The aviation community has invested great amounts of money and effort into crew resource management (CRM) training. Using D. L. Kirkpatrick's (1976) framework for evaluating training, we reviewed 58 published accounts of CRM training to determine its effectiveness within aviation. Results indicated that CRM training generally produced positive reactions, enhanced learning, and promoted desired ...

The relationship between a word and its possible meanings is known as semantics (Megginson, 1996). Depending on context, this relationship may add complexity to interpersonal communication. The very mention of particular words can produce two types of meaning: denotative, or referential, and connotative, or representational. A person may be able to give the denotative meaning (i.e., dictionary ...

Skin changes are frequently seen in malabsorption (Wells, 1962; Cooke, 1952) and pigmentation occurs in a great many cases of steatorrhoea (Badenoch, 1960; Simpson, 1954). No data, however, have been presented indicating any common agent being responsible for the symptoms from both skin and the gastrointestinal tract. In systemic mast cell disease gastrointestinal symptoms occur in about half t...

The functioning of the growth hormone (GH) and reproductive axis is known to be closely related: both GH overexpression and GH-deficiency are associated with dramatic decreases in fertility (Bartke, 1999; Bartke et al, 1999; 2002; Naar et al, 1991). Also, aging results in significant changes in functionality of both axes within a similar time frame. In the rat, GH secretion patterns are clearly...

Dr Hatcher expresses concern about the use of the abbreviation ‘PWE’ rather than the phrase ‘person with epilepsy’, which he considers an offensive and stigmatising practice. As a researcher on stigma, I have some sympathy with Dr Hatcher’s position – to be abbreviated is a state unlikely to be welcomed by any of us, whether we have epilepsy or any other condition of human being. Dr Hatcher mak...

Public sector site is always known for its continuous games of power and control. Public managers often use control to enhance their power and to legitimise their actions. Empirical evidence showed that during the process of implementing accounting information system (AIS), the management adopted various strategies in securing accountants’ participation such as offering accountants to be part i...