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Retailer experiences with tobacco sales bans: lessons from two early adopter jurisdictions

BackgroundBeverly Hills and Manhattan Beach, California, are the first two US cities to prohibit the sale of tobacco products, passing ordinances that went into effect on 1 January 2021. We...

A routine within a routine: Can bedtime yoga improve sleep for the whole family?

Parents often point to bedtime as a source of frustration, yet early bedtimes and sufficient sleep are important for children's development, learning, and behavior. ObjectivesThis pilot study aimed to assess the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a yoga-based bedtime routine in a sample of parent-child dyads from a rural community. MethodsUsing a waitlist control study design, children aged 2–5 years and their parent were randomized to either intervention (yoga) or control (bedtime story) groups. Pre- and post-intervention measures included the CHAOS, CSHQ, and FNPA scales. Height, weight, and waist circumference were measured by trained staff, while sleep and physical activity were tracked using accelerometry. ResultsOf the 15 dyads that completed all assessments, 13 (81.2%) completed at least 16 yoga sessions. CSHQ scores improved in both groups (Cohen's d 0.42 vs. 0.52 for intervention and control, respectively), and FNPA scores improved in the intervention group (Cohen's d = 0.4). The number of sessions completed was inversely correlated with changes in CHAOS score (r = −0.74, p = 0.003). DiscussionThese findings suggest that a yoga-based bedtime routine is feasible for families with 2-5-year-old children, with good adoption and adherence. Improvements in sleep and household chaos measures indicate that a yoga routine may be slightly more effective than a story-based one. This study provides preliminary support for further research on a yoga-based bedtime routine in a larger sample.

Devaluation of Work and Its Linkage With Worker Risks in the Recent Transformation of the Work Sphere

ABSTRACTOver the last decades, sociologists of work have paid increasing attention to the critical phenomena in the labor market, among them the devaluation of work and its factors. Based on an analysis of publications in the field, this paper outlines problems of transforming work meanings and values, including their linkage with new worker risks and job security caused by the rapid work changes, precarization, social inequality, growing population gap between the advanced and developing countries, global pandemics, climate crisis and the like. These phenomena reflect social, economic, political, and legal changes and their impact on the sphere of work. Current work challenges have initiated research discussions in the work sphere that have helped spotlight the ongoing transformation of work meanings/values. The article reviews the diversity of theoretical approaches and practical implications of work values transformation from the perspective of factors determining long‐lasting shifts in work values, ranging from recognizing the intrinsic meanings of work to the predominance of pragmatic, instrumental work attitudes. The authors identified three main types of transforming work values based on a systematic mapping of publications. First, the prevalence of material, pragmatic values almost does not leave space for the social value of work. Second, it is the perception of work as a meaningless activity that cannot contribute to work satisfaction. Third, it is a vision of a society without work. When describing these types, the authors outline the transformation of work into an ordinary market product that has lost its intrinsic value and become a source of frustration, alienation, and psychological stress for workers. Diversity of work values reflects the controversial processes related to the global transformation of labor from the growth of innovative potential of some professions to the fear of technological unemployment and new risks for others.

WP6.12 - What the bleep? Have we finally found a solution to the bleep system?: Exploring the efficacy of a WhatsApp-style messaging system as an alternative to traditional bleeps in the healthcare setting

Abstract Aims Traditionally, bleeps have been integral to the role of a doctor. A pre-pandemic study estimated that more than 10% of the world’s bleeps are currently being used by the NHS. However, in response to the 2021 directive by the health secretary to phase out bleeps within NHS England, new approaches to communication in healthcare are being implemented. One of these is Alertive, a WhatsApp-style messaging system. This study utilises a quality improvement approach to determine the efficacy of Alertive in conveying messages as a replacement for bleeps, and to investigate the reasons behind its perceived poor uptake. Methods A ten-day evaluation of the uptake of 15 distinct Alertive roles within the surgical department, accompanied by a satisfaction survey circulated among departmental juniors. Results The survey findings revealed a prevailing consensus among users endorsing the efficacy and superiority of Alertive as a concept over the previous bleep system. However, user-reported constraints related to functionality and application logistics. These have been identified as sources of frustration and thereby impeding the broader utilisation and efficacy of Alertive. Conclusion Effective multi-disciplinary communication is imperative in a hospital setting. While Alertive presents a potential alternative to traditional bleeps, challenges such as poor role uptake and communication appropriateness persist and represent significant barriers to full integration and staff satisfaction. Role uptake is variable with some surgical teams having better compliance than others. While users report that the concept of Alertive is beneficial, no single communication system has been identified as being superior, emphasising the ongoing need for solutions in healthcare communication.

