14 research outputs found
Ichthyologists of the Argentine: Emiliano Mac Donagh.
No full textThis series will include all those people who, by means of their contributions, greatand small, played a part in the consolidation of ichthyology in Argentina.The general plan of this work consists of individual factsheets containing a list ofworks by each author, along with reference bibliography and, whenever possible,personal pictures and additional material.The datasheets will be published primarily in chronological order, although this issubject to change by the availability of materials for successive editions.This work represents another approach for the recovery and revalorization of thosewho set the foundations of Argentine ichthyology while in diverse historicalcircumstances.I expect this to be the beginning of a major work that achieves the description ofsuch a significant part of the history of natural sciences in Argentina.ProBiota: Programa para el estudio y uso sustentable de la biota australDebe citarse:
LÓPEZ, H. L. & J. PONTE GÓMEZ. 2009. Ictiólogos de la Argentina: Emiliano Mac Donagh. ProBiota, FCNyM, UNLP, Serie Técnica y Didactica, La Plata, Argentina, 14: 1-72. ISSN 1515-9329
The role of employer brand in retaining staff in the Irish hotel sector - an intergenerational study.
No full textStaff retention is one of the main issues which the hotel sector faces in a challenging labour market. The concept of employer branding is an area which is gaining greater prominence in the industry as hoteliers strive to meet the challenges of a modern workforce. It should be considered that great work environments which retain employees do not emerge in a haphazard fashion, but through deliberate strategic initiatives (Dabirian et al., 2017). Today’s hotel workplace is further complicated by the number of generations which are currently working in the sector. Human Resources literature has been distinguishing between how Generations X and Y should be dealt with in the workplace. It has emphasised the unique characteristics of each of these generational cohorts, emphasising specific characteristics for Millennials such as their propensity to change jobs quickly. This study aims to explore the area of staff retention in hotels, the use of employer branding as a contributor towards higher retention rates and determines whether generational attributes play a role in staff choosing to stay with, or leave an organisation. It develops a conceptual framework to show the contributors towards a positive employer brand and through the analysis of interviews with hotel General Managers and hotel employees, it develops this framework to demonstrate the connection between benefits, working conditions, employer branding and staff retention. This framework is presented in three distinct phases, each underpinned by the research which precedes it. The evolving framework is informed by a review of literature and relevant models, the analysis of interviews with General Managers and the analysis of employee questionnaires. This work strives to increase awareness of the concept of employer branding as it contributes towards the retention of employees and assesses the influence which generational characteristics have on employee retention. This research finds that there is no longer a significant difference between how Generations X and Y should be treated with regard to their retention in the hospitality sector and that employer branding is a necessary strategic approach towards improving the image of a hotel and thereby increasing employee retention
Ensaio sobre "Novos conceitos sobre a distribuição geográfica dos peixes argentinos baseados em expedições do Museu de La Plata", de Emiliano J. Mac Donagh (1934)
No full textIn this article we propose a review of the abovementioned work, which we consider to be among the most important among the extensive production carried out by Dr. Emiliano Mac Donagh. This paper at the time of its publication transcended the flied of ichthyology, since the author managed to make a unique contribution contextualizing the study of the fauna and its environment, through analyzes that were not usual for that time. This paper was not an isolated event for Mac Donagh, but rather the germ of a research line that has advanced such a long way within our Institution as well as at national scale. En este artículo nos proponemos una revisión de trabajo citado el que consideramos entre unos de los más importantes de la extendida producción realizada por el Dr. Emiliano Mac Donagh. Esta obra al momento de su publicación ha trascendido el ámbito de la Ictiología, ya que el autor ha logrado realizar un singular aporte contextualizando el estudio de la fauna y su ambiente, por medio de análisis poco habituales para la época. Este camino no ha sido un hecho aislado para Mac Donagh, sino el germen de una línea de investigación que tanto camino logrará recorrer dentro de nuestra Institución, y en el ámbito nacional.Neste artigo propomos uma revisão da obra "Novos conceitos sobre a distribuição geográfica dos peixes argentinos baseados em expedições do Museu de La Plata", que consideramos ser uma das mais importantes da extensa produção realizada pelo Dr. Emiliano Mac Donagh. Ã? época de sua publicação, esta obra transcendeu o campo da Ictiologia, pois o autor conseguiu dar uma contribuição ímpar ao contextualizar o estudo da fauna e seu ambiente, por meio de análises pouco habituais para a época. Este artigo não foi um feito isolado para Mac Donagh, mas sim o germe de uma linha de pesquisa que tanto caminho percorreu em nossa Instituição, e em nível nacional.
