... the screens advancing automatically, although the participant may pause the tutorial at any time Following the tutorial, the participant is granted access to the AGREE II user's manual and is instructed ... inform KTE initiatives related to PG standards and evaluation, as well as the literature on instructional design and optimal training program design to balance learning and performance outcomes ... the tool This algorithm has been pilot tested and refined and is currently used by the Capacity Enhancement Program of the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC) to hire appraisers to participate...
... phases: a ‘passive phase’ and an ‘active phase’ (Table 1) During the passive phase, we will conduct asite visit andprovidea didactic presentation to participating hospitals’ ED and ICU to ... adult and paediatric cardiac arrests [22] This local data set includes patient demographics and survival status to hospital discharge on every OHCA brought to the 37 participating hospitals A random ... study and abstraction instructions will be programmed into a touch icon that displays the information at the point of data entry for each variable to ensure standardization Training prior to data...
... cholesterol; CAD = coronary artery disease; AMI = acute myocardial infarction; ACS = acute coronary syndrome; CV = cardiovascular; Atorva = atorvastatin; Prava = Pravastatin; Simva = simvastatin the ... outcome analyses Data management All data will be collected using standardized data sheets and data collation, entry and quality assurance will be carried out in the Epidemiology Coordinating and ... atherosclerosis)[81] All of the faxes (APPROACH HeartView diagrams and the one page statement) will be generated and sent automatically using a software program that has been developed for this trialand embedded...
... Mur-Veeman and colleagues [39], and the Disease Management Association of America (DMAA) [40] We consider integrated care as 'an organizational process of continuous coordination of evidence-based and ... reminders Organisational Lack of office system support and organizational aspects of care related to clinical inertia:e.g Lack of decision support anda team approach to care Usual Quality Improvement ... implementing a pharmaceutical care model in an ambulatory care setting for patients with diabetes Diabetes Educ 1995, 21:117-123 Jaber LA, Halapy H, Fernet M, Tummalapalli S, Diwakaran H: Evaluation of a...
... thanks to the rest of the STOP team, and especially to Ian McCann and Annette Hermse for their work in the clinical trial Thanks also to Yaji Sripada, Sandra Williams, and the anonymous reviewers for ... clinical trial But the cheapness of (1) and (2) were partially due to the fact that they were too small to produce statistically solid findings, and the cheapness of (2) and (3) were partially due to ... not a replacement for, the clinical trial When is a Clinical Trial Appropriate? When is it appropriate to evaluate an NLG system with a large-scale task or effectiveness evaluation which compares...
... instilled One drainage was placed in Douglas' space and barred in all patients hours (h) and h after the operation 30 ml of peritoneal fluid were taken from the drainage in order to measure T5 and T6, ... colonic/rectal resection, it is still in use in many german and european hospitals This substance has been shown to be an irritant andto damage macrophages, and it is no longer used as a peritoneal irrigant ... metastasis rate Colon cancer Gastric cancer Pancreatic cancer Time to metastasis * (months) Colon cancer Gastric cancer Pancreatic cancer Overall mortality rate Colon cancer Gastric cancer Pancreatic...
... 27(3): 231- 5 44 Miglietta L, Franzone P, Centurioni MG, et al: A phase II trial with cisplatinpaclitaxel cytotoxic treatment and concurrent external and endocavitary radiation therapy in locally advanced ... treated with high-dose rate Iridium brachytherapy Patients who had parametrial involvement also received a parametrial boost to the affected side Median total dose to point A was 74 Gy (range: ... finding was attributed to many factors like possible enrollment of patients with paraaortic lymph nodes, and an imbalance among randomization groups for known prognostic factors such as anemia [22,37]...
... margins to GTV CTV also included a regional (elecitve) nodal area which consisted of ipsilateral hilum and bilateral mediastinal (pretracheal, paratracheal, tracheobroncheal, and subcarinal) lymph ... S, Kawahara M, Tamura , Noda K, Watanabe K, Yokoyama A, Sugiura T, Senba H, Ishikura S, Ikeda H, Ishizuka N, Saijo N: Standard thoracic radiotherapy with or without concurrent daily lowdose carboplatin ... 238 evaluated), of which, 14 (78%) had insufficient lateral margins, while (17%) and (11%) had insufficient caudal and cranial margins, respectively (one case, both lateral and caudal margins)...
... Limitations and challenges Randomized trials of organizational change always pose challenges NIATx 200 has two notable limitations Including a control and blinding The gold standard in evaluation ... happens at the organizational rather than individual level, randomized trials of organizational change require a large number of organizations Compared to individuals in clinical trials, it can be ... study Have clear and important aims and practices Research established and tested the goals and practices of the NIATx model (see Table 1) before the study started [38] As a result, the goals and...
