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Elective Affinities: Heidegger and Adorno
In spite of their historical, geographical, and intellectual proximity, Heidegger and Adorno never entered into dialogue with one another. Heidegger claimed not to have read Adorno, while Adorno wrote only polemically on Heidegger. In the past thirty years, scholars have attempted to initiate …
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Timing of complications following elective craniotomies
… Conservative prolonged observation periods after elective craniotomies with admission to neurosurgical higher or intensive care units (ICU) have been the norm for many decades. This practice is neither evidence based nor a cost-effective use of medical resources. This observational audit aimed to …
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Meeting Diversity with a Multicultural English Elective Course
… texts are included, and whether or not an elective class with such texts would be of interest to students.</p> <p>Several theorists and researchers support multicultural education such as Sonia Nieto, Joan Rasool, Cheryl Curtis, James Banks, and Christine Sleeter to name a few. I am looking …
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Investigating Resource Utilization in Elective Spine Patients with Affective Disorders: A Retrospective Analysis of a Cohort of 1199 Elective Spine Patients
BACKGROUND: In elective spine surgery patients, affective disorders (ADs) are associated with increased preoperative opioid use to control pain, longer length of hospital stays, and increased postoperative readmission rates. When assessing healthcare resource utilization, how ADs influence …
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Perioperative normovolaemic haemodilution in major elective orthopaedic surgery Lusaka
… was done on twenty three patients who had major elective orthopaedic surgery both at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka and the Zambian - Italian Orthopaedic Hospital, Lusaka between July, 1997 and June, 1999.There were twelve males and eleven females with ages ranging from 13 to 78 years …
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Perioperative normovolaemic haemodilution in major elective orthopaedic surgery Lusaka
… was done on twenty three patients who had major elective orthopaedic surgery both at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka and the Zambian - Italian Orthopaedic Hospital, Lusaka between July, 1997 and June, 1999. There were twelve males and eleven females with ages ranging from 13 to 78 years …
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Perioperative normovolaemic haemodilution in major elective orthopaedic surgery Lusaka
… was done on twenty three patients who had major elective orthopaedic surgery both at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka and the Zambian - Italian Orthopaedic Hospital, Lusaka between July, 1997 and June, 1999.There were twelve males and eleven females with ages ranging from 13 to 78 years …
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Ring-fencing : a strategy to enhance elective surgery performance
Background and Significance: The use of protected elective surgical units (PESU), also known as "ring-fenced" units for elective surgery, refers to reserving hospital beds specifically for patients undergoing elective or non-emergent procedures. A ring-fenced elective orthopedic unit is only open …
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Simulation Optimization Of Operating Room Schedules For Elective Orthopaedic Surgeries
… thesis was to solve the problem of scheduling elective surgeries in a multiple operating room setting with the goal of minimizing the amount of overtime incurred. While surgical durations cannot always be perfectly estimated and vary by procedure and surgeon, we propose an approach that relies …
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A Case Study on Elective Mutism Using a consultation Model
… model in an attempt to treat a seven year-old elective mute female within the school setting. The author (consultant) provided information to the subject's teacher (consultee) in order to treat the subject's elective mutism. The procedure consisted of trials using a sound-level meter to …
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Body Objectification and Elective Cosmetic Procedures in African American Women
Trends in cosmetic surgery are an ever-popular topic of discussion; however, little psychological or empirical research has been devoted to understanding specific psychological factors for ethnic minorities. African American women have historically fallen outside of Euro-centric beauty norms and …
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Income Tax Simplicity: An Examination of An Elective Filing System
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-14T13:34:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 8004257.pdf: 10531929 bytes, checksum: 9ac805f70aadb0c4d5fcf88138622c62 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1979
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Emergency vs elective surgery ratio in the cape metro area
… had surgical capacity(1). The emergency to elective surgery ratio (Em:El), which measures the number of emergency surgeries per 100 elective surgeries has been used as a metric to assess the delivery of surgical care. This metric was based on a 2018 study, Emergency-to-Elective Surgery …
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Local Authorities’ views of the Badman Review into Elective Home Education
… education officers) regarding their current elective home education (EHE) context and practice, and how they perceive their professional practice evolving or changing as a consequence of the Badman Review into EHE (2009). This study is topical due to the resurgence of interest in EHE in …
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The exploration of elective Caesarian sections as a choice around childbirth
… the private health sector are choosing to have elective caesareans in South Africa. This dissertation explores the motivations influencing women who choose an elective caesarean section (CS) for non-health reasons. Qualitative research describing factors influencing pregnant women’s decisions in …
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A student's choice : factors to enrollment in elective physical education
… perceived barriers to enrollment in elective physical education. Further, no research has explored perceived individual and social environmental facilitators to electing to enroll in physical education. Thus, the purpose of the study was to identify perceived barriers and facilitators …
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The experience of female patients seeking elective rhinoplasty surgery: a narrative inquiry
… to understand what motivates patients to have an elective rhinoplasty, taking into consideration any societal, familial, cultural and intrapersonal influences. The research question explored how, if at all, surgery impacts women’s embodied sense of themselves and if there is a way of providing …
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Risk factors for severe intraoperative hyperglycemia in patients undergoing elective neurosurgical surgery
… determine the rate of SIH in patients undergoing elective intracranial procedures at Boston Medical Center in order to identify the common risk factors for SIH in this patient population. By identifying patients at risk for SIH before their procedure, medical care teams may be able to manage their …
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Mixed Methods Study of How Computer Science Students Make Elective Course Choices
Elective course selection is an important part of the undergraduate Computer Science learning experience. These courses often shape a student's future career along with teaching them new skills and forming their niche in the vast world of Computer Science. While computer science students in …
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