The impact of talent management practices on employee retention: The moderator effect of leader-member exchange and role modeling

Organizations are undergoing serious difficulties to retain talent. Authors argue that Talent Management (TM) practices create beneficial outcomes for individuals and organizations. However, there is no research on the leaders’ role in the functioning of these practices. This study examines how LMX and role modeling influence the impact that TM practices have on employees’ trust in their organizations and retention. The analysis of two questionnaires (Nt1=175; Nt2=107) indicated that TM only reduced turnover intentions, via an increase in trust in the organization, when role modeling was high and not when it was low. Therefore, we can say that leaders are crucial in the TM context, and in sustaining a competitive advantage for organizations

Práticas artísticas no ensino básico e secundário

A educação pela arte faz-se através dos seus materiais, da sua operação, da transformação das matérias em ideias novas, em novas coisas. No seu sucesso está implicada uma literacia, uma capacidade interpretativa, ou crítica, sobre a semiosfera cada vez mais povoada, saturada de mensagens parasitárias. A educação implica uma leitura do mundo (Paulo Freire), que se projeta na interpretação de todas as camadas de expressão contemporânea, muitas vezes massificada, por vezes ainda identitária e significativa. Fala-se aqui de valorizar a identidade, exercer a pedagogia da diferença através de uma capacidade problematizadora. No seu contexto, podem exercer-se pedagogias que exploram a visão crítica do artista em interação com a escola, o artista em residência, no movimento A/ R/ Tography. Ou também exercer-se uma pedagogia triangular, centrando a arte, o contexto, a produção e a sua leitura como uma metodologia (Ana Mae Barbosa). O contexto contemporâneo é pós digital, os conteúdos não pesam nos suportes, e transmitem-se por “dentes azuis” ou redes com muitos Gs (G de Geração sem peso que sucede ao peso da aceleração gravítica). Neste campo pode delinear-se uma metodologia que alicerça o projeto ancorado nos estudos críticos sobre Cultura Visual (Fernando Hernández). Digamos que as práticas pedagógicas se cruzam em diversas direções, tacteando eficácias, expressões, capacidades, inovação. O contexto é cada vez mais voraz: a pele da cultura gosta de massagens (Kerkhove; McLuhan). A Matéria-Prima de que se fala nesta revista é aquela que devolve ao seu lugar um ponto crítico da pós modernidade: o do significante. Os sintagmas são sempre processos, e neles se formam as subjectividades, ou seja, as identidades: no desenrolar do ser, onde se produz verdadeiramente o sentido, bem junto do aqui-e-agora onde está a Matéria-Prima (Foucault).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Síndrome do coração Pós-feriado: pacientes acometidos por arritmia cardíaca em detrimento do consumo exagerado de álcool: Post Holiday coração Syndrome: patients suffered by cardiac arrhythmia to the detriment of exaggerated alcohol consumption

INTRODUÇÃO: O álcool é conhecido por beneficiar o sistema cardiovascular com a ativação do sistema fibrinolítico, redução da agregação de plaquetas e aperfeiçoamento do perfil lipídico, entre outros mecanismos, quando consumido em doses moderadas. Todavia, seu uso de maneira abusiva culmina em patologias graves que podem evoluir para a morte, como a hipertensão arterial, a cardiomiopatia alcoólica, a arritmia cardíaca e até a “Síndrome do Coração Pós Feriado” ou do inglês, “Holiday Heart Syndrome”. OBJETIVOS: O presente estudo tem como objetivo delinear sobre a Síndrome do Coração Pós Feriado, transpassando por suas características clínicas, repercussões eletrofisiológicas, diagnóstico e manejo terapêutico. MATERIAIS E MÉTODOS: Dessa forma, o presente trabalho realizou uma revisão sistemática qualitativa, realizado no período entre julho e agosto de 2022, através de artigos das bases de dados Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS) e United States National Library of Medicine (PubMed). RESULTADOS E DISCUSSÃO: A interação do álcool no organismo está diretamente relacionada com o sistema nervoso autônomo do indivíduo, gerando um estado de desequilíbrio autonômico, assim há alterações elétricas, como acréscimo da frequência cardíaca, gerando um estado de taquicardia. A principal patologia encontrada em questão foi a taquicardia sinusal, sendo um tipo de arritmia e por conseguinte, notou-se a presença da fibrilação atrial, sendo o excesso no consumo de etanol é causador de aproximadamente 67% dos casos de emergências desta última enfermidade. CONCLUSÃO: Portanto, com base na literatura analisada, observou-se que a ingestão alcoólica aguda age retardando o sistema de condução cardíaco, atua no encurtamento do período refratário e o aumento da atividade simpática, além de aumentar os níveis de catecolaminas circulantes. Por fim, também se evidenciou uma associação entre álcool e fatores de risco, principalmente hipertensão e obesidade e essas patologias aumentam os episódios de fibrilação atrial

