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Perceived injustice in injured workers: analysis of public responses to an injured worker who took Workers’ Compensation Board employees hostage
Authors: Brown Cary A. , Bostick Geoff P. , Lim Jeannette , Gross Douglas P. 
Published: January 2012

Scand J Caring Sci; 2012; 26; 569–578Perceived injustice in injured workers: analysis of public responses to an injured worker who took WORKERS’ Compensation Board employees hostageIntroduction: Injured workers’ perceived injustice can contribute to retaliatory, aggressive actions. Research also shows a relationship between persistent pain, anger and aggressive, maladaptive coping.Aims: We took the unique opportunity afforded by a workers compensation board (WCB) hostage taking incident to address four questions: (i) What contemporary values, beliefs, and potential behaviours about the WCB system are reflected in the online postings of other claimants (or family members of claimants) in response to the hostage taking incident? (ii) To what degree do the narratives of people who posted online (PWP) in response to this incident, demonstrate the theme of perceived injustice and support retaliatory actions? (iii) How accurate is the information relayed by PWP about the WCB system where the hostage taking occurred? (iv) What is the quality and the public utility of the information this WCB makes available to the public through on‐line posting?Methods: We thematically analysed comments posted on a national news website in response to the hostage‐taking. We focused on posted narratives from people who stated that they had personal involvement with WCB. We also assessed the accuracy of the comments about WCB made in these narratives against the information available on the WCB website. A standardized assessment tool was used to determine the readability and accessibility of the WCB website.Findings: Emergent themes were: retribution, perceived systemic mistreatment, justice/injustice, empathy, disbelief, and loss. There were many inaccurate beliefs about the Workers’ Compensation Board. The overall quality of readability and accessibility of the website was low.Conclusion: Narratives indicated perceived procedural injustice attributed to a flawed and uncaring compensation system. Inaccurate beliefs about WCB and poor quality of the public website may have contributed to suffering, miscommunication and perceptions of unjust, systemic mistreatment. Findings support a relationship between perceived injustice and aggressive retaliatory action.
‘The responsibility of someone else’: a focus group study of collaboration between a university and a hospital regarding the integration of caring science in practice
Authors: Lindberg Elisabeth , Persson Eva , Bondas Terese 
Published: January 2012

Scand J Caring Sci; 2012; 26; 579–586‘The responsibility of someone else’: a focus group study of collaboration between a university and a hospital regarding the integration of caring science in practiceAim:  The aim of the study was to develop insights into how nurses, senior preceptors and head nurses experience the integration of caring science in practice and how they value the contributions of nursing students to the integration of caring science in practice.Background:  Research still reveals differences between theory and practice by nursing students. In Sweden, clinical education units have become one way of creating consistency between university and health care practices on values of caring.Method:  The study is hermeneutic in design comprising data from three focus group interviews. The participants include registered nurses, senior preceptors and head nurses.Result:  The study shows that roles and mandates are not clearly defined between the different actors. The university and hospital collaboration in caring science integration was regarded as ‘someone else’s responsibility’. Research and development seemed excluded from the everyday life of the hospital units. The students seemed to fall somewhere between the hospital ‘practice and concrete world of production’ and the university ‘theory world of education and research’. Three themes emerge: ‘integration – someone else’s responsibility’, ‘the hospital – a culture of production’ and ‘the hospital and the university – different realities’.Discussion:  The results suggest the need for professionals within health care and university to reflect on their responsibilities in terms of research and development. The ethos of caring science implies the alleviation of suffering and caring for vulnerable patients including research and development.
A qualitative investigation of the experience of a mindfulness‐based intervention with incarcerated adolescents
Authors: Himelstein Samuel , Hastings Arthur , Shapiro Shauna , Heery Myrtle 
Published: January 2012

