PENGARUH SIKAP DAN PERSONAL COST OF REPORTING TERHADAP INTENSI WHISTLEBLOWING KARYAWAN PADA KA NTOR OTORITAS JASA KEUANGAN REGIONAL IV JAWA TIMUR

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meenguji pengaruh sikap karyawan terhadap intensi whistleblowing dan pengaruh personal cost of reporting karyawan terhadap intensi whistleblowing. Penelitian ini berdasarkan theory of planned behaviour dengan variabel penelitiannya ialah sikap, personal cost of reporting dan intensi whistleblowing. Penelitian ini menggunakan data primer berupa kuesioner untuk mengumpulkan informasi yang dibutuhkan. Penelitian ini menggunakan sampel 70 responden. Responden penelitian ini adalah karyawan Otoritas Jasa Keuangan Regional IV Jawa Timur. Data dianalisis menggunakan teknik analisis linear berganda berbantukan software SPSS 20.0. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa variabel sikap berpengaruh positif secara signifikan terhadap intensi whistleblowing. Namun, variabel personal cost of reporting berpengaruh negatif secara signifikan terhadap intensi whistleblowing. Kata kunci : Theory of planned behaviour, sikap terhadap whistleblowing, personal cost of reporting, intensi whistleblowin

The training needs of Turkish emergency department personnel regarding intimate partner violence

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Violence against females is a widespread public health problem in Turkey and the lifetime prevalence of IPV ranges between 34 and 58.7%. Health care workers (HCW) sometimes have the unique opportunity and obligation to identify, treat, and educate females who are abused. The objective of this study was to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and experiences of the emergency department (ED) staff regarding intimate partner violence (IPV) at a large university hospital in Turkey.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A cross-sectional study was conducted in a large university hospital via questionnaire. The study population consisted of all the nurses and physicians who worked in the ED during a two month period (n = 215). The questionnaire response rate was 80.5% (41 nurses and 132 physicians). The main domains of the questionnaire were knowledge regarding the definition of IPV, clinical findings in victims of IPV, legal aspects of IPV, attitudes towards IPV, knowledge about the characteristics of IPV victims and abusers, and professional and personal experiences and training with respect to IPV.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>One-half of the study group were females, 76.3% were physicians, and 89.8% had no training on IPV. The majority of the nurses (89.5%) and physicians (71.1%) declared that they were aware of the clinical appearance of IPV. The mean of the knowledge scores on clinical knowledge were 8.84 ± 1.73 (range, 0–10) for acute conditions, and 4.51 ± 3.32 for chronic conditions. The mean of the knowledge score on legal procedures and the legal rights of the victims was 4.33 ± 1.66 (range, 0–7). At least one reason to justify physical violence was accepted by 69.0% of females and 84.7% of males, but more males than females tended to justify violence (chi square = 5.96; p = 0.015). However, both genders accepted that females who experienced physical violence should seek professional medical help.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The study participants' knowledge about IPV was rather low and a training program is thus necessary on this issue. Attention must be given to the legal aspects and clinical manifestations of IPV. The training program should also include a module on gender roles in order to improve the attitudes towards IPV.</p

A Structural, Kinetic Model of Soft Tissue Thermomechanics

ABSTRACT A structure-based kinetic model was developed to predict the thermomechanical response of collagenous soft tissues. The collagen fibril was represented as an ensemble of molecular arrays with cross-links connecting the collagen molecules within the same array. A two-state kinetic model for protein folding was employed to represent the native and the denatured states of the collagen molecule. The Monte Carlo method was used to determine the state of the collagen molecule when subjected to thermal and mechanical loads. The model predictions were compared to existing experimental data for New Zealand white rabbit patellar tendons. The model predictions for one-dimensional tissue shrinkage and the corresponding mechanical property degradation agreed well with the experimental data, showing that the gross tissue behavior is dictated by molecular-level phenomena

The effect of Sn content on mechanical, magnetization and shape memory behavior in NiMnSn alloys

The effects of the composition alteration on the magnetization and shape memory behavior of Ni50Mn40-xSn10+x (x = 0, 1, 2, 3) alloys were systematically investigated by thermal, magnetic and mechanical experiments. Phase transformation from ferromagnetic austenite to weakly magnetic martensite was observed during thermal cycling under magnetic field and transformation temperatures were decreased with increasing Sn (or decreasing Mn). Moreover, the saturation magnetization of martensite increased with Sn content. Ni50Mn40Sn10 showed the recoverable strain of 2.1\% during thermal cycling under 300 MPa and the reversible superelastic strain of 2\% at 190 degrees C. Mechanical experiments exhibited that the largest compressive deformation of about 7\% at 650 MPa occurred in Ni50Mn39Sn11 while Ni50Mn40Sn10 had fractured at 4\% and 390 MPa at room temperature. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

The retinoblastoma protein modulates Tbx2 functional specificity

Tbx2 is a member of a large family of transcription factors defined by homology to the T-box DNA-binding domain. Tbx2 plays a key role in embryonic development, and in cancer through its capacity to suppress senescence and promote invasiveness. Despite its importance, little is known of how Tbx2 is regulated or how it achieves target gene specificity. Here we show that Tbx2 specifically associates with active hypophosphorylated retinoblastoma protein (Rb1), a known regulator of many transcription factors involved in cell cycle progression and cellular differentiation, but not with the Rb1-related proteins p107 or p130. The interaction with Rb1 maps to a domain immediately carboxy-terminal to the T-box and enhances Tbx2 DNA binding and transcriptional repression. Microarray analysis of melanoma cells expressing inducible dominant-negative Tbx2, comprising the T-box and either an intact or mutated Rb1 interaction domain, shows that Tbx2 regulates the expression of many genes involved in cell cycle control and that a mutation which disrupts the Rb1-Tbx2 interaction also affects Tbx2 target gene selectivity. Taken together, the data show that Rb1 is an important determinant of Tbx2 functional specificity