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Campler, Magnus R., Monique D. Pairis-Garcia, Jean-Loup Rault, Grahame Coleman, and Andreia G. Arruda. "Caretaker attitudes toward swine euthanasia1." Translational Animal Science 2, no. 3 (July 25, 2018): 254–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tas/txy015.

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Abstract Timely euthanasia is a fundamental part of safeguarding swine welfare by reducing suffering when compromised pigs are unable to recover. The quality and appropriateness of timely euthanasia rely mainly on the knowledge and experience of the individual caretaker but may also be affected by caretaker attitudes toward euthanasia. However, literature on caretaker attitudes toward swine euthanasia is lacking. This study investigated caretaker attitudes, perceived knowledge, and confidence in performing on-farm timely euthanasia. A total of 84 caretakers from eight swine farms (ranging in size from 1,300 to 7,000 sows) participated in a survey designed to investigate attitudes toward swine and swine euthanasia. Caretaker’s ages ranged from 18 to 59 yr with an average work experience of 8.5 yr. The majority of participants worked in either farrowing or breeding units. Survey questions were designed to assess caretakers’ attitudes and attributes (empathy affect, empathy attribution, attitudes toward pigs, feeling bad about euthanizing pigs, and assumptions about pigs’ emotional capabilities), decision-making skills (confidence in identifying compromised pigs or relying on coworkers to make decisions), and euthanasia skillset (confidence in performing euthanasia, training, and perceived level of knowledge). Using cluster analysis to analyze survey answers, three distinct groups of caretakers were identified: 1) confident and empathetic; 2) Confident, knowledgeable, and detached; and 3) unconfident and lacking knowledge. The survey results showed that empathy attribution was strongly correlated with empathy affect (r = 0.571, P < 0.01) and that empathy affect and empathy attribution were higher in female caretakers compared with male caretakers (P < 0.05). A risk analysis that included previously identified clusters showed that females were more likely to be grouped among caretakers that were confident and empathetic (P = 0.04), and caretakers with more than 2 yr of swine experience were more likely to be grouped as confident and skilled (P = 0.01), while the unconfident and empathetic were more likely to have had less than 2 yr of experience (P = 0.04). This study provides important information about variability in caretaker experience as well as their attitudes toward pigs and timely euthanasia. Increased knowledge about swine caretaker attitudes may be used to implement training and euthanasia protocols to increase both human and pig welfare on farm.

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Hassoun, Ameer, Nishant Prasad, Suzanne Pugh, Indira Merced, Joseph Abularrage, and Manish Sharma. "Parental Coronavirus Disease 2019 Testing of Hospitalized Children: Rethinking Infection Control in a Pandemic." Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 9, no. 5 (August 28, 2020): 564–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piaa103.

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Abstract Background Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses a challenge to infection control within hospital systems. Asymptomatic children and their caretakers carry the risk of silently spreading infection in pediatric emergency departments and hospital units. Our current knowledge is evolving, and infection control measures are frequently changing depending on new emerging data. Methods We conducted a point-prevalence study to assess SARS-CoV-2 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR) results of hospitalized children, their asymptomatic caretakers, and caretaker-child test concordance at a major community hospital in New York City. We screened Children and caretakers with temperature measurements and the presence of COVID-19 symptoms before pediatric emergency department evaluation. Children requiring hospitalization and their caretakers had nasopharyngeal swabs for SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR. The paired results are used to identify the infection control level at the appropriate pediatric unit. Results Forty consecutive asymptomatic caretaker-child pairs had SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR testing between May 28th to June 22nd, 2020. The rate of asymptomatic COVID-19 was 2.5% in hospitalized children and 7.5% in caretakers. The caretaker-child SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR test concordance was evident in 95% of the cohort. Conclusion This cohort had a low asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 PCR positive rate in children and their caretakers with a high concordance rate of paired test results. It suggests that children’s SARS-CoV-2 PCR test result will likely correspond to their accompanying caretaker at healthcare facilities where admission screening is performed.

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Kaczmarczyk, Lech. "Constructive Empathizing – Educational Competence in the Light of Child’s Play." ETHICS IN PROGRESS 4, no. 1 (February 1, 2013): 82–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/eip.2013.1.6.

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Pre-school play is an important moment in a child’s development. Caretakers play an important role during play. This article presents a structure of educational competence called “constructive empathizing” or “invitingaccompanying competence”. A caretaker’s special task during child’s play is conversion between the third-person knowledge and a subjective, autotelic interaction. The caretaker’s constructive empathizing during a child’s play determines the child’s social and moral development, it helps the child to turn play into work, as a sign of higher spontaneous understanding of cultural norms standing behind cultural correctness actions. Finally, it is evidence of dynamic interaction between abstract-concrete thinking, with the child learning from the caretaker.

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Setorglo, Jacob, Moses K. Klevor, Philip Narteh Gorleku, Mirabel Asomboya, Kingsley Kwadwo AsarePereko, Austin Gideon Adobasom-Anane, and Matilda Steiner-Asiedu. "Mothers/Caregivers Age and Family Structure Predicted Knowledge on Recommended Nutrition Practices for Children under 5 Years." Research in Health Science 4, no. 4 (December 3, 2019): p394. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/rhs.v4n4p394.

