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Electrical signature in polar night cloud base variations
Layer clouds are globally extensive. Their lower edges are charged negatively by the fair weather atmospheric electricity current flowing vertically through them. Using polar winter surface meteorological data from Sodankyla Ì (Finland) and Halley (Antarctica), we find that when meteorological diurnal variations are weak, an appreciable diurnal cycle, on average, persists in the cloud base heights, detected using a laser ceilometer. The diurnal cloud base heights from both sites correlate more closely with the Carnegie curve of global atmospheric electricity than with local meteorological measurements. The cloud base sensitivities are indistinguishable between the northern and southern hemispheres, averaging a (4.0 ± 0.5) m rise for a 1% change in the fair weather electric current density. This suggests that the global fair weather current, which is affected by space weather, cosmic rays and the El Nin Ìo Southern Oscillation, is linked with layer cloud properties
Decent Workâs Association With Job Satisfaction, Work Engagement, and Withdrawal Intentions in Australian Working Adults
The present research is focused on the measurement properties of the Decent Work Scale (DWS) in Australia and adds to the cumulative evidence of the measureâs international utility for psychological research into the role of work in peopleâs lives. The study contributes new evidence via a survey of a sample of workers (N ÂŒ 201) who completed the DWS and criterion measures of career-related factors including job satisfaction, work engagement, and withdrawal intentions. Correlated factors, higher order, and bifactor models were tested using confirmatory factor analysis. All models were satisfactory and the bifactor model evinced preferable fit. The DWS Values Congruence subscale predicted all criterion measures. Workersâ incomes and ratings of their occupationsâ prestige had no main effects or interaction effect on the DWS subscales. Recommendations for future research include testing the DWSâs relations with measures of mental health which are known correlates of career-related outcomes
Priority strategies to improve gender equity in Canadian emergency medicine: proceedings from the CAEP 2021 Academic Symposium on leadership
Objectives: Gender inequities are deeply rooted in our society and have significant negative consequences. Female physicians experience numerous gender-related inequities (e.g., microaggressions, harassment, violence). These inequities have far-reaching consequences on health, well-being and career longevity and may result in the devaluing of various strengths that female emergency physicians bring to the table. This, in turn, has an impact on patient healthcare experience and outcomes. During the 2021 Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) Academic Symposium, a national collaborative sought to understand gender inequities in emergency medicine in Canada. Methods: We used a multistep stakeholder-engagement-based approach (harnessing both quantitative and qualitative methods) to identify and prioritize problems with gender equity in emergency medicine in Canada. Based on expert consultation and literature review, we developed recommendations to effect change for the higher priority problems. We then conducted a nationwide consultation with the Canadian emergency medicine community via online engagement and the CAEP Academic Symposium to ensure that these priority problems and solutions were appropriate for the Canadian context. Conclusion: Via the above process, 15 recommendations were developed to address five unique problem areas. There is a dearth of research in this important area and we hope this preliminary work will serve as a starting point to fuel further research. To facilitate these scholarly endeavors, we have appended additional documents identifying other key problems with gender equity in emergency medicine in Canada as well as proposed next steps for future research
Intrapreneurial self-capital training: a case study of an Italian university student
This chapter presents a case study which describes the application of the Intrapreneurial Self-Capital Training with a final-year postgraduate female biology student, Erica. The chapter presents an overview of theory that is relevant to the world of work and the conceptual dimensions of intrapreneurial self capital (ISC). Training for ISC aims to assist young people to identify their personal strengths in terms of intrapreneurship and career adaptability. A qualitative instrument, the Life Adaptability Qualitative Assessment (LAQuA) was administered before and after the training to detect meaningful changes in the participantâs narratives about career adaptability and enhanced reflexivity. The LAQuA coding system revealed enhancements to the participantâs awareness about her personal intrapreneurial resources and career adaptability. The relevance of ISC to employability and career services in education contexts is discussed along with recommendations for research into ISC training
Are community forestry principles at work in Ontarioâs County, Municipal, and Conservation Authority forests?
