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Promotion of occupational therapy as a career: A survey of occupational therapy managers
A careers pack distributed to 184 occupational therapy managers in and around
London contained a questionnaire which gathered information about their role
in promoting occupational therapy as a career. Twenty-six managers responded
(14.1%) and considered that the College of Occupational Therapists had the
principal responsibility for promoting the profession. Three-quarters
considered that the careers pack was fairly effective and two-thirds were
willing to use it to promote the profession.
Although pleased to have received the pack, the managers had more
negative than positive comments about it. Managers may not appreciate their
influential position in recruitment to the profession and other stakeholders
should collaborate to support them in their pivotal rol
The Business Environment of 1995 as Seen by Wisconsin Business Executives
Like many states, particularly those in the so-called rust bucket of the industrial north, Wisconsin is concerned about its business climate. A number of different steps with the potential to make Wisconsin\u27s business environment more hospitable have been taken. For example, the state income tax has been reduced; the state has partially funded a business development organization, Forward Wisconsin, to attract new companies to the area; and a state-appointed panel, the Wisconsin Strategic Development Commission, has filed its recommendations concerning the actions that should be considered in revitalizing the region\u27s business community. This article provides another perspective. It reports upon the views held by a sample of Wisconsin business executives concerning the nature of the business environment in 1995. Specifically, this paper reports on the perceptions held by 24 executives (mostly vice presidents of planning or marketing) from Wisconsin corporations. Because vice-presidents of planning and marketing are most responsible for translating environmental trends into strategic actions, we believe their vision of the general business climate in 1995 will be of keen interest to those concerned about the future of Wisconsin\u27s economy
Full one-loop electroweak corrections to e+e- to 3 jets at linear colliders
We describe the impact of the full one-loop electroweak terms of O(alpha_s
alpha_EM^3) entering the electron-positron into three-jet cross-section from
sqrt(s)=M_Z to TeV scale energies. We include both factorisable and
non-factorisable virtual corrections and photon bremsstrahlung. Their
importance for the measurement of alpha_S from jet rates and shape variables is
explained qualitatively and illustrated quantitatively, also in presence of
b-tagging.Comment: 6 pages, to appear in the proceedings of the workshop "LC09 -- e+e-
Physics at the TeV scale and the Dark Matter Connection", 21-24 September
2009, Perugia (Italy). Minor corrections, references added
Quasiharmonic elastic constants corrected for deviatoric thermal stresses
The quasiharmonic approximation (QHA), in its simplest form also called the
statically constrained (SC) QHA, has been shown to be a straightforward method
to compute thermoelastic properties of crystals. Recently we showed that for
non-cubic solids SC-QHA calculations develop deviatoric thermal stresses at
high temperatures. Relaxation of these stresses leads to a series of
corrections to the free energy that may be taken to any desired order, up to
self-consistency. Here we show how to correct the elastic constants obtained
using the SC-QHA. We exemplify the procedure by correcting to first order the
elastic constants of MgSiO-perovskite and MgSiO-post-perovskite, the
major phases of the Earth's lower mantle. We show that this first order
correction is quite satisfactory for obtaining the aggregated elastic averages
of these minerals and their velocities in the lower mantle. This type of
correction is also shown to be applicable to experimental measurements of
elastic constants in situations where deviatoric stresses can develop, such as
in diamond anvil cells.Comment: 4 figures, 1 table, submitted to Phys. Rev. B, July 200
Maternal and familial correlates of anthropometric typologies in the nutrition transition of Colombia, 2000–2010
Q2Q1Objective: We aimed to assess the maternal and family determinants of four
anthropometric typologies at the household level in Colombia for the years 2000,
2005 and 2010.
Design: We classified children <5 years old according to height-for-age Z-score
(2) to assess stunting and overweight/obesity,
respectively; mothers were categorized according to BMI to assess underweight
(<18·5 kg/m2
) and overweight/obesity (≥25·0 kg/m2
). At the household level, we
established four final anthropometric typologies: normal, underweight, overweight and dual-burden households. Separate polytomous logistic regression
models for each of the surveyed years were developed to examine several
maternal and familial determinants of the different anthropometric typologies.
Setting: National and sub-regional (urban and rural) representative samples from
Colombia, South America.
Subjects: Drawing on data from three waves of Colombia’s Demographic and
Health Survey/Encuesta Nacional de Salud (DHS/ENDS), we examined individual
and household information from mothers (18–49 years) and their children (birth–
5 years).
Results: Higher parity was associated with an increased likelihood of overweight
and dual burden. Higher levels of maternal education were correlated with lower
prevalence of overweight, underweight and dual burden of malnutrition in all data
collection waves. In 2010, participation in nutrition programmes for children
<5 years, being an indigenous household, food purchase decisions by the mother
and food security classification were also associated with the four anthropometric
typologies.
Conclusions: Results suggest that maternal and family correlates of certain
anthropometric typologies at the household level may be used to better frame
policies aimed at improving social conditions and nutrition outcomes.Revista Internacional - Indexad
Maternal and familial correlates of anthropometric typologies in the nutrition transition of Colombia, 2000–2010
In vivo cranial bone strain and bite force in the agamid lizard Uromastyx geyri
In vivo bone strain data are the most direct evidence of deformation and strain regimes in the vertebrate cranium during feeding and can provide important insights into skull morphology. Strain data have been collected during feeding across a wide range of mammals; in contrast, in vivo cranial bone strain data have been collected from few sauropsid taxa. Here we present bone strain data recorded from the jugal of the herbivorous agamid lizard Uromastyx geyri along with simultaneously recorded bite force. Principal and shear strain magnitudes in Uromastyx geyri were lower than cranial bone strains recorded in Alligator mississippiensis, but higher than those reported from herbivorous mammals. Our results suggest that variations in principal strain orientations in the facial skeleton are largely due to differences in feeding behavior and bite location, whereas food type has little impact on strain orientations. Furthermore, mean principal strain orientations differ between male and female Uromastyx during feeding, potentially because of sexual dimorphism in skull morphology
Importance of Continuous Pulse Oximetry of the Ipsilateral Thumb/Index Finger during Transradial Angiography
We present a case of a 63-year-old male undergoing attempted basilar artery embolization using a right transradial artery approach in which continuous pulse oximetry of the ipsilateral thumb uncovered unanticipated hand ischemia during the procedure. A preprocedural evaluation using pulse oximetry of the right thumb demonstrated normal waveform and maintenance of normal oxygen saturation during manual compression of the right radial artery. This normal waveform and oxygen saturation was maintained after insertion of a 6Fr sheath into the radial artery. After insertion of a 6Fr guiding catheter into the right vertebral artery, near-complete dampening of the pulse oximetry waveform and precipitous decline in oxygen saturation were noted. Examination of the right hand demonstrated poor tissue perfusion. Immediate removal of the guiding catheter led to return of a normal waveform, oxygen saturation, and tissue perfusion. This case demonstrates the importance of continuous, intraprocedural monitoring of oxygenation of the ipsilateral hand during transradial angiography in order to avoid unanticipated perfusion abnormalities
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