scholarly journals Liminality, the Australian State and Asian Nurse Immigrants

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Willis ◽  
L. D. Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Registered Nurses ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Family Ties ◽  
Australian State ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Cultural Mores ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Theoretical Insight ◽  
Insight Into

Over the last two decades the flow of Asians to Australia through legitimate immigration programs has accelerated. This is particularly the case for Asian nurses coming from countries that were once subjected to European colonisation. The difficulties encountered by nurses from Asian countries mirror those of earlier waves of migrants. These include navigating the language and differences in cultural mores, values, and beliefs, along with the loneliness that may come from leaving strong family ties at home. While racism has been evident for all earlier waves of migrants, Asians face an additional hurdle linked to the uneasy relationship Australians and the Australian state has with Asia. Australia is geographically in Asia, but culturally Anglo and European.  The impact this might have on the working relationships of Asian and Australian born registered nurses is significant given the nature of their work in caring for the sick and elderly. This liminal relationship between the Australian state and Asians provides a theoretical insight into the particular difficulties experienced by Asian nurses and the integration programs that might assist them and their Australian colleagues to develop cohesive working relationships.

What makes court-referred mediation effective?

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amira Galin
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Process And Outcome ◽  
Refusal To Participate ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Theoretical Insight ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Low Rate

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to obtain insight into court-referred mediation in the Israeli Labor Courts, by analyzing its processes and outcomes, as a function of tactics used by both the disputants and the mediator. Design/methodology/approach – Observation of 103 court-referred mediations, for each of which a detailed process and outcome were documented. Data on disputants' refusal to participate in the mediation was also collected. At the end of each mediation case, disputants were given a questionnaire in which they expressed their satisfaction with the outcome and their evaluation of the mediator's contribution. Findings – A low rate of refusal to participate in court-referred mediation was found. Also, the higher the ratio of soft tactics to pressure tactics employed (by all parties involved) during the process, the higher the rate of agreements. Mediators use significantly more soft tactics than disputants, and are more active in using tactics. The two significant variables that predict the mediation's agreement are the ratio between soft tactics to pressure tactics used by all parties, and mediator contribution to the process. Practical implications – The significant role of soft tactics in the process, outcome, and satisfaction of court-referred mediation may serve as a guideline for disputants and mediators. Originality/value – This unique research, which examines the impact of tactics on court-referred mediation, may provide added and significant theoretical insight into its process and outcome, as well as a better understanding of other “hybrid” (compulsory at the beginning, voluntary at the end) mediations.

Polaron stability in molecular semiconductors: theoretical insight into the impact of the temperature, electric field and the system dimensionality

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (14) ◽  
pp. 8973-8982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Antonio Ribeiro Junior ◽  
Sven Stafström
Keyword(s):  
Organic Semiconductors ◽  
Temperature Effects ◽  
Molecular Scale ◽  
Peierls Model ◽  
Molecular Semiconductors ◽  
Semi Empirical ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Polaron Stability ◽  
Theoretical Insight ◽  
Insight Into

A semi-empirical Holstein–Peierls model is used to study the temperature effects on the polaron stability in organic semiconductors at a molecular scale.

Change, Chaos, Adaptation: The Effects of Leadership on a Work Group

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Otten ◽  
Tiffany Chen
Keyword(s):  
Chaos Theory ◽  
Group Process ◽  
Work Group ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
Roy Adaptation Model ◽  
Nursing Unit ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Adaptation Model

As nurses, we are very familiar with the environmental factors associated with change, the impact of chaos on working relationships, and the general milieu of a nursing unit. This story relates how a student in a leadership practicum was encouraged to look at change through an organizational lens when the leadership dynamics changed in a work group. The Roy Adaptation Model and chaos theory were applied as frameworks for this assessment as a way to organize and foster learning. Through this serendipitous opportunity, the student gained an insight into the dynamics of group process and an appreciation of the work it takes for leaders and managers to keep the work group in a healthy functional state.

scholarly journals Adapting the RE-AIM Framework to Evaluate the Impact of a Multi-Disciplinary Patient Care Transfer Pathway