Background:  This study investigated the experience of 23 incarcerated male adolescents who participated in an adapted 10‐week mindfulness‐based intervention.Method:  Participants completed semi‐structured interviews immediately following the final class of the treatment intervention. A six‐step thematic content analysis was used to identify major themes from the transcribed semi‐structured interviews.Results:  Four major clusters of themes were identified: increase in subjective well‐being, increase in self‐regulation, increase in awareness, and accepting attitude toward the treatment intervention.Conclusion:  Results suggest that adapted mindfulness‐based interventions are feasible as treatments for incarcerated youth and have promising potential. Clinical implications are discussed.
Antenatal care, identification of suboptimal fetal growth and risk of late stillbirth: Findings from the Auckland Stillbirth Study
Authors: Stacey Tomasina , Thompson John M.D. , Mitchell Edwin A. , Zuccollo Jane M. , Ekeroma Alec J. , Mccowan Lesley M.E. 
Published: January 2012

IntroductionStillbirth remains an important public health problem in Australia and New Zealand. The role that antenatal care plays in the prevention of stillbirth in high‐income countries is unclear.MethodsCases were women with a singleton, late stillbirth without congenital abnormality, booked to deliver in the Auckland region and born between July 2006 and June 2009. Two controls with ongoing pregnancies were randomly selected at the same gestation at which the stillbirth occurred. Data were collected through interview‐administered questionnaires and from antenatal records.ResultsOne hundred and fifty five of 215 (72%) cases and 310 of 429 (72%) controls consented to take part in the study. Accessing <50% of recommended antenatal visits was associated with a more than twofold increase in late stillbirth (adjusted odds ratio, aOR, 2.68; 95% CI, 1.04–6.90) compared with accessing the recommended number of visits. Small‐for‐gestational‐age (SGA) babies that had not been identified as SGA prior to birth were significantly more at risk of being stillborn (aOR, 9.46; 95% CI, 1.98–45.13) compared with SGA babies that were identified as such in the antenatal period. No relationship was found between type or model of maternity care provider at booking and late stillbirth risk.DiscussionThis study reinforces the importance of regular antenatal care attendance. Identification of SGA may be one way by which antenatal care reduces stillbirth.
The Intuitive Case for β‐blockers in Patients with ESRD
Authors: McQuillan Rory F. , Chan Christopher T. 
Published: January 2012

AbstractSudden cardiac death (SCD) is common in dialysis patients accounting for up to 25% of all‐cause mortality. Unlike in the general population, occlusive coronary artery disease is implicated in a minority of these deaths. Activation of the sympathetic nervous system is prevalent in the dialysis population and may underlie this high rate of SCD. β‐blockers reduce SCD in the general population and, given their mode of action, β‐blockers would seem to be an ideal class of agents to prevent SCD in dialysis patients. In this review, we will explore the etiology of SCD in dialysis patients and discuss the evidence supporting the use of β‐blockers in patients with ESRD. We will also examine potential impediments to the use β‐blocker in the dialysis population and outline directions for future trials in this area.
Alterations in intraoral manipulation and splitting of food by subjects with tooth‐ or implant‐supported fixed prostheses
Authors: Svensson Krister G. , Grigoriadis Joannis , Trulsson Mats 
Published: January 2012

AbstractObjectivesSensory information provided by the periodontal mechanoreceptors (PMRs) is used by the nervous system to optimize the positioning of food, force levels, and force vectors involved in biting. The aim of this study was to describe motor performance during a novel manipulation‐and‐split task and to assess the extent to which control of this performance involves information from the PMRs.Materials and methodsA total of 10 subjects with natural teeth, 10 with bimaxillary tooth‐supported fixed prostheses (TSP) and 10 with bimaxillary implant‐supported fixed prostheses (ISP) (61–83 [mean 69] years of age) were asked to perform an intraoral manipulation‐and‐split task that involved positioning a spherical chocolate dragée between the front teeth and then splitting it into two parts of equal size. The vertical jaw movement, sound of food cracking and masseter muscle activity were monitored during this task and the accuracy of the split was evaluated.ResultsThe group with natural teeth was significantly better than the other groups at splitting the candy with high precision. The jaw movements were similar between groups, but the contact phase prior to the split was significantly longer for those with natural dentition.ConclusionsThe present findings support the conclusion that the nervous system collects rich information about contact between the teeth and food from the PMRs prior to powerful jaw action. Impairment (TSP) or absence (ISP) of this information alters motor behavior and impairs performance during the natural biting task employed here.
Haemodynamics using transthoracic echocardiography in healthy pregnant and non‐pregnant baboons (Papio hamadryas)
Authors: Dennis Alicia T. , Castro Julian M. , Heffernan Scott , Hennessy Annemarie 
Published: January 2012