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Introduction: There are recommendations regarding infant and young child feeding and when followed children’s growth are optimum. These feeding practices are age definitive, starting from exclusive breastfeeding, to the transition of the child to complementary foods. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess factors that determine nutritional knowledge among mothers/caretaker regarding children under five years. Methods: A cross sectional study design employing quantitative methods was chosen for this study. The study population comprised 285 caregivers and their children aged of 6 and 59 months. Respondents were chosen randomly from four hard-to-reach communities and two peri-urban communities within three sub-municipalities, who lived in and accessed child welfare services during the study period. Face-to-face interviews were used to collect background and nutritional knowledge data from the respondents. Maternal/caretaker knowledge on recommended nutritional practice was split into two with scores were greater than 7 out of the 13 knowledge items was considered as good. STATA version 14 was used to analyze data and statistical significance determine at 95% confidence interval.Results: The average age of the children under 5 years and their mothers/caretakers were 32 months and 29 years respectively. About 73% had nuclear family structure. Results of Chi square and Fisher’s exact tests for association indicated that, mother’s/caretaker’s age (p<0.001), family structure (p=0.010) and access to media information (p<0.001) were significantly associated with mother’s good nutritional knowledge on recommended practices. Mothers/caretakers age (OR=0.17; 95%CI: (0.70-0.43); family structure (OR=0.30; 95% CI (0.11-0.78) and access to media (AOR=5.12; 95% (2.46-10.69) predicted mothers nutritional knowledge. Conclusions: Maternal/caretaker factors predicted nutritional knowledge when feeding a child in both peri-urban and rural areas. These factors should be considered when promoting child nutrition.

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Moglia, Greg. "Caretaker." Chest 138, no. 4 (October 2010): 1018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1378/chest.09-2471.

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Mazhar, Mahpara, Faisal Rashid Khan, Asad Tamizuddin Nizami, and Sadia Yasir. "Assessment of parent/ caretaker satisfaction with child and adolescent mental health services in a tertiary care setting." Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College 25, no. 2 (June 30, 2021): 152–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.37939/jrmc.v25i2.1217.

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BACKGROUND: Assessment of parent/caretaker satisfaction with child and adolescent mental health services in a tertiary care setting METHODS: In this descriptive cross sectional study, 130 parents/caretakers of children aged ≤ 16 years were administered Parent/Caretaker Satisfaction Questionnaire which is a 20-item, 4-point Likert type scale, after their second visit/consultation with Child Psychiatric OPD via non-probability consecutive sampling directly as well as telephonically during six months period. Demographic variables were collected via Proforma. The data was analyzed using SPSS v 16.0. p- value <0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS: 73.1% (n=95) were very satisfied (satisfaction level>60), 24.6 %(n=32) were satisfied (satisfaction between 21-60) and only 2.3%(n=3) were unsatisfied (satisfaction ≤20). No significant association was found between demographic variables and level of satisfaction. CONCLUSION: Our study revealed a high level of parent/caretaker satisfaction with Child and Adolescent mental health services in a tertiary care setting. No significant association was found between socio-demographic variables and parent/caretakers’ satisfaction. KEY WORDS: Patient satisfaction, Quality of health care, Child Psychiatry, Mental health services

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Kermoian, Rosanne, and P. Herbert Leiderman. "Infant Attachment to Mother and Child Caretaker in an East African Community." International Journal of Behavioral Development 9, no. 4 (December 1986): 455–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016502548600900404.

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Child rearing among the Gusii of Kenya is distinctive in that (a) infants are routinely cared for by both mothers and child caretakers, and (b) infant-mother interaction is primarily limited to activities which provide for the infant's physical needs, whereas infant-caretaker interaction is primarily limited to play and social activities. In this study a separation/reunion paradigm and Ainsworth classification procedures were used to assess security of attachment in a sample of Gusii infants 8 to 27 months of age. The proportion of infants classified as securely attached to mother and caretaker was 61% and 54%, respectively. Although the establishment of a secure relationship was not affected by differences between infant-mother and infant-caretaker activities, correlates of attachment security were specific to each. Whereas attachment to mother was related to nutritional status, attachment to the caretaker was related to Bayley MDI performance. These findings suggest that the pervasive association between security of attachment and infant functioning in American studies is a reflection of the diversity of activities in which infants and mothers engage.

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Akin, Ella E., Anna K. Johnson, Cassandra Jass, Jason W. Ross, Suzanne T. Millman, John Stinn, and Kenneth J. Stalder. "PSII-13 Providing on-farm handling tools to move grow-finish pig cadavers." Journal of Animal Science 97, Supplement_2 (July 2019): 232. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jas/skz122.408.

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Abstract During the grow-finish phase of production some pigs become non-ambulatory and/or die requiring the need to provide caretakers with handling tools to move them safely. The goal of this study was to identify handling tools suitable for moving non-ambulatory grow-finish pig cadavers. Five caretakers on a commercial grow-finish site were asked to move three commercial crossbred (PIC) genetic line pig cadavers (59 kg, 91 kg and 98 kg), using three handling tools (sked - SKED; deer sled - SLED; modified deer sled - MDS). Outcomes included latency to move cadaver from home-pen to hospital pen, differences in caretaker heart rate (bpm) and oxygen saturation (%), and caretakers’ subjective effort score (1 = very difficult to 5 = very easy). Data were analyzed using mixed model methods for parametric data with fixed effects of caretaker, cadaver and handling tool. PDIFF was used to separate means. Caretakers differed for latency, heart rate and oxygen saturation difference (P < 0.01). The smallest cadaver was associated with shortest latency (P < 0.01) and least caretaker oxygen saturation difference (P < 0.001). The MDS was associated with shortest latency (P < 0.01), and lower heart rate differences than the SKED (P = 0.01). Oxygen saturation did not differ for handling tool. Interestingly, caretakers scored SKED and SLED as easiest for moving all cadavers. In conclusion, the MDS did not have any restraints, so when moving the cadavers they would slide off, and legs and heads became impeded in the alley gates preventing smooth transition. Therefore, the SKED and SLED would be recommended as practical handling tools to move grow-finish pig cadavers on-farm.

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Williams, Phillip B. "The Caretaker." Meridians 11, no. 2 (March 1, 2013): 205. http://dx.doi.org/10.2979/meridians.11.2.205.

