While in every organization corporate culture and history change over time, intentional efforts to identify performance problems are of particular interest when trying to understand the current state of an organization. The results of past improvement initiatives can shed light on the evolution of an organization, and represent, with the advantage of perfect hindsight, a learning opportunity fo...

The contrast between self- and other-produced tickles, as a special case of sensory attenuation for self-produced actions, has long been a target of empirical research. While in standard wake states it is nearly impossible to tickle oneself, there are interesting exceptions. Notably, participants awakened from REM (rapid eye movement-) sleep dreams are able to tickle themselves. So far, however...

For many years the coordination of surveys in Australia has been encouraged through the placement and connection to the growing network of survey marks (SMs) in each state. The connection of cadastral surveys to the survey mark infrastructure has facilitated the improvement and maintenance of other spatial databases such as the Digital Cadastral Data Bases (DCDB’s). These networks of survey mar...

A course on food safety for nutritionists has been developed in Indonesia through collaboration between government, industry, academia and international agencies. By teaching the basic principles of the subject it equips the participants to recommend foods that are safe as well as nutritious.

Novel ways to intervene on brain function raise questions about agency and responsibility. Here, I discuss whether direct brain interventions, and in particular, deep brain stimulation, pose a threat to agency in individual cases, or to our general conceptualization of what it is to be a responsible agent. While I do not currently see evidence that these interventions constitute a global challe...

The health crisis in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) presents enormous challenges to the public health workforce, which is ill equipped to respond. Since the fate of SSA is central to the health and well-being of all regions, a long-term effort is now required to strengthen the public health workforce in SSA. This will require major support from national governments and a wide variety of international...

We propose transaction cost economics theory as a tool for exploring when school administrators rely on information from two types of sources: internal sources like their own colleagues, and external sources like researchers and government agencies. The theory’s application is illustrated in a comparative case study of two public school districts in Michigan. Consistent with the theory’s predic...

T H E ATTAINMENT of the highest possible level of hea l th by all the people of the world is the challenging objective of the new World Heal th Organization, whose constitution was signed on July 2 2 , 1946 , by representatives of 6 1 nations. This organization, established by the Internat ional Health Conference held in New York City, is the first fully empowered international agency in public...

Historically, there have been five sources for information about the need for immunization: family physicians and other health professionals, public health units, government health bodies, voluntary health agencies and pharmaceutical companies. When these bodies have had the opportunity to present their message directly to parents and others, it has produced results: more children are vaccinate...

The Continuous Work History Sample (CWHS) is the oldest major continuous longitudinal sample data source in the Federal statistical system. It was developed to fulfill the need for statistics to be used in planning and operating the old-age insurance system established by the Soda1 Security Act of 1935. This Act led to the establishment of one of the most extensive sets of administrative record...