AbstractBackground  To determine systolic and diastolic function using transthoracic echocardiography in the baboon (Papio hamadryas).Methods  Transthoracic echocardiography was performed in eight non‐pregnant female and six pregnant baboons according to American Society of Echocardiography recommendations.Results  Haemodynamic measurements were obtained from fourteen baboons. Compared to non‐pregnant baboons, pregnant baboons demonstrated: (mean ± SD, pregnant vs. healthy) increased cardiac output (1615 ± 121 ml/minutes vs. 1317 ± 134 ml/minutes P = 0.001) due to an increased heart rate [120 ± 11 beats per minute (BPM) vs. 105 ± 6 BPM P = 0.018]. The inter‐observer and intra‐observer variability (mean difference ± SD) for the left ventricular outflow tract diameter was 0.05 ± 0.07 cm and 0.01 ± 0.03 cm respectively. There was minimal impact to the animal’s daily activities.Conclusions  Transthoracic echocardiography was applicable and reproducible for the assessment of haemodynamics in baboons thus enabling translation of animal results to human studies.
The 1998 Curriculum Guidelines and Regulatory Criteria for family nurse practitioners seeking prescriptive authority: What should we be teaching nurse prescribers today?
Authors: Klein Tracy 
Published: January 2012

Abstract Purpose: The Provus Discrepancy Model is applied to suggest revisions to consensus curriculum and regulatory guidelines for nurse practitioners (NPs) seeking prescriptive authority.Data source: Literature review related to prescribing policy, regulation, NP role competencies, and pharmacologic trends.Conclusion: The document "Curriculum Guidelines and Regulatory Criteria for Family Nurse Practitioners Seeking Prescriptive Authority to Manage Pharmacotherapeutics in Primary Care" should be examined for relevance to current prescribing practice, scope, and influences that emerged since publication.Implications for practice: In order to prepare NPs of the future it is important to acknowledge the implications of increased autonomy, scope, and depth of practice that explicitly includes broad prescriptive authority.
Older adults who receive home‐based services, on the verge of passivity: the perspective of service providers
Authors: Vik Kjersti , Eide Arne 
Published: January 2012

vik k. & eide a. (2013) Older adults who receive home‐based services, on the verge of passivity: the perspective of service providers. International Journal of Older People Nursing 8, 123–130 doi: 10.1111/j.1748‐3743.2011.00305.xBackground:  The increasing number of older adults will put pressure on health care services in the community. It is thus critical to ensure that services promote healthy ageing and participation.The aim of the study was to explore service providers’ perception and understanding of the conditions for participation among older adults who receive home‐based care.Methods:  The study design was a grounded theory, with six focus groups representing different parts of home‐based care in two different municipalities. The data were analysed by a constant comparative method following the guidelines from grounded theory.Results:  The findings showed how four different conditions influenced the opportunity for participation or could give a push towards passivity. Firstly, the timing of applications for services. Secondly, the older adults and their family’s expectations about participation. Thirdly, external factors such as adequate housing and assistive devices. Finally, the service delivery per se could constitute a barrier for participation, because the services often focused on passive help and ‘standard packages’.Conclusion. The findings show how factors at the system level, the execution of services and characteristics among older adults and their family may contribute to the individual service recipient being on the verge of being passive.
Testing two self‐care‐related instruments among older home‐dwelling people in Norway
Authors: Tomstad Solveig T. , Söderhamn Ulrika , Espnes Geir A. , Söderhamn Olle 
Published: January 2012

