Probabilistic methods allow a first analysis, which leads to a hierarchy, in terms of orders of magnitude: one risk deserves to be taken into account, whereas some others may be neglected. Then, according to the needs, one can go further, and ask for a better knowledge of those which have been kept. In this respect, we realized in 2005 a risk analysis for the French "Commissariat à l'Energie At...

Martha L. P. MacLeod, PhD, RN Judith C. Kulig, DNSc, RN Norma J. Stewart, PhD, RN J. Roger Pitblado, PhD Kathy Banks, MSN, RN Carl D’Arcy, PhD Dorothy Forbes, PhD, RN Ginette Lazure, PhD Ruth Martin-Misener, PhD (c), RN Jennifer Medves, PhD, RN Debra Morgan, PhD, RN Michel Morton, DMin, RN Gail Remus, MN, RN Barbara Smith, MCEd, RN Elizabeth Thomlinson, PhD, RN Carolyn Vogt, MN, RN Lela Zimmer,...

BACKGROUND A union/management system of job evaluation has been in place in the British Columbia (BC) sawmill industry since the late 1960s. This system uses an instrument, very similar to the job content questionnaire (JCQ) to evaluate psychosocial work conditions for sawmill jobs. METHODS Four experienced evaluators, one from the union and three from industry, independently estimated psycho...

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OBJECTIVES To develop a psychometrically valid Patient Preferences Questionnaire for Angina treatment (PPQA). SETTING Seven general practices across England in 2007. SUBJECTS Convenience sample of 383 patients with diagnosed angina. METHOD Postal self-administered questionnaire survey using the full-length PPQA. This comprised 54 items about the three main treatment modalities for angina:...

Stress is a response to change from the norm. Stress affects all individuals to varying degrees and can be positive, such as eustress, or negative, such as distress. The purpose of this qualitative, cross-sectional study was to investigate the stressors of the typical student registered nurse anesthetist (SRNA), with the objective of identifying trends in the perceptions, manifestations, and co...

background: to determine the health needs of people with multiple sclerosis living in the southern derbyshire region of the uk, using a quality of life postal questionnaire. methods : this was a population-based survey using a postal questionnaire comprising the 54-item multiple sclerosis qual­ity of life questionnaire (msqol-54), nottingham extended activities of daily living (adl), and some a...

The aim of the study was to identify heterosomes in the semen of three Romanov rams – carriers of leukocyte chimerism (FISH technique) and to determine the proportions between spermatozoa with X and Y chromosomes. The choice of bovine probes for hybridization with ram heterosomes was dictated by genetic conservatism of bovine and ovine heterosomes. The ratio between spermatozoa with a yellow fl...

The possibility to reprogram somatic human cells will greatly and deeply change genetic approach and allow the development of new tools to study genetics diseases. Indeed, our ability to study human genetic diseases suffers from the lack of valid in vitro models. The latter should (i) be originating from human primary cells, (ii) be able to self-renew for a long time and (iii) be able to differ...