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Negative symptoms are related to worse psychosocial functioning in schizophrenia. The current study evaluates two behavioral affiliation tasks—the video-based Social Affiliation Interaction Task (SAIT) and the in-vivo Conversation Task (CT)—and explores whether behavioral ratings of social affiliation are associated with negative symptoms and community functioning. Participants, 20 with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder (SZ) and 35 healthy controls (HC), completed both tasks and measures of negative symptoms and functioning. SZ evidenced lower behavioral affiliation on the SAIT compared to HC. There were no group differences in behavioral affiliation on the CT. Within groups, behavioral affiliation was not correlated between tasks or with symptoms and functioning. Across groups, behavioral affiliation from the SAIT was correlated with symptoms and functioning. Post hoc analyses revealed higher ratings of positive facial expression and valence in the CT for HC compared to SZ. Results suggest that the method of assessing behavioral affiliaton may influence research findings.

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The objective of this work was to study the degree of knowledge about dietary fibre (DF), as influenced by factors such as gender, level of education, living environment or country. For this, a descriptive cross-sectional study was undertaken on a non-probabilistic sample of 6010 participants from 10 countries in different continents (Europe, Africa and America). The results showed that the participants revealed on average a positive but still low global level of knowledge, which alerts for the need to take some actions to further inform the population about DF and its role as a component of a healthy diet. The results also indicated differences between genders, levels of education, living environments and countries. The highest level of knowledge was revealed by the participants from female gender, with higher education and living in urban areas. Concerning the country, the best informed were the participants from Romania, followed by those from Portugal and Turkey while the least informed were from Egypt.

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Objectives: Because there is scientific evidence that an appropriate intake of dietary fibre should be part of a healthy diet, given its importance in promoting health, the present study aimed to develop and validate an instrument to evaluate the knowledge of the general population about dietary fibres. Study design: The present study was a cross sectional study. Methods: The methodological study of psychometric validation was conducted with 6010 participants, residing in ten countries from 3 continents. The instrument is a questionnaire of self-response, aimed at collecting information on knowledge about food fibres. For exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was chosen the analysis of the main components using varimax orthogonal rotation and eigenvalues greater than 1. In confirmatory factor analysis by structural equation modelling (SEM) was considered the covariance matrix and adopted the Maximum Likelihood Estimation algorithm for parameter estimation. Results: Exploratory factor analysis retained two factors. The first was called Dietary Fibre and Promotion of Health (DFPH) and included 7 questions that explained 33.94 % of total variance ( = 0.852). The second was named Sources of Dietary Fibre (SDF) and included 4 questions that explained 22.46% of total variance ( = 0.786). The model was tested by SEM giving a final solution with four questions in each factor. This model showed a very good fit in practically all the indexes considered, except for the ratio 2/df. The values of average variance extracted (0.458 and 0.483) demonstrate the existence of convergent validity; the results also prove the existence of discriminant validity of the factors (r2 = 0.028) and finally good internal consistency was confirmed by the values of composite reliability (0.854 and 0.787). Conclusions: This study allowed validating the KADF scale, increasing the degree of confidence in the information obtained through this instrument in this and in future studies.

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Objectives Dietary fibre (DF) is one of the components of diet that strongly contributes to health improvements, particularly on the gastrointestinal system. Hence, this work intended to evaluate the relations between some sociodemographic variables such as age, gender, level of education, living environment or country on the levels of knowledge about dietary fibre (KADF), its sources and its effects on human health, using a validated scale. Study design The present study was a cross-sectional study. Methods A methodological study was conducted with 6010 participants, residing in 10 countries from different continents (Europe, America, Africa). The instrument was a questionnaire of self-response, aimed at collecting information on knowledge about food fibres. The instrument was used to validate a scale (KADF) which model was used in the present work to identify the best predictors of knowledge. The statistical tools used were as follows: basic descriptive statistics, decision trees, inferential analysis (t-test for independent samples with Levene test and one-way ANOVA with multiple comparisons post hoc tests). Results The results showed that the best predictor for the three types of knowledge evaluated (about DF, about its sources and about its effects on human health) was always the country, meaning that the social, cultural and/or political conditions greatly determine the level of knowledge. On the other hand, the tests also showed that statistically significant differences were encountered regarding the three types of knowledge for all sociodemographic variables evaluated: age, gender, level of education, living environment and country. Conclusions The results showed that to improve the level of knowledge the actions planned should not be delineated in general as to reach all sectors of the populations, and that in addressing different people, different methodologies must be designed so as to provide an effective health education.

