cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Exploring the Influence of Thinking Style and Paranormal Belief on an Attentional Task
Creators: name: Hesk, Sabrina
name: Lasikiewicz, Nic
name: Scudds, Annie
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: anomalistic psychology
attention
cognition
cognitive psychology
experimental psychology
eye tracking
paranormal belief
paranormal experience
thinking styles

description: An empirical eye tracking study to assess the potential influence of paranormal beliefs and thinking styles on attention.
Trade union finance: lacunae in regulation
Creators: name: Darvas, Paula
name: Fox, Carol
name: Howard, William
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: There is a pressing case for reform in the public regulation of union finances given the scale of such finances in the post-merger environment, unions' imprecise goals, the absence of effective competition and the survival of pressure to join in some areas. The case is strengthened by deficiencies in current regulation. This limits members' information rights, contains loopholes enabling malfeasance and fails to enforce reporting requirements. In 2001, union finance is a public policy issue as it was in the late 1970s. An evaluation of reforms advocated by the Howard Liberal-National government in 2000 shows retention of the bias in the regulation to inform third parties rather than union members and a failure to address lacunae concerning financial aspects of union mergers, union de-registration and the cessation of business. There is also no apparent commitment to increase resources for the all important compliance function and no mandating of 'plain English' explanations. The proposed raising of the income threshold for exemption from a stringent regulatory regime is a positive feature but the reform agenda is further weakened by the failure to extend the exemption criteria to include evidence of rank and file participation and control.
Database for compilation of case data
Creators: name: Pollert, Jaroslav
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Database
Measurements
Technologies
Water recycling and reuse
Environment, resources and sustainability
Circular economy
Symbiosis between industry and water utilities

description: The deliverable D2.2: Database of measurement, risks for validating the technology usage according to quality needs has been prepared in T2.1.2.

This is a database to collect data from the participants in the different case studies. The database will be a knowledge base of the technology solutions, required quality standards for different types of resource reuse applications and user experience from each of the case studies. The data will aid validation of the symbiotic solutions and facilitate wider uptake.
The Moral Relevance of Personal Characteristics in Setting Health Care Priorities
Creators: name: Olsen, Jan Abel
name: Richardson, Jeff
name: Dolan, Paul
name: Menzel, Paul
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper discusses the moral relevance of accounting for various personal characteristics when prioritising between groups of patients. After a review of the results from empirical studies, we inquire into the ethical reasons which might explain - and justify - the views expressed in these surveys. The paper develops a general framework on the causes of ill health and the consequences of treatment. It goes on to inquire into the extents to which a personal characteristic - and its eventual underlying ethical justification - could have any relationships to these causes and consequences. We attempt to disentangle those characteristics that may reflect a potentially relevant reason from those which violate widely accepted principles of social justice.
Gomes, Manuel Saturino da Costa (coord.), Alocuções dos Papas Paulo VI e João Paulo II ao Tribunal da Rota Romana, col. «Lusitania Canonica», Universidade Católica Editora, Lisboa, 2006
Creators: name: Marques, José A.
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2007

description: Theologica, v. 42 n. 2 (2007): Cristianismo, sexualidade e educação sexual
Efficiency and equity in Australian Government employment
Creators: name: Anderson, Eve
name: Griffin, Gerard
name: Teicher, Julian
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The New Public Management (NPM) is the label applied to a literature which posits the need to recast the management of public bureaucracies on the lines of business enterprises. This approach has been adopted across the Australian public sector including the Australian Public Service (APS). While the roots of reform here can be traced back to the 1975 Report of the Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration (RCAGA), the reform process has been concentrated on the period since 1983 and has accelerated since the election of a Liberal-National Party government in 1996. This paper sets out the key principles of NPM and spells out their predicted implications for the employment relationship. It then examines the APS reform process in terms of the precepts of NPM before considering the implications of these reforms for the employment relationship. We conclude on the available but limited evidence that there are significant centralist deviations from the NPM model and that in the more recent period of reform increasing emphasis has been placed on efficiency at the expense of equity.
A survey of recent developments in the literature of finance and growth
Creators: name: Ang, James B.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper provides a survey of the recent progress in the literature of financial development and economic growth. The survey highlights that most empirical studies focus on either testing the role of financial development in stimulating economic growth or examining the direction of causality between these two variables. Although the positive role of finance on growth has become a stylized fact, there are some methodological reservations about the results from these empirical studies. Several key issues unresolved in the literature are highlighted. The paper also points to several directions for future research.
Initiating a resilience plan for nurse leaders
Creators: name: Vasilakis, Michiko
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2021

