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decision making than state test results.
Interim progress tests are one type of local assess-
ment growing in popularity, particularly in the areas
of mathematics and reading. Administered ... implementation of DDDM and
evaluations of its effects.
e remainder of this paper is divided into four
sections. Section one describes what is meant by data-
driven decision making, including its origins, ... modeling of student achieve-
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pursue, and one that RAND is currently examin-
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precise indicators...
... of influ-
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viewed during the interviews that could influence the
statements of the interviewed e.g., the use of leading ques-
tions.
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Scores Clinical signs - vaginal examination Cases
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veterinarians in practice?
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disease incidence to allow timely diagnosis, subsequent
intervention...
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2.3 MSC IN FINANCE & ACCOUNTING (MFINA) PROGRAM DESCRIPTION 22
2.3.1 Specialization in Accounting & Financial Management 22
2.3.2 Specialization in ... specialization in International Business (combined with the CEMS Master in International
Management) will also be offered.
Student Handbook for the MBM, MECON & MFINA Programs
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MSc in Finance ... Program in Finance & Accounting (120 ECTS credits) offers three
specializations: Accounting & Financial Management, Corporate Finance, and Investment
Management. The program combines a...
... FROM INTENTIONS TO BEHAVIOUR
Work in WP4 investigated different aspects of the relation between
childbearing intention and behaviour, including an exploration of the factors
influencing the ... theory of reasoned action (Fishbein and
Ajzen 1975). The TPB has been used in thousands of studies aiming to
explain which factors influence the formation of intentions to engage in
certain behaviours ... factors in turn determine whether these
intentions are acted upon. Applying the TPB to childbearing intentions has
vastly expanded our understanding of the formation of fertility intentions, of...
... decision- makingin Europe 10
2.2 Stages of the transport decision- making process 12
2.3 Key components of the transport decision- making process 16
2.3.1 Barriers in the transport decision- making process ... transport decision- making process 16
2.3.1 Barriers in the transport decision- making process 18
2.3.2 Project managementin the transport decision- making process 22
2.3.3 Engagement in the transport decision- making ... managementin the transport decision- making process 22
2.3.3 Engagement in the transport decision- making process 26
2.4 Elements of good transport decision- making 30
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... for the ongoing operations and maintenance of weather
information data streams as inputs into the decision support system
Level 5 Obtain management buy -in / support of the use of a decision ... Self
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evaluation
Integration of Weather Information in Transportation Management Center Operations
Self-Evaluation and Planning Guide
Table 3.1. Items of Integration
Levels of Integration Item of Integration ... forecasting and
interpreting weather information
5 Co-location of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC)/Office
of Emergency Management (OEM)
3
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necessary below, in Ch. 6.
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Inherited Guilt 19
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... part of decision- making processes. The principle is now
legitimately capable of generating an international norm, and is found in declarations, resolutions and
guidelines enacted in different international ... of Energy
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6.1 Introduction 67
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in Clinical Medicine
(Part 1)
Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 3. Decision- Makingin Clinical
Medicine
Decision- Makingin Clinical Medicine: Introduction ... guide decision-
making. (These tools are reviewed later in the chapter.)
Uncertainty is compounded by the information overload that characterizes
modern medicine. Today's experienced clinician ... last century,
uncertainty still plays a pivotal role in all aspects of medical decision- making. We
may know that a patient does not have long to live, but we cannot be certain how
long. We may...
... Chapter 003. Decision- Making
in Clinical Medicine
(Part 2)
The following three examples introduce the subject of clinical reasoning:
A 46-year-old man presents to his internist with ... problems, of the sort encountered daily in clinical
medicine, with great efficiency. Clinicians rely on three basic types of heuristics.
When assessing a particular patient, clinicians often weigh ...
complaint of hemoptysis. The physician knows that the differential
diagnosis of hemoptysis includes over 100 different conditions, including
cancer and tuberculosis. The examination begins with...
... underlying cause. The absence of a resting
Chapter 003. Decision- Making
in Clinical Medicine
(Part 3)
Diagnostic Hypothesis Generation
Cognitive scientists studying the thought processes of ... focuses the attention of
the examiner to the exclusion of all other inputs until answered, allowing the
examiner to move on to the next specific question.
Negative findings are often as important ...
One of the factors that make teaching diagnostic reasoning difficult is that
expert clinicians do not follow a fixed pattern in patient examinations. From the
outset, they are generating, refining,...
... health of the cities'
inhabitants. The physicians in New Haven were not aware of using fewer hospital
beds for their patients, nor were the Boston physicians aware of using less
stringent ... foreseeable problems in therapy such as a rise in
creatinine levels or symptomatic hypotension. Other intriguing research has shown
a wide distribution of acceptance times of antibiotic therapy ... patients. In both cities, physicians unconsciously
adopted their practice styles to the available level of hospital beds.
Other environmental factors that can influence decision- making include...
... or prognosis and to aid the clinician inmakingmanagement
decisions. Although diagnostic tests are commonly thought of as laboratory tests
(e.g., measurement of serum amylase level) or procedures ... understanding of the patient's
problem qualifies as a diagnostic test. Thus, even the history and physical
examination can be considered a form of diagnostic test. In clinical medicine, it ... proportion of patients with disease who have a negative test is the
false-negative rate and is calculated as 1 – sensitivity. The proportion of patients
Chapter 003. Decision- Making
in Clinical...