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Mogelson, Luke. "The Caretaker." Missouri Review 34, no. 4 (2011): 110–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/mis.2011.0094.

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Druss, Richard G. "The Caretaker." American Journal of Psychiatry 161, no. 8 (August 2004): 1367–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.8.1367.

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Bonin-Rodriguez, Paul, and Steve Bailey. "Memory's caretaker." Text and Performance Quarterly 24, no. 2 (April 2004): 161–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1046293042000288371.

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Jones, Stephen Graham. "The Caretaker." English Language Notes 47, no. 2 (September 1, 2009): 109–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00138282-47.2.109.

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Makhene, Magogodi oaMphela. "The Caretaker." Ploughshares 42, no. 4 (2016): 73–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/plo.2016.0142.

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Jędrejek, Grzegorz. "WYNAGRODZENIE DOZORCY RZECZY RUCHOMYCH W POSTĘPOWANIU EGZEKUCYJNYM." Zeszyty Prawnicze 14, no. 2 (December 7, 2016): 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.21697/zp.2014.14.2.03.

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THE CARETAKER’S FEE FOR THE CUSTODY OF MOVABLES IN FORECLOSURESummaryIn compliance with the relevant Polish provisions, movables impounded by a bailiff are to be left in the custody of the person with whom they were found. In Article 855 of the Polish Code of Civil Procedure the legislator recognises the bailiff’s option to put impounded movables in the custody of another person, includinga creditor, who then performs the duties of caretaker of the impoundedmovables. The aim of this article is to present issues related to thecaretaker’s fee in foreclosure proceedings. When a movable item isentrusted to the custody of a third party a regulatory relation in publiclaw arises between the bailiff and the caretaker. The caretaker’s fee ispart of the costs of repossession, and are payable in the foreclosureproceedings. The costs of repossession, including the caretaker’s fee, may not be claimed in separate proceedings.

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Acevedo, Victoria Eugenia, and Pilar Hernandez-Wolfe. "Community Mothers and Vicarious Resilience: An Exploration in a Colombian Community." Journal of Humanistic Psychology 60, no. 3 (June 29, 2017): 365–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022167817717840.

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This study explores vicarious resilience process in early childhood education. It addresses the question of how low-income community mothers who are involved in child care and education for other low-income working caretakers are affected by the children’s resilience. It focuses on the women’s interpretations of the children and caretaker stories’ experiences and stories, and how they make sense of the impact these experiences and stories have on their lives. Twenty-one semistructured interviews were conducted with community mothers who work in the Hogares Comunitarios de Bienestar Program (Wellness Community Homes), of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare in Cali, Colombia; their perceptions of the children and caretaker’s overcoming adversity were explored. Data were analyzed through grounded theory and Consensual Qualitative Research methodology to describe the themes that speak about the effects of witnessing how children and caretakers constructively overcame adversity. These themes are discussed to advance the concept of vicarious resilience and how it can contribute to sustaining and empowering educational endeavors, community leadership, and family life in the context of poverty, adversity, and potential trauma.

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Román-Muñiz, Ivette Noami, Mary Caitlin Cramer, Lily N. Edwards-Callaway, Lorann Stallones, Elizabeth Kim, Sofia Thompson, Hailey Simpson, and Sage Mijares. "Dairy Caretaker Perspectives on Performing Euthanasia as an Essential Component of Their Job." Animals 11, no. 2 (January 24, 2021): 289. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11020289.

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The objectives of this study were to identify caretakers’ perceptions and stressors related to performing on-farm euthanasia as well as potential ideas for intervention strategies to alleviate negative effects of performing euthanasia on caretaker well-being. Additionally, we aimed to determine how euthanasia methods, procedures, and training correlate with dairy caretakers’ attitudes toward performing on-farm euthanasia and their job satisfaction and sense of well-being. Thirty-eight dairy caretakers (19 workers, 15 supervisors, 3 owners, 1 veterinarian) participated in focus groups or interviews conducted and recorded on five Northern Colorado dairies. Thematic analysis of focus group and interview transcripts revealed seven recurring themes. Variation in available training and euthanasia protocols among dairy farms was evident. There was a lack of awareness regarding available mental health resources and little communication between farm personnel about euthanasia-related stress. Training was correlated with caretaker knowledge about euthanasia procedures and the language used to refer to euthanasia. Human-animal bonds and empathy toward animals were evident in participants regardless of training, job position, or dairy experience. Interventions such as training programs, mental health resources, and other support systems should be tested for effectiveness in addressing euthanasia-related stressors, improving euthanasia decision-making and practice, and increasing animal wellbeing on dairy farms.

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Barbanell, Lester H. "The Selfless Caretaker." Psychotherapy Patient 2, no. 2 (April 21, 1986): 105–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j358v02n02_14.

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Boston, Jonathan, Stephen Levine, Elizabeth McLeay, Nigel S. Roberts, and Hannah Schmidt. "Caretaker Government and the Evolution of Caretaker Conventions in New Zealand." Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 28, no. 4 (August 3, 1998): 629. http://dx.doi.org/10.26686/vuwlr.v28i4.6057.

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Since the financial crisis immediately following the 1984 general election, various efforts have been made to clarify the role and responsibilities of caretaker governments in New Zealand. The need to do so was given added urgency as a result of the referendum in 1993 in favour of proportional representation. This article examines the recent evolution of New Zealand's caretaker conventions and assesses their application following the first MMP election in late 1996. The article begins with a brief description of caretaker conventions in other parliamentary democracies. It then considers the operation of the caretaker conventions in New Zealand under the previous first-past-the-post electoral system, and discusses the measures taken in the early-to-mid 1990s to clarify these conventions in preparation for MMP. Having evaluated the conduct of government during the lengthy interregnum in late 1996, the article concludes with an analysis of some of the continuing policy issues generated by caretaker governments and outlines possible ways of reducing the frequency and duration of caretaker periods.

