177 research outputs found
The role of actor associations in understanding the implementation of lean thinking in healthcare
No full textPurpose: The importance of networks in effecting the outcomes of change processes is well-established in the literature. Whilst extant literature focuses predominantly on the structural properties of networks, our purpose is to explore the dynamics of network emergence that give rise to the outcomes of process interventions. We show how Actor Network Theory (ANT) may be used as a lens for interrogating the way in which management interventions play out in the complex organisational setting of a UK National Health Service Trust, providing insights for management of process change initiatives. Design/methodology/approach: This is a rich qualitative study in the Pathology Unit of a UK National Health Service Trust, using ANT as the theoretical lens for tracking the emergence and transformation of networks of individuals over the course of a management intervention to promote “lean thinking” for performance improvements.Findings: ANT is useful for explicitly tracking how organisational players shift their positions and network allegiances over time, and identifying objects and actions that are effective in engaging individuals in networks enabling transition to a lean process. It is important to attend to the dynamics of the process of change and devise appropriate timely interventions enabling actors to shift their own positions towards a desired outcome.Research limitations/implications: We make the case for using of theoretical frameworks developed outside the operations management to develop insights for designing process interventions.Originality/value: By understanding the role of shifting networks managers can use timely interventions during the process implementation to facilitate the transition to lean processes: e.g. using demonstrable senior leadership commitment and visual communication.<br/
The Mosaic Panel of Constantine IX and Zoe in Saint Sophia
No full textREB 36 1978 France p. 219-232
N. Oikonomides, The Mosaic Panel of Constantine IX and Zoe in Saint Sophia. — This wellknown mosaic panel of the South Gallery of Saint Sophia was first made in order to commemorate a generous donation to the Church by Romanos III Argyros (1028-1034) and his wife Zoe. When Constantine IX Monomachos (1042-1055), Zoe's third husband, made a new and more important donation to Saint Sophia, the patriarch Michael Keroularios had the heads of the imperial couple and of the central figure of Christ as well as the accompanying inscriptions changed, in order to commemorate the new donation. Certain discrepancies in the preserved mosaic lead the author to the hypothesis that the « new » heads of Zoe and of Christ come from an earlier mosaic of similar dimensions, made before 1028, at a time when Zoe was young.</jats:p
The Mosaic Panel of Constantine IX and Zoe in Saint Sophia
No full textREB 36 1978 France p. 219-232
N. Oikonomides, The Mosaic Panel of Constantine IX and Zoe in Saint Sophia. — This wellknown mosaic panel of the South Gallery of Saint Sophia was first made in order to commemorate a generous donation to the Church by Romanos III Argyros (1028-1034) and his wife Zoe. When Constantine IX Monomachos (1042-1055), Zoe's third husband, made a new and more important donation to Saint Sophia, the patriarch Michael Keroularios had the heads of the imperial couple and of the central figure of Christ as well as the accompanying inscriptions changed, in order to commemorate the new donation. Certain discrepancies in the preserved mosaic lead the author to the hypothesis that the « new » heads of Zoe and of Christ come from an earlier mosaic of similar dimensions, made before 1028, at a time when Zoe was young.Oikonomidès Nicolas. The Mosaic Panel of Constantine IX and Zoe in Saint Sophia. In: Revue des études byzantines, tome 36, 1978. pp. 219-232
"An Integrated Model of National Party Response to European Integration". IHS Political Science Series: No. 115, May 2008
No full textDevelopments in the policy and polity dimensions of European integration constitute the ‘European context’ of national politics. The present paper contributes to the broader debates on Europeanization by exploring whether and to what extent this context induces political party (policy and/or organizational) change. To date, research on the Europeanization of political parties has not yet been sufficiently linked to the general theories of party change. Hence, the paper theoretically embeds the study of political party Europeanization into extant theories of party change. It constructs a model accounting for variation in party response to the institutional and policy challenges brought about by European integration. The model distinguishes between different levels of party Europeanization (Awareness and Action) and stresses the role of intra-party power relations as well as primary party goals as important mediating factors
Effectiveness of interventions targeting social support to prevent or treat depression in young people: A pilot living systematic review protocol
No full textThis review aims to collate up-to-date evidence on the effectiveness of social support interventions for preventing and treating depression in young people. This review will follow the Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome (PICO) model and adheres to the PRISMA-P guidelines.
