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Sensky, T., R. Salimu, J. Ballard, and D. Pereira. "Associations of chronic embitterment among NHS staff." Occupational Medicine 65, no. 6 (July 1, 2015): 431–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqv089.
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Temple, Thomas R. "Pharmacy Association Management." Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2, no. 2 (April 1989): 70–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/089719008900200203.
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The alternative practice option of association management offers tremendous potential for professional growth and personal satisfaction. Diversity of activity and the opportunity to have a direct impact upon the future of the profession are two major dimensions associated with this growing career option. In total, more than 140 pharmacists have found rewarding career positions in the offices of pharmacy's state and national associations. These pharmacists, serving as chief executive officers and professional staff members, have chosen to serve the profession rather than pursue its actual practice. Their work is important and challenging and serves to have a significant effect on both the profession as a whole and individual pharmacists. A diversity of opportunity is available to the pharmacist aspiring a career in association work. As a chief executive, the pharmacist uses a broad range of administrative skills to help the association achieve its overall mission. Working with the association's elected leadership, the association executive helps establish goals and objectives and pursues their attainment by implementing effective strategies. As professional association staff members, many pharmacists use skills in areas related to law, clinical pharmacy, journalism, education, and public relations to help their associations serve the profession of pharmacy and their individual memberships. The revolutionary changes occurring in health care today are placing an increasing level of demand upon professional associations. Never before have these associations been confronted with more challenges and opportunities. As a result, the opportunities for pharmacist employment in this field are expected to grow. Professionally motivated pharmacists have and will continue to find this alternative practice option to be both professionally and personally rewarding.
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Behbehani, Farah, Kristen Hurley, and Maureen M. Black. "Childcare Staff Feeding Practices Associations With Children's Willingness to Try New Foods." Current Developments in Nutrition 5, Supplement_2 (June 2021): 717. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzab046_014.
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Abstract Objectives To examine the associations between childcare staff feeding practices and preschool children's willingness to try new foods (WTNF). Methods Participants included children (n = 460), ages 3–5 years, and childcare staff (n = 91) recruited from childcare centers in Maryland participating in baseline assessment of a randomized controlled trial to evaluate strategies to promote the development of healthy eating behaviors. Staff feeding practices were measured using the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire (CFPQ) adapted to the childcare setting. Children's WTNF was evaluated by offering 6 novel and 3 familiar foods during a food tasting activity administered in the childcare center. Confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses were used to evaluate the factor structure of the adapted version of the CFPQ, and to identify modified factor structures. Logistic regressions assessed the association between childcare staff feeding practices (i.e., average staff feeding factor scores in a classroom) and children's WTNF (dichotomized as high: tried ≥ 3 novel foods vs. low: tried < 3 novel foods), adjusting for child sex and age and clustering in the childcare center. Results A revised 7-factor, 32-item model, including indulgent, restriction for health, monitoring, pressure, environment, healthy eating guidance, and encourage balance and variety, was identified to assess childcare staff feeding practices. Children under the care of staff members who reported more frequent use of indulgent feeding practices in the classroom had 2.13 (95% CI: 1.04 - 4.37) greater odds of demonstrating high WTNF compared to children under the care of staff members who reported lower use of this feeding practice, with no associations among other feeding practices. Conclusions Childcare staff use of food to regulate children's behaviors and/or emotions (i.e., indulgent feeding) was related to children's greater willingness to try new foods in childcare settings. Understanding the mechanisms underlying childcare staff-child feeding can inform interventions to promote healthy eating behaviors among young children. Longitudinal studies are needed to determine the direction of effect between staff's indulgent feeding practices and children's willingness to try new foods. Funding Sources National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
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Nouatin, Guy Sourou. "Role of Professional Associations in Benin Dual Apprenticeship." Journal of Education and Research 11, no. 1 (May 18, 2021): 77–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.51474/jer.v11i1.500.
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This paper analyses the involvement and the role played by a professional association in Benin dual apprenticeship. This research utilised a qualitative method using literature analysis with desk research and a semi-structured interview. In total, 56 respondents from staff members of professional associations at local, district and national levels, staff of the public sector, donor agencies and craftsmen were selected through purposive and snowball sampling techniques. To analyse data, I used the theory of institutional change, games models or strategic interactions theory and the conceptual framework of the curriculum value chain of the education programme. Results of the research show that the institutionalisation process of professional associations in the crafts sector started with professional photographers, hairdressers and sewing/cutting in 1950. Professional associations have a strong involvement in the implementation phase of the CQP programme. In the curriculum design phase, they are involved at a moderate level. And in the evaluation phase, they have low involvement. Such involvements in the last two phases can be understood by the low literacy level of most craftsmen who work in the informal sector.
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Shivji, Issa G. "The Jurisprudence of the Dar Es Salaam Declaration on Academic Freedom." Journal of African Law 35, no. 1-2 (1991): 128–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021855300008408.
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On 19 April, 1990, 12 delegates from autonomous staff associations of six institutions of higher education in Tanzania adopted the Dar es Salaam Declaration on Academic Freedom and Social Responsibility of Academics. The inaugural workshop was also attended by representatives from some eight other institutions of higher education who do not as yet have staff associations. A student representative from the proposed autonomous students' union of the University of Dar es Salaam was also invited. They all attended as observers who participated fully in the deliberations of the workshop although they did not have a right to vote.In terms of article 51, the Declaration has now come into force as it has been ratified by the membership of two-thirds of the staff associations attending the inaugural workshop. Following the formal launch of the Declaration in July 1991, the next step will be for the staff associations to pressurize the respective administrations at their institutions to accord the Declaration formal recognition. Eventually, the Government itself will be approached to accord the Declaration political acceptance.
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Edvardsson, David, P. O. Sandman, Rhonda Nay, and Stig Karlsson. "Associations between the working characteristics of nursing staff and the prevalence of behavioral symptoms in people with dementia in residential care." International Psychogeriatrics 20, no. 4 (August 2008): 764–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610208006716.
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ABSTRACTBackground: Clinical experience suggests that the work characteristics of staff in residential care may influence the well-being of residents with dementia. However, few studies have explored those anecdotal experiences. The aim of this study was to investigate associations between work characteristics of nursing staff and prevalence of behavioral symptoms among people with dementia in residential care settings.Methods: The self-report job strain assessment scale was used to measure staff perceptions of their working environment, and the Multi Dimensional Dementia Assessment Scale to measure the occurrence of behavioral symptoms among residents in 40 residential care units for people with dementia.Results: The findings show that in settings where staff reported high job strain, the prevalence of behavioral symptoms was significantly higher compared to settings where staff reported low job strain. Furthermore, settings characterized by staff having a more positive caring climate had significantly less prevalence of escape, restless and wandering behaviors compared to settings having a less positive caring climate. There was no statistically significant association between staff members' self-reported knowledge in caring for people with dementia and prevalence of behavioral symptoms.Conclusions: This study provides evidence for the oft-cited clinical experience that the well-being of nursing staff is associated with the well-being of people with dementia in residential care settings.
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Holmqvist, Rolf. "Staff Feelings and Patient Diagnosis." Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 45, no. 4 (May 2000): 349–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/070674370004500403.
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Objective: To assess the associations between staff feelings toward patients and the patients' diagnoses, in view of the fact that clinical reports of such associations have not been corroborated by systematic research. Method: At 24 psychiatric units, 143 patients were assessed according to their personality organization, and staff feelings toward these patients were followed for 5 years. The feelings were reported on a feeling checklist twice yearly, and outcome was assessed as the effect size at year 5, using ratings on Kernberg's structural model complemented with ratings on Strauss-Carpenter's function scale. Results: The study showed that it was possible, using discriminant analyses, to separate diagnostic groups by the different feelings that they evoked in the staff. Patients with borderline personality organization (BPO) evoked fewer relaxed and more aggressive feelings, in contrast to patients with psychotic personality organization (PPO). In contrast to patients with neurotic personality organization (NPO), who evoked feelings of sympathy and helpfulness, PPO patients evoked more feelings of insufficiency and disappointment. A stepwise discriminant analysis of reactions to patients with positive treatment outcome separated the 3 personality organizations with 2 functions using only 2 feelings, “relaxed” and “objective.” The feeling relaxed separated the NPO patients from the BPO patients, and the feeling objective separated the PPO patients from the other groups. The patients' diagnoses accounted for larger proportions of variance in feelings for the patients with positive outcome. Conclusion: The results implied that the patients' different personality organizations evoked different staff feelings in this treatment context and that positive treatment outcome was associated with more pronounced and clear-cut staff reactions.