The Influence of Employer Branding in Talent Management in the Hotel Industry
No full textThis paper aims to explore the influence of employer branding in attracting and retaining talented employees, with a particular focus on millennial staff. The paper reviews literature in the area of talent management, employer branding and the millennial generation in the hotel industry and draws on the results of interviews with hotel General Managers. At a time when there is a shortage of talent to fill available positions in the hotel industry, this paper seeks to give hoteliers an improved understanding of the concepts of talent management and employer branding and their usage in the attraction and retention of staff, at a time when staff are in short supply and the traits and aspirations of the millennial generation are a concern for the sector
The Words of War
No full textReporting the Civil War In this self-published work by Donagh Bracken, (he is the founder of the History Publishing Company), the author compares the Civil War battlefield reporting of the Charleston Mercury to that of the New York Times. In addition to his many corporate en...
Erratum to “The SCARE guidelines: Consensus-based surgical case report guidelines” [Int. J. Surg. 34 (2016) 180–186]
No full textThe publisher regrets that there was an error in the author list of this paper. The members of the SCARE Group were not tagged as a collaborator group. This has now been corrected. The names of the collaborator group are as follows: Raafat Afifi, Cairo University Raha Al-Ahmadi, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre Joerg Albrecht, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County Abdulrahman Alsawadi, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust Jeffrey Aronson, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford M. Hammad Ather, Aga Khan University Mohammad Bashashati, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Somprakas Basu, Banarus Hindu University Patrick Bradley, Nottingham University Hospitals Mushtaq Chalkoo, Hyderpora Ben Challacombe, Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust Trent Cross, James Cook University Laura Derbyshire, North West Deanery Naheed Farooq, Central Manchester University Hospital Foundation Trust Jerome Hoffman, University of California Los Angeles Huseyin Kadioglu, Bezmialem Vakif University Veeru Kasivisvanathan, University College London Boris Kirshtein, Soroka University Medical Center Roberto Klappenbach, Simplemente Evita Hospital Daniel Laskin, Virginia Commonwealth University Diana Miguel, University Hospital Jena James Milburn, Queens Medical Centre Seyed Reza Mousavi, Shohada Medical Center Tajrish Oliver Muensterer, University Medicine Mainz James Ngu, Changi General Hospital Iain Nixon, East Kent University Hospitals Ashraf Noureldin, Cumberland Royal Infirmary Benjamin Perakath, Dr. Gray's Hospital Nicholas Raison, King's College London Kandiah Raveendran, Fatimah Hospital Timothy Sullivan, Minneapolis Heart Institute Achilleas Thoma, McMaster University Mangesh Thorat, Wolfson Institue of Preventative Medicine, Queen Mary University of London Michele Valmasoni, Università di Padova Samuele Massarut, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico Aviano, Italy Anil D'cruz, Tata Memorial Hospital Baskaran Vasudevan, MIOT Hospitals Salvatore Giordano, Turku University Hospital Gaurav Roy, Medanta-The Medicity Donagh Healy, University Hospital Waterford David Machado-Aranda, University of Michigan Bryan Carroll, Eastern Virginia Medical School David Rosin, University of West IndiesThe publisher would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.</p
Variance components for susceptibility to Mycobacterium bovis infection in dairy and beef cattle
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Variance components for susceptibility to Mycobacterium bovis infection in dairy and beef cattle
Ian W Richardson12, Dan G Bradley1, Isabella M Higgins3, Simon J More3, Jennifer McClure4 and Donagh P Berry2*
* Corresponding author: Donagh P Berry [email protected]
Author Affiliations
1 Smurfit Institute of Genetics, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
2 Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Center, Teagasc, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland
3 UCD Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
4 Irish Cattle Breeding Federation, Bandon Co. Cork, Ireland
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Genetics Selection Evolution 2014, 46:77 doi:10.1186/s12711-014-0077-1
The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.gsejournal.org/content/46/1/77
Received: 28 November 2013
Accepted: 29 October 2014
Published: 18 November 2014
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Abstract
Background
Infection of livestock with bovine tuberculosis (bTB; Mycobacterium bovis) is of major economical concern in many countries; approximately 15 000 to 20 000 cattle are infected per year in Ireland. The objective of this study was to quantify the genetic variation for bTB susceptibility in Irish dairy and beef cattle.
