Effects of gaps in priorities between ideal and real lives on psychological burnout among academic faculty members at a medical university in Japan: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Accumulating evidence from medical workforce research indicates that poor work/life balance and increased work/home conflict induce psychological distress. In this study we aim to examine the existence of a priority gap between ideal and real lives, and its association with psychological burnout among academic professionals.

Methods: This cross-sectional survey, conducted in 2014, included faculty members (228 men, 102 women) at a single medical university in Tokyo, Japan.

Organizational climate with gender equity and burnout among university academics in Japan.

We investigated relationships between the perception of organizational climate with gender equity and psychological health among 94 women and 211 men in a Japanese private university in 2015 using the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (i.e., personal, work-related and student-related burnout).

Solution-processed bulk-heterojunction solar cells containing self-organized disk-shaped donors.

Two molecular disks 1 and 2 composed of a central pyrene core, four oligothiopenes, and peripheral alkyl chains were synthesized and characterized with respect to optical and redox properties in solution and in solid films. It was found that the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy levels of 1 and 2 were ideal for achieving efficient electron transfer to fullerene derivatives PC₆₀BM and PC₇₀BM, and that 1 and 2 can function as electron donor components in solution-processed bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells. Disk-shaped molecules 1 and 2 organized ordered structures through intermolecular π-π interactions as monitored by temperature-controlled polarized optical microscope (TPOM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and powder X-ray diffraction (XRD).