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Weber, Vinicius Muller Reis, Marcelo Romanzini, Marcos Roberto Queiroga, Camila Panchoni, Julio Cesar da Costa, Luiz Augusto da Silva, Bruno Sergio Portela, and Enio Ricardo Vaz Ronque. "Associations between strength, flexibility, and painful symptomology in university staff." Work 67, no. 3 (December 1, 2020): 689–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/wor-203318.
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BACKGROUND: In the adult population, the work environment and physical fitness levels are directly related to the onset of musculoskeletal pain, repetitive strain injuries, and decreased blood circulation. Although low levels of muscle strength and flexibility may lead to a higher prevalence of pain, specific anatomic regions are poorly addressed. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and the association between strength or flexibility and pain in university staff. METHODS: The sample was composed of 110 members of staff from a university in Guarapuava-PR. Body mass and height values were obtained, from which the BMI was calculated. The pain evaluation was performed by means of a questionnaire, analyzing the intensity, frequency, and anatomical region. The subjects were then submitted to strength (right and left hand grip, lumbar traction, lower limb traction) and flexibility tests (sit and reach test). RESULTS: The anatomical region with the highest prevalence of pain was the lumbar region (43.4%). When the association between the presence of pain and flexibility was performed, only the lumbar traction presented significant results, with the weakest group demonstrating pain (OR: 3.47 [1.27 – 9.49]). CONCLUSION: The results demonstrate that low levels of strength in the lumbar region are associated with the presence of painful symptomatology.
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Patel, M., M. Nair, E. Pirozzoli, M. C. Cienfuegos, and E. Aitken. "18 Socio-Demographic Associations of COVID Antibody in Multi-Ethnic Healthcare Workers." Age and Ageing 50, Supplement_1 (March 2021): i1—i6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab028.18.
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Abstract Introduction Healthcare workers are particularly susceptible to developing COVID-19 owing to close and frequent contact with COVID-19 patients. This study aimed to describe prevalence of SARS-COV-2 antibodies amongst healthcare workers within a hospital trust and examine factors associated with increased prevalence of this antibody. Methods Data was obtained over a 4-week period in 2020 from a cross-sectional prospective survey of healthcare workers serving a multi-ethnic inner-city population who had IgG SARS-COV-2 antibody. Multiple, overlapping sources of notification were implemented to promote the availability of the test. Anonymised socio-demographic data about staff members were cross referenced with data of the antibody tests. Results Of 7,013,6,212 (89%) staff undertook the antibody test during the study period. The overall detection rate of IgG SARS COV-2 antibody was 26%(1584/6212). Univariate analyses reveal that there were no differences in the prevalence rates in terms of gender or age. Compared to white staff members (18%), prevalence of the antibody was significantly greater in Black(38%) and Asian(27%) staff members. The combined prevalence for all BAME staff members was 32%. The prevalence rates of staff in general wards (43%) were significantly higher other areas of the trust. For staff in emergency medicine, intensive care and anaesthetics, prevalence was 23%, whereas for other clinical teams it was 21%. In terms of professional groups, prevalence rates were highest amongst nursing and allied clinical services (28%), followed by doctors (23%), whereas, it was lower for non-clinical staff(19%). Discussion This large multi-ethnic hospital-based study has described the prevalence of recent exposure to SARS-COV-2 infection amongst healthcare workers and determined socio-demographic associations of this prevalence including ethnicity, professional healthcare groups, and geographical areas of work in healthcare settings. The study provides information that may be useful in future COVID studies examining the role of antibody testing both in general populations as well as in healthcare settings.
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Heisey-Grove, Dawn M., Laura E. McClelland, Cheryl Rathert, Alexander Tartaglia, Kevin Jackson, and Jonathan P. DeShazo. "Associations Between Patient Health Outcomes and Secure Message Content Exchanged Between Patients and Clinicians: Retrospective Cohort Study." Journal of Medical Internet Research 22, no. 10 (October 29, 2020): e19477. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/19477.
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Background The number of electronic messages securely exchanged between clinic staff and patients has risen dramatically over the last decade. A variety of studies explored whether the volume of messages sent by patients was associated with outcomes. None of these studies, however, examined whether message content itself was associated with outcomes. Because secure messaging is a significant form of communication between patients and clinic staff, it is critical to evaluate the context of the communication to best understand its impact on patient health outcomes. Objective To examine associations between patients’ and clinicians’ message content and changes in patients’ health outcomes. Methods We applied a taxonomy developed specifically for secure messages to 14,394 patient- and clinic staff–generated messages derived from patient-initiated message threads. Our study population included 1602 patients, 50.94% (n=816) of whom initiated message threads. We conducted linear regression analyses to determine whether message codes were associated with changes in glycemic (A1C) levels in patients with diabetes and changes in systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure in patients with hypertension. Results Patients who initiated threads had larger declines in A1Cs (P=.01) compared to patients who did not initiate threads. Clinic nonresponse was associated with decreased SBP (β=–.30; 95% CI –0.56 to –0.04), as were staffs’ action responses (β=–30; 95% CI –0.58 to –0.02). Increased DBP, SBP, and A1C levels were associated with patient-generated appreciation and praise messages and staff encouragement with effect sizes ranging from 0.51 (A1C) to 5.80 (SBP). We found improvements in SBP associated with patients’ complaints (β=–4.03; 95% CI –7.94 to –0.12). Deferred information sharing by clinic staff was associated with increased SBP (β=1.29; 95% CI 0.4 to 2.19). Conclusions This is the first research to find associations between message content and patients’ health outcomes. Our findings indicate mixed associations between patient message content and patient outcomes. Further research is needed to understand the implications of this work; in the meantime, health care providers should be aware that their message content may influence patient health outcomes.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Staff associations"
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Crawford, Grace Edith. "Associations Between Staff Willingness to Help and Client Challenging Behaviour; The Role of Staff Attributions, Emotions and CHent Perceptions of their Relationship with Care Staff." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.525920.
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Greenhaw, Kimberly J. "College Counseling Center Professional Staff Involvement in Professional Organizations." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5174/.
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College counselors today face increasing challenges, with fewer resources than in the past. Little has been known as to whether college counselors take advantage of resources and benefits available through involvement in professional organizations in these increasingly challenging professional times. College counseling center professionals in one state in the Southwest were surveyed regarding their professional organization involvement (N = 152). Participants were selected by targeting specific 4-year institutions with undergraduate populations and specific counseling professionals who work in college counseling centers within these schools. Most college counselors surveyed were involved in professional organizations, and involved in a variety of ways within these organizations. Many professional organizations catering to college counselors were identified. Specific motivations for involvement and hindrances to involvement were identified. In addition, no significant difference was found among the involvement of professional counselors versus psychologists.
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Bain, Ruey-Fen Cheryl. "Balancing work and family life needs : extension staff of the Farmers' Associations in Taiwan /." Connect to resource, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1202414115.
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Hopkins, Elaine Marie Smithson. "An examination of public relations training of contact and professional staff of YMCAs in the United States." Virtual Press, 1985. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/443553.
