Intervening at different levels in the organisation: Roles for the occupational health psychologist

Recently we have been investigating a class of nickel-base superalloys which possess substantial room temperature ductility. This improvement in ductility is directly related to improvements in grain boundary strength due to increased boundary cohesion through control of detrimental impurities and improved boundary shear strength by controlled grain boundary micros true tures.For these investigations an experimental nickel-base superalloy was doped with different levels of sulphur impurity. The micros tructure after a heat treatment of 1360°C for 2 hr, 1200°C for 16 hr consists of coherent precipitates of γ’ Ni3(Al,X) in a nickel solid solution matrix.

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Immunoenzymatic demonstration of the simultaneous presence of transferrin, hemopexin and albumin in a same hepatocyte and their ultrastructural localization

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100081309 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 88-89

Author(s):

M. Kraemer ◽

J. Foucrier ◽

J. Vassy ◽

M.T. Chalumeau

Keyword(s):

Plasma Proteins ◽

Rat Hepatocytes ◽

Ultrastructural Localization ◽

Carrier Proteins ◽

Normal Cells ◽

Adult Rat ◽

Adult Rat Hepatocytes ◽

Monospecific Antisera ◽

Different Levels

Some authors using immunofluorescent techniques had already suggested that some hepatocytes are able to synthetize several plasma proteins. In vitro studies on normal cells or on cells issued of murine hepatomas raise the same conclusion. These works could be indications of an hepatocyte functionnal non-specialization, meanwhile the authors never give direct topographic proofs suitable with this hypothesis.The use of immunoenzymatic techniques after obtention of monospecific antisera had seemed to us useful to bring forward a better knowledge of this problem. We have studied three carrier proteins (transferrin = Tf, hemopexin = Hx, albumin = Alb) operating at different levels in iron metabolism by demonstrating and localizing the adult rat hepatocytes involved in their synthesis.Immunological, histological and ultrastructural methods have been described in a previous work.

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Storybook Reading Approach: Outcomes With Two Children With Language and Phonological Impairments Exhibiting Different Levels of Phonological Consistency

Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders ◽

10.1044/cicsd_43_s_1 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 43 (Spring) ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Monica Bellon-Harn ◽

Maggie Credeur-Pampolina

Keyword(s):

Storybook Reading ◽

Phonological Consistency ◽

Different Levels

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Memory Processes, Aging, Cognitive Decline, and Neurodegenerative Diseases

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027/1016-9040.11.4.304 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 304-311 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Lars-Göran Nilsson

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Impairment ◽

Cognitive Decline ◽

Neurodegenerative Disease ◽

Genetic Markers ◽

Brain Activity ◽

Memory Performance ◽

Modeling And Simulations ◽

Aging And Health ◽

Explained Variance ◽

Different Levels

This paper presents four domains of markers that have been found to predict later cognitive impairment and neurodegenerative disease. These four domains are (1) data patterns of memory performance, (2) cardiovascular factors, (3) genetic markers, and (4) brain activity. The critical features of each domain are illustrated with data from the longitudinal Betula Study on memory, aging, and health ( Nilsson et al., 1997 ; Nilsson et al., 2004 ). Up to now, early signs regarding these domains have been examined one by one and it has been found that they are associated with later cognitive impairment and neurodegenerative disease. However, it was also found that each marker accounts for only a very small part of the total variance, implying that single markers should not be used as predictors for cognitive decline or neurodegenerative disease. It is discussed whether modeling and simulations should be used as tools to combine markers at different levels to increase the amount of explained variance.

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