Ontarioâs County, Municipal and Conservation Authority forests have received little attention within the academic literature on community forestry in Canada. These âAgreement Forestsâ, as they were once called, are a product of the early 20th
century and have been under local government management since the 1990s. Most are situated in Southern Ontario. In this article we investigate the extent to which community forestry principles are at work in these forests. Three principlesâparticipatory governance, local benefits and multiple forest useâare analyzed using a composite score approach
derived from survey data collected from nearly all of these forest organizations (response rate = 80%). Results indicate that most of these organizations do display attributes associated with community forestry principles, including a local governance process, public participation activities, local employment and multiple-use management. Traditional forestry employment is less strong than in similar studies of Crown land community forests; however, there is an important emphasis on non-timber activities. The article concludes that the County, Municipal and Conservation Authority forests represents a unique approach, which reflects the specific geographic and socio-economic context in which it resides. / Les forĂȘts cantonales, municipales et des offices de conservation de lâOntario nâont reçu quâune faible couverture dans la littĂ©rature scientifique sur la foresterie communautaire au Canada. Ces « forĂȘts dâentente (Agreement Forests) », comme on
les appelait avant, ont Ă©tĂ© crĂ©Ă©es au dĂ©but du XXe siĂšcle et gĂ©rĂ©es par les autoritĂ©s locales depuis les annĂ©es 1990. La majeure partie de ces forĂȘts sont situĂ©es dans le sud de lâOntario. Dans cet article, nous cherchons Ă voir jusquâĂ quel point les principes de foresterie communautaire sont mis en application dans ces forĂȘts. LâĂ©tude porte sur trois principes â la gouvernance participative, les bĂ©nĂ©fices locaux et lâutilisation polyvalente de la forĂȘt â qui furent analysĂ©s avec lâapproche de rĂ©sultats combinĂ©s utilisant les donnĂ©es dâun sondage effectuĂ© auprĂšs de presque toutes ces organisations forestiĂšres
(taux de réponse = 80 %). Les résultats indiquent que la plupart de ces organisations présentent effectivement certains attributs rappelant les principes de la foresterie communautaire, incluant un processus de gouvernance locale, des activités
de participation du public, lâembauche locale et lâamĂ©nagement Ă des fins dâutilisation polyvalente. Les emplois forestiers traditionnels ont moins dâimportance que dans les Ă©tudes similaires des forĂȘts communautaires Ă©tablies sur des terres publiques; par contre, on accorde beaucoup dâimportance aux activitĂ©s sans prĂ©lĂšvement de bois. Lâarticle conclut que les forĂȘts cantonales, municipales et des offices de conservation constituent une approche unique qui reflĂšte bien le contexte gĂ©ographique et socio-Ă©conomique spĂ©cifique dans lequel elles sont Ă©tablies.Financial support from the Fonds quĂ©bĂ©cois de la recherchĂ© sur la sociĂ©tĂ© et la culture and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.http://pubs.cif-ifc.org/doi/10.5558/tfc2012-13
Expatriation and Incapacity created by a Multitude of Hidden Inequalities
The ability of UK based Academics to function within collaborative partnerships is becoming an important part of the UK Universities internationalisation agenda. This chapter offers an auto-ethnographical academic expatriate experience detailing some of the challenges faced when moving to work in a âUK environment positioned abroadâ, specifically in China. It will provide HR personnel with alternative understandings of possible support strategies that could assist individuals in dealing with a variety of hidden inequalities that surface. These hidden inequalities can contribute to a possible shortening of the assignment due to cultural contexts in which they are operating (Foster 1997; Wang and Varma 2017)
My Career Chapter: Guidance Counsellors' Appraisal of its Suitability for Adolescents
This paper presents an investigation into the properties of a new narrative technique for career assessment and counselling, My Career Chapter: A Dialogical Autobiography. This technique is used to facilitate clients' construction of a meaningful career-related autobiography. Previous research indicates the usefulness of My Career Chapter for adult clients and its alignment with recommendations for the development and application of qualitative assessment and counselling techniques. This study specifically commences research into the technique's applicability for adolescents. A focus group, comprised of guidance counselling professionals whose work primarily pertained to the needs of adolescents, found that there is potential to develop a version of My Career Chapter that is suitable for adolescents
An interpretative phenomenological analysis of adult clients' experience of My Career Chapter
This paper reports a study of adult clients' experience of My Career Chapter; which is a theoretically-informed, qualitative career assessment and counselling procedure. My Career Chapter engenders personal exploration through a client's writing and reading aloud a career-related autobiography, which is formulated on the basis of structured steps and a sentence-completion process. In a predominantly qualitative, mixed method design (i.e., QUAL+quan), interpretative phenomenological analysis of six interview transcripts constructed three major clusters representative of clients' experiences: Implications for instructions and guidelines; induction of personal contemplation and self-reflection; and positive emotional experience. Secondary quantitative data aligned with the primary qualitative results. The results of this study were consistent with and extend upon previous research; and were indicative of the safety and potential of My Career Chapter as a narrative career assessment and counselling procedure for adults
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