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Creating a Theoretical Framework for Healing Environment Research

With an increasing amount of patients, healthcare quality is of growing importance and with it, the satisfaction and experiences of the patients. One of the leading businesses incorporating this view is Philips Electronics Nederland B.V. With their Ambient Experience products, healing environments are created for patients. These environments aim to reduce stress and empower patients within the healing environment. With this development comes an extensive field for Philips to do research on patient and staff experience. While far over a decade in development, the healing environment research process itself has never been studied in a methodical manner. Objective – This study aims to understand the healing environment research process and visualize it in a theoretical framework. This knowledge can then be used by researchers and management to further improve the current healing environment research process and to extend the current evidence base for the Ambient Experience products. A comparison is made between the research in the professional and academic setting. Method – 15 research experts from both professional businesses and academic settings were interviewed on their experiences in qualitative and quantitative research within the healing environment context. The transcripts of these interviews were analyzed by means of the Grounded Theory approach, and the concepts were prioritized using the MoSCoW method. Results ¬– A theoretical framework has been created on the research process of Philips Healing Environment. By using input from researchers and relevant literature improvements are proposed that will increase the quality and efficiency of research in the professional healing environment context.
Financial Constraints and Investment: A Quasi-Experiment in the Electricity Sector

We study the impact of financial constraints on the investments behavior of electricity generating utilities. The pollution permit allocation rule of the US SO2 regulation introduced variation in internally available funds, in a industry where firms are otherwise very similar. We use this exogenous variation to identify the relationship between cash flow an investment. Consistent with a financial constraints explanation, this relationship is on average positive but decreases with firm size.
The influence of WOM and Peer Interaction in the Decision-Making Process of Generation Z within the family

Generation Z is the first generation who has grown up in the middle of an era of developed information technology, being one of the most critical users of social networking sites (SNS), constantly engaging in online exchanging of information and conversation between peers. The study of this generation’s consumer behaviors is an opportunity for marketers to get to know their preferences, identify the major influences on their decision-making process, and understand how to target them more effectively. In this paper, we designed a survey to study the effect of peer interaction and word-of-mouth (WOM) on the different stages of Generation Z’s decision-making process, and to understand how this generation’s preferences are formed. Data was analyzed through Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Structural Equations Modeling. Results showed that peer interaction positively influences Generation Z’s decision-making, most predominantly in the first stages of the process, while the influence of WOM was not statistically supported. Other factors should be considered in the future, to uncover the different determinants of generation Z’s decisions, so that marketers can develop more accurate strategies to best target this younger generation.
An Evidence Based Appraisal of the Use of Probiotics to Prevent Antibiotic-associated Diarrhea in Intensive Care Settings

(probiotics, antibiotic-associated diarrhea, prophylaxis, adults, critical care) It is estimated that between 5-25% of adults who receive antibiotic therapy develop antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) (Cimperman et al., 2011; McFarland, 2009). When untreated, AAD can lead to dehydration, electrolyte imbalances, and skink breakdown, which may cause hospitalization. This paper provides a review of the literature related to the prophylactic use of probiotics to reduce the incidence of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. In addition, based on the findings, a set of recommendations are presented for the use of prophylactic probiotics to control ADD in intensive care populations. Sources were obtained from CINAHL plus with full text, MEDLINE (CSA), Health Reference Center Academic, MEDLINE (OVID), and Cochrane Reviews. Based on the available evidence, there is consensus that antibiotic-associated diarrhea is significantly decreased when higher doses of probiotics (10^10 CFU, BID) are given within 36 hours of antibiotic administration. In addition, the probiotics should be continued for 4-6 weeks, using preparations of Lactobacillus or the strain Saccahromyces boulardi. THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING THE USE OF PROBIOTICS TO PREVENT ANTIBIOTIC-ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA IN INTENSIVE CARE SETTINGS
Dissertation: Kognitive und neurostrukturelle Korrelate von CADASIL als Modellerkrankung vaskulärer Demenz

