... in Box 2.1 They don’t make for good reading! They are examples of what Sebenius (2001) calls ‘skewed vision’ but the difficulty for people with skewed vision is that they don’t know they’ve got ... with respect Do listen, show you are trying to understand Do allow for exaggeration Don’t use put-downs yourself Don’t challenge people’s statements Treat yourself with respect Don’t get angry ... Pruitt, 1979, p 197) – it can be exercised in many ways and while weknow that we need to have power it is difficult to know how much of it we have One of the dangers for negotiators is that people whose...
... 12 women were waiting at the DOCS center for fistula repair surgery; by January 2004, 132 surgeries had been completed, 80 women had gone home cured, and 60 were waiting for surgery (DOCS, 2004) ... Panzi, roughly 12% were for fistulas that were traumatic in origin, while the remaining were for obstetric fistula (Stanton, 2005; Mukwege, 2005) Between January and June this year, of the 165 ... needs This review provides an overview of what is known about traumatic fistula in conflict settings around the world Though limited in scope by the lack of documented evidence, it will serve as...
... reported by trimester For inhibin, we excluded older publications that used assays unable to differentiate between dimeric forms and thus were nondiscriminatory between inhibin A and B Due to the ... and abstract, 54 articles appeared to be relevant and were retrieved to be reviewed in full Twenty-six studies met our inclusion criteria and were included in the review Table provides a short summary ... [19] followed 13 pregnant women: mean ± SD values showed that serum inhibin B levels during the first (27.50 ± 2.72 ng/L) and second (38.00 ± 9.06 ng/L) trimester were significantly lower than...
... communication between group members, as well as with the tutor In fact, the addition of asynchronous instruments for knowledge sharing, adds a new dimension to the interaction between the resources ... professionals However, no solid evidence seems to have been produced In addition, only weak indication exists towards identifying the methodological factors that would make the difference between a successful ... in health education The evolution of the technology between these three generations has allowed major changes in the DL methodology as well The existing technology has the potential to facilitate...
... as planned" (for that phase).12 Downside and Summary Downside Dowe have any criticisms? Well, yes, just a few First, as we have suggested many times elsewhere, we think that Figure 1, showing ... objectives as planned."10 Whatwe liked – Project Closure Jason concludes: "Project closure involves releasing the final deliverables to the customer, handing over project documentation to the business, ... has achieved its objectives as planned."8 Whatwe liked – Project Execution In much of the literature, and in training programs, project management is all about project planning while project execution...
... reviewers were retrieved Assessment of the eligibility of interventions can vary between reviewers Therefore, each full paper was evaluated independently for inclusion by at least two reviewers ... self-management tutors who were lay persons themselves were eligible for inclusion in this review • Studies which solely measured consumers’ knowledge, attitudes or intentions were also excluded Such ... Lecturer, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK Susan M Babigumira MD, Researcher, Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo,...
... the available general information about sexual behavior, does not give us specific information about high-risk behavior among adolescents However, weknow that adolescents are exposed to high-risk ... assumptions about adolescents’ needs and future aspirations may be faulty UNFPA produced an unusual documentary in 1999 in which dozens of adolescent boys and girls across the country were interviewed, ... adulthood as well II BASIC DATA At present our information on adolescents in Pakistan is limited in scope and lacking in depth For example, we may know how many adolescents there are, what proportions...
... approximately double that reported in industrialized countries Most of the women were young and primiparous; co-existing anaemia and infectious illnesses were common and 80% of the illnesses were categorized ... India, found that infants whose weight was 50-80% of the expected weight for age were significantly more likely to have a mother who was depressed than infants of normal weight A meta-analysis of nine ... symptoms and child well-being Journal of the American Academy of Adolescent Psychiatry, 40: 1367-1374 Laungani P (2000) Postnatal depression across cultures: conceptual and methodological considerations...
