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Genetics and Epigenetics from Physical Activity: Ghana Active Schools’ Programme and Ambidextrous Organisational Practices
Authors: Antwi James , Kusi Frank Appiah , Shum Wing Hong , Mohammed Sumaila 
Published: January 2024

Aim: In this paper, we examine how ambidextrous organisational practices can be used to advance the management of public basic schools in accepting behaviours that can improve physical activities of children.
Methodology: Drawing on extant literature and desk review of policy documents including school reports, we examine physical activities in public basic schools in Ghana and then explore three key developmental systems – managerial responsiveness, healthcare variation and educational development and highlight four areas from these systems; organisational processes, infrastructure development, human resource improvements, and stakeholder collaboration where policy makers can focus their efforts to improving physical activity in school children in Ghana.
Findings: The findings demonstrate a seeming absence of structures for physical activity in public basic schools in Ghana - presenting severe consequences, especially for the healthy growth of children, proper integration of children into society, learning processes, and developing talents for future sporting activities in general. Again, the analysis shows that the Ghana Education Service’s implementation guidelines for physical activity in public basic schools are not yielding the needed results - thus provoking policy dialogues in managerial practices for effective implementation of those guidelines. Next, we propose the promotion of physical activity in public basic schools in Ghana through sustainable and pragmatic approaches drawing from ambidextrous managerial practices to strengthen organisational capacity in the schools for improvements in movement behaviours, lifestyle changes, active learning, and physical activity levels of school children.
Conclusion: Practical approaches are needed to enhance the physical activity for children and this requires the initiation of active schools’ programme in public basic schools – and clearly learning from best practices in the last decades, examples from other countries provide a really useful approach in the years ahead.
Effect of Beet Root (Beta vulgaris), White and Red Radish (Raphanus sativus and Raphanus longipinnatus) Juice Extract, on Salt Induced Hypertensive Wistar Rats
Authors: Essien E. F.  , Anyika-Elekeh J. U.  
Published: January 2024

Background: Hypertension is one of the major global health challenges with high prevalence and undesirable complications, and is a major cause of premature death worldwide.
Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of juice extracted from beetroot (BR), red radish (RR) and white radish (WR) tubers on experimentally induced hypertension in 10-week-old Wistar rats.
Methodology: Total of 35 rats was randomly divided into seven (7) experimental groups A - G with 5 rats each. Rats in group A were not induced (normotensive group). All the rats in groups B-G were induced with hypertensive agent. Group B was not treated (negative control), groups C-G were treated simultaneously with a dose of 800 mg/kg body weight (orally) of BR, RR, WR, BR+RR combination, and standard drug (5mg Amlodipine) respectively. The study lasted for a period of 28 days during which the blood pressure and heart rate (HR) of each of the experimental rats were measured at 0, 7, 14, 21 and 28th day using Stethoscope technique. The interpretation of systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were made from pulse tracings using Aneroid Sphygmomanometer. The mean blood pressure (MBP) was calculated from SBP and DBP.
Results: The BR, RR, WR and combination of BR+RR, did decrease the number of heart beats/minute from 192.00/minute to 208.80/minute which is within the normal base line, whereas the untreated rats recorded increase from 192.00/minute to 246.80/minute. The result showed that the hypertensive rats recorded higher (P<0.05) mean values of SBP, the treated groups altered the rise from 110.40 mmHg to 100.40mmHg with the standard drugs, followed by the white radish treatment group, the combination of BR+RR, before RR, lastly the BR group. For DBP, at week 4, same impact reflected again, but week 2 and week 3 had WR to have the best effect, followed by BR +RR, then RR before the standard drug and then Beetroot. The BR + RR juice performed better than the individual RR and BR juice groups, suggesting possible synergistic effect.
Conclusion: The 3 juice extracts had demonstrated varying degrees of protection, provided scientific evidence of their anti- hypertensive activities in an experimentally induced hypertension. Further studies are hereby recommended to isolate the specific biomolecule active agent(s) and investigate the mechanism of action.
Emotion–focused therapy
Authors: Greenberg L.S. 
Published: February 2004

AbstractIn an Emotion‐focused approach emotion is seen as foundational in the construction of the self and is a key determinant of self‐organization. As well as having emotion people also live in a constant process of making sense of our emotions. Personal meaning is seen as emerging by the self‐organization and explication of one's own emotional experience and optimal adaptation involves an integration of reason and emotion. In this framework therapists are viewed as Emotion coaches who work to enhance emotion‐focused coping by helping people become aware of, accept and make sense of their emotional experience. Emotion coaching in therapy is based on two phases: Arriving and Leaving. A major premise is that one cannot leave a place until one has arrived at it. Three major empirically‐supported principles of Emotion Awareness, Emotion Regulation and Emotion Transformation that guide emotion coaching are discussed. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Emotion regulation therapy for generalized anxiety disorder
Authors: Mennin Douglas S. 
Published: February 2004

