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'Don't tell anyone anything': How do family secrets influence child-to-parent violence and abuse?
Get PDFThe focus of this paper is exploring topic avoidance in the form of family secrets and how they may influence Child-To-Parent Violence and Abuse (CPVA). The research was conducted with two families experiencing CPVA using the Biographic Narrative Interpretive Method (BNIM). This method was selected with the intention of gaining a deep understanding of the living experiences of families experiencing CPVA. An outcome of using this method was uncovering the ways in which secrets, as part of problematic communication, affect the behaviours of family members throughout their life-course. The narratives collected from each participant were analysed by the researcher and ‘Reflecting Teams’ as recommended by the BNIM approach. The findings showed that there was a pattern of parental avoidance of conflict through the use of topic avoidance and secrecy leading to Child-To-Parent Violence and Abuse, creating a ‘spiral of secrecy and abuse’ operating within the families
Malnutrition and Disability: A Retrospective Study on 2258 Adult Patients Undergoing Elective Spine Surgery.
Get PDFBackground and Objectives: Malnutrition's prevalence and its relationship with functional ability in patients with end-stage spine pathologies, i.e., any disease of the vertebral bodies, intervertebral discs, and associated joints requiring surgical intervention, are yet to be explored. This retrospective study aimed to investigate the association between malnutrition, disability, and physical health in patients undergoing elective spine surgery in our Italian hospital. Materials and Methods: Data between 2016 and 2019, recorded at pre-admission visits, were extracted from our institutional spine registry (ClinicalTrials.gov number: NCT03644407), excluding minor patients or those undergoing emergency or oncological surgery. The measures were the Oswestry disability index (ODI) and the physical health (PH) summary of the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey. Clinical data were linked to nine laboratory parameters from pre-operative routine blood tests, and equations to ascertain the risk of malnutrition and its diagnosis were attributed. Results: The study sample included 2258 spine patients (58.15% females) who underwent surgery in our Italian hospital. The ODI and PH significantly varied across body weight difference (BWd) strata in younger adults (adjusted-p = 0.046, η2 = 0.04; adjusted-p = 0.036, η2 = 0.06) and adults (adjusted-p = 0.001, η2 = 0.02; adjusted-p = 0.004, η2 = 0.02). Protein malnutrition with acute/chronic inflammation (PMAC) in both adults (adjusted-p < 0.001, η2 = 0.04; adjusted-p < 0.001, η2 = 0.04) and older adults (adjusted-p = 0.010, η2 = 0.04; adjusted-p = 0.009, η2 = 0.05) had also a discernible impact in determining the ODI and PH. In older adults, the ODI was associated with iron deficit malnutrition (IDM) (adjusted-p = 0.005, η2 = 0.06) and both the ODI and PH were associated with vitamin B deficit (VBD) (adjusted-p = 0.037, η2 = 0.01; adjusted-p = 0.049, η2 = 0.01). Trend monotonicity was diagnosis- and sex-specific, with meaningful ordered patterns being observed mostly in young males and older females. Conclusions: Functional ability showed an association with malnutrition in younger adults and adults when using BWd, in adults and older adults when using PMAC, and in older adults when using IDM and VBD. The authors advocate for the inclusion of nutritional management in the pre-operative evaluation to potentially enhance recovery after spine surgery
Importance of hue: the effect of saturation on hue–chroma asymmetries
Get PDFColor spaces based on the cardinal color mechanisms, such as DKL, are not perceptually uniform: just-noticeable differences (JNDs) for chroma (and saturation) are larger than for hue, particularly in the orangish and less so in the purplish region. There is evidence that points of equal distance from the achromatic axis are not perceived as equally saturated, suggesting differential scaling between the quadrants. We measured hue and chroma JNDs as well as perceived saturation in the orangish and purplish quadrants of DKL. We calculated chroma-to-hue JND ratios as a function of perceived saturation and found that the ratios were still much higher in the orangish than the purplish quadrant
Preliminary clinical evaluation (PCE): A transnational scoping review of current radiography practice
