National vs. international journals: views of medical professionals in Croatia     

Dario SAMBUNJAK  Mirjana HUIĆ  Darko HREN  Milica KATIĆ  Ana MARUŠIĆ  Matko MARUŠIĆ 《Learned Publishing》2009,22(1):57-70

Scholarly journals, especially in non‐English‐speaking countries, may perform very different functions depending on whether they are published for national or international audiences. Four hundred and sixty‐six academic physicians and non‐academic general practitioners in Croatia were surveyed on their knowledge about two Croatian medical journals: Lije?ni?ki vjesnik (published in Croatian) and Croatian Medical Journal (published in English). The physicians were also surveyed about the importance of all national and international journals published in Croatia, and the types of articles they thought should be published in these journals. More respondents rated national (n = 329, 72.6%) than international journals (n = 275, 63.5%, P < 0.001, Wilcoxon test) as very important for the medical profession. On the other hand, publishing in international journals was more often rated as important than publishing in national journals (n = 184, 42.5% vs. n = 125, 27.8%; P < 0.001, Wilcoxon test). Guidelines for clinical practice were rated as the most important publication item in national journals, and original scientific articles in international journals.  相似文献   

Haemoglobin A1c-based screening for prediabetes and diabetes mellitus: a multi-center study in Croatian adult population     

Ivana Lapi&#x;  Dunja Rogi&#x;  Nora Nikolac Gabaj  Katarina Kaji&#x;  Nena Peran  Lada Surjan  Anamarija &#x;uras  Valentina Cesar Kocijan  Nada Bilopavlovi&#x;  Fran Smai&#x;  Mario &#x;tefanovi&#x;  Ivanka Ostro&#x;ki  Leida Tandara  Milena Krnjai&#x;-Tadijanovi&#x;  Ivan Gornik  Hrvoje Pintari&#x;  Daniela Marasovi&#x; Krstulovi&#x;  Blaenka Mi&#x;ki&#x;  Dario Raheli&#x; 《Biochemia medica : ?asopis Hrvatskoga dru?tva medicinskih biokemi?ara / HDMB》2022,32(1)

IntroductionBased on the hypothesis that there is a substantial rate of adults with prediabetes and undiagnosed diabetes mellitus (DM), our aim was to perform haemoglobin A1c (HbA_1c)-based screening in a cohort of Croatian adults and estimate the prevalence of prediabetes and undiagnosed DM according to American Diabetes Association criteria.Materials and methodsThis multi-center, cross-sectional study performed in six Croatian hospitals included 5527 patients aged 40 to 70 years admitted to the Emergency Department or undergoing a primary care check-up. Haemoglobin A1c was measured from leftover whole blood samples using the enzymatic method on either Alinity c or Architect c-series analyser (Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, USA). Haemoglobin A1c between 39-47 mmol/mol was classified as prediabetes, while ≥ 48 mmol/mol as undiagnosed DM.ResultsAfter exclusion of 435 patients with known DM, the final cohort included 5092 patients (median age 57; 56% males). A total of 882 (17.3%) patients had HbA_1c values between 39 and 47 mmol/mol. There were 214 (4.2%) patients with HbA_1c ≥ 48 mmol/mol. Prediabetes prevalence ranged from 14.2% to 20.5%, while undiagnosed DM from 3.3% to 7.3%, with statistically significant differences among settings (P < 0.001). Age-stratified analysis showed that prediabetes and undiagnosed DM prevalence increase with age (P < 0.001), being 25.4% and 5.8%, respectively, in patients aged 60 to 70 years.ConclusionUnderlying impairment of glucose metabolism was identified in about one in five adults, with significant number of patients with already overt DM. These results should serve as a starting point for further steps directed towards promotion of preventive measures for DM in Croatia.  相似文献   

Transformation of the Adult Education System in Slovakia     

Švec  Štefan 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》1998,44(4):379-391