The subject of this thesis is cognitive impairment following cerebrovascular disease. Due to the heterogenity of „vascular cognitive impairment“ (VCI) and the frequent comorbidity with Alzheimer's Dementia, a monogenous form of microangiopathy (cerebral autosomal dominant angiopathy with subcortical infarcts and leucoencephalopathy, CADASIL) is used as a model of pure VCI.The first publication used voxel-based lesion-symptom-mapping to investigate the relationship between lesions in frontal subcortical tracts and CADASIL-specific cognitive impairment. The strongest correlation was found for cognitive processing speed and lesions in the anterior thalamic radiation as well as the Forceps Minor. An additional regression analysis showed that instead of the total amount of brain damage, lesion load in previously identi fied locations is significant for specific functional impairment. The second publication explored a factor moderating the relationship between structure and function, namely Cognitive Reserve. A frequently proposed model of cognitive reserve as an active compensation mechanism could be confirmed in the CADASIL population. Patients with higher formal education (as proxy for cognitive reserve) showed less impairment in processing speed and executive function at the same amount of pathology than less educated patients. This difference however was only present for low and medium levels of pathology.
Development Thinking at the Millennium

W e are entering a new millennium and closing out a century filled with ferment. As we look over the way we thought about development over just the past half century, we can see marked changes. It has become clear that development is possible but far from inevitable. There is no single road to development. In recent years some East Asian economies have achieved sustained growth with relatively low inequality. They have not followed blindly the prescriptions of the Washington consensus: they did maintain a high level of macroeconomic stability, but at the same time their governments played a far more important role than the popular nostrums advised. While the debate about the most effective strategies for development-and the appropriate role of the state-continues, research has helped us understand better what features of developing countries make them differ from developed countries (and they differ in many ways). We also now understand better what features of developing countries act as a hindrance to development. Today the debate is moving on to the far deeper question of how to foster change. We recognize, for instance, that what matters is not only what policies might foster faster growth, but also how the political process might produce those policy changes. Equilibrium and change are thus the twin focuses of development economics. How do we describe the short-run equilibrium-the status quo, the state of beingof developing countries? And what are the forces that eventually lead to a disturbance of this equilibrium, to change? Developing a thorough understanding of these questions is not straightforward. In my keynote addresses at the Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics over the past three years, I have touched on several aspects of these topics, not without controversy. Economists differ markedly in their beliefs, especially on issues that touch on policy-which virtually all the questions surrounding development do. Accordingly, I have been concerned with the central question of how do we know what we know or come to believe what we come to believe.
Temporal variation in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonization of Bactris gasipaes Kunth in Buenaventura, Colombia

The peach palm Bactris gasipaes is an important tropical agricultural crop cultivated for the fruits and heart of palm. We evaluated the levels of root colonization, soil spore count and morphotypes of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) associated with cultivated B. gasipaes in the rural areas of Citronela and Zabaletas, municipality of Buenaventura, Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, during three evaluation periods 2006 – 2007, to determine the influence of rainfall on the AMF colonization. The percentages of root colonization in Citronela varied between 58% and 90% while in Zabaletas root colonization varied between 63% and 79%. The average spore number in 50 g of wet soil per sample was higher in Citronela (244.6 ± 116.0 SD) compared with that in Zabaletas: 50.3 ± 24.1 SD). Twenty two morphotypes of AMF were identified from soil spores. Glomus was the most abundant mycorrhizal fungi genus in both localities, but Scutelospora was also detected. This study showed both geographic and temporal variation in mycorrhizal parameters in an important crop for the wet tropical agriculture.
MODELLING NESTING HABITAT PREFERENCES OF EURASIAN GRIFFON VULTURE GYPS FULVUS IN EASTERN IBERIAN PENINSULA

SUMMARY. —Modelling nesting habitat preferences of Eurasian Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus in eastern Iberian Peninsula. Aims: To apply modern habitat modelling techniques using generalized linear models approach to generate not only explicative but also predictive habitat suitability models. Ecological factors that could affect the species’ nesting habitat preferences at two spatial scales, one referred to the colony as a sampling unit and another trying to reflect the landscape level, had been underlined. Location: Castellon province, eastern Iberian Peninsula. Methods: Occupied and unoccupied cliffs and 10x10Km U.T. M. squares were compared using univariate tests. A generalized linear model, employing logistic regression, was applied to explain and predict the occurrence of Griffon Vultures at two spatial scales. In order to select the most parsimonious model amongst
Mathematical communication ability of students viewed from self-efficacy