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The basis for the thesis research was the examination of the extent to which YMCAs in the United States incorporate public relations skills and corporate mission statements into the training of their employees.A mail survey was sent to the total population of 913 corporate YMCAs which represent all 2,170 locations in the United States. The first of two mailings was sent on July 5, 1984. A total of 530 responses were received from forty-nine states representing 58 percent of the total population. Of the returned surveys, 514 were usable in all aspects of the study, or 56.2 percent of the total population.The findings show the typical YMCA is served by a male director with eighteen years of YMCA work experience who has been in his current position just less than ten years. He oversees the management of a YMCA serving an average of 6,700 individual members.Public relations duties are performed by an average of 2.5 persons in the responding YMCAs including the executive director himself. The training and preparation for handling these responsibilities most often comes in "learn-by-doing" situations. Workshops enhance on-the-job training in most cases. Fewer than 20 percent of the professional directors performing public relations functions have had university or college coursework in public relations.Approximately 70 percent of the responding YMCAs have made a specific attempt to determine how their organization is perceived by the community. Two-thirds of the associations which have attempted to measure community perception stated they used formal research methods to do so. Only 32 percent of the YMCAs responding have prepared a written statement of their mission with 28 percent having a formal action plan for achieving their goals and objectives.Just less than 60 percent of the 514 respondents budget public relations items as a planned expense at an average of 3 percent of the total operating budget.Three of the conclusions drawn from this research are:1. The lack of formal training of employees performing public relations functions, in the YMCAs responding, suggests some disparity between job preparation and the generally accepted guidelines for training public relations practitioners.2. The marked increase in the number of YMCAs which have formulated written mission statements and action plans since 1980 is one indication of an increased awareness of the need to operate these nonprofit organizations under traditional management principles.3. Not only must more YMCAs develop and implement formal action plans, but more employees at all job levels must be informed of these plans if their YMCA is to experience the degree of membership growth and the improved community image possible through a total organizational effort.
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Asche, Jane Ann. "Social exchange: an assessment of its role in successful volunteer/salaried staff partnerships." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71275.
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Managers of nonprofit voluntary associations are seeking volunteers to work with salaried staff in the delivery of human services as government agencies reduce or eliminate support for programs. Competition among organizations to attract and retain talented volunteers is increasingly a problem. One of the ways organizations are increasing the effectiveness of their programs is to recruit management volunteers to work at all levels of program development and delivery.
The specific purpose of this study was to analyze factors affecting the motivation of individuals to accept and remain in a management-level, volunteer job similar to that being performed by a salaried manager. This was done by conducting ten in-depth case studies of pairs of salaried and volunteer managers working together as a management team at the top administrative level of a national nonprofit human service organization.
Data collection for the study was done through the ethnographic interview process. A structured method for carrying out analytic induction was used to perform the data analysis. One major cultural theme and patterns of related minor themes emerged from the dimensions of similarity and contrast across the ten cases and the three different management sites at which data were collected.
Key motivational factors identified in each of the case studies corroborate the importance of certain theoretical variables identified in Blau's theory of social exchange for attracting and retaining volunteers to management-level jobs. However, these theories did not fully explain the interaction of certain variables to create a pattern of high satisfaction for both partners in certain cases.
Other factors that contributed to the level of expressed satisfaction in the partnerships were related to certain aspects of the management style of the salaried manager, self-esteem of the volunteer manager, organizational climate of the management site and the cultural traditions of volunteerism within each of the three geographic regions in which the sites were located. These factors that created satisfaction with the salaried and volunteer managers are important because of the relationship indicated in the research literature between motivation, job satisfaction and organizational productivity.Ed. D.
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Favell, Margaret Elizabeth, and n/a. "Power, control and accountability in a voluntary organisation : the implications for professional staff and service delivery." University of Otago. Department of Social Work and Community Development, 2007. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20071003.101609.
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Over the last decade government policy has transformed many aspects of the welfare state and contracted out to private or voluntary non-government organisations many of the services previously provided by the state. Currently there is very little research on the benefits or disadvantages regarding standards of professional practice and delivery of these services when controlled by voluntary organisations and this research is a case study investigating these concerns.
By using the case study method it is possible to understand issues by incorporating concrete examples of practice within the context that it takes place, as it is only when seen in its proper setting that the general and conceptual significance of practice is understood.
This case study explores the relationships of power, control and accountability in one such non-governmental organisation, the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society and the implications these have for professional staff in the delivery of the service. The study uses the archaeology and genealogy methods suggested by Foucault. Archival material was gained from the Minutes of the meetings of the Plunket executive (1917-1984), constitution and rules. These serve to demonstrate the historical power relationships in the organisation, Plunket nurses� working conditions and how some nurses were treated. The dominant discourse in the archaeology contains two major themes, one being volunteers� autonomous 'ownership' of the organisation, and the other, the subordination of professionalism through the discipline and management of the nursing workforce.
Those same themes are also dominant in the contemporary data studied in the genealogy, which highlights the constraints imposed by volunteer 'ownership' in the contemporary period. It is a feature of the "path dependency" of the organisation that the belief that volunteers had a right to discipline and control the nursing workforce has remained largely unchanged in the contemporary period.
The practice and the context are personalised through interviews with some nurses so that their real-life experiences may give an in-depth understanding of the processes going on for them as professionals. This is one of multiple sources of evidence, including reports, reviews and research, used to triangulate the findings. Through the totality of these methods, insight into Plunket�s decision-making is made possible.
These serve to underline the continuing lack of accountability for service delivery of nonprofessional 'owners' of the voluntary organisation and the negative impact it can have on the delivery of professional services although the greater depth in the contemporary data also highlights two new subsidiary themes; the dominance of lay knowledge over both professional and managerial knowledge, and volunteers� motives for volunteering.
The contemporary interview data demonstrated how the historical culture of the organisation enabled this process to continue through poor workplace conditions, high staff attrition and, in some cases, severe personal pressure akin to workplace bullying.
This study exposes the significance of the culture of organisations, and reveals that the substance of apparent altruistic voluntary organisations may be much more complex and problematic than the ideology would lead us to believe. In a field such as this, where an NGO has sole national responsibility for such an important area and where the outcomes are so poor, change must be considered. While a path dependency explanation is pessimistic about change, it is argued that the only option for professional standards of service for this, and other NGOs, lies in much more accountability and democracy in stakeholder relationships. Recommendations are made in that direction.
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Brüggemann, A. Jelmer, and Katarina Swahnberg. "Patients’ silence towards the healthcare system after ethical transgressions by staff : associations with patient characteristics in a cross-sectional study among Swedish female patients." Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för klinisk och experimentell medicin, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-90217.
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Objectives To identify which patient characteristics are associated with silence towards the healthcare system after experiences of abusive or ethically wrongful transgressive behaviour by healthcare staff. Design Cross-sectional questionnaire study using the Transgressions of Ethical Principles in Health Care Questionnaire. Setting A women's clinic in the south of Sweden. Participants Selection criteria were: consecutive female patients coming for an outpatient appointment, ≥18-year-old, with the ability to speak and understand the Swedish language, and a known address. Questionnaires were answered by 534 women (60%) who had visited the clinic, of which 293 were included in the present study sample. Primary outcome measure How many times the respondent remained silent towards the healthcare system relative to the number of times the respondent spoke up. Results Associations were found between patients’ silence towards the healthcare system and young age as well as lower self-rated knowledge of patient rights. Both variables showed independent effects on patients’ silence in a multivariate model. No associations were found with social status, country of birth, health or other abuse. Conclusions The results offer opportunities for designing interventions to stimulate patients to speak up and open up the clinical climate, for which the responsibility lies in the hands of staff; but more research is needed.Funding Agencies|Swedish Research Council|2009-2380|Nordic Council of Ministers||
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Bain, Ruey-Fen Cheryl. "Balancing work and family life needs: extension staff of the Farmers' Association in Taiwan." The Ohio State University, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1202414115.
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Mitchell, Eric Jay. "Equipping the ministers of the Carey Baptist Association with the skills necessary to experience success during the interim a workshop for interim staff /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.
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Fraser, Jeremiah Owen. "The coach-athletic trainer relationship and its association with athletic trainers' job satisfaction." Scholarly Commons, 2013. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/849.
