Local perceptions of forest certification for community-based enterprises

After more than 20 years and substantial investments of time and money, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification of tropical forest management is due for a stringent impact evaluation. For any social, ecological, and economic outcomes to be attributed to FSC certification, rival explanations need to be ruled out. We recognize that different types of knowledge about FSC impacts derived from information gathered through a range of methods can satisfy the evidence-needs of different stakeholders. But this paper describes a roadmap based on rigorous methods to assess whether FSC certification delivers on its expected outcomes and the underlying mechanisms through which changes can be attributable to FSC. To this end, background studies that provide contextual knowledge related to implementation of FSC certification are proposed to account for any positive self-selection biases and to capture the temporal dynamics of certification including changes in the sociopolitical and economic contexts that influence certification decisions. (Resume d'auteur)

There are many management indicators on sustainability, but it is important to better understand the practices and the underlying reasons for including the monitoring of forestry certificates in management control. The purpose of this paper is to examine how and why Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification is incorporated into sustainability management control systems (MCSs). FSC certification serves as a credible tool for companies to demonstrate their alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), enhancing stakeholder confidence. The literature review centers on the concepts of FSC certification and sustainability MCSs. A multiple case study methodology was employed, focusing on four companies in the wood and wood-based product sector, particularly those with forestry certifications like FSC. Data were collected from documents published online by the companies studied, followed by a content analysis typical of qualitative research. The results show that the companies studied integrate FSC certification into their MCSs through diverse practices (how?) driven by sustainability motivations (why?). These firms adopt and promote sustainable initiatives, embedding FSC principles into their systems for performance monitoring and assessment. The findings indicate that companies in this sector not only adopt sustainable practices but also prioritize sharing information about these efforts. Practically, it was observed that retail businesses dealing with wood and wood-based products incorporate seven out of the ten FSC principles into their management systems. This reflects a significant level of integration of FSC certification within the MCSs of the analyzed companies.

Remote rehabilitation is an innovative approach that allows patients to receive medical support and rehabilitation services in a convenient and safe way in their own home or remotely from a medical facility. Remote rehabilitation can be used for a wide range of medical conditions and problems, including physical therapy, rehabilitation after injuries or surgeries, pain management, rehabilitation after stroke, Parkinson's disease and other neurological diseases, pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, as well as psychological support and counseling. This approach may include the use of video communication, monitoring of physiological parameters, mobile applications, and sensors to measure progress and monitor the patient. Remote rehabilitation is especially useful in situations where it is difficult or impossible for patients to physically visit a medical facility, for example, due to physical activity limitations, remote geographical locations, or epidemiological circumstances. Remote rehabilitation has both positive and negative aspects. Positive aspects: accessibility – allows patients to get the help they need regardless of location; convenience – to receive rehabilitation services at a time and place convenient for them; cost – can be more cost-effective, as it reduces travel and accommodation costs for patients. Negative aspects: lack of direct contact; limited capabilities – some types of therapy that require guidance or correction from a specialist may be less effective in a remote format; technological problems. It is important to consider these positive and negative aspects of remote rehabilitation when deciding whether to use it. The specific circumstances and needs of the patient may affect the effectiveness of this approach to rehabilitation. Remote rehabilitation is a promising area in medicine, as it allows for increased accessibility and convenience of rehabilitation services for patients. It can also help reduce the burden on healthcare facilities and reduce the cost of organizing rehabilitation programs. Keywords: rehabilitation technologies, rehabilitation services, mobile technologies, positive and negative aspects.

The aim of the study was to develop and validate a standardized inventory assessing the mental health of young adults. The originality of the proposed approach lies in the fact that the inventory refers to both the positive and negative dimension of mental health. 405 students were examined, including 292 women and 113 men. When assessing the accuracy of the newly created instrument, the covariance of its results with the results of other tools measuring mental health or its aspects: General Health Questionnaire GHQ-28; Questionnaire for Quality of Life Assessment WHOQL-BREF; Questionnaire of Life Orientation by A. Antonowsky was assessed. Additionally, the covariance of personality traits defined by the Big Five Model as well as a temperamental dimensions of Regulative Temperament Theory was assessed. An analysis of the factor structure of the questionnaire was also performed. Although the results of the factor analysis indicate a unidimensional structure of the IZP, the correlation between its two dimensions equals -0.65. In addition, there was a correlation between both the positive dimension of mental health and negative health with neuroticism and emotional reactivity. The results of analyzes of personality and temperamental measures with data obtained using the Mental Health Inventory suggest the utility of the tool in the assessment of mental health indicators in both negative and positive aspect.

