This study sought to investigate the requirements of technology management tools for Spanish sport managers, in order to improve the quality of management in sports organisations and facilities. We hypothesised that current sport management computer software programmes do not adequately satisfy the manager’s needs. This hypothesis was tested with an analysis by a panel of Spanish experts in the...

Maritime work is dynamical. As the ship sails, conditions change and so do the information needs. If instrumentation is to keep pace with these changing demands, it must be flexible and tailorable. Since, in addition, self-description and verbalization are important ingredients in maritime work, the system too must be able to present its inner state in a comprehensible manner.

BACKGROUND Previous short-term work reported fewer suicides among elderly users of a telephone helpline and emergency response service (the TeleHelp-TeleCheck Service). AIMS To examine long-term effects of the service on suicide in an elderly population of northern Italy. METHOD The service provided twice-weekly support and needs assessment telephone calls and a 24h emergency alarm service....

Learning needs assessment is a crucial stage in the educational process that leads to changes in practice, and has become part of government policy for continuing professional development. Learning needs assessment can be undertaken for many reasons, so its purpose should be defined and should determine the method used and the use made of findings. Exclusive reliance on formal needs assessment ...

What is a needs assessment? A needs assessment is the process of gathering and examining information to get a clearer and more accurate picture of an issue, challenge, or environment. In this case, the needs assessment will help you better understand the diverse community in which you want to conduct SNAP outreach. This information is gathered through a series of carefully crafted questions tha...

In this literature, a data pre-processing circuit designs and analyses for an infrared image seeker of a subsonic cruise missile are proposed. The flight speed of the missile is 250m/s. Therefore, automatic contrast control and automatic brightness control are usually needed to keep wanted contrast and brightness for best image properties in target recognition and tracking; especially for the m...

This paper deals with the thermal transmittance measurement focused on buildings and specifically in building energy retrofitting. Today, if many thermal transmittance measurements in a short time are needed, the current devices, based on the measurement of the heat flow through the wall, cannot carry out them, except if a great amount of devices are used at once along with intensive and tediou...