The Effects of Niacin and Aerobic Exercise in Postmenopausal Women Glucose, Insulin and C-Peptide Profiles

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Innovative business plan for care-recruit: international recruitment of foreign nurses to Denmark

The innovative business plan is developed to solve the rapidly growing problem of shortages of nurses. This thesis focuses on how international recruitment could be a part of the solution. To understand the concept of personnel selection, the literature review discusses personnel selection's underlying factors, thereby recruitment to build up the innovative business plan. Furthermore, the PESTL analysis brings in-deep knowledge about external factors influencing the business plan and outlines market opportunities. The external analysis indicated a massive demand for nurses, a bureaucratic and inefficient process for immigration and validation of education, and Argentina as a country in crisis with young professionals motivated to seek new opportunities. The hosted country comparison showed that Denmark and Argentina culturally had many similarities. Moreover, the competitive analysis pointed out that the recruitment industry is intense, but none was recruiting nurses outside of Scandinavia. The marketing strategy outlines a marketing mix and targeting of candidates and clients. The strategy targets nurses in Argentina and the Regions managing the healthcare industry in Denmark, with direct sales and a clear communication message. Finally, the financial part covered an income- and cash flow statement indicating a relatively high investment to start the Care-Recruit.O plano de negócios inovador é desenvolvido para resolver o problema crescente de da escassez de enfermeiros. Esta tese se concentra em como o recrutamento internacional pode ser uma parte da solução. Para compreender o conceito de seleção de profissionais, a revisão da maca discute os fatores subjacentes à seleção de profissionais, assim, o recrutamento para construir o plano de negócios inovador. Além disso, a análise de pragas traz o conhecimento profundo sobre os fatores externos que influenciam o plano de negócios e delineia as oportunidades de mercado. A análise externa indicou uma demanda massiva por enfermeiros, um processo burocrático e ineficiente de imigração e de validação da educação, e a Argentina é um país em crise com jovens profissionais motivados a buscar novas oportunidades. A comparação dos países hospedados mostrou que a Dinamarca e a Argentina culturalmente tinham muitas semelhanças. Além disso, a análise competitiva apontou que a indústria de recrutamento é intensa, mas nenhuma estava recrutando enfermeiras fora da Escandinávia. A estratégia de marketing descreve um mix de marketing e direcionamento de candidatos e clientes. A estratégia é voltada para enfermeiras na Argentina e nas regiões que gerenciam o setor de saúde na Dinamarca, com vendas diretas e uma mensagem de comunicação clara. Finalmente, a parte financeira cobriu uma demonstração de renda e fluxo de caixa indicando um investimento relativamente alto para iniciar o "Care-Recruit"

Disparities in psychosocial cancer care: a report from the International Federation of Psycho-oncology Societies.

BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to understand the characteristics of the International Federation of Psycho-oncology Societies (FPOS) and possible disparities in providing psychosocial care in countries where psycho-oncology societies exist. METHOD: A survey was conducted among 29 leaders of 28 countries represented within the FPOS by using a questionnaire covering (i) characteristics of the society; (ii) characteristics of the national health care system; (iii) level of implementation of psycho-oncology; and (iv) main problems of psycho-oncology in the country. RESULTS: Twenty-six (90%) FPOS returned the questionnaires. One-third reported to have links with and support from their government, while almost all had links with other scientific societies. The FPOS varied in their composition of members' professions. Psychosocial care provision was covered by state-funded health services in a minority of countries. Disparities between countries arose from different causes and were problematic in some parts of the world (eg, Africa and SE Asia). Elsewhere (eg, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe), austerity policies were reportedly responsible for resource shortages with negative consequences on psychosocial cancer care. Half of FPOS rated themselves to be integrated into mainstream provision of care, although lack of funding was the most common complain. CONCLUSIONS: The development and implementation of psycho-oncology is fragmented and undeveloped, particularly in some parts of the world. More effort is needed at national level by strong coalitions with oncology societies, better national research initiatives, cancer plans, and patient advocacy, as well as by stronger partnership with international organizations (eg, World Health Organization and Union for International Cancer Control)

Identifying potential geothermal reservoirs in Denmark

Concerns about climate change have led to increased interest in geothermal energy as one way of reducing the consumption of fossil fuels and thus limit CO2 emissions. Use of geothermal energy is based on well-established technologies, a high degree of security of supply, and little visual or noise inconvenience. More than one hundred plants have been established in Europe. There is a large potential for using geothermal energy from the Danish subsurface, as first pointed out by Balling (1976). Geothermal energy is highly suitable for district heating systems and is expected to cover a large part of the demand for district heating in the future. Two Danish geothermal plants, the Thisted plant in northern Jylland and the Margretheholm demonstration plant near Copenhagen (Fig. 1), have shown that it is possible to produce large amounts of warm water for district heating. Only 5–10% of the total energy output from the plant is used to extract the heat from the subsurface by pumping warm formation water to the surface and returning it to the subsurface in a closed system. The plants use absorption warmth pumps, which need steam and hence give rise to consumption of (fossil) fuel. Both Danish plants have two wells, a production well and an injection well in which the cooled formation water is returned to the geological reservoir at about 1 km away from the production point, in order to avoid mixing of warm and cold water (Fig. 2). Geothermal energy can also be used for electricity production, but Danish subsurface tem-peratures are currently not believed to be sufficiently high to produce electricity directly

Geothermal energy in Denmark

The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) has for many years been involved with research, advisory and consultancy services concerning the assessment of the geothermal energy potential in Denmark, in close cooperation with private and public partners. The Survey’s particular responsibility has been the development of geological models to describe and predict the distribution of sandstone reservoirs suitable for geothermal exploitation. Danish geothermal resources in known sandstone aquifers are estimated to be sufficient to cover household heating requirements in Denmark for more than a century (Sørensen et al. 1998)

Healthcare Professionals’ Perspective on the Implementation of Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes (ePROs) in Danish Municipalities

A new system for handling electronic patient reported outcomes (ePROs) is being implemented in the Danish municipal health centers. The system, called Kommunal PRO (KPRO), is being implemented to provide dialogue support for healthcare professionals (HCPs) in their conversations with citizens, streamline PRO questionnaires nationwide, and enable the sharing of citizens' responses between municipalities and hospitals. This study examines HPCs’ approaches to and use of KPRO through observations and interviews. Based on the results, we find that the implementation causes changes in work tasks for both HCPs and secretaries. Furthermore, the system may not be applicable to all disease areas within the municipal context. Lastly, the system is incompatible with municipal record systems, leading to duplicated work. To improve the implementation and use of KPRO, these issues must be examined further and considered in future deliberations regarding the system