Background.  Older persons’ ability and agency for self‐care is an important issue. Therefore, the development of reliable and valid instruments to measure self‐care with regard to both clinical nursing practice and personal health is important for nursing research and practice.Aim and objective.  To test reliability and validity of the Norwegian versions of the two self‐care‐related instruments, the Self‐care Ability Scale for the Elderly (SASE) and the Nutritional Form For the Elderly (NUFFE) among older home‐dwelling individuals.Methods.  A postal questionnaire that contained these instruments, background variables, health‐related questions and two other self‐care‐related instruments was completed by a randomised sample of 158 older persons in southern Norway. Reliability was assessed as internal consistency and validity as concurrent and construct validity.Results.  SASE reached a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.85 and significant Spearman’s rank correlations for 16 of 17 items. For NUFFE, a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.64 was obtained and significant correlations for 13 of 15 items. Validity was supported for both instruments. An appropriate cut‐off was found for SASE. For NUFFE, a low cut‐off point was obtained.Conclusions.  SASE was shown to have sufficient psychometric properties and can be used in research and clinical practice among older persons.Implications for practice.  The psychometric properties of NUFFE can be assessed as sufficient, but further studies are needed regarding the cut‐off point.
The political economy of regulatory change: The case of British merger control
Authors: Buch‐Hansen Hubert 
Published: January 2012

AbstractThis article aims to explain the broader evolution of British merger control. To this end it outlines a novel critical political economy perspective on regulation and regulatory change which differs from established political economy approaches, such as the regulatory capitalism/state perspectives, in three main ways: it places regulatory ideas at the heart of the analysis, it differentiates between different degrees of regulatory change, and it links regulatory change in delineated issue areas with changing power balances between fractions of capital and labor. The application of this perspective to the analysis of the evolution of British merger control provides some important new insights, most notably that the content, form, and scope of merger control in Britain have been deeply transformed in accordance with neoliberal ideas since the 1980s and that this process, which was part of a broader regulatory and ideational shift, was premised on the ascendancy of transnational capital.
Does engagement with an intensive outreach service predict better treatment outcomes in ‘high‐risk’ youth?
Authors: Schley Carsten , Yuen Kally , Fletcher Karen , Radovini Alessandra 
Published: January 2012

AbstractAim: Engagement is critical in ensuring that the most ‘at risk’ clients receive care from psychiatric services, but the relationship between engagement and treatment outcomes remains unclear. This study investigated possible improvements in client engagement and the relationship between engagement and treatment outcomes in a group of difficult‐to‐engage, ‘high‐risk’ young people seen by the Intensive Mobile Youth Outreach Service (IMYOS) in Western Metropolitan Melbourne, Australia.Methods: Data from standardized outcome measures on client engagement, suicidality, hostility, well‐being and functioning obtained at referral, after initial assessment and at discharge, were analysed retrospectively.Results: Improved engagement was achieved after initial assessment and remained steady at discharge. All outcome measures showed significant improvement at discharge. Higher overall engagement following assessment was associated with decreased hostility risk and greater well‐being and functioning at discharge. The engagement dimensions ‘collaboration’, ‘perceived usefulness’ and ‘client‐therapist interaction’ were most consistently associated with better treatment outcomes.Conclusion: Engagement at an early stage of treatment can be a useful predictor for later hostility risk, well‐being and functioning. To promote better outcomes for difficult‐to‐engage youth, service delivery needs to focus on collaborative client involvement, the development of a ‘strong’ therapeutic alliance and individualization of treatment in regard to client needs.
DNA barcoding for identification of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in India
Authors: KUMAR N. PRADEEP , SRINIVASAN R. , JAMBULINGAM P. 
Published: January 2012

AbstractAbout 50 species of sand flies have been reported to be prevalent in India. We explored the utility of the DNA barcode approach towards species identification of these medically important insects. A total of 62 specimens belonging to seven morphologically identified species of two genera,PhlebotomusandSergentomyia, collected from Puducherry Union Territory, Maharashtra and Rajasthan states of India were subjected to the analysis. Neighbor‐joining (NJ) analysis of DNA barcode sequences identified the individuals of seven morphological species into eight distinct species, as presented in the designed NJ tree. This methodology delineated morphologically identified species,S. bailyi,into two genetically isolated groups. Also, this study characterizes DNA barcodes ofP. argentipesandP. papatasi,the vector species of leishmaniasis in India, for the first time.
Is Major Depression a Risk for Bladder, Bowel, and Sexual Dysfunction?
Authors: ITO Takashi , SAKAKIBARA Ryuji , SHIMIZU Eiji , KISHI Masahiko , TSUYUZAKI Yohei , TATENO Fuyuki , UCHIYAMA Tomoyuki , YAMAMOTO Tatsuya 
Published: January 2012