AUTHOR AFFILIATIONS
Corresponding author: Isabel Zbukvic, University of Melbourne, Orygen, [email protected]. 35 Poplar Rd, Parkville.
Katherine Mok, Orygen, University of Melbourne
Alan Bailey, Orygen, University of Melbourne
Zoe Nikakis, Orygen
Caroline Crlenjak, Orygen
Kate Filia, Orygen, University of Melbourne
AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS
IZ initiated protocol planning and IZ and AB drafted the protocol. AB, KM, ZN, CC, and KF critically reviewed the methodology and reviewed the protocol for important intellectual content. All authors read and approved the final protocol. IZ is the guarantor of this review and is responsible for the overall scientific integrity of the work
Effectiveness of interventions targeting social support to prevent or treat depression in young people: A pilot living systematic review protocol
No full textThis review aims to collate up-to-date evidence on the effectiveness of social support interventions for preventing and treating depression in young people. This review will follow the Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome (PICO) model and adheres to the PRISMA-P guidelines.
AUTHOR AFFILIATIONS
Corresponding author: Isabel Zbukvic, University of Melbourne, Orygen, [email protected]. 35 Poplar Rd, Parkville.
Katherine Mok, Orygen, University of Melbourne
Alan Bailey, Orygen, University of Melbourne
Zoe Nikakis, Orygen
Caroline Crlenjak, Orygen
Kate Filia, Orygen, University of Melbourne
AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS
IZ initiated protocol planning and IZ and AB drafted the protocol. AB, KM, ZN, CC, and KF critically reviewed the methodology and reviewed the protocol for important intellectual content. All authors read and approved the final protocol. IZ is the guarantor of this review and is responsible for the overall scientific integrity of the work
Effectiveness of interventions targeting social support to prevent or treat depression in young people: A pilot living systematic review protocol
No full textThis review aims to collate up-to-date evidence on the effectiveness of social support interventions for preventing and treating depression in young people. This review will follow the Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome (PICO) model and adheres to the PRISMA-P guidelines.
AUTHOR AFFILIATIONS
Corresponding author: Isabel Zbukvic, University of Melbourne, Orygen, [email protected]. 35 Poplar Rd, Parkville.
Katherine Mok, Orygen, University of Melbourne
Alan Bailey, Orygen, University of Melbourne
Zoe Nikakis, Orygen
Caroline Crlenjak, Orygen
Kate Filia, Orygen, University of Melbourne
AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS
IZ initiated protocol planning and IZ and AB drafted the protocol. AB, KM, ZN, CC, and KF critically reviewed the methodology and reviewed the protocol for important intellectual content. All authors read and approved the final protocol. IZ is the guarantor of this review and is responsible for the overall scientific integrity of the work
Centromedon zoe Horton & Thurston, 2011, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Centromedon zoe</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figures 1–3)</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> Holotype: female, 6.5 mm and 9 slides, NHMUK 2011.925. Allotype: male 6.3 mm (and one slide mount of antennae) NHMUK 2011.946. Paratypes: 12 mature females, average 6.5 mm (4.9–7.0 mm), NHMUK 2011.926 – 935; 12 mature males, average 6.1 mm (5.5–7.3 mm), NHMUK 2011.936 – 945; 5 mature females and 5 mature males (AM P.85244); collected at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the northern Atlantic Ocean, RRV <i>James Cook</i>, (cruise 011), station number JC011/098; freefall, acoustically-released, baited trap, deployed at 1313 hrs (UTC) 9 August 2007, 54° 04.08' N, 34° 09.43' W at 2500 m, released at 1125 hrs, 11 September 2007; bottom time, 46 hrs.</p> <p> <b>Additional material.