PENANGANAN ANAK TEMPER TANTRUM STUDI KASUS DI TK TQ MUHAMMAD AL-FATIH

Abstract This study aims to explore the strategies used by teachers in handling children experiencing tantrums at TQ Muhammad Al Fatih Kindegarten. This case study employs a qualitative approach using observation and in-depth interviews to collect data. The research subjects are childern who frequently have tantrums and the teachers who handle them. The result of the study indicate that teachers implement various effective strategies to calm tantrums, including distraction techniques, consintent boundary setting, and providing emotional support. Teachers also use individualized approaches tailored to each child’s chatacteristics. Additionally, teachers actively engage childern in activities that can divert their attention from sources of frustration. This study suggests the need for further training for teachers in behavior management techniques to handle tantrums effectively and create a more conducive learning environment.

Perceived organizational justice in family SMEs: The challenge of HRM consistency

AbstractLiabilities of smallness, family relations, leadership style, and preferences are all reasons why owners of small and medium‐sized family enterprises (family SMEs) apply procedures to manage employees inconsistently. For family and non‐family employees of family SMEs, inconsistencies in human resource management (HRM) may be a source of frustration that hampers their performance and wellbeing. Using a sample of 713 respondents in 116 family SMEs, we examined how HRM consistency as a whole, and as three HRM bundles (ability, motivation, and opportunity) could enhance the perceived organizational justice of employees in family SMEs, and whether this differs for family and non‐family employees. We indeed found that HRM consistency is a condition for perceived organizational justice of employees and that this effect was more pronounced for non‐family employees than for family employees. We explain this difference by the distinct environment where the fairness heuristics of employees developed. Where non‐family employees develop their fairness heuristics only in the business sphere, family employees start to develop their fairness heuristics earlier on in the family sphere. We also found evidence that inconsistencies in the motivation‐enhancing HRM bundle were most susceptible to negative perceptions of organizational justice.

The Role of Social Justice in Shaping Youth Attitudes towards Extremism and Terrorism "An Analytical Study of Influencing Factors and Strategies for Prevention and Intervention"

Our analytical study underscores the significance of the role of social justice in shaping the attitudes of youth towards extremism and terrorism. The research indicates that social inequality, economic injustice, and other factors can act as sources of frustration and discontent among young people, thereby increasing their susceptibility to engage in extremist activities. Additionally, the study highlights the cultural and religious factors, as well as the influence of media, in either promoting or undermining social integration to confront this challenge. The study offers strategies and avenues to enhance social justice, including improving education and training opportunities, promoting cultural and religious awareness, and encouraging community participation. It emphasizes the crucial need to strengthen communication between the government and civil society to implement comprehensive policies targeting the improvement of economic and social conditions. The study aims to stimulate dialogue and collaboration across different sectors to bring about effective change that contributes to reducing the impact of social factors on the youth's inclinations towards extremism and terrorism, with a focus on balancing security and fundamental rights.

REDUCING FINANCIAL TOXICITY IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM USING COST ESTIMATION TOOLS FOR OLDER ADULTS

Abstract Financial toxicity— the financial, emotional and mental burden patients experience with medical costs that can lead to diminished access to care and reduced quality of life—is a growing issue among older adults, family caregivers and care partners. Research suggests that financial health literacy tools may reduce financial toxicity. With support from The John A. Hartford Foundation, FAIR Health undertook an 18-month initiative to advance shared decision making (SDM) among older adults (aged 65 and older) with serious health conditions, and their family caregivers/care partners, through the development and dissemination of decision aids that combine clinical and cost information with resources and educational content; these tools are offered for free to consumers on fairhealthconsumer.org and to healthcare providers on fairhealthprovider.org. This presentation will discuss salient findings from the initiative, as detailed in the brief, Advancing Shared Decision Making among Older Adults with Serious Health Conditions: Lessons from FAIR Health’s Grant-Funded Initiative. Feedback from older patients, caregivers/care partners and providers revealed the demand and need for financial health literacy tools that provide cost information and underscored key insights that included: (1) Healthcare costs, billing and lack of transparency in the healthcare system are sources of frustration; (2) Barriers to SDM include low health literacy and poor access to devices; and (3) SDM is viewed by many as a vehicle for patient empowerment. The session will offer a unique insight into how these findings can be used to usher in a new paradigm of healthcare and retool clinical practice and medical education.

