Anti-CIT (aa 1928-2027) polyclonal antibody

Purpose This study examined organizational change in universities as it relates to discomfort among the organization's members. Design/methodology/approach Using the critical incident technique (CIT), data was collected from the informants in an Indonesian public university that had been mandated by the government to enter the top 500 world university ranking. This would make it a "World-Class" university. Findings The findings describe the causes, courses and consequences of the discomfort felt in response to the organizational change in the university context. The causes of discomfort were categorized as a fear of loss, organizational culture, systems and policies, work overload and a lack of resources. Discomfort can manifest through negative affective, cognition and behavioral tendencies. Meanwhile, the consequences result in active and passive participation in the process of the organizational change itself. Originality/value Discomfort with organizational change is a new variable that has rarely been explored, thus it requires testing and validation using different methods and contexts, as offered by this study. We have also shown that in the initial stage of organizational change (unfreezing), discomfort will always emerge that must be immediately managed in order not to trigger resistance to change. Furthermore, this study exhibits the use of the critical incident technique in the context of organizational change. Finally, we offer comprehensive views by exhibiting the causes, the reactions shown and the consequences of discomfort with the change.

We present a simple, scalable, and low-cost route for producing aqueous colloids of nanometer size Fe cores coated with iron oxide and stabilized with sodium citrate. The Fe cores were obtained by mechanosynthesis by means of a highly exothermic solid-state reaction between FeCl3 and Mg, in a dispersive inert NaCl medium. The optimal experimental conditions for achieving a full reaction were determined with a Retsch 2000 oscillatory mill. Then the production yield was successfully 16-fold scaled using a rotatory Fritsch Pulverissete 7 mill. To provide biocompatibility and facilitate colloid stabilization, the Fe cores were coated with a Fe-oxide shell produced by chemical coprecipitation, and finally, the system Fe/FeOx was functionalized with sodium citrate in water. The so-obtained Fe/FeOx@Cit (4/3 < x < 3/2) nanoparticles have a mean size of about 11-12 nm, specific saturation magnetization around 130 Am-2/kg(Fe) and zeta-potential of -40 mV. The time dependence of the reaction progress yyycould be described by a simple function of the mass ratio of milling balls to processed material and time. The resultant colloids are excellent candidates for biomedical and environmental remediation applications.