A figurational approach to environmental sustainability in the context of sport.

Discourses around environmental sustainability and climate change are increasingly prominent in the sports sector, with a growing range of sports organisations developing policies to address these issues. This paper contends that figurational (or process) sociology can offer a useful framework for examining the development of policy as a process in the context of sport and, specifically, mega-events. The Olympic Games serve as an example for purposes of contextualisation, illustrating four interconnected dimensions of figurational sociology: lengthening chains of interdependence, established-outsider power relations, internalisation of social values, and unintended consequences.

Infrared thermography as a diagnostic tool to detect cranial cruciate ligament deficiency in dogs.

Cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) disease is the leading cause of canine lameness. Diagnosis is based on physical examination and diagnostic imaging findings. Limitations of diagnostic modalities, including patient temperament, cost, availability, and need for general anesthesia, preclude their use for many patients.

Development and validation of the Body Compassion Questionnaire.

Background: The associations between compassion, self-compassion, and body image are well established. However, there is not yet a compassion-informed measure of that can be applied to any aspect of one's body.

Method: Items for The Body Compassion Questionnaire (BCQ) were derived from an earlier expressive writing study on self-compassion in body image.

Perinatal HIV transmission and pregnancy outcomes in indigenous women in Western Australia.

Background: Implementation of obstetric and neonatal interventions has reduced mother to child transmission of HIV. Health outcomes for Aboriginal people are often worse than for non-Aboriginal people; was this the case for HIV infection in pregnancy?

Aims: To compare the management and outcomes of pregnancy in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal HIV-positive women in Western Australia (WA).

Methods: A retrospective study of all pregnancies delivered in WA to HIV-infected women from 1991 until 2005.

A journey, not an event - implementation of shared governance in a NHS trust.

This article describes the implementation of a trust-wide shared governance structure in Barts and The London National Health Service Trust in the United Kingdom. Barts and The London is a large teaching trust, employing over 6,500 staff. The implementation process is described in detail and is followed by details of the current shared governance structure, an overview of the evaluation of the structure, and the objectives of each of the four nursing teams: the Quality, Management, Education, and Clinical Practice Teams.