description: Purpose of Project: The purpose of this project was to evaluate the current state of nurse leader resilience at a hospital in Northern, New Jersey to identify the types of support or resources nurse leaders need, and to initiate a strategy to help build nurse leader resilience. Methodology: This performance improvement project used a quantitative approach by collecting data via an online questionnaire. The questionnaire included the Brief Resilience Scale, demographic questions, and asking the participant to rank provided evidence-based strategies in order of their need or preference. Study Population: This project recruited 32 nursing leaders from the project site, with the final sample size being 11. Inclusion criteria were nursing leaders in the Patient Care Services and Emergency Services departments with the titles of Director, Assistant Director, Nurse Manager, or Assistant Nurse Manager. Results: The results of the project revealed that 6 participants scored normal resilience (55%), while 4 participants scored high resilience (36%) and 1 participant scored low resilience (9%). In addition, the majority of nurse leaders that participated in the questionnaire (55%) ranked individual activities to build personal resilience (resilience training, mindfulness training, stress management training) as the most preferred/needed strategy to build their resilience. Implications for Practice: The results of this project have implications for clinical practice in creating a culture of resilience. Resilience nurse leaders can build stronger work environments by building their team’s resilience and engagement, which lead to better quality patient outcomes. Building resilience can prevent a negative trickle-down effect to the bedside.
The Allocation of Forest Functions and Forest Conflicts: A Case Study on Sarawak, Malaysia
Creators: name: Lee, Poh
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper argues that conflicts in the use of forests can be seen as an issue of resource allocation. An analytical framework is adapted from existing literature in property rights and public choice theory to examine and explain this situation. This approach stresses that the root cause of conflicts is due to forests being multi-functional with some non-complementary uses; and that the signalling of information and incentives are incomplete to coordinate or allocate the use of the various forest functions in a manner that considers the concerns of all interested groups. This arises because of a lack of comprehensive specification (definition and enforcement) of property rights. If property rights have been well defined (right to use, right to fransfer, right to exclude, and right to appropriate income) and enforced for each forest function, then information on the value of each function and the incentive to consider the impact of the use of a particular forest function on other functions will be signalled to guide the overall allocation of forests. However, there are barriers to the complete specification of rights. These lie in the costs of defining, monitoring, and enforcing rights to each forest function, and of penalising offenders who violate these rights. Costs arise due to the inherent characteristics of the forest function (non-excludability and nonrivalry) and may make complete specification infeasible due to the trade-off between greater specification and higher costs. Nevertheless, there have been instances when rights were not defined and enforced even when specification costs were low; this then leads to an examination of the political choices made by the state. In these situations, political costs of defining and enforcing property rights need to be identified: there is a need to scrutinise the incentives faced and the economic rationality behind decisions made by the state in adopting a certain stance in the specification of rights. The state makes decisions by considering political benefits against costs (which may be generated from the various interest groups' reaction and loss of patronage support). In turn, collective action from the various interest groups to lobby for modifications in rights specification is spurred by changes in its benefit-cost calculus emanating from shifts in the value of the forest function in question.
Impact of astronomy on our society: examples from Africa
Creators: name: Povic, Mirjana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Africa has amazing potential due to natural and human resources for scientific research in astronomy and space science. The status of astronomy in Africa changed significantly over the past years and it became now an emerging field across the continent. However, we are still frequently receiving questions such as: why is astronomy important for Africa?, why shall African countries invest in astronomy? or isn't astronomy too expensive for Africa? This talk will reflect on the impact of astronomy on our society, go through different examples from Africa, and highlight that investing in astronomy and science is not a question of luxury, but a fundamental need for sustainable development and for bringing more equality in the world.
Managing Environmental Risk in Small Business: an Agenda for Research
Creators: name: Rajendran, Diana
name: Barrett, Rowena
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In recent times the call for corporate social responsibility has become louder and protecting the environment is one aspect for organisations to address if they are to behave in a socially responsible manner. Environmental management is a continuous process but those businesses that develop and implement an Environmental Management System (EMS) reap long-term sustainable competitive advantage. ISO 14001, the international standard that specifies the requirements for a firm's environmental management system, is examined in this paper and in particular the research on the costs and benefits of this standard for small business is addressed. The lack of available Australian research on this issue in relation to small business leads to a recommendation for research and an agenda for pursuing that research.
Filoramo, Giovanni, Qu’est-ce que la religion? Thèmes, méthodes, problèmes, coll. «Initiations», Les Éditions du Cerf, Paris, 2007
Creators: name: Coutinho, Jorge
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2007

