BACKGROUND Dementia among nursing home residents is often accompanied by high care dependency and behavioral disturbances, resulting in an increased workload for the caregivers. Snoezelen, integrated into 24-hour dementia care, is an approach that might improve the quality of working life of dementia caregivers. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of integrated snoezelen on work-re...

This paper describes the methods used for analysis of work style patterns developed by six teams of students working in a simulated distributed decision-making environment over a period of twenty consecutive class meetings. The study required consideration of resource allocation use, effectiveness of team situation assessment, analysis of how the temporal patterns of team work styles developed ...

Native tomato landrace varieties (Solanum lycopersicum L.) are sources of high genetic diversity and adaptable to local environmental conditions. The in vitro propagation system can be used as a tool produce disease-free, high-quality material preserve the unique characteristics commercial Greek varieties, such variety Areti traditional Makedonia, both exceptional quality economic importance. T...

OBJECTIVE To systematically review 12-month prevalence of visits to massage therapists by representative samples of the general population across countries. METHODS Surveys reporting estimates of overall CAM use were included. Studies were identified via database searches. Study quality was assessed using a six-item tool. RESULTS Twenty-two surveys across six countries were included. Estima...

Background: Since 2010, intensive care can be offered in the Netherlands at 24 weeks gestation (with parental consent) but the Dutch guideline lacks recommendations on organization, content and preferred decision-making of the counselling. Our aim is to explore preferred prenatal counselling at the limits of viability by Dutch perinatal professionals and compare this to current care. Methods: O...

We investigate the evolution and survival of decision making strategies for the Deterrence Game in a population of interacting agents. The Deterrence Game is a sequential, two player game that is used to study how player preference orderings affect the outcome in situations of conflict. Although there are twenty-four possible player preference orderings, only five are given serious theoretical ...

This study examines the implications of the separation theorems in finance to shed light on how these theorems can be refined to accommodate real life financial applications and decision makings. We also generalize the financial theory of the firm by incorporating real options in the production function to accommodate the complexity of real world issues. This modified financial theory of the fi...

Women can and should make a difference in how medical care is given in the future. The increased number of women physicians presents an opportunity to make a significant impact on the quality of medical care. Data is provided on the number of women applicants to medical school, matriculants and graduates, specialty choices, the status of women in academic medicine, and the income of women physi...