Exploratory Factor Analysis of the contents and styles of irrational thoughts assessed by "The Attitudes and Beliefs Inventory"

The factor structure of a back translated Spanish version (Lega, Caballo and Ellis, 2002) of the Attitudes and Beliefs Inventory (ABI) (Burgess, 1990) is analyzed in a sample of 250 university students.The Spanish version of the ABI is a 48-items self-report inventory using a 5-point Likert scale that assesses rational and irrational attitudes and beliefs. 24-items cover two dimensions of irrationality: a) areas of content (3 subscales), and b) styles of thinking (4 subscales).An Exploratory Factor Analysis (Parallel Analysis with Unweighted Least Squares method and Promin rotation) was performed with the FACTOR 9.20 software (Lorenzo-Seva and Ferrando, 2013).The results reproduced the main four styles of irrational thinking in relation with the three specific contents of irrational beliefs. However, two factors showed a complex configuration with important cross-loadings of different items in content and style. More analyses are needed to review the specific content and style of such items.

Traffic Signal Inventory Project, 2001

The Center for Transportation Research and Education performed a traffic signal inventory study for the Iowa Department of Transportation. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of compliance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and other industry standards of traffic signals on the state highway system. Signals were randomly selected throughout the State of Iowa. Only signals in cities with a population less than 5,000 were considered. Several intersections need to be addressed immediately to correct clearance timing settings. Red clearance intervals were frequently too short. A handful of intersections had inadequate pedestrian clearance times. Six intersections had at least one yellow clearance interval that did not meet Institute of Transportation Engineers standards. Some of the intersections likely would not meet traffic signal warrants and should be investigated for possible removal. The most common problem found with traffic signals was a lack of maintenance. Many of the signals had at least one of the following problems: burned out lights (signals and/or pedestrian heads), pedestrian lenses in need of replacement, dirty cabinet/missing or poor filter, missing visors, or inoperative pedestrian push buttons. Timing sheets were frequently missing or out of date. Another frequent noncompliance issue was the use of backplates. The MUTCD states that backplates should be used on signals viewed against a bright sky. The majority of signals inventoried did not have backplates on the mast-arm mounted signals. The timing at some intersections could likely be improved by reducing the cycle length. Where there were multiple signals in close proximity rarely was there any attempt at signal coordination. Finally, a number of intersections had equipment that by today’s standards would be considered obsolete.

Burnout en la profesión enfermera: una aproximación bibliométrica inicial

Objetivo: obtener datos del estado de la investigación sobre burnout en profesionales de la Enfennerfa desde 1952 hasta el año 2011. Método: búsqueda bibliográfica electrónica de la literatura relevante publicada sobre el burnout de las enfermeras hasta diciembre del 2011. Las bases de datos consultadas fueron: PubMed (Medline), BVSalud Biblioteca Virtual en Salud, Biblioteca Complutense de Madrid, Trip Database, DOAJ (Directory ofOpen Acces Journals), ENFlSPO, BioMed, Cochrane, Dialnet, Gopubmed, Psyke: catálogo de artículos sobre psicología en español, Highwire Standford University, Science Direct, SciELO, Cinahl, Cuiden, Cuidatge y Wylley-Blackwell. Resultados y conclusiones: se obtuvieron 4.506 artículos. La media de producción anual durante los 60 años analizados fue de 75,l, presentó unos niveles bajos durante los primeros años y no fue hasta 1981 cuando la producción aumentó de manera importante. El análisis de la productividad por autores revela que la mayor parte de los mismos solamente han publicado un artículo durante este periodo, y solo un 22% del total han producido más de diez artículos durante este periodo. El grupo de las diez revistas más productivas representa el 21,4% de la producción total de artículos incluidos en el estudio. El 68,l% proceden de revistas de Enfermería.