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The purpose of this study was to examine if Division I Collegiate Athletic Trainers' (ATs') perceived.quality of their relationship, with a head coach, is associated with total job satisfaction. The study was driven by three questions: 1) Does a correlation exist between ATs' perceptions of the quality of the coach-AT relationship and total job satisfaction? 2) Will either the direct or the meta-perspective held by the AT be significant predictors of overall job satisfaction? and 3) Will ATs' assumed similarity be a significant predictor of overall job satisfaction? In order to examine this issue, ATs assigned to NCAA division I institution's baseball or softball team were given a compendium survey. The survey was composed of the Job Satisfaction Survey (Spector, 1994), a modified Coach-Athlete Relationship Questionnaire (CART-Q) (Jowett & Ntoumanis, 2004), and a modified meta Coach-Athlete Relationship Questionnaire (meta CART-Q). The surveys measured ATs' total job satisfaction.and satisfaction with various job sub factors, and their direct and meta-perspectives of their relationship with their coach, respectively. Correlational and regression analyses were used to determine the influence and predictability of aspects of a quality relationship to total job satisfaction. The findings demonstrate that ATs' perception of the quality of certain aspects of their relationship with a head coach is related to overall job satisfaction. This indicates that greater efforts need to be taken to improve overall coach-AT relationship dynamics. Improving the dynamics is needed to improve conditions that can cause unacceptably low levels of job satisfaction, which lead to burnout and attrition. The quality of the coach-AT relationship and its impact on Job satisfaction needs to be recognized as a contributing factor to AT job satisfaction. Understanding the coach-AT relationship can help direct measures to address decreased job satisfaction levels and stave off attrition in athletic training.
Books on the topic "Staff associations"
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American Bar Association. Division of Bar Services., ed. Job descriptions for bar association staff. Chicago, Ill: ABA Division for Bar Services, 1998.
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Joanne, O'Reilly, and American Bar Association. Division of Bar Services., eds. Job descriptions for bar association staff. Chicago, IL (541 N. Fairbanks Ct., Chicago 60611): ABA Division for Bar Services, 1998.
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American Psychological Association. Legal risk management: A guide for volunteers and staff of the American Psychological Association. Washington, DC: APA, 1993.
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Bar, Virginia State, ed. The 1993-94 directory of leaders and staff of the Virginia State Bar. Richmond, Va. (707 E. Main St., Suite 1500, Richmond 23219-2803): The Bar, 1994.
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Mark, Lyonette, and TPAS (England), eds. Involving tenants in housing associations: A training guide for staff and committee members. London: Tenant Participation Advisory Service, 1993.
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Briscoe, Andrew. Legal aspects of the registration of public sector staff associations as trade unions. [Gaborone]: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 1999.
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Financial Services. Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations., ed. Staff report on Resolution Trust Corporation's Professional Liability Program, Dallas, Texas, Regional Office: A staff report. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1995.
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Maryland. General Assembly. Dept. of Fiscal Services. Joint staff report to the General Assembly of Maryland: Extraordinary session, May 17, 1985 : subject, savings & loan associations, consideration of the issue of stabilization of state chartered savings & loan institutions. Annapolis, Md: Dept. of Fiscal Services, 1985.
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance., ed. Why S&L crooks have failed to pay millions of dollars in court-ordered restitution: Nineteen case studies : a staff report for the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, second session. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1992.
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Grace, Kay Sprinkel. Fundraising mistakes that bedevil all boards (and staff too): A 1-hour guide to identifying and overcoming obstacles to your success. Medfield, MA: Emerson & Church, 2009.
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Wang, Heller H. L., and Calvin K. L. Or. "Color-Concept Associations among Chinese Steel Workers and Managerial Staff." In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 1025–31. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36981-0_97.
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Ismail, Sarimah, Nornazira Suhairom, Aede Hatib Musta’mal, Muhammad Sukri Saud, Yusri Kamin, and Mohammad Khair Noordin. "Case Study: Malaysia. Recognising Green Skills in Non-formal Learning Settings." In Education for Sustainability, 167–88. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2072-1_9.
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AbstractThis chapter analyses the results of a study on recognition, validation and accreditation (RVA) of non-formal and informal learning outcomes based on interviews with staff from five enterprises, two in the automotive sector, two in catering services and one in PVC manufacturing. Both formal and informal enterprises were interviewed. Interviews with the enterprises across three sectors showed that most employers in both formal and informal enterprises were not familiar with the term ‘green skills’. However, they were aware of environmental policies and regulations related to their respective sectors, and they encouraged the implementation of certain green practices in their enterprises by creating awareness among staff, promoting attitudinal changes, monitoring compliance with rules and regulations as well as integrating green skills into staff training programmes and RVA. Findings highlighted the importance of the need for employers to have guidelines on how enterprises can affect environmental sustainability. Results of the study also showed the centrality of the role of stakeholders—including both public and private enterprises as well as NGO sectors, consumer associations and government departments—in pushing for the inclusion of green skills in staff training and RVA mechanisms.
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Hofstetter, Rita, and Bernard Schneuwly. "Achieving Intergovernmental Legitimacy." In The International Bureau of Education (1925-1968), 61–73. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41308-7_4.
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AbstractIn 1929, the IBE, under the leadership of Piaget, became an intergovernmental organisation. Founded by six states, it reoriented its activity toward the production and collection of knowledge about public school systems, on the basis of official sources. In order to gain legitimacy, the IBE created new organisational structures and expanded its staff. After a transition phase when it abandoned its mission of coordinating international associations, it invented a yearly event that structured its main activities: the International Conferences on Public Education, begun in 1934, with their Yearbook and several surveys on essential educational matters which were discussed during the conferences. An insert analyses the role of Switzerland in these processes.
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Cole, Bankole, and Nadia Habashi. "Enhancing Community Resilience: Assessing the Role That Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Law Enforcement (LEA) Staff Associations and Networks Can Play in the Fight Against Radicalisation." In Investigating Radicalization Trends, 215–35. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25436-0_10.
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Sienkiewicz, Holly, Jenn Beideman, Beatriz LeBron, Shanielia Lewis, Emma Morrison, Lydia Rivera, and Dina Faticone. "3. Up, Down, Stop, Go, and Everything In Between." In Play in a Covid Frame, 55–76. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/obp.0326.03.
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Located in Rochester, New York, USA, Common Ground Health advocates for safe and accessible play for all children. Since 2015, residents have led a grassroots campaign convening neighbourhood associations, block clubs, churches, community organizations, and nonprofits to build and advance an equitable play-based agenda. Covid-19 amplified the importance of play as families navigated the ill effects of having children abruptly cut off from peers and social networks. Early in the pandemic, Common Ground worked to ensure that children had access to unstructured play. Together, we assembled and distributed play kits, partnered with the city to support Covid-friendly programming and infrastructure that prioritizes unstructured resident-driven play (e.g. toy libraries, bringing recreational programming and staff to non-traditional spaces, and play streets), and coordinated community resources to share with families during the pandemic. We distributed a total of 6500 play kits tailored for outdoor play at thirty-two different locations within Rochester. Resident leaders worked alongside hundreds of students and families in the Rochester City School District to better understand how the pandemic has impacted playful learning and together created a vision for playful learning as a means of mitigating the negative effects that Covid-19 has had on students. Common Ground catalyzed residents across the city to re-conceptualize traditional notions of play while continuing to advocate for safe and accessible play for all. Covid-19 elevated the importance of this work as residents advocate for play as a mechanism to facilitate healing and promote resilience in children during a time of chronic uncertainty.
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Danieli, Silvano. "Parsifal come scuola di formazione e di colloborazione." In Biblioteche & bibliotecari / Libraries & librarians, 43–55. Florence: Firenze University Press, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/979-12-215-0356-2.09.
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Using archived documentation, reporting in particular on the decisions made by the Association at the Plenary Assembly and in the Librarians’ Assemblies, the contribution retraces the various training procedures involving libraries and the staff responsible. From 1994 to 2023, decisive steps have been taken: from the paper file and the Vatican regulations to MARC 21, to RDA and the realisation of the Parsifal platform, to the shared catalogue. This process was made possible by continued cooperation and decisions made together; these decisions led to tangible training projects for librarians and, in particular, to specific courses planned for cataloguers.
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Johnstone, Stewart. "Staff associations." In Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management, 367–68. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781800378841.s.22.
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Amerasinghe, C. F. "The Right of Association." In The Law of the International Civil Service, 366–410. Oxford University PressOxford, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198258803.003.0011.
