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Career success perception and work‐related behaviour of employees in geriatric care – a pilot study in a German geriatric care facility
Authors: Eith Thilo K. , Stummer Harald , Schusterschitz Claudia 
Published: April 2010

Scand J Caring Sci; 2011; 25; 45–52

Career success perception and work‐related behaviour of employees in geriatric care – a pilot study in a German geriatric care facility Introduction:  One of the job characteristics of geriatric care is the long‐term relationship of the employees to the elderly people they are interacting with. However, these relationships are characterised by the fact that despite of the care provided by the employees, the patients experience physical suffering during the relationship, which often ends with their deaths. Although that is to be expected in this profession, it can be interpreted as personal failure and may be a reason why employees in geriatric care feel exhausted and perceive strain and stress in the job.Aim:  The objective of this study was to explore the influence of career success perceptions on geriatric care staffs’ coping and work‐related behaviour.Method:  Data were collected in 2008 in a German geriatric care facility using the standardised psychometric questionnaire ‘AVEM’ (Occupational Stress and Coping Inventory) as well as a previously developed ranking of career success dimensions in geriatric care. The 69 employees, who participated were of various age groups, had different work experience and were working in distinct areas of expertise.Results:  The results show that men experience higher success at work and have more career ambitions than women. Differences in age with regard to success perception at work could not be identified. However, there is an influence of the intensity of contact between patient and employees on the perception of career success. Also, a correlation between the career success dimension happiness in the job and work experience could be verified.Conclusion:  The current results show no impact of subjective career success dimensions on work‐related coping behaviour. At the same time, the results point to differences in the relevance of subjective career success dimensions regarding the demographics of employees in geriatric care. Thus, demographics may be considered as health resources and can have positive health impacts for employees in caring‐professions.
Witnessing and experiencing domestic violence: a descriptive study of adolescents
Authors: Lepistö Sari , Luukkaala Tiina , Paavilainen Eija 
Published: April 2010

Scand J Caring Sci; 2011; 25; 70–80

Witnessing and experiencing domestic violence: a descriptive study of adolescents Objective:  The aim of the study was to describe the experiences of different types of domestic violence among adolescents and associations between the family background and different types of domestic violence.Methods:  The survey included 1393 ninth‐graders from one Finnish municipality.Results:  Domestic violence is fairly common in the lives of adolescents. Sixty‐seven percent of respondents had experienced parental symbolic aggression, 55% mild violence and 9% severe violence during their childhood. Twelve percent of adolescents had witnessed parent‐to‐parent violence. Witnessing domestic violence and exposure to parental violence is associated with a number of adolescents’ background factors such as self‐perceived health, satisfaction with life, family relationships, parenting practice, school bullying and sexual activity.Conclusions:  The findings stress the relevance of corporal punishment and witnessing domestic violence as a risk factor for more severe domestic violence and sexual abuse. Different types of domestic violence have a major effect on adolescent well‐being and risk behaviours. To break the negative cycle, nurses and other professionals working with adolescents in different settings should pay attention to all forms of violence, including the milder ones.
The vertical integration of Lisbon and sustainable development strategies across the EU: How different governance architectures shape the European coherence of policy documents
Authors: Steurer Reinhard , Berger Gerald , Hametner Markus 
Published: April 2010

AbstractIn Europe, sustainable development (SD) is pursued with not one but two overarching strategies, i.e., the so‐called Lisbon and SD strategies. While the Lisbon Strategy is a genuinely European response to global economic and social pressures, SD strategies are national efforts corresponding with international (mainly United Nations) guidance to better coordinate and integrate economic, social and, in particular, environmental policies. The present paper explores the vertical coordination and coherence of the two pan‐European strategies. After reviewing the international background of SD strategies and the EU origins of the Lisbon strategy, the paper characterizes and compares the governance architectures of the two strategies. With a solid background on how vertical policy integration functions in the two processes, the paper then shows how this affects the coherence of respective strategy structures and monitoring indicators. Based on an extensive empirical stocktaking study of the objectives and indicators in Lisbon and SD strategies across Europe it is shown that, despite the stronger European coordination through the Open Method of Coordination, the Lisbon process entailed only slightly more coherent national strategies than international guidance did in the context of SD strategies. Thus, the paper concludes that the influence international organizations such as the UN and the OECD have on national policy‐making must not be underestimated.
Green procurement in the Asian public sector and the Hong Kong private sector
Authors: Ho Linda W.P. , Dickinson Nicholas M. , Chan Gilbert Y.S. 
Published: April 2010

