OBJECTIVES To determine which of the two methods of case note review provide the most useful and reliable information for reviewing quality of care. DESIGN Retrospective, multiple reviews of 692 case notes were undertaken using both holistic (implicit) and criterion-based (explicit) review methods. Quality measures were evidence-based review criteria and a quality of care rating scale. SETT...

The vast majority of real-world networks are scalefree, loopy, and sparse, with a power-law degree distribution and a constant average degree. In this paper, we study first-order consensus dynamics in binary scale-free networks, where vertices are subject to white noise. We focus on the coherence of networks characterized in terms of the H2-norm, which quantifies how closely agents track the co...

This study examined the potenfial contribufion of self-compassion to perceived competence and mental health in master's of social work students (N=65). It was hypothesized that the components of self-compassion (i.e., mindfulness, common humanity, self-kindness, overidentification, isolation, and selfjudgment) would impact perceived competence (sense of coherence), which in turn would mediate m...

Anthropogenic impacts on the aquatic environment, especially in the context of nutrients, provide a major challenge for water resource management. The heterogeneous nature of policy relevant management units (e.g. catchments), in terms of environmental controls on nutrient source and transport, leads to the need for holistic management. However, current strategies are limited by current underst...

The European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) business excellence model is widely recognized as a representative theory to improve traditional Total Quality Management (TQM) by expanding the narrow quality-oriented concept into a holistic management concept. The EFQM model, an integrative business system, covers all management activities composed of input, process, and output (Black et ...

BACKGROUND A holistic approach to health requires the development of tools that would allow to measure the inner world of individuals within its physical, mental and social dimensions. OBJECTIVES To create the Physical, Mental and Social Well-being scale (PMSW-21) that allows a holistic representation of various dimensions of well-being in such a way as they are perceived by the individuals a...

We believe that holistic medicine can be used for patients with mental health disorders. With holistic psychiatry, it is possible to help the mentally ill patient to heal existentially. As in holistic medicine, the methods are love or intense care, winning the trust of the patient, getting permission to give support and holding, and daring to be fully at the patient's service. Our clinical expe...

Large scale multiprocessors can provide the computational power needed to solve some of the larger problems of science and engineering today. Shared memory provides an attractive and intuitive programming model that makes good use of programmer time and effort. Shared memory however requires a coherence mechanism to allow caching for performance and to ensure that processors do not use stale da...