427 research outputs found
Exotic Courant algebroids and T-duality
No full textAvailable online 9 February 2021In this paper, we extend the T-duality isomorphism in Cavalcanti and Gualtieri (2010) from invariant Courant algebroids, to exotic Courant algebroids such that the momentum and winding numbers are exchanged, filling in a gap in the literature.Jaklyn Crilly, Mathai Varghes
Faking It or Muddling Through? Understanding Decoupling in Response to Stakeholder Pressures
No full textMost prior studies depict organizations as duplicitous, engaging in symbolic action when implementing socially mandated policy is costly and when stakeholders cannot monitor their practices. Yet, these studies overwhelmingly assume that the social norms of appropriate conduct are unambiguous and that managers have obvious interests in favour of, or against, implementing policy. We relax these assumptions, recognizing that stakeholders can vary in their expectations from corporations and that managers can perceive their interests in different ways. Based on a study of 12 corporations in six industries, and involving 270 interviews with managers and external stakeholders, we offer two distinct explanations for decoupling in the arena of CSR. In environments characterized by ambiguous social norms, decoupling allows corporations to engage in a problematic search for local solutions. In contrast, in environments characterized by certainty surrounding social expectations from corporations, the decisive influence on decoupling is how managers perceive their self-interest. Where managers frame CSR investments as means to reduce social risk, they are concerned with pragmatic legitimacy and support symbolic action. Taken together, these findings contribute to a micro-behavioural understanding of decoupling in institutional theory
sj-docx-1-cpc-10.1177_10556656231225304 - Supplemental material for Developmental Risk for Infants with Cleft Lip with or Without Cleft Palate Based on Caregiver-Proxy Reports
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-cpc-10.1177_10556656231225304 for Developmental Risk for Infants with Cleft Lip with or Without Cleft Palate Based on Caregiver-Proxy Reports by Kathleen A. Kapp-Simon, Meredith Albert, Todd C. Edwards, Salene M. Jones, Claudia Crilly Bellucci, Janine Rosenberg, Donald L. Patrick and Carrie L. Heike in The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal</p
sj-docx-1-cpc-10.1177_10556656221125371 - Supplemental material for Caregiver Observations of Infant Well-Being Before and After Cleft Lip Surgery
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-cpc-10.1177_10556656221125371 for Caregiver Observations of Infant Well-Being Before and After Cleft Lip Surgery by Janine M. Rosenberg, Claudia Crilly Bellucci, Todd C. Edwards, Carrie L. Heike, Brian G. Leroux, Salene M. Jones, Laura P. Stueckle, Donald L. Patrick, Meredith Albert, Cassandra L. Aspinall and Kathleen A. Kapp-Simon in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal</p
Designing and design thinking in strategy concepts: frameworks towards an intervention tool
No full textsj-docx-1-cpc-10.1177_10556656221089155 - Supplemental material for Exploration of Caregiver Interrater Agreement and Test-Retest Reliability on the Infant Cleft Observer Outcomes (iCOO)
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-cpc-10.1177_10556656221089155 for Exploration of Caregiver Interrater Agreement and Test-Retest Reliability on the Infant Cleft Observer Outcomes (iCOO) by Salene M. W. Jones, Todd C. Edwards and
Brian G. Leroux, Kathleen A. Kapp-Simon,
Donald L. Patrick, Laura P. Stueckle,
Janine M. Rosenberg, Meredith Albert,
Claudia Crilly Bellucci, Cassandra L. Aspinall, Katherine Vick, Carrie L. Heike in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal</p
Impact of the ICD-10 Primary Health Care (PHC) diagnostic and management guidelines for mental disorders on detection and outcome in primary care
No full textBackground The World Health Organization (WHO) ICD-10 Primary Health Care (PHC) Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Mental Disorders (1996) have not been evaluated in a pragmatic randomised controlled trial (RCT). Aims: To evaluate the effect of local adaptation and dissemination of the guidelines. Method: Pragmatic, pair-matched, cluster RCT involving 30 practices. Results: Guideline practices were less sensitive but more specific in identifying morbidity, but these differences were not significant. Guideline patients did not differ from usual-care patients on 12-item General Health Questionnaire scores at 3-month follow-up or in the proportion who were still cases. There were no significant differences in secondary outcomes. Conclusions: Attempts to influence clinician behaviour through a process of adaptation and extension of guidelines are unlikely to change detection rates or outcomes
End-of-life care in emergency departments: A national cross-sectional survey of emergency care nurses
No full textBackground:
An ageing population and increasing chronicity of illness will likely contribute to increasing presentations to the emergency department (ED) by patients at the end-of-life (EOL). This study aimed to identify the self-reported EOL care practices of emergency care nurses and the factors influencing EOL care.
