The current study contributes to our understanding of workaholism as a negative construct, and to its measurement by examining the psychometric properties of a short 10-item workaholism scale called DUWAS (Dutch Work Addiction Scale). Confirmatory factor analyses were carried out in a heterogeneous sample of 2,714 employees from the Netherlands (n= 2,164) and Spain (n= 550). The results confirm...

The present study examined the relationship between workload and work satisfaction of personnel working in accommodation and nutrition establishments. The study used a cluster sampling method. Ten accommodation and nutrition establishments were included as a cluster, and the sample group consisted of 340 personnel working at these establishments. “Work satisfaction” and “workload” scales were u...

Most phages form plaques which, when prepared by the agar-layer technique (M. H. Adams, Bacteriophages, Interscience Publishers, Inc., New York, 1959), are sufficiently pronounced to permit their accurate enumeration under appropriate conditions of illumination. Other phages, however, are difficult to detect and enumerate because their plaques are small or excessively turbid, or both. Phage 83,...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the attitude, the practice and the knowledge of pediatricians regarding the management of the infant who cries excessively in the first months of life. METHODS Descriptive cross-sectional study that enrolled pediatricians (n=132) randomly interviewed at a Pediatric meeting in Brazil, in August 2012. The data were collected by a self-administered standardized form after r...