Methods
A total of 105 914 cow, 56 904 heifer and 21 872 steer single intra-dermal comparative tuberculin test records (i.e., binary trait) collected from the years 2001 to 2010 from dairy and beef herds were included in the analysis. Only animal level data pertaining to periods of herd bTB infection were retained. Variance components for bTB were estimated using animal linear and threshold mixed models and co-variances were estimated using sire linear mixed models.
Results
Using a linear model, the heritability for susceptibility to bTB in the entire dataset was 0.11 and ranged from 0.08 (heifers in dairy herds) to 0.19 (heifers in beef herds) among the sub-populations investigated. Differences in susceptibility to bTB between breeds were clearly evident. Estimates of genetic correlations for bTB susceptibility between animal types (i.e., cows, heifers, steers) were all positive (0.10 to 0.64), yet different from one. Furthermore, genetic correlations for bTB susceptibility between environments that differed in herd prevalence of bTB ranged from 0.06 to 0.86 and were all different from one.
Conclusions
Genetic trends for bTB susceptibility observed in this study suggest a slight increase in genetic susceptibility to bTB in recent years. Since bTB is of economic importance and because all animals are routinely tested at least once annually in Ireland and some other countries, the presence of genetic variation for bTB susceptibility suggests that bTB susceptibility should be included in a national breeding program to halt possible deterioration in genetic susceptibility to bTB infection
“The SCARE guidelines: Consensus-based surgical case report guidelines” [Int. J. Surg. 34 (2016) 180–186]((2016) 34 (180–186)(S174391911630303X)(10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.08.014))
No full text© 2016 IJS Publishing Group Ltd The publisher regrets that there was an error in the author list of this paper. The members of the SCARE Group were not tagged as a collaborator group. This has now been corrected. The names of the collaborator group are as follows: Raafat Afifi, Cairo University Raha Al-Ahmadi, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre Joerg Albrecht, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County Abdulrahman Alsawadi, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust Jeffrey Aronson, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford M. Hammad Ather, Aga Khan University Mohammad Bashashati, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Somprakas Basu, Banarus Hindu University Patrick Bradley, Nottingham University Hospitals Mushtaq Chalkoo, Hyderpora Ben Challacombe, Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust Trent Cross, James Cook University Laura Derbyshire, North West Deanery Naheed Farooq, Central Manchester University Hospital Foundation Trust Jerome Hoffman, University of California Los Angeles Huseyin Kadioglu, Bezmialem Vakif University Veeru Kasivisvanathan, University College London Boris Kirshtein, Soroka University Medical Center Roberto Klappenbach, Simplemente Evita Hospital Daniel Laskin, Virginia Commonwealth University Diana Miguel, University Hospital Jena James Milburn, Queens Medical Centre Seyed Reza Mousavi, Shohada Medical Center Tajrish Oliver Muensterer, University Medicine Mainz James Ngu, Changi General Hospital Iain Nixon, East Kent University Hospitals Ashraf Noureldin, Cumberland Royal Infirmary Benjamin Perakath, Dr. Gray's Hospital Nicholas Raison, King's College London Kandiah Raveendran, Fatimah Hospital Timothy Sullivan, Minneapolis Heart Institute Achilleas Thoma, McMaster University Mangesh Thorat, Wolfson Institue of Preventative Medicine, Queen Mary University of London Michele Valmasoni, Università di Padova Samuele Massarut, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico Aviano, Italy Anil D'cruz, Tata Memorial Hospital Baskaran Vasudevan, MIOT Hospitals Salvatore Giordano, Turku University Hospital Gaurav Roy, Medanta-The Medicity Donagh Healy, University Hospital Waterford David Machado-Aranda, University of Michigan Bryan Carroll, Eastern Virginia Medical School David Rosin, University of West IndiesThe publisher would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused
“The SCARE guidelines: Consensus-based surgical case report guidelines” [Int. J. Surg. 34 (2016) 180–186]((2016) 34 (180–186)(S174391911630303X)(10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.08.014))
