Proposed models for shaping pro-innovative organizational culture in public hospitals

PURPOSE: The main goal of the article is an attempt to select measurement constructs of proinnovative organizational culture in public hospitals.DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: First, as a result of a database search, a set of theoretical variables was identified that could measure pro-innovative organizational culture in public hospitals. Then, empirical exploration was carried out on a sample of 570 respondents (doctors, nurses and managers) in 3 public hospitals operating in Poland with different reference levels: clinical care (A), voivodeship (B) and poviat (C). The theoretical model was verified on the basis of a descriptive data mining project with a cross-sectional approach using factor analysis.FINDINGS: The findings have been found from a descriptive data mining project with a crosssectional approach using factor analysis. The results of the research allowed for the identification of 5-factor models for each type of hospital. The most important factors in shaping a pro-innovative organizational culture include variables regarding the strategy and goals of the hospital, organizational trust and patient orientation of the staff.PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: In practice, the created models may constitute guidelines for measuring and purposefully shaping a pro-innovative organizational culture in public hospitals.ORIGINALITY/VALUE: Although there are over a dozen scientific reports in the world literature on the relationship between organizational culture and innovation in the context of shaping pro-innovative organizational culture, few of them concern the public health care sector. Therefore, an attempt was made to fill this gap.This research was a part of the Research Project No. DEC- 2011/03/B/HS4/04544 titled Shaping a pro-innovative organizational culture in public hospitals funded by the National Science Centre, Poland.peer-reviewe

Analiza materijala i protoka informacija u logističkom sustavu neke odabrane čeličane

Tough competition on the steel product market causes the functioning of steelworks largely to depend on their abilities to respond flexibly to the market needs and offer the right product, at the right price and in the right time. A tool which is more and more commonly used for achieving this goal is logistics. The function of logistics in a production company is the optimal shaping of the stream of materials and information flowing through the company. The article reports the result of an analysis of material and information flows on the example of a selected metallurgical enterprise.Jaka konkurencija na tržištu čeličnih proizvoda dovodi do toga da funkcioniranje čeličana uvelike ovisi o njihovoj sposobnosti da fleksibilno odgovore potrebama tržišta i ponude pravi proizvod po pravoj cijeni u pravo vrijeme. Sve se više koristi za postizanje tog cilja logistika. Funkcija logistike u nekom proizvodnom poduzeću je u tome da osigura optimalan protok materijala i informacija kroz poduzeće. Članak predstavlja rezultat analize protoka materijala i informacija na primjeru jednog metalurškog poduzeća

Metodologija određivanja lokacije logističkog distributivnog centra proizvoda čeličane

One of the modern methods of distribution management is distribution center. A combination of ABC analysis, discriminatory analysis and customer classification are a basis in this article for the determination of a strategic group of customers and location of a logistic distribution center for a steelworks.Jedna od modernih metoda upravljanja distribucijom je distribucioni centar. Kombinacija ABC analize, analize diskriminacije i klasifikacije kupaca su u ovom članku osnova za određivanje strateške grupe kupaca i lokacije distribucionog centra za neku čeličanu

Genetically manipulated phages with improved pH resistance for oral administration in veterinary medicine

Orally administered phages to control zoonotic pathogens face important challenges, mainly related to the hostile conditions found in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). These include temperature, salinity and primarily pH, which is exceptionally low in certain compartments. Phage survival under these conditions can be jeopardized and undermine treatment. Strategies like encapsulation have been attempted with relative success, but are typically complex and require several optimization steps. Here we report a simple and efficient alternative, consisting in the genetic engineering of phages to display lipids on their surfaces. Escherichia coli phage T7 was used as a model and the E. coli PhoE signal peptide was genetically fused to its major capsid protein (10A), enabling phospholipid attachment to the phage capsid. The presence of phospholipids on the mutant phages was confirmed by High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography, Dynamic Light Scattering and phospholipase assays. The stability of phages was analysed in simulated GIT conditions, demonstrating improved stability of the mutant phages with survival rates 102107 pfu.mL1 higher than wild-type phages. Our work demonstrates that phage engineering can be a good strategy to improve phage tolerance to GIT conditions, having promising application for oral administration in veterinary medicine.This work was supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under the scope of the strategic funding of UID/BIO/04469/2013 unit and COMPETE 2020 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006684) and under the scope of the Project PTDC/BBB-BSS/6471/2014 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016678). Franklin L. Nobrega and Ana Rita Costa acknowledge FCT for grants SFRH/BD/86462/2012 and SFRH/BPD/94648/2013, respectively. Melvin F. Siliakus acknowledges funding from the Biobased Ecologically Balanced Sustainable Industrial Chemistry (BE-BASIC) foundation. Electron microscopy work was performed at the Wageningen Electron Microscopy Centre (WEMC) of Wageningen University