Towards a Typology of Narrative Frustration

AbstractThrough imaginative engagement readers of fiction become, to an extraordinary extent, the narrator’s ‘children’: they often submit themselves to the narrator’s authority without reserve. But precisely because of that, readers are deeply at a loss when their trust is betrayed. This underscores a core function of fiction, namely to evoke emotional response in the reader. In this paper, we hypothesize how a reader’s imaginative engagement can be subjected to narrative frustration due to processing or moral complexity. The types of narrative frustration we consider differ in terms of their sources, and their emotional and behavioral impacts on the reader. Here, we break down these frustrations into their component parts, in an effort to better characterize the different classes of frustrations. We propose that frustrations arise from different combinations of local uncertainty, moral clash and global uncertainty. These sources of frustration in turn explain the reader’s emotional response and their consequent reading behavior as they imaginatively engage with fiction.

A song in a cold place: the role of emotions in motivating youth activism and advancing justice at the COP

ABSTRACT The emotions of youth climate justice activists are often demeaned or misrepresented both by popular media and by COP organisers. The COP itself, as a cold, bureaucratic, and repressive space that tokenises frontline voices to create an optics of care, is a source of frustration and disappointment for many youth activists. Despite this misrepresentation and repression, youth activists use their emotions to strengthen their movements and actions at the COP. Drawing on collaborative event ethnography spanning a decade, this paper analyses how Global South youth climate justice activists strategically navigate and channel emotion through acts of emotional solidarity, emotional concealment, and emotional display. We assess how youth activists’ complex emotional experiences exist in generative tension within individuals and within the youth climate justice movement. Our findings suggest that their emotional strategies unlock the capacity for exercising power while cultivating relationships necessary for climate justice.

“The US is still more accepting and respecting of us”: Rethinking the “opt‐out” myth among highly educated Chinese immigrant stay‐at‐home mothers

AbstractScholars have long been fascinated by the push‐pull discourses that have been used to account for the work‐life (in)balance of college‐educated, stay‐at‐home mothers in the United States. However, the entire conversation about the opting‐out myth excludes the increasing population of highly educated, immigrant mothers. Meanwhile, international migration literature contends that highly educated, skilled, immigrant women experience an unexpected downward career mobility. However, among all the studies, the term motherhood and housewife are largely framed as a threat and source of frustration. In response to these two bodies of literature, I conducted semi‐structured interviews with 28 highly educated, Chinese stay‐at‐home mothers in the United States between August 2019 and July 2021. By adopting an intersectional lens, I argue that although the neoliberal, immigration structures have indeed caused career downward mobility among highly educated, Chinese immigrants, we should not assume that the current, new generation of Chinese women unanimously interprets full‐time motherhood simply as a disadvantage. Instead, I have found out that, due to social and cultural differences, these mothers all felt compelled to be stay‐at‐home immigrant mothers in the United States where they believe they would receive more respect and acceptance, and feel more liberation.

Understanding the role of allied health professional support workers with exercise qualifications in the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan within allied health professional services in England

Demand modelling for the allied health professionals (AHPs) workforce showed that significant expansion would be needed to successfully deliver on the National Health Service (NHS) Long Term Plan. The aim...

Understanding Discordant Perceptions of Disease Severity Between Physicians and Patients With Eczema and Psoriasis Using Structural Equation Modeling

