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Factors Affecting the Adoption and Retention of Conservation Buffers
… Multifunctional conservation buffers (MCBs) offer an alternative that supports rather than excludes production. By incorporating non-timber forest products (NTFPs), edible or ornamental crops can be harvested for profit or home use, while retaining key environmental services. Beyond low …
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Classifying and Mapping Native Grasslands of South Dakota's Northern Prairie Coteau and Characterizing Habitat for Dakota Skipper Conservation
… and Minnesota County Biological Survey (MCBS) guidelines. Sixty-seven relevé plots were sampled in upland prairie using the MCBS relevé sampling protocol and classified using multivariate analysis. Characterization of habitat was conducted using 50-m transects subjectively placed at 8 …
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ALCOHOL AND MEDICATION USE IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS: UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECT OF ALCOHOL AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM-ACTING MEDICATIONS ON THE RISK FOR FALLS
… The 2009 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) data (n=7163) were employed to determine at-risk drinking based on the Comorbidity Alcohol Risk Evaluation Tool (CARET) and to assess the effects of potential concurrent use of CNS-acting medication and alcohol on the risk for falls. The …
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Risks and health consequences of forgoing, delaying, or having trouble accessing needed health care among Medicare beneficiaries
… using the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS). A meta-analysis was conducted to determine overall effect sizes for the five years of data. Study results revealed that about one in every nine older Medicare beneficiaries reported forgoing, delaying, or having trouble accessing needed …
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Patient Perceptions of Physicians and Medication Adherence Among Medicare Part D Beneficiaries
… of physicians scale was created using MCBS items. The overall patient perceptions of physicians had good reliability, Cronbach's alpha=0.92. Factor analysis was used to determine if there were any subscales within the patient perception of physician scale, and yielded two factors: …
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Patients' Perceptions of Provider Communication, Provider Knowledge and Provider Competence and Associations with Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use among Medicare Part D Beneficiaries
<p>The objectives for this study were to determine prevalence and incidence of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use among community-dwelling Medicare Part D beneficiaries, and to assess associations between patients' perceptions of provider communication, provider knowledge, and provider …
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Integrated Maritime Simulation Complex Management, Quality And Training Effectiveness From The Perspective Of Modeling And Simulation In The State Of Florida, USA (A Case Study)
Naturally, maritime training simulators at all events are valuable instructional and pedagogical tools. Through the history, the maritime simulation was utilized to train prospective maritime apprentices in whom it has filled the gap left by the acute shortage of opportunities for jobs onboard …