ATLANTIC EPIPHYTES: a data set of vascular and non-vascular epiphyte plants and lichens from the Atlantic Forest

Epiphytes are hyper-diverse and one of the frequently undervalued life forms in plant surveys and biodiversity inventories. Epiphytes of the Atlantic Forest, one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, have high endemism and radiated recently in the Pliocene. We aimed to (1) compile an extensive Atlantic Forest data set on vascular, non-vascular plants (including hemiepiphytes), and lichen epiphyte species occurrence and abundance; (2) describe the epiphyte distribution in the Atlantic Forest, in order to indicate future sampling efforts. Our work presents the first epiphyte data set with information on abundance and occurrence of epiphyte phorophyte species. All data compiled here come from three main sources provided by the authors: published sources (comprising peer-reviewed articles, books, and theses), unpublished data, and herbarium data. We compiled a data set composed of 2,095 species, from 89,270 holo/hemiepiphyte records, in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, recorded from 1824 to early 2018. Most of the records were from qualitative data (occurrence only, 88%), well distributed throughout the Atlantic Forest. For quantitative records, the most common sampling method was individual trees (71%), followed by plot sampling (19%), and transect sampling (10%). Angiosperms (81%) were the most frequently registered group, and Bromeliaceae and Orchidaceae were the families with the greatest number of records (27,272 and 21,945, respectively). Ferns and Lycophytes presented fewer records than Angiosperms, and Polypodiaceae were the most recorded family, and more concentrated in the Southern and Southeastern regions. Data on non-vascular plants and lichens were scarce, with a few disjunct records concentrated in the Northeastern region of the Atlantic Forest. For all non-vascular plant records, Lejeuneaceae, a family of liverworts, was the most recorded family. We hope that our effort to organize scattered epiphyte data help advance the knowledge of epiphyte ecology, as well as our understanding of macroecological and biogeographical patterns in the Atlantic Forest. No copyright restrictions are associated with the data set. Please cite this Ecology Data Paper if the data are used in publication and teaching events. © 2019 The Authors. Ecology © 2019 The Ecological Society of Americ

COVID-19 symptoms at hospital admission vary with age and sex: results from the ISARIC prospective multinational observational study

Background: The ISARIC prospective multinational observational study is the largest cohort of hospitalized patients with COVID-19. We present relationships of age, sex, and nationality to presenting symptoms. Methods: International, prospective observational study of 60 109 hospitalized symptomatic patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 recruited from 43 countries between 30 January and 3 August 2020. Logistic regression was performed to evaluate relationships of age and sex to published COVID-19 case definitions and the most commonly reported symptoms. Results: ‘Typical’ symptoms of fever (69%), cough (68%) and shortness of breath (66%) were the most commonly reported. 92% of patients experienced at least one of these. Prevalence of typical symptoms was greatest in 30- to 60-year-olds (respectively 80, 79, 69%; at least one 95%). They were reported less frequently in children (≤ 18 years: 69, 48, 23; 85%), older adults (≥ 70 years: 61, 62, 65; 90%), and women (66, 66, 64; 90%; vs. men 71, 70, 67; 93%, each P < 0.001). The most common atypical presentations under 60 years of age were nausea and vomiting and abdominal pain, and over 60 years was confusion. Regression models showed significant differences in symptoms with sex, age and country. Interpretation: This international collaboration has allowed us to report reliable symptom data from the largest cohort of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19. Adults over 60 and children admitted to hospital with COVID-19 are less likely to present with typical symptoms. Nausea and vomiting are common atypical presentations under 30 years. Confusion is a frequent atypical presentation of COVID-19 in adults over 60 years. Women are less likely to experience typical symptoms than men

Raising awareness of new psychoactive substances: chemical analysis and in vitro toxicity screening of ‘legal high’ packages containing synthetic cathinones