description: Theologica, v. 42 n. 2 (2007): Cristianismo, sexualidade e educação sexual
Additional file 2 of A pipeline for sample tagging of whole genome bisulfite sequencing data using genotypes of whole genome sequencing
Creators: name: Xu, Zhe
name: Cheng, Si
name: Qiu, Xin
name: Wang, Xiaoqi
name: Hu, Qiuwen
name: Shi, Yanfeng
name: Liu, Yang
name: Lin, Jinxi
name: Tian, Jichao
name: Peng, Yongfei
name: Jiang, Yong
name: Yang, Yadong
name: Ye, Jianwei
name: Wang, Yilong
name: Meng, Xia
name: Li, Zixiao
name: Li, Hao
name: Wang, Yongjun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2.
Structural Breaks and Unit Roots in Australian Macroeconomic Time Series
Creators: name: Narayan, Paresh Kumar
name: Smyth, Russell
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: We examine the unit root properties of 16 Australian macroeconomic time series using monthly data spanning the period 1960 to 2004. In addition to the standard Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) test, we implement one break and two break endogenous structural break ADF-type unit root tests as well as one break and two break Lagrange multiplier (LM) unit root tests. While the ADF test provides relatively little evidence against the unit root null hypothesis, once we allow for structural breaks we are able to reject the unit root null for just under one half of the variables at the 10 per cent level or better.
Faktoren einer gelingenden Kooperation zwischen der Heilpädagogischen Früherziehung und Kindertagesstätten - eine qualitative Analyse
Creators: name: Schönenberger, Patrick
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Heilpädagogischen Früherziehung
Kindertagesstätte
Kooperation
Masterarbeit