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W artykule porównano dwa raporty Najwyższej Izby Kontroli, która przeprowadziła kontrole organów państwowych zobligowane do wykonywania nadzoru nad funkcjonowaniem ferm zwierząt. Wnioski przedstawione przez Najwyższą Izbę Kontroli wykazały, że nadzór nad funkcjonowaniem owych ferm nie jest wystarczająco skuteczny i pozostawia wiele wątpliwości co do działalności organów państwowych. W przytaczanych raportach została opisana niestabilna sytuacja polskich organów kontroli, która stawia pod znakiem zapytania nie tylko działalność wymienionych organów, ale także kondycję całej struktury administracyjnej i kontrolnej. Ponadto wnioski zawarte w raportach wykazały, że podmioty uzyskujące zgodę na prowadzenie danych instalacji środowiskowych nie zawsze spełniają wymogi związane z ochroną środowiska, bowiem dokonują niekorzystnego podziału instalacji. Rozwój nowoczesnego rolnictwa i jego intensyfikacja może powodować szereg zagrożeń środowiskowych, głównie dla mieszkańców znajdujących się w bezpośrednim sąsiedztwie ferm utrzymujących zwierzęta. Przemysłowa hodowla zwierząt nie jest obojętna dla jakości i warunków życia ludzi mieszkających w bliskim sąsiedztwie ferm za sprawą uciążliwych odorów oraz zanieczyszczeń wód, w tym w wyniku przenawożenia gleb, prowadzących do zagrożeń chemicznych i mikrobiologicznych. Skutkiem występujących uciążliwości są protesty lokalnych społeczeństw. Brak odpowiedniego nadzoru zagraża również rodzimym gatunkom zwierząt, wyniszczając zwłaszcza ptaki i niektóre ssaki.

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Purpose: To synthesize a series of analogues of 1,3,4-oxadiazole and to evaluate their antibacterial activity. Methods: Ethyl piperidin-4-carboxylate (1) was mixed with 4-toluenesulfonyl chloride (2) in benignant conditions to yield ethyl 1-(4-toluenesulfonyl)piperidin-4-carboxylate (3) and then 1-(4- toluenesulfonyl)piperidin-4-carbohydrazide (4). Intermolecular cyclization of 4 into 2-mercapto-5-(1-(4- toluenesulfonyl) piperidin-4-yl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole (5) was obtained on reflux with CS2 in the presence of KOH. Molecule 5 was stirred with alkyl halides, 6a-i, in DMF in the presence of LiH to synthesize the final compounds, 7a-i. The structures of these molecules were elucidated by Fourier transform infra-red (FTIR) spectroscopy, proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) and electron impact mass spectrometry (EI-MS). Antibacterial activity was evaluated against five bacterial strains, namely, Salmonella typhi, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis, with ciprofloxacin used as standard antibacterial agent. Results: Out of nine synthesized derivatives, compound 7a was the most active against three bacterial strains, S. typhi, E. coli and P. aeruginosa, with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 9.11 ± 0.40, 9.89 ± 0.45 and 9.14 ± 0.72 μM, respectively, compared with 7.45 ± 0.58, 7.16 ± 0.58 and 7.14 ± 0.18 μM, respectively, for the reference standard (ciprofloxacin). Similarly, compounds 7a - 7c showed relatively good antibacterial activity against B. subtilis strain while compound 7e - 7g revealed good results against S. typhi bacterial strain. Conclusion: The results indicate that S-substituted derivatives of the parent compound are more effective antibacterial agents than the parent compound, even with minor differences in substituents

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BACKGROUND: Clozapine is an effective treatment for a proportion of people with schizophrenia (SZ) who are resistant to the beneficial effects of other antipsychotic drugs. However, anything from 40-60 % of people on clozapine experience residual symptoms even on adequate doses of the medication, and thus could be considered 'clozapine resistant'. Agents that could work alongside clozapine to improve efficacy whilst not increasing the adverse effect burden are both desired and necessary to improve the lives of individuals with clozapine-resistant SZ. N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) is one such possible agent. Previous research from our research group provided promising pilot data suggesting the efficacy of NAC in this patient population. The aim of the study reported here is to expand this work by conducting a large scale clinical trial of NAC in the treatment of clozapine-resistant SZ.

