Impact of Green HRM Practices on Environmental Performance: The Mediating Role of Green Innovation.

Numerous organizations have faced substantial environmental performance challenges resulting from more than a half-century of worldwide industrialization. Grounded in social learning theory and recourse-based view theory, this study explores environmental performance and its impact on employees and industry outcomes. Drawing on a cross-sectional online survey of 500 full-time employees working in the chemical industry in Lahore, Pakistan.

Sleep and affective disorders in relation to Parkinson's disease risk among older women from the Women's Health Initiative.

Objectives: To evaluate sleep and affective (mood/anxiety) disorders as clinical predictors of incident Parkinson's disease (PD) among women ≥65 years of age.

Methods: We performed secondary analyses with available data from the Women's Health Initiative Clinical Trials and Observational Study linked to Medicare claims. Sleep, mood and anxiety disorders at baseline were defined using diagnostic codes.

Psychotropic medication use and Parkinson's disease risk amongst older women.

Objective: To examine associations of antidepressant, anxiolytic and hypnotic use amongst older women (≥65 years) with incident Parkinson's Disease (PD), using data from Women's Health Initiative linked to Medicare claims.

Methods: PD was defined using self-report, first diagnosis, medications and/or death certificates and psychotropic medications were ascertained at baseline and 3-year follow-up. Cox regression models were constructed to calculate adjusted hazard ratios (aHR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI), controlling for socio-demographic, lifestyle and health characteristics, overall and amongst women diagnosed with depression, anxiety and/or sleep disorders (DASD).

Lifestyle and Cardiovascular Risk Factors Associated With Heart Failure Subtypes in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Survivors.

Background: Breast cancer (BC) survivors experience an increased burden of long-term comorbidities, including heart failure (HF). However, there is limited understanding of the risk for the development of HF subtypes, such as HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), in BC survivors.

Objectives: This study sought to estimate the incidence of HFpEF and HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) in postmenopausal BC survivors and to identify lifestyle and cardiovascular risk factors associated with HF subtypes.

Blood pressure control and glaucoma risk in postmenopausal women: an analysis from the Women's Health Initiative.

Objective: Individuals with elevated systolic blood pressure (BP) or low diastolic BP, whether or not on antihypertensive treatment, may be at higher risk for developing glaucoma. We aimed to investigate BP levels in relation to glaucoma risk in a large cohort of postmenopausal women.

Methods: Prospective follow-up of 101,447 postmenopausal women without prior history of glaucoma enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative Study.

Physical function trends and their association with mortality in postmenopausal women.

Objective: Research is limited regarding the predictive utility of the RAND-36 questionnaire and physical performance tests in relation to all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and total-cancer mortality in older women.

Methods: Data on the RAND-36 questionnaire, gait speed, and chair stand performance were assessed in 5,534 women aged ≥65 years at baseline. A subset (n = 298) had physical function assessments additionally at follow-up (years 1, 3, or 6).

Association of Global Cognitive Function With Psychological Distress and Adherence to Public Health Recommendations During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: The Women's Health Initiative.

Background: The association of cognitive function with symptoms of psychological distress during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic or adherence to COVID-19 protective health behaviors is not well-understood.

Methods: We examined 2 890 older women from the Women's Health Initiative cohort. Prepandemic (ie, within 12 months prior to pandemic onset) and peripandemic global cognitive function scores were assessed with the modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS-m).

Association of tea-drinking habits with the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a prospective cohort study among postmenopausal women.

Although biological evidence suggests that tea consumption may protect against non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), epidemiological evidence has been unclear. The aim of this study was to examine the association between tea-drinking habits and the risk of NHL in a large nationwide prospective cohort of postmenopausal US women. 68 854 women who were enrolled from 1993 through 1998 in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study and responded to year 3 annual follow-up questionnaire comprised the analytic cohort.

Challenging the Subcostal Incision Scar with the Two-staged Abdominoplasty: An Innovative Approach.

Abdominoplasty is a commonly sought-after procedure due to its life-transforming results, but is limited, as in any other operation, by a number of contraindications. One of these contraindications is a subcostal scar, which may jeopardize blood supply to the upper flap of the abdominoplasty, resulting in skin necrosis. Herein, we challenge this dogma by introducing the two-staged abdominoplasty with the utilization of a delayed flap in a 48-year-old multiparous woman presenting with a Kocher incision of open cholecystectomy, with good results and a complication-free course of 3 postoperative months.

The impact of weight change and measures of physical functioning on mortality.

Introduction: Lower grip strength and measures of physical functioning are associated with all-cause mortality. Relationships among long-term weight loss, physical functioning, and mortality in older women are understudied.

Methods: Participants were 5039 women who were part of the Long Life Study (LLS) ancillary study to the Woman's Health Initiative (WHI).

Willingness to Pay for National Health Insurance: A Contingent Valuation Study Among Patients Visiting Public Hospitals in Melaka, Malaysia.

Background: The Malaysian public healthcare system is tax funded, with healthcare costs highly subsidized by the Government. The current health financing is not sustainable to cover all the healthcare resources. Introducing a national health insurance (NHI), a prepayment method, would protect the population from financial hardship by reducing out-of-pocket payment, minimizing the barrier to accessing health and achieving equitable healthcare.

