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Rickettsial pathogens and arthropod vectors of medical and veterinary significance on Kwajalein Atoll and Wake Island [PDF]

Micronesica, 2012
Modern surveys of ectoparasites and potential vector-borne pathogens in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Wake Island are poorly documented. We report on field surveys of ectoparasites from 2010 with collections from dogs, cats, and rats.
Durden, L., Utter, C.M., Reeves, W.K.
doaj  

Exploring the Effectiveness of Practice Development Interventions on Patient and Staff Outcomes: A Systematic Review

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To explore Practice Development interventions and associated contextual factors to understand their impact on patient and staff outcomes and experiences in healthcare settings. Design Systematic review. Methods Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐analysis informed design, conduct and management.
Hazel A. Smith, Vanda Carter, Charlotte Phillips, Yetunde Ataiyero, Alisen Dube, Joanne Odell, Callum Latham, Sally Hardy, Alison Leary, Sarahjane Jones   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Mixed Methods Study Exploring Nurse–Patient Interactions in Acute Hospital Settings When Electronic Health Record Systems Are Used

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To describe the quality of nurse–patient interactions when nurses use Electronic Health Record systems in four acute hospital wards. Design An explanatory sequential mixed methods study. Methods Sixteen researcher observations were conducted using a published Quality of Interactions Schedule tool to evaluate the duration and quality of ...
Carol Forde‐Johnston, Dan Butcher, Ginny Mounce, Helen Aveyard   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of an Innovative Approach to Person‐Centred Care Planning: A Multi‐Phase Study

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim(s) To evaluate how the documentation process was impacted by the implementation of the PACE Framework and its influence on the development of person‐centred practice. Design A research evaluation was conducted using a two‐phase sequential approach, underpinned by the Person‐centred Nursing Framework.
Tanya McCance, Donna Brown, Kevin Gormley, Rosie Kelly, Brighide Lynch, Gary Mitchell, Angela Reed, Karl Tizzard‐Kleister   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence Gathering Under Competitive and Noncompetitive Rewards

Journal of Economics &Management Strategy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reward schemes may affect not only agents' effort but also their incentives to gather information in order to reduce the riskiness of the productive activity. In a laboratory experiment using a novel task, we find that the relationship between incentives and evidence gathering depends critically on the availability of information about peers ...
Philip Brookins, Jennifer Brown, Dmitry Ryvkin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Architecture of Consolidation: Nests of Corporate Control in the Agrochemical Network

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on agricultural consolidation tends to equate corporate control with the dominance of a few large firms. We take an alternative approach that examines control through the explosive growth of legally distinct firms that fragment accountability. Using a new global dataset of 6982 entities linked to BASF, Bayer, Corteva, Dow, DuPont, FMC,
Loka Ashwood, Mohammad Khalilian, Andrew Pilny, Mary Hendrickson, Philip H. Howard, Mariyam Jamila   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

You Scratch My Back: White‐Footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) Sibling Pairs Engage in Allogrooming in Response to Tick Burdens

Journal of Zoology, EarlyView.
This study investigated whether blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) infestation influences allogrooming behavior in sibling pairs of white‐footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus). Using laboratory‐reared siblings housed in pairs, we compared allogrooming frequency and cumulative duration between tick‐infested and non‐infested groups across both sexes ...
Jessica E. Brown, Caroline Stickler, Erika T. Machtinger   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Generics favor stability

Mind &Language, EarlyView.
Humans seek to predict, explain, and control their environments. Generalizations—like those expressed by “children like candy” and “cigarettes cause cancer”—provide one resource to facilitate these tasks. We develop a proposal tying the acceptability judgments of generics to the psychological functions of generalizations.
Katherine Ritchie, Ny Vasil
wiley   +1 more source

AI Death

Philosophical Perspectives, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper addresses the following questions: When do AIs die? Are AI labs or AI users causing the death of AIs? Is this bad for the AIs? What are our ethical responsibilities in light of the answers to these questions? It is currently unclear whether AIs are welfare subjects, and, if they are, whether their death is bad for them. But we argue
Simon Goldstein, Harvey Lederman
wiley   +1 more source

Latent Profile Analysis of Generic Conspiracy Beliefs‐ Differences in Science Acceptance, Analytical and Intuitive Thinking

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aims of the present study were to (i) identify profiles of belief in conspiracy theories, and to (ii) test whether the obtained profiles differed in analytical (rational ability, rational engagement, Cognitive Reflection Test) and intuitive thinking (experiential ability, experiential engagement), and science denial (vaccine, climate ...
Peter Karlsson, Torbjörn Josefsson, Sara Svensson, Linus Andersson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source