description: Abstract Die Zusammenarbeit mit Kindertagesstätten (Kitas) ist ein bedeutsames Handlungsfeld der Heilpädagogischen Früherziehung (HFE). Mithilfe einer qualitativen Analyse wird in dieser Masterarbeit der Frage nachgegangen, welche Faktoren zu einer gelingenden Kooperation zwischen der HFE und Kitas beitragen. Hierbei sind fünf problemzentrierte Doppelinterviews mit Fachpersonen der HFE und Kitamitarbeitenden durchgeführt und mittels einer inhaltlich strukturierenden qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse nach Kuckartz (2018) ausgewertet worden. Eine Synthese der theoretischen und empirischen Erkenntnisse zeigt auf, dass eine gelingende Kooperation vor allem zu erwarten ist, wenn es den Beteiligten gelingt, sich erfolgreich zu verständigen, eine gemeinsame Sprache und Vertrauen aufzubauen. Auf diesen Verständigungsprozess nehmen zahlreiche Faktoren Einfluss, die während der Phase des anfänglichen Kennenlernens, der konkreten Zusammenarbeit und des Abschlusses zu tragen kommen.
Systemic thinking and the learning organisation
Creators: name: Olsen, Jane
name: Haslett, Tim
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Systemic thinking emerged in the 1940s in critique of reductionist thinking. Systemic thinking aims to use two aspects to interpret social systems, namely 'synergy' where the sum of the parts is greater than the whole, and interrelatedness which address the relationships between component parts. Such an approach aims to build to a holistic view, one which coexists with the environment taking into account the continuous flow of information backward and forward known as feedback. While the adoption of systemic thinking has been slow because it is not reductionist in nature, as opposed to the accepted scientific approach, it is a powerful tool with its emphasis on holism, context and seeing processes of change or behaviours over time. Despite its slow adoption, systemic thinking can be successfully integrated into the workplace. It will require the presence and practice of learning at the individual, group and organisational level, together with enablers such as a culture of exploration and innovation, empowerment, and the 'space' or opportunities to practise the skills putting the learnings into action. These attributes when present at an organisational level, typify a learning organisation. This paper overviews systemic thinking in the context of the strategic management process, and then discusses learning, its relationship to systemic thinking and the learning cycle itself, with particular emphasis on action and reflection. The learning organisation is overviewed and the parallels between learning organisations and systemic thinking are identified. Implications for the broader research study are drawn throughout.
Are Casual Jobs a Freeway to Permanent Employment?
Creators: name: Chalmers, Jenny
name: Kalb, Guyonne
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This study examines whether casual work can shorten the time taken to move from unemployment into permanent work using longitudinal data from the Survey of Employment and Unemployment Patterns. The analysis is based on comparison of the transition rate from unemployment to permanent work with the combined transition rates of unemployment to casual work and casual work to permanent work. Hazard rate models are used to estimate each of the transition rates. The models include observed and unobserved heterogeneity and allow for correlation between the transition rates. The evidence presented suggests that accepting casual work is beneficial for some unemployed people in their search for permanent work.
Over/Under Reactions to Dividend Reductions in Long Term Returns
Creators: name: Balachandran, Balasingham
name: Theobald, Michael
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Price reactions in both the short and long term to interim and final dividend reductions (i.e. both omissions and cuts) are established. The degree of overreaction or underreaction in the long term returns is investigated by using speeds of adjustment coefficients estimated from a partial adjustment with noise model. Statistically significant negative returns over the post announcement period are found in the case of interim dividend omissions only; a statistically significant positive post announcement return is found for interim cuts and final cuts/omissions. Abnormal returns are related to the speeds of adjustments for firms that reduce their interim (but not final) dividends.
Labour Market Intervention, Revenue Sharing and Competitive Balance in the Australian Football League, 1897-2002
Creators: name: Booth, Ross
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: A long-running debate in sports economics has centred on whether labour market devices and revenue sharing rules are effective in increasing competitive balance in sports leagues comprised of either profit maximising clubs or win maximising clubs. This chapter examines the levels of competitive balance in a league comprised of win maximising clubs under a variety of labour market devices and revenue sharing rules and makes for interesting comparisons with competitive balance levels achieved in other professional sports leagues. Formed in 1897, the Australian Football League (AFL) has been comprised of clubs owned by their respective paid-up financial members. As a result of this ownership structure, rather than pursuing profits, analysis of the clubs' finances strongly suggests that they are win-maximisers, subject to breaking even. This chapter traces the history of labour market devices and revenue sharing rules the AFL has used to try to increase competitive balance among its win-maximising clubs. Seven different periods between 1897 and 2002 are identified and the different levels of competitive balance achieved matched against the devices used in each period. The highest levels of competitive balance achieved in the AFL have occurred in the most recent period that includes both a player draft and a salary cap. The levels of competitive balance achieved in the AFL are compared with the outcomes in some other major leagues in North America.
Additional file 2 of Effects of intra-operative administration of subanesthetic s-ketamine on emergence from sevoflurane anesthesia: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study
Creators: name: Liu, Tiantian
name: Zhang, Xinxin
name: Li, Ao
name: Liu, Tingting
name: Yang, Xue
name: Zhang, Huanhuan
name: Lei, Yanling
name: Yang, Qianzi
name: Dong, Hailong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 2: Supplementary figure 2. Ai values increased after the administration of s-ketamine along with the changes of EEG features. a Dynamic changes of Ai values in sevoflurane anesthesia. Subanesthetic s-ketamine or normal saline was given at 0 min. Ai values increased 5 min after the administration of s-ketamine and the increase lasted for 10 min. * indicates a difference between the s-ketamine and saline groups. b, c The correlations between the changes of Ai values and the changes in the power of slow, delta, alpha, beta-gamma waves, as well as with the alpha peak frequency.
Cost Utility Analysis Of Treatment For Gallstone Disease: Interim Results
Creators: name: Cook, Johanna
name: Richardson, Jeff
name: Street, Andrew
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The paper considers three options for the treatment of gallstone disease vis, open cholecystectomy, extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The analysis includes the direct hospital, treatment and patient costs of these procedures and the indirect, societal cost of foregone production. The reduced quality of life (QoL) associated with each treatment is measured using the techniques of cost utility analysis. Data were obtained from three sets of surveys: a series of open ended interviews of patients' QoL; a patient questionnaire and a series of population interviews to convert QoL scenarios into utility values using the time trade off and rating scale techniques. Results imply that, with certain caveats, laparoscopic cholecystectomy is unambiguously superior to the other two techniques with respect to both cost and outcome. Lithotripsy is cheaper than open cholecystectomy but because of its side effects may result in a lower post treatment QoL. Choice of open cholecystectomy may therefore increase healthy year equivalents (HYE-s) but at a treatment cost of $443,000 per HYE. The result is reversed if ursodeoxycholic acid is used as the adjacent bile salt regime. Unlike chenodeoxycholic acid, the use of ursodeoxycholic acid does not result in diarrhoea or nausea. At the time of the trial ursodeoxycholic acid was not available in Australia. The consequence of this is a significant reduction in the loss of HYE-s associated with lithotripsy. With the use of ursodeoxycholic acid, laparoscopic cholecystectomy would remain the cheaper procedure but lithotripsy would result in less loss of HYE-s. Lithotripsy would unambiguously be the cheapest option if it was available via the spare capacity of multi purpose lithotripters that were independently justified. Methodological issues discussed in the paper include the measurement of temporary health states, the ex ante and ex post perspectives in cost utility analysis and utility measurement with imperfect patient data.
Loza, José, Génesis 12-50, «Comentarios a la Nueva Biblia de Jerusalén», Desclée De Brouwer, Bilbao, 2007
Creators: name: Salgado, Luís
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2007

