the organization of the literature review update

... E THE ORGANIZATION OF THE LITERATURE REVIEW UPDATE With one exception, the chapter headings and topics used in the 1992 Policy Synthesis provide a structure for the literature review update The ... E The Organization of the Literature Review Update II AN OVERVIEW OF ASSISTED LIVING: WHAT IS ASSISTED LIVING? A Definitions of Assisted Living at the Time of the 1992 Policy Synthesis ... provides a summary of the 1992 Policy Synthesis literature review, including the origin of the literature review and a discussion of the policy concerns that make assisted living for the frail elderly...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 17:20

... systematic review Discussion Appraisal elements The validity of this review of MMT inevitably depends on the quality of the review process It does not appear to have been the intent of the authors ... systematic review of the literature, and we not hold them to that standard However, design elements of a good systematic review of diagnostic tests [2-4], as well as critical appraisal of the measurement ... that the efficacy of treatment was under investigation, rather than the efficacy of the MMT However, the authors inflated the importance of MMT reliability and validity evaluation by invoking the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... monitor the counterpart of the symptomatic patient with AC as early as possible, irrespective of the absence of symptoms Conflict of Interest The authors have declared that no conflict of interest ... have only found one such case of MZ with mirror-imaging of AC in the literature In this case, we describe the second case of MZ with mirror-imaging of AC and discuss the possible clinical implications ... of MZ12 It is a characteristic feature of MZ The mechanism of mirror imaging is poorly understood One explanation is that later fission of MZ makes them particularly prone to this process13 The...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:00

... the wall of the cyst was composed of fibrous tissue but without epithelial cells; the diagnosis of arachnoid cyst was made (Figure 2) During three months of follow-up, the condition of this patient ... know whether the cyst is congenital or acquired, it is unclear whether tuberculous meningitis was the cause of the foramen magnum arachnoid cyst formation Nevertheless, whatever the cause the patient ... cystic structure The tissue was sent for pathological examination However, the cyst was not completely excised due to the tight adhesion of the anterior wall of the cyst to the cervical spinal...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:00

... (3) the location of the impact and the occurrence of the tumor corresponded exactly one to the other; and (4) there was a more than one year interval between trauma and the appearance of the ... documented the absence of tumor at the time of the brain injury We suggest that these conditions for the acceptance of a causal relationship between cranial trauma and brain tumor study are the following: ... interval between trauma and the appearance of the tumor of at least year, a longer latent period increasing the likelihood of a causal relationship The presence of the tumor must be proved histologically...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:48

... the significance of urbanization with respect to the health of the poorest children living in the poorest settlements in cities The underlying purpose of this study is to support the design of ... to improve the health of these children The report tries to deal with the questions of what is different about the living situations and life chances of these children (compared with the “average” ... responsible for the focus on the health of children under five years of age, and he was the leader in the definition of the health status and determinants indicators that framed the literature search...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20

... and the impact of poor mobility on quality of life The findings from the literature review were used to compile a set of ‘best-practice’ recommendations to effectively manage the safe mobility of ... a substantial impact on the individual, their family, the community and the society in which they live Furthermore, the evidence suggests that there are subgroups of the elderly who are more ... know the size of our own field of study We not even know the number of injury accidents or the number of those injured.” (Harris, 1990, p 371) As a general rule, the less severe the crash, the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 18:20

... aspects of women’s reproductive health A global review of the literature WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Mental health aspects of women’s reproductive health : a global review of the literature ... the presentation of the material in this publication not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, ... and acceptable methods of family planning of their choice, as well as other methods of their choice for regulation of fertility which are not against the law, and the right of access to appropriate...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:20

... in the conceptual/theoretical group had their primary focus on the development of models, concepts, or ideas They pointed out literature reviews, development of conceptual models, development of ... several components of software and business systems, thereby raising organizational problems Despite the significant benefits that ERP software packages provide, they often cost millions of dollars to ... projects – their impact on the organization (those not be specifically classified in other classes) In particular this collected contributions related to the impact of introduction of the ERP, its...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 04:21

... (NSRD) of the RAND Corporation NSRD conducts research and analysis for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Commands, the defense agencies, the Department of the ... conducts research and analysis for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Commands, the defense agencies, the Department of the Navy, the U.S Intelligence Community, ... to the stressor or reduce the effect of stress on performance Importantly, although moderators typically reduce the effect of one variable on the other, in the case of stress on performance, there...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 18:20

... nerve Most of these signals end up in the visual cortex of the brain and produce our sense of vision However, some of the nerve fibers split off from the optic nerve soon after leaving the eye and ... determine the scientific nature of the studies that are cited It was the goal of this document to compile a listing of the literature that is commonly cited for showing the impacts of daylighting ... responses of the pineal gland and secretion of the hormone melatonin in 1968; this hormone also influences the functions of other glands from direct action on specific areas of the brain (A Summary of...