Get PDFIntroduction: Image interpretation by radiographers has gained widespread recognition; however, current evidence provides very limited knowledge of the state and scope of practice transnationally. This study therefore sought to explore the current state and scope of preliminary clinical evaluation (PCE) practice to further understand international best practices in terms of policy, training and education, and practice competence of radiographers when carrying out PCE. Method: A comprehensive literature search was completed via federated electronic databases (EBSCOhost and Web of Science) and professional radiography platforms for journal articles and policy or practice guidance documents, respectively. Data were charted from eligible studies following screening of articles in accordance with the predefined eligibility criteria. Themes were generated using inductive narrative analysis. Results: Thirty-one peer reviewed articles and 5 radiography practice policy documents were identified. Over 60% of the included studies were carried out in the United Kingdom and Australia with about 60% focused on projectional radiography of the appendicular and axial skeletons. Three main themes were developed and included: scope of PCE practice and implementation; PCE proficiency indicators; factors influencing PCE participation and performance. Conclusion: Gaps exist around defined scope of practice, standardisation, commenting format and compliance with policy. There is very limited evidence around PCE practice in cross-sectional imaging, thus, it is difficult to ascertain the current state and scope of practice internationally. There is a need for countries to develop standard commenting frameworks as well as enforcement of compliance. Additionally, more research is required to ascertain the competence and benefits of PCE practice within cross sectional imaging
The influence of key account management on competitive advantage and firm performance: A dynamic capability approach
Get PDFGrounded in the dynamic capability view of the firm, the present research examines the mechanism of the influence of key account management orientation on the market and financial performance of B2B supplier firms and proposes a model of key account management orientation–organizational capabilities–competitive advantages–performance relationships. This research offers a nuanced understanding of how strategic orientation in key account management can drive sustainable competitive advantage and operational excellence. Examining the survey data of 568 B2B supplier firms based in Europe and conducting confirmatory factor analysis and covariance-based structural equation modeling through AMOS 23.0, we find that key account management orientation significantly affects relational and key account management capabilities that, in turn, result in differentiation advantage and key account management effectiveness. These competitive advantages subsequently enhance levels of market and financial performance. Moreover, the current research indicates that while formalization and innovativeness attenuate the effects of key account management orientation on relational and key account management capabilities respectively, environmental impact complements these capabilities augmenting key account management effectiveness. Moreover, in the case of managing relationships with key accounts, satisfaction is complementary to the acquired differentiation advantage, increasing levels of financial performance
Millennials’ perceived value and intention to purchase athleisure products: The mediating role of desire for conspicuous consumption
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As Millennials consist of most of the world’s population, there is a growing body of research understanding their consumption patterns in sport. We examined the relationship among Millennials’ various perceived values, their desire for conspicuous consumption, and their intention to purchase athleisure products.
Design/methodology/approach
We used a web-based survey through Amazon Mechanical Turk (n = 348) to test our research hypotheses and model.
Findings
Our findings revealed that perceived price, quality, and emotional value were positively associated with both the desire for conspicuous consumption and purchase intention towards athleisure products among Millennials. Perceived emotional and social value of athleisure-related products was positively associated with their purchasing intention via the desire for conspicuous consumption.
