Shedding light on the Ulva holobiont: Alga-bacteria interactions with implications for integrated multitrofic aquaculture

Poster.-- Close Encounters IIM (3rd Kind), Vigo, 23 June 2022Macroalgae, like Ulva genus, provides an important niche for epiphytic biofilm-forming bacteria, including those of the genus Phaeobacter with the ability to antagonize fish pathogens such as Vibrio anguillarum, through the production of tropodithietic acid (TDA) [1–3]. P. gallaeciensis has previously demonstrated its effectiveness as a probiotic in aquaculture by reducing mortality in fish larvae experimentally infected with this pathogen as well as its colonization of U. ohnoi surface [1]. This colonization can be used as apathogen control strategy in multitrophic fish-algae cultures in recirculatingwater systems (IMTA-RAS), improving the health of the fish (Fig. 1).However, the optimal conditions for the culture of U. ohnoi could have a determining influence both on the maintenance of these biofilms and on the production of TDA, especially the intensity of lightN

An analytical framework for delirium research in palliative care settings: integrated epidemiologic, clinician-researcher, and knowledge user perspectives

peer-reviewedContext. Delirium often presents difficult management challenges in the context of goals of care in palliative care settings. Objectives. The aim was to formulate an analytical framework for further research on delirium in palliative care settings, prioritize the associated research questions, discuss the inherent methodological challenges associated with relevant studies, and outline the next steps in a program of delirium research.Methods. We combined multidisciplinary input from delirium researchers and knowledge users at an international delirium study planning meeting, relevant literature searches, focused input of epidemiologic expertise, and a meeting participant and coauthor survey to formulate a conceptual research framework and prioritize research questions.Results. Our proposed framework incorporates three main groups of research questions: the first was predominantly epidemiologic, such as delirium occurrence rates, risk factor evaluation, screening, and diagnosis; the second covers pragmatic management questions; and the third relates to the development of predictive models for delirium outcomes. Based on aggregated survey responses to each research question or domain, the combined modal ratings of "very'' or "extremely'' important confirmed their priority.Conclusion. Using an analytical framework to represent the full clinical care pathway of delirium in palliative care settings, we identified multiple knowledge gaps in relation to the occurrence rates, assessment, management, and outcome prediction of delirium in this population. The knowledge synthesis generated from adequately powered, multicenter studies to answer the framework's research questions will inform decision making and policy development regarding delirium detection and management and thus help to achieve better outcomes for patients in palliative care settings. (C) 2014 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.PUBLISHEDpeer-reviewe

Satisfaction with HR practices and commitment to the organisation: Why one size does not fit all

This article examines the links between employees' satisfaction with HR practices and their commitment to the organisation. It draws on recently collected data to examine these links for three groups of employees: professionals, line managers and workers. Satisfaction with some HR practices appears to be linked to the commitment of all employees, while the link for others varies between the three employee groups. These findings pose a challenge to the universalistic model of HRM and have implications for those seeking to design practices that will improve organisational commitment

Moving beyond the link between HRM and economic performance : a study on the individual reactions of HR managers and professionals to sustainable HRM

This study contributes to the growing literature on the intersection between human resource management and corporate sustainability (CS) and, in particular, on sustainable human resource management (interpreted here as HRM practices informed by the CS principles, thus aiming at economic, social, environmental and human sustainability simultaneously). In particular, this paper claims that the members of the HR professional community can increase their job satisfaction and decrease their intention to leave by implementing sustainable HRM. In addition, we test for the mediating role played by the meaning that HR professionals and managers attach to HR work. Indeed, when HR professionals and managers are involved in sustainable HRM perceive their job to become more meaningful as it has a broader scope which goes beyond the solely focus on economic performance, and that leads then to higher job satisfaction and lower turnover intention. The study, which is based on 176 questionnaires collected through a cross-country survey, has been developed in partnership between the authors and a leading European association of HR managers and professionals. Our findings, which in general extend the knowledge on the employees' perception of CS-employee attitudes relationships, represent a data-driven argument for a more active role of HRM in developing Sustainable HRM