Comparing two work-engagement scales: Relationships with job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and workaholism

Although research on work engagement has made great progress over the past 10 years, how best to measure work engagement is still an open question. The aim of the present study was to compare two multidimensional scales measuring work engagement: the popular and widely used Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES; Schaufeli & Bakker, 2003) capturing vigor, dedication and absorption and the newly developed ISA Engagement Scale (ISAES; Soane, Truss, Alfes, Shantz, Rees, & Gatenby, 2012) capturing intellectual, affective, and social engagement. When examining the intercorrelations of the scales’ total and subscale scores and their relationships with job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and workaholism in a sample of 130 employees, results showed that—even though UWES and ISAES total and subscale scores showed considerable overlap—they captured unique variance in the outcome variables, indicating that the two scales tap different aspects of engagement. Based on the present and previous findings (Soane et al., 2012), we recommend to use both scales when measuring work engagement to capture all aspects of the construct and gain a better understanding of how different aspects of work engagement contribute to outcomes that are of key interest to organizational and occupational psychology

A ten year follow-up study of fifty-eight rheumatic fever patients

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University, 1946. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive

Office Administration Simulation Media to Support Students Skill in the Freedom Curriculum

This study aims to develop a learning media called Stelar for practical activities to digital manage archives and create digital letters. The learning media can be accessed by three students who act as leaders, secretaries and archivists. In addition, this learning media is also designed to be monitored by the teacher. Thus, the teacher can provide an assessment in the form of numbers and important notes on the work of students. The type of this research was Research and Development using the ADDIE model, namely Analyze, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation. Based on the results of the application of learning media to 99 students to work on administrative activities using Stelar media, an average score of 88.5% was obtained. In addition, based on filling out a learner questionnaire to determine the effectiveness of learning media, a score of 90% was obtained. Thus, it can be concluded that the Stelar instructional media can be well accepted and is suitable for use in the learning process of Office Administration students in Indonesia. Keywords: Stelar, office administration, learning media, ADDI

Genetic and biochemical interactions between the bacterial replication initiator DnaA and the nucleoid-associated protein Rok in

We identified interactions between the conserved bacterial replication initiator and transcription factor DnaA and the nucleoid-associated protein Rok of Bacillus subtilis. DnaA binds directly to clusters of DnaA boxes at the origin of replication and elsewhere, including the promoters of several DnaA-regulated genes. Rok, an analog of H-NS from gamma-proteobacteria that affects chromosome architecture and of Lsr2 from Mycobacteria, binds A+T-rich sequences throughout the genome and represses expression of many genes. Using crosslinking and immunoprecipitation followed by deep sequencing (ChIP-seq), we found that DnaA was associated with eight previously identified regions containing clusters of DnaA boxes, plus 36 additional regions that were also bound by Rok. Association of DnaA with these additional regions appeared to be indirect as it was dependent on Rok and independent of the DNA-binding domain of DnaA. Gene expres sion and mutant analyses support a model in which DnaA and Rok cooperate to repress transcription of yxaJ, the yybNM operon and the sunA-bdbB operon. Our results indicate that DnaA modulates the activity of Rok. We postulate that this interaction might affect nucleoid architecture. Furthermore, DnaA might interact similarly with Rok analogues in other organisms.United States. Public Health Service (Grant GM41934

Campus Climate Assessment Final Report, 2016

The University of Pennsylvania’s Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education, in collaboration with Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, recently completed a comprehensive campus climate assessment of Illinois State University. This included inviting all campus stakeholders to participate in a climate survey, which was collaboratively designed to assess broad issues of diversity and inclusion; the University\u27s competency in addressing matters of harassment and discrimination; the ways in which faculty and staff respond to changing institution demographics; the extent to which the University is committed and responsive to matters of diversity and inclusion; and perceptions regarding the current campus climate as one supportive of equality and equitable outcomes for all stakeholders. A total of 1,952 respondents (faculty, staff, and students) initiated the survey, yielding 1,301 completed surveys and an overall 66% completion rate In addition, and consistent with our work at other colleges and universities across the nation, we spent three days on-campus at Illinois State University facilitating dozens of focus groups with students, faculty, and staff. These groups were identified and by the institution as communities whom could provide both a broad and deep sense of the campus climate for purposes of the assessment