AbstractSince the 1980s, green purchasing/green procurement has increasingly been recognised as an effective means of addressing and reducing negative environmental impacts related to product production and consumption around the world. This paper reviews the procurement practices and policies of five Asian countries and Hong Kong, in the context of an international overview of green purchasing and practices. The extent of government involvement in green procurement is found to directly determine its overall effectiveness, and up‐to‐date information resources clearly enhance delivery and performance. A case study in Hong Kong demonstrates how public leadership on green procurement has advanced green procurement in the private sector.
Diachronous Palaeoproterozoic deformation and metamorphism in the Committee Bay belt, Rae Province, Nunavut: insights from 40Ar–39Ar cooling ages and thermal modelling
Authors: BERMAN R. G. , SANDEMAN H. A. , CAMACHO A. 
Published: April 2010

AbstractRegional‐scale 40Ar–39Ar data presented in this paper reveal significant across‐strike and along‐strike age differences in the Committee Bay belt (CBb), Rae Province, Nunavut, Canada, that complement variations in observed monazite ages. 40Ar–39Ar hornblende ages are c. 1795, 1775, and 1750 Ma in the western, eastern and central parts of the Prince Albert Group (PAG) domain respectively. The migmatite domain and Walker Lake intrusive complex are characterized by c. 1750–1730 40Ar–39Ar hornblende ages without significant along‐strike variation. The 40Ar–39Ar data provide important constraints on the cooling history and on thermal modelling that elucidates the controls on diachroneity and metamorphic patterns within the belt. In the western CBb, prograde monazite growth occurred 26 ± 10 Myr earlier in the migmatite domain (1864 ± 9 Ma; peak P–T = 5 kbar−700 °C) than in the PAG domain (1838 ± 5 Ma; peak P–T = 5 kbar−580 °C). Calculations indicate that this earlier monazite growth results from tectonic thickening of higher heat productivity Archean lithologies in the migmatite domain, which undergoes more rapid prograde heating than the less radiogenetic and lower grade rocks of the PAG domain. Granite generation via biotite dehydration melting at 800 °C and 20 km depth is predicted to occur c. 1835 Ma, in agreement with geochronological constraints. The tectonic burial of crustal domains with contrasting radiogenic properties also explains the general congruence of lower to upper amphibolite facies metamorphic zones generated during the two main orogenic cycles (i.e. M2–D1 and M3–D2). The modelled timing of prograde monazite growth in the migmatite domain suggests that D2 tectonic thickening began at 1872 ± 9 Ma, some 8 ± 3 Myr before monzazite growth, coeval with the inferred time of collision of the Meta Incognita terrane with the southern Rae Province. Along‐strike diachroneity, reflected in 25 Myr younger monazite and 40Ar–39Ar hornblende ages in the eastern relative to the western PAG domain, cannot be accounted for by heat productivity contrasts along the belt. Instead the younger deformation and metamorphism in the eastern CBb was driven by its proximity to the eastern promontory of the Superior Province which collided with the Rae Province at c. 1820 Ma. The 40Ar–39Ar data presented here support the interpretation that the youngest monazite in the CBb crystallized at c. 1790 Ma in the central CBb when this part of the belt was downfolded into a gentle synformal structure while the western part of the belt cooled through 40Ar–39Ar hornblende closure. The results of this study illustrate the important influence of contrasting rock properties on the thermal evolution of orogenic belts and on the temporal record of this evolution.
Drinking Against Unpleasant Emotions: Possible Outcome of Early Onset of Alcohol Use?
Authors: Buchmann Arlette F. , Schmid Brigitte , Blomeyer Dorothea , Zimmermann Ulrich S. , Jennen‐Steinmetz Christine , Schmidt Martin H. , Esser Günter , Banaschewski Tobias , Mann Karl , Laucht Manfred 
Published: April 2010

