... study was to investigate postoperative pain managementin relation to short term functional mobility in an intervention group receivingconcomitant use of an IV narcotic PCA and a continu-ous i ... technique. A loadingdose of 20 ml 0.75% ropivacaine and 20 ml 2% ligno-caine was administered in the recovery room prior tocommencement of continuous infusion of 0.2% ropiva-caine. Intra venous ... extending an overnight CFNC to four days did notresultinanyincreaseinhealth related quality of life ateither seven days or 12 months despite an increase in passive knee flexion during the infusion...
... study was to investigate postoperative pain managementin relation to short term functional mobility in an intervention group receivingconcomitant use of an IV narcotic PCA and a continu-ous i ... technique. A loadingdose of 20 ml 0.75% ropivacaine and 20 ml 2% ligno-caine was administered in the recovery room prior tocommencement of continuous infusion of 0.2% ropiva-caine. Intra venous ... extending an overnight CFNC to four days did notresultinanyincreaseinhealth related quality of life ateither seven days or 12 months despite an increase in passive knee flexion during the infusion...
... of each individualcow, indicating that decisions can differ both within andbetween herds.At the farm level, the veterinarians seemed to integratefarm-related information into the decision ... the recording of metritis scores andveterinarians' decisionmaking connected to metritis treat-ment and potential links to data quality. This understand-ing provides insight into potential ... 1: Table of metritis score definitions and examples of present usage in practice.Scores Clinical signs - vaginal examination CasesPractical scoring Decisionmaking on treatment0 None or very...
... topic-financial reporting-international topic-financial reporting-open books topic-financial reporting-realtime accounting 32 Figure 8 Methods of Analysis Used inManagementAccounting ... decision- support systems in improving planning & forecasting?” Business processes Which activities in the finance function can be eliminated leading to reduced costs while maintaining ... Society (AOS) • ManagementAccounting Research (MAR) • Advances inManagementAccounting (AIMA) • Review of Accounting Studies (RAS) • Contemporary Accounting Research (CAR) • Strategic Management...
... which trains individuals to be primarily concerned with winning and losing. Wagner and Steinzor (2006) have argued that “rather than incorporating science into policy dispassionately and using research ... Sciences Decision Making: Risk Management, Evidence, and Ethics: Workshop Summaryhttp://www.nap.edu/catalog/12444.htmlAPPROACHES TO DECISIONMAKING 19revisit certain issues and decisions in order ... a chal-lenge in determining the decision rules along the path to stronger evidence in particular, how scientists form and agree to the standards used to inform the decision- making process,...
... 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 ... (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 and which factors in ... childbearing among women of higher childbearing ages, period fertility rates increased in most of the developed countries in 1998-2008, leading to a reversal of the longstanding trend of declining...
... guiding decision making. One approach intended to make test scores more informative for decisionmaking is value-added mod-eling (VAM), which controls for prior achievement in estimating ... problems in schools receiving the lowest ratings. In several IFL districts, administrators used information gathered in Learning Walks to determine whether teachers and principals were implementing ... e remainder of this paper is divided into four sections. Section one describes what is meant by data- driven decision making, including its origins, a theoret- ical framework for thinking about...
... Freedom, Decision Making: Eteocles and Others 136i. Fate 137ii. Freedom 150iii. Decisionmaking and states of mind 162Conclusion 172References 177Index Locorum 189General Index 198This page intentionally ... fall into, Croesus’downfall is multiply determined: it is motivated on both human anddivine levels, and the divine component of its motivation is not singlebut multiple. Inherited guilt does indubitably ... both magniWcent and bewildering in its seeminglyendless involutions. If anything, the more deeply one is versed in Attic tragedy, the more one stands in danger of taking for granted thecomplexity...
... society, while maintaining public order. A government has the functions of administrating the state, regulating public affairs, decision- making, implementing policies and exercising leadership. ... Figures6. Decision- Makingin Dam Building: Case Study of the Lancang Hydropower Cascade in Yunnan 676.1 Introduction 676.2 Origins of the World Commission for Dams 676.3 Decision- Making Processes ... TechnologiesFigure 1: Decision- Making Agencies Connected to the Ministry of Energy in ThailandMinistry of EnergyState EnterprisesOce of the Prime MinisterMinistry of IndustryMinistry of Science,Technology...
... Chapter 003. Decision- Making in Clinical Medicine (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 3. Decision- Makingin Clinical Medicine Decision- Makingin Clinical Medicine: Introduction ... problem-solving behavior. Despite the great technological advances of medicine over the last century, uncertainty still plays a pivotal role in all aspects of medical decision- making. We may ... alone. Uncertainty in medical outcomes creates the need for probabilities and other mathematical/statistical tools to help guide decision- making. (These tools are reviewed later in the chapter.)...
... 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 ... therefore more influential on clinical judgments. The third commonly used cognitive shortcut, the anchoring heuristic, involves estimating a probability by starting from a familiar point (the anchor) ... 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...
... 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, and discarding diagnostic ... disease is the underlying cause. The absence of a resting Chapter 003. Decision- Making in Clinical Medicine (Part 3) Diagnostic Hypothesis Generation Cognitive scientists studying the thought ... 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 as positive ones in establishing...
... 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 ... are less likely to overreact to foreseeable problems in therapy such as a rise in creatinine levels or symptomatic hypotension. Other intriguing research has shown a wide distribution of acceptance ... lagged behind (a conservative practice style, associated in this case with older physicians). As a group, internists lagged several years behind gastroenterologists. The opinion of influential...