... snacks, and breakfast cereals Animated characters from Cartoon Network programming appeared on labels and packaging for QSR children s meals, fruit snacks, snack crackers, yogurt, macaroni and ... Disney characters appeared on packages and store displays for fruit snacks, breakfast cereals, candy, yogurt, frozen waffles, toaster pastries, macaroni and cheese, and fruits and vegetables Multi-brand ... meals, breakfast cereals, candy, snacks, and beverages, as well as fruits and vegetables and dairy products, and the campaigns generally were integrated across promotional formats The focus of a cross-promotional...
... and Disadvantages of Inductive and Deductive Approaches to English Grammar Teaching 15 1.3.1 Advantages and Disadvantages of Inductive Approach 16 1.3.2 Advantages and Disadvantages ... inductive approach to apply for the sake of learners’ success in the acquisition of a foreign language in general and English language in particular 1.3 Advantages and Disadvantages of Inductive and ... questionnaire, the interview and the classroom observation were used for qualitative and quantitative data analysis The researcher read the data many times in order to have a general understanding...
... stations and stations that predominantly target AfricanAmerican audiences are also exposed toa large number of commercials for food and beverages A content analysis of commercial programming aired ... embedded brand messages in colorful, fun and fast-paced adventures Branded toys and books Products designed to promote brand awareness and fun associations with a name or symbol that legally identifies ... fat and sodium they contain A few companies now offer calorie-limited snacks, and some restaurants have pledged to abandon supersized portions Proctor and Gamble, General Mills and Nabisco are...
... Bear, anda great pot for the Great Huge Bear And they had each a chair to sit in, a little chair for the Little Small Wee Bear, anda middle-sized chair for the Middlesized Bear, anda great ... Bear, and that was too hard for her And then she sat down in the chair of the Middle-sized Bear, and that was too soft for her And then she sat down in the chair of the Little Small Wee Bear, and ... adapted tochildren than others Among the best for telling are: Arachne Pandora Midas Apollo and Daphne Apollo and Hyacinthus Narcissus Latona and the Rustics Proserpine [1] A well-nigh...
... ADL and has already been applied to patients with other disabling conditions It was translated, culturally adapted and validated for the Portuguese language to be used in Brazilian childrenand ... the clinical manifestation the patients were distributed into: spastic, extrapyramidal and ataxic The spastic type was classified as hemiplegia, diplegia and quadriplegia according to motor involvement ... obtained from the parent/guardian andfrom the medical files All patients were submitted to neurological evaluation and classified according to type of clinical manifestation and motor function Based...
... planned as a group -randomized trial, and due to implementation problems, the data presented are from per-protocol analyses that stratified subjects by intervention exposurean analytic approach ... Guide: A Practical Approach to Enhancing Organizational Performance New York, New York: Jossey-Bass; 1996 Rowe AK, de Savigny D, Lanata CF, Victora CG: How can we achieve and maintain high-quality ... ML and AR conducted surveys and collected data; DO and AR performed analyses and wrote the initial draft of the manuscript; all authors worked on interpreting the results and finalizing the manuscript...
... factorial trial assessing the impact of vitamin A, and of multivitamins excluding Vitamin A, on vertical transmission of HIV-1 and child mortality on pregnant women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ... 1998 are also provided in Table in the section on vitamin A In a parallel group randomizedtrial in Durban, South Africa, Coutsoudis et al randomized 728 pregnant HIV infected women to either placebo ... may provide an additional armament in the fight against HIV/AIDS In summary, the findings from our systematic review and meta-analysis not support the use of vitamin A supplementation as an aid...
... on and attitudes toward the AGREE II The goal was to identify the best strategy to facilitate the AGREE II’s appropriate and effective uptake by its Table Training Satisfaction and Self-Efficacy ... one measure (the AGREE II was mentally demanding), the univariate analyses of variance also failed to show significance differences Training satisfaction and self-efficacy (Table 3) Participants ... execution and data analyses, contributed substantially to the revisions of the manuscript, and has given final approval for the manuscript to be published LDD contributed to data collection, data analyses,...
... uses a framework for data quality assurance [32], including elements like periodical on -site data quality audits and automated data range and consistency checks For each ICU, additional data checks ... but separate, basic quarterly and annual feedback reports containing data on the extended indicator set Also, support by the NICE data managers is available and includes data quality audits, ... outcome and length of stay for admissions to adult general critical care units in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre Case Mix Programme Database...