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Polish GDP may increase by as much as 7-8 percent quarter on quarter in the third quarter of 2020, while declining to 2-3 percent throughout the whole of 2020, Head of the Polish Development Fund (PFR) Paweł Borys told public broadcaster TVP Info on Tuesday.

Executives routinely dose their organizations with strategic snake oil: discredited nostrums, partial remedies, or untested management miracle cures. In many cases, the facts about what works are out there—so why don’t managers use them?

Overall, the long-term outcomes of an NRP appear to have benefits to both the organization and the individual.

Using the conservation of resources theory and social exchange theory as our conceptual frameworks, the current study examined how employee surface acting relates to their sabotage to customers through the mediating role of emotional exhaustion and explored the moderating roles of coworker exchange (CWX) and leader-member exchange (LMX). We collected two-wave time-lagged data from 540 clinical nurses and found that emotional exhaustion mediated the positive relationship between surface acting and employee sabotage to customers. In addition, we found that CWX buffered the positive effect of surface acting on emotional exhaustion, while LMX buffered the positive effect of emotional exhaustion on employee sabotage to customers, such that the effects were weaker when CWX and LMX were higher, respectively. These findings shed light on the effect of surface acting on employee harmful behaviors, the potential underlying mechanism, and boundary conditions to mitigate the negative consequences of surface acting.

Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic and high mortality rate among severe or critical COVID-19 is linked with SARS-CoV-2 infection-induced hyperinflammation of the innate and adaptive immune systems and the resulting cytokine storm. ...

Validation of the feasibility and efficacy of volume perfusion computed tomography (VPCT) in the preoperative assessment of cerebral gliomas by applying a 128-slice CT covering the entire tumour.Forty-six patients (25 men, 21 women; mean age 52.8 years) ...

Objective To explore the value of serum procalcitonin( PCT) in guiding the severit,y and antibiotic treatment in elderly patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(AECOPD). Methods Sixty-eight elderly AECOPD patients who received treatment in Seventh People s Hospital, Shanghai University of TCM from Oct 2014 to Oct 2015 were divided into two groups, including 34 patients of control group,34 patients of experimental group. Control group was given antibiotic therapy guided by clinical symptoms, white blood cell(WBC) and C reactive protein(CRP). Experimental group received antibiotic therapy according to the level of serum PCT. The changes of the serm PCT, WBC and CRP,blood gas indicators at different time point, prognosis between two groups were compared. Results From 3rd and 7th day after admission, the serum PCT, WBC, CRP in AECOPD patients were all reduced compared with those at admission. The levels of serum PCT and CRP in experimental group were significantly lower than those in control group( F =6.23,F =4. 23,P 0. 01), while there was no statistically significant difference on the level of WBC at the same time between two groups( F=2. 18, P =0.062). From 3rd day after admission, the levels of pH, PaCO_2, PaO_2, SaO_2, were all improved compared with before treatment, and these indicators in experimental group were significantly better than those in control group( F =8.98,F =5.92, F =1.97, F =4. 29, P 0. 01). Compared with experiential treatment group, the time of hospital stay, time of antibiotics therapy in experimental group was significantly reduced, and the costs of antibiotics also reduced( t =9.33, t =38. 04, t = 11.95, all P 0.01), recurrence rate and mortality were significantly decreased(X~2 = 4. 66,X~2 = 3. 98, P =0. 031.P =0. 047). Conclusion Serum PCT dynamic monitoring can guide and optimize the antibiotic treatment strategy,and improve the disease outcome in elderly patients with AECOPD.

Background Gambling is now a well-recognised public health issue and forms the focus of extensive harm reduction initiatives. Recent developments in policy, practice and technology, such relaxation of regulations, the increasing influence of global gambling corporations, and the development of devices such as mobile phone apps and fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) mean that the landscape is a complex, dynamic, and fast moving one. Gambling is now practiced using new technologies, in various spaces and places, and features in a range of social surroundings. Therefore, research is needed to inform appropriate gambling harm reduction strategies that can respond to this complex domain. Yet, research and policy approaches to the reduction of gambling harm are predominantly framed through psychological and economic models of individual behaviour, addiction, and ‘rational’ action. This is beginning to change, with a growing corpus of socio-cultural approaches to gambling research now emerging. Method In this article, we argue the case of recognising gambling as a social practice, the performance of which draws upon multiple elements such as technology and materials, spaces and places, language and discourse, and structures and agency. We call for a practice theory approach to gambling research that joins efforts to move beyond individual gamblers and their behaviour, to also acknowledge the interaction of multiple elements shaping gambling practices. To achieve this, we suggest that research methods such as visual ethnography can be helpful. Conclusion We set out how a social practice perspective to gambling research can generate different insights and help inform more nuanced and appropriate gambling harm reduction initiatives.

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is an emerging non-invasive neuromodulation technique that serves as treatment tool to neurological disorders. However, the mechanism of how the stimulation modulates ongoing brain activity and connectivity is still not fully understood. Simultaneous ac …

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The aims of this pilot study were to: i) conduct a thorough behavioral and medical evaluation of cats presenting for chronic fabric ingestion; and ii) implement specific treatments for conditions identified and evaluate the outcome of treatment on fabric ingestion. Eight cats which ingested fabric a …

A framework of Human Error Probability (HEP) parameters, which is needed for Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) within a practice of Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) of Nuclear Power Plant is first proposed. Then a laboratory experiment was conducted in order to construct a computer simulation mo …

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