Nonresidential Fathers Parenting Their Children Residing in Shelters: A Phenomenological Study

This phenomenological qualitative study explored the parenting role of nonresidential fathers of children living in shelters. Special attention was paid to the perceived contributions of these fathers to the overall health and general well-being of their children residing in shelters. Often separations of nonresidential fathers from their children in shelters decreased their contributions to their children\u27s health and well-being. Increased knowledge of these parental roles and contributions can enhance programs and policies to support these fathers in improving the health and well-being of their children. In-depth semistructured interviews were conducted with 6 demographically diverse nonresidential fathers living in Philadelphia. The health-belief model, in conjunction with the revised health-belief model, was used as a theoretical framework for this study. The research questions were designed to explore nonresidential fathers\u27 parenting roles, perceptions of their contributions, and the facilitators of and barriers to their parenting while their children resided in shelters. An inductive approach to data analysis informed study findings of nonresidential fathers\u27 active participation and engagement in their children\u27s lives, including involvement in their healthcare and health promotion. Perceived facilitators to their parenting role included internal and external motivators, whereas perceived challenges and barriers to their parenting role were externally based. Finally, study findings showed these fathers to be present and making significant contributions to the improved health and overall well-being of their children while they resided in homeless shelters

Exploring Tension in Hybrid Organizations in Times of Covid-19 Crisis. The Italian Benefit Corporations’ experience

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented social and economic crisis, not least for hybrid organisations, as they must manage the tension arising from their dual mission to create social and economic value. Building on a theoretical framework for hybrid tension, our work contextualises how tensions emerge and are managed in hybrid organisations when they are exposed to exogenous shocks. We address the following research question. How have hybrid organisations managed the tensions arising from their dual purpose during the COVID-19 crisis? Our focus is on Italian benefit corporations, which are organisations combining social and economic objectives. We conduct two focus groups with 12 Italian benefit corporations. Our findings show the emergence of four constructs that capture the responses to the COVID-19 crisis: social and/or commercial orientation; technological characterisation; internal and external stakeholder relationship; openness to changes. We explain the relationship of these constructs via a framework of performing, organising, learning, and belonging tensions

Mission, governance, and accountability of benefit corporations: Toward a commitment device for achieving commercial and social goals

Benefit corporations (BCs) are profit-with-purpose organizations regulated by a legal framework for establishing explicit commitments in terms of multi-stakeholder governance and accountability structures. We comprehensively analyze the theoretical alignment of four concepts (ownership, mission, governance, and accountability) to explain the legal rationale for BCs' unique corporate form. However, the boundaries of BC legislation are blurry, leaving them open to top-down governance arrangements and weak accountability. To explore this ambiguity, this paper investigates whether BCs implement a de facto (i.e., beyond the letter of the law) multi-stakeholder structure with governance models and downward accountability mechanisms that balance different stakeholders' interests, instead of focusing only on shareholder profits. This further highlight the soft boundaries imposed by the BC regulatory framework and suggests that more work is needed to explore the relationship between governance models that differently balance stakeholders' claims and the firm's social performance

Isolasi dan Identifikasi Salmonella spp. pada Kloaka Kura-Kura Ambon (Cuora amboinensis)

Salmonellosis merupakan penyakit enterik yang disebabkan oleh berbagai jenis spesies Salmonella spp . Penelitian inibertujuan untuk mengisolasi dan mengidentifikasi spesies Salmonella spp pada kloaka kura-kura ambon (Cuoraamboinensis). Koleksi sampel dilakukan pada lima belas ekor kura-kura ambon yang berada di kota Banda Aceh dansebagian Aceh Besar. Penelitian ini merupakan observasi lapangan dan eksperimental laboratorium berdasarkanmetode Carter. Swab kloaka kura-kura ambon ditanam dalam media Selenite Cystine Broth (SCB) dan diinkubasikanselama 24 jam suhu 37⁰C, jika terjadi perubahan warna menjadi orange dilanjutkan penanaman pada media SalmonellaShigella Agar (SSA). Koloni yang menunjukkan karakteristik Salmonella sp diamati warna, elevasi, ukuran, dan tepisecara makroskopik. Pewarnaan Gram dilakukan untuk pengamatan secara mikroskopis dan pengelompokan bakteri.Proses identifikasi Salmonella spp dilakukan dengan penanaman dalam media Indol, Methyl Red, Voges Proskauer,Sulfide Indole Motility (SIM), Simmons Citrate Agar (SCA), Triple Sugar Iron Agar (TSIA), uji biokimia (glukosa, sukrosa,laktosa, manitol, dan arabinosa). Penelitian ini dianalisis secara deskriptif dan disajikan dalam bentuk tabel dangambar. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa pada lima belas sampel swab kloaka kura-kura ambon (100%) positifSalmonella yang terdiri atas Salmonella bongori, Salmonella arizonae, Salmonella diarizonae, dan Salmonella indica.Oleh karena itu, dapat disimpulkan bahwa Salmonella bongori, Salmonella arizonae, Salmonella diarizonae, danSalmonella indica dapat diisolasi dari kloaka kura-kura ambo

