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The research process in nursing

Table of Contents: “…Case Study Research. -- 21.Evaluation research. -- 22.Action Research. -- 23.Practitioner research. -- 24.Systematic reviews. -- 25.Realist synthesis. -- 26.Historical research. -- 27.Mixed methods. -- Section 4: Collecting data. -- 28.Interviews. -- 29.Focus groups. -- 30.Questionnaires. -- 31.Observation. -- 32.Other qualitative methods. -- 33.Outcome measures. -- Section 5: Making sense of data. -- 34.Qualitative analysis. -- 35.Descriptive analysis quantitative data. -- 36.Examining relationships quantitative research. -- Section 6: Putting research into practice. -- 37.Communicating and disseminating research. -- 38.Evidence-based practice. -- 39.Using research in clinical practice. -- 40.Future directions for nursing research.…”
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Structural identification of constructed systems : approaches, methods, and technologies for effective practice of St-Id /

Table of Contents: “…Experimental Considerations -- Classification of Experiments Based On Input -- Sensors and Sensor Classification -- Data Transmission -- Data Acquisition and Management -- Use of Non-Destructive Evaluation for Structural Identification -- 4. Data Processing and Direct Data Interpretation -- Examples of Non-Physical Numerical Models -- 5. …”
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Effective implementation in practice : integrating public policy and management / by Sandfort, Jodi, 1968-, Moulton, Stephanie, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Tables, Figures, and Boxes ix The Authors xi Preface xiii PART ONE The Implementation Landscape 1 ONE Framing Implementation 5 Exploring Policy and Program Implementation 9 Defining Implementation Effectiveness 12 Unpacking Implementation Systems 16 Bringing the Analysis to Life 28 TWO Conventional Perspectives on Policy and Program Implementation 35 Political Processes and Authority 37 Governance and Management 43 Policy and Program Evaluation 52 Conclusion 64 THREE A New Perspective for Implementation: Strategic Action Fields 67 Introducing Strategic Action Fields 69 Core Programs 74 Unpacking Social Structures and Dynamics 82 Conclusion 96 PART TWO The Implementation System at Multiple Levels 99 FOUR Policy Fields 103 Policy Fields in Focus 107 Analyzing the Development of the Core Program 120 Applying Policy Field Analysis 131 Conclusion 136 FIVE Organizations 139 Organizations in Focus 141 Analyzing the Integration of the Core Program 148 Applying Organizational Analysis 155 Conclusion 162 SIX Front Lines 163 Front Lines in Focus 166 Analyzing the Application of the Core Program 174 Applying Frontline Analysis 181 Conclusion 188 PART THREE The Practice of Effective Implementation 191 SEVEN Exploring Implementation in Practice 195 Implementation Dynamics: The Hardest Hit Fund 196 Implementation Dynamics: The Quality Rating and Improvement System 211 Opportunities for Change 222 EIGHT Leading Learning in Implementation Systems 225 Investigating Technical Challenges 228 Engaging Others in Adaptive Challenges 246 Bringing It All Together 259 Appendix A Policy Field Audit 261 Appendix B Policy Field Visual Diagram 263 Appendix C Program Process Flow 265 Appendix D Organization Program Integration Audit 267 Appendix E Frontline Interactions Audit 271 Appendix F Target Experiences Analysis 275 Appendix G Implementation Dynamics and Outcomes Analysis 279 Appendix H Implementation Improvement Blueprint 283 Notes 287 Bibliography 339 Index 379.…”
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Care in Healthcare Reflections on Theory and Practice /

Table of Contents: “…‘Regulation as an Obstacle to Care? A Care-Ethical Evaluation of the Regulation on the Use of Seclusion Cells in Psychiatric Care in Flanders (Belgium)’ by Tim Opgenhaffen.- 10. …”
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Operating room leadership and management

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A handbook of children and young people's participation : perspectives from theory and practice /

Table of Contents: “…/ Anita Franklin and Kate Martin -- Participation among young people with mental health issue : redefining the boundaries / Ann Dadich -- Advocacy for children in family group conferences : reflections on personal and public decision making / Perpetua Kirby and Sophie Laws -- Questioning understandings of children's participation : applying a cross-cultural lens / Jan Mason and Natalie Bolzan -- The construction of childhood and the socialisation of children in Ghana : implications for the implementation of article 12 of the CRC / Afua Twum-Danso -- Youth participation in indigenous traditional communities / Yolanda Corona Caraveo, Carlos Perez and Julián Hernández -- Rights through evaluation and understanding children's realities / Vicky Johnson -- Children's participation in school and community : European perspectives / Renate Kr'nzl-Nagl and Ulrike Zartler -- Building towards effective participation : a learning-based network approach to youth participation / Tiina Sotkasiira, Lotta Haikkola, and Liisa Horelli -- Getting the measure of children and young people's participation : an exploration of practice in Wales / Anne Crowley and Anna Skeels -- "No one ever listens to us" : challenging obstacles to the participation of children and young people in Rwanda / Kirrily Pells -- Child reporters as agents of change / Lalatendu Acharya -- "Pathways to participation" revisited : learning from Nicaragua's child coffee-workers / Harry Shier -- "Students as professionals" : the London Secondary School Councils action research project / Hiromi Yamashita and Lynn Davies -- Children's participation in citizenship and governance / Sara L. …”

Consumption and Violence : Radical Protest in Cold-War West Germany / by Sedlmaier, Alexander

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Spain, China, and Japan in Manila, 1571-1644 : Local Comparisons and Global Connections / by Tremml, Birgit

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Using animal models in biomedical research a primer for the investigator / by Chow, Pierce K. H.