Originality/value
This is the first study examining the association among perceived value, conspicuous consumption tendencies, and purchase intention among Millennials. Our study suggests that Millennials have unique desires and preferences in what they wear in both sporting and casual settings, which in turn, contributes to their self-presentation strategies. These findings have implications for both sport scholars and professionals
Hubris and leadership: The role of, and warning signs in, storytelling and myth-making
No full textManagement scholars and psychologists have puzzled about how best to define and identify and measure hubris and hubristic tendencies, with only partial success. Such attempts try to help us see what lies behind the analogy to the ancient vice of hybris and its modern re-conceptualisation. In this chapter we explore how the processes of making metaphors work and how storytelling affects the teller and the audience. We examine what purposes storytelling serves, especially when its transformation achieves a mythic character. We do this by exploring where aesthetics and literary theorising intersect with evolutionary psychology, and by connecting that to management studies. This approach guides us to observations about the nature and practice of leadership that might signal hubris-in-the-making. That might just help us see when the dark side of modern hubris snuffs out its bright-side potential, and perhaps how to prevent it happening. Doing so may help leaders learn when and how not to believe their own storytelling (or press releases)
Passing the baton: age, action and mentorship in three Hollywood films
No full textAging and the spectre of mortality pose particular challenges to the (literally or figuratively) super-human figure of the Hollywood action hero. Still more so when that figure is female, for, no matter how ‘kick-ass’ she might be, her identity is inextricably bound up with ideas of youth, beauty and sexuality. It is no surprise that the emerging sub-genre of ‘Geriaction’ (Crossley and Fisher, 2021) is an almost exclusively male province featuring vanishingly few female stars, withn RED (2010) and RED 2 (2013) being the most striking exceptions to date. In fact action narratives have long offered the aging male star a role as mentor to a younger successor - passing on, as it were, the baton of patriarchal power, with a spot of Oedipal sparring along the way (as, for example, in eg. The Rookie (1990), Live Free or Die Hard (2007)). His female counterpart, however, is largely absent from our screens. Indeed where our female action heroes have the benefit of a mentor (and they frequently do) that mentor is invariably male, (as in such diverse narratives as The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), Terminator Genysis (2015) and The Protégé (2021) reinforcing a sense that the power wielded by the female action hero is inherently masculine and provisional.
When it comes to the relationship between an older woman and the younger woman preparing to replace her, Hollywood is traditionally more likely to portray them as jealous rivals for the valuable commodities of male attention and male-controlled power, rather than allies. Such relationships are haunted by the spectre of the ‘wicked stepmother’, an archetype which, as Marina Warner (1994), argues is politically and historically contingent, but none the less dangerous for that. She remains a culturally pervasive figure, replicated in the cinematic ‘fairy tales’ of the modern age. Examples range from Monster-in- Law (2005) and The Devil Wears Prada (2006), films which Shelley Cobb (2011) has argued rehearse different generational models of feminism through their female leads, to the classic dynamic of All About Eve (1950), a dynamic predicated on the idea that there can be only one female star. Within the logic of the Hollywood action narrative the older female mentor is practically a contradiction in terms.
In this chapter, I will explore how traditional patterns are disrupted in three female-led actions films – three films, incidentally, directed by women: The Old Guard (Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2020), Mulan (Niki Caro, 2020) and Charlie’s Angels (Elizabeth Banks, 2019). Despite the generic, stylistic and structural differences between them, all three, in their particular ways, challenge the trope of the jealous ‘older woman’ threatened by the usurping ingénue, and replace it with a narrative of mentorship and intergenerational allyship
Individuals who are 'super recognisers' show superior performance on independent measures of face perception, face memory, and face matching.
Get PDFIndividuals who are superior at face recognition are described as 'super recognisers' (SRs). On standard face recognition tasks SRs outperform individuals who have typical face recognition ability. However, high accuracy on face recognition tasks may be driven by superior ability in one or more of several component processes including face perception, face matching, and face memory. The present study utilised the Oxford Face Matching Test (OFMT) and a novel analysis strategy to derive independent measures of face perception, face matching, and face memory. Thirty-two SRs and the same number of matched controls with typical face recognition ability undertook three face processing tasks: the OFMT, the Glasgow Face Matching Test, and the Cambridge Face Memory Test. At the group level, SRs were more accurate than controls across all tasks, and they reported greater face recognition ability. Of most importance, however, was the finding that SRs exhibited superior face perception, face matching, and face memory. Collectively, these results suggest that SRs have superior ability across multiple independent face-related processes
Constructions of marketing work: a critical Review
Get PDFThis paper examines the ways in which marketing scholarship has engaged with the concept of marketing work. It seeks to demonstrate, through a critical review of the literature, that marketing research has largely kept its focus away from the mundane world of the practitioner and this has led to significant weaknesses in our understanding of what actually constitutes marketing work, and therefore, also, to confused conceptualisations of marketing. Centrally, the paper adopts Gummesson’s distinction between part-time and full-time marketers as a potentially helpful lens through which to approach the leaky boundaries of daily marketing work, using it to examine scholarly responses to the impact of co-creation, social media, datafication, artificial intelligence, and gender on marketing work