Burnout en la profesión enfermera: una aproximación bibliométrica inicial

Objetivo: obtener datos del estado de la investigación sobre burnout en profesionales de la Enfennerfa desde 1952 hasta el año 2011. Método: búsqueda bibliográfica electrónica de la literatura relevante publicada sobre el burnout de las enfermeras hasta diciembre del 2011. Las bases de datos consultadas fueron: PubMed (Medline), BVSalud Biblioteca Virtual en Salud, Biblioteca Complutense de Madrid, Trip Database, DOAJ (Directory ofOpen Acces Journals), ENFlSPO, BioMed, Cochrane, Dialnet, Gopubmed, Psyke: catálogo de artículos sobre psicología en español, Highwire Standford University, Science Direct, SciELO, Cinahl, Cuiden, Cuidatge y Wylley-Blackwell. Resultados y conclusiones: se obtuvieron 4.506 artículos. La media de producción anual durante los 60 años analizados fue de 75,l, presentó unos niveles bajos durante los primeros años y no fue hasta 1981 cuando la producción aumentó de manera importante. El análisis de la productividad por autores revela que la mayor parte de los mismos solamente han publicado un artículo durante este periodo, y solo un 22% del total han producido más de diez artículos durante este periodo. El grupo de las diez revistas más productivas representa el 21,4% de la producción total de artículos incluidos en el estudio. El 68,l% proceden de revistas de Enfermería.

Burnout en la profesión enfermera: una aproximación bibliométrica inicial

Objetivo: obtener datos del estado de la investigación sobre burnout en profesionales de la Enfennerfa desde 1952 hasta el año 2011. Método: búsqueda bibliográfica electrónica de la literatura relevante publicada sobre el burnout de las enfermeras hasta diciembre del 2011. Las bases de datos consultadas fueron: PubMed (Medline), BVSalud Biblioteca Virtual en Salud, Biblioteca Complutense de Madrid, Trip Database, DOAJ (Directory ofOpen Acces Journals), ENFlSPO, BioMed, Cochrane, Dialnet, Gopubmed, Psyke: catálogo de artículos sobre psicología en español, Highwire Standford University, Science Direct, SciELO, Cinahl, Cuiden, Cuidatge y Wylley-Blackwell. Resultados y conclusiones: se obtuvieron 4.506 artículos. La media de producción anual durante los 60 años analizados fue de 75,l, presentó unos niveles bajos durante los primeros años y no fue hasta 1981 cuando la producción aumentó de manera importante. El análisis de la productividad por autores revela que la mayor parte de los mismos solamente han publicado un artículo durante este periodo, y solo un 22% del total han producido más de diez artículos durante este periodo. El grupo de las diez revistas más productivas representa el 21,4% de la producción total de artículos incluidos en el estudio. El 68,l% proceden de revistas de Enfermería.

Exploratory Factor Analysis of the contents and styles of irrational thoughts assessed by "The Attitudes and Beliefs Inventory"

The factor structure of a back translated Spanish version (Lega, Caballo and Ellis, 2002) of the Attitudes and Beliefs Inventory (ABI) (Burgess, 1990) is analyzed in a sample of 250 university students.The Spanish version of the ABI is a 48-items self-report inventory using a 5-point Likert scale that assesses rational and irrational attitudes and beliefs. 24-items cover two dimensions of irrationality: a) areas of content (3 subscales), and b) styles of thinking (4 subscales).An Exploratory Factor Analysis (Parallel Analysis with Unweighted Least Squares method and Promin rotation) was performed with the FACTOR 9.20 software (Lorenzo-Seva and Ferrando, 2013).The results reproduced the main four styles of irrational thinking in relation with the three specific contents of irrational beliefs. However, two factors showed a complex configuration with important cross-loadings of different items in content and style. More analyses are needed to review the specific content and style of such items.