Associations Between Changes in Loneliness and Social Connections, and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Women's Health Initiative.

Background: Older women have faced significant disruptions in social connections during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Whether loneliness increased or whether a change in loneliness from pre- to intrapandemic period was associated with mental health during the pandemic is unknown.

Methods: Older women (n = 27 479; mean age 83.

Correlates of physical activity among older breast cancer survivors: Findings from the Women's Health Initiative LILAC study.

Introduction: Physical activity can attenuate cancer-related declines in physical functioning, improve emotional well-being, and prolong survival among older (≥65 years) breast cancer survivors. However, factors associated with physical activity among older breast cancer survivors are not well-understood.

Materials And Methods: Participants were enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Life and Longevity After Cancer (LILAC) study.

Outcomes of cirrhotic patients admitted to the intensive care unit after a successful cardiac arrest resuscitation.

Objectives: To evaluate the outcomes of cirrhotic patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) following cardiac arrest.

Methods: This was a single centre retrospective study of all the cirrhotic patients, admitted to the ICU at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after a successful cardiac arrest resuscitation, from 1999 to 2017. The characteristics of the hospital survivors and non-survivors were compared.

Innovations and development of Covid-19 vaccines: A patent review.

More than 125 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported globally with rising cases in all countries since the first case was reported. A vaccine is the best measure for the effective prevention and control of COVID-19. There are more than 292 COVID-19 candidates' vaccines being developed as of July 2021 of which 184 are in human preclinical trials.

Recreational Physical Activity, Sitting, and Androgen Metabolism among Postmenopausal Women in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study.

Background: Prolonged sitting and physical inactivity are associated with higher circulating levels of estrogens. It is unknown whether these risk factors are associated with circulating androgens/androgen metabolites, another set of hormones implicated in the etiology of cancers in postmenopausal women.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 1,782 postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study.

From Machiavellianism to Unethical Behavior: A Cross-Level Examination of Cultural Factors.

This study establishes the relationship between a manager's Machiavellian personality and unethical behavior. It also tests the cross-level interaction effects of collectivism and power distance on the relationship between a Machiavellian personality and unethical behavior. The multi-level and multi-source data are collected from 22 public sector organizations from which 202 responses from managers about their personalities, power distance, and collectivism, and 626 subordinates' ratings of the managers' unethical behavior were received and used.

Bioinformatics analysis of rhinovirus capsid proteins VP1-4 sequences for cross-serotype vaccine development.

Background: Rhinoviruses (RV) are associated with the development and exacerbations of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. They've also been linked to more severe diseases like pneumonia, acute bronchiolitis, croup, and otitis media. Because of the hypervariable sequences in the same serotypes, no effective vaccine against rhinoviruses has been developed to date.

Dietary Advanced Glycation End-Products and Mortality after Breast Cancer in the Women's Health Initiative.

Background: Advanced glycation end-products (AGE) are formed through nonenzymatic glycation of free amino groups in proteins or lipid. They are associated with inflammation and oxidative stress, and their accumulation in the body is implicated in chronic disease morbidity and mortality. We examined the association between postdiagnosis dietary N-carboxymethyl-lysine (CML)-AGE intake and mortality among women diagnosed with breast cancer.

Obesity, Height, and Serum Androgen Metabolism among Postmenopausal Women in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study.

Background: Anthropometric measures, including obesity, are important risk factors for breast and endometrial cancers in postmenopausal women. It is unknown whether these risk factors are associated with androgen metabolism, another risk factor for these cancers.

Methods: Using baseline data from 1,765 postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study, we conducted a cross-sectional analysis examining associations between anthropometric measures [current body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), height, and recalled BMI at age 18) and serum androgen metabolites.

Adherence to Recommended Eating Patterns Is Associated With Lower Risk of Peripheral Arterial Disease: Results From the Women's Health Initiative.

The potential role of nutritional factors in the development of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) remains poorly understood. We evaluated multiple recommended eating patterns as reflected by predefined diet quality indices in relation to long-term risk of PAD. We included 138 506 US postmenopausal women in the Women’s Health Initiative who had no known PAD at baseline (1993–1998).

Effects of extended abstinence on cognitive functions in tramadol-dependent patients: A cohort study.

Background: Some pieces of the literature report impaired cognitive functioning in tramadol dependence. Whether extended abstinence improves cognitive functioning or not is not well studied.

Aim: We aimed to measure the change in cognitive functioning following complete abstinence among individuals with tramadol dependence.

Corticosteroid therapy for 2019-nCoV-infected patients: A case series of eight mechanically ventilated patients.

High-dose short-term corticosteroid therapy is effective and produces favorable clinical outcome in patients with severe 2019-nCoV infection who are candidates for mechanical ventilation with close monitor/ing for the adverse effect of corticosteroids.

Rhinoplasty for Hypertrophied Transverse Nasalis Muscle: A Case Report.

Negatively impacting the aesthetics of the face, nasal deformities can be attributed to many congenital or acquired causes, of which muscular hypertrophy is uncustomary. In this article, we narrate a case of a 26-year-old woman with a prominently wide mid-vault, in addition to other abnormalities of the nose. It was thought to originate from soft tissue because it was thick and firm to palpation.