Ngày tải lên: 02/06/2014, 09:22

... Thus, in the NIPA, workers are classified, not according to the characteristics of the activity they carry out, but rather on the basis of the location of their workplace To exemplify, in the NIPA, ... directly from the author IZA Discussion Paper No 964 December 2003 ABSTRACT The Shift to Services: A Review of the Literature The present paper provides an overview of literature on the shift to ... terms of physical quantities, such as the number of oranges sold, would neglect the contribution that the arrangement of goods makes to the convenience of the consumer Shopping in a shop where the...

Ngày tải lên: 02/06/2014, 09:22

... positively influenced by the child’s level of attainment: the higher the level of attainment, the more parents get involved The most important finding from the point of view of this review is that parental ... informing the development of policy intended to close the social class gap in achievement 1.7 The aims of the review are to investigate the impact of: parental support (e.g the provision of parenting ... school, the quality of the parent-teacher relationship, teacher’s perception of the parent, the extent of parental involvement at home and the parent’s endorsement of the school 6.10.1 The participants...

Ngày tải lên: 02/06/2014, 09:37

... identify the changes they should make Their acknowledgement of the legal power of the inspector meant that they would make the changes the inspector told them to They understood compliance with the ... rather than the size of the penalty That is, the mechanism leading to changes in behaviour may be the impact on reputation of attention from the regulator rather than the financial cost of the ... safety The other major limitation of the body of research is the shortage of evidence about the impact of circumstances on the effectiveness of regulatory interventions Taking into consideration the...

Ngày tải lên: 02/06/2014, 09:38

... Effects of Minimum Drinking Age Laws: Review and Analyses of the Literature from 1960 to 2000 SOURCE: Journal of Studies on Alcohol supp no14 Mr 2002 WN: 0206002128019 The magazine publisher is the ... the opposite The evidence is not entirely consistent: Almost half (46%) of the analyses found no association between the legal age and indicators of alcohol consumption However, focusing on the ... relationship between the legal drinking age and crashes; that is, as the legal age was lowered, the number of crashes increased, and as the legal age was raised, the number of crashes decreased...

Ngày tải lên: 02/06/2014, 09:38

... in the treatment of mental disorders background Disorders included in review An update of the 2006 systematic review of the literature examining the efficacy of a broad range of psychological ... summary of the implications of non-intervention factors to clinical outcomes is provided A criticism of the use of the RCT as a necessary measure of the success of an intervention has been that in the ... Author Review methodology Aim of review The purpose of this literature review was to assess evidence for the effectiveness or efficacy of specific psychological interventions for each of the ICD-10...

Ngày tải lên: 02/06/2014, 09:39

... on the diversity of views available to local communities, on the diversity of sources in local markets, the definition of a range of critical information needs of the American public, how they ... this review has sought to identify relevant data sets that could prove useful in future research Structure of Literature Review The organization of this literature review deviates somewhat from the ... that the traditional methodological approaches, and their traditional points of focus, lack relevance today However, the complexity of the changes taking place and the shifting nature of the key...

Ngày tải lên: 02/06/2014, 09:39

... Based on the advice of one of the authors (PF), an expert in the field of maternal health and EmOC, the search strategy was supplemented by a systematic review of the table of contents of specific ... hours; the greatest part of that delay was attributed to the purchase of therapeutic material by patients and their families [48] The overall evaluation of professional skills, together with the ... organizational resources The structural aspects of EmOC and the interpersonal constituents of the EmOC process were easily identified The clinical aspects of EmOC, where the role of HR is theoretically...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... in the permanent attrition of pharmacists from the workforce Although the death of pharmacists was not reported to be a problem in any of the literature included in the review, most of the literature ... annotated in the matrices Results In total, 69 papers were identified for inclusion in the review: 48 peer-reviewed papers and 21 non-peerreviewed reports Most of the evidence gathered was in the B3 ... to understanding the factors surrounding the expansion of the pharmacy workforce The issues surrounding planning and expansion of the pharmacy workforce elucidated from the literature will be...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal List of abbreviations ... primary angiitis of the central nervous system: report of cases and review of the literature Arthritis Rheum 2003, 49(3):421-427 Greenberg SM, Rapalino O, Frosch MP: Case records of the Massachusetts ... authors are members of the Department of Neurology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, and TK was also a graduate student of the Brain Research Institute, University of Niigata until...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20