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Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Perioperative Care For Breast Cancer Patients At A Patient Hotel Versus A General Surgical Ward, Madleen Anna Camilla Huzell, Johan Frisack, Kristina Dalberg

Patient Experience Journal

Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer among women in Europe and the US. The aim of this study was to assess whether perioperative care, for breast cancer patients, provided at a patient hotel could be an alternative to the conventional care in an ordinary surgical ward. The study focuses solely on the patients’ experience of the provided care with a primary outcome that perioperative care at the patient hotel would be valued better than care in a general ward. Prospective, randomized single centre study. Between 2010 and 2012 a total of 151 patients < 80 years and without severe comorbidities were included in the trial, whereof 76 patients were randomised to the ward group and 75 patients to the hotel group. Five patients were excluded from each group. The validated IN2005-E questionnaire was used to evaluate the patients’ experiences of the care. The response rate was high with 65 patients answering the IN2005-E in each group. No difference could be found between the two groups regarding patient characteristics, type of surgery or tumour characteristics. The patients generally perceived the quality of the provided care as high. However, in the hotel group there was a better experience of care regarding issues such as coordination, privacy, some aspects of medical information, availability and the courtesy of the nurses. For selected patients, perioperative care at a patient hotel is an appreciated alternative to care at a surgical ward.

Conceptualising Multiple Conditions In Australia: First Steps To Systemic Change To Meet The Needs Of People With Serious Long-Term Illnesses, Christine F. Walker

Patient Experience Journal

Since the 1970s greater numbers of people are now living with several serious long term illnesses. These include rarer genetic conditions and ‘lifestyle conditions’ as well as those of an idiopathic nature. This article examines the growing need for new terms and concepts that reflect the changes in the lives of people living with long-term serious illnesses.

Members of the Chronic Illness Alliance attended a workshop where they presented their experiences and views of living with multi-morbidities. Consumers were concerned about treatment side-effects, polypharmacy, adverse events and the need for coordinated care. Following this workshop, the Chronic Illness Alliance undertook …

Makerspaces And The Steam Initiative, Anthony Paganelli, Andrea Paganelli

Kentucky Convergence Conference

Due to Core Curriculum Standards and the STEM and STEAM Initiative, educators are searching for innovative tools to meet the educational needs. Makerspaces offer an outstanding perspective in teaching interdisciplinary studies. A wonderful example is the Future of Music Makerspace, which introduces participants to basic musicianship. By studying music, students will learn various other disciplines while collaborating and accomplishing a common goal.

Audacious Visions: The Intellectual-Activist Legacies Of W.E.B. Dubois, The Institute Of The Black World, And Walter Rodney, Derrick White

South

By 1969 the nature and terrain of the Black freedom movement had profoundly changed. The nonviolent direct action portion or "classical phase" of the movement had led to clear political successes with the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.^[1] The movement had also made tremendous inroads in altering public racial discourse. Racial epithets were less acceptable to in polite or in public conversation. Despite these successes, Martin Luther King, Jr., before his assassination, asked profound questions about the next stage of the movement. King’s last book, Where Do We Go From Here?: Chaos or Community …

The Effects Of Mobile Computing On Teleworking, Roisin Faherty

The ITB Journal

This paper examines Mobile Computing Technology with a particular focus on the effect Mobile Computing is having on teleworking. Mobile computing as it is defined for this paper is described. The enablers of this technology as well as the inhibitors to this technology are discussed. Future possible trends in the area of mobile computing are also explored. Teleworking is reviewed in terms of the advantages and disadvantages it offers to the organization. Also outlined is the use Information Technology (IT) in teleworking. This examination of teleworking leads the paper into the next step up from teleworking i.e. The virtual organization. …

Internet Applications Development Issues And Strategic Considerations, Róisín Faherty

The ITB Journal

This paper examines the development issues and strategic considerations involved in Internet Applications Development. The prevalent development environments are discussed highlighting their advantages and disadvantages. Issues regarding the development of Internet applications are viewed under the headings of human resource, organizational, technological, investment and Legal Issues. Lastly the paper gives an overview of the strategic implications for an organization considering the development of Internet Applications. These include security, quality and the look & feel of the application. This paper is not intended as a definitive resource on the area of Internet Applications Development, its aim is to highlight the areas …

Mental Spaces: Processes For Establishing And Linking Spaces, Brian Nolan

The ITB Journal

This paper reviews the theory of mental spaces as expounded by Fauconnier (1994). In this work he posits a theory in which reference has a structural dimension. Within the theory, this structure is represented using spaces, connectors across the spaces and some general principles that are found to apply. The complexity lies in the interaction between the principles and in the contextual structures that feed into the principles for interpretation. Brugman, in her 1996 paper, makes use of insights from mental spaces theory to conduct an analysis of HAVE-constructions. She notes that Fauconnier has “elaborated a theory of partial possible …

Chanticleer | November 12, 2015, Jacksonville State University

Chanticleer

No abstract provided.

