History is also about maps

Supervision Is Also about Addressing the Group Dynamics

An important aspect of the problem based and project organized study at Aalborg University is the supervision of the project groups. At the basic education (first year) it is stated in the curriculum that part of the supervisors’ job is to deal with group dynamics. This is due to the experience that many students are having difficulties with practical issues such as collaboration, communication...

It is not just about occupation, but also about where you work.

OBJECTIVES Dentistry is characterized by a meaningful but also stressful psychosocial working environment. Job satisfaction varies among staff working under different organizational forms. The aim of this study was to identify (i) to what extent crucial psychosocial work environment characteristics differ among occupations in general public dental clinics in Sweden, and (ii) how much of the var...

[Talking about suicide is also talking about life and quality of life].

The article under discussion is the result of extensive nationwide research and manages to touchingly reveal the dramatic situation of elderly individuals who decided to end their own lives by suicide. It is an important contribution to elderly studies, because it offers readers an opportunity to expand their knowledge about why elderly people decide to advance their death. The text places the ...

Is the antibiotic era joint the history?

For the last few years, antibiotic resistance has become one of the major concerns within medical society. On one hand, pathogens have mostly acquired resistance against the major conventional antibiotics used in the treatment of microbial infections. These included even first-line antibiotics, which are critical in the treatment of severe infections. This catastrophic situation has occurred du...

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