This research aimed to describe mathematical communication ability of students viewed from self-efficacy. This research was descriptive qualitative research. Subjects in this research were students of eight grade SMP Negeri 1 Marioriawa Kabupaten Soppeng Sulawesi Selatan. The data were collected by a test, questionnaire, and interview. Data analysis techniques consisted of three steps, namely: data reduction, data display, and make conclusion. The result of data analysis showed that students with high self-efficacy could master all indicators of mathematical communication ability, namely: ability to identify and write information needed in solving problems by using notation, symbol, or mathematical term; ability to translate the essay or word problems into the picture or sketch and create mathematics models; ability to use precise mathematics concepts in solving the problem. Students with moderate self-efficacy could master two indicators, namely: ability to identify and write information needed in solving problem by using notation, symbol, or mathematical term; ability to translate the essay or word problem into the picture or sketch and create mathematics model. Students with low self-efficacy were only able to master indicator of ability to identify and write the information needed in solving problem by using notation, symbol, or mathematical term.
The effect of shot noise on the start up of the fundamental and harmonics in free-electron lasers

The problem of radiation start up in free-electron lasers (FELs) is important in the simulation of virtually all FEL configurations including oscillators and amplifiers in both seeded master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) and self-amplified spontaneous emission (SASE) modes. Both oscillators and SASE FELs start up from spontaneous emission due to shot noise on the electron beam, which arises from the random fluctuations in the phase distribution of the electrons. The injected power in a MOPA is usually large enough to overwhelm the shot noise. However, this noise must be treated correctly in order to model the initial start up of the harmonics. In this paper, we discuss and compare two different shot noise models that are implemented in both one-dimensional wiggler-averaged (PERSEO) and non-wiggler-averaged (MEDUSA1D) simulation codes, and a three-dimensional non-wiggler-averaged (MEDUSA) formulation. These models are compared for examples describing both SASE and MOPA configurations in one dimension, .
Macrophytes in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Water and Sediments in Pariyej Community Reserve, Gujarat, India

A phytoremediation study was carried out at Pariyej reservoir, an internationally important wetland listed in Asian Directory of Wetlands, designated as a “Wetland of International Importance” and a proposed community reserve of Gujarat State, India, to ascertain the degree of heavy metal contamination. The study focused on assessment of heavy metal accumulation in certain aquatic macrophytes used as biomonitors, in comparison with water and sediments (abiotic monitors) for phytoremediation. Roots, stems and leaves of native aquatic plants (biomonitors) represented by seven species: Ipomoea aquatica Forsk, Eichhornia crassipes, (Mart.) Solms, Typha angustata Bory & Chaub, Echinochloa colonum (L.) Link, Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle, Nelumbo nucifera Gaerth. and Vallisneria spiralis L. along with surface sediments and water, were analyzed for Cd, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn contamination. The greater accumulation of heavy metals was observed in Nelumbo nucifera and the poor content in Echinochloa colonum. Based on the concentration and toxicity status observed in the lake's vegetation, the six heavy metals are arranged in the following descending order: Zn > Cu > Pb >Ni > Co > Cd compared with the standard, normal and critical toxicity range in plants. The detected values of Cd and Pb fall within normal range, while that of Co and Ni were within the critical range. However, Zn and Cu showed the highest accumulation with alarming toxicity levels, which are considered as one of the most hazardous pollutants in Pariyej reservoir. Species like Typha angustata and Ipomoea aquatica are also proposed as bioremediants, which are the two most useful plant species in phytoremediation studies due to their ability to accumulate heavy metals in high concentration in the roots. The results showed the significant differences in accumulation of metals like Zn, Cu and Pb in different plant organs, in roots than that of stems and leaves. High positive correlation between combinations of different metal pairs in plant’s root, stem or leaf system was established. The potential use of these wetland plants in phytoremediation is also discussed.
THE EFFECTS OF BOARD MECHANISMS AND OWNERSHIP ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CEO DUALITY AND EARNINGS MANAGEMENT IN CHINA’S LISTED COMPANIES

The question of whether CEO duality contributes to or constrains earnings management has been debated for decades. Yet there is conflicting evidence in previous literature, this paper firstly finds that CEO duality are positively related to earnings management in China’s unique environment. Secondly our empirical evidence suggests that internal and external board mechanisms can moderate CEO duality’s effects on earnings management. Board mechanisms, i.e. board independence level and audit committee can moderate the positive relationship between CEO duality and earnings management. Furthermore, the factor analysis shows that certain combination of board mechanisms can also mitigates the effects of CEO power on earnings management.
Post‐feminism and popular culture