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Abstract The right of the staff of international organizations to associate featured in a way in the very first case that was presented to the UNAT in 1950 soon after its creation, 1 in so far as the locus standi of the UN Staff Association before the UNAT and the rights of that Association in respect of cases brought before the UNAT was raised as an issue. Subsequently there have been many cases brought before international administrative tribunals in which this right of association has been the subject of litigation in one form or another. The right of the staff of international organizations to associate has often been canvassed strongly by the staff itself and, moreover, it would seem that tribunals have tended to regard this right as of considerable importance, even though they have not always agreed with the views presented by the staff and their Associations.
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Chigwada, Josiline Phiri, and Rosemary Maturure. "Advocating for Library and Information Services by National Library Associations of Africa in the Context of Sustainable Development Goals." In Advances in Public Policy and Administration, 219–37. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7429-3.ch012.
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The chapter documents the role that is played by national library associations in advocating for the development of library and information services for the attainment of the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda in Africa. A structured records review and literature review was done to solicit information on how national library associations are taking part in achieving the sustainable development goals. Websites of associations were looked at and participants were drawn from national library associations in Africa, Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Library and Information Associations (SCECSAL), African Library and Information Association and Institution (AfLIA), and the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA). The results indicated that national library associations are facing challenges in their advocacy work and there is a need to offer training to library staff and improve communication between librarians and policymakers.
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Chigwada, Josiline Phiri, and Rosemary Maturure. "Advocating for Library and Information Services by National Library Associations of Africa in the Context of Sustainable Development Goals." In Research Anthology on Measuring and Achieving Sustainable Development Goals, 85–102. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3885-5.ch006.
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The chapter documents the role that is played by national library associations in advocating for the development of library and information services for the attainment of the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda in Africa. A structured records review and literature review was done to solicit information on how national library associations are taking part in achieving the sustainable development goals. Websites of associations were looked at and participants were drawn from national library associations in Africa, Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Library and Information Associations (SCECSAL), African Library and Information Association and Institution (AfLIA), and the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA). The results indicated that national library associations are facing challenges in their advocacy work and there is a need to offer training to library staff and improve communication between librarians and policymakers.
Conference papers on the topic "Staff associations"
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Cotelnic, Ala. "Time management of the university staff." In Conferinta stiintifica internationala "Strategii si politici de management in economia contemporana", editia VII. Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.53486/icspm2022.03.
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At the current stage of development and reform of higher education in the Republic of Moldova, the management system of higher education faces a significant number of serious problems, sometimes very difficult to solve. Many of these problems are not specific to our country. Academic systems in many countries are going through enormous changes induced by a combination of factors: the spread of e-learning, the digitization of databases, the change in the role of the university framework determined, including by the Covid 19 pandemic. Today, in order to be effective, a modern university staff, in addition to fulfilling the didactic task, must be engaged in research activities. In addition, an academic must be an active member of professional associations and maintain permanent contacts with colleagues in the country and abroad. Academic staff can be involved (even recommended) in some activities in the real sector of the economy. Thus, every day we are trained in various activities, we have to perform multiple tasks. It creates the impression that the day is getting shorter and the workload is getting bigger. Is it possible under these conditions to use some techniques, methods of time management? How effective are they for the university setting? Will effective time management influence the teaching staff's performance? There are several questions that we try to answer in this article.
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Vodenicharov, Asen. "CIVIL LAW STATUS OF THE SUPERVISORY ORGAN IN EUROPEAN BUSINESS COMPANIES." In 6th International Scientific Conference ERAZ - Knowledge Based Sustainable Development. Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.31410/eraz.2020.303.
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The Supervisory organ is a compulsory element in the governance structure of the European Structures for Business Association, namely the European Company (Societas Europaea) and the European Cooperative Society (Societas Cooperativa Europaea) that have chosen a two-tier system for their organizations. The organ under consideration presents a hybrid regulatory framework. On the one hand, these are the provisions in the regulations of the European Union, and, on the other, the national law regulations. The organ in question has specific characteristics. Its members are elected by the General meeting. The staff of the first supervisory board may be appointed in the statues. This should apply without prejudice to any employee participation arrangements determined pursuant to Directive 2003/72 / EC. The members of the Supervisory organ are elected for the term specified in the Statute of the association. Their maximum term of office after the expiry mandate date may not exceed six months. The package of powers includes constitutional, authoritative and controlling rights and obligations. The supervisory organ shall elect and dismiss members or an individual member of the management organ. In cases explicitly provided for in the statute of the association, a certain category of legal transactions cannot be concluded by the management organ without the permission of the supervisory organ. Its controlling functions are particularly important. The supervisory organ shall supervise the duties performed by the management organ. It may not itself exercise the power to manage the associations. The supervisory organ may not represent the associations in dealings with third parties. It shall represent the associations in dealings with the management body, or its members, in respect of litigation or the conclusion of contracts. The management organ shall report to the supervisory body at least once every three months on the progress and foreseeable developments of the association’s business, taking into account any information relating to undertakings controlled by the association that may significantly affect the progress of the association business. The members of the Supervisory organ are holders of Civil liability. Its legal basis is the relevant rules in the national law relating to joint stock companies or cooperative organizations in the Member States in which they have registered their office. This liability is based on the possible damage caused by illegal or incorrect acts or actions.
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Киреева, Виктория, Viktoriya Kireeva, Г. Лифшиц, G. Lifshic, Н. Кох, N. Koh, Ю. Усольцев, Yu Usolcev, Константин Апарцин, and Konstantin Apartsin. "Advantages of a personalized approach to the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases in the staff of the INC Of the SBRAS." In Topical issues of translational medicine: a collection of articles dedicated to the 5th anniversary of the day The creation of a department for biomedical research and technology of the Irkutsk Scientific Center Siberian Branch of RAS. Москва: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/conferencearticle_58be81ec9ed47.
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Purpose of the study. To test the functional associations of polymorphic variants of genes in the regulation of blood pressure and vascular tone in employees of the ISC SB RAS. Materials and methods. The study involved patients, employees of the ISC SB RAS, being under care of the outpatient clinic of the Hospital of the ISC SB RAS. During routine laboratory testing the patients were taken 2 ml of blood for genetic analysis and further molecular genetic study on “Hypertension”, “Endothelial dysfunction”, “Pharmacogenetics”, “Inflammatory response” panels. Results. In the analysis of 12 genes coding for key proteins of hormonal enzyme blood pressure regulation systems, polymorphism of CYP11B2 showed statistically significant correlation with the presence of arterial hypertension, which makes its further study promising. The presence of allele C showed protective significance in relation to the development of hypertension with OR = 0,247. When checking associations of functional polymorphic variants of genes, the products of which are involved in the regulation of vascular tone, with hypertension in patients younger than 50 years old we found association of T/T rs5443GNB3 genotype with the debut of hypertensive disease under the age of 50. The data obtained allow the doctor to choose the most personalized and effective safe drug from certain groups, as well as its dose for employees having passed molecular genetic testing. These data can reveal predisposition to the most widespread and socially significant diseases in the surveyed subjects and provide specific personalized recommendations for the prevention of these diseases.
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Maria Arnaldo Valdés, Rosa, Victor Fernando Gómez Comendador, Maria Zamarreño, Francisco Perez Moreno, and Raquel Delgado-Aguilera. "Human Factors Hazards in aviation operating environment during COVID -19." In 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022). AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1001431.