In the present work, a new method for the environmental assessment of riverbanks integrating the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification scheme is proposed. The method collects and evaluates the attributes detailed in the Glossary of Spanish Forest Management Standards for FSC certification, which enabled the detection of many High Conservation Value Forests (MAVC). FSC defines High Conservation Value Forests as those that contain one or more of the biological, social and cultural attributes considered of critical or exceptional importance to a certain area. As the included indicators were objectified, results did not depend on subjectivity and could be compared to different areas studied by different people. At first, this method was applied in small plots in northern Spain and FSC forest certification was obtained. Later it was applied in two rivers, Carrion and Valdavia, located in the northern Spanish sub-plateau. In all cases, application was simple, no values were detected in the areas studied that were not in accordance with the method. Moreover, the use of the FSC certification scheme with international implantation allowed us to consider applying this method in other riverbanks around the world.

Many breast cancer patients are troubled about telling their school-age children about their illness. However, little attention has been paid to the factors that encourage or discourage them from revealing the illness. This study explored decision-making by breast cancer patients about telling their children about their illness. Participants were 30 breast cancer patients recruited from a regional cancer institution in Japan. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and content analysis was performed. Six preparatory stages of decision-making by Japanese breast cancer patients about telling their children about their illness were identified as follows: contemplation, preparation, action-hospitalization and surgery, action-adjuvant therapy, action-diagnosis, and action-prognosis. We also identified 11 categories of positive aspects and ten categories of negative aspects about revealing their illness to children. The categories of negative aspects with higher frequency were similar to those found by previous research, but categories of positive aspects were unique. The rate of reference to negative aspects in total reduces gradually as the preparatory stage advances, and in action-diagnosis and action-prognosis stages the balance between positive and negative aspects becomes about half and half. Patients, especially in action-hospitalization and surgery, can be expected to tell their children about their illness although they find negative aspects much more compelling than positive aspects and experience great distress. These patients have special needs for support from others.

Objective To explore the real user experiences of patients with PICC catheter for PICC maintenance network in Shandong province. Methods Descriptive phenomenological methodology was adopted in this study. A semi-structured interview was conducted with 18 patients of PICC-line maintained in different hospitals from PICC maintenance network in Shandong province. We analysed the data by Colaizzi′s phenomenological research method. Results The experiences of patients with PICC catheter for PICC maintenance network in Shandong province contain positive and negative aspects. The positive aspects were convenient medical treatment, cooperation in various level hospitals, progress of basic hospitals, and enthusiastic services; the negative aspects were personnel shortage, different levels of nurses and imperfect supporting system. Conclusions Patients with PICC maintenance network possessed positive experience, but the accessibility of PICC maintenance network should be further enhanced, specialized development should be promoted. Meanwhile, for the questions proposed by patients, some measures should be taken to improve the overall PICC maintenance service from various level hospitals in Shandong province and make the experience of patients better. These measures include strengthening the standardized training and quality control of PICC, improving the supporting system, and promoting the implementation of continuous nursing mode in the primary hospitals. Key words: [Key words]Catheterization, central venous; Nursing care; Maintenance network; Qualitative research

Currently, the export situation of rubber wood products in Thailand is at a high risk of price and market competition. All relevant organizations in Thailand hope to solve these problems sustainably. One of the important ways is to increase the value of rubber wood products and marketing channels for exporting to more countries besides China. However, Thailand still faces a significant obstacle to the export of rubber wood products, that is, most of the rubber plantations have not yet been certified for international forest management. Forest certification is one mechanism to prevent and manage global environmental problems including air, soil, water, biodiversity and the reduction of forest areas. Previous research [1] indicated that most rubber plantation owners and rubber wood consumers in Thailand did not fully understand the principles, criteria, and indicators of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), and that in Forest Management (FM) certification auditors need to process a request for Corrective Action Requests (CARs) or suspend certificates in some cases. Therefore, this research aimed to develop an appropriate manual for rubber plantation owners and rubber wood consumers in Thailand for obtaining the FSC standards. Secondary data of the forest management certification system at the international level, including organizations, certification process, and FSC certification standards, were analysed and related to data at the national level (i.e., laws, regulations and status of rubber plantations in economic, social and environmental dimensions). The consistency and limitations of FSC principles, criteria, and indicators in certificates issued in Thailand were also analysed. A manual, with recommendations for compliance with FSC standard, was developed. It consists of five chapters: 1) FSC definition; 2) FSC scoping; 3) FSC evaluation and surveillance; 4) FSC scoping assessment; and 5) implementations in accordance with FSC standards. This knowledge had been shared through workshops with the rubber plantation owners, rubber wood consumers, staff of the Rubber Authority of Thailand, and other organizations. In total, over 150 people attended the workshops in the following locations: Songkla, Surat Thani, Rayong, and Bangkok. The workshops aimed to develop the participant skills to request for FSC: FM certification.