description: Theologica, v. 42 n. 2 (2007): Cristianismo, sexualidade e educação sexual
Gomes, Jesué Pinharanda, e Mayo Escudero, Juan, A Cartuxa de Lisboa. Legado de contemplação, «Analecta Cartusiana», Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik Universität Salzburg, Salzburg, Lisboa, 2007
Creators: name: Salgado, Luís
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2007

description: Theologica, v. 42 n. 2 (2007): Cristianismo, sexualidade e educação sexual
Martínez Ferrer, Luis, e Nassar, Ricardo Acosta, Inculturación. Magisterio de la Iglesia y documentos eclesiásticos, Pref. do Card. Poupard, serie «Teología» 5, Promesa, San José (Costa Rica), 2006
Creators: name: Duque, João
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2007

description: Theologica, v. 42 n. 2 (2007): Cristianismo, sexualidade e educação sexual
Knowles, Andrew, y Penkett, Pachomios, Agustín y su mundo, col. «Conocer la historia», San Pablo, Madrid, 2007
Creators: name: Salgado, Luís
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2007

description: Theologica, v. 42 n. 2 (2007): Cristianismo, sexualidade e educação sexual
Aranda, Gonzalo, Daniel, col. «Comentarios a la Nueva Biblia de Jerusalén», Desclée de Brouwer, Bilbao
Creators: name: Correia, João Alberto Sousa
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2007