Background:  Recent animal and human studies indicate that the exposure to alcohol during early adolescence increases the risk for heavy alcohol use in response to stress. The purpose of this study was to examine whether this effect may be the consequence of a higher susceptibility to develop “drinking to cope” motives among early initiators.Methods:  Data from 320 participants were collected as part of the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk, an ongoing epidemiological cohort study. Structured interviews at age 15 and 19 were used to assess age at first alcohol experience and drunkenness. The young adults completed questionnaires to obtain information about the occurrence of stressful life events during the past 4 years and current drinking habits. In addition, alcohol use under conditions of negative states was assessed with the Inventory of Drinking Situations.Results:  The probability of young adults’ alcohol use in situations characterized by unpleasant emotions was significantly increased the earlier they had initiated the use of alcohol, even when controlling for current drinking habits and stressful life events. Similar results were obtained for the age at first drunkenness.Conclusions:  The findings strengthen the hypothesis that alcohol experiences during early adolescence facilitate drinking to regulate negative affect as an adverse coping strategy which may represent the starting point of a vicious circle comprising drinking to relieve stress and increased stress as a consequence of drinking.
The Relationship Between Genetic Influences on Alcohol Dependence and on Patterns of Alcohol Consumption
Authors: Kendler Kenneth S. , Myers John , Dick Danielle , Prescott Carol A. 
Published: April 2010

Background:  Genetic factors impact substantially both on alcohol consumption (AC) and on the risk for alcohol dependence (AD). However, we know little about the degree to which measures of AC index the genetic risk for AD.Methods:  We assessed a lifetime history of AD by DSM‐IV criteria and four measures of AC at the time of heaviest drinking (drink frequency, regular quantity, maximum quantity, and drunk frequency) in 5,073 adult twins from same‐sex pairs from the Virginia Twin Registry. Structural models were fitted using Mx.Results:  We found evidence for different genetic structure in the sexes. In women, genetic risk for AD and for the four measures of AC was entirely shared. In men, the AC measures captured 85% of the genetic risk for AD. In women, the genetic relationship with AD was strongest for drunk frequency and in men for both drunk frequency and regular quantity.Conclusions:  In a population‐based sample of twins, four relatively simple measures of AC obtained for the time of lifetime heaviest drinking were able to capture all (in women) or a very large proportion (in men) of the genetic risk for the complex multi‐dimensional construct of AD. If replicated, these results have practical implications for studies aiming to assess genetic risk for AD.
Recruitment of Additional Brain Regions to Accomplish Simple Motor Tasks in Chronic Alcohol‐Dependent Patients
Authors: Parks Mitchell H. , Greenberg Daniel S. , Nickel Mark K. , Dietrich Mary S. , Rogers Baxter P. , Martin Peter R. 
Published: April 2010

