SATISFAÇÃO PROFISSIONAL DOS PROFESSORES ANGOLANOS EM FUNÇÃO DE VARIÁVEIS SOCIODEMOGRÁFICAS E PROFISSIONAIS: ESTUDO EXPLORATÓRIO NA CIDADE DE HUAMBO

After reviewing literature in the field of job satisfaction in teaching, we conducted a study with Angolan teachers, analyzing this phenomenon in terms of sociodemographic and professional variables. We used the survey methodology, using a sociodemographic questionnaire, the General Satisfaction Scale at Work adapted by Silva, Azevedo e Dias (1994), and the Teacher Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (TJSQ) by Lester (1982),translated and adapted to the Portuguese population by Seco (2000). As for the results we can conclude that, in general, participants in this study expressed satisfaction with their work and simultaneously low levels of desire to abandon it.Após a revisão bibliográfica no domínio da satisfação profissional na docência, realizámos um estudo com professores angolanos, procurando analisar este fenómeno em função de variáveis sociodemográficas e profissionais. Utilizámos a metodologia de inquérito, recorrendo às variáveis de caracterização sociodemográfica e profissionais, à Escala de Satisfação Geral no Trabalho (ESGT) de Barton e colaboradora (1992), adaptada por Silva e colaboradores (1994), e ao Questionário de Satisfação Profissional do Professor (Teacher Job Satisfaction Questionnaire - TJSQ) de Lester (1982), traduzido e adaptado à população portuguesa por Seco (2000). Quanto aos resultados obtidos podemos concluir que, de uma forma geral, os participantes no presente estudo manifestam satisfação com o trabalho e simultaneamente níveis baixos de desejo de abandono

Combined effect of interventions with pure or enriched mixtures of (poly)phenols and anti-diabetic medication in type 2 diabetes management: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled human trials: review

Purpose: (Poly)phenols have been reported to confer protective effects against type 2 diabetes but the precise association remains elusive. This meta-analysis aimed to assess the effects of (poly)phenol intake on well-established biomarkers in people with type 2 diabetes or at risk of developing diabetes. Methods: A systematic search was conducted using the following selection criteria: (1) human randomized controlled trials involving individuals with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes; (2) one or more of the following biomarkers: glucose, glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), insulin, pro-insulin, homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP)/amylin, pro-IAPP/pro-amylin, glucagon, C-peptide; (3) chronic intervention with pure or enriched mixtures of (poly)phenols. From 488 references, 88 were assessed for eligibility; data were extracted from 27 studies and 20 were used for meta-analysis. The groups included in the meta-analysis were: (poly)phenol mixtures, isoflavones, flavanols, anthocyanins and resveratrol. Results: Estimated intervention/control mean differences evidenced that, overall, the consumption of (poly)phenols contributed to reduced fasting glucose levels (- 3.32 mg/dL; 95% CI - 5.86, - 0.77; P = 0.011). Hb1Ac was only slightly reduced (- 0.24%; 95% CI - 0.43, - 0.044; P = 0.016) whereas the levels of insulin and HOMA-IR were not altered. Subgroup comparative analyses indicated a stronger effect on blood glucose in individuals with diabetes (- 5.86 mg/dL, 95% CI - 11.34, - 0.39; P = 0.036) and this effect was even stronger in individuals taking anti-diabetic medication (- 10.17 mg/dL, 95% CI - 16.59, - 3.75; P = 0.002). Conclusions: Our results support that the consumption of (poly)phenols may contribute to lower glucose levels in individuals with type 2 diabetes or at risk of diabetes and that these compounds may also act in combination with anti-diabetic drugs.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Why do people engage in interpersonal emotion regulation at work?

People in organizations often try to change the feelings of those they interact with. Research in this area has to date focused on how people try to regulate others’ emotions, with less attention paid to understanding the reasons why. This paper presents a theoretical framework that proposes three overarching dimensions of motivations for interpersonal emotion regulation at work, relating to the extent to which regulation is motivated by autonomy (intrinsic vs. extrinsic), relatedness (prosocial vs. egoistic), and competence (performance- vs. pleasure-oriented). Combining these dimensions suggests eight possible categories of motives that underlie interpersonal emotion regulation. The framework enables new predictions about how motives influence the types of emotions elicited in others, the strategies employed, and the effectiveness of interpersonal emotion regulation in organizations

The KASCADE Collaboration

KASCADE (KArlsruhe Shower Core and Array DEtector) is a multi-detector setup to observe the electromagnetic, muonic and hadronic air shower components simultaneously in the energy region around the “knee ” of the primary spectrum. Its main aim is to determine energy spectrum and composition of hadrons in primary cosmic rays. This is attempted by registring a large number of observables for each EAS including measurements of electrons, muons and hadrons. This contribution gives a short description of the experiment and then presents some results on the lateral distributions of various particle types and on the spectrum of hadrons. The status of our analyses to determine mass composition is presented in an accompanying contribution by A. Haungs. 1

www.elsevier.tiocate/npe Towards the Energy Spectrum and Composition of Primary Cosmic Rays in the Knee Region: Methods and Results at KASCADE

KASCADE (KArlsruhe Shower Core and Array DEtector) is a multi-detector setup to observe the electro-magnetic, muonic and hadronic air shower components simultaneously at primary energies in the region of the “knee”. A large number of observables per single shower are registered. The main aims of the experiment are the determination of the primary energy spectrum around the “knee ” and the energy variation of the chemical composition. The measurements reveal an increasing mean mass of the primary cosmic rays above the observed kink, and a sharper knee for the light primary component than for the all-particle spectrum, and the absence of a knee for the heavy component between 1 and 10 PeV. 1