The misfit between organization theory and processional art: a comment on White and Strati
In: Organization: the critical journal of organization, theory and society, Band 3, Heft 2
ISSN: 1350-5084
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In: Organization: the critical journal of organization, theory and society, Band 3, Heft 2
ISSN: 1350-5084
In: Political science quarterly: PSQ ; the journal public and international affairs, Band 72, Heft 1, S. 30-49
ISSN: 0032-3195
Experience with Australian labor unions (ALU) demonstrates how the commitment of a union to pol'al work leads to a new allocation of resources & new demands upon the thinking of union leaders & members generally. At first the major concern of ALU was directed towards members' job problems. But once the unions began to turn to pol'al action to strengthen & maintain their job-oriented gains, the focus of union interest & action gradually changed until those unions most deeply committed to pol'al work came to consider the workers' needs & interests at the job level as only peripheral matters. In spite of some important common features of Australian & US history & gov, the diff's especially in econ setting & size, are such that an analysis of ALU experience cannot of itself produce conclusive answers to the question of possible conflict between pol'al & industrial activities of US unions. In fact, conditions are such that it is highly unlikely that US unions will be able to disregard local problems important to union members in the shop. IPSA.
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 171, Heft 1, S. 253-262
ISSN: 1552-3349
In: Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Band 50, Heft 340, S. 798-804
ISSN: 1744-0378
In: Environmental science and pollution research: ESPR, Band 20, Heft 6, S. 3751-3759
ISSN: 1614-7499
In: European addiction research, Band 15, Heft 4, S. 196-201
ISSN: 1421-9891
<i>Aims:</i> We explore whether clinical research on deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the nucleus accumbens (NAc) to treat addiction is justified besides theoretical speculation. <i>Methods:</i> Since 2004, 10 patients who were also smokers were treated at the University of Cologne for Tourette's syndrome (TS), obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD) or anxiety disorders (AD) by DBS of the NAc. We assessed their smoking behavior after DBS and (in retrospection) before by the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) and additional items. <i>Results:</i> Three male patients were able to quit smoking after DBS. They were less dependent and higher motivated compared to the rest of the sample. They are stimulated with a higher voltage. During 1-year, 2-year, and 30-month follow-ups, we found a higher rate of successful smoking cessation (20, 30 and 30%) compared to unaided smoking cessation in the general population (13, 19 and 8.7%). <i>Conclusions:</i> Albeit the results of the study are severely limited by the method of retrospective self-assessment of psychiatric patients, further research of DBS of the NAc to treat addiction seems justified. In addition to biological mediators, psychosocial factors should be assessed in further prospective studies.
The aim of the memorandum on the development of health services research (HSR) in Bavaria is to operationalise the global objectives of the State Working Group "Health Services Research" (LAGeV) and to collectively define future topics, specific implementation steps, methods as well as ways of working for the future course of the LAGeV. The LAGeV is an expert committee that integrates and links the competencies of different actors from science, politics and health care regarding HSR and facilitates their cooperation. The memorandum is based on an explorative survey among the LAGeV members, which identified the status quo of health services research in Bavaria, potential for development, important constraints, promoting factors, specific recommendations as well as future topics for the further development of HSR in Bavaria. From the perspective of the LAGeV members, the 12 most important future topics are: 1) Interface and networking research, 2) Innovative health care concepts, 3) Health care for multimorbid patients, 4)Health care for chronically ill patients, 5) Evaluation of innovations, processes and technologies, 6) Patient orientation and user focus, 7) Social and regional inequalities in health care, 8) Health care for mentally ill patients, 9) Indicators of health care quality, 10) Regional needs planning, 11) Practical effectiveness of HSR and 12) Scientific use of routine data. Potential for development of HSR in Bavaria lies a) in the promotion of networking and sustainable structures, b) the establishment of an HSR information platform that bundles information and results in regard to current topics and aims to facilitate cooperation as well as c) in the initiation of measures and projects. The latter ought to pinpoint health care challenges and make recommendations regarding the improvement of health care and its quality. The cooperation and networking structures that were established with the LAGeV should be continuously expanded and be used to work on priority topics in order to achieve the global objectives of the LAGeV.
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The aim of the memorandum on the development of health services research (HSR) in Bavaria is to operationalise the global objectives of the State Working Group "Health Services Research" (LAGeV) and to collectively define future topics, specific implementation steps, methods as well as ways of working for the future course of the LAGeV. The LAGeV is an expert committee that integrates and links the competencies of different actors from science, politics and health care regarding HSR and facilitates their cooperation. The memorandum is based on an explorative survey among the LAGeV members, which identified the status quo of health services research in Bavaria, potential for development, important constraints, promoting factors, specific recommendations as well as future topics for the further development of HSR in Bavaria. From the perspective of the LAGeV members, the 12 most important future topics are: 1) Interface and networking research, 2) Innovative health care concepts, 3) Health care for multimorbidpatients, 4)Health care for chronically ill patients, 5) Evaluation of innovations, processes and technologies, 6) Patient orientation and user focus, 7) Social and regional inequalities in health care, 8) Health care for mentally ill patients, 9) Indicators of health care quality, 10) Regional needs planning, 11) Practical effectiveness of HSR and 12) Scientific use of routine data. Potential for development of HSR in Bavaria lies a) in the promotion of networking and sustainable structures, b) the establishment of an HSR information platform that bundles information and results in regard to current topics and aims to facilitate cooperation as well as c) in the initiation of measures and projects. The latter ought to pinpoint health care challenges and make recommendations regarding the improvement of health care and its quality. The cooperation and networking structures that were established with the LAGeV should be continuously expanded and be used to work on priority topics in order to achieve the globalobjectives of the LAGeV.
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In March 2020, following the annual International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) ratification vote on newly proposed taxa, the phylum Negarnaviricota was amended and emended. At the genus rank, 20 new genera were added, two were deleted, one was moved, and three were renamed. At the species rank, 160 species were added, four were deleted, ten were moved and renamed, and 30 species were renamed. This article presents the updated taxonomy of Negarnaviricota as now accepted by the ICTV. © 2020, This is a U.S. Government work and not under copyright protection in the US; foreign copyright protection may apply. ; Peer reviewed
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