AbstractGeneralized anxiety disorder is increasingly being recognized as a considerable mental health concern. However, it remains a poorly understood and insufficiently treated chronic disorder. Recent conceptualizations have highlighted the role of emotion acceptance, utilization and management as a core feature of the disorder. An emotion regulation perspective may shed light on treatment approaches to GAD. An integrative approach to treating GAD, entitled Emotion Regulation Therapy (ERT) is presented through the case of a young woman. ERT addresses cognitive, emotional and contextual factors of GAD and is divided into four phases: (1) psychoeducation, monitoring and developmental history; (2) skills training in somatic awareness and emotional knowledge, utilization and regulation; (3) use of these skills to confront core thematic issues using experiential exposure exercises; (4) and progress review, relapse prevention and termination processing. ERT was shown to successfully treat symptomatic, functional and qualitative aspects of the case presented, suggesting a future direction for therapeutic investigation of GAD. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Emotion‐focused treatment of unipolar and bipolar mood disorders
Authors: Power M.J. , Schmidt S. 
Published: February 2004

AbstractAn outline is presented of the SPAARS approach to emotion and emotional disorder. The model is then applied in general to issues of therapy, in particular, how Cognitive Behavioural approaches need to be adapted and to further issues in relation to mood disorders. Next is presented an account of unipolar depression together with a review of some of the implications of multi‐level theories of emotion for working with individuals with unipolar depression. An account is presented of bipolar disorders together with an outline of how psychological approaches can be adapted to working in an emotion‐focused manner with such disorders. A case study is included of someone with a bipolar disorder, which illustrates a number of relevant points for working with an emotion‐focus. Copyright © 2004 John Wily & Sons, Ltd.
Understanding the meaning of the ‘journey’ to budget travellers
Authors: Obenour William L. 
Published: February 2004

AbstractThe purpose is to construct a hermeneutic understanding of the significance of the journey to budget travellers. Narrative interviews were gathered from budget travellers. This research confirms the complexity, holistic reflections and personal travel history associated with the journey. The participants' narratives indicated the primacy of personal authenticity instead of cultural authenticity. The sight became a landmark to distinguish the destination, participants' geographical placement and some of their travails on their journeys. The nomothetic significance of the journey involved the meaning themes of personal development and liminal encounters and meaning factors of styles, visual cues and problem solving. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley &Sons, Ltd.
Cross‐cultural tourist behaviour: a replication and extension involving Hofstede's uncertainty avoidance dimension
Authors: Litvin Stephen W. , Crotts John C. , Hefner Frank L. 
Published: February 2004

AbstractHofstede's five cross‐cultural dimensions have been broadly applied in the literature. Money and Crotts recently applied the dimension of uncertainty avoidance to a matched sample comprised of low uncertainty avoidance German and high uncertainty avoidance Japanese tourists, finding their behaviours consistent with those behaviours predicted by Hofstede. This study both replicates and extends their research across a representative sample of first time leisure visitors to the USA representing 58 nations. It was found that visitors from high uncertainty avoidance cultures exhibited behaviours consistent with those of the Japanese in the Money and Crotts research, whereas visitors from low‐uncertainty avoidance cultures behaved similarly to their German subjects. Such findings, across a broad sample population, validate the original research through a more rigorous test of its propositions, provide increased confidence regarding their generalisability, and further contribute to our understanding of the influence of national culture on tourist behaviour. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley &Sons, Ltd.
Stakeholders, the natural environment and the future of Caribbean cruise tourism
Authors: Lester Jo‐Anne , Weeden Clare 
Published: February 2004

AbstractGiven the sheer complexity of effectively managing the web of potential stakeholders in any tourism development it is argued that for the future of Caribbean cruise tourism, the task is compounded by several key issues that warrant discussion. These include the economic dependency of the Caribbean region on tourism, the inequity of power relations between the various stakeholder groups and the lack of proven collaboration within this fragmented region of culturally diverse islands.This paper addresses these issues, discussing the importance of collaboration and planning for development, highlighting the disparate needs of the different stakeholders involved and drawing attention to the continuing paradox between maximising the opportunities presented by Caribbean cruise tourism whilst effectively managing its sustained development. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley &Sons, Ltd.
Committed to share: commitment and CMC use as antecedents of knowledge sharing
Authors: van den Hooff Bart , de Leeuw van Weenen Femke 
Published: February 2004