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Catherine Hayes ◽  
Yitka Graham
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Functional Adaptation ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
Implementation Outcomes ◽  
Hospital Transfer ◽  
Product Red ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Care Transfer

This article reports on the use of a RE-AIM (reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance) framework hybrid adaptation as a methodological approach to the evaluation of the implementation of a hospital transfer pathway (HTP) product (‘Red Bag'). In particular, it provides an insight into why functional adaptation of the RE-AIM model was necessary in the context of the work undertaken. Data analysis was guided by original principles of the RE-AIM framework, which is a recognised tool for understanding impact of an intervention in establishing a newly adapted hybrid model of implementation. Outcomes of the study were used to reflexively inform future working relationships between multi-agency partners in care.

Theoretical insight into the CdS/FAPbI3 heterostructure: a promising visible-light absorber

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junli Chang ◽  
Liping Jiang ◽  
Guangzhao Wang ◽  
Yuhong Huang ◽  
Hong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Optical Absorption ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Visible Light Range ◽  
Light Absorber ◽  
Absorption Performance ◽  
Theoretical Insight ◽  
Insight Into

The optical absorption performance of the perovskite FAPbI3 in the visible-light range is significantly improved by constructing a CdS/FAPbI3 heterostructure.

scholarly journals Changing landscapes: Gay men in the west and northwest of Ireland

Sexualities ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 136346072098169
Author(s):  
Aidan McKearney
Keyword(s):  
Gay Men ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Irish Society ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Lgbt People ◽  
The Many ◽  
Northwest Region ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into

This article focuses on the experiences of gay men in the rural west and northwest region of Ireland, during a period of transformational social and political change in Irish society. These changes have helped facilitate new forms of LGBTQI visibility, and local radicalism in the region. Same-sex weddings, establishment of rural LGBT groups and marching under an LGBT banner at St Patricks Day parades would have been unthinkable in the recent past; but they are now becoming a reality. The men report continuing challenges in their lives as gay men in the nonmetropolitan space, but the emergence of new visibility, voice and cultural acceptance of LGBT people is helping change their lived experiences. The study demonstrates the impact of local activist LGBT citizens. Through their testimonies we can gain an insight into the many, varied and interwoven factors that have interplayed to create the conditions necessary for the men to: increasingly define themselves as gay to greater numbers of people in their localities; to embrace greater visibility and eschew strategies of silence; and aspire to a host of legal, political, cultural and social rights including same-sex marriage. Organic forms of visibility and local radicalism have emerged in the region and through an analysis of their testimonies we can see how the men continue to be transformed by an ever-changing landscape.

scholarly journals Theoretical Insight into the Reversal of Chemoselectivity in Diels-Alder Reactions of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes and Ketones Catalyzed by Brønsted and Lewis Acids

Organics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-49
Author(s):  
Lakhdar Benhamed ◽  
Sidi Mohamed Mekelleche ◽  
Wafaa Benchouk
Keyword(s):  
Lewis Acids ◽  
Major Product ◽  
Diels Alder ◽  
Unsaturated Ketone ◽  
Unsaturated Aldehydes ◽  
Aldehydes And Ketones ◽  
Theoretical Insight ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Good Agreement

Experimentally, a reversal of chemoselectivity has been observed in catalyzed Diels–Alder reactions of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes (e.g., (2E)-but-2-enal) and ketones (e.g., 2-hexen-4-one) with cyclopentadiene. Indeed, using the triflimidic Brønsted acid Tf2NH as catalyst, the reaction gave a Diels–Alder adduct derived from α,β-unsaturated ketone as a major product. On the other hand, the use of tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane B(C6F5)3 bulky Lewis acid as catalyst gave mainly the cycloadduct of α,β-unsaturated aldehyde as a major product. Our aim in the present work is to put in evidence the role of the catalyst in the reversal of the chemoselectivity of the catalyzed Diels–Alder reactions of (2E)-but-2-enal and 2-Hexen-4-one with cyclopentadiene. The calculations were performed at the ωB97XD/6-311G(d,p) level of theory and the solvent effects of dichloromethane were taken into account using the PCM solvation model. The obtained results are in good agreement with experimental outcomes.

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