Objectives: Although major depression may accompany bladder, bowel and sexual (pelvic organs) dysfunction, no prospective, controlled surveys have been available. The aim of the present study was to study the risk of pelvic organ dysfunction in major depression.Methods: Two hundred and twenty‐four depression patients in the psychiatry clinic (97 men, 127 women; average age 42 years; 128 drug‐naÏve, 96 medicated) and 391 age‐matched local individuals who were undergoing an annual health survey underwent a questionnaire devised for neurologic and psychiatric cohorts.Results: Compared with control, in the drug‐naÏve group the frequency of dysfunction was significantly higher for urinary urgency (20.9% of the women, 25.9% of the men, P < 0.01), urinary incontinence (9.1%, women), retardation in initiating urination (13.1%, men); constipation (23.8%, 14.8%), diarrhea (20.3%, 21.8%); decrease in libido (42%, men), sexual intercourse (70.7%, 78.7%) orgasm (63.6%, 65.0%), erection (92.7% of the men); and quality of life indices. No difference was found in the frequency of all three items between the drug‐naÏve group and the medicated group.Conclusion: The results of the present study suggest that major depression is a risk for all bladder, bowel and sexual dysfunction, and it significantly worsens quality of life in patients. This finding presumably reflects that pelvic organ function is under emotional control. Amelioration of bladder, bowel, and sexual dysfunction is therefore an important target to treat patients with major depression.
Antimicrobial Resistance in Campylobacter spp. Isolated from Ontario Sheep Flocks and Associations between Antimicrobial use and Antimicrobial Resistance
Authors: Scott L. , Menzies P. , Reid‐Smith R. J. , Avery B. P. , McEwen S. A. , Moon C. S. , Berke O. 
Published: January 2012

SummaryThe objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in faecal Campylobacter spp. from lambs and adult sheep and associations between antimicrobial use (AMU) and AMR. A total of 275 faecal samples collected during initial and final visits from 51 sheep flocks, including one feedlot, across southern Ontario were tested for the presence of Campylobacter spp. Campylobacter jejuni was detected in 52% (143/275) of the faecal samples, Campylobacter coli in 7% (19/275), Campylobacter lari in 1% (2/275) and 2% (4/275) were non‐speciated Campylobacter. Broth microdilution was used to test antimicrobial susceptibility of 162 isolates to nine antimicrobials. Campylobacter jejuni isolates (n = 142) were resistant to tetracycline (39%), ciprofloxacin (4%), nalidixic acid (4%) and telithromycin (1%). C. coli isolates (n = 19) were resistant to tetracycline (74%), and azithromycin, clindamycin, erythromycin, and telithromycin (5%). The C. lari isolate displayed resistance to nalidixic acid. No statistically significant associations were found between AMU and AMR during multivariate modelling in this study.
Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas stutzeri SDM-LAC, a Typical Strain for Studying the Molecular Mechanism of Lactate Utilization
Authors: Jiang Tianyi , Gao Chao , Su Fei , Zhang Wen , Hu Chunhui , Dou Peipei , Zheng Zhaojuan , Tao Fei , Ma Cuiqing , Xu Ping 
Published: January 2012

ABSTRACT

Pseudomonas stutzeri
SDM-LAC is an efficient lactate utilizer with various applications in biocatalysis. Here we present a 4.2-Mb assembly of its genome. The annotated four adjacent genes form a lactate utilization operon, which could provide further insights into the molecular mechanism of lactate utilization.
Complete Genome Sequence of the Fenitrothion-Degrading Burkholderia sp. Strain YI23
Authors: Lim Jong Sung , Choi Beom Soon , Choi Ah Young , Kim Kyung Duk , Kim Dong In , Choi Ik Young , Ka Jong-Ok 
Published: January 2012

ABSTRACT

Burkholderia
species are ubiquitous in soil environments. Many
Burkholderia
species isolated from various environments have the potential to biodegrade man-made chemicals.
Burkholderia
sp. strain YI23 was isolated from a golf course soil and identified as a fenitrothion-degrading bacterium. In this study, we report the complete genome sequence of
Burkholderia
sp. strain YI23.