The Impact of Gender and Department Climate on Job Satisfaction and Intentions to Quit for Faculty in Science and Engineering Fields

This study investigates whether gender and the perceptions of department climate affects faculty job satisfaction and intentions to quit (work outcomes) with surveys responses from 308 faculty members in science and engineering fields. The study finds that both gender and department climate are related to work outcomes and that two facets of department climate (affective and instrumental) mediate the relationship between gender and both job satisfaction and intention to quit. This finding suggests that universities can benefit from improving department climate, which then may improve the retention of both male and female faculty, but may have an even greater impact on improving job satisfaction and reducing intentions to quit of female faculty. Copyright Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. 2006gender, climate, work outcomes, regression and/or mediation analysis, faculty, D23, M14, I20, C42,

Efeito da aplicação de prostaglandina (PGF2alfa ) no pós-parto imediato sobre a incidência de retenção de placenta em vacas de leite The effect of Prostaglandin (PGF2alpha) injection in the early post partum period on the incidence of retained placenta in dairy cows

Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o efeito da aplicação de prostaglandina na primeira hora pós-parto sobre a incidência de retenção de placenta 8 e 12 horas pós-parto. Foram utilizadas 82 vacas como controle e 82 vacas tratadas com 25mg de prostaglandina (LUTALYSE®, 5ml). Vacas tratadas com PGF2alfa liberaram a placenta mais rápido (P<0,10) do que as não tratadas (7,72±0,84 vs. 10,07±1,09h). A incidência de retenção de placenta com mais de oito horas foi 30,5% no grupo-controle e 17,1% no grupo-tratado (P<0,05) e com mais de 12 horas, 19,5% no grupo-controle e 12,2% no grupo-tratado (P<0,10). Verificou-se também que fazenda, índice de condição corporal e ordem de lactação tiveram influência na ocorrência de retenção de placenta, mas não se verificou efeito do sexo do bezerro nem da ajuda ao parto. Estes dados mostram que o tratamento com prostaglandina na primeira hora pós-parto pode ser usado como preventivo da retenção de placenta.<br>The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of an intramuscular injection of prostaglandin, within the first hour post partum, on the incidence of retained fetal membranes in cows, at 8 and 12 hours post-partum. Eighty-two cows were used as controls and 82 were treated with 25mg of prostaglandin (LUTALYSE®, 5ml), in two different farms. Cows treated with PGF2alpha released the placenta faster (P<0.10) than cows in the control group (7.72±0.84 vs. 10.07±1.09h). The incidence of retained placenta with more than 8h post partum was 30.5% in the control group and 17.1% in the treated group (P<0.05), and with more than 12h was 19.5% in the control group and 12.2% in the treated group (P<0.10). Farm, body condition score and parity showed influence on retained placenta rates, whereas sex of calf and help during calving did not have influence. These data showed that prostaglandin treatment within the first hour post-partum is capable of reduce the incidence of retained placenta and may work as a preventive treatment