abstract background: advancements in neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) science and technology have increased the survival rate of preterm infants. despite these advances, they are still facing with neurobehavioral problems. noise level in nicu is a potential source of stress for preterm infants. it should be decreased to the standard level as much as