description: Theologica, v. 42 n. 2 (2007): Cristianismo, sexualidade e educação sexual
Notes on the Implementation of MONASH-MRF: A Multiregional Model of Australia
Creators: name: Naqvi, Farzana
name: Peter, Matthew W.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper presents the computer implementation of the MONASH-MRF model. MONASH-MRF is a multiregional multisectoral model of the Australian Economy. Included is a complete documentation of the model in the TABLO language, consisting of the specification of the model's equation system, variables and coefficients. The paper also provides a step-by-step guide to the conventions of the TABLO language to allow the reader to interpret the specification of the model. Finally, the paper contains instructions and files necessary to generate a forecasting solution of the model.
Dinosaurs are not Dead: The Success of the AMIEU (Qld) in Coping with Industrial Relations Change and AWAs
Creators: name: Jerrard, Marjorie
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: With the move towards Australian Workplace Agreements promoted by the Workplace Relations Act 1996 gaining momentum, comes the issue of how do unions adapt to this changing environment, particularly those unions regarded as 'traditional' and therefore as "dinosaurs". In the shrinking Queensland meat processing and export industry, the Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union is such a union and in 1997 it was confronted with the introduction of AWAs by two companies. The union had to develop a strategy to counter-act a possible threat to its membership base from individual contracts and the threat to established wages and conditions which it had won for its members across the state through collective bargaining. The union had already chosen to rely on its traditional strengths to meet the initial challenges posed by the changing industrial relations climate of the earlier 1990s and saw no reason not to utilise those same strengths in overcoming this most recent threat. This paper provides a practical, rather than theoretical, assessment of the strategies adopted by the AMIEU(Qld).
Additional file 1 of Lipocalin-2-mediated astrocyte pyroptosis promotes neuroinflammatory injury via NLRP3 inflammasome activation in cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury
Creators: name: Li, Juanji
name: Xu, Pengfei
name: Hong, Ye
name: Xie, Yi
name: Peng, Mengna
name: Sun, Rui
name: Guo, Hongquan
name: Zhang, Xiaohao
name: Zhu, Wusheng
name: Wang, Junjun
name: Liu, Xinfeng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Astrocyte activation mainly occurs in penumbra after MCAO operation. Figure S2. After OGD, the secretion of LCN2 increases and then decreases, but no significant differences were detected in astrocyte cell viability. Figure S3. LCN2 and 24p3R are well colocalized in astrocytes. Figure S4. Astrocytic adverse effects on neurons are mediated by LCN2. Figure S5. Immunofluorescence negative control staining of GFAP. Figure S6. Pyroptosis also occurs in microglia and neurons post-MCAO. Figure S7. NLRP3 inflammasome is activated in microglia and neurons during cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury.
Shared Organisational and National Cultural Values as a Factor in Japan's Competitive Advantage
Creators: name: Mezentseff, Larissa
name: Bell, Wendy
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Japan has been a successful global economy able to expand its domestic operations to most parts of the world. Although there is no shortage of literature on Japanese management, business practices and etiquette, little literature exists on the relationship between organisational cultural values and national cultural values. This paper reports on a research study designed to determine whether the espoused organisational values of three international Japanese companies were matched with Japanese national cultural values and if so, to propose that their alignment is a factor in Japan's competitive advantage. The espoused organisational values of the three companies were extracted during a formal content analysis and later compared with Japanese national values as defined by the European researcher in management culture, Geert Hofstede (1980-1994). The results of the study showed that the two sets of cultural values were matched, but also revealed an emphasis on values that are not usually thought of as traditionally Japanese. This paper suggests that this 'matching' may well be at least one of the factors which continues to enable Japan to create and maintain a global competitive advantage.
Long Term Care Insurance
Creators: name: Richardson, Jeff
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper considers the case for long term care insurance specifically designed to address what the World Bank describes as the `looming old age crisis'. It has been suggested that if such insurance is fully funded then this will simultaneously assist with the problem of Australia's low savings ratio. It is argued that the ageing of Australia's population cannot be described as a `looming crisis' and that the benefit of funded health insurance could be achieved as easily by an increase in taxation or the health insurance levy.
Union amalgamations: motivation, barriers, risks, and benefits
Creators: name: Hanley, Glennis
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Union amalgamations are a complex phenomenon, and are not easily achieved. Typically declining membership and related financial difficulties, overlapping jurisdictions, lack of economies of size, the need to increase bargaining power, employer re-organisation or corporate mergers, and protection against raids from other unions are cited as motivating forces behind an amalgamation. Increased bargaining power as a marketing tool is used by union officials in promoting amalgamations. Opposition from both union officials and rank and file members, who may fear a loss of power or identity, may thwart amalgamations. That is, certain sectional interests can obstruct what may have led to positive gains for the average member. Pressure brought to bear from other unions can also prevent an amalgamation. The principal perceived benefit flowing from an amalgamation is increased union power. The potential risks associated with an amalgamation may include the loss of power of rank and file members, a sense of alienation from rank and file members, and an increase in the power of union officials.
Transcendendo limites com amor: reflexões na jornada da Paternidade de Crianças com Deficiência
Creators: name: ESPER, MARCOS
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Esta obra proporciona uma reflexão sobre a jornada desafiadora e enriquecedora da paternidade de crianças com deficiência. Ao longo dos capítulos, os pais são guiados por insights valiosos que transcendem as limitações percebidas e celebram as extraordinárias capacidades de seus filhos. A abordagem vai alémdo foco nas deficiências, explorando a construção de redes de apoio sólidas, fundamentais para enfrentar os desafios únicos dessa jornada. Além disso, destaca a resiliência como uma bússola essencial, orientando os pais na adaptação às mudanças, no enfrentamento do estigma e na valorização das conquistas diárias.
Toldrà Parés, Jaime, Josemaría Escrivá en Logroño (1915-1925), Instituto Histórico San Josemaría Escrivá, Ediciones RIALP, Madrid, 2007
Creators: name: Salgado, Luís
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2007

