Previous investigators have concluded that the contractility of the ventricle is reflexly modified by alterations of pressure within the carotid sinuses.1" Others were unable to confirm these findings and concluded that intrinsic adaptation of the myocardium to altered hemodynamic conditions was sufficient to explain the changes of cardiac performance.! The carotid sinus reflex is known to be c...

BACKGROUND Individual work performance is an important outcome measure in studies in the workplace. Nevertheless, its conceptualization and measurement has proven challenging. To overcome limitations of existing scales, the Individual Work Performance Questionnaire (IWPQ) was recently developed. The aim of the current study was to gain insight into the responsiveness of the IWPQ. METHODS Data...

Across all specialties of medicine, there is increasing attention to developing and using benchmarks to evaluate productivity and to establish compensation plans, that is, “pay for performance.” Psychologists have to balance the unique aspects of their professional responsibilities with the need of administrators to have systems that are equitable across faculty members. Thus, psychologists nee...

The Color of Waiting is an interactive theater work with music, dance, and video which was developed at STEIM in Amsterdam and further refined at CMMAS in Morelia Mexico with funding from Meet the Composer. Using Max/MSP/ Jitter a cellist is able to control sound and video during the performance while performing a structured improvisation in response to the dancer’s movement. In order to ensure...

A person’s work performance is mainly based on their qualities and on the job position held. Several models have been proposed to assess this performance by means of a set of predictor variables (qualities) and all the models consider boolean variables, i.e. the presence-absence of each quality in each person and the need or not of a particular quality for a certain job. In despite of the used ...

Policy Forum T here have been signifi cant increases in development fi nance since 2000, particularly for health [1,2]. As country programs put this money to work, important lessons and challenges on how to make health fi nance more effective emerge. Performance-based funding provides clear incentives to achieve results and has been used by organizations such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, T...

Two studies were conducted investigating the relationship between high-performance work systems (HPWS) and occupational safety. In Study 1, data were obtained from company human resource and safety directors across 138 organizations. LISREL VIII results showed that an HPWS was positively related to occupational safety at the organizational level. Study 2 used data from 189 front-line employees ...

Twelve males (six moderate drinkers and six abstainers) were studied for the influence of varying dosages of alcohol on cardiorespiratory function and work performance. The subjects underwent three separate maximal exercise tests which consisted of progressive workloads on the bicycle ergometer. Prior to each work bout the subject consumed either a placebo (0.0 ml.kg-1), small (0.44 ml.kg-1), o...