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Fss Handbook 2017-2018, Financial Supervisory Service (South Korea)

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Cbsl Annual Report 2017, Central Bank Of Sri Lanka (Cbsl)

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Banco De Espana Financial Stability Report - November 2017, Banco De Espana/Central Bank Of Spain

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Imf Financial Operations, International Monetary Fund (Imf) Staff

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Annual Report 2017

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Annual Report 2017, Banca Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena

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Annual Report 2017, Bank Of Italy

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Essential Evidence-Based Introductory Bioterrorism Content For Practicing Nurses, Manu Sharma

Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses

Bioterrorism content is too often absent from nursing education post-licensure. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), bioterrorism is defined as “the deliberate release of viruses, bacteria, or other germs (agents) used to cause illness or death in people, animals, or plants.” A literature search and a review of available resources elucidated pertinent content items on bioterrorism and its associated precautions for nurses. Next, two rounds of expert panel consisting of five members rated the identified content and proffered comments to validate the curriculum. Finally, a four-hour in-person pilot educational session was implemented based on the results. …

Latvian Privatization Agency 2017 Report, Latvian Privatization Agency

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The Development And Implementation Of A Forecasting Model For Inpatient Nurse Scheduling, Danielle Bowie

Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses

Objective: This study was designed to develop a model for predicting nurse scheduling needs in a hospital unit based on historical patient census and nurse staffing requirements.

Background: Many hospitals use outdated non-data driven methods for nurse scheduling.

Methods: Historical nurse scheduling and staffing datasets for 2015, 2016, and 2017 from a 33-bed surgical unit in an inner-city urban hospital in Portland, Oregon, were used to build a predictive model for nurse scheduling needs.

Results: The patient census for 2017 was three patients higher than the two previous years and showed a variation in the day of the week, with …

Integrating Health Literacy And Ethnogeriatric Training For Anesthesia Providers To Improve Perioperative Care Of The Geriatric Patient, Autumn Spence

Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses

The healthcare system requires consumers to be active participants in their care by making decisions in conjunction with their provider; managing complex medication regimens and scheduling appropriate medical visits in a timely fashion. Health literacy for racial and ethnic minority elders, is an often ignored national problem that must be addressed through research-driven initiatives that are tied to metrics that measure improvement across providers, health plans, and healthcare organizations. To address this problem, the authors implemented an adaptation of two evidenced-based educational interventions into a practice improvement project. The intervention format included a self-guided training on health literacy and ethnogeriatrics …

Improving Quality Through Nursing Participation At Bedside Rounds In A Pediatric Acute Care Unit, Rafael Acal Jimenez

Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses

Implementation of bedside rounds enhances communication and collaboration between physicians and nurses, resulting in improved clinical outcomes. Yet, the literature demonstrates that it remains difficult for nurses to attend rounds if they don't know when they are happening. This project aimed to: increase nurses' presence, participation and contribution at bedside rounds in a pediatric acute care unit, enhance clinical teamwork and collaboration, and improve quality outcomes. Nurses carried a pager so that physicians could alert them of rounds. Perception of teamwork and collaboration was assessed via surveys pre- and post- intervention as well as the National Database of Nursing Quality …

Transforming A Culture Of Quality Through Nurse Engagement: A Leadership Framework, Rudy Jackson

Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses

Bedside nurses can be key in improving care. Engaging the workforce to develop processes and work through implementations can be challenging. This article focuses on a framework to help leaders engage bedside nursing staff in developing quality initiatives within their work environment. The framework, implemented in a large academic hospital in New York State, was used to reduce hospital falls. Falls reduced by 30% during the year-long implementation, despite an increase in patient volume.

Developing A Next Generation Strategic Structure For Sustainable Safety Culture: Utilizing "Leading A Culture Of Safety: A Blueprint For Success", Kami Rapp

Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses

During the first generation of patient safety, healthcare leaders began to learn about, assess, and try to improve their organization’s safety culture. However, they never developed or agreed upon an evidenced-based tool containing proven strategies to improve safety culture (NPSF, 2015). Though they were successful in making incremental steps toward improvement, safety is not currently an organizational value completely embedded within the healthcare industry (ACHE & NPSF LLI, 2017). As such, the National Patient Safety Foundation’s Lucian Leape Institute, a part of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, partnered with the American College of Healthcare Executives to write “Leading a Culture …

Adolescent Prep Administration: An Education Curriculum For Providers, Caroline Carnevale

Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses

Background: On May 15, 2018, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved once daily tenofovir/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) for use as preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for adolescents (weighing greater than 35kgs) engaging in high-risk sexual behavior (Gilead, 2018). This decision was largely based on the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) 113 which demonstrated that PrEP was well tolerated among the adolescents, age 15-17, enrolled in the study (Hosek, 2017). The use of TDF/FTC for PrEP in adults (18 and older) was approved by the FDA in 2012 after its safety and efficacy had been demonstrated in multiple international clinical trials (FDA, …

Banco Central De La Republica Argentina - 2017 Financial Statements, Argentina: Banco Central De La Repãºblica