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COVID 19 has become a mayor and without precedent disruption in aviation, with a big impact in aviation front line operators, such as crews, air traffic controller and aircraft dispatchers. This new reality has generated unexperienced human factors consequences and ups and downs in the lives of these professionals. They had to deal with new environments in their personal and professional dimensions and changes in both the physical and also psychosocial conditions as a consequence of COVID -19 impacts.The complexity of restating a complex system such as global air transport affects the staff of all aviation supply chain and has the potential to generate new and emergent hazards, a different risk landscape, and new operational and safety challenges.This paper focuses on COVID-related human factors challenges for aviation professionals, how those challenges can generate hazards that jeopardize aviation safety levels, and what can be done to mitigate the derived risks.The paper revises situations faced by operators and service providers during the COVID lockdown and the reanimation of the operations, with a focus on the best practices applied by different organisations to cope with the challenges human factors derived issues while assuring continued high levels of safety as operations ramp up.The paper combines an assessment of the best practices implemented by the industry during the last two years with a classical safety risk assessment approach. The paper revised also the safety risk assessments, about COVID 19 operations-related human factors challenges, conducted by main international aviation organisation such as as the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations (IFATCA), the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Appropriate resources and tools to minimize the mental health impact of COVID-19 and ensure staff well-being throughout the lockdown and recovery phases are discussed.The paper offers a better understanding of the impact that post COVID-19 operations-related challenges could have on aviation human factors; outline new biological and psycho-social hazards and risks situation and their interactions with aviation safety; and finally identify and propose appropriate mitigation measurements for those negative consequences
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Wuerstlein, R., C. Kowalski, S. Diener, S. Krebs, H. Pfaff, and N. Harbeck. "P5-17-02: Associations between Breast Cancer Patients' Satisfaction with Nursing Staff and Hospital Characteristics, Results of a German Multicenter Study." In Abstracts: Thirty-Fourth Annual CTRC‐AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium‐‐ Dec 6‐10, 2011; San Antonio, TX. American Association for Cancer Research, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs11-p5-17-02.
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"QUALITY OF CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES IN A TERTIARY HEALTH CARE FACILITY, IBADAN NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, IBADAN." In International Conference on Public Health and Humanitarian Action. International Federation of Medical Students' Associations - Jordan, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.56950/hxts1913.
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Background: Quality clinical laboratory service provision is very important in order to enhance diagnostic value and improve the health status of the community. However, there is very little information on the actual standard adaptation, and implementation, or the impact policy guidelines have had on laboratory services delivery and the community. This study assessed the quality of clinical laboratory services in a tertiary health care facility in Ibadan North Local Government Area, Oyo state. Methods: Interview was conducted for 125 laboratory staff and 426 patients. Five laboratory units were assessed. Data collection was through an observational checklist and semi-structured questionnaires. Observational checklist obtained information on the level of compliance to standard practices and processes. Questionnaires obtained information on laboratory staff socio-demographic characteristics and competency level, and patients’ sociodemographic characteristics and satisfaction with the domains of clinical laboratory services. Descriptive analysis was performed and associations explored between relevant variables using Chi-square test at ‘p’ level of 0.05. Results: Highest level of quality management systems were maintained by the five laboratories while 28.6% had structural deficiencies; 86.9% had compliance with practice quality with Microbiology laboratory unit having highest rating of standard practices (94.6%). Laboratory staff were considered as competent (93.6%) and most are certified by their accreditation body. About 38.6% and 20% attended training in the last 3 months and 6 months respectively. Overall patients’ level of satisfaction was moderate with 53.3% satisfied with the laboratory service received. Half were dissatisfied with the cost of the laboratory tests (49.8%). Patients with higher educational level and income were significantly satisfied than others. Conclusion: Quality of clinical laboratory service delivery in the study setting was good. There is a need for adequate internal and external quality assurance schemes to be in place to constantly monitor the quality of management systems for good service delivery. Key words: Quality, Clinical services, Tertiary healthcare facility, management systems.
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Valtins, Karlis, Igors Tipans, and Anita Straujuma. "BUILDING MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH UNIVERSITY ALUMNI." In eLSE 2020. University Publishing House, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-20-153.
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Innovation economy demands new skills and competences, creates the need to repeatedly and regularly improve one's knowledge and skills, therefore the link must be maintained between labor market requirements and higher education offer. As solution to above mentioned problems strategy proposes that educational and cultural education institutions should become the centers of social networking, in the management of which parents, teaching staff, students, as well as wider local community, including entrepreneurs, representatives of professional and sectoral associations, participate and co-operate. There is a particular emphasis on the need to develop programs of voluntary mentors. In year 2013 colleges and universities in the United States raised 33.80 billion USD in total voluntary support (Council for Aid to Education report, 201410). Alumni donations constitute almost one third of all the amount raised. In UK higher education institutions received GBP 657 million in cash income as philanthropic support in year 2103-14. This experience proves that keeping meaningful contact with alumni is a long term strategy and eventually results not only in intellectual cooperation but also a substantial source of financing. Alumni engagement activities have proved to be an effective tool providing life-long learning for alumni, experience exchange between experienced alumni and young alumni and students as well as, in the long-term, financial support for the universities by alumni and their companies. Two solutions are being discussed in this paper - ICT platform and alumni association. Paper is based on the Riga Technical University's example, EXTEND project case studies also publicly available statistics/data.
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Khaled, Salma Mawfek, Catalina Gabriela Petcu, Maryam Ali Al-Thani, Aisha Mohammed Al-Hamadi, and Peter Woodruff. "Prevalence and Potential Determinants of Insomnia Disorder in the General Population of Qatar." In Qatar University Annual Research Forum & Exhibition. Qatar University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.29117/quarfe.2020.0130.
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Aims: To estimate the prevalence of Insomnia Disorder in the household population of Qatar and explore potential associations with depressive and anxiety symptoms in addition to sociodemographic variables. Methods: Probability-based sampling was used to select a representative sample (N= 1,611) of Qatar’s household population. Face-to-face household interviews were conducted by trained staff using computer-assisted technology with consenting participants who were 18 years or older living in Qatar by the Social and Economic Research Institute (SESRI) at Qatar University as part of the Annual Omnibus survey in February/ March, 2019. The Sleep Condition Indicator (Epsie, 2014), a brief screening tool for DSM-5 criteria, was used to estimate the prevalence of insomnia in Qatar’s general population. Depressive and anxiety symptoms were ascertained using the PHQ-9 and GAD-2. Sociodemographic and health information including personal and family history of autoimmune disease were also collected. Univariate, bivariate, and multivariate statistics were conducted. Results: The prevalence of insomnia was 5.5% (95%CI: 4.3-6.7) and was higher in females (6.3%) than males (4.6%), though these differences were not statistically significant (P = 0.216). Insomnia was strongly associated with depressive (OR=5.4, P<0.01) and anxiety symptoms (OR=3.0, P<0.05). Having one or more autoimmune diseases were strongly associated with insomnia (OR=3.9, P<0.001) in Qatar’s general population. Insomnia was positively associated with younger age (P<0.01) and negatively associated with higher (post-secondary) education (OR=0.4, P<0.05). Conclusion: There is a significant association between mental illness and insomnia in Qatar with interesting findings in context of Qatar for role of age, education, and ethnicity. These findings need to be taken into account in provision of mental health services. Future studies should delineate the role of cultural attitudes towards sleep as potential mechanism linking insomnia to mental illness.
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Solá Molina, Alondra, Pablo Solano López, Sergio Cuevas del Valle, Ester Velázquez Navarro, Patrick Townsend, Paula Alberca Díez, and Hodei Urrutxua Cereijo. "Asociación Aeroespacial Cosmos: educational impact and returns of a three-year-old student aerospace association." In Symposium on Space Educational Activities (SSAE). Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5821/conference-9788419184405.086.
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Cosmos Aerospace Association is a leading engineering students’ group, located in the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) in Madrid, Spain. Providing a one-of-a-kind opportunity to all varieties of students for both personal and engineering growth, it is one of the few active aerospace student associations in Spain. Within this work, we introduce the achievements, influence and lessons learned from our association in these years. We focus on its educational impact in the environment of the university: not only from the perspective of aerospace-related degrees but also in the promotion of STEM careers on students of all ages.
Conceived by undergraduate aerospace students and supported by professors and university staff, Cosmos was born to provide a creative and learning environment in the promotion of our passion for space and science in general. Bringing together students with similar mindsets, it has become a symbiotic platform in which all university actors share their efforts and join forces to enhance the university experience both from a curricular and extracurricular perspective.
