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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"improvement measures"”.
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Developing an in-depth understanding of acute pain assessment and management in the prehospital setting in the Western Cape, South Africa, the factors influencing practice and what improvement measures could advance prehospital acute pain management
Introduction: Acute pain is a common reason for seeking emergency care in the prehospital and emergency centre settings where pain prevalence ranges widely. Pain is a significant global health problem which often goes unnoticed and is undermanaged. To this end, a project consisting of a series of …
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Data Driven Selective Sensing for 3D Image Acquisition
… thesis discusses the development of two formal improvement measures, the first based upon surface meshes and Ordinary Kriging that focuses on improving scene accuracy, and the second based upon probabilistic occupancy grids that focuses on improving scene coverage. Furthermore, three selection …
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Thermisches Versagen von Reaktordruckbehältern bei extremen Störfällen in Druckwasserreaktoren : Analyse und Verbesserungsvorschläge
… from these analyses show that implementing these measures can extend the time up until failure significantly. However, vessel failure – thus the penetration of corium into the containment – probably cannot be prevented completely.In this work, the technical definition and design of the improvement …
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O serviço de referência na Biblioteca Pública Augusto dos Anjos: entre carências e desejos
… are presented the results and suggestions for improvement measures for the Reference Service in that library. It follows that the reference service in the Augusto dos Anjos’ Public Library lies lagged and without infrastructure and that, while the librarian craves to provide services with more …
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Performance of Improved Ground and Reinforced Soil Structures during Earthquakes – Case Studies and Numerical Analyses
… of poor soils, a wide range of soil improvement measures had been used to mitigate anticipated earthquake damages throughout the region. Following the earthquake and significant aftershocks, Virginia Tech researchers traveled to Turkey to investigate the affected area to document …
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Assessment of flood protection strategies for combined critical infrastructure failure and hurricane/storm surge events in the Meadowlands area
… a detailed investigation of alternative measures for flood mitigation in the Meadowlands area was completed in June 2014. The project involved the assessment of flood impacts, and the evaluation of a range of structural and non-structural capital improvement measures, maintenance, …
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Nursing Student Work-Study Internship: Partnering to Bridge the Education-to-Practice Gap
… An evidence-based, change of practice, quality improvement project was conducted to improve the organization’s existing Nursing Student WSP. Interventions included an evaluation of the WSP structure, processes, and outcomes, and development of evidence-based resources to address identified gaps. …
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An eICU/ICU Collaborative to Reduce Sepsis Mortality
… and septic shock. After twelve months of quality improvement measures including education, training, implementation, enhancement, tracking and treatment management; the dashboards revealed Sutter Solano’s sepsis/septic shock mortality rate dropped from 41.2% to 6.1%. Nurses and physicians need to …
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An Evidence-Based Implementation Project on High Utilizers in the Emergency Department
… Martin, Gambler, & Coco, 2011). Various quality improvement measures have been implemented across the nation to reduce these costs such as the utilization of PreManage ED<sup>TM</sup>. The PreManage ED<sup>TM</sup> implementation pilot in Alameda County enables identification of patients …
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Analysis of treatment of respiratory disease in the United Kingdom and United States
… ICS prescribing. Further research and quality improvement measures are needed to improve the care of respiratory disease.
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Electrical Demand Analysis Software Tool Suite and Automatic Report Generation for Energy Audits
… cost energy efficiency evaluations and a list of improvement measures that warrant further inquiry. Through the Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) at Texas A&M University, the Department of Energy's, Advanced Manufacturing Office maintains collaboration with academic entities to further the goal …
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Integrating Novel Connected Vehicle Event Data for Proactive Road Safety Improvement
… event (HBE) data for proactive road safety improvement. It comprised four distinct but related studies. The first part of the dissertation presents a systematic review of existing studies on the use of CV events and related data in road safety research, focusing on data combinations, study …
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The political sophistication of district-transforming superintendents
… and the other who successfully initiated school improvement measures. It was an attempt to understand and describe the political thinking, knowledge, skill, and participation of two unique superintendents. Contemporary educational leadership research has identified the actions and political …
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Measuring state-owned health care organisations board performance, accounting for national culture: the case of Greece
… that could be useful for board performance improvement. The main aim of this study is to investigate board performance and cultural issues. The ultimate aim is to develop board performance models considering public hospitals, taking into account cultural differences, suitable for improving …
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Soap based thermal insulation as an environmental alternative to petroleum based thermal insulation
… can be used as a gauge for future potential improvements to build from. Currently there are gaps in knowledge and practice with regards to environmental thermal insulation. There are other environmental insulations, but more research needs to be initiated regarding recyclable, biodegradable, …
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Understanding Transfer Student Pathways to Engineering Degrees: A Multi-Institutional Study Based in Texas
… students in engineering, growth and improvement measures have started to taper in recent years. To meet current and future workforce demands for more STEM professionals in the United States, we must be creative about how to move beyond this ceiling effect; and, great potential exists …
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Analysis and visualisation of digital elevation data for catchment management
… of implementing particular land management measures. Several conclusions can be made from the research. (1) From the collection of DEMs used in this study the NEXTMap 5m DTM was found to be the best for representing catchment topography and is likely to prove a superior product for similar …
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Reducing the Risk of Hypothermia in Neonatal Infants
… hard-won achievements by reinforcing education measures to the nursing and medical teams involved in the infant delivery and NICU admission process. <strong>Background: </strong>Hypothermia is a major factor in morbidity and mortality of low-birth-weight premature infants, and remains a grave …
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Impacts of anthropogenic activities on the fisheries of the Don, Rother and Dearne catchments
… manufacturing industries has resulted in marked improvements in water quality of the rivers. Reductions in ammonia and BOD levels have been achieved since 1991 due mainly to improvements to sewage treatment works. As a consequence the fisheries of the rivers have shown some evidence of recovery. …
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