description: Theologica, v. 42 n. 2 (2007): Cristianismo, sexualidade e educação sexual
MOESM4 of Rewiring glycerol metabolism for enhanced production of poly-Îł-glutamic acid in Bacillus licheniformis
Creators: name: Zhan, Yangyang
name: Sheng, Bojie
name: Wang, Huan
name: Shi, Jiao
name: Cai, Dongbo
name: Yi, Li
name: Yang, Shihui
name: Wen, Zhiyou
name: Ma, Xin
name: Chen, Shouwen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 4: Table S4. Primers used for PCR and qRT-PCR in this study.
Stored Value: An Analysis of its Institutional and Economic Implications
Creators: name: Crowley, Michael John
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Increasingly public attention and the media is focusing on the advent of Smartcards and the move towards the concept of a cashless society. Email cash and other means of transactions through the Internet are also gaining media attention; often reflecting a lack of understanding of the institutional arrangements governing the nature of the monetary system and its foundations. This paper using the concept of stored value as a generic term for money accessible and exchangeable through electronic media, inclusive of but not exclusive to Smartcard technology, attempts to remedy this by providing a clear conceptual understanding of what is involved. In doing so the paper focuses on a number of important issues. In particular, the implications for seigniorage, wealth transfer, and the potential for a less than socially optimal allocation of resources if the incentive to provide a new and innovative retail payment system is not carefully monitored and understood.
Australian experience in the use of economic evaluation to inform policy on medical technologies
Creators: name: Hailey, David
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper considers the role of economic evaluation of health care technologies in Australia and its relationship to policy and program decisions. Economid evaluation in relation to policy has been best developed in relation to drug subsidy decisions under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. A key to this successful use of economic analysis has been the availability of a well developed framework for evaluation, linked to legislative provisions and clearly defined responsibilities withihn a government program. This application of cost-effectiveness analysis to decisions taken by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee is still evolving. At this stage, those responsible for the economic evaluations are increasingly having to confront the issue of the limits of such analysis in the practical policy formulation process. Considerations other than economic analysis may have major influence on some decisions. Several case studies are presented to illustrate these points. Australian experience with evaluation of non-pharmaceutical health technologies is mixed. Health technology assessment has been undertaken in Australia for a number os years, providing advice to policy areas, administrators and users of technologies. In a number of assessments, resource allocation was considered in some detail, although this did not always include economic analysis. Generally these assessments have been framed as advisory documents providing input to policy and program areas that have a more diffuse legislative and administrative framework than that applying to evaluation of drug listing applications under the Pharmaceuticla Benefits Scheme. Case studies are presented on the assessment of organ transplantation programs, breast and cervical cancer screening, magnetic resonance imaging, shockwave lithotripsy and related technologies and cardiac pacemakers. Some general points that emerge are the importance of factors other than economic evaluation in the decision making process, and the need to make policy and administrative decisions on the basis of limited data. It seems likely that policy on health technologies will continue to be influenced by a range of technical, political and societal factors, as well as by economic apraisal.
Workplace Regulation at Metters' Stoveworks, 1902 to 1922: Did Arbitration Make a Difference?
Creators: name: Cockfield, Sandra
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper explores the impact of the NSW arbitration system on workplace industrial relations at Metters' Stoveworks in Sydney between 1902 and 1922. It is argued that far from dominating the industrial relations environment, the arbitration system had a muted impact, shaped by the interaction of workplace militancy and union and management strategies. The analysis of regulatory structures and practices at Metters suggests the relationship between arbitration and workplace industrial relations was complex and contradictory. While on the surface it appears that various arbitral awards assisted worker control, a closer examination reveals the importance of workplace militancy, often independent of the union, in achieving this control.
Facetten der Sprachkompetenz im Zusammenhang mit mathematischem Kompetenzerwerb
Creators: name: Scheller, Lilo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Sprachkompetenz
Mathematik
mathematischem Kompetenzerwerb
Masterarbeit

description: Abstract Der enge Zusammenhang von Sprachkompetenz und Mathematikkompetenz ist durch empirische Studien vielfach belegt. In dieser Masterarbeit wird der Frage nachgegangen, welche sprachlichen Teilkompetenzen für das mathematische Lernen besonders bedeutsam sind. Dazu werden einzelne Facetten der Sprachkompetenz im Zusammenhang mit mathematischen Kompetenzerwerb erforscht. Grundlage für die Analyse waren die Inhalte aktueller Fachliteratur und -artikel, da noch wenige Erkenntnisse aus empirischen Studien vorliegen. Es konnten Unterschiede bezüglich der Relevanz einzelner sprachlicher Teilkompetenzen für den Erwerb mathematischer Kompetenzen festgestellt werden. Sie werden zusammenfassend dargestellt. Darüber hinaus zeigte sich bei der Recherche die zentrale Rolle der verschiedenen Funktionen der Sprache für das fachliche Lernen. Die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse sollen als Grundlage dienen, Lernende mit geringen sprachlichen Kompetenzen gezielter beim mathematischen Lernen zu unterstützen.
MOESM5 of Rewiring glycerol metabolism for enhanced production of poly-Îł-glutamic acid in Bacillus licheniformis
Creators: name: Zhan, Yangyang
name: Sheng, Bojie
name: Wang, Huan
name: Shi, Jiao
name: Cai, Dongbo
name: Yi, Li
name: Yang, Shihui
name: Wen, Zhiyou
name: Ma, Xin
name: Chen, Shouwen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Additional file 5: Figure S1. The schematic diagram of recombination strain WX02-glpX construction.
Stock, Klemens, La Liturgia da la Palabra. Comentarios a los Evangelios dominicales y festivos – Ciclo A, col. «Caminos», San Pablo, Madrid, 2007
Creators: name: Coutinho, Jorge
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2007

description: Theologica, v. 42 n. 2 (2007): Cristianismo, sexualidade e educação sexual
Work and Retirement of Older Black and Hispanic Adults
Creators: name: Aguila, Emma
name: Lee, Zeewan
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: retirement determinants, Blacks, Hispanics
subject: Population and Demography
subject: Social Sciences