2015-11 Library Impact Statement For Soc 460, Joanna Burkhardt

Collection Development Reports and Documents

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for SOC 460. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Joanna Burkhardt. Requesting faculty: Melanie Brasher.

2015-11 Soc 460, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for SOC 460. This course was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty member: Joanna M. Burkhardt. Requesting faculty member: Melanie Brasher.

November Agenda, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting agenda.

2015-11 Library Impact Statement For Soc 460, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for SOC 460. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Joanna Burkhardt. Requesting faculty: Melanie Brasher.

The Parthenon, November 12, 2015, Jocelyn Gibson

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, was published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly on Thursdays during the summer. Due to budgetary constraints, beginning with the 2015 Fall semester, the newspaper is only published four days a week. There is no issue on Mondays, physical issues are printed on Tuesdays and Fridays, and online issues only are published on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.

Kenyon Collegian - November 12, 2015

The Kenyon Collegian

No abstract provided.

Grounded Theory’S Contested Family Of Methods: Historical And Contemporary Applications, Wayne A. Babchuk

Discipline-Based Education Research Group Speaker Series

This presentation provides a concise overview of the history, development, and contemporary applications of grounded theory, a methodology originally developed in sociology but now arguably the most widely used qualitative approach across disciplines. From its early formulation by Glaser and Strauss to their contentious and widely publicized split, new epistemologically and theoretically repositioned approaches have emerged that together make up grounded theory’s “family of methods.” Grounded theory’s shared characteristics, divergent approaches, and hybrid designs including “grounded theory ethnography” and mixed methods or “pragmatist” grounded theory are discussed.

Planning For A Community Supported Farmers Market In A Rural Usda Food Desert, Carrie Lynn Engelbright

Dissertations

A community initiative to develop and sustain a farmer's market can address insufficient access to fresh and affordable fruits and vegetables for individuals working and residing in a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) designated food desert. This project addressed a particular USDA food desert in South Wood County, Wisconsin. The purpose of this project was to develop and plan for implementation and evaluation of a community-supported farmers market in South Wood County, with the goal to increase access to fruits and vegetables. Project objectives included development of a sustainable community infrastructure to support the market, development of policies and …

Fort Hays State University Tiger Weekly, November 12, 2015, University Relations

Tiger Weekly Newsletters

No abstract provided.

The Privilege To Choose: How Class Status Influences The Spread Of Vaccine Refusal, Jordan H. Rees

Master's Theses

Much of the current research that exists on vaccine refusal focuses on point-in-time examinations of who is refusing and how exemptions impact disease outbreaks. In the present study I address the question of who is refusing vaccines over the course of the last two decades. I specifically examine how social class influences the propensity to refuse vaccines over time. Using pooled cross-sectional National Immunization Survey data from 1995 to 2012, I estimate binary logistic regressions on the probability of being unvaccinated. The results indicate that social class does impact the propensity to refuse vaccines, but in dynamic ways. Two components …

The Colby Echo (2015-11-12), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.

Vista: November 12, 2015, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

No abstract provided.

Quaker Campus, November 12, 2015 (Vol. 102, Issue 9), Whittier College

Quaker Campus

No abstract provided.

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 23, November 12, 2015, Grand Valley State University

Volume 50, July 13, 2015 - June 6, 2016

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

November 12, 2015, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

The East Texan, 2015-11-12, Texas A&M University-Commerce

All Issues

A color copy of The East Texan, a student newspaper published at Texas A&M University-Commerce.

A Size-Biased Probability Distribution For The Number Of Male Migrants, Priti

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

In this paper, an attempt is made to study the distribution of the number of male migrants from household through a sizebiased probability model based on certain assumptions. The parameters of the proposed model have been estimated by method of moments and its suitability is tested by applying it to a number of the observed set of population data collected under some sample surveys. We found that the proposed model describes the observed data satisfactorily well.

We Are...Marshall, November 11, 2015, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

No abstract provided.

The Lumberjack, November 11, 2015, The Lumberjack Staff

2015

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University

Defining The "Defined"—Problem Gambling, Pathological Gambling, And Gambling Disorder: Impact On Policy And Legislation, Sarah A. Hinchliffe

Barry Law Review

No abstract provided.

Minutes Of The Faculty Senate Meeting, November 11, 2015, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Campus Chronicle, Dee Flemings, Lauren Frederick, Brent Nichol, Katrina Nichol, Darrin Mell, Noah Nordengren, Chelsea Stratton, Stephanie Suntken, Austin Wonders, Andy Langager

Campus Chronicle

No abstract provided.