Parental Experiences of Adolescent Cancer-Related Pain:A Qualitative Study

OBJECTIVE: Despite advancing medical treatments, pain remains a significant outcome of adolescent cancer, as both a problematic and distressing symptom. With adolescents spending substantial periods of time at home during cancer treatment, parents perceive themselves as central to the experience and management of adolescents’ pain. The present study aimed to explore parental experiences of adolescent cancer-related pain during, and recently after, completing cancer treatment. METHODS: We interviewed 21 parents of adolescents (aged 12–18 years) with cancer, recruited through a hospital in South West England. Interviews were analyzed using reflexive inductive thematic analysis. RESULTS: Two themes were generated. The first theme, “Parental perceptions of being at the heart of pain management,” focused on the role of parents in adolescents’ pain journeys, and the vast knowledge they gained. The second, “Adapting and readjusting expectations,” captured parents’ journeys in learning to adjust their lives according to adolescents’ pain and difficulties they faced throughout this process. CONCLUSIONS: Findings highlighted parents’ crucial role throughout adolescents’ pain experiences; learning how to manage adolescents’ pain, and supporting them with the detrimental impact on their lives. The findings emphasize the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to supporting families to manage pain. They also indicate a need for targeted research studies investigating parental experiences of adolescent cancer-related pain. This will help professionals understand how best to support parents and adolescents throughout the cancer journey and ultimately improve the physical and psychological outcomes of young people in the longer term

Boston's Education Pipeline: A Report Card

Assesses the city's progress in creating an effective and equitable education pipeline from early childhood through college or postsecondary training. Examines demographic and outcome data and risk and prevention factors, and notes areas for improvement

Final Design Report: Equipment Checkout Team

The Trinity University Communication Department is currently using a handwritten logbook to keep track of expensive cameras kits and associated equipment. Check-in and check-out are documented in the logbook by a student worker. Unfortunately, this time consuming and labor-intensive process leads to inventory mismanagement and expensive equipment loss each semester. The purpose of this project is to create an inventory database that will remove responsibility from the student worker, increase the speed of check-in/check-out, and ultimately prevent loss of equipment. The prototype described in this report uses an Ipad app to implement the user interface, FireBase to implement the database, and RFID tags and a RFID reader for 1 input into the information processing subsystem. In order to ensure that the designed prototype meets the project objectives, various tests were conducted. The prototype tests are divided into four modules: manage inventory, manage users, check-in/check-out, and RFID tag testing. The purpose of these prototype tests are to analyze the functionality of the following capabilities: ability to automatically check-in and out equipment using RFID tags and the U-Grok-It RFID reader, keep track of users and kit items (includes adding and removing users or kits), check availability of kits, and confirm that the person borrowing the equipment is authorized to borrow. An added function is the ability to manually check-in/out equipment if needed. After conducting these tests, the results proved that the designed prototype meets most of the objectives outlined in the final Project Charter. The designed system eliminates the need for paper documentation, speeds up the check-in and check-out process, and ultimately removes responsibility from the student worker. Two features described in the project charter were not met. These include email notifications for overdue equipment and a printable late fee invoice that may be submitted to the student billing department. Currently, we have been testing one prototype kit. We will finish implementing the system for nine other kits before our final presentation

The Effects of Whole Body Vibration on Bone Mineral Density for a Person with a Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Study

Bone mineral density (BMD) loss is a medical concern for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). Concerns related to osteoporosis have lead researchers to use various interventions to address BMD loss within this population. Whole body vibration (WBV) has been reported to improve BMD for postmenopausal women and suggested for SCI. The purpose of this case study was to identify the effects of WBV on BMD for an individual with SCI. There were three progressive phases (standing only, partial standing, and combined stand with vibration), each lasting 10 weeks. Using the least significant change calculation, significant positive changes in BMD were reported at the trunk (0.46 g/cm2) and spine (.093 g/cm2) for phase 3 only. Increases in leg lean tissue mass and reduction in total body fat were noted in all three phases

Path-integral Monte-Carlo simulations for electronic dynamics on molecular chains: I. Sequential hopping and super exchange

An improved real-time quantum Monte Carlo procedure is presented and applied to describe the electronic transfer dynamics along molecular chains. The model consists of discrete electronic sites coupled to a thermal environment which is integrated out exactly within the path integral formulation. The approach is numerically exact and its results reduce to known analytical findings (Marcus theory, golden rule) in proper limits. Special attention is paid to the role of superexchange and sequential hopping at lower temperatures in symmetric donor-bridge-acceptor systems. In contrast to previous approximate studies, superexchange turns out to play a significant role only for extremely high lying bridges where the transfer is basically frozen or for extremely low temperatures where for weaker dissipation a description in terms of rate constants is no longer feasible. For bridges with increasing length an algebraic decrease of the yield is found for short as well as for longer bridges. The approach can be extended to electronic systems with more complicated topologies including impurities and in presence of external time dependent forces.Comment: 14 pages, 9 figures submitted to the Journal of Chemical Physic