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Shaftel, A. "DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IN PRESERVATION OF BUDDIST MONASTERY TREASURES." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-2/W5 (August 21, 2017): 649–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-2-w5-649-2017.

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Treasure Caretaker Training (Digital Monastery Project), teaches Buddhist monks, nuns and community cultural caretakers to protect and preserve their own monastery sacred art treasures. Participants learn to create digital inventories by use of their own mobile phones. Included in this documentation is the video interview of elders who hold the oral history of many of the treasures. Risk assessment and disaster mitigation are taught.

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Mwanga-Amumpaire, Juliet, Joan Nakayaga Kalyango, Grace Ndeezi, Joseph Rujumba, Judith Owokuhaisa, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg, Tobias Alfvén, Celestino Obua, and Karin Källander. "A Qualitative Exploration of the Referral Process of Children with Common Infections from Private Low-Level Health Facilities in Western Uganda." Children 8, no. 11 (November 2, 2021): 996. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8110996.

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Over 50% of sick children are treated by private primary-level facilities, but data on patient referral processes from such facilities are limited. We explored the perspectives of healthcare providers and child caretakers on the referral process of children with common childhood infections from private low-level health facilities in Mbarara District. We carried out 43 in-depth interviews with health workers and caretakers of sick children, purposively selected from 30 facilities, until data saturation was achieved. The issues discussed included the process of referral, challenges in referral completion and ways to improve the process. We used thematic analysis, using a combined deductive/inductive approach. The reasons for where and how to refer were shaped by the patients’ clinical characteristics, the caretakers’ ability to pay and health workers’ perceptions. Caretaker non-adherence to referral and inadequate communication between health facilities were the major challenges to the referral process. Suggestions for improving referrals were hinged on procedures to promote caretaker adherence to referral, including reducing waiting time and minimising the expenses incurred by caretakers. We recommend that triage at referral facilities should be improved and that health workers in low-level private health facilities (LLPHFs) should routinely be included in the capacity-building trainings organised by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and in workshops to disseminate health policies and national healthcare guidelines. Further research should be done on the effect of improving communication between LLPHFs and referral health facilities by affordable means, such as telephone, and the impact of community initiatives, such as transport vouchers, on promoting adherence to referral for sick children.

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Curcio, M. Joan, Alison E. Kenny, Sharon Moore, David J. Garfinkel, Matthew Weintraub, Eric R. Gamache, and Derek T. Scholes. "S-Phase Checkpoint Pathways Stimulate the Mobility of the Retrovirus-Like Transposon Ty1." Molecular and Cellular Biology 27, no. 24 (October 8, 2007): 8874–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mcb.01095-07.

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ABSTRACT The mobility of the Ty1 retrotransposon in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is restricted by a large collection of proteins that preserve the integrity of the genome during replication. Several of these repressors of Ty1 transposition (Rtt)/genome caretakers are orthologs of mammalian retroviral restriction factors. In rtt/genome caretaker mutants, levels of Ty1 cDNA and mobility are increased; however, the mechanisms underlying Ty1 hypermobility in most rtt mutants are poorly characterized. Here, we show that either or both of two S-phase checkpoint pathways, the replication stress pathway and the DNA damage pathway, partially or strongly stimulate Ty1 mobility in 19 rtt/genome caretaker mutants. In contrast, neither checkpoint pathway is required for Ty1 hypermobility in two rtt mutants that are competent for genome maintenance. In rtt101Δ mutants, hypermobility is stimulated through the DNA damage pathway components Rad9, Rad24, Mec1, Rad53, and Dun1 but not Chk1. We provide evidence that Ty1 cDNA is not the direct target of the DNA damage pathway in rtt101Δ mutants; instead, levels of Ty1 integrase and reverse transcriptase proteins, as well as reverse transcriptase activity, are significantly elevated. We propose that DNA lesions created in the absence of Rtt/genome caretakers trigger S-phase checkpoint pathways to stimulate Ty1 reverse transcriptase activity.

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Macdonald, Georgina. "Care giver or caretaker?" Nursing Standard 1, no. 3 (September 23, 1987): 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/ns.1.3.47.s90.

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Abdullah, Siti Ai'syah, Salmi Ab razak, Mohamad Saiful Bahri Yusoff, Azizah Othman, Nor Azni Yahaya, and Norsarwany Mohamad. "Burnout and Stressor-Related Factors among Caretaker of Children with Chronic Neurological Illness." Malaysian Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 27, no. 2 (August 24, 2021): 7–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.51407/mjpch.v27i2.140.

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Objective: Caring for children with neurological conditions is challenging. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of burnout and its associated factors among caretakers of children with chronic neurological illness. Method: This cross-sectional study involved 18 years or older caretakers of children with neurological illness for more than 3 months duration. They were recruited from Paediatric Neurology outpatient clinics over a period of 3 months from July to October 2019 at a general hospital in the state of Kelantan, Malaysia. Each caretaker was given a set of questionnaires that included General Stressor Questionnaire (GSQ) which was translated into Malay version ‘Soal Selidik Umum (SSU)’, Copenhagen Burnout Inventory-Malay version (CBI-M) and Demographic Information Form. Results: Overall, only 20 caretakers had mean score of 50 or higher in all component in CBI-M, making the prevalence of total burnout among the caretakers of 8.3% (95% CI = 5.2%, 12.6%). Personal burnout involved 78 caretakers (32.5%, 95% CI = 26.6%, 38.8%), 42 caretakers with client-related burnout (17.5%, 95% CI = 12.9%, 22.9%) and 11 caretakers had work-related burnout (4.6%, 95% CI = 2.3%, 8.1%). Most common stressors were performance pressure, work-family conflict and poor job prospects. Multiple logistic regression analyses showed that family stressors, types of children’s neurological illness and number of household occupants were associated with personal burnout, client-related burnout and total burnout in their caretakers. Conclusions: Prevalence of total burnout among the caretakers was low, but personal burnout was prominent. Caretakers of children with genetic illness, cerebral palsy and autism had higher prevalence of burnout compared to other chronic neurological illness.

