A Moderating Effect of Social Support between Job Strain and Depressed Affect: a Cross-Sectional Study among Employees in the United States

Objective: To examine the independent and interactional effects of job strain and social support on depressed affect among United States employees. Methods: Using cross-sectional data from the Mid-life in the United States, a nationally representative population-based study, the independent and combined effects of high versus low job strain and low versus high social support on depressed affect were examined with multivariate logistic regression analysis in 1858 employees.Results: After adjusting for relevant confounders, high job strain and low social support were significantly associated with depressed affect, respectively. Job strain and social support exhibited a potentially additive interaction wherein employees with both high job strain and low social support had a significantly higher odds ratio for depressed affect [OR and 95% CI = 2.63 (1.59, 4.33)], compared to the reference group (low job strain and high social support). Conclusions: Social support may buffer the adverse mental health effects of job strain

The Thousandth Man: A Biography of James McGregor Stewart by Barry Cahill

Barry Cahill, senior government archivist at Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, and former editor of the Nova Scotia Historical Review, has painstakingly delved into the social, political, educational and legal atmosphere of the late nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth centuries in Nova Scotia, by researching and writing a fascinating biography of James McGregor Stewart, now published on behalf of the Osgoode Society. The book succeeds in portraying both the humanity of this Renaissance man and his pivotal role in so many different milieux, such that Canadian Lawyer could and would refer to him as the most influential corporate lawyer in twentieth-century Canada

Regulatory appeals in Scotland:patterns behind the patchwork

In Scotland the routes of appeal against regulatory decisions on environmental matters are complex, inconsistent and fragmented. There is a clear need for rationalisation, but among calls for the establishment of an environmental court, the strengths and weaknesses of the current options need to be considered in determining how best to provide effective access to environmental justice

Regulatory appeals in Scotland:patterns behind the patchwork

In Scotland the routes of appeal against regulatory decisions on environmental matters are complex, inconsistent and fragmented. There is a clear need for rationalisation, but among calls for the establishment of an environmental court, the strengths and weaknesses of the current options need to be considered in determining how best to provide effective access to environmental justice

A linked data approach to publishing complex scientific workflows

Past data management practices in many fields of natural science, including climate research, have focused primarily on the final research output - the research publication - with less attention paid to the chain of intermediate data results and their associated metadata, including provenance. Data were often regarded merely as an adjunct to the publication, rather than a scientific resource in their own right. In this paper, we attempt to address the issues of capturing and publishing detailed workflows associated with the climate/research datasets held by the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia. To this end, we present a customisable approach to exposing climate research workflows for the effective re-use of the associated data, through the adoption of linked-data principles, existing widely adopted citation techniques (Digital Object Identifier) and data exchange mechanisms (Open Archives Initiative Object Reuse and Exchange)

Liability of farm employers (1980)

Farm owners and operators who hire employees increase their potential liability. The farm employer may be held liable for the acts of employees, as well as for injuries to them. This guide discusses generally the farm employer's exposure to liability and steps that could be taken to protect against such liability.Revised 7/80/12M

General principles of contract law (1993)

This publication outlines some general principles of law that govern the performance of contracts.Reviewed October 1, 1993

Time-series spectroscopy of the rapidly oscillating Ap star HR 3831

We present time-series spectroscopy of the rapidly oscillating Ap star HR 3831. This star has a dominant pulsation period of 11.7 minutes and a rotation period of 2.85 days. We have analysed 1400 intermediate-resolution spectra of the wavelength region 6100--7100 AA obtained over one week, using techniques similar to those we applied to another roAp star, Alpha Cir. We confirm that the H-alpha velocity amplitude of HR 3831 is modulated with rotation phase. Such a modulation was predicted by the oblique pulsator model, and rules out the spotted pulsator model. However, further analysis of H-alpha and other lines reveal rotational modulations that cannot easily be explained using the oblique pulsator model. In particular, the phase of the pulsation as measured by the width of the H-alpha line varies with height in the line. The variation of the H-alpha bisector shows a very similar pattern to that observed in Alpha Cir, which we have previously attributed to a radial node in the stellar atmosphere. However, the striking similarities between the two stars despite the much shorter period of Alpha Cir (6.8 min) argues against this interpretation unless the structure of the atmosphere is somewhat different between the two stars. Alternatively, the bisector variation is a signature of the degree l of the mode and not the overtone value n. High-resolution studies of the metal lines in roAp stars are needed to understand fully the form of the pulsation in the atmosphere.Comment: 13 pages, 20 figures, accepted by MNRA