Methods:
An online survey was distributed to Australian emergency care nurses in August, 2020. Statistical analyses were undertaken to identify the most frequently undertaken EOL practices and factors influencing practice.
Results:
There were 178 responses to the survey (response rate 11.3%). The most frequently reported EOL practices were environmental modification (M=4.4/5, SD=0.4) and information sharing practices (M=4.4/5, SD=0.4). Emotional support practices were the least frequently reported practices by emergency care nurses (M=3.6/5, SD=0.9). Participants reported a lack of resources (M=2.4/5, SD=0.8) and opportunities to gain end-of-life care knowledge (M=2.9/5, SD=0.9). However, a generally positive attitude towards EOL care was indicated as participants reported strong agreement to palliative values (M=4.6/5, SD=0.4).
Conclusions:
Results of this study suggest that most frequently reported EOL care practices of emergency care nurses require the least emotional engagement. The findings can inform areas of knowledge development and resources for emergency care nurses.No Full Tex
Work-based strategies/interventions to ameliorate stressors and foster coping for clinical staff working in emergency departments: a scoping review of the literature
No full textBackground: Exposure to occupational stressors is an issue for staff working in emergency departments, managers and health services. The aim of this review was to identify, map, and synthesise the range and scope of current evidence for work-based strategies or interventions used in emergency departments to reduce occupational stressors and/or improve staff coping. Methods: The framework proposed by Arksey and O'Malley guided this review. A search of CINAHL, MEDLINE, Scopus, Cochrane and PsycINFO databases from January 2007 to June 2019 was applied. A total of thirty-one articles were included in this review. Quality appraisal was undertaken. Results: Exposure to or impact of occupational stress and workplace violence were common foci. A range of outcomes (such as burnout levels, stress levels and quality of life) were measured in the included studies. All studies demonstrated some improvement in outcomes measured although most were evaluated for relatively short duration. Quality of evidence varied. Conclusion: Strategies ranging from mindfulness to organisational redesign have been trialed to diminish stress and enhance coping of emergency department staff. Understanding the effectiveness of strategies is an important early step in improving the working environment for emergency department clinicians in an evidence-informed manner. Such information may be of use to managers to inform decision making regarding the most appropriate strategy to implement in their emergency department.No Full Tex
Dimensions of sustainable urbanism
No full textThe
study proposes to
operationalise sustainable
development
within an urban
environment and at a variety of scales
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strategic
to neighbourhood.
The
study examines the convergence of
ideas
within urbanity and sustainability,
identifying inconsistencies
and contradictions within current thematic
research.
It
proposes a consensual approach
to understanding the linked
substantive,
analytical and procedural attributes underlying a
developing chronology of
concepts relating to sustainability.
This chronology of
ideas
provides the basis
for
a systems-based
framework that recognises the complexity of urban areas.
The
study advocates and
introduces
an adaptive
framework of spatial
indicators
of urbanism to simplify and communicate an
holistic
overview of attributes of
sustainability.
This interpretation
of
holism is based
on thematic (qualitative /
quantitative) and scalar
(strategic / local) based integration
on a consistent
(spatial) basis. This
adaptive
framework is designed to be
suitable
for locality
specific subjective
interpretations
of sustainability.
It is linked to
a non-expert
methodological 'toolkit' that places an emphasis on currently undervalued
qualitative and spatial
data
collection methods.
This is
a mixed and multi-
method approach to understanding spatial
(urban) systems that complements
empirical
data
sets.
A
series of case studies are used to test and refine qualitative collection
from
primary and secondary sources and spatialisation methods.
Sample
material
is
then used
to test the utility and ease of use of
GIS for data
manipulation,
analysis and modelling. Two detailed
and complementary applications of the
adaptive
framework, the data inventory /
collection methods and the use of GIS
based digital
spatial
databases
are used
to illustrate the potential range of
applications and
highlight
problems of use.
A
number of possible
future developments
of
the study are suggested
for
maximising the utility of the conceptual approach and a
developed
spatial
database for
a variety of agents, exploring additional
dimensions
of the urban
system
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