</b> 678 specimens, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, JC011/079, 05–07/08/2007, 53°56.44'N, 36°11.56'W, 2564 m; 1861 specimens, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, JC011/114, 12–13/08/2007, 54°02.31'N, 34°09.60'W, 2453 m; 860 specimens, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, JC011/098, 09–11/08/2007, 54°04.08'N, 34°09.43'W, 2500 m. 879 specimens, base of Sedlo Seamount, Azores, Stn. 56319#1, 40° 11.43' N, 26° 33.99' W, 2655 m; 574 specimens, 56354#1, 39° 50.17' N, 26° 17.82' W, 2876 m. 21 specimens, Stn. 51403#1, Benthic Net 1.5/ 3m, 51° 37.7' N, 12° 59.8' W, 1292–1314 m; 6 specimens, Stn. 51403#2, Benthic Net 1.5/ 3m, 51° 37.4' N, 12° 59.2' W, 1317–1325 m; 1 specimen, Stn. 51403#3, Benthic Net 1.5/ 3m, 51° 36.8' N, 12° 59.1' W, 1319–1325 m; 11 specimens, Stn. 51403#4 Benthic Net 1.5/ 3m, 51° 36.7' N, 12° 59.6' W, 1319–1333 m; 8 specimens, Stn. 51403#5, Benthic Net 1.5/ 3m, 51° 37.8' N, 12° 58.9' W, 1289–1297 m; 11 specimens, Stn. 51420#1, Benthic Net 1.5/ 3m, 51° 37.3' N, 12° 58.6' W, 1326–1328 m; 11 specimens, Stn. 51420#3, Benthic Net 1.5/ 3m, 51° 38.3' N, 12° 58.9' W, 1293–1298 m; 6 specimens, Stn. 51420#4, Benthic Net 1.5/ 3m, 51° 37.9' N, 12° 59.5' W, 1302–1319 m – all from the ‘ <i>Pheronema’</i> ground in the Porcupine Seabight.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Lateral cephalic lobes subacute, not projecting; mandibular palp with 8 distolateral A2 setae; maxillipedal palp article 4 well-developed; coxa 1 weakly tapered, anterior margin concave; gnathopod 1 subchelate, propodus subrectangular; basis anterior margin fully setose; gnathopod 2 minutely subchelate; propodus rectangular; pereopods 3 and 4 dactyli long, subequal to propodus; epimeron 3 tooth acute, not upcurved; urosome 1 with distinct triangular acute carina.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Holotype female 6.5 mm. <i>Head:</i> exposed, as long as deep; lateral cephalic lobe large, narrow, subacute; <i>Eyes:</i> apparently absent. <i>Antenna 1:</i> short; peduncular article 1 short; peduncular article 2 short, length 0.3 x article 1; peduncular article 3 short, length 0.3 x article 1; primary flagellum nine- articulate; accessory flagellum long, length 0.45 x primary flagellum, three-articulate, forming cap, partially covering callynophore; callynophore strong, two-field; calceoli absent. <i>Antenna 2:</i> short, length 1.17 x antenna 1; peduncle without brush setae; peduncular article 1 not greatly enlarged; weakly geniculate between peduncular articles 3–4; article 3 long, length 0.8 x article 4; flagellum well-developed, nine-articulate.</p> <p> <i>Epistome and upper lip:</i> separate, upper lip dominant, weakly produced. <i>Lower lip lobes:</i> widely separated, inner lobes present. <i>Mandible:</i> incisor ventral margin smooth with small hook; lacinia mobilis present only on left mandible, a stemmed irregularly cusped peg; left and right accessory setal rows with simple robust setae and plumose setae; molar laminar, unridged with vestigial triturative area at tip; palp attached level with molar; article 1 short, length 0.8 x breadth; article 2 slender, length 5 x breadth, with eight distolateral A2 setae; article 3 slender, blade-like, with two long B3 setae, ten D3 setae and three E3 setae. <i>Maxilla 1:</i> inner plate narrow, with 2 apical pappose setae; outer plate with setal-teeth in 7/4 crown arrangement, outer row with ST1–7 large and slender, ST1 four-cuspidate, ST2 three-cuspidate, ST3 four-cuspidate, ST4 six-cuspidate, ST5 seven-cuspidate, ST6 six-cuspidate, ST7 displaced from ST6, five-cuspidate, STA-D large, slender, STA four-cuspidate, STB five-cuspidate, STC six-cuspidate, STD six-cuspidate; palp large, two-articulate, article 1, short, article 2 with seven robust terminal setae, one flag seta and one sub-terminal simple seta. <i>Maxilla 2:</i> inner plate narrow, tapering distally, shorter than outer plate, with two sub-parallel, medial setal rows; outer plate with short robust and plumose setae. <i>Maxilliped:</i> inner plate large, suboval with three robust nodular setae, setal row strong, with eight pappose setae reaching apical margin, and two marginal setae; outer plate medium, subrectangular, with six simple robust setae apically and ten robust nodular setae medially; palp large, four-articulate, article 2 slender, length 2.5 x breadth, article 3 long, slen- der, length 1.9 x breadth, article 4 well-developed, with one subterminal seta.