diagnostic features and complementary measurements taken in support of the magnet performance analysis.
Caregivers are in a unique position to be acutely aware of the aging process and the challenges faced by older adults because they observe the changes associated with aging on a daily basis. ...Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine whether a qualitative assessment of perceptions of successful aging (SA) among caregivers provided more comprehensive information. The sample used in this study consisted of 65 caregivers of one or more older adult relatives. Data were collected using face-to-face and telephone interviews, a modified version of Phelan's Successful Aging Questionnaire, and one open-ended question: "What does it mean to be a successful ager?" The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and by developing and comparing themes. Characteristics of the caregivers and the types of care that they provided were detailed and several themes not included in Phelan's dimensions of aging (quality of life; positive attitude; financial well-being) were identified. Younger respondents ranked dimensions of SA somewhat differently than older respondents, and although spirituality was rated as important in the quantitative portion of the study, it did not emerge in the responses to the open-ended question. The findings of this study provide important new information that contributes to a broader understanding of what it means to age successfully.
My ongoing investigation of the role of Aktionsart in the interpretation and translation of Russian sentences with converb constructions (cf. (Krave in progress)) suggests that the lexical aspect of ...a particular converb construction in the source data (Russian) may trigger a specific interpretation restricting the range of possible translation patterns found in the target data (i.e. English and Norwegian). For example, it was found that coordinate clauses (e.g. VP coordination -- by means of the conjunction 'og' ('and') linking the main event and the event expressed by the converb) occur most frequently in the Norwegian translations of the 'achievement' type of converbs (including the semelfactive lexical type). This pattern is contrasted with the preference for the Norwegian construction with 'etter' ('after') followed by either a DP or a Perfect Infinitive construction -- 'a ha' ('to have') + past participle -- found in translations of the delimitative Aktionsart of the converb construction. Adapted from the source document
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2007.
"August, 2007." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 65-69). Online version available on the World Wide Web. Library also has microfilm. Ann ...Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, 2007. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