Table of Contents: “…Responsibilities of principal investigators and research protocol evaluation / Hock Soo Ong. The 3r's, research variables and the use of alternatives / Hock Soo Ong. …”
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Care in Healthcare Reflections on Theory and Practice /

Table of Contents: “…‘Regulation as an Obstacle to Care? A Care-Ethical Evaluation of the Regulation on the Use of Seclusion Cells in Psychiatric Care in Flanders (Belgium)’ by Tim Opgenhaffen.- 10. …”
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Operating room leadership and management

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Consumption and Violence : Radical Protest in Cold-War West Germany / by Sedlmaier, Alexander

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Spain, China, and Japan in Manila, 1571-1644 : Local Comparisons and Global Connections / by Tremml, Birgit

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Complex processes in new languages

Table of Contents: “…Grant -- Morphosyntactic finiteness as increased complexity in a mixed negation system / Peter Slomanson -- Contact language formation in evolutionary terms / Umberto Ansaldo -- Part V. Evaluating simplification and complexification. Economy, innovation and degrees of complexity in creole formation / Marlyse Baptista -- Competition and selection: that's all! …”
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Learning from the global financial crisis creatively, reliably, and sustainably /

Table of Contents: “…Truth, beauty and the financial crisis : evaluating what works / Robert Richardson and Matt Statler -- Aesthetics and the economic meltdown / Ralph Bathurst and Margot Edwards -- Smashing moneytheist mirrors : how artists help us live with financial schizophrenia / Pierre Guillet de Monthoux -- Hence God exists / Skip McGoun -- The fine art of finance / Steve Taylor -- The play ethic / Pat Kane -- Cassim's law : a regulars' table speech about the crisis / Henrik Schrat -- Managing the global financial crisis : lessons from technological crisis management / Paul Shrivastava, Bill Gruver and Matt Statler -- Failures of high reliability in finance / Nathaniel Bush, Peter Martelli, and Karlene Roberts -- Wrong assumptions and risk cultures : deeper causes of the global financial crisis / Ian I. …”
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The culture of mental illness and psychiatric practice in Africa /

Table of Contents: “…Murphy -- Using mixed methods to plan and evaluate mental health programs for war-affected children in Sub-Saharan Africa / Theresa Betancourt.…”
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Complex processes in new languages

Table of Contents: “…Grant -- Morphosyntactic finiteness as increased complexity in a mixed negation system / Peter Slomanson -- Contact language formation in evolutionary terms / Umberto Ansaldo -- Part V. Evaluating simplification and complexification. Economy, innovation and degrees of complexity in creole formation / Marlyse Baptista -- Competition and selection: that's all! …”
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Learning from the global financial crisis creatively, reliably, and sustainably /

Table of Contents: “…Truth, beauty and the financial crisis : evaluating what works / Robert Richardson and Matt Statler -- Aesthetics and the economic meltdown / Ralph Bathurst and Margot Edwards -- Smashing moneytheist mirrors : how artists help us live with financial schizophrenia / Pierre Guillet de Monthoux -- Hence God exists / Skip McGoun -- The fine art of finance / Steve Taylor -- The play ethic / Pat Kane -- Cassim's law : a regulars' table speech about the crisis / Henrik Schrat -- Managing the global financial crisis : lessons from technological crisis management / Paul Shrivastava, Bill Gruver and Matt Statler -- Failures of high reliability in finance / Nathaniel Bush, Peter Martelli, and Karlene Roberts -- Wrong assumptions and risk cultures : deeper causes of the global financial crisis / Ian I. …”
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The culture of mental illness and psychiatric practice in Africa /

Table of Contents: “…Murphy -- Using mixed methods to plan and evaluate mental health programs for war-affected children in Sub-Saharan Africa / Theresa Betancourt.…”
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Digital economies at global margins /

Table of Contents: “…: information and communication technologies in commercial small-scale farming in East Africa / Madlen Krone and Peter Dannenberg -- Digital inclusion, female entrepreneurship and the production of neoliberal subjects' views from Chile and Zambia / Hannah McCarrick and Dorothea Kleine -- "Let the private sector take care of this" : the philanthro-capitalism of digital humanitarianism / Ryan Burns -- The digitalization of anti-poverty programs : aadhaar and the reform of social protection in India / Silvia Masiero -- The myth of market price information : mobile phones and the application of economic knowledge in ICTD / Jenna Burrell and Elisa Oreglia -- Digital production at global margins -- Hope and hype in Africa's digital economy : the rise of innovation hubs / Nicolas Friederici -- The limits of hackathons in making the internet matter / Lilly Irani -- Meeting social objectives with offshore service work : evaluating impact sourcing in the Philippines / Jorien Oprins and Niels Beerepoot -- Digital labor and development : impacts of global digital labor platforms and the gig economy on worker livelihoods / Mark Graham, Isis Hjorth, and Vili Lehdonvirta -- Geographical discrimination in the gig economy / Hernan Galperin and Catrihel Greppi -- Margins at the center : alternative digital economies in Shenzhen, China / Jack Qiu and Julie Yujie Chen -- African economies : simply connect? …”