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Slater, Michael. "Can One Be a Critical Caretaker?" Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 19, no. 3-4 (2007): 332–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157006807x243098.

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AbstractThere is a movement in the field of religious studies today which questions whether scholars of religion should have any interest in questions regarding the truth and value of religion. In this paper I critically examine the views of one of its leading figures, Russell T. McCutcheon, and argue that his views on the nature and study of religion are problematic in several key respects. Specifically, I argue that McCutcheon's basic methodological and theoretical claims are untenable, as is his well known distinction between "critics" and "caretakers" of religion. Having called into question McCutcheon's claim that being a critical scholar of religion is incompatible with being a "caretaker" of religion, I conclude with a brief reflection on his corollary claim that there are (or should be) "discursive constraints" on inquiry in public institutions of higher learning.

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Rasquinha, Shwetha, and Rameela Shekhar. "FAMILY INTERVENTIONS TO DEAL WITH PSYCHO SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF CARETAKERS OF PERSONS LIVING WITH CANCER – CASE STUDY." International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH 9, no. 9 (September 30, 2021): 88–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v9.i9.2021.4256.

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Family has a central role at the time of crisis. When an individual suffers with terminal illness like Cancer it definitely becomes more supportive. But in a crisisful situation like such, the family requires supportive interventions. This article presents a case study of primary caretaker of a cancer patient who undergoes severe psycho social challenges. Aim of this paper is to highlight the need and effectiveness of family intervention by Medical Social Worker through a case study. Psycho education to family, team work, utilizing the resources has shown remarkable results in reducing the psycho social problems of caretaker. Family environment plays a very significant role in psycho social support of its members. Positive environment and family socialization experiences enhances one’s ability to cope with stress and anxiety. Hence family interventions for caretakers of persons living with cancer can support both care givers and patients. Multidisciplinary approach in cancer care is the need of the hour. It can build a proper support mechanism for the person suffering from cancer and his family. The most important implication of the current study is the unveiling of the need for Medical Social Workers in oncology settings and the interventions they can deliver. A professionally trained medical Social Worker, equipped with psycho social skills to work with caretakers, patients and their families can be a effective oncology Social Worker

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Joyce Mbaebie, Joyce Mbaebie. "Caretaker Committee and Performance of Local Government Council in Anambra State." UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities 21, no. 4 (May 19, 2021): 1–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ujah.v21i4.1.

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The study focused on the caretaker committee and performance of local Government Council in Nigeria: A study of Anambra State 2008 - 2013. In Nigeria federal structure, the three levels of government have legislative responsibility for various services and functions. The fourth schedule of the constitution outlines the functions and responsibilities of local government. The objective of the study is to: determine if the imposition of the caretaker committee system is a constitutional provision of the local government system in Nigeria especially Anambra State; to determine if the adoption of the caretaker committee by the state government affected the capacity of local government to perform its functions. The theoretical framework adopted focused on structural functional theory propounded by Gabriel Almond and J.S. Coleman in 1960. The study adopted descriptive research design and relied heavily on both primary and secondary data. Questionnaire was the major instrument for data collection and data were analyzed by the use of mean. Based on the data analysis, the following findings were made: the imposition of the caretaker committee system by state government to local governments is unconstitutional, the adoption of the caretaker committee by state government endangered the local government system capacity to perform its constitutional function. The study recommended amongst others that the use of or appointment of local government caretaker committee should be condemned, caretaker committee should be made to spend only three months to allow for a constitutionally elected local government executive. Keywords: Local Government, Caretaker, Committee, Grassroots, Performance.

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Cook, Jan. "Home Health Care of Veterans." Home Health Care Management & Practice 31, no. 1 (October 4, 2018): 51–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1084822318801310.

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This commentary familiarizes the reader with prevalent issues regarding home health care of veterans. The primary issue is the unfamiliarity of the caretaker—most often a family member—in understanding benefits, and accessing social support resources. Frequently caretakers experience depression resulting from the stress of the situation; therefore, their physical and mental health needs must be addressed. There is a need for increased training and education of health care workers, social workers, and caregivers, so that concerted support is present for veterans requiring home health care.

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Swearer, Joan M., and David A. Drachman. "Caretaker Obstreperous Behavior Rating Scale." International Psychogeriatrics 8, S3 (May 1997): 321–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610297003554.

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Although Alzheimer's original description of the dementing disorder that bears his name emphasized the prominence of troublesome and disruptive behaviors, a systematic investigation of behavioral disturbances of dementia did not begin in earnest until the 1980s. At that time, as the neuropathologic identity of presenile Alzheimer's disease and late-onset “senile dementia” was recognized, the redefinition of Alzheimer's disease abruptly increased the number of patients diagnosed with this condition. Physicians and other medical personnel working with Alzheimer's disease patients recognized both the importance of abnormal behaviors in this now large patient population and the need to describe, classify, and quantify these behaviors.

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Dillard, Scott. "Acceptance and resistance inMemory's Caretaker." Text and Performance Quarterly 24, no. 2 (April 2004): 191–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1046293042000288407.

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Gentile, John. "Telling the untold tales:Memory's Caretaker." Text and Performance Quarterly 24, no. 2 (April 2004): 201–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1046293042000288425.

