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    Conservation and crime convergence? Situating the 2018 London Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference

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    The 2018 London Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) Conference was the fourth and biggest meeting on IWT convened at the initiative of the UK Government. Using a collaborative event ethnography, we examine the Conference as a site where key actors defined the problem of IWT as one of serious crime that needs to be addressed as such. We ask (a) how was IWT framed as serious crime, (b) how was this framing mobilized to promote particular policy responses, and (c) how did the framing and suggested responses reflect the privileging of elite voices? Answering these questions demonstrates the expanding ways in which thinking related to crime and policing are an increasingly forceful dynamic shaping conservation-related policy at the global level. We argue that the conservation-crime convergence on display at the 2018 London IWT Conference is characteristic of a conservation policy landscape that increasingly promotes and privileges responses to IWT that are based on legal and judicial reform, criminal investigations, intelligence gathering, and law enforcement technologies. Marginalized are those voices that seek to address the underlying drivers of IWT by promoting solutions rooted in sustainable livelihoods in source countries and global demand reduction. We suggest that political ecology of conservation and environmental crime would benefit from greater engagement with critical criminology, a discipline that critically interrogates the uneven power dynamics that shape ideas of crime, criminality, how they are politicized, and how they frame policy decisions. This would add further conceptual rigor to political ecological work that deconstructs conservation and environmental crime

    How wired are U.S. hospitals? A study of patient-oriented interactive tools

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    This study examined U.S. hospital websites to find out how they have used interactive tools to engage and serve their patients. The findings and recommendations from this study will provide guidance to the development of the U.S. hospitals and even beyond for at least the next decade. A content analysis was conducted to compare The Most Wired Hospitals with the total U.S. hospital population and compare the 2018 data and the 2011 data so as to observe the horizontal and vertical differences. The study has found that, in 2018, U.S. hospitals have adopted significantly more interactive tools and reached an average of 8.5 tools; core e-business tools have gained the biggest increase; most of such tools almost reached ubiquity among the Most Wired Hospitals. The study concludes that using interactive tools to serve patients on U.S. hospital websites and on social media is becoming a norm, that the majority of U.S. hospitals were adequately equipped to interact with their patients through their websites, and that whether to make a hospital website action-driven is more determined by the hospital administration’s awareness, determination, and strategic planning than by hospital size

    Calidad de vida del adulto mayor jubilado afiliado al Instituto Nicaragüense de Seguridad Social

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    This qualitative study assessed the life quality of retired older adults affiliated to the Nicaraguan Social Security Institute (INSS) in Bilwi City, Puerto Cabezas. For this purpose, in-depth interviews were conducted with a homogeneous sample of 14 older adults from different ethnic groups (Miskitu, Creole and Mestizo), 7 women and 7 men, corresponding to 6 people from the Miskitu ethnic group, 4 from the Creole ethnic group and 4 from the Mestizo ethnic group, due to the geographical position of the region and taking into account their cultural environment. Convenience sampling was used and the information collected was subjected to two levels of coding to facilitate the analysis process. It was concluded that in general, the older adults had a good perception of their quality of life, with greater importance given to social factors, since the fundamental basis for a good quality of life was the family, followed by friends. Having a stable support base provided the older adult with security and well-being at the physical, psychological and social levels.  One of the factors with the greatest impact was the economic sphere; in contrast to the women, who did not make any negative remarks regarding this aspect, in the male sex, in the Mestizo and Creole ethnic groups there was greater discontent, in contrast to the Miskitu ethnic group.En el presente trabajo cualitativo se valoró la calidad de vida del adulto mayor jubilado afiliado al Instituto Nicaragüense de Seguridad Social (INSS) en la ciudad de Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas. Para este propósito, se realizaron entrevistas a profundidad a una muestra homogénea de 14 adultos mayores de las diferentes etnias (miskitu, creole y mestiza), 7 del sexo femenino y 7 del sexo masculino, correspondientes a 6 personas de la etnia miskitu, 4 de la etnia creole y 4 de la etnia mestiza, debido a la posición geográfica de la región y tomando en cuenta su entorno cultural. Fue utilizado un muestreo por conveniencia y, la información recolectada fue sometida a dos niveles de codificación para facilitar el proceso de análisis. Se concluyó que en general, los adultos mayores poseían una buena percepción sobre su calidad de vida, evidenciándose con mayor importancia los factores sociales, puesto que, la base fundamental para contar con una buena calidad de vida fue la familia, seguidamente los amigos. El poseer una base de apoyo estable brindaba al adulto mayor seguridad y bienestar a nivel físico, psicológico y social.  Uno de los factores de mayor impacto fue el ámbito económico; a diferencia de las mujeres, que no hicieron algún señalamiento negativo referente a este aspecto, en el sexo masculino, en las etnias mestiza y creole se evidenció mayor descontento en contraste con la etnia miskit

    Simulation Game Outcomes: A Multilevel Examination of Knowledge Sharing Norms, Transactive Memory Systems, and Individual Learning Goal Orientations

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    Background. Because computer-based simulation games are widely used in university classrooms, it is important to investigate factors which can lead to effective student team performance and positive individual outcomes. Aim. This correlational study aimed to examine the effects of knowledge sharing norms, transactive memory systems, and individual learning goal orientations on game outcomes. Method. The setting for this study was an undergraduate logistics and supply chain class. The class uses a serious simulation game which is designed to realistically mimic the business transactions within an enterprise resource planning system (ERP). Cross-sectional surveys captured individual learning goal orientations. After multiple rounds of simulation game play, subsequent surveys captured student reactions, perceptions of knowledge sharing behaviors, and transactive memory systems. Results. Two sets of analyses were conducted using a sample of 100 undergraduates performing in 42 teams. At the group-level, OLS regression results suggest that, while there was no effect on objective team performance, knowledge sharing norms enhanced perceptions of team performance, and this effect was mediated through the development of transactive memory systems. For individual-level outcomes, multilevel results suggest that knowledge sharing norms were positively related to satisfaction with the team, but not satisfaction with the task. However, transactive memory systems were positively related both satisfaction with the team and satisfaction with the task. Individual learning goal orientation was positively related to satisfaction with the task but not satisfaction with the team. Conclusion. Our findings suggest that learning goal orientations and norms for knowledge sharing are linked to positive outcomes of team-based simulation game learning activities. Because learning goal orientations are malleable and norms for knowledge sharing can be encouraged, these factors are within the influence of the instructor. As such, they should be nurtured and developed through the active encouragement of experimentation, exploration, and communication between team members

    Teachers’ Daily Lives and Their Responsibility in Health Promotion in the University Context: An Integrative Review

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    Background: The educational task of nurses is to develop technical and humanistic competencies that favor preventive/promotional actions. Likewise, the responsibility in health promotion in the daily life of the teacher in the university context is relevant to improve practices. Materials and methods: Electronic database (Web of Science, Ebsco, Google Scholar, Scielo, Redalyc, Dialnet, and Scopus) were searched and 106 articles collected for the period 2012–2021. Of those, 13 articles were analyzed. The evidence highlights that the daily activity of the university teacher reflects the daily experiences of the bio-psycho-social routine represented in different roles. The importance lies in including during the teaching-learning process the development of competencies for the promotion and prevention of healthy lifestyles in the training of future nursing professionals. Conclusions: The synthesized results show that teachers should reinforce significant strategies to transfer knowledge around health promotion and disease prevention during the academic training process
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