Background:  Chronic alcohol‐dependent patients (ALC) exhibit neurocognitive impairments attributed to alcohol‐induced fronto‐cerebellar damage. Deficits are typically found in complex task performance, whereas simple tasks may not be significantly compromised, perhaps because of little understood compensatory changes.Methods:  We compared finger tapping with either hand at externally paced (EP) or maximal self‐paced (SP) rates and concomitant brain activation in ten pairs of right‐hand dominant, age‐, and gender‐matched, severe, uncomplicated ALC and normal controls (NC) using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).Results:  Mean tapping rates were not significantly different in ALC and NC for either task, but SP tapping variances were greater in ALC for both hands. SP tapping was more rapid with dominant hand (DH) than non‐dominant hand (NDH) for both groups. EP and SP tapping with the non‐dominant hand demonstrated significantly more activation in ALC than NC in the pre and postcentral gyri, inferior frontal gyrus, inferior parietal lobule, and the middle temporal gyrus. Areas activated only by ALC (not at all by NC) during NDH tapping included the inferior frontal gyrus, middle temporal gyrus, and postcentral gyrus. There were no significant group activation differences with DH tapping. No brain regions activated more in NC than ALC. SP tapping in contrast to EP activated fronto‐cerebellar networks in NC, including postcentral gyrus, anterior cingulate, and the anterior lobe and vermis of the cerebellum, but only parietal precuneus in ALC.Conclusions:  These findings with NDH finger tapping support previous reports of neurocognitive inefficiencies in ALC. Inferior frontal activation with EP in ALC, but not in NC, suggests engagement of regions needed for planning, organization, and impulse regulation; greater contralateral parietal lobe activation with SP in ALC may reflect right hemispheric impairments in visuospatial performance. Contrasting brain activation during SP and EP suggests that ALC may not have enlisted a fronto‐cerebellar network as did NC but rather employed a higher order planning mode by recruiting parietal lobe functions to attain normal mean finger tapping rates. Elucidation of the compensatory neural mechanisms that allow near normal performance by ALC on simple tasks can inform functional rehabilitation of patients in recovery.
Bone response of Mg ion‐implanted clinical implants with the plasma source ion implantation method
Authors: Cho Lee‐Ra , Kim Dae‐Gon , Kim Jong‐Hwa , Byon Eung‐Sun , Jeong Yong‐Soo , Park Chan‐Jin 
Published: April 2010

AbstractObjectives: This study examined the bone response of magnesium (Mg) ion‐implanted implants produced using a plasma source ion implantation method.Materials and methods: The surface characteristics were evaluated by scanning electron microscopy, Auger electron spectroscopy, X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy. The screw‐type titanium implants were treated with resorbable blasting media (RBM) and divided into one control group (RBM implants) and three test groups (Mg ion‐implanted implants with different retained Mg doses). Twenty‐four implants from each group were placed into the tibiae of 24 New Zealand white rabbits. After allowing 6 weeks for healing, the removal torque (RTQ) was measured and the implants were subjected to histomorphometric analysis.Results: The surface roughness and surface morphology of the test groups were similar. The Mg ion‐implanted implants with a 2.3 × 1015 ions/cm2 retained dose showed a significantly higher RTQ than the other implants. Histomorphometric analysis indicated that the bone contact of this group was superior to the other groups.Conclusion: The bone response of Mg ion‐implanted implant showed results superior or similar to an RBM‐treated implant. The optimal Mg ion concentration that induced the strongest osseointegration was approximately 9%. To cite this article:
Cho L‐R, Kim D‐G, Kim J‐H, Byon E‐S, Jeong Y‐S, Park C‐J. Bone response of Mg ion‐implanted clinical implants with plasma source ion implantation method. Clin. Oral Impl. Res. 21, 2010; 848–856. doi: 10.1111/j.1600‐0501.2009.01862.x
The speed of sound correlates with implant insertion torque in rabbit bone: an in vitro experiment
Authors: Veltri M. , Valenti R. , Ceccarelli E. , Balleri P. , Nuti R. , Ferrari M. 
Published: April 2010

