"It's just everywhere!" Children and parents discuss the marketing of sports wagering in Australia

OBJECTIVE: To investigate how children and adults recall the content and promotional channels for sports wagering marketing. METHODS: A mixed methods study of 152 parent/child (8-16 years) dyads was conducted at AFL (Australian Football League), NRL (National Rugby League), and soccer sporting sites in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia. Questions related to the frequency of viewing AFL and NRL matches, sports wagering promotions and perceptions of the normalisation of wagering in sport. Descriptive statistics and thematic analysis were used to analyse data. RESULTS: Children recruited from NRL (n=75, 96.2%) and AFL (n=46, 92.0%) sites were significantly more likely to have recalled having ever seen a promotion for sports wagering as compared to children from Soccer sites (n=18, 75.0%) (p<0.05). Children and adults identified seeing sports wagering promotions in similar environments, most commonly on television, and at stadiums. Three-quarters of children (75.0%) and the majority of adults (90.0%) perceived that sports wagering was becoming a normal part of sport. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS: This research shows that children engaged in particular sports have high awareness of wagering marketing, particularly as seen on television or at sporting matches. Regulation should comprehensively address the placement, quantity and content of wagering marketing aligned with sport to prevent current and/or future gambling harm.

ArmA methyltransferase in a monophasic Salmonella enterica isolate from food

The 16S rRNA methyltransferase ArmA is a worldwide emerging determinant that confers high-level resistance to most clinically relevant aminoglycosides. We report here the identification and characterization of a multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica subspecies I.4,12:i:- isolate recovered from chicken meat sampled in a supermarket on February 2009 in La Reunion, a French island in the Indian Ocean. Susceptibility testing showed an unusually high-level resistance to gentamicin, as well as to ampicillin, expanded-spectrum cephalosporins and amoxicillin-clavulanate. Molecular analysis of the 16S rRNA methyltransferases revealed presence of the armA gene, together with bla(TEM-1), bla(CMY-2), and bla(CTX-M-3). All of these genes could be transferred en bloc through conjugation into Escherichia coli at a frequency of 10(-5) CFU/donor. Replicon typing and S1 pulsed-field gel electrophoresis revealed that the armA gene was borne on an ~150-kb broad-host-range IncP plasmid, pB1010. To elucidate how armA had integrated in pB1010, a PCR mapping strategy was developed for Tn1548, the genetic platform for armA. The gene was embedded in a Tn1548-like structure, albeit with a deletion of the macrolide resistance genes, and an IS26 was inserted within the mel gene. To our knowledge, this is the first report of ArmA methyltransferase in food, showing a novel route of transmission for this resistance determinant. Further surveillance in food-borne bacteria will be crucial to determine the role of food in the spread of 16S rRNA methyltransferase genes worldwide.

Motivação e satisfação no trabalho: aplicação numa organização do setor de formação profissional

Os recursos humanos são considerados o ativo mais poderoso e valioso de qualquer organização, mas o seu desempenho é, de uma forma geral, influenciado pela motivação e satisfação no trabalho. Deste modo, a presente investigação pretende analisar a motivação e a satisfação dos colaboradores numa organização do sector da formação profissional. A partir deste pressuposto, pretende-se analisar a motivação e a satisfação dos colaboradores da instituição alvo do estudo, averiguar se se verifica correlação entre as vaiáveis motivacionais (sucesso, afiliação e poder) e as variáveis de satisfação (salário, promoções, colegas de trabalho, superiores hierárquicos e realização da tarefa), analisar o relacionamento entre a variável dependente (satisfação com o salário) e variáveis independentes de natureza sociodemográfica e analisar se a motivação e a satisfação global dos colaboradores são influenciadas pelas variáveis explicativas da análise fatorial de componentes principais. A análise dos dados baseou-se em 72 inquéritos por questionário que foram já validados por autores da motivação (McClelland) e satisfação (Deshpande), aplicados à totalidade dos colaboradores da empresa, ou seja, à população em estudo. Procedeu-se à análise estatística para sustentar toda a parte empírica. Os resultados mostram que os colaboradores da empresa Competir se sentem razoavelmente motivados e satisfeitos, ainda que um pouco mais motivados do que satisfeitos. Concluiu-se que, na generalidade, os colaboradores se sentem motivados essencialmente no que diz respeito ao sucesso e afiliação, e satisfeitos principalmente com os seus colegas de trabalho e com a realização da tarefa. A satisfação com o salário é mais baixa no caso de género feminino, mas tende a aumentar com a antiguidade na empresa; Motivation and Job Satisfaction: An Application in an organization of vocational training sector Abstract: Human resources are considered the most powerful and valuable asset in any organization, but its performance is, in general, influenced by motivation and job satisfaction. The present research intends to analyse the motivation and the satisfaction of the employees in an organization of vocational training sector. Based on this assumption, we intend to analyze the motivation and satisfaction of the employees of the studied institution, to verify if there is a correlation between motivational (success, affiliation and power) and satisfaction variables (salary, promotions, Work, hierarchical superiors and task accomplishment), to analyze the relationship between the dependent variable (satisfaction with the salary) and independent variables of a sociodemographic nature and to analyze if the motivation and the overall satisfaction of the employees are influenced by the explanatory variables of the principal components factorial analysis. Data analysis was based on 72 questionnaire surveys that have already been validated by the authors of motivation (McClelland) and satisfaction (Deshpande), applied to all the company's employees, i.e., the study population. In order to support all the empirical part, were proceeded to the statistical analysis. The results shows that the employees of the company Competir feel reasonably motivated and satisfied, even if a little more motivated than satisfied. It was concluded that, in general, employees feel motivated primarily with regard to success and affiliation, and especially satisfied with their co-workers and with the complete of the task. Satisfaction with salary it’s lower in the case of female gender, but tends to increase with seniority in the company.