Within the unique and complex settings of university hospitals, it is difficult to implement policy initiatives aimed at developing careers in and improving the quality of academic medical teaching because of the competing domains of medical research and patient care. Factors that influence faculty in making use of teaching policy incentives have remained underexplored. Knowledge of these facto...

In this paper, we propose a novel Maxwell dynamic vibration absorber (DVA) with lever, inerter, and grounded stiffness. Firstly, the governing equation of coupled system is established. The analytical formula amplitude amplification factor primary natural frequencies are derived. There three fixed points in amplitude–frequency response curve system, which independent damping. Then, based on H∞ ...

System dynamics depends heavily upon quantitative data to generate feedback models. Qualitative data and their analysis also have a central role to play at all levels of the modeling process. Although the classic literature on system dynamics strongly supports this argument, the protocols to incorporate this information during the modeling process are not detailed by the most influential author...

Graduate students considering constructivist grounded theory as a qualitative methodological approach may benefit from recognizing the many challenges they could face when embarking in thesis work. These challenges include great diversity in approaches to grounded theory, lack of congruity in how grounded theory methodology is described and understood within the literature, and a dearth of expe...

The use of documents as a source of extant data is relatively common in grounded theory (GT) research. While GT promotes the dictum “all is data,” finding consistent commentary on how to use documents as data is difficult, especially among seminal works. The need to be aware of the context of extant data is a vital step prior to commencing analysis, especially in view of the lack of physical in...

The Lega Nord (LN) has undergone a profound process of transformation since 2013, by replacing its historical regionalist populism with new state-wide populist radical right outlook. However, very little is known about how such impacted organizational model, particularly the mass-party features that characterized it under founding leader, Umberto Bossi. This article explores evolution party Mat...

A generally applicable design of non-collocated vibration absorption by a delayed resonator is proposed. It grounded in the direct assignment imaginary axis zeros transfer function between periodic disturbance force and target. We show that these transmission are characterized as eigenvalues delay differential-algebraic system. Furthermore, stabilizing local controller added to setup order wide...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to explore factors that influence urban adolescent American Indian (AI) girls' sexual risk behavior. DESIGN A qualitative study was conducted with grounded theory methodology to reveal factors and processes that influence sexual risk behavior. METHOD Talking circles, individual interviews, and event history calendars were used with 20 urban AI 15- to 19...

BACKGROUND Mentoring is often proposed as a solution to the problem of successfully recruiting and retaining nursing staff. The aim of this constructivist grounded theory study was to explore Australian rural nurses' experiences of mentoring. DESIGN The research design used was reflexive in nature resulting in a substantive, constructivist grounded theory study. PARTICIPANTS A national adve...

BACKGROUND A patient research internship (Patient and Community Engagement Research program-PaCER) was created to support a provincial commitment by Alberta Health Services' Strategic Clinical Networks™ to find new ways to engage patients in a new interdisciplinary organization to support evidence-informed improvements in clinical outcomes across the health system. OBJECTIVE Implement and tes...