AbstractObjectives: This study investigated the correlation of quantitative ultrasound with bone quality as evaluable from implant final insertion torque.Material and methods: Implants were planned at diaphyses (group 1) and epiphyses (group 2) of 16 rabbit femurs where amplitude‐dependent speed of sound (Ad‐SOS) was measured. The insertion torque from 7‐mm‐long implants placed at planned sites was recorded. The correlation between cutting torque and Ad‐SOS was evaluated using Spearman's coefficient.Results: Statistics were based on data from 15 diaphyses and 13 epiphyses. The mean insertion torque was 8.8 N cm while the mean Ad‐SOS was 1710.9 m/s. A negative correlation resulted between insertion torque and Ad‐SOS.Conclusions: In the rabbit bone model investigated, quantitative ultrasound correlates inversely with implant insertion torque. Although this correlation remains to be verified in humans because rabbit femur does not convincingly represents different human bone qualities, it seems that ultrasound could convey potentially useful, pre‐surgical, site‐specific, non‐invasive information on bone mechanical characteristics therefore deserving further research efforts. To cite this article:
Veltri M, Valenti R, Ceccarelli E, Balleri P, Nuti R, Ferrari M. The speed of sound correlates with implant insertion torque in rabbit bone: an in vitro experiment. Clin. Oral Impl. Res. 21, 2010; 751–755. doi: 10.1111/j.1600‐0501.2009.01873.x
Endoscopic‐assisted removal of an intraorbital dislocated dental implant
Authors: Griffa Alessandro , Viterbo Stefano , Boffano Paolo 
Published: April 2010

AbstractObjectives: Displacement of dental implants in the orbit is extremely rare. The aim of this article is to present and discuss the endoscopic management of a dental implant dislocated in the orbit.Material and methods: A 40‐year‐old woman underwent the placement of three dental implants at the upper right molar region, but during the intervention, the implant was displaced in the orbit.Results: The implant was removed endoscopically through the existing oroantral communication: the postoperative course was uneventful.Conclusion: To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report on a displaced non‐zygomatic dental implant into the orbit. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the endoscopic approach is highly reliable and minimally invasive to remove foreign bodies from paranasal sinuses. To cite this article:
Griffa A, Viterbo S, Boffano P. Endoscopic‐assisted removal of an intraorbital dislocated dental implant. Clin. Oral Impl. Res. 21, 2010; 778–780. doi: 10.1111/j.1600‐0501.2009.01894.x
Vocation
Authors: Scholes Jeffrey 
Published: April 2010

AbstractSince Martin Luther, the Protestant concept of vocation has been tied to daily work. Yet, Max Weber famously proclaimed that while vocations used to endow work with divine import, this is no longer the case; the work ethic is actually driven by secular motives. However, if popular self‐help literature is any indication, the need for work to tap transcendent meaning has not abated. ‘Vocation language’ still acts as the primary means for communicating this need. What, then, is the state of vocation in its relationship to work today? In this essay, I present a selective survey of history of the Protestant concept of vocation as it relates to the work world. Such a survey does lend credence to Weber’s straightforward contention that religion no longer animates work in the West. Yet at the same time, the history of the Protestant vocation helps explain its staying power in spite of radical changes in the meaning and nature of work.
Use of Lysozyme, Nisin, and EDTA Combined Treatments for Maintaining Quality of Packed Ostrich Patties
Authors: Mastromatteo Marianna , Lucera Annalisa , Sinigaglia Milena , Corbo Maria Rosaria 
Published: April 2010

ABSTRACT:  The antimicrobial effectiveness of lysozyme, nisin, and ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) combination treatments (Mix1: 250 ppm lysozyme, 250 ppm nisin, 5 mM EDTA; Mix2: 500 ppm lysozyme, 500 ppm nisin, 5 mM EDTA) on bacterial growth of ostrich patties packaged in air, vacuum, and 2 different modified atmospheres (MAP1: 80% O2, 20% CO2; MAP2: 5% O2, 30% CO2, 65% N2) was evaluated. Moreover, the lipid oxidation was evaluated as well as color and sensory characteristics. The growth of total viable counts and lactic acid bacteria were strongly inhibited by the antimicrobial treatments in all the running time (Inhibition Index >97%) whereas for Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas spp. lower inhibition indices from 12% to about 28% were observed. The lipid oxidation was more pronounced in the control respect to the treated meat patties. Moreover, the mixture at low concentration of lysozyme and nisin showed the best antioxidative effect. High concentrations of lysozyme and nisin showed the greatest color loss. Also, off‐odors for the untreated patties developed faster than the treated samples.Practical Application: Great interest is developing in food bio‐preservation, because of the ever‐increasing needs to protect consumers' health and to valorize the naturalness and safety of food products.