</p> <p> <i>Gnathopod 1:</i> subchelate; coxa large, slightly shorter than coxa 2, weakly tapered distally, anterior margin concave, anteroventral corner broadly rounded, basis slender, long, length 4.4 x breadth, strongly setose anteriorly; ischium short, length 1.0 x breadth; carpus subrectangular, lacking posterior lobe, subequal in length to propodus, length 1.9 x breadth; propodus subrectangular, margins subparallel, palm oblique. <i>Gnathopod 2:</i> minutely subchelate; coxa large, subequal to coxa 3; ischium long, length 2.5 x breadth; carpus length 2.4 x breadth; propodus subrectangular; dactylus inserted at anterior corner of propodus, reaching palm edge. <i>Pereopod 3:</i> coxa large, subrectangular; basis slender, straight, margins subparallel, dactylus long, straight. <i>Pereopod 4:</i> coxa deeper than wide with posteroventral lobe broadly rounded, posterior margin straight. <i>Pereopod 5:</i> coxa posterior lobate (no lateral ridge); basis expanded, posterior margin weakly convex, posterior lobe narrowly rounded. <i>Pereopod 6:</i> coxa small, posterior lobate; basis expanded, posterior margin weakly convex, posterodistal lobe narrowly rounded. <i>Pereopod 7:</i> coxa small; basis broadly expanded and rounded, posterodistal lobe broadly rounded; distal articles shortened, together 0.76 x length of basis.</p> <p> <i>Pleonites 1 to 3:</i> not carinate. <i>Epimeron 2:</i> posteroventral corner convex, broadly rounded. <i>Epimeron 3:</i> posteroventral corner produced acutely. <i>Urosome:</i> urosomite 1 with distinct carina, forming a posteriorly directed acute ‘tooth’. <i>Uropod 1:</i> peduncle, length 1.24 x inner ramus, with four lateral robust setae and six medial robust setae; outer ramus subequal to inner ramus; inner ramus with one medial robust seta and two lateral robust setae; outer ramus with one lateral robust seta and two medial robust setae. <i>Uropod 2:</i> peduncle, length 0.86 x inner ramus, with four lateral robust setae; outer ramus subequal to inner ramus; inner ramus with two medial robust setae and one lateral robust seta; outer ramus with two lateral robust setae. <i>Uropod 3:</i> peduncle, length 0.8 x inner ramus, with four apicolateral robust setae, four apicomedial robust setae and two medial simple slender setae; inner ramus shorter than outer ramus, length 0.84 x outer ramus, with one medial slender seta, one medial robust seta and one lateral robust seta; outer ramus two-articulate, article 2 length 0.77 x article 1, article 1 with one medial robust seta and three lateral robust setae. <i>Telson:</i> long, lobes tapering, length 1.56 x breadth, cleft 81%, with two dorsal robust setae per lobe; apices incised, each with apical notch and one robust seta.</p> <p> <b>Male.</b> As for female except <i>Antenna 1:</i> peduncular article 2, length 0.23 x article 1; peduncular article 3, length 0.18 x article 1; primary flagellum 11-articulate; accessory flagellum, length 0.65 x primary flagellum, calceoli present. <i>Antenna 2:</i> long, length 2.3 x antenna 1; peduncle with brush setae; calceoli present; flagellum 22- articulate.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> North-east Atlantic Ocean, 1289–2876 m; Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Azores seamounts, Porcupine Seabight.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The species is named in honour of the first author’s first daughter, Zoë, noun in apposition.