Patients and physicians often have differing opinions on the patient's disease severity. This phenomenon, termed discordant severity grading (DSG), hinders the patient-physician relationship and is a source of frustration. To test and validate a model explaining the cognitive, behavioral, and disease factors associated with DSG. A qualitative study was first performed to derive a theoretical model. In this subsequent prospective cross-sectional quantitative study, the qualitatively derived theoretical model was validated using structural equation modeling (SEM). Recruitment was conducted between October 2021 and September 2022. This was a multicenter study in 3 Singapore outpatient tertiary dermatological centers. Dermatology patients and their attending physicians were recruited by convenience sampling. Patients were aged 18 to 99 years with psoriasis or eczema of at least 3 months' duration and recruited only once. The data were analyzed between October 2022 to May 2023. The outcome was the difference between global disease severity (0-10 numerical rating scale with a higher score indicating greater severity) as independently scored by the patient and the dermatologist. Positive discordance was defined as patient-graded severity more than 2 points higher (graded more severely) than physicians, and negative discordance if more than 2 points lower than physicians. Confirmatory factor analysis followed by SEM was used to assess the associations between preidentified patient, physician, and disease factors with the difference in severity grading. Of the 1053 patients (mean [SD] age, 43.5 [17.5] years), a total of 579 (55.0%) patients were male, 802 (76.2%) had eczema, and 251 (23.8%) had psoriasis. Of 44 physicians recruited, 20 (45.5%) were male, 24 (54.5%) were aged between 31 and 40 years, 20 were senior residents or fellows, and 14 were consultants or attending physicians. The median (IQR) number of patients recruited per physician was 5 (2-18) patients. Of 1053 patient-physician pairs, 487 pairs (46.3%) demonstrated discordance (positive, 447 [42.4%]; negative, 40 [3.8%]). Agreement between patient and physician rating was poor (intraclass correlation, 0.27). The SEM analyses showed that positive discordance was associated with higher symptom expression (standardized coefficient B = 0.12; P = .02) and greater quality-of-life impairment (B = 0.31; P < .001), but not patient or physician demographics. A higher quality-of-life impairment was in turn associated with lower resilience and stability (B = -0.23; P < .001), increased negative social comparisons (B = 0.45; P < .001), lower self-efficacy (B = -0.11; P = .02), increased disease cyclicity (B = 0.47; P < .001), and greater expectation of chronicity (B = 0.18; P < .001). The model was well-fitted (Tucker-Lewis: 0.94; Root Mean Square Error of Approximation: 0.034). This cross-sectional study identified various modifiable contributory factors to DSG, increased understanding of the phenomenon, and set a framework for targeted interventions to bridge this discordance.

“It probably could've done with less plastic” - Consumers' cyclical and uneasy relationship with food packaging

Food packaging has an essential function in the contemporary food supply chain, but it is also a key source of municipal solid waste. The ability to package foods has changed eating habits as takeaway coffees, bottled water, and fast food have become more commonplace. Although the task of recycling packaging materials falls on the consumer who is guided to sort the waste and ensure it is taken to a recycling bin, the consumer perspectives of the mutually constitutive market device–consumer relationship are not yet well-known. This paper studies how food shoppers are constructing their relationship with packaging in their everyday lives, and especially how their moral considerations construct the relationship with sustainability and materiality of packaging. Based on the analysis of consumer interviews, the study argues that consumers' perspective on packaging use is renegotiated during their continuous relationship with packaging. Food packaging acts as a political market device that evokes morally charged consumer perspectives throughout different stages of consumption processes beyond the supermarket. In the first stage, the consumer is mainly focused on finding the products that have already become a part of their daily routine and the materiality of packaging oftentimes remains unseen. Tensions arise as packaging is both a source of frustration, and a necessary element of managing food consumption. After eating the food product, the packaging turns into waste and the consumer “becomes aware” of the packaging materials and several negative interpretations arise. Finally, packaging waste becomes morally charged: it invites consumers to partake in recycling work and evokes environmental anxieties. The results indicate that consumers often have an uneasy, cyclical relationship with packaging use.

An undergraduate laboratory to study exercise thresholds.

In exercise physiology, laboratory components help students connect theoretical concepts to their own exercise experiences and introduce them to data collection, analysis, and interpretation using classic techniques. Most courses include a lab protocol that involves exhaustive incremental exercise during which expired gas volumes and concentrations of oxygen and carbon dioxide are measured. During these protocols, there are characteristic alterations in gas-exchange and ventilatory profiles that give rise to two exercise thresholds: the gas exchange threshold (GET) and the respiratory compensation point (RCP). The ability to explain why these thresholds occur and how they are identified are fundamental to learning in exercise physiology and requisite to the understanding of core concepts including exercise intensity, prescription, and performance. Proper identification of GET and RCP requires the assembly of 8 data plots. In the past, the burden of time and expertise required to process and prepare data for interpretation has been a source of frustration. In addition, students often express a desire for more opportunities to practice/refine their skills. The objective of this article is to share a blended laboratory model that features the "Exercise Thresholds App" - a free online resource that eliminates post-processing of data and provides a bank of profiles on which end-users can practice threshold identification skills with immediate feedback. In addition to including pre-laboratory and post-laboratory recommendations, we present student accounts of understanding, engagement, and satisfaction following completion of the laboratory experience and introduce a new quiz feature of the app to assist instructors with evaluating student learning.