This article examines trends in adult education in Slovakia since it became a separate republic in 1993. Economic and social transformations during this period have led to a re-thinking of the adult education system. The author describes four basic modalities for providing adult education in Slovakia: (1) schools and colleges; (2) cultural centres and similar institutions; (3) institutions for vocational training; (4) voluntary organizations such as trade unions, political parties and ethnic minority groups.  相似文献   

Assessing a Problem‐Based Learning Approach To An Introductory Instructional Design Course: A Case Study     

Nada H. Dabbagh  David H. Jonassen  Hsiu‐Ping Yueh  Marina Samouilova 《Performance Improvement Quarterly》2000,13(3):60-83

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Validation of a Tennis Rating Score to evaluate the technical level of children tennis players     

Luka Šlosar  Boštjan Šimunič  Rado Pišot 《Journal of sports sciences》2019,37(1):100-107

The purpose of this study was to create a valid and reliable assessment scale for the evaluation of three basic tennis strokes (forehand, backhand, serve) for 6–12-year-old tennis players, named the Tennis Rating Score for Children (TRSC). Altogether 60 players (21: forehand, 22: backhand, 17: serve) were video recorded (30 frames per second) while performing three main tennis strokes and later evaluated using the TRSC by five tennis trainers at Day 1 and Day 7. Agreement between days and raters was examined using the intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC). A Pearson’s correlation was calculated to determine convergent validity (score related to participant’s level of experience). The reliability between raters was very high for all three main strokes (ICC_FOREHAND = 0.874; ICC_BACKHAND = 0.877; ICC_SERVE = 0.877). The intra-rater test-retests ICCs were also very high (ICC_FOREHAND = 0.885; ICC_BACKHAND = 0.891; ICC_SERVE = 0.887). A large (r_FOREHAND = 0.660) and very large (r_BACKHAND = 0.730; r_SERVE = 0.772) Pearson’s correlations were found between all the ratings and the level of experience. The TRSC is shown to be highly reliable and valid when assessing technical skills in novice players, when compared to actual assessment from coaching experts; this tool may be helpful for tennis coaches to make a more objective diagnostic of the technical level of young tennis players.  相似文献   

The reform of the system of pre-service and in-service teacher training in Yugoslavia: Towards the educating community     

Nikša Nikola Šoljan 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》1978,24(1):75-80

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Working together,sharing resources: An interuniversity collaboration to advance anatomy education          下载免费PDF全文

Goran Štrkalj Ph.D.  Manisha Dayal Ph.D. 《Anatomical sciences education》2014,7(6):501-502

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Designing research in education: concepts and methodologies     

Nada El-Soufi 《Educational Research and Evaluation》2017,23(3-4):138-140

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Altmetrics of Papers From Scientific Periphery Reflect Global Trends: A Case Study of Publications by Zagreb University School of Medicine     

Dina Vrkić  Lea Škorić  Jelka Petrak 《The Journal of Academic Librarianship》2017,43(6):479-486

This study aims to investigate the altmetric activity of papers published by the University of Zagreb School of Medicine in internationally visible journals and to identify differences in altmetric activity between the papers published in international and local journals and between those published in English and Croatian. We also investigated changes in altmetric activity over time and the characteristics of papers with the highest Twitter and Mendeley activity.The sample included 390 papers collected from the bibliographic database Scopus. Their altmetric and citation activities were measured at three time points: in July 2014, 2015, and 2016.The findings generally correspond to those observed in the large-scale studies of medical papers. Papers in renowned journals, and papers reporting clinical guidelines and multicentric studies had the most intense altmetric activity. In contrast, papers published in local, Croatian journals showed minimal altmetric activity, especially the papers published in Croatian. These results indicate that the local publishing community has not yet recognised social media as a tool for promoting research and that non-English language publications have minimal chances to receive attention, even in social media.The evaluative potential of altmetric indicators has to be further explored in a broader context.  相似文献   

Becoming multilingual: Language learning and language policy between attitudes and identities     

Darko Štrajn 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》2013,59(2):293-295

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