OBJECTIVE In a previous study of literary creative achievement, we presented evidence refuting the still-influential statistical studies of Frances Galton on the inheritance of genius and also described a family background constellation of creativity. This study aims to assess empirically the hereditary transmission hypothesis with respect to creative achievement in the natural sciences. METH...

OBJECTIVE The study aims to evaluate the predictors of non-prescription medicine purchasing patterns among pharmacy patrons in Malaysia. METHODS A cross-sectional nationwide study was undertaken in 2011 in sixty randomly selected community pharmacies across 14 Malaysian states. A pharmacy exit survey was conducted over a 6-month period across Malaysia. A one-stage random cluster sampling tech...

AIM The aim of the present study was to explore the influence of unit characteristics, staff characteristics and teamwork on job satisfaction with current position and occupation. BACKGROUND Teamwork has been associated with a higher level of job satisfaction but few studies have focused on the acute care inpatient hospital nursing team. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study with a sampl...

In this short intervention, I ask, What is at stake, politically and conceptually, in understanding militarism not as stable unfolding similarly across geographies, but deeply contingent on historical contextual specificities? How might we then unpack the question of home becoming a catalyst militarism? constitutes under saturated state control occupation where neither subtle nor benign enforce...

This article was acceptedfor publication August 29, 1996 Objective. Numerous studies in the occupational therapy literature have investigated the e./ficts ofadded-purpose (multidimensional, goal-oriented) occupation on perftr­ mance. Motor learning research has demonstrated that ftctors that enhance perftrmance measures do not neces­ sarily enhance motor learning. This study examined the e./fic...

May/June 2002, Volume 56, Number 3 The events of September 11, 2001, have changed the world forever (Schuster et al., 2001). As occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants, we struggle to respond to both the tangible and intangible consequences of these events for ourselves, our clients, our families, our profession, and our society. I am sure that many of you have been confront...

Lifetime job histories from a population-based, case-control study of gliomas diagnosed among adults in the San Francisco Bay area between August 1991 and April 1994 were evaluated to assess occupational risk factors. Occupational data for 476 cases and 462 controls were analyzed, with adjustment for age, gender, education, and race. Imprecise increased risks were observed for physicians and su...

In the early 1990s, occupational therapists were challenged to refocus their evaluation processes. Specifically, they were urged to focus on their clients’ abilities to do what they want and need to do and to carry out meaningful occupation rather than evaluating the components underlying occupational performance problems (Fisher, 1992a, 1994a; Law et al., 1994; Mathiowetz, 1993; Trombly, 1993)...