No full textThe publisher regrets that there was an error in the author list of this paper. The members of the SCARE Group were not tagged as a collaborator group. This has now been corrected. The names of the collaborator group are as follows: Raafat Afifi, Cairo University Raha Al-Ahmadi, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre Joerg Albrecht, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County Abdulrahman Alsawadi, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust Jeffrey Aronson, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford M. Hammad Ather, Aga Khan University Mohammad Bashashati, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Somprakas Basu, Banarus Hindu University Patrick Bradley, Nottingham University Hospitals Mushtaq Chalkoo, Hyderpora Ben Challacombe, Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust Trent Cross, James Cook University Laura Derbyshire, North West Deanery Naheed Farooq, Central Manchester University Hospital Foundation Trust Jerome Hoffman, University of California Los Angeles Huseyin Kadioglu, Bezmialem Vakif University Veeru Kasivisvanathan, University College London Boris Kirshtein, Soroka University Medical Center Roberto Klappenbach, Simplemente Evita Hospital Daniel Laskin, Virginia Commonwealth University Diana Miguel, University Hospital Jena James Milburn, Queens Medical Centre Seyed Reza Mousavi, Shohada Medical Center Tajrish Oliver Muensterer, University Medicine Mainz James Ngu, Changi General Hospital Iain Nixon, East Kent University Hospitals Ashraf Noureldin, Cumberland Royal Infirmary Benjamin Perakath, Dr. Gray's Hospital Nicholas Raison, King's College London Kandiah Raveendran, Fatimah Hospital Timothy Sullivan, Minneapolis Heart Institute Achilleas Thoma, McMaster University Mangesh Thorat, Wolfson Institue of Preventative Medicine, Queen Mary University of London Michele Valmasoni, Università di Padova Samuele Massarut, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico Aviano, Italy Anil D'cruz, Tata Memorial Hospital Baskaran Vasudevan, MIOT Hospitals Salvatore Giordano, Turku University Hospital Gaurav Roy, Medanta-The Medicity Donagh Healy, University Hospital Waterford David Machado-Aranda, University of Michigan Bryan Carroll, Eastern Virginia Medical School David Rosin, University of West IndiesThe publisher would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused
History is Now ‐7 Artists Take on Britain
No full textHistory Is Now: 7 Artists Take On Britain explored 70 years of cultural and social history. 7 artists were invited to curate sections which bring together a set of thematic ideas and that are generally situated in a particular historical moment. Jane Wilson wanted to explore episodes of social and political unrest that have shaped Britain during the late twentieth century, paying attention to the spaces in which these episodes have taken place and the ways in which artists have responded to them. The earliest site of conflict she examined was the mining town of Peterlee, County Durham. She re-visited the contested legacy of Victor Pasmore's modernist architectural contributions to the town, as well as an artistic intervention led by Stuart Brisley in the late 1970s. During the 1980s thousands of women gathered at Royal Air Force Station Greenham Common, where 96 US missiles were held, to protest against nuclear armaments. While exploring the Greenham Common archive I was drawn to documentary images of the site's chain-link perimeter fence. These images resonate with other works included in the exhibition, such as Stuart Brisley's 1 = 66,666 (1983) and Rita Donagh's Slade (1980). Northern Ireland during the Troubles (1966-98) is the third place of unrest tackled, this long-running conflict is explored through works by artists including Rita Donagh and Conrad Atkinson that point to, rather than attempt to resolve, the situation's complexity. Elsewhere in this section, works by artists rarely shown together are united by a shared concern with the ways in which architectural space – particularly that which has been the scene of conflict – can be measured, and how memory can be recorded. The author have looked closely at three sites of conflict and contention during a particular moment in history through a sort of prism of how artists, at the time, responded to them. The artworks she selected were each made within very specific parameters and contexts. In gathering them together she was mindful of the original contexts, as well as the fact that a selection like this can never be entirely representative of a total body of work. The objects and artworks that shouldn't function as artefacts or relics: by bringing them together the author hoped to somehow animate the energy and momentum inherent in what for her were extraordinary works and documents, some of whose context and initial impetus might now seem obscured
