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The validity of the Telic Dominance Scale [PDF]

open access: yes, 1984
The Telic Dominance Scale (TDS) is a 42 item pencil and paper psychometric instrument intended to measure the extent to which a person is seriousminded, planning orientated, arousal avoiding and telic or paratelic dominant. Using test related reliability methods, this study demonstrates that the TDS is a reliable instrument over a variety of time ...
openaire   +1 more source

Identifying the Virtual Workload of Advanced Practice Nurses in the Delivery of Direct Patient Care: A Time and Motion Study

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To identify the proportion of Advanced Practice Nurses' workload that takes place virtually in the delivery of direct patient care. Design An observational study was conducted for this research. Methods An overt non‐participatory time and motion study was undertaken using a predefined data collection tool to identify the activities of the ...
A. Fitzgerald, A. Flynn, M. Ryder
wiley   +1 more source

KA…HOO CONSTRUCTIONS IN TAIWAN SOUTHERN MIN [PDF]

open access: yesTaiwan Journal of Linguistics, 2009
Taiwan Southern Min ka and hoo have been broadly investigated in the literature (e.g., Cheng et al. 1999, Lien 2002, Tsao 2005). However, very little of the previous research has focused on the interaction between these two functional words.
Hui-Chi Lee
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The Complexity of Emergency Nurse Retention and Turnover Pre‐ and Post‐Covid 19: A Scoping Review

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To examine factors influencing emergency nurse turnover and retention pre‐ and post‐COVID‐19 and inform planned Participatory Systems Mapping research. Design A scoping review of the literature reporting reasons emergency nurses leave, intend to leave or stay.
Olivia Boulton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi‐omics profiling of chronic immune‐mediated skin diseases: SKINERGY protocol and strategic evaluation

open access: yesJournal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, EarlyView.
The SKINERGY study will investigate six immune‐mediated inflammatory skin diseases through a nationwide collaboration across all Dutch university medical centres. Involving 720 patients and 120 healthy volunteers, it is aimed at generating a high‐quality dataset to identify biomarkers that enable personalized treatment strategies and improved disease ...
N. G. Koster   +68 more
wiley   +1 more source

New insights into the putative XX/XY sex chromosomal system in blue‐eyed red‐fin pleco Hypostomus soniae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)

open access: yesJournal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Blue‐eyed red‐fin pleco Hypostomus soniae (family Loricariidae) presented a putative sex system XX/XY in early stage. Aiming to explore the inter‐populational karyotypic variation and proposed emergence of the XX/XY system, we studied 13 H. soniae individuals (6 males, 7 females) from the Tapajós River.
Luan Aércio Melo Maciel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nonapeptide cell size differs between male morphs of the West African cichlid, Pelvicachromis pulcher

open access: yesJournal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Alternative male morphs are found in many species of fishes. These morphs often differ in suites of social behaviours, such as aggression and territoriality, associated with alternative reproductive tactics. Such consistent morph‐typical behavioural profiles suggest common differences in underlying neuroendocrine mechanisms.
Adam R. Reddon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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