AbstractKnowledge sharing is an important process in modern organizations, as successful knowledge sharing can result in shared intellectual capital, an increasingly important resource. In this paper, we study the influence of organizational commitment and the use of computer‐mediated communication (CMC) on knowledge sharing. In knowledge sharing, an important distinction is made between knowledge donating and knowledge collecting. Based on relevant literature, we hypothesize that commitment and CMC use are both positively related to both knowledge donating and knowledge collecting. We also hypothesize that CMC use positively influences commitment. On the basis of two case studies our conclusion is that CMC use is an antecedent of organizational commitment, and that such commitment, in turn, influences the willingness to both donate and collect knowledge. Further analyses lead to the conclusion that it is important to distinguish different processes of knowledge sharing (donating and collecting), different levels of commitment and knowledge sharing (organizational and departmental), and different modes of CMC use in order to get a full grasp of the relationship between commitment, knowledge sharing and CMC use. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
From function to process: a logistics‐based framework for transforming Tetra Pak business support
Authors: Näslund Dag , Karlsson Sture 
Published: February 2004

AbstractThis article describes a logistics‐based framework for organizational change of service organizations. This framework is based on the key concepts of modern logistics: systems thinking for a holistic approach to business; process orientation for structure of the organization; and process management for continuous change and improvement. The development of logistics as a research and practitioner discipline means that logistics can now contribute outside the traditional field of logistics—to change service organizations. This article is based on a case study, in which the framework was developed. Thus, the article is based on action research as main research method. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Knowledge auditing and mapping: a pragmatic approach
Authors: Burnett Simon , Illingworth Lorraine , Webster Linda 
Published: February 2004

AbstractIncreasingly the knowledge and skills of employees are seen as valuable assets that may be utilised in order to gain competitive advantage at an organisational level. This paper seeks to describe the process, methods and resulting outcomes of a knowledge audit and map carried out within a tax department in a multinational oil exploration and production company. Although the department had employed systems for managing information, there was a desire to build on this to develop and apply systems and processes to manage and exploit knowledge embedded in staff. By using questionnaires and interviews, the audit and map process aimed to provide a critical first step in introducing knowledge management into the department, and establishing a plan of action. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
The Needs and Benefits of Applying Textual Data Mining within the Product Development Process
Authors: Menon Rakesh , Tong Loh Han , Sathiyakeerthi S. , Brombacher Aarnout , Leong Christopher 
Published: February 2004

AbstractAs a result of the growing competition in recent years, new trends such as increased product complexity, changing customer requirements and shortening development time have emerged within the product development process (PDP). These trends have added more challenges to the already‐difficult task of quality and reliability prediction and improvement. They have given rise to an increase in the number of unexpected events in the PDP. Traditional tools are only partially adequate to cover these unexpected events. As such, new tools are being sought to complement traditional ones. This paper investigates the use of one such tool, textual data mining for the purpose of quality and reliability improvement. The motivation for this paper stems from the need to handle ‘loosely structured textual data’ within the product development process. Thus far, most of the studies on data mining within the PDP have focused on numerical databases. In this paper, the need for the study of textual databases is established. Possible areas within a generic PDP for consumer and professional products, where textual data mining could be employed are highlighted. In addition, successful implementations of textual data mining within two large multi‐national companies are presented. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
In‐process Control of Design Inspection Effectiveness
Authors: Raz Tzvi , Barad Miryam 
Published: February 2004

AbstractWe present a methodology for the in‐process control of design inspection focusing on escaped defects. The methodology estimates the defect escape probability at each phase in the process using the information available at the beginning of a particular phase. The development of the models is illustrated by a case involving data collected from the design inspections of software components. The data include the size of the product component, as well as the time invested in preparing for the inspection and actually carrying it out. After smoothing the original data with a clustering algorithm, to compensate for its excessive variability, a series of regression models exhibiting increasingly better fits to the data as more information becomes available was obtained. We discuss how management can use such models to reduce escape risk as the inspection process evolves. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Some Modifications of the Classical Pre‐control Technique
Authors: San Matías Susana , Jabaloyes José , Carrión Andrés 
Published: February 2004

