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Incoherent Yet Still Moral? Followers’ Perceptions of Their Leaders’ Integrity
2022
The aim of this study was to broaden the current understanding of leader integrity by applying a social-cognitive process model to leaders’ moral decision-making. Leaders (n = 223) were classified into different integrity styles (informational, normative, or diffuse-avoidant) based on their personal descriptions of how they approach moral questions and make moral decisions at work. We then investigated how followers (n = 963) perceived these leaders’ integrity (moral behavior, behavioral integrity, and consistency) and their leader-member exchange (LMX) quality by using a hierarchical leader-follower sample. Followers evaluated normative leaders to show the highest amount of consistency com…
Logistic procedures in the promotion of agritourism
2018
The article concerns logistic procedures in the promotion of agritourism services used by farmers engaged in agritourism and by agritourism associations, local authorities in municipalities and agricultural advisory centers. On the basis of the literature, various promotional instruments used by rural service providers and by these entities in the communication processes with the market were shown. Logistic aspects concerning planning and implementation of agritourism development were presented, mainly the role of agritourism information and promotional activities in these processes. Farmers providing agritouristic services most often use various forms of promotion. Among them, they use onl…
Oral health-related quality of life of patients after solid organ transplantation is not affected by oral conditions:results of a multicentre cross-s…
2020
Background This multicentre cross-sectional study aimed in examination of oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of patients after solid organ transplantation (SOT). Material and Methods Patients after SOT (liver, lung and heart) at one out of three German centers (Goettingen, Essen, Leipzig) were included. For comparison, a healthy control (HC) was recruited. OHRQoL was assessed by German short form of oral health impact profile (OHIP G14). Oral examination comprised: decayed-, missing- and filled-teeth index (DMF-T), remaining teeth and periodontitis severity. Results In total, 196 patients after SOT and 130 HC with comparable age, gender and smoking habits were included (p>0.05). D…
“Song of Life”: Results of a multicenter randomized trial on the effects of biographical music therapy in palliative care
2021
Background: Awareness for the importance of psychological and spiritual needs in patients with terminal diseases has increased in recent years, but randomized trials on the effects of psychosocial interventions are still rare. Aim: To investigate the efficacy of the “Song of Life” music therapy intervention regarding the emotional and psycho-spiritual dimensions of quality of life. Design: Patients were randomly assigned to either “Song of Life” or a relaxation intervention. “Song of Life” is a novel three-session music therapy intervention working with a biographically meaningful song. Primary outcome was the improvement in psychological quality of life. Secondary outcomes included spiritu…
Risk Stratification by nrTMS Language Mapping
2017
Resecting language-eloquent brain lesions is a major challenge in neurosurgery since we need to weight the risks of worsening the patients’ functional integrity and achieving a maximum safe resection. Although relevant functional brain structures can be identified intraoperatively by direct cortical mapping during awake surgery, a preoperative identification of functional anatomy is recommended in order to gauge surgical risks, evaluate resectability, plan the surgical approach, and identify potential starting points for intraoperative stimulation mapping.
Hydrolytic enzyme activity of Paenibacillus sp. strain B2 and effects of the antagonistic bacterium on cell integrity of two soil-borne pathogenic fu…
2000
Paenibacillus sp. strain B2, isolated from the mycorrhizosphere of Sorghum bicolor and having an antagonistic activity towards soil-borne fungal pathogens, possessed extracellular cellulolytic, proteolytic, chitinolytic and pectinolytic enzyme activities. The eventual role of these lytic enzymes in cellular interactions between Paenibacillus sp. strain B2 and Phytophthora parasitica and Fusariumoxysporum was investigated by electron microscopy and molecular cytology. Electron microscopic observations showed that the presence of Paenibacillus sp. strain B2 resulted in disorganisation of cell walls and/or cell contents of P. parasitica and F. oxysporum. However, when P. parasitica was treated…
CMC is more than a measure of corticospinal tract integrity in acute stroke patients
2021
In healthy subjects, motor cortex activity and electromyographic (EMG) signals from contracting contralateral muscle show coherence in the beta (15-30 Hz) range. Corticomuscular coherence (CMC) is considered a sign of functional coupling between muscle and brain. Based on prior studies, CMC is altered in stroke, but functional significance of this finding has remained unclear. Here, we examined CMC in acute stroke patients and correlated the results with clinical outcome measures and corticospinal tract (CST) integrity estimated with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). During isometric contraction of the extensor carpi radialis muscle, EMG and magnetoencephalographic oscillatory signals were re…
Measuring the perceived value of rural tourism: a field survey in the western Sicilian agritourism sector
2016
Rural tourism constitutes a valuable tool for the sustainable development of many rural areas. This paper examines the concept of perceived value in rural tourism. A quantitative field survey was carried out in some main Western Sicilian holiday farms (agritourisms) during the Spring 2014. A theoretical model of the tourists’ perceived value in this specific context was developed and validated, using a 22-item scale. Using Partial Least Squares Path Modelling a theoretical structural model of the multidimensional structure of the RTPV was tested, assessing intensity and direction of the causal relationships among RTPV and its dimensions. Five dimensions were identified as forming the constr…
Digitāli glabāta informācija kā pierādījumi civilprocesā.
2018
Maģistra darba nosaukums ir “Digitāli glabāta informācija kā pierādījumi civilprocesā”. Tēmas problemātika saistīta ar digitāli glabātas informācijas iekļaušanu rakstveida pierādījumu tvērumā, neņemot vērā tās specifiskās iezīmes. Maģistra darba mērķis ir izpētīt digitālas formas pierādījumu civilprocesā regulējumu un praksi, risināt jautājumu par nepieciešamību izstrādāt detalizētāku regulējumu. Lai sasniegtu izvirzīto mērķi, tiks analizēts digitāli glabātas informācijas jēdziens un būtība, normatīvais regulējums un tiesu prakse. Tāpat tiks salīdzināts Latvijas un ārvalstu regulējums šajā jomā, analizēti novērtēšanas un ticamības aspekti. Darba izstrādes rezultātā tika secināts, ka tiesām …
Renē Magrita sirreālisma stila izpēte vizuālās mākslas stundās 9.klasē
2018
Diplomdarba tēma ir “Renē Magrita sirreālisma stila izpēte vizuālās mākslas stundās 9.klasē”. Diplomdarba tiek atspoguļota mākslinieka Renē Magrita biogrāfija, tiek aprakstīti Magrita mākslas darbi no dažādam pusēm. Balstoties uz mūsdienu aktualitātēm un vizuālās mākslas priekšmeta standarta 1.-9. klasei ir sastādīta uzdevumu kopa pedagoģiskai izmēģinājuma darbībai. Uzdevumu kopā ietver sevī astoņas mācību stundas vizuālajā mākslā. Stundas veidotas ievērojot pakāpenisku pieeju mērķu sasnigšanai: veidot pašportretu, sirreālistiska stilā, izmantojot vienu no vairākiem R. Magrita gleznošanas principiem, jauktā (gleznošanas un asamblāžas) tehnikā. Uzdevumu kopa tika pārbaudīta un realizēta peda…