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Welch, Cindy. "Firestorm: The Caretaker Trilogy (review)." Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 60, no. 2 (2006): 79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2006.0724.

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Keating, Michael. "Caretaker Conventions Post an Election." Australian Journal of Public Administration 61, no. 2 (June 2002): 119–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.00278.

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Simpson, Hailey M., Catie Cramer, Lily Edwards-Callaway, Lorann Stallones, Sofia Thompson, Sari Ennis, Elizabeth Kim, and I. Noa Roman-Muniz. "PSV-5 Dairy worker perspectives on performing euthanasia as an essential component of their job." Journal of Animal Science 98, Supplement_4 (November 3, 2020): 216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jas/skaa278.398.

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Abstract Euthanasia is a critical component of dairy management as it provides a way to alleviate animal suffering. Limited research explores dairy worker perspectives regarding their role in performing euthanasia or the impact of this practice on worker wellbeing. Additionally, training offered to caretakers is inconsistent in content and frequency and lacks cultural congruence. This project aimed to identify how euthanasia methods, procedures, and training affect caretaker attitudes towards performing on-farm euthanasia, job satisfaction and sense of well-being of dairy workers and managers. Focus groups, facilitated by Colorado State University researchers, were conducted at five large Colorado dairies. Thirty-eight animal caretakers (workers, n = 29; managers, n = 8; and veterinarians, n = 1) participated in focus groups according to their job description and language of choice (English or Spanish). Focus groups were recorded for subsequent transcription and translation. Thematic analysis was performed to identify recurring themes in the transcripts. Themes that emerged from the focus groups included: stressors related to physical, work, and social environments; euthanasia techniques, frequency, process, decision making, and who performs this task; the language used when referring to euthanasia; animal welfare; and the effect of the human-animal bond on euthanasia decision-making and performing euthanasia. Preliminary analysis of themes indicated that multiple factors influence how euthanasia is performed and the euthanasia decision-making process. Additionally, euthanasia and job-related tasks were identified as sources of stress for dairy workers. Strength of the human-animal bond and worker compassion towards the animals they care for were evident for all participants. Initial analysis showed a lack of caretaker awareness regarding mental health services available in their community. Training programs on dairy farms should incorporate worker health and safety, particularly as it pertains to performing euthanasia, and address the mental wellbeing of dairy workers. Information regarding mental health services in the community should also be accessible to caretakers.

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Damkliang, Kasikrit, Jarutas Andritsch, Krittamate Khamkom, and Nanida Thongthep. "A System for Sleepwalking Accident Prevention Utilizing the Remote Sensor of Wearable Device." ECTI Transactions on Computer and Information Technology (ECTI-CIT) 13, no. 2 (March 14, 2020): 160–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.37936/ecti-cit.2019132.184442.

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Sleepwalking is a type of sleep disorder which originates during deep sleep and results in walking state and performing series of complex behaviors or actions while sleeping. In some cases, sleepwalking patients can injure themselves from their actions such as driving a car or climbing out of a window. In addition, to wake up the sleepwalkers can be difficult. The suddenly waking up and can cause them to be confused or even attack the person who wakes them. Therefore, detecting the sleepwalking incident in an early state can help the caretaker or family members to stop the patients before they harm themselves from any strange, inappropriate, or violent behaviors. In this research, we present a prototype system of sleepwalking detection algorithm and notification system using smart device which work coordinating with wearable device. There are two main groups of users; patients and caretakers. User Activity Sensor (UAS) in the wearable device is utilized for detecting User Activity Data (UAD) which is unusual activities of inducing a sleepwalking patient provided by the Remote Sensor SDK. The system returns the patient UAD states consisting of standing, walking, and running. The smart device accepts the UAD states from the wearable device, performs sleepwalking detection algorithms then, alarms caretakers when the sleepwalking state has already invoked. The system is implemented, built, tested and deployed. The threefold experimental measurement of physical user activites have been performed to validate our proposed sleepwalking detection algorithms. The system correctly detects the sleepwalking states and notifies the caretaker.

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Chang, Peter, Peter Renehan, Kimberly Taylor, Ostap Dovirak, Kyle McAnally, Arie Carneiro, Catrina Crociani, Andrew Percy, and Andrew A. Wagner. "Societal costs after renal cancer surgery." Journal of Clinical Oncology 33, no. 7_suppl (March 1, 2015): 512. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2015.33.7_suppl.512.

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512 Background: The hospital costs of radical or partial nephrectomy for treatment of confirmed or suspected renal cell carcinoma have been well described. We sought to estimate a previously unreported societal cost of renal cancer surgery by assessing surgery-related time off work (TOW) taken by patients and their caretakers. Methods: To a cohort of 315 subjects enrolled in an IRB-approved prospective renal quality-of-life study who underwent radical or partial nephrectomy at our institution, we administered an occupational survey asking subjects to recall employment status, physical demands at work (sedentary, moderate activity, heavy lifting), income by tax bracket, surgery-related TOW (in days), and caretaker assistance. We excluded subjects who underwent cytoreductive nephrectomy. We estimated potential wages lost using individual income and TOW, and used logistic regression to assess for factors predictive of TOW > 30 days. Results: Of the 108 subjects who responded to the survey, 69 were employed at time of surgery. 4 subjects did not return to work after surgery, all of whom were older than 65. 12 subjects were excluded per the above-described criteria, leaving 53 subjects with complete occupational information. Mean (SD) age was 54. The majority (54%) of subjects had sedentary jobs. Subjects’ time off work ranged from 14 to 88 days; mean (SD) and median (IQR) TOW was 38 (17) and 34 (26-45) days, respectively. Mean potential wages lost for TOW was $10,371 (SD=$7,966). 23 (43%) subjects had at least one caretaker take TOW (mean/median caretaker TOW: 10/5 days, respectively) to assist in post-operative recovery. On univariate and multivariable analysis, age, work physicality, type of surgery (radical vs partial nephrectomy), surgical approach (minimally invasive vs open), income bracket, post-operative complications, or caretaker assistance were not significantly associated with taking > 30 days off from work. Conclusions: Despite advances in minimally invasive surgery, most patients take over one month off from work after renal cancer surgery. Incorporating these societal costs may allow for more comprehensive cost-effectiveness analyses in renal cancer care. Future directions include assessing TOW prospectively in a larger, more diverse cohort.