The association is divided into three main areas: Administration and Legal, Construction, and Education. Each of these areas branch with Projects and smaller teams both transversal and vertically. Under the Construction branch, both aeromodelling, satellite and rocketry projects
are found and developed. An autonomous VTOL vehicle and a solid combustion rocket are being designed with internal and external funding. Special mention goes to the design and construction of CosmoSat-1, our very first CubeSat mission, which is now starting to take off. The Education area involves the organization of cultural and educational activities, from coding seminars, hackathons to film forums or Women in STEM days, all of them transversal to the aerospace industry. In this regard, our most ambitious project to date has been SpaceCon URJC: a space-themed conference by and for university students, bringing together professionals from aerospace companies, space agencies, and research groups in a month-long virtual conference. Over a series of presentations and interviews, students can get a glimpse of a variety of possible careers in everything from satellite manufacturing, orbital mechanics, space debris, and everything in between. With an initial run in 2020, SpaceCon has been repeated in 2021 with great success.
In short, COSMOS, while promoting a passionate interest for Space, has become a common meeting point for students and professors outside the fixed and fitted courses, where creativity can boom and grow.
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Roskosa, Antra, and Yulia Stukalina. "Exploring Brand Personality in Higher Education." In 14th International Scientific Conference "Rural Environment. Education. Personality. (REEP)". Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Faculty of Engineering. Institute of Education and Home Economics, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22616/reep.2021.14.019.
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The increasing role of branding in the higher education sector is closely associated with the enhanced marketing orientation of a modern university. This, in turn, is determined by intensified competition between higher education institutions for students, staff, sponsors and research funding. A strong university’s brand related to excellent academic reputation can become a means for gaining competitive advantage in the global education marketplace. Brand is regarded as a complex concept comprising different constituents, brand image being an essential branding facet. Brand image is linked to customers’ perceptions of a brand that are echoed by a set of brand associations – usage situations, product attributes and brand personality. The aim of the paper is to explore brand personality in higher education based on the data collected in two tertiary education institutions – RTU (Riga Technical University) and TSI (Transport and Telecommunication Institute). The study makes use of the conceptual customer-based brand equity model (CBBE) created by K.L. Keller, which assumes that brand equity is closely related to strong positive and exclusive brand associations that can be expressed as brand benefits, attitudes and attributes, brand personality attributes being an essential aspect of brand equity. For exploring brand personality, the paper also applies the brand personality framework, including brand personality dimensions and associated attributes, developed by J.L. Aaker. The paper reports the results of a survey used to collect information about RTU and TSI students’ perceptions of different brand personality attributes. The results of the empirical study demonstrate that every university is recommended to be tolerant, open-minded and respected. The base of it lies on the same ground – the respect towards the personality. Moreover, every university is also recommended to become a “modern brand”, innovation, creativity and thinking “out of the box” being essential characteristics of the brand. The results of the study would contribute to overall understanding of brand personality in higher education, and how it may influence preference for a brand in educational settings.
Reports on the topic "Staff associations"
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Ramm-Granberg, Tynan, F. Rocchio, Catharine Copass, Rachel Brunner, and Eric Nelsen. Revised vegetation classification for Mount Rainier, North Cascades, and Olympic national parks: Project summary report. National Park Service, February 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2284511.
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Field crews recently collected more than 10 years of classification and mapping data in support of the North Coast and Cascades Inventory and Monitoring Network (NCCN) vegetation maps of Mount Rainier (MORA), Olympic (OLYM), and North Cascades (NOCA) National Parks. Synthesis and analysis of these 6000+ plots by Washington Natural Heritage Program (WNHP) and Institute for Natural Resources (INR) staff built on the foundation provided by the earlier classification work of Crawford et al. (2009). These analyses provided support for most of the provisional plant associations in Crawford et al. (2009), while also revealing previously undescribed vegetation types that were not represented in the United States National Vegetation Classification (USNVC). Both provisional and undescribed types have since been submitted to the USNVC by WNHP staff through a peer-reviewed process. NCCN plots were combined with statewide forest and wetland plot data from the US Forest Service (USFS) and other sources to create a comprehensive data set for Washington. Analyses incorporated Cluster Analysis, Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling (NMS), Multi-Response Permutation Procedure (MRPP), and Indicator Species Analysis (ISA) to identify, vet, and describe USNVC group, alliance, and association distinctions. The resulting revised classification contains 321 plant associations in 99 alliances. A total of 54 upland associations were moved through the peer review process and are now part of the USNVC. Of those, 45 were provisional or preliminary types from Crawford et al. (2009), with 9 additional new associations that were originally identified by INR. WNHP also revised the concepts of 34 associations, wrote descriptions for 2 existing associations, eliminated/archived 2 associations, and created 4 new upland alliances. Finally, WNHP created 27 new wetland alliances and revised or clarified an additional 21 as part of this project (not all of those occur in the parks). This report and accompanying vegetation descriptions, keys and synoptic and environmental tables (all products available from the NPS Data Store project reference: https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2279907) present the fruit of these combined efforts: a comprehensive, up-to-date vegetation classification for the three major national parks of Washington State.
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Schneider, Ben Ross. Business-Government Interaction in Policy Councils in Latin America: Cheap Talk, Expensive Exchanges, or Collaborative Learning? Inter-American Development Bank, October 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010830.
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While effective industrial policy requires close cooperation between government and business, there is little agreement on what makes that cooperation work best. This paper analyzes institutional arrangements for public-private cooperation and the character of private sector representation. Questions on institutional design focus on three main issues: i) maximizing the benefits of dialogue and information exchange; ii) motivating participation through authoritative allocation; and iii) minimizing unproductive rent seeking. Key elements in the nature of business representation through associations are the quality of research staff and internal mechanisms for reconciling divergent preferences within associations. The empirical analysis also disaggregates councils by scope (economy-wide versus targeted), function (trade, upgrading, technology, etc.), sector (agriculture, industry, services), and level (national, provincial, and municipal).
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Haldeman, Jill. A case study of the Northwest District Association and Portland City planning staff. Portland State University Library, January 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/etd.1644.
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Erulkar, Annabel, and Barbara Mensch. Youth centres in Kenya: Evaluation of the Family Planning Association of Kenya programme. Population Council, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/rh1997.1025.
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Since 1987, the Family Planning Association of Kenya (FPAK) has operated two youth centers, one in Nairobi and the other in Mombasa. The centers target unmarried youth aged 10–24 and their primary objective is reduction in incidence of sexual and reproductive-health-related problems. These centers offer recreational and sports facilities, counseling services, including reproductive health (RH) information, limited RH services, and referrals. In 1996, FPAK undertook a systematic evaluation of its youth-center program including a situation analysis of the centers, a survey in their catchment areas, and an analysis of program costs. The main strength of the program was found to be its network of youth promoters and coordinators, who reached large numbers of youth through educational activities. A negative attitude toward adolescent sexual activity was found to be pervasive among youth center staff, however if retrained they could be an inexpensive and effective means of delivering nonprescriptive contraceptives. Investing in staff would reduce high rates of attrition among volunteers and cost of recruitment and training. As noted in this report, there is need for improvement in the youth centers, however FPAK has shown considerable commitment to meeting RH needs of adolescents in Kenya.
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Miller, Robert A. Strengthening the research capacity of Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana. Population Council, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/rh1998.1007.
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The Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG) is one of the most active nongovernmental organizations delivering reproductive health (RH) services in Ghana, focusing particularly on youth issues and services. USAID suggested to the Population Council’s Africa OR/TA Project II staff that PPAG might benefit from technical assistance. A large and well-funded IPPF program to promote sexual health among youth of the Volta Region offered a good opportunity to begin OR work. Earlier, the program was envisioned as a demonstration educational program of five years duration. Further discussions suggested that this program was unlikely to be duplicated anywhere, because of its high cost and because the design of the evaluation did not include a comparison area. As a result, even if the surveys documented change in the program it would be unclear how much change resulted from program activities and how much resulted from other, nonprogram factors. It was PPAG’s assessment that IPPF would appreciate an OR approach more than a demonstration approach to sexual health issues for youth. Therefore, as detailed in this report, Africa OR/TA Project II and PPAG developed a project to strengthen PPAG’s research capacity.
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Iatsyshyn, Anna V., Iryna H. Hubeladze, Valeriia O. Kovach, Valentyna V. Kovalenko, Volodymyr O. Artemchuk, Maryna S. Dvornyk, Oleksandr O. Popov, Andrii V. Iatsyshyn, and Arnold E. Kiv. Applying digital technologies for work management of young scientists' councils. [б. в.], June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31812/123456789/4434.