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> This small scavenging species has been captured in great numbers in baited traps set at around 2500 m at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. It resembles most closely the species <i>C. typhlops</i>, <i>C. mediator and C. laevis</i>. It can be distinguished from <i>C. typhlops</i> by the acute boss on urosome 1, the longer dactyls of the pereopods, the rectangular form of the propodus of gnathopod 2 (suboval in <i>C. typhlops</i>), details of the mouthparts and antennae, and the much smaller mature female size (6 mm in <i>C. zoe</i> vs. 17.5 mm in <i>C. typhlops</i>). It can be distinguished from <i>C. mediator</i> by the form of gnathopod 2 (chelate in <i>C. mediator</i>), the number of articles in the antennae, the less welldeveloped molar, the number of A2 setae on the mandibular palp, and the less produced epimeron 3 tooth. It can be distinguished from <i>C. laevis</i> by the fully setose anterior margin of the basis of gnathopod 1 (only two setae in <i>C. laevis</i>), the length of the dactyls on pereopods 3 and 4 (subequal to propodus in <i>C. zoe,</i> longer than propodus in <i>C. laevis</i>), the anterior margin of coxa 1 (concave in <i>C. zoe,</i> convex in <i>C.</i> laevis) and the shape of coxa 4 posterior lobe (more rounded in <i>C. zoe</i>).</p> <p> <i>Tryphosella abyssi</i> Norman, 1900, included under <i>Uristes</i> by Barnard & Karaman (1991) has been recorded only once. A single 6 mm male specimen was collected at 1071 m in the ‘cold area of the Faroe Channel’ by Sir John Murray, aboard HMS <i>Triton</i>, in 1882 (Station 7: 60°19' N, 7°10' W). Type material of this species is not in the Norman Collection at the Natural History Museum. The description and illustrations given by Norman (1900), particularly of the sub-acute lateral cephalic lobes, the dominant upper lip, and the acute urosome boss, place it close to the new species <i>Centromedon zoe</i>. However, the Norman species is distinguished by the rounded posterodistal lobe of epimeron 3. Without type material, or further material that can be linked with this species it is hereby referred to <i>nomen dubium</i>.</p>Published as part of <i>Horton, Tammy & Thurston, Michael, 2011, Centromedon zoe (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea: Uristidae), a new deep-water scavenger species from the North Atlantic, with a key to the genus Centromedon, pp. 54-62 in Zootaxa 2869</i> on pages 56-61, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/277530">10.5281/zenodo.277530</a>
Relationship between (non)linear phase II pulmonary oxygen uptake kinetics with skeletal muscle oxygenation and age in 11-15 year olds
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. the final version is available from Wiley via the DOI in this recordThis study investigated in nineteen male youth (mean age: 13.6 ± 1.1 y, range: 11.7 –
15.7 y) the relationship between pulmonary oxygen uptake ( o2) and muscle
deoxygenation kinetics during moderate‐ and very heavy‐intensity ‘step’ cycling
initiated from unloaded pedaling (i.e. U→M and U→VH) and moderate‐to‐very heavy‐
intensity step cycling (i.e. M→VH). Pulmonary o2 was measured breath‐by‐breath and
tissue oxygenation index (TOI) of the vastus lateralis using near‐infrared spectroscopy.
There were no significant differences in the phase II time constant (τ o2p) between
U→M and U→VH (23 ± 6 s vs. 25 ± 7 s; P = 0.36); however, the τ o2p was slower during
M→VH (42 ± 16 s) compared to other conditions (P < 0.001). Quadriceps TOI decreased
with a faster (P < 0.01) mean response time (MRT; i.e. time delay + τ) during U→VH (14
± 2 s) compared to U→M (22 ± 4 s) and M→VH (20 ± 6 s). The difference (Δ) between
the τ o2p and MRT‐TOI was greater during U→VH compared to U→M (12 ± 7 vs. 2 ± 7 s,
P < 0.001) and during M→VH (23 ± 15 s) compared to other conditions (P < 0.02),
suggesting an increased proportional speeding of fractional O2 extraction. The slowing
of the τ o2p during M→VH relative to U→M and U→VH correlated positively with
chronological age (r = 0.68 and 0.57, respectively, P < 0.01). In youth, “work‐to‐work”
transitions slowed microvascular O2 delivery‐to‐O2 utilization with alterations in phase
II o2 dynamics accentuated between the ages of 11 to 15 y
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