This article presents a series of possible conceptual frames for engaging with what has come to be known as post-feminism. It understands post-feminism to refer to an active process by which feminist gains of the 1970s and 80s come to be undermined. It proposes that through an array of machinations, elements of contemporary popular culture are perniciously effective in regard to this undoing of feminism, while simultaneously appearing to be engaging in a well-informed and even well-intended response to feminism. It then proposes that this undoing which can be perceived in the broad cultural field is compounded by some dynamics in sociological theory (including the work of Giddens and Beck) which appear to be most relevant to aspects of gender and social change. Finally it suggests that by means of the tropes of freedom and choice which are now inextricably connected with the category of “young women,” feminism is decisively aged and made to seem redundant. Feminism is cast into the shadows, where at best it can expect to have some afterlife, where it might be regarded ambivalently by those young women who must in more public venues stake a distance from it, for the sake of social and sexual recognition. I propose a complexification then of the backlash thesis which gained currency within forms of journalism associated with popular feminism (Susan Faludi 1992). The backlash for Faludi was a concerted, conservative response to the achievements of feminism. My argument is that post-feminism positively draws on and invokes feminism as that which can be taken into account, to suggest that equality is achieved, in order to install a whole repertoire of new meanings which emphasise that it is no longer needed, it is a spent force. This was most vivid in The Independent (UK) newspaper column Bridget Jones’s Diary, then in the enormously successful book and film which followed. For my purposes here, post-feminism permits the close examination of a number of intersecting but also conflicting currents. It allows us to examine shifts of direction in the feminist academy, while also taking into account the seeming repudiation of feminism within this very same academic context by those young women who are its unruly (student) subjects. Broadly I am arguing that for feminism to be “taken into account” it has to be understood as having already passed away. This is a movement detectable across popular culture, a site where “power . is remade at various junctures within everyday life, (constituting) our tenuous sense of common sense” (Judith Butler, Ernesto Laclau & Slavoj Zizek 2000, p. 14). Some fleeting comments in Judith Butler’s short book Antigone’s Claim (2000) suggests to me that post-feminism can be explored through what I would describe as a “double entanglement”. This comprises the co-existence of neo-conservative values in relation to gender, sexuality and family life (for example, George Bush supporting the campaign to encourage chastity among young people, and
Conditions for electron-cyclotron maser emission in the solar corona

Context. The Sun is an active source of radio emission ranging from long duration radio bursts associated with solar flares and coronal mass ejections to more complex, short duration radio bursts such as solar S bursts, radio spikes and fibre bursts. While plasma emission is thought to be the dominant emission mechanism for most radio bursts, the electron-cyclotron maser (ECM) mechanism may be responsible for more complex, short-duration bursts as well as fine structures associated with long-duration bursts. Aims. We investigate the conditions for ECM in the solar corona by considering the ratio of the electron plasma frequency {\omega}p to the electron-cyclotron frequency {\Omega}e. The ECM is theoretically possible when {\omega}p/{\Omega}e 40 G and electron densities are greater than 3x10^8 cm-3. In addition, we found comparatively high Alfven velocities (> 0.02 c or > 6000 km s-1) at heights < 1.07 R_sun within the active region. Conclusions. This demonstrates that the condition for ECM emission is satisfied within areas of the corona containing large magnetic fields, such as the core of a large active region. Therefore, ECM could be a possible emission mechanism for high-frequency radio and microwave bursts.
Is There Evidence Yet of Acceleration in Mean Sea Level Rise around Mainland Australia?

Abstract As an island nation with some 85% of the population residing within 50 km of the coast, Australia faces significant threats into the future from sea level rise. Further, with over 710,000 addresses within 3 km of the coast and below 6-m elevation, the implication of a projected global rise in mean sea level of up to 100 cm over the 21st century will have profound economic, social, environmental, and planning consequences. In this context, it is becoming increasingly important to monitor trends emerging from local (regional) records to augment global average measurements and future projections. The Australasian region has four very long, continuous tide gauge records, at Fremantle (1897), Auckland (1903), Fort Denison (1914), and Newcastle (1925), which are invaluable for considering whether there is evidence that the rise in mean sea level is accelerating over the longer term at these locations in line with various global average sea level time-series reconstructions. These long records have been converted to relative 20-year moving average water level time series and fitted to second-order polynomial functions to consider trends of acceleration in mean sea level over time. The analysis reveals a consistent trend of weak deceleration at each of these gauge sites throughout Australasia over the period from 1940 to 2000. Short period trends of acceleration in mean sea level after 1990 are evident at each site, although these are not abnormal or higher than other short-term rates measured throughout the historical record.