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Rafaliarisoa, Antsa Rinaldi, and Cepi Safrudin Abdul Jabar. "Student Management at Saint Aloysius School Dormitory." Jurnal Manajemen Pendidikan: Jurnal Ilmiah Administrasi, Manajemen dan Kepemimpinan Pendidikan 2, no. 1 (May 3, 2020): 82–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.21831/jump.v2i1.31050.

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This study aims to obtain an understanding of the student management at the Saint Aloysius school dormitory in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The research applied a case study research method. It mainly involves the participation of four caretaker team members and ten students. The obtained data were collected through techniques, such as interviews, observations and document analysis. The research study involves the application of three concurrent data analysis techniques. The research led to the knowledge and the understanding that despite the dormitory’s geographical location and its small size, the caretakers at the involved school dormitory make an effort to provide most of the services and tasks required for an effective student management.Generally, the student management implemented at this specific school dormitory involves the establishment of different tasks and services. Important factors, including staff supervision and training, the establishment of the formal program, also need to be considered by the caretakers. Caretakers still need to make some effort to improve management services.

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Frank, Elizabeth G., Gilbert M. Foley, and April Kuchuk. "Cognitive Functioning in School-Age Children with Human Immunodeficiency Virus." Perceptual and Motor Skills 85, no. 1 (August 1997): 267–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1997.85.1.267.

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The number of pediatric AIDS cases continues to rise. This study focused on 27 HIV-positive children aged 6 through 17 and attending public schools. Cognitive functioning and the relation between this domain of functioning and stage of disease, drug therapy, mode of transmission, and caretaker were examined. IQs and visuomotor skills were all, generally, within or close to the normal range. Visuomotor skills emerged as the most sensitive cognitive area in relation to stage of disease, mode of transmission, and the children's living environment. Full scale IQ was highest in children infected from their mothers. No relationships were found between IQs and drug treatment or caretakers. The caretakers' effect on visuomotor skills highlights the influence of environmental factors on functioning. Implications for intervention are discussed with attention to early intervention and the need to address emotional functioning in this population.

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Salas, Marina, Amanda Fernández-Fontelo, Eva Martínez-Nevado, Jesús Fernández-Morán, Agustín López-Goya, and Xavier Manteca. "Caretaker Score Reliability for Personality Assessment of Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)." Animals 11, no. 7 (July 12, 2021): 2073. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11072073.

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The evaluation of zoo animals’ personalities can likely lead to a range of benefits, including improving breeding success, creating stable social groups, and designing and developing environmental enrichment programmes. The goal of this study was to use caretakers scores to evaluate personality in bottlenose dolphins and to assess the reliability of scores within each rater and among raters from each centre. To this end, 24 caretakers from 3 countries (Spain, France, and Argentina), including a total of 5 dolphinariums and 6 groups of dolphins, used a questionnaire based on the Five-Factor Model of Personality to score bottlenose dolphins on a number of personality traits in three different contexts. Each caretaker evaluated the animals under their care twice, ensuring that raters did not share thoughts nor impressions with other raters. Our findings showed a good degree of agreement between each rater’s scores and a fair degree of agreement among scores of raters from the same centre. We also identified which raters and centres had significant mean score differences and detected that 4 out of 24 raters from two different centres showed such differences systematically. The evaluation of raters’ reliability and the identification of particular inconsistent raters and centres is critical to make more appropriate and realistic management decisions that, in turn, directly impact animals’ welfare.

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Ortmeyer, Heidi, Lynda Robey, and Tara McDonald. "Combining Actigraph Link and PetPace Collar Data to Measure Activity, Proximity, and Physiological Responses in Freely Moving Dogs in a Natural Environment." Animals 8, no. 12 (December 4, 2018): 230. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani8120230.

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Although several studies have examined the effects of an owner’s absence and presence on a dog’s physiological responses under experimental conditions over short periods of time (minutes), little is known about the effects of proximity between humans and freely moving dogs under natural conditions over longer periods of time (days). The first aim of our study was to determine whether the combined data generated from the PetPace Collar and Actigraph Link accelerometer provide reliable pulse, respiration, and heart rate variability results during sedentary, light-moderate, and vigorous bouts in 11 freely moving dogs in a foster caretaker environment over 10–15 days. The second aim was to determine the effects of proximity (absence and presence of caretaker) and distance (caretaker and dog within 0–2 m) on the dogs’ physiological responses. Aim 1 results: Pulse and respiration were higher during light-moderate bouts compared to sedentary bouts, and higher at rest while the dogs were standing and sitting vs. lying. Heart rate variability (HRV) was not different between activity levels or position. Aim 2 results: During sedentary bouts, pulse and respiration were higher, and HRV lower, when there was a proximity signal (caretaker present) compared to no proximity signal (caretaker absent). Using multiple regression models, we found that activity, position, distance, and signal presence were predictors of physiological response in individual dogs during sedentary bouts. Our results suggest that combining data collected from Actigraph GT9X and PetPace monitors will provide useful information, both collectively and individually, on dogs’ physiological responses during activity, in various positions, and in proximity to their human caretaker.

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Onič, Tomaž. "Reviewer response to Pinter's "The caretaker"." Acta Neophilologica 37, no. 1-2 (December 1, 2004): 87–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/an.37.1-2.87-94.