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The publication explores the features of the digital technologies’ usage to organize the work of the Young Scientists’ Councils and describes the best practices. The digital transformation of society and the quarantine restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have forced the use of various digital technologies for scientific communication, the organization of work for youth associations, and the training of students and Ph.D. students. An important role in increasing the prestige of scientific activity and encouraging talented young people to participate in scientific projects belongs to the Young Scientists’ Councils, which are created at scientific institutions and higher education institutions. It is determined that the peculiarities of the work of Young Scientists’ Councils are in providing conditions for further staff development of the institution in which they operate; contribution to the social, psychological and material support of young scientists and Ph.D. students; creating an environment for teamwork and collaborative partnership; development of leadership and organizational qualities; contribution to the development of digital competence. The advantages of using electronic social networks in higher education and research institutions are analyzed, namely: general popularity and free of charge; prompt exchange of messages and multimedia data; user-friendly interface; availability of event planning functions, sending invitations, setting reminders; support of synchronous and asynchronous communication between network participants; possibility of access from various devices; a powerful tool for organizing the learning process; possibility of organization and work of closed and open groups; advertising of various events, etc. Peculiarities of managing the activity of the Young Scientists’ Council with the use of digital technologies are determined. The Young Scientists’ Council is a social system, and therefore the management of this system refers to social management. The effectiveness of the digital technologies’ usage to manage the activities of the Young Scientists’ Council depends on the intensity and need for their use to implement organizational, presentation functions and to ensure constant communication. The areas to apply digital technologies for the work managing of Young Scientists’ Councils are sorted as the presentation of activity; distribution of various information for young scientists; conducting questionnaires, surveys; organization and holding of scientific mass events; managing of thematic workgroups, holding of work meetings. It is generalized and described the experience of electronic social networks usage for organizing and conducting of scientific mass events.
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Hudson Vitale, Cynthia, and Judy Ruttenberg. Investments in Open: Association of Research Libraries US University Member Expenditures on Services, Collections, Staff, and Infrastructure in Support of Open Scholarship. Association of Research Libraries, November 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.29242/report.investmentsinopen2022.
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Open access (OA) and the broad sharing of research outputs has been empirically shown to accelerate scientific progress and benefit society and individuals at scale through improved health outcomes, socioeconomic mobility, and environmental well-being, to name a few. Academic research libraries, for their part, have made significant investments in opening up research and scholarship—particularly research conducted on their campuses and made available through journal subscriptions. Yet these investments are difficult to collect given their distribution across many budget lines, the lack of standardized reporting categories, and inconsistent data collection practices. In May–June 2022 the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) undertook a survey of its US-based academic research libraries to better understand OA expenses. This report presents the survey results.
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Marsteller, Jill A., Vadim Dukhanin, So-Yeon Kang, Lauren E. Russell, Montrell Vass, Allen Zhang, Ritu Sharma, Eric B. Bass, and Claire Snyder. Measuring Healthcare Organization Characteristics in Cancer Care Delivery Research. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), June 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.23970/ahrqepctb43.
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Objectives. This Technical Brief aims to identify: 1) frameworks that describe organizational context and process characteristics relevant to cancer care delivery research, and compare these frameworks to the Integrated Framework recently developed by National Cancer Institute staff Weaver, Breslau, and colleagues; 2) approaches used to improve understanding of how organizational characteristics are described, measured, and analyzed in the context of cancer screening, diagnosis, or treatment; and 3) organizational context and process characteristics examined in studies assessing cancer care; and 4) evidence gaps and future research needs to advance the science of assessing the effects of organizational characteristics on cancer care. Review methods. We integrated discussions with Key Informants and syntheses of evidence from searches of literature published from 2010 to 2023, using PubMed, CINAHL, SCOPUS, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, as well as select grey literature. Findings. We identified 17 frameworks that were developed or applied to examine the effects of organizational characteristics (including structures, context, and processes) on cancer care delivery. Our analysis of these frameworks supported the comprehensiveness of the Integrated Framework, though a few identified characteristics were not explicitly included in the Integrated Framework. We found 90 studies that take various approaches to describe, measure, and analyze organizational characteristics in the context of cancer care research. Of these, we identified 25 that tested associations between organization characteristics and screening, diagnosis, or treatment outcomes, and described measurement in detail. Cancer-related studies that include organizational measures have used a wide range of study designs and focused mostly on structural characteristics (e.g., type, size), total care models such as the patient-centered medical home, and processes of improvement project implementation and barrier assessment (such as guideline implementation). We identified specific organizational measures examined in the cancer care literature, noting little standardization of measures across studies and a need for multilevel inquiry. Our discussions with Key Informants and review of the literature indicated that many characteristics of healthcare organizations are relevant to cancer care delivery and useful to assess when precisely defined. Studies with stronger designs and more rigorous organizational measurement are needed to better determine the effects of organizational characteristics on the outcomes of cancer care. Conclusion. Our findings suggest that the Integrated Framework generally covers relevant organizational context and process characteristics. The literature has a wide array of studies examining organizational characteristics, but few studies directly associate organizational factors with clinical outcomes. Research and collaboration are needed to improve measurement of organizational factors, to clarify our understanding of multilevel aspects of organizational context and process and how they affect care, and to standardize terminology and measures.
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Dalay, Satinder, Kathleen Ferguson, Sally El-Ghazali, Katy Miller, Felicity Corcoran, Matthew Tuck, Jessica Wiggins, Hannah Theobald, and Elizabeth H. Shewry. Trainee Handbook 2021. Association of Anaesthetists, July 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21466/g.th2.2021.
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I am delighted to welcome you to the 13th edition of the Association of Anaesthetists’ Trainee Handbook. The main objective of the handbook is to offer trainees a comprehensive resource as you navigate your way through your career. A vast array of high-quality authors have been commissioned to write about their specialist field or area of knowledge. Whatever path you choose to take, I believe you will find useful sections within this handbook. Training within anaesthesia is constantly evolving. As I write this foreword, a new training curriculum is being implemented. To reflect the changes ahead, this handbook is not only fully interactive but also a live document. Thus, it will be updated at regular intervals to ensure information remains accurate and relevant. Although this handbook is designed for you to dip in and out of, I strongly encourage you to read the chapters about taking care of yourself. Training is a challenging time, but here at the Association of Anaesthetists we are dedicated to supporting our trainee members. I would like to personally thank all the authors who contributed to this handbook. A special mention of thanks to my fellow Trainee Committee members, Sally El-Ghazali and Rhys Clyburn, as well as the countless Association staff who have made this publication possible. I welcome any feedback you may have, therefore please feel free to contact the Trainee Committee via email trainees@anaesthetists.org or Twitter @Anaes_Trainees Finally, good luck in your career – I hope this handbook helps you along the way! Satinder Dalay Elected Member, Association of Anaesthetists Trainee Co
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Kauppinen, Timo, Markku Hienonen, and Filip Fedorik. The co-operation between the University and the Industry association in the application of building physics results to practice. Department of the Built Environment, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.54337/aau541651956.
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Indoor air questions in Finland have been constantly featured in the media. There are indoor quality deficiencies, not only in existing as well as in new buildings. The problems of indoor conditions can be divided into those caused by design, implementation and use. At the civil engineering department, University of Oulu, you can now specialize in building health. This is a new orientation option, which can be studied at the University of Oulu only. Arctic Construction Cluster Finland was established to restart the once-abolished civil engineering department. The cluster represents all branches of construction, and supports the civil Engineering department. The team for healthy buildings at the Arctic Cluster cooperates with the university's good indoor air and building health team. This is a position paper, where we introduce the operational priorities of the building cluster and the healthy buildings team, cooperation with the indoor air and building health group at Oulu University and the trends which will affect and change the building branch. There are still shortcomings in solutions to indoor conditions problems, which are caused by several factors. Education and training must be developed. Knowledge in hygrothermal performance of buildings is essential to improve it into interdisciplinary and comprehensive approach. Civil engineers must recognize factors that affect building health. Health care staff then investigate the consequences. Different actors should be brought together better than at present.