AbstractPre‐control is a simple technique for the initial evaluations of the capability of a process. It can be seen as a tool to get the set‐up approval or fulfilment of the specifications of a production process. As the resultant information of pre‐control should be used to adjust the process, it can be understood as a form of feedback controller. It has sometimes been considered as an alternative to statistical control charts for monitoring processes, although these tools differ in a number of ways. In this work, we propose some new alternatives to the classical pre‐control, particularly in its initial phase that aim to qualify the process, that is, to certify that it is capable. We present a comparative analysis of the power of the different alternatives. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Response Modeling Methodology Validating Evidence from Engineering and the Sciences
Authors: Shore Haim 
Published: February 2004

AbstractModeling a response in terms of the factors that affect it is often required in quality applications. While the normal scenario is commonly assumed in such modeling efforts, leading to the application of linear regression analysis, there are cases when the assumptions underlying this scenario are not valid and alternative approaches need to be pursued, like the normalization of the data or generalized linear modeling. Recently, a new response modeling methodology (RMM) has been introduced, which seems to be a natural generalization of various current scientific and engineering mainstream models, where a monotone convex (concave) relationship between the response and the affecting factor (or a linear combination of factors) may be assumed. The purpose of this paper is to provide the quality practitioner with a survey of these models and demonstrate how they can be derived as special cases of the new RMM. A major implication of this survey is that RMM can be considered a valid approach for quality engineering modeling and, thus, may be conveniently applied where theory‐based models are not available or the goodness‐of‐fit of current empirically‐derived models is unsatisfactory. A numerical example demonstrates the application of the new RMM to software reliability‐growth modeling. The behavior of the new model when the systematic variation vanishes (there is only random variation) is also briefly explored. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Robust Parameter Design: A Review
Authors: Robinson Timothy J. , Borror Connie M. , Myers Raymond H. 
Published: February 2004

AbstractParameter design is an engineering methodology intended as a cost‐effective approach for improving the quality of products and processes. The assumption is that there are both controllable factors (control variables) and uncontrollable/difficult to control factors (noise variables) that operate on the quality characteristic of a process. The goal of parameter design is to choose the levels of the control variables that optimize a defined quality characteristic while minimizing the variation imposed on the process via the noise variables. Parameter design was popularized in the mid 1980s by Japanese quality consultant Genichi Taguchi. A panel discussion edited by Nair summarized important responses to Taguchi's ideas and methodology. In the last decade, there have been many applications and new developments in this important area. This review paper focuses largely on the work done since 1992, but a historical perspective of parameter design is also given. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Dialysis‐linked complaints and burdens of illness on patient and spouse as predictors of survival in end‐stage renal disease patients with home hemodialysis: a 10‐year follow‐up study
Authors: Ekelund Marie‐Louise , Westman Kerstin , Andersson Sven Ingmar 
Published: February 2004

AbstractParticipants were 40 persons from a group of 44 end‐stage renal disease patients in southern Sweden who in 1985 received home hemodialysis under the auspices of a hospital renal unit, together with their spouses (n = 35). At a 10‐year follow‐up, 15 of the patients had died and 25 had survived. Univariate log rank tests of the influence of physical and demographic factors, the patient's dialysis‐linked complaints and the burdens of the illness indicated the most important predictors of 10‐year survival to be the patient's age, severity of the illness, the patient's dialysis‐linked complaints (notably that of itching), and the burdens of the patient's disease on the spouse (particularly burdens of a sexual character). Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Nociceptive threshold can be changed by gravity stimulation in rats
Authors: Kawauchi Yasuko , Zeredo Jorge L. , Takeuchi Yoshinari , Kimoto Mari , Kumei Yasuhiro , Makita Koshi , Toda Kazuo 
Published: February 2004

AbstractIt has been reported that stress exposure could suppress pain in various animal species. However, very few studies have been performed on the effect of gravity stimulation on nociceptors. The aim of the present study is to reveal the effect of gravity stimulation on nociceptive withdrawal responses in rats. A von Frey type apparatus was used to evoke withdrawal reflexes at eight different body sites. Reflex thresholds were measured before and after gravity stimulation, which was applied with a centrifugal‐type apparatus at 116 r.p.m. (2 g), for 10 min. Naloxone‐HCl (0.1 mg kg−1 i.p.) was used before centrifugal stimulation to investigate whether the analgesic effect was mediated via endogenous opioids. The mean threshold values significantly increased in all body sites after 2.0 g exposure. Moreover, the analgesic effect was greater in upper body sites. The increase in threshold remained long after gravity stimulation, suggesting that humoral factors are involved in the analgesic mechanism. Gravity‐induced analgesia was antagonized by naloxone, indicating that an opioid system is included in its mediation. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.