Why Can the Flipped Classroom Frustrate Students? Experiences from an Engineering Mathematics Course

This paper explores students’ experiences with a flipped classroom in a first-year engineering mathematics course with 118 students. While most students were satisfied with the flipped classroom and expressed appreciation for the flexibility, freedom and independence induced by the teaching method, other students expressed frustrations. Based on two surveys with both open-ended and closed-ended questions, this paper explores possible reasons why a flipped classroom can be a source of frustration. Some students expressed having difficulty adjusting their study habits to the flipped classroom approach as well as having difficulty finding the motivation to watch the required learning videos before in-class activities. While some students experienced the group work associated with the flipped classroom format as a positive aspect of their learning, other students expressed irritation because of group members not meeting prepared for the group assignments. The expressed experiences are discussed in light of the self-determination theory and the self-regulated learning theory. Weaknesses with how the flipped classroom was implemented are also discussed.

Children and young peoples’ lyrics and voices capturing their experiences within youth justice services

PurposeThis paper aims to explore young peoples’ authentic experiences of youth justice services (YJS) during the Covid-19 pandemic. By adopting the creative arts-based method of lyric writing, the research team sought to empower participants through collaboration and participation and to facilitate them leading the narrative (Deakin et al., 2020).Design/methodology/approachThis research adopted a creative arts-based method in which participants worked alongside an artist to generate lyrics that captured their experiences within YJS. Such an approach demonstrated a commitment to participatory, child-first approaches.FindingsTwo main themes were identified: identity and relationships. The young people vocalised resistance to frequent labelling and their ambitions to move away from past criminal identity and behaviour. Relationships with practitioners could be a source of frustration within this but were also highlighted as valuable and supportive.Research limitations/implicationsAs data collection was remote, owing to the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns, the opportunity to develop relationships with young people within the YJS prior to conducting the research was restricted. This approach may have also impacted recruitment of participants. The sessions presented short-term interventions and whilst follow-up sessions were offered, many did not take them up. Although the research sample is small and cannot be considered representative, it allows for a valuable insight into the experiences of young people at a particularly challenging time.Practical implicationsUpon receiving our findings and recommendations, the first YJS research site has sought to further embed a relationship-based practice model and greater creative/participatory socially prescribed psychosocial therapeutic interventions, including music groups and spoken word artists to work with children and young people.Originality valueThis research adds to the growing literature base surrounding creative arts-based research with children and young people for their value towards communication, pro-social identity and development.

Type 1 diabetes management: Room for improvement.

Optimal diabetes care and risk factor management are important to delay micro- and macrovascular complications in individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Ongoing improvement of management strategies requires the evaluation of target achievement and identification of risk factors in individuals who do (or do not) achieve these targets. Cross-sectional data were collected from adults with T1D visiting six diabetes centers in the Netherlands in 2018. Targets were defined as glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) <53 mmol/mol, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-c) <2.6 mmoL/L (no cardiovascular disease [CVD] present) or <1.8 mmoL/L (CVD present), or blood pressure (BP) <140/90 mm Hg. Target achievement was compared for individuals with and without CVD. Data from 1737 individuals were included. Mean HbA1c was 63 mmol/mol (7.9%), LDL-c was 2.67 mmoL/L, and BP 131/76 mm Hg. In individuals with CVD, 24%, 33%, and 46% achieved HbA1c, LDL-c, and BP targets respectively. In individuals without CVD these percentages were 29%, 54%, and 77%, respectively. Individuals with CVD did not have any significant risk factors for HbA1c, LDL-c, and BP target achievement. In comparison, individuals without CVD were more likely to achieve glycemic targets if they were men and insulin pump users. Smoking, microvascular complications, and the prescription of lipid-lowering and antihypertensive medication were negatively associated with glycemic target achievement. No characteristics were associated with LDL-c target achievement. Microvascular complications and antihypertensive medication prescription were negatively associated with BP target attainment. Opportunities for improvement of diabetes management exist for the achievement of glycemic, lipid, and BP targets but may differ between individuals with and without CVD.

Innovation in SMEs through the lens of gift exchanges between owner-managers and employees

The purpose of this paper is to understand innovation in SMEs by focusing on the gifts exchanged by both owner-managers and employees. Using the Maussian approach to the gift, as well as the literature on innovation in SMEs, a case study was conducted within an SME. The results show that the logic of the gift is characterized by an implicit request made by the manager, by gifts naturally exchanged between the two parties, and by counter-gifts not returned by the manager, a source of frustration and disengagement.

Key updates to the management of type 2 diabetes in adults: how to embrace and embed the new NICE guidance

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