... evidence is the lack of rigour and generalisability Furthermore, the magnitude of the effect of the MET may be influenced by institution-specific administrative features and policies Buist and coworkers ... of centres Before -and- after studies lack rigour and generalisability they are In the words of the slogan of the American Society of Critical Care Medicine, we need to deliver the ‘right care, ... how the roles of ICU and hospital doctors and nursing staff are being viewed Nevertheless, allegiance to the traditional approach of initially calling the parent medical unit doctors when there...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:35
... addition, there is no accurate estimate on the size of the contaminated land and the number of mines laid in it Humanitarian Demining and the Challenge of Technology The diversity of the mine ... Innovative Solutions and the Challenges of Technology of terrains and environmental conditions in which mines are laid and because of the wide variety of landmines There is wide range of terrains (rocky, ... Standards (IMAS) The amount of time it takes to clear an area is less important than the safety of the clearance personnel and the reliability and accuracy of the demining process Safety is of...
Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 12:20
Humanitarian Demining Innovative Solutions and the Challenges of Technology pdf
... addition, there is no accurate estimate on the size of the contaminated land and the number of mines laid in it Humanitarian Demining and the Challenge of Technology The diversity of the mine ... Innovative Solutions and the Challenges of Technology of terrains and environmental conditions in which mines are laid and because of the wide variety of landmines There is wide range of terrains (rocky, ... Standards (IMAS) The amount of time it takes to clear an area is less important than the safety of the clearance personnel and the reliability and accuracy of the demining process Safety is of...
Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 15:20
THE ETHNIC IDENTITY OF MALAYS IN SRI LANKA THE CHALLENGES OF ASSIMILATION AND THEIR RESPONSES
... modified as individuals become aware of other groups and of the ethnic differences between themselves and others, and attempt to understand the meaning of their ethnicity within larger setting.4 ... tragetting of Muslim economy, business establishments, and other sectors, all with the tacit approval of the government Some are of the view that the security and the very existence of the Sri Lankan ... What are the challenges of assimilation to the ethnicity of the Sri Lankan Malays? What are the responses to such challenges? What are the outcomes of the assimilation on the Malays in the country?...
Ngày tải lên: 17/09/2015, 17:17
Tài liệu The Challenges of Apex pptx
... difference between the center of dimension z (the center of the polished surface) and the center of dimension x1 (the center of the optical fiber) We can find z by using the law of sines: c= c=z ... regardless of the quality of the fixtures or methods used In addition, as equation shows, the more the ferrule is polished, the greater the apex offset becomes Figure shows how the apex offset will ... grind on the chamfer of the ferrule For any APC ferrule that is to be tuned, an offset chamfer cannot be used, forcing a higher minimum and maximum apex offset onto the ferrule So the tradeoff is...
Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 19:15
Tài liệu Overcoming the Challenges of Modernizing Core Banking Systems docx
... Total Cost of ownership Support of Databases Cost of Software Support of Middleware Cost of Hardware Support of Operating Systems Consulting Cost Support of Hardware Cost of Integration ... “Our bank has set out a plan to expand the current branch network of 34 branches, grow total assets, grow the number of customers, and widen range of products and services This plan will ensure ... Knowledge and Understanding of VIB’s business What VIB looked for in a partner “We are a bank, and project delays are very costly The opportunity costs of any delays usually erode any benefits of the...
Ngày tải lên: 20/12/2013, 17:15
Tài liệu Exploring the challenges of HIV- AIDS docx
... governments and other stakeholders to provide support to families, especially in the light of the challenges we face The social impact of the HIV and AIDS epidemic results in family, community and social ... Respondents often missed their appointments to collect their medicine at the clinic due to the fear of disclosing their status At the clinic they would hide their pills and prescriptions and refuse food ... We recognise the global significance of the HIV and AIDS epidemic.1 We cannot but recall and salute the contributions of all the heroes and heroines in our midst and millions across the world who...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 23:20
Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean docx
... acidification—in the past, the present, and the future It first discusses the principal processes that control the acid-base chemistry of seawater and the cycling of carbon in the ocean The chapter then ... services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the National ... agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities The Council...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 15:20
A Portrait of the Visual Arts - Meeting the Challenges of a New Era pot
... considerations as the supply of the arts (e.g., the hours and locations of museums and galleries and the cost of attendance), the availability of leisure time, income levels, and the dissemination of information ... advisors; and more services are provided by intermediaries The interaction of supply and demand forces has dramatically expanded both the size and diversity of the arts market and the players ... appreciation); the world of visual arts discourse (which includes the system of ideas and theories that validate art objects and links them to one another over space and time); and the visual arts...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 03:20
The Challenges of Marketing Financial Services pot
... focused on the premiums and the brand names of the insurance companies However, they may not fully understand the exclusion terms of the contract, which identify the circumstances under which the insurance ... is the shape of the demand function The demand function shows the relationship that might exist between price and sales volume The techniques used to determine the shape of the demand function ... images and photographs Visualization of these products increases the sensory input of the consumer and creates a sensation similar to the consumption of the product This increases the cognitive and...
Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 06:20
The challenges of environmental mainstreaming docx
... mainstreaming and some heavy barriers to it The problem of lack of political will can be linked to another pervasive problem – the widespread lack of understanding and awareness of the importance of the ... finance, the environment, the handling of pandemic diseases and economic and social development To be effective, such a body must operate at the level of national leaders.” Report of the UN Secretary ... • and, in these ways, improve the productivity, resilience and adaptability of local, sectoral, national and indeed global social and economic systems – reducing the risk of collapses and the...
Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 19:20
báo cáo khoa học: "Rationality versus reality: the challenges of evidence-based decision making for health policy makers" ppt
... aspects of the policy information and process the information differently than if the objective is to determine whether the policy fulfills the election mandates of the governing party In other ... needs analyses and the inclusion of end-users in the research agenda/program This will aid in articulating the context of the research, identifying the relationship and purpose of the research ... evidence' and how to assess the strength of the evidence [13] For example, one critical factor that has arisen is the question of the policy makers' ability to judge the quality and applicability of...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:22
Báo cáo y học: "What are the challenges of translating positive trial results in severe sepsis into clinical practice" pptx
... raised the issue of what, if anything, is known about the optimal care of these patients, the impact on their families and who should best care for them The panel were unanimous that these patients ... into the Open Label study Bakker reported that the inclusion rate was far higher in The Netherlands, and suggested that this may be due to the greater availability of ICU beds, in comparison to the ... http://ccforum.com/content/6/3/271 to all this is the public’s demand for more intervention; the more done, the greater the risk of developing sepsis Vincent then raised the complementary solution, that of concentrating educational...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21
Báo cáo y học: "Meeting the challenges of drug discovery: a multidisciplinary re-evaluation of current practices" pptx
... gene-expression profiling, in vitro assays and literature sources The power of the method was illustrated by the identification and use of kidney biomarkers as early predictors of nephrotoxicity ... proofof-concept clinical trials Burley and Park 330.3 comment summarized the relative predictability of antisense oligonucleotides as therapeutic agents and their potential to improve efficacy and ... from human patients with the aim of establishing tissue- and serum-based markers for both diagnostics and functional classification of disease He described the capture of cell-surface proteins...
Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 14:21
Arriving early to the challenges of automation
... simple, then you can leave the computer to get on with it If the decisions get complicated, then human intervention is always the right thing to do.” Which of the following are the biggest challenges ... the sheer volume and variety of the data available to transport operators is almost unique Anything—from personal and vehicle location data, to ticketing data and scheduling, to weather and social ... Station is one of the city’s most congested, and managing the flow of passengers at peak times is extremely demanding If two trains arrive at the same time, causing 2,000 to converge onto the Underground...
Ngày tải lên: 30/11/2015, 10:56
Beyond personalisation the challenges of contextual marketing
... explains “They thought about the right message - the unique selling proposition often for months They gave less thought to the right circumstances, the right place, and the right time They did ... campaign, and the results would be relatively straightforward Today, there are 30 different KPIs, there is social media listening, there is A-B testing “Just the scale of work has gone up, and we ... about the four P’s of marketing—price, product, place, promotion.” In the 1980s and 1990s, however, another school of thought emerged the Scandinavian school “People started to question whether the...
Ngày tải lên: 30/11/2015, 21:07
A way through the maze the challenges of maintaining UK pension schemes
... aspects of scheme governance, respondents saw their strengths as the setting and monitoring of investment strategy and the managing of relations between trustees and the corporate sponsor They were ... should be on the explicit understanding that it is in a company capacity.” The issue of knowledge and understanding has risen to the fore in the wake of the Myners Report in 2001 and this is underscored ... were over 20% of the market capitalisation That represents a serious risk to the financial health of the scheme sponsor Given that the majority of the schemes in the survey have assets of more than...
Ngày tải lên: 06/12/2015, 23:05
Best Practices in Social Media / Summary of Findings from the Second Comprehensive Study of Social Media Use by Schools, Colleges and Universities docx
... impact of social media initiatives? What contributes to the successful use of social media? What are the barriers to the effective use of social media? What does the near future look like for social ... with the use of social media Another unit manages all of our social media activities, without any input from us Another unit manages all of our social media activities, with input from us We handle ... about their social media activities Last year’s inaugural study was, from what we could tell, one of the first studies conducted of the institutions themselves about how they use social media...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 19:20
Model Policy Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Social Media and Social Networking in Medical Practice ppt
... How these ethical standards relate to the proper use of social media by physicians is explored further in the next section Section Four Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Social Media and Social ... efforts of the members of the Special Committee on Ethics and Professionalism who provided input and direction for this project Model Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Social Media and Social ... protect the privacy and confidentiality of their patients as well as maintain a standard of professionalism in all social media and social networking interactions The FSMB is grateful for the efforts...
Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 02:20
Research Gaps and Measurement Challenges for Studying the Influence of New Media on Adolescent Sexual Health docx
... understand the effects of the media, it is important to understand how these media evolve and to collect multiple assessments of them over time Measures of new media must capture the dynamism and ... feature of new media likely amplifies the importance of peers in mediating the effects of exposure to media content New media theories must account for the heightened role of social mediation ... account, since they may moderate the effects of media exposure and media- based sexual health intervention on youth sexual health outcomes Although many of these aspects of new media and their potential...
Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 05:20