The phenomenon of gamification is analysed, identifying positive aspects of gamification, risks and problems. The paper adopts a method of systematic critical literature analysis in English, German, and Russian. We provide the most relevant gamification definitions classified into two main groups, fundamental and practical. The confusion of these groups or ignorance of one causes particular problems in understanding gamification. We face two levels of gamification in different areas of business management. It is the so-called meta- or macro-level and applied or micro-level. The paper aims to demonstrate the broader context of gamification in management by revealing the phenomenon’s positive and negative aspects. To reach the aim, five objectives were defined: i) to show the broader context of gamification in management; ii) to reveal the problems, risks, or even negative aspects of gamification in management; iii) to appeal to the practical issues how and in what areas to use gamification; iv) to show a broader cultural and philosophical context behind the manager interpretation of gamification; v) to introduce the discourse of gamification as an integrated theoretical approach that could reveal essential aspects of management. Gamification has both positive and negative aspects in all areas of management. On the one hand, gamification increases productivity and improves service, contributes to innovative participatory thinking and action, improves internal control, coordination, communication, collaboration, and creativity, increases motivation and pleasure at work, develops the soft skills of employees and reduces costs, as well as contributes to better acclimatisation. On the other hand, gamification commercialises human relations, causes novelty effects, elicits desired behaviour and predicts job performance, transforms organisational culture in unpredictable and counterintuitive ways, results in stress and anxiety, lowers self-esteem, causes exhaustion, conflict, and incomplete knowledge, serves as a means of domination and mobbing, and finally increases free-riding and work intimidation.

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Introduction : Informal caregivers are the people who take care of other persons in a chronic, deficiency or dependent situation, partially or totally, temporarily or forever, besides their regular work. There are several functions related to informal caregivers and the act of caring is related to several positive and negative aspects that are important to identify in order to plan and discuss a correct health plan. It is essential that health care professionals know the impact of the act of caring in the caregivers. Methods : The used databases were “Medline”, “PEDro” and “Scielo and the keywords used were “Informal”, “Caregiver”, “Palliative” to conduct a narrative review that obtained 173 articles that were later reduced to 12 articles by analysis and filter utilization. The goal of this work was to make a literature review of consequences of the act of caring in the informal caregivers. Results : From the 12 articles there was not any positive aspect of the act of caring. On the contrary, there were innumerable negative aspects associated with caring. Female caregivers were more affected by the negative effects of caring. Discussion : The act of caring is associated with positives and negatives aspects that are diffused in the literature. However, only the negative aspects were focused on the analysed articles. The bigger impact of the negative aspects and the highest prevalence of female caregivers were also accord to the literature. Conclusion : The increased aging of population is related with a more dependent status and will demand an increase number of caregivers. The act of caring is associated with several positive and negative aspects that should be remembered in order to make the best decisions in health planning. Health professionals should be sensitized to these aspects so they can be able to decrease them and potentiate the support by the caregivers.

Parental Perspectives Regarding Outcomes of Very Preterm Infants: Toward a Balanced Approach

Objective: This study aimed to establish an integrated understanding of shame that includes both positive and negative aspects by identifying its adaptive features. Methods: Basic data were obtained from previous studies, literature reviews, and expert interviews. Additionally, data from a survey of 80 adults were analyzed using the consensual qualitative researchmodified (CQR-M) method. Results: The concept of shame comprised three domains—nature, characteristics, and experience—and eight categories. Characteristics of people lacking shame were identified in three domains—negative traits, contradictory characteristics, and social blame—and five categories. The necessity and utility of shame were found across internal, social, and interpersonal domains, and behavioral, interpersonal, and self-regulation coping strategies. Conclusions: While often avoided, shame has positive aspects that promote adaptive behavior in social situations. This suggests shame is not only a negative emotion but an integrated concept with adaptive functions. These findings contributes to understanding mature coping and response patterns related to shame in counseling and personal development.

ABSTRACTChildren’s daily consumption of food in childcare institutions has an impact on their public health nutritional status. The collaboration of parents and employees of kindergartens is important to ensure healthy eating habits among the next generation. Consequently, evaluations of lunch schemes are important to provide a good foundation for enhancing communication between home and institutional settings. The aim of this article is to assess parental satisfaction and identify themes related to parental perceptions of lunch schemes in Danish kindergartens. A survey was developed and distributed in four kindergartens with lunch schemes. A combination of closed and open questions were used to evaluate satisfaction and identify positive and negative aspects of the lunch schemes. Parents of 93 children participated in the study and the response rate was 55%. Eighty-nine percent expressed satisfaction with their children’s lunch scheme. According to parents, the most positive aspects were that lunch schemes serve a variety of food, their ability to prevent neophobia, that children learn that eating is a social occasion, and that the arrangements offer convenience to parents. The negative aspects identified were the lack of communication between the kindergarten childcare institutions and the parents regarding the food. Overall, parents are very satisfied with their children’s lunch schemes; however, the information between institutions and parents could be improved.

Assessment of Acceptability of Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) Among Nursing Students and Faculty Members in Zahedane University of Medical Sciences, IRAN