METHODS: This study is an investigator initiated, multi-site, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. It aims to include 168 patients with clozapine-resistant SZ, divided into an intervention group (NAC) and a control group (placebo). Participants in the intervention group will receive 2 g daily of NAC. The primary outcome measures will be the negative symptom scores of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). Secondary outcome measures will include: changes in quality of life (QoL) as measured by the Lancashire Quality of Life Profile (LQoLP) and cognitive functioning as measured by the total score on the MATRICS. Additionally we will examine peripheral and cortical glutathione (GSH) concentrations as process outcomes.

DISCUSSION: This large scale clinical trial will investigate the efficacy of NAC as an adjunctive medication to clozapine. This trial, if successful, will establish a cheap, safe and easy-to-use agent (NAC) as a 'go to' adjunct in patients that are only partly responsive to clozapine.

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Jelen cikk az összehasonlító kultúrakutatásokat mutatja be és csoportosítja aszerint, hogy étikus vagy émikus kutatásokról van-e szó. A szélesebb körben ismert dimenzionális modelleken túl (Kluckhohn és Strodtbeck, Edward T. Hall, Geert Hofstede, Fons Trompenaars és Charles Hampden-Turner, Salom H. Schwartz, GLOBE-kutatás) a szerző röviden ismerteti a kulturális metafora (Gannon) elméletét, és három példával (portugál bikaviadal, izraeli kibuc és mosav, thai királyság) meg is világítja, miben nyújt több ismeretet (megértést) ez a kultúrafeltárási módszer a korábban bemutatottaknál és ugyanakkor mire nem alkalmas a módszer. Végül a kulturstandard módszer ismertetésére kerül sor, amely sajátos ötvözete az émikus és étikus kutatásoknak.

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A HR gyakorlat és a tudományos eredmények számos ellentmondással szembesítenek bennünket, amelyek nagy része már a kezdetektől végigkíséri a HR szakterületét. A szerző célja a jelenlegi HR gyakorlatban rejlő ellentmondások, nehézségek feltárása, amelyek lehetséges megoldási alternatíváit is bemutatja. A cikk első részében található az emberi erőforrás menedzsment1 elméleti gyökereinek és fejlődésének áttekintése, amely hozzájárul a HR komplex helyzetének a megértéséhez. A cikk olvasói megismerkedhetnek az emberi erőforrás menedzsment kialakulásának történetével, elméleti gyökereivel és fejlődésének főbb állomásaival. A közelmúlt legismertebb HR modelljeinek bemutatásán túl a szerző rámutat a jelenlegi HR gyakorlat kihívásaira és ellentmondásaira, valamint a lehetséges megoldási alternatívákat is bemutatja.

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A paradoxon fogalmát sokan és sokféleképpen értelmezik, legtöbbször valamilyen ellentmondással azonosítva. Azonban a szó valódi jelentése a paradoxonelmélet tükrében érthető meg igazán, amely egy szemléletváltási kísérlet, az ellentmondásosnak tűnő jelenségek újfajta megközelítési lehetősége. A cikk első részével a szerző célja, hogy a paradoxonok fogalmának minél tágabb értelmezését tegye lehetővé, hogy maga az elmélet, mint egyfajta "metakeret" nyerhessen értelmet. (A második részben a gyakorlati alkalmazási lehetőségekről ír.) Ebben a felfogásban a paradoxonelmélet nem került még széles körben bevezetésre a magatartástudomány területén, így a szerző szeretne elméleti alapot nyújtani mind a továbbgondoláshoz, mind a gyakorlatban történő alkalmazáshoz. Először felvázolja a paradoxonelmélet filozófiai, valamint matematikai-logikai alapjait, majd megvilágítja lényegét gondolkodásmódunk paradoxonján keresztül. Végül röviden bemutat egy csoportdinamikai tanulmányt (Smith – Berg, 1987), amely kitűnően illusztrálja, hogyan érvényesülhet a paradoxonelmélet egy adott jelenség újraértelmezésében.

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A szerző tanulmányában áttekinti a jelentésadás témakörben a munka jelentése szempontjából általa relevánsnak tekintett szervezetelméleti, illetve menedzsmentkutatásokat, és egy példával illusztrálja a jelentésadás folyamatát. Az eset segítségével megmutatja, hogy a jelentésadás vizsgálatával rávilágíthatunk a jelentés és a munkáról alkotott kép változására. Meggyőződése, hogy a jelentésadás vizsgálata a munka jelentése kutatásának egy új perspektíváját nyújtja, ami új vizsgálati eredményekkel gazdagíthatja a munka jelentésének szakirodalmát.