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- Carlbäck, Mats, 1965-, et al.
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Human Resource Development in Restaurants in Western Sweden – A Human Capital Theory Perspective
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Ingår i: Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality & Tourism. - : Routledge. - 1533-2845 .- 1533-2853. ; 23:2, s. 289-314
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- While the Swedish hospitality industry is experiencing substantial growth, this growth comes with a cost, as the industry has neither the knowledge nor the incentive to pay enough attention to human resource development. This continuous growth will therefore impose challenges and erect obstacles once the industry begins expanding again after the pandemic. Insofar as attracting, engaging and retaining talent are the biggest challenges, it might be time to go back to the drawing board and identify a possible shift to an employee-based approach to developing businesses. Based on interviews with managers and owners representing 28 predominantly seasonal restaurants in the Swedish coastal region of Bohuslän, this study identifies current obstacles and challenges facing the Swedish restaurant industry with a clear focus on the concept of human capital. The results of the study clearly indicate that human resource development (HRD) is by far the most critical factor in addressing staffing issues and overcoming the difficulty involved in attracting, engaging, and retaining not only enough staff but more importantly staff with basic knowledge, experience, and interest. The aim here is to initiate a shift to a more direct and sustained focus on human capital in the hospitality industry, from the perspective of human capital theory, by highlighting some of the most highly relevant factors associated with this perspective. According to an employee-driven restaurant analysis (EDRA) approach, a shortage of human capital could pose the biggest obstacle to further development, as restaurants find it increasingly difficult to attract, engage and retain employees for all positions.
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- Chaudhry, Uzma, et al.
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Efficacy of the antibacterial envelope to prevent cardiac implantable electronic device infection in a high-risk population
- 2022
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Ingår i: Europace. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1532-2092. ; 24:12, s. 1973-1980
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- AimsInfection is a serious complication of cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) therapy. An antibiotic-eluting absorbable envelope has been developed to reduce the infection rate, but studies investigating the efficacy and a reasonable number needed to treat in high-risk populations for infections are limited.Methods and resultsOne hundred and forty-four patients undergoing CIED implantation who received the antibacterial envelope were compared with a matched cohort of 382 CIED patients from our institution. The primary outcome was the occurrence of local infection, and secondary outcomes were any CIED-related local or systemic infections, including endocarditis, and all-cause mortality. The results were stratified by a risk score for CIED infection, PADIT. The envelope group had a higher PADIT score, 5.9 ± 3.1 vs. 3.9 ± 3.0 (P < 0.0001). For the primary endpoint, no local infections occurred in the envelope group, compared with 2.6% in the control group (P = 0.04), with a more pronounced difference in the stratum with a high (>7 points) PADIT score, 0 vs. 9.9% (P = 0.01). The total CIED-related infections were similar between groups, 6.3% compared with 5.0% (P = 0.567). Mortality after 1600 days of follow-up did not differ between groups, 22.9 vs. 26.4%, P = 0.475.ConclusionOur study confirms the clinical efficacy of an antibacterial envelope in the prevention of local CIED infection in patients with a higher risk according to the PADIT score. In an effort to improve cost–benefit ratios, ration of use guided by the PADIT score is advocated. Further prospective randomized studies in high-risk populations are called for.
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- Glaser, J., et al.
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Workplace Intervention for Heat Stress: Essential Elements of Design, Implementation, and Assessment
- 2022
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Ingår i: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. - : MDPI AG. - 1660-4601. ; 19:7
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Heat stress is associated with numerous health effects that potentially harm workers, especially in a warming world. This investigation occurred in a setting where laborers are confronted with occupational heat stress from physically demanding work in high environmental temperatures. Collaboration with a major Nicaraguan sugarcane producer offered the opportunity to study interventions to prevent occupational heat-stress-related kidney disease. Two aims for this study of a rest-shade-water intervention program were: (1) describe the evolving intervention, summarize findings that motivated proposed improvements, assess impact of those improvements, and identify challenges to successful implementation and (2) extract primary lessons learned about intervention research that have both general relevance to investigations of work-related disease prevention and specific relevance to this setting. The learning curve for the various stakeholders as well as the barriers to success demonstrate that effectiveness of an intervention cannot be adequately assessed without considerations of implementation. Designing, effectively implementing, and assessing both health impacts and implementation quality is a resource-intensive endeavor requiring a transdisciplinary approach. Both general and specific lessons learned are presented for decisions on study design and study elements, implementation assessment, and management engagement in understanding how productivity and health can be successfully balanced and for building effective communication between investigators and all levels of management.
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- Kero, Anneli
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Abort - en tabubelagd rättighet : kvinnors mångbottnade upplevelser rymmer både lättnad och smärta
- 2005
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Ingår i: Läkartidningen. - Stockholm : Sveriges läkarförbund. ; 48:102, s. 3677-3680
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Abort förekommer i alla samhällsgrupper, och abortmotiven avspeglar kvinnors (och mäns) behov av ett planerat föräldraskap. Abort är inte bara accepterad som en principiell rättighet utan också integrerad bland kvinnor som ett möjligt alternativ vid en oönskad graviditet. Kvinnors upplevelser av abort är mångbottnade. Att göra abort ses som ett ansvarstagande och upplevs som en lättnad. Detta behöver inte utesluta etiska reflektioner eller parallella smärtsamma känslor. Så länge abort främst uppmärksammas som en nödlösning bland vissa riskgrupper och inte som ett fenomen som avspeglar reproduktiva förväntningar, upprätthålls bilden av abort som något tabubelagt. Osynliggörandet av kvinnors komplexa överväganden och upplevelser i samband med abort bidrar till att myter om abort lever vidare.
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- Kero, Anneli, 1950-, et al.
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Ambivalence - a logical response to legal abortion : a prospective study among women and men
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Ingår i: Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0167-482X .- 1743-8942. ; 21:2, s. 81-91
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of the study was to elucidate ambivalence in relation to legal abortion by studying emotions, attitudes, motives for abortion and ethical reasoning in a-strategic sample of women and men who, 1 year after abortion, expressed both positive and painful feelings in relation to the abortion. The study shows that social perspectives legitimate the decision to have an abortion whilst ethical perspectives complicate the decision. Nearly all women and men described having the abortion as an expression of responsibility. Almost one-half also had parallel feelings of guilt, as they regarded the abortion as a violation of their ethical values. The majority of the sample expressed relief while simultaneously experiencing the termination of the pregnancy as a loss coupled with feelings of grief/emptiness, in spite of the ambivalence, only one woman regretted the abortion. For the vast majority, the impact of the abortion had led to increased maturity and deepened self-knowledge. Thus, ambivalence might be regarded not only as problematic but also as indicating openness to the complexity of the abortion issue. Since incompatible values clash in connection with abortion, experiences of ambivalence become both logical and understandable. Read More: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/01674820009075613
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- Kerren, Andreas, 1971-, et al.
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BioVis Explorer : A visual guide for biological data visualization techniques
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Ingår i: PLOS ONE. - : PLOS. - 1932-6203. ; 12:11
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Data visualization is of increasing importance in the Biosciences. During the past 15 years, a great number of novel methods and tools for the visualization of biological data have been developed and published in various journals and conference proceedings. As a consequence, keeping an overview of state-of-the-art visualization research has become increasingly challenging for both biology researchers and visualization researchers. To address this challenge, we have reviewed visualization research especially performed for the Biosciences and created an interactive web-based visualization tool, the BioVis Explorer. BioVis Explorer allows the exploration of published visualization methods in interactive and intuitive ways, including faceted browsing and associations with related methods. The tool is publicly available online and has been designed as community-based system which allows users to add their works easily.
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