Little things matter

From little things big things grow: . . .

“Little things matter!” Exploring the perspectives of patients with dementia about the hospital environment

BACKGROUND Recognising demographic changes and importance of the environment in influencing the care experience of patients with dementia, there is a need for developing the knowledge base to improve hospital environments. Involving patients in the development of the hospital environment can be a way to create more responsive services. To date, few studies have involved the direct voice of pati...

Little Things Matter: A Time and Motion Study of Pharmacists' Activities in a Paediatric Hospital

How healthcare providers distribute their time can impact on the quality and safety of care delivered, and this has been widely studied in hospitals providing care to adult patients. Children are different to adults and the workflow of healthcare providers in paediatric settings is largely unknown. The aim of this study was to quantify how clinical pharmacists working in a paediatric hospital s...

It ’ s the Little Things That Matter : An Examination of Knowledge Workers ’ Energy Management

Executive Overview Recently, Pfeffer (2010) called for a better understanding of the human dimension of sustainability. Responding to this call, we explore how individuals sustain an important human resource—their own energy—at work. Specifically, we focus on strategies that employees use at work to sustain their energy. Our findings show that the most commonly used strategies (e.g., switching ...

Little Things that Count in Transcriptional Regulation

Although the NF-kappaB transcription factor tolerates significant sequence variations in its DNA binding site, NF-kappaB sites show remarkable evolutionary stability. In this issue of Cell, demonstrate that a single nucleotide change in an NF-kappaB binding site changes the dependence of the promoter on a specific coactivator without affecting NF-kappaB binding. These data suggest that binding ...