description: Growing U.S. income inequality and the aging of Black and Hispanic populations point to greater risks of financial insecurity for older populations in coming years. Research on retirement determinants for Blacks and Hispanics is limited. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, we analyze retirement determinants for Blacks and Hispanics. We link this data to the Working Trajectories file and restricted SSA individual-level files to determine Social Security wealth by race and ethnic origin. Using sociodemographic, health, and economic covariates, we construct a conditional probit model that identifies the probability a given individual will retire from the workforce over time. We find that Hispanics, Blacks, and non-Hispanic whites respond similarly to Social Security, private pension incentives, and other institutional (e.g., health insurance) influences on retirement. In their retirement decisions, non-Hispanic Blacks are not responsive to some sociodemographic characteristics (male, couple, and number of household members), but they are responsive to physical and mental health problems. Hispanics are less responsive than non-Hispanic whites to most sociodemographic characteristics (male, education, and couple) and mental health problems in their retirement decisions. Our findings for non-Hispanic whites are consistent with previous literature. Our research can inform programs and policies to improve the quality of life for older adults, especially those isolated by cultural, economic, educational, or other barriers.
Personal and Organizational Predictors of Women's and Men's Managerial Aspirations
Creators: name: Tharenou, Phyllis
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The aim of this study was to examine prediction of managerial aspirations by personal and organizational factors compatible with and fostering advancement, and differences in explanation for male and female employees. Analysis of questionnaire data from 4859 fulltime Australian employees (2534 men, 2325 women) of five hierarchical levels revealed managerial aspirations were explained both by personal factors of masculinity, self-esteem, education and age and by organizational factors of plateauing, specified promotion ladders, and mentor psychosocial support. Men's and women's managerial aspirations were similarly explained. However, women's aspirations appeared more subject to influence at nonsupervisor/nonmanager level than men's, and were lower than men's.
Retrospective and prospective look on HRM research in China: implications for future study
Creators: name: Zhu, Cherrie Jiuhua
name: Thomson, S. Bruce
name: De Cieri, Helen
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Based on an extensive literature review of research conducted in the field of human resource management (HRM) in China since its economic reform, this paper highlights the background to the research; classifies the research papers in terms of their time frame, HRM functional focus, ownership types, and research methods; and examines issues and deficiencies in current research. The paper concludes with propositions and implications for future research on HRM in China.
Chesterton, Gilbert K., El hombre eterno, Prólogo de Juan Manuel de Prada, col. «Pensamiento y teología», Ediciones Cristiandad, Madrid, 2007
Creators: name: Coutinho, Jorge
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2007

description: Theologica, v. 42 n. 2 (2007): Cristianismo, sexualidade e educação sexual
The practical utility of leadership
Creators: name: Reser, Clarence L. W.
name: Sarros, James C.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The purpose of the paper is to narrow the gap between practitioners and academics by highlighting the practical utility of leadership theory. Confusion exists about the practical role and value of leadership in society despite a vast literature on the subject. Our thesis is that complex theories of leadership tend to obfuscate the practical value of leadership to society and institutions. The methodology employed in this paper is analytical and discursive. Two principal research questions are addressed: First, what are the principal types of leadership? Second, what are the practical functions of leadership? Three themes are developed to answer each of the research questions. The research is based on a selective survey of the leadership literature. Two tables present the data from our survey: Table 1 provides a tentative typology of twenty-nine types of leadership; Table 2 enumerates twenty-three functions of leadership. The paper offers ten topical conclusions: (1) a number of classification problems constitute impediments to an elegant ordering of leadership theory, (2) there is a lack of any common classification system for leadership theory, (3) classification is rarely addressed in the literature, (4) the lack of a universal definition of leadership may inhibit better organization of leadership theory, (5) there are many types of leadership reflecting a wide range of philosophical approaches and considerable variance in levels of conceptual abstraction, (6) only a primitive ordering of leadership theory is currently prudent, (7) seven principles of taxonomy may be useful to the field of leadership studies, (8) leadership theory is poorly organized at the moment, (9) there is no consensus as to the function(s) of leadership, and (10) the job of real leaders is complex and vital but poorly understood at present. Overall, our general conclusions were that: (a) given the bewildering assortment of leadership types, scholars should invest more effort to organize the large body of theory and research that is currently available, and (b) while there are many functions of leadership reported in the literature, we propose six primary, five secondary, and three generic functions of leadership for all practical purposes.