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The Caretaker is one of Harald Pinter's early plays. It was an immediate success, and it drew the attention of many critics, who started judging this contemporary British playwright's works from a new perspective. Therefore, many scholars consider The Caretaker an important turning point in the reception of Pinter's works. The play has seen many stagings all over the world, two of them in Slovenia. This article sets out its most prominent productions, analyses and comments on their critical reviews, and compares these to the response to Pinter in Slovene cultural space.

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Holmberg, Michelle D., Marian Flum, Cheryl West, Yuan Zhang, Shpend Qamili, and Laura Punnett. "Nursing Assistants’ Dilemma: Caregiver Versus Caretaker." Hospital Topics 91, no. 1 (January 2013): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00185868.2013.757953.

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Bonin-Rodriguez, Paul. "Performance in review: Forum onMemory's Caretaker." Text and Performance Quarterly 24, no. 2 (April 2004): 182–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1046293042000288380.

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Slater, Michael. "Can One Be a Critical Caretaker?" Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 19, no. 3-4 (2007): 332–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157006807794757539.

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Waters, Derek. "Primary World Managing With the Caretaker." Management in Education 2, no. 4 (November 1988): 2–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/089202068800200401.

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Davis, Glyn, Alice Ling, Bill Scales, and Roger Wilkins. "Rethinking Caretaker Conventions for Australian Governments." Australian Journal of Public Administration 60, no. 3 (September 2001): 11–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.00220.

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Deswert, Clémence. "The Praise for a ‘Caretaker’ Leader." Politics of the Low Countries 3, no. 2 (September 2021): 184–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.5553/plc/.000017.

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Vairavan, C. "Mechanisms in Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker." Asian Review of Social Sciences 7, no. 2 (August 5, 2018): 69–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.51983/arss-2018.7.2.1433.

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Harold Pinter has explored human subjectivity and the process of its development especially in the domain of language in his play The Caretaker. He has used the dramatic language in the traditional sense. He chose to capture everyday speech and has rendered an authentic reality of life through his overturned use of language. As in real life, he has focused on the vocal elements such as silence, pause, and repetition and has used them in the statements. The paper focuses on these statements and discusses the concepts of psychosis or neurosis of the characters in their conversation with others wittily.

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Milton, Arockiasamy Arun Prince, Rajesh Kumar Agarwal, Govindarajan Bhuvana Priya, Cheruplackal Karunakaran Athira, Mani Saminathan, Avinash Reddy, Manivasagam Aravind, and Ashok Kumar. "Occurrence, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and genotypic relatedness of Salmonella spp. isolates from captive wildlife, their caretakers, feed and water in India." Epidemiology and Infection 146, no. 12 (June 14, 2018): 1543–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0950268818001553.

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AbstractOccurrence of Salmonella spp. in captive wild animal species in India is largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine the occurrence of different Salmonella serotypes, antimicrobial resistance patterns and genotypic relatedness of recovered isolates. A total of 370 samples including faecal (n = 314), feed and water (n = 26) and caretakers stool swabs (n = 30) were collected from 40 different wild animal species in captivity, their caretakers, feed and water in four zoological gardens and wildlife enclosures in India. Salmonellae were isolated using conventional culture methods and tested for antimicrobial susceptibility with the Kirby–Bauer disc diffusion method. Salmonella isolates were serotyped and genotyping was performed using enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC) PCR and 16S rRNA sequencing. Animal faecal samples were also subjected to direct PCR assay. Salmonella was detected in 10 of 314 (3.1%) faecal samples by isolation and 18 of 314 (5.7%) samples by direct PCR assay; one of 26 (3.8%) feed and water samples and five of 30 (16.7%) caretakers stool swabs by isolation. Salmonella was more commonly isolated in faecal samples from golden pheasants (25%; 2/8) and leopard (10%; 2/20). Salmonella enterica serotypes of known public health significance including S. Typhimurium (37.5%; 6/14), S. Kentucky (28.5%; 4/14) and S. Enteritidis (14.3%; 2/14) were identified. While the majority of the Salmonella isolates were pan-susceptible to the commonly used antibiotics. Seven (43.7%; 7/16) of the isolates were resistant to at least one antibiotic and one isolate each among them exhibited penta and tetra multidrug-resistant types. Three S. Kentucky serotype were identified in a same golden pheasants cage, two from the birds and one from the feed. This serotype was also isolated from its caretaker. Similarly, one isolate each of S. Typhimurium were recovered from ostrich and its caretaker. These isolates were found to be clonally related suggesting that wildlife may serve as reservoir for infections to humans and vice versa. These results emphasise the transmission of Salmonella among hosts via environmental contamination of feces to workers, visitors and other wildlife.

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Voslarova, Eva, Jiri Zak, Vladimir Vecerek, and Iveta Bedanova. "Coat Color of Shelter Dogs and Its Role in Dog Adoption." Society & Animals 27, no. 1 (January 4, 2019): 25–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685306-12341491.

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AbstractCoat color influenced the likelihood of a dog being reclaimed from a shelter as well as the length of stay (LOS) of abandoned dogs at the shelter. The shortest LOS was found in brindle and multicolor dogs (median time until adoption: 17 and 18 days, respectively) followed by white, fawn, red, brown, black and tan, and grey dogs. Black dogs had the greatest LOS (median 32 days). In lost dogs, coat color had no significant effect on the time spent at a shelter, the median time until a dog was reclaimed by his/her caretaker being one day, irrespective of the coat color. However, the results of our study suggest that black, brown, and brindle dogs are more likely to be abandoned by their caretakers, and that fawn, black and tan, grey, and red dogs, if lost, have a better chance of being reclaimed by their caretakers.

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