... studies were casecontrol studies and 11 were cohort studies Most of them were carried-out in Asia (35%), Europe (30%), and USA (23%) Dietary intake of nitrosamines or nitrites Cohort studies: We found ... association between NDMA and GC and found no association [11] We did not find any cohort studies investigating the relationship between nitrosamine or nitrite intake and OC Case-control studies: We found ... and/or endogenous nitrosamines Cohor t studies: We found cohor t studies with results about GC risk and food sources of exogenous nitrosamines and/or foods than could enhance their endogenous...
... Verónica Toral-Granda were invaluable to the success of the workshop and to the quality of the present document The organization of the workshop and the preparation of this document were possible thanks ... Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia United States dollar vessel monitoring system Western Indian Ocean Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association Western Mindanao Community Initiatives Project ... component to traditional diets However, in the majority of countries reviewed in this document, sea cucumbers are harvested to supply the Oriental market of bêche-de-mer Indonesia is the major exporter...
... Methods Our research questions were these: • What features characterize models of care for seniors that have been evaluated and published in peer-reviewed journals? • What features of integrated ... presented below As well, there are hundreds of articles about integrated care within health and social care sectors such as primary care, hospitals or community-based services We were interested ... failure), the results showed either reduced health service use or reduced costs There were methodological problems with some of the studies, the most important of which was that they were carried out...
... relationships between the organizational culture of the wards and the practitioners, and whether reflective methods of practice were implemented Four themes emerged: relationships between doctors and ... development We identified only 29 studies, the majority of which were observational in nature Comparison groups were rarely included At the time of our review, no randomized controlled studies were identified ... to what extent Interviewed student nurses and supervisors about the usefulness of reflective practice in their practices Explored the implications of the nurses’ reflections, what they reflect about, ...
... between weeks 4–8; 31% between weeks 9–12; 15.5% between weeks 13–16; 18.7% between weeks 17–20; 9% between weeks 21–24; and 7.1% between weeks 25–28 Estimated cumulative default rates (as % ... remaining two were based on record review alone (Lienhardt et al 1998; Dodor 2004) The timing of default across the four studies ranged from 6.0 weeks (Jaiswal et al 2003) to 13.6 weeks (Dodor 2004) ... study design among those that do, we were unable to compute an aggregate estimate of temporal trends in ª 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd 12 16 20 24 Weeks default However, visual inspection of the...
... policy, and which conditions were the points of contention between government and the Bank We emerged with a different set of answers from every meeting If the process were transparently conducted ... conditionality matrix.” Under pressure from donors who were worried about Uganda’s political situation 14253Text 7/9/06 4:18 pm Page 21 What progress? A shadow review of World Bank conditionality ... completed documents on the website constitutes full transparency This was a common response of the Bank staff we questioned on transparency In Pakistan, where there is little dialogue between government...
... effect estimates were given a weight equal to the inverse variance of the study (fixed effects model) For those subanalyses in which we noted significant heterogeneity, we used a random effects model ... Association between smoking and death from TB for men but indeterminate in women; dose response observed for quantity Weak association between smoking and death from TB for both men and women; dose response ... link between tobacco smoke and TB, but have not systematically reviewed the epidemiologic data on this association [3,4] We therefore undertook to quantitatively assess the association between smoking,...
... reviewed for this report However, in order to think aboutwhat a critical literature would look like we need to at least have a tentative answer Answer #1: Accuracy The most obvious answer is ... risk analysis needs to be done whether or not there is evidence aboutwhat it does or how well it works, there is little incentive to assemble such evidence Finally, documenting and preparing ... this chapter we discuss some known issues which should be treated in a critical evaluation of the subject, followed by a discussion about how such an evaluation would be carried out KNOWN PROBLEMS...
... rather than AknowledgeB We have replaced information with knowledge here for the sake of consistency with other discussion Polanyi Ž1962 distinguished between the two dimensions of knowledge — ... research reviewed in this paper does not suggest how much public support should be provided nor in what areas it should be invested Currently, we not have the robust and reliable methodological tools ... a measure of the links between science and technology These conceptual and methodological problems point to areas where further research is needed In what follows, we first define the area of...