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Can The Provision Of Long-Term Liquidity Help To Avoid A Credit Crunch? Evidence From The Eurosystem's Ltro, Philippe Andrade, Christophe Cahn, Henri Fraisse, Jean-Stèphane Mèsonnier

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Southern Program Countries – Cyprus, Portugal, Spain, Carlos Botelho Moniz, Pedro De Gouveia E Melo, Luis Do Nascimento Ferreira

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Random Coefficient Continuous Systems: Testing For Extreme Sample Path Behaviour, Yubo Tao, Peter C.B. Phillips, Jun Yu

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

This paper studies a continuous time dynamic system with a random persistence parameter. The exact discrete time representation is obtained and related to several discrete time random coefficient models currently in the literature. The model distinguishes various forms of unstable and explosive behaviour according to specific regions of the parameter space that open up the potential for testing these forms of extreme behaviour. A two-stage approach that employs realized volatility is proposed for the continuous system estimation, asymptotic theory is developed, and test statistics to identify the different forms of extreme sample path behaviour are proposed. Simulations show that the …

Hybrid Stochastic Local Unit Roots, Offer Lieberman, Peter C.B. Phillips

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Two approaches have dominated formulations designed to capture small departures from unit root autoregressions. The first involves deterministic departures that include local-to-unity (LUR) and mildly (or moderately) integrated (MI) specifications where departures shrink to zero as the sample size n→∞. The second approach allows for stochastic departures from unity, leading to stochastic unit root (STUR) specifications. This paper introduces a hybrid local stochastic unit root (LSTUR) specification that has both LUR and STUR components and allows for endogeneity in the time varying coefficient that introduces structural elements to the autoregression. This hybrid model generates trajectories that, upon normalization, have non-linear …

Finite-Sample Optimal Estimation And Inference On Average Treatment Effects Under Unconfoundedness, Timothy B. Armstrong, Michal Kolesár

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We consider estimation and inference on average treatment effects under unconfoundedness conditional on the realizations of the treatment variable and covariates. We derive finite-sample optimal estimators and confidence intervals (CIs) under the assumption of normal errors when the conditional mean of the outcome variable is constrained only by nonparametric smoothness and/or shape restrictions. When the conditional mean is restricted to be Lipschitz with a large enough bound on the Lipschitz constant, we show that the optimal estimator reduces to a matching estimator with the number of matches set to one. In contrast to conventional CIs, our CIs use a larger …

Finite-Sample Optimal Estimation And Inference On Average Treatment Effects Under Unconfoundedness, Timothy B. Armstrong, Michal Kolesár

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We consider estimation and inference on average treatment effects under unconfoundedness conditional on the realizations of the treatment variable and covariates. Given nonparametric smoothness and/or shape restrictions on the conditional mean of the outcome variable, we derive estimators and confidence intervals (CIs) that are optimal infinite samples when the regression errors are normal with known variance. In contrast to conventional CIs, our CIs use a larger critical value that explicitly takes into account the potential bias of the estimator. When the error distribution is unknown, feasible versions of our CIs are valid asymptotically, even when √n-inference is not possible due …

Brief Of Washington Legal Foundation As Amicus Curiae In Support Of Petitioner, Washington Legal Foundation

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In the Supreme Court of the United StatesStarr International Company Inc., Petitioner v. the United States, Respondent On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Spain : Financial Sector Assessment Program-Technical Note-Impaired Assets And Nonperforming Loans, International Monetary Fund (Imf)

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Spain : Financial Sector Assessment Program-Technical Note-Impaired Assets And Nonperforming Loans, International Monetary Fund (Imf)

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Final Findings: Edp Dialogue Visit To Austria, European Union: European Commission

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Mentoring And The Dynamics Of Affirmative Action, Michèle Müller-Itten, Aniko Öry

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We analyze the long-term workforce composition when the quality of mentoring available to majority and minority juniors depends on their representation in the workforce. A workforce with ≥ 50% majority workers invariably converges to one where the majority is overrepresented relative to the population. To maximize welfare, persistent interventions, such as group-specific fellowships, are often needed, and the optimal workforce may include minority workers of lower innate talent than the marginal majority worker. We discuss the role of mentorship determinants, talent dispersion, the scope of short-term interventions, various policy instruments and contrast our results to the classic fairness narrative.

Mentoring And The Dynamics Of Affirmative Action, Michèle Müller-Itten, Aniko Öry

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We study the evolution of labor force composition when mentoring is more effective within members of the same socio-demographic type. Typically, multiple steady states exist. Some completely exclude juniors of one type. Even a mixed steady state tends to over-represent the type that is dominant in the population. In contrast, the efficient labor force balances talent recruitment against mentoring frictions. It may even underrepresent the dominant type and typically calls for persistent government intervention. This contrasts with the public discourse around temporary affirmative action. We consider specific policy instruments and show that hiring quotas can induce equilibrium employment insecurity.

The Bank Of England As Lender Of Last Resort: New Historical Evidence From Daily Transactional Data, Ryland Thomas, Michael Anson, Miao Kang, David M. Bholat

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The Gold Pool (1961-1968) And The Fall Of The Bretton Woods System. Lessons For Central Bank Cooperation., Michael D. Bordo, Eric Monnet, Alain Naef

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