166 research outputs found
Intravitreal injection analysis at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute: evaluation of clinical indications for the treatment and incidence rates of endophthalmitis
To report the incidence of endophthalmitis, in addition to its clinical and microbiological aspects, after intravitreal injection of vascular-targeting agents.
A retrospective review of a consecutive series of 10,142 intravitreal injections of vascular targeting agents (bevacizumab, ranibizumab, triamcinolone acetonide, and preservative-free triamcinolone acetonide) between June 1, 2007 and January 31, 2010, performed by a single service (TGM) at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.
One case of clinically-suspected endophthalmitis was identified out of a total of 10,142 injections (0.009%), presenting within three days of injection of bevacizumab. The case was culture-positive for Staphylococcus epidermidis. Final visual acuity was 20/40 after pars plana vitrectomy surgery.
In this series, the incidence of culture-positive endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of vascular agents in an outpatient setting was very low. We believe that following a standardized injection protocol, adherence to sterile techniques and proper patient follow-up are determining factors for low incidence rates
Translations of new public management: a decentred approach to school governance in four OECD countries
Despite the prevalence of corporate and performative models of school governance within and across different education systems, there are various cases of uneven, hybrid expressions of New Public Management (NPM) that reveal the contingency of global patterns of rule. Adopting a ‘decentred approach’ to governance (Bevir, M. 2010. “Rethinking Governmentality: Towards Genealogies of Governance.” European Journal of Social Theory 13 (4): 423–441), this paper compares the development of NPM in four OECD countries: Australia, England, Spain, and Switzerland. A focus of the paper is how certain policy instruments are created and sustained within highly differentiated geo-political settings and through different multi-scalar actors and authorities yet modified to reflect established traditions and practices
Consideration of practice education within a regional teaching partnership employing a communities of practice lens
Favouritism: exploring the 'uncontrolled' spaces of the leadership experience
In this paper, we argue that a focus on favouritism magnifies a central ethical ambiguity in leadership, both conceptually and in practice. The social process of favouritism can even go unnoticed, or misrecognised if it does not manifest in a form in which it can be either included or excluded from what is (collectively interpreted as) leadership. The leadership literature presents a tension between what is an embodied and relational account of the ethical, on the one hand, and a more dispassionate organisational ‘justice’ emphasis, on the other hand. We conducted 23 semi-structured interviews in eight consultancy companies, four multinationals and four internationals. There were ethical issues at play in the way interviewees thought about favouritism in leadership episodes. This emerged in the fact that they were concerned with visibility and conduct before engaging in favouritism. Our findings illustrate a bricolage of ethical justifications for favouritism, namely utilitarian, justice, and relational. Such findings suggest the ethical ambiguity that lies at the heart of leadership as a concept and a practice
Potential for comparative public opinion research in public administration
The public administration and public services have always taken a
marginal place in the political scientists’ behavioural research.
Public administration students on the other hand tend to focus on
political and administrative elites and institutions, and largely
ignored citizens in comparative research. In this article we make a
plea for international comparative research on citizens’ attitudes
towards the public administration from an interdisciplinary
perspective. Available international survey material is discussed, and
main trends in empirical practice and theoretical approaches are
outlined, especially those with a potential impact on public sector
reform
The Role of Teachers' Expectations in the Association between Children's SES and Performance in Kindergarten: A Moderated Mediation Analysis
This study examines the role of teachers' expectations in the association between children's socio-economic background and achievement outcomes. Furthermore, the role of children's ethnicity in moderating this mediated relation is investigated. In the present study, 3,948 children from kindergarten are examined. Data are analysed by means of structural equation modeling. First, results show that teachers' expectations mediate the relation between children's SES and their later language and math achievement, after controlling for children's ethnicity, prior achievement and gender. This result indicates that teachers may exacerbate individual differences between children. Second, children's ethnicity moderates the mediation effect of teachers' expectations with respect to math outcomes. The role of teachers' expectations in mediating the relation between SES and math outcomes is stronger for majority children than for minority children
Comparaison randomisée entre le système de dossiers informatisés pour l’anesthésie et les dossiers manuscrits et évaluation de l’effet Hawthorne
Examining the role of Web site information in facilitating different citizen–government relationships: A case study of state Chronic Wasting Disease Web sites
You stab my back, I'll stab yours: Management experience and perceptions of organization political behaviour
This paper reports the findings of a survey of 250 British managers, exploring
their experience and perceptions of organization politics. Political behaviour
appeared to be common. Most managers viewed political behaviour as ethical and
necessary, and aspects of organizational effectiveness, change, resourcing and
reputation were attributed to political tactics, although 80% had no training in
this area. Tactics experienced frequently included networking, using 'key
players' to support initiatives, making friends with power brokers, bending the
rules, and self-promotion. Tactics experienced as rare, but not unknown,
included misinformation, spreading rumours, and keeping 'dirt files' for
blackmail. A consistent pattern of responses concerning willingness to engage in
politics, the need to act ruthlessly and the appropriateness of reciprocity when
faced with political behaviour implies an attitude of 'you stab my back, I'll
stab yours'. Findings are discussed using an
'antecedents–behaviours–consequences' framework of perceived organization
politics to guide rese
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