Sensory and chemical profile of a phenolic extract from olive mill waste waters in plant-base food with varied macro-composition

Phenols from olive mill waste water (OMWW) represent valuable functional ingredients. The negative impact on sensory quality limits their use in functional food formulations. Chemical interactions phenols/biopolymers and their consequences on bioactivity in plant-base foods have been widely investigated, but no studies to date have explored the variation of bitterness, astringency and pungency induced by OMWW phenols as a function of the food composition. The aim of the paper was to profile the sensory and chemical properties of phenols from OMWW in plant-base foods varied in their macro-composition. Four phenol concentrations were selected (0.44, 1.00, 2.25, 5.06 g/kg) to induce significant variations of bitterness, sourness, astringency and pungency in three plant-base food: proteins/neutral pH \u2013 bean pur\ue9e (BP), starch/neutral pH \u2013 potato pur\ue9e (PP), fiber/low pH \u2013 tomato juice (TJ). The macro-composition affected the amount of the phenols recovered from functionalized food. The highest recovery was from TJ and the lowest from BP. Two groups of 29 and 27 subjects, trained to general Labelled Magnitude Scale and target sensations, participated in the evaluation of psychophysical curves of OMWW phenols and of functionalized plant-base foods, respectively. Target sensations were affected by the food macro-composition. Bitterness increased with phenol concentration in all foods. Astringency and sourness slightly increased with concentration, reaching the weak-moderate intensity at the highest phenol concentration in PP and TJ only. Pungency was suppressed in BP and perceived at weak-moderate intensity in PP and TJ sample at the highest phenol concentration. Proteins/neutral pH plant-food (BP) resulted more appropriate to counteract the impact of added phenol on negative sensory properties thus allowing to optimize the balance between health and sensory properties

Sensory and chemical profile of a phenolic extract from olive mill waste waters in plant-base food with varied macro-composition

Phenols from olive mill waste water (OMWW) represent valuable functional ingredients. The negative impact on sensory quality limits their use in functional food formulations. Chemical interactions phenols/biopolymers and their consequences on bioactivity in plant-base foods have been widely investigated, but no studies to date have explored the variation of bitterness, astringency and pungency induced by OMWW phenols as a function of the food composition. The aim of the paper was to profile the sensory and chemical properties of phenols from OMWW in plant-base foods varied in their macro-composition. Four phenol concentrations were selected (0.44, 1.00, 2.25, 5.06 g/kg) to induce significant variations of bitterness, sourness, astringency and pungency in three plant-base food: proteins/neutral pH \u2013 bean pur\ue9e (BP), starch/neutral pH \u2013 potato pur\ue9e (PP), fiber/low pH \u2013 tomato juice (TJ). The macro-composition affected the amount of the phenols recovered from functionalized food. The highest recovery was from TJ and the lowest from BP. Two groups of 29 and 27 subjects, trained to general Labelled Magnitude Scale and target sensations, participated in the evaluation of psychophysical curves of OMWW phenols and of functionalized plant-base foods, respectively. Target sensations were affected by the food macro-composition. Bitterness increased with phenol concentration in all foods. Astringency and sourness slightly increased with concentration, reaching the weak-moderate intensity at the highest phenol concentration in PP and TJ only. Pungency was suppressed in BP and perceived at weak-moderate intensity in PP and TJ sample at the highest phenol concentration. Proteins/neutral pH plant-food (BP) resulted more appropriate to counteract the impact of added phenol on negative sensory properties thus allowing to optimize the balance between health and sensory properties

Temperature effects on DNA damage during hibernation

During multiday torpor, deep-hibernating mammals maintain a hypometabolic state where heart rate and ventilation are reduced to 2%–4% of euthermic rates. It is hypothesized that this ischemia-like condition may cause DNA damage through reactive oxygen species production. The reason for intermittent rewarming (arousal) during hibernation might be to repair the accumulated DNA dam-age. Because increasing ambient temperatures (Ta’s) shortens torpor bout duration, we hypothesize that hibernating at higher Ta’swill result in a faster accumulation of genomic DNA damage. To test this, we kept 39 male and female garden dormice at a Ta of either 57C or 107C and obtained tissue at 1, 4, and 8 d in torpor to assess DNA damage and recruitment of DNA repair markers in splenocytes. DNA damage in splenocytes measured by comet assay was significantly higher in almost all torpor groups than in sum-mer euthermic groups. Damage accumulates in the first days of torpor at Ta = 57C (between days 1 and 4) but not at Ta = 107C. At the higher Ta, DNA damage is high at 24 h in torpor, indicating either a faster buildup of DNA damage at higher Ta’soranin-complete repair during arousals in dormice. At 57C, recruitment of the DNA repair protein 53BP1 paralleled the increase in DNA damage over time during torpor. In contrast, after 1 d in torpor at 107C, DNA damage levels were high, but 53BP1 was not re-cruited to the nuclear DNA yet. The data suggest a potential mis-match in the DNA damage/repair dynamics during torpor at higher Ta’s.</p