The quantity of extracellular carotenoid pigments in Rhodotorula sp., determined by the absorbance observed at 520 nm, reached a maximum after 4 days, varying between 0,8729 μg/g of dry mass in A2 and 7,5365 μg/g of dry mass in B1.The accumulation of carotenoid pigments in the intra-cellular environment had values between 1,888μg/g of dry mass in B2E and 1.711μg/g of dry

Workplace programs to prevent and reduce alcohol-related problems among employees have considerable potential. For example, because employees spend a lot of time at work, coworkers and supervisors may have the opportunity to notice a developing alcohol problem. In addition, employers can use their influence to motivate employees to get help for an alcohol problem. Many employers offer employee ...

OBJECTIVE An enhanced employee assistance program (EAP) intervention was developed that delivers comprehensive EAP outreach services to all employees who may have alcohol-related and other workplace problems; standard EAP materials traditionally targeted at white men were enhanced to include women and minorities. This study evaluates whether the enhanced EAP intervention increased EAP utilizati...

We evaluated a program for training 4 support staff to embed instruction within the existing activities of 5 children with disabilities in an inclusive preschool. The program involved classroom-based instruction, role playing, and feedback regarding how to effectively prompt, correct, and reinforce child behavior. Descriptions of naturally occurring teaching opportunities in which to use the te...

This paper is concerned with lightning surge propagation on wind turbines. As wind power generation undergoes rapid growth, lightning incidents involving wind turbines have come to be regarded as a serious problem. Nevertheless, no known studies exist yet in Portugal regarding lightning protection of wind turbines. In this paper we present an overview of Electro-Magnetic Transients Program (EMT...

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Employee ownership is linked to better company performance on average. Employee ownership companies have more stability, higher survival rates, and fewer layoffs in recessions, potentially leading to lower unemployment in the overall economy. Employer stock tends to come on top of, rather than substitute for, regular employee compensation, and thereby adds to pay and wealth in general. The broa...

We use a unique data set on employee turnover by industry in Arizona to test competing theories of turnover. We find that industries with lower establishment survival rates have more employee turnover, even after controlling for differences in the distribution of employee tenure. This result is consistent with a model of turnover where employees choose how much firm specific human capital to ac...

Based on the theory of emotional contagion and similar attraction paradigm, this research explored the psychological mechanism of coaching leadership promoting employee voice behavior. The results showed that subordinate psychological capital mediated the relationship between coaching leadership and employee voice behavior. Moreover, supervisor employee dyadic tenure significantly moderated the...

current research paper is to delve into the employee-organization relationships as an effective factor on organizational citizenship behavior. the employee-organization relationships involve two dimensions: perceived organizational support and organizational identity. job autonomy is a moderator variable between the employee-organization relationships and organizational citizenship behaviors. t...