The influence of external factors on bacteriophages—review

The ability of bacteriophages to survive under unfavorable conditions is highly diversified. We summarize the influence of different external physical and chemical factors, such as temperature, acidity, and ions, on phage persistence. The relationships between a phage’s morphology and its survival abilities suggested by some authors are also discussed. A better understanding of the complex problem of phage sensitivity to external factors may be useful not only for those interested in pharmaceutical and agricultural applications of bacteriophages, but also for others working with phages

Status of Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea

The brackish Baltic Sea hosts species of various origins and environmental tolerances. These immigrated to the sea 10,000 to 15,000 years ago or have been introduced to the area over the relatively recent history of the system. The Baltic Sea has only one known endemic species. While information on some abiotic parameters extends back as long as five centuries and first quantitative snapshot data on biota (on exploited fish populations) originate generally from the same time, international coordination of research began in the early twentieth century. Continuous, annual Baltic Sea-wide long-term datasets on several organism groups (plankton, benthos, fish) are generally available since the mid-1950s. Based on a variety of available data sources (published papers, reports, grey literature, unpublished data), the Baltic Sea, incl. Kattegat, hosts altogether at least 6,065 species, including at least 1,700 phytoplankton, 442 phytobenthos, at least 1,199 zooplankton, at least 569 meiozoobenthos, 1,476 macrozoobenthos, at least 380 vertebrate parasites, about 200 fish, 3 seal, and 83 bird species. In general, but not in all organism groups, high sub-regional total species richness is associated with elevated salinity. Although in comparison with fully marine areas the Baltic Sea supports fewer species, several facets of the system's diversity remain underexplored to this day, such as micro-organisms, foraminiferans, meiobenthos and parasites. In the future, climate change and its interactions with multiple anthropogenic forcings are likely to have major impacts on the Baltic biodiversity

Demographic and epidemiological situation of the region and the management of health care : the case of Podlasie region

The purpose of this article is to diagnose the demographic and epidemiological situation in Podlaskie in the last few years and attempt to determine the impact of this situation on the regional health care management. The article presents both demographic indicators (size of the region’s population, fertility and mortality, the average life expectancy and demographic burden) and dominant types of diseases in the region, which included diseases of the peripheral nervous system, musculo-skeletal and connective tissue, chronic diseases of the digestive system, anemia, thyroid diseases, cancer and cardiovascular disease. Conclusions drawn confirm the relationship between demographic and epidemiological trends and the management of regional health care, with the leading role of the regional government policy in the field of health

Innowacyjność jako podstawowy wyznacznik zatrudnialności lekarzy w szpitalach

Celem publikacji jest diagnoza stanu praktyk ZZL sprzyjających zatrudnialności lekarzy pracujących w szpitalach. W części teoretycznej artykułu omówiono znaczenie wiedzy w sektorze ochrony zdrowia i wyjaśniono znaczenie terminu „zatrudnialność”, wskazując jednocześnie przyczyny, dla których innowacyjność traktowana jest jako podstawowy jej atrybut, szczególnie w odniesieniu do lekarzy. Z kolei w części empirycznej zaprezentowano wyniki badań przeprowadzonych wśród 100 lekarzy pracujących w 2 szpitalach klinicznych w Polsce. Najwyższe oceny respondentów dotyczyły praktyki zachęcania personelu do rozwoju i dzielenia się wiedzą oraz funkcjonowania systemu oceny uwzględniającego kryteria związane z kreatywnością i innowacyjnością. Z kolei najsłabiej oceniono system motywowania uwzględniający osiągnięcia innowacyjne pracowników, procesy doboru uwzględniające cechy kandydatów związane z otwartością na zmiany i kreatywnością oraz zachęcanie personelu do eksperymentowania i podejmowania ryzyka