A spatially explicit life cycle inventory of the global textile chain

Life cycle analyses (LCA) approaches require adaptation to reflect the increasing delocalization of production to emerging countries. This work addresses this challenge by establishing a country-level, spatially explicit life cycle inventory (LCI). This study comprises three separate dimensions. The first dimension is spatial: processes and emissions are allocated to the country in which they take place and modeled to take into account local factors. Emerging economies China and India are the location of production, the consumption occurs in Germany, an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development country. The second dimension is the product level: we consider two distinct textile garments, a cotton T-shirt and a polyester jacket, in order to highlight potential differences in the production and use phases. The third dimension is the inventory composition: we track CO2, SO2, NO (x), and particulates, four major atmospheric pollutants, as well as energy use. This third dimension enriches the analysis of the spatial differentiation (first dimension) and distinct products (second dimension). We describe the textile production and use processes and define a functional unit for a garment. We then model important processes using a hierarchy of preferential data sources. We place special emphasis on the modeling of the principal local energy processes: electricity and transport in emerging countries. The spatially explicit inventory is disaggregated by country of location of the emissions and analyzed according to the dimensions of the study: location, product, and pollutant. The inventory shows striking differences between the two products considered as well as between the different pollutants considered. For the T-shirt, over 70% of the energy use and CO2 emissions occur in the consuming country, whereas for the jacket, more than 70% occur in the producing country. This reversal of proportions is due to differences in the use phase of the garments. For SO2, in contrast, over two thirds of the emissions occur in the country of production for both T-shirt and jacket. The difference in emission patterns between CO2 and SO2 is due to local electricity processes, justifying our emphasis on local energy infrastructure. The complexity of considering differences in location, product, and pollutant is rewarded by a much richer understanding of a global production-consumption chain. The inclusion of two different products in the LCI highlights the importance of the definition of a product's functional unit in the analysis and implications of results. Several use-phase scenarios demonstrate the importance of consumer behavior over equipment efficiency. The spatial emission patterns of the different pollutants allow us to understand the role of various energy infrastructure elements. The emission patterns furthermore inform the debate on the Environmental Kuznets Curve, which applies only to pollutants which can be easily filtered and does not take into account the effects of production displacement. We also discuss the appropriateness and limitations of applying the LCA methodology in a global context, especially in developing countries. Our spatial LCI method yields important insights in the quantity and pattern of emissions due to different product life cycle stages, dependent on the local technology, emphasizing the importance of consumer behavior. From a life cycle perspective, consumer education promoting air-drying and cool washing is more important than efficient appliances. Spatial LCI with country-specific data is a promising method, necessary for the challenges of globalized production-consumption chains. We recommend inventory reporting of final energy forms, such as electricity, and modular LCA databases, which would allow the easy modification of underlying energy infrastructure.

Stratified estimation of forest inventory variables using spatially summarized stratifications

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Inventory of sparse forest populations using adaptive cluster sampling

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Vendor Managed Inventory: the Critical Success Factors from the Manufacturer Point of View

Yritykset ovat pakotettuja erilaisiin yhteistyömuotoihin pärjätäkseen kiristyvässä kilpailussa. Yhteistyösuhteet kulkevat eri nimillä riippuen teollisuuden alasta ja siitä, missä kohtaa toimitusketjua ne toteutuvat, mutta periaatteessa kaikki pohjautuvat samaan ideaan kuin Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI); varastoon jakysyntään liittyvä tieto jaetaan toimitusketjun eri osapuolien kesken, jotta tuotanto, jakelu ja varastonhallinta olisi mahdollista optimoida. Vendor Managed Inventory on ideana yksinkertainen, mutta vaatii onnistuakseen paljon. Perusolettamus on, että toimittajan on kyettävä hallinnoimaan asiakkaan varastoa paremmin kuin asiakas itse. Tämä ei kuitenkaan ole mahdollista ilman riittävää yhteistyötä, oikeanlaista informaatiota tai sopivia tuoteominaisuuksia. Tämän työn tarkoitus on esitellä kriittiset menestystekijät valmistajan kannalta, kun näkyvyys todelliseen kysyntään on heikko ja kyseessäolevat tuotteet ovat ominaisuuksiltaan toimintamalliin huonosti soveltuvia. VMItoimintamallin soveltuvuus matkapuhelimia valmistavan yrityksen liiketoimintaan, sekä sen vaikutus asiakasyhteistyöhön, kannattavuuteen ja toiminnan tehostamiseen on myös tutkittu.

Validation of the Postnatal Perceived Stress Inventory in a French-speaking population of primiparous women

Objective To develop a Postnatal Perceived Stress Inventory (PNPSI) and assess its psychometric properties. Design Cross-sectional quantitative study. Setting One nurse-managed labor and delivery unit in a university hospital in a major metropolitan area. Participants One hundred seventy-nine (179) primiparous French speaking women who gave birth at term. Methods The PNPSI was validated at 6 weeks postpartum. Its predictive validity for depression and anxiety was assessed at the same time. Results The exploratory analysis revealed a 19-item structure divided into six factors. This inventory has good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = .815). The predictive validity shows that the PNPSI significantly predicts depression and anxiety at 6 weeks postpartum, and that certain factors are particularly prominent. Conclusion The PNPSI's psychometric properties make it a useful tool for future research to evaluate interventions for perceived stress during the postnatal period. Its predictive power for depression indicates that it is also a promising tool for clinical settings.