The world’s status quo on recreational drugs has dramatically changed in recent years due to the rapid emergence of new psychoactive substances (NPS), represented by new narcotic or psychotropic drugs, in pure form or in preparation, which are not controlled by international conventions, but that may pose a public health threat com- parable with that posed by substances listed in these conventions. These NPS, also known as ‘legal highs’ or ‘smartdrugs’, are typically sold via Internet or ‘smartshops’ as legal alternatives to controlled substances, being announced as ‘bath salts’ and ‘plant feeders’ and is often sought after for consumption especially among young people. Although NPS have the biased reputation of being safe, the vast majority has hitherto not been tested and several fatal cases have been reported, namely for synthetic cathinones, with pathological patterns comparable with amphetamines. Additionally, the unprecedented speed of appearance and distribution of the NPS worldwide brings technical difficulties in the development of analytical procedures and risk assessment in real time. In this study, 27 products commercialized as ‘plant feeders’ were chemically characterized by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. It was also evaluated, for the first time, the in vitro hepatotoxic effects of individual synthetic cathinones, namely methylone, pentedrone, 4-methylethcathinone (4-MEC) and 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV). Two commercial mixtures (‘Bloom’ and ‘Blow’) containing mainly cathinone derivatives were also tested, and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) was used as the reference drug. The study allowed the identification of 19 compounds, showing that synthetic cathinones are the main active compounds present in these products. Qualitative and quantitative variability was found in products sold with the same trade name in matching or different ‘smartshops’. In the toxicity studies performed in primary cultured rat hepatocytes, pentedrone and MDPV proved to be the most potent individual agents, with EC50 values of 0.664 and 0.742 mM, respectively, followed by MDMA (EC50 = 0.754 mM). 4-MEC and methylone were the least potent substances, with EC50 values significantly higher (1.29 and 1.18 mM, respectively; p < 0.05 vs. MDMA). ‘Bloom’ and ‘Blow’ showed hepatotoxic effects similar to MDMA (EC50 = 0.788 and 0.870 mM, respectively), with cathinones present in these mixtures contributing additively to the overall toxicological effect. Our results show a miscellany of psychoactive compounds present in ‘legal high’ products with evident hepatotoxic effects. These data contribute to increase the awareness on the real composition of ‘legal high’ packages and unveil the health risks posed by NPS.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Alunos da educação básica visitam à universidade: instrumento para a aprendizagem da educação ambiental na extensão

In this work, we demonstrate the importance of activities given in university extension capable of promoting the learning of citizenship and environmental education. We emphasize, as well, two visits of 180 students of 6th student grade of a public school to the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary - FCAV - UNESP, which were generating such learning. We analyze the representations of agriculture and nature of these students generated and their interrelationships to carry out these inspections and the practice of environmental education. The dialogue and reflection on the importance of activities of this nature - able to bring the university and the community - have made the members of this extension project realized the possible connection between teaching, research and extension. This experience forms part of the extension project "Environmental Education, Agriculture and Food Security in Basic Education" (Cultivaeco Project) that is supported by Proex since 2009, with the acquisition of resources and scholarships.Neste trabalho, demonstramos a importância de atividades dadas na extensão universitária capazes de promover a aprendizagem da cidadania e da educação ambiental. Destacamos, assim, duas visitas de 180 estudantes de 6ª. série de uma escola pública à Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias – FCAV – UNESP, as quais foram geradoras dessa aprendizagem. Analisamos as representações de agricultura e natureza desses estudantes geradas e suas inter-relações com a realização dessas visitas e a prática da educação ambiental. O diálogo e a reflexão sobre a importância de atividades dessa natureza – capazes de aproximar a universidade e a comunidade – fizeram com que os integrantes desse projeto de extensão percebessem a possível articulação entre o ensino, a pesquisa e a extensão. Essa experiência se insere no projeto de extensão “Educação Ambiental, Agricultura e Segurança Alimentar na Educação Básica” (Projeto Cultivaeco) que tem o apoio da Proex desde 2009, com a obtenção de recursos e bolsas

Prospecting in silico antibacterial activity of a peptide from trypsin inhibitor isolated from tamarind seed

AbstractBacterial infections have become a global concern, stimulating the growing demand for natural and biologically safe therapeutic agents with antibacterial action. This study was evaluated the genotoxicity of the trypsin inhibitor isolated from tamarind seeds (TTI) and the antibacterial effect of TTI theoric model, number 56, and conformation number 287 (TTIp 56/287) and derived peptides in silico. TTI (0.3 and 0.6 mg.mL−1) did not cause genotoxicity in cells (p > 0.05). In silico, a greater interaction of TTIp 56/287 with the Gram-positive membrane (GP) was observed, with an interaction potential energy (IPE) of −1094.97 kcal.mol−1. In the TTIp 56/287-GP interaction, the Arginine, Threonine (Thr), and Lysine residues presented lower IPE. In molecular dynamics (MD), Peptidotrychyme59 (TVSQTPIDIPIGLPVR) showed an IPE of −518.08 kcal.mol−1 with the membrane of GP bacteria, and the Thr and Arginine residues showed the greater IPE. The results highlight new perspectives on TTI and its derived peptides antibacterial activity

Bullying: desafíos para a convivencia ética no combate ao assedio

Este artigo registra parte dos resultados de uma atividade de extensão universitária realizada junto a trabalhadores na educação e saúde do município de Humaitá, sul do Estado do Amazonas, onde foram realizadas atividades de reflexão-ação acerca da convivência ética e democrática. Está organizado em duas partes: a primeira destaca aspectos conceituais e filosóficos acerca do tema; a segunda parte apresenta os resultados da intervenção em contextos da educação e da saúde