The Universal Declaration of Human Rights ratified by the UN in 1948 encompasses the concepts of ... more The Universal Declaration of Human Rights ratified by the UN in 1948 encompasses the concepts of creating and enabling occupational opportunities including work, leisure, education and community participation (United Nations, 1948). The UN Declaration supports occupational therapists to act on behalf of our clients and our communities as well as diverse populations of vulnerable people. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines vulnerable people as children, pregnant women, elderly people, malnourished people, and people who are ill or immune-compromised (WHO, 2013). People with disabilities are included in this group and tend to be among the poorest of the poor (WHO, 2011). Povertyand its common consequences such as malnutrition, homelessness, poor housing and destitutionis a major contributor to vulnerability. Natural and manmade disasters are affecting more and more people around the world. People are displaced from their homes and their lives, making them vulnerable. They may lose everything or be able to take only the basics with them. Livelihood opportunities may be destroyed. With lost roles and changed circumstances, survivors live perhaps in temporary housing in tiny rooms which take little time to clean, where there is no work, nothing to do, no occupational opportunities, a loss of daily structure, leading to boredom and despair (Wilson, 2011). With their support systems removed, displaced people are often unable to access basic health, welfare and education services. They experience severe socioeconomic loss and impoverishment. How is the global community responding to this global crisis of displacement and vulnerability? What can we do as communities of professionals and as individuals? As a profession concerned with promoting health and well being through occupation, occupational therapists should be addressing issues that truly affect people's lives. In translating international policy into local action, we can fulfill many of the goals set out by the UN in their seminal document The Millennium Development Goals (United Nations, n.d.).
World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin, 2021
Nuo Humboldto 1 laikų kalbos moksle gyva mintis, kad kalboje atsispindi tautos, etnoso ar net tam... more Nuo Humboldto 1 laikų kalbos moksle gyva mintis, kad kalboje atsispindi tautos, etnoso ar net tam tikros kalbinės ar socialinės bendruomenės pasaulėvaizdis. Pažindama pasaulį, kalbinė bendruomenė daiktus ir reiškinius jungia į grupes, nustato tam tikrus jų ryšius, ir taip specifiniu būdu skaido ją supančią tikrovę į fragmentus bei pasitelkia tam tikrus vaizdinius jiems pavadinti. Šio pažinimo struktūros-konceptaiatsispindi kalboje: kiekvienas kalbos reiškinys remiasi tam tikromis kognityvinėmis struktūromis. Skirtingose kalbose konceptai skiriasi, nes, konceptualizuodama pasaulį, kalbinė bendruomenė konstruoja savo pasaulio modelį (plg. Dobrovol´skij, Piirainen 1992, 139-143; Gudavičius 2000, 44-45). Paskutiniais praėjusio amžiaus dešimtmečiais pasaulio modelio idėja vėl atgijo frazeologijos tyrinėjimų kontekste 2 : lig šiol buvusi daugiau ar mažiau filologinio dėmesio objektas 3 , frazeologija buvo pastūmėta į kultūros tyrinėjimų plotmę ir pradėta traktuoti kaip viena iš sudėtinių kalbinio pasaulio modelio dalių. Į šį mokslinių tyrinėjimų kontekstą pamažu įtraukiama ir lietuvių frazeologija: konkrečiai atmosferos reiškiniai, atsižvelgiant į folklorinį ir etnologinį kontekstą ir ieškant sąsajų su mitologiniais vaizdiniais, analizuojami B. Jasiūnaitės ir J. Konickajos (Jasiūnaitė, Konickaja 2003 ir Коницкая, Ясюняйте 2006) straipsniuose, kuriuose pateikiama ir trumpa jau pasirodžiusios mokslinės literatūros šia tema apžvalga (plg. Jasiūnaitė, Konickaja 2003, 46). Tiesa, autorės nagrinėja tik vieną atmosferos reiškinį-sniegą, tačiau į labai išsamų tyrimą įtraukia visas su sniegu susijusias lietuvių kalbos ir ke
British Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 2002
The Circle Hough Transform (CHT) has become a common method for circle detection in numerous imag... more The Circle Hough Transform (CHT) has become a common method for circle detection in numerous image processing applications. Because of its drawbacks, various modifications to the basic CHT method have been suggested. This paper presents an algorithm to find circles which are totally brighter or darker than their backgrounds. The method is size-invariant, and such circular shapes can be found very fast and accurately. Though Fast Circle Detection (FCD) method loses the generality of the CHT, we show that there are many applications that can use this method after a simple preprocessing and gain a considerable improvement in performance against the CHT or its modified versions. This method has been evaluated in some famous industrial and medical fields, and the results show a significant improvement of finding circular shape objects.
World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin, 2009
Abstract From the beginning of its collaborative relationship with WHO fifty years ago, WFOT has ... more Abstract From the beginning of its collaborative relationship with WHO fifty years ago, WFOT has been actively involved in supporting the strategic objectives and activities of the WHO. Many of these activities have taken place through the efforts of individual volunteer occupational therapy experts around the world invited by WFOT. These contributions have been an important aspect of WFOT’s international work. As the work of WFOT continues to grow, the efforts of our WFOT delegates and individual members continue to support the outreach and collaborative efforts of our Federation. This article notes the initiation of collaboration through the efforts of WFOT founders and the stages of development that has taken place over the decades.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights ratified by the UN in 1948 encompasses the concepts of ... more The Universal Declaration of Human Rights ratified by the UN in 1948 encompasses the concepts of creating and enabling occupational opportunities including work, leisure, education and community participation (United Nations, 1948). The UN Declaration supports occupational therapists to act on behalf of our clients and our communities as well as diverse populations of vulnerable people. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines vulnerable people as children, pregnant women, elderly people, malnourished people, and people who are ill or immune-compromised (WHO, 2013). People with disabilities are included in this group and tend to be among the poorest of the poor (WHO, 2011). Povertyand its common consequences such as malnutrition, homelessness, poor housing and destitutionis a major contributor to vulnerability. Natural and manmade disasters are affecting more and more people around the world. People are displaced from their homes and their lives, making them vulnerable. They may lose everything or be able to take only the basics with them. Livelihood opportunities may be destroyed. With lost roles and changed circumstances, survivors live perhaps in temporary housing in tiny rooms which take little time to clean, where there is no work, nothing to do, no occupational opportunities, a loss of daily structure, leading to boredom and despair (Wilson, 2011). With their support systems removed, displaced people are often unable to access basic health, welfare and education services. They experience severe socioeconomic loss and impoverishment. How is the global community responding to this global crisis of displacement and vulnerability? What can we do as communities of professionals and as individuals? As a profession concerned with promoting health and well being through occupation, occupational therapists should be addressing issues that truly affect people's lives. In translating international policy into local action, we can fulfill many of the goals set out by the UN in their seminal document The Millennium Development Goals (United Nations, n.d.).
World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin, 2021
Nuo Humboldto 1 laikų kalbos moksle gyva mintis, kad kalboje atsispindi tautos, etnoso ar net tam... more Nuo Humboldto 1 laikų kalbos moksle gyva mintis, kad kalboje atsispindi tautos, etnoso ar net tam tikros kalbinės ar socialinės bendruomenės pasaulėvaizdis. Pažindama pasaulį, kalbinė bendruomenė daiktus ir reiškinius jungia į grupes, nustato tam tikrus jų ryšius, ir taip specifiniu būdu skaido ją supančią tikrovę į fragmentus bei pasitelkia tam tikrus vaizdinius jiems pavadinti. Šio pažinimo struktūros-konceptaiatsispindi kalboje: kiekvienas kalbos reiškinys remiasi tam tikromis kognityvinėmis struktūromis. Skirtingose kalbose konceptai skiriasi, nes, konceptualizuodama pasaulį, kalbinė bendruomenė konstruoja savo pasaulio modelį (plg. Dobrovol´skij, Piirainen 1992, 139-143; Gudavičius 2000, 44-45). Paskutiniais praėjusio amžiaus dešimtmečiais pasaulio modelio idėja vėl atgijo frazeologijos tyrinėjimų kontekste 2 : lig šiol buvusi daugiau ar mažiau filologinio dėmesio objektas 3 , frazeologija buvo pastūmėta į kultūros tyrinėjimų plotmę ir pradėta traktuoti kaip viena iš sudėtinių kalbinio pasaulio modelio dalių. Į šį mokslinių tyrinėjimų kontekstą pamažu įtraukiama ir lietuvių frazeologija: konkrečiai atmosferos reiškiniai, atsižvelgiant į folklorinį ir etnologinį kontekstą ir ieškant sąsajų su mitologiniais vaizdiniais, analizuojami B. Jasiūnaitės ir J. Konickajos (Jasiūnaitė, Konickaja 2003 ir Коницкая, Ясюняйте 2006) straipsniuose, kuriuose pateikiama ir trumpa jau pasirodžiusios mokslinės literatūros šia tema apžvalga (plg. Jasiūnaitė, Konickaja 2003, 46). Tiesa, autorės nagrinėja tik vieną atmosferos reiškinį-sniegą, tačiau į labai išsamų tyrimą įtraukia visas su sniegu susijusias lietuvių kalbos ir ke
British Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 2002
The Circle Hough Transform (CHT) has become a common method for circle detection in numerous imag... more The Circle Hough Transform (CHT) has become a common method for circle detection in numerous image processing applications. Because of its drawbacks, various modifications to the basic CHT method have been suggested. This paper presents an algorithm to find circles which are totally brighter or darker than their backgrounds. The method is size-invariant, and such circular shapes can be found very fast and accurately. Though Fast Circle Detection (FCD) method loses the generality of the CHT, we show that there are many applications that can use this method after a simple preprocessing and gain a considerable improvement in performance against the CHT or its modified versions. This method has been evaluated in some famous industrial and medical fields, and the results show a significant improvement of finding circular shape objects.
World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin, 2009
Abstract From the beginning of its collaborative relationship with WHO fifty years ago, WFOT has ... more Abstract From the beginning of its collaborative relationship with WHO fifty years ago, WFOT has been actively involved in supporting the strategic objectives and activities of the WHO. Many of these activities have taken place through the efforts of individual volunteer occupational therapy experts around the world invited by WFOT. These contributions have been an important aspect of WFOT’s international work. As the work of WFOT continues to grow, the efforts of our WFOT delegates and individual members continue to support the outreach and collaborative efforts of our Federation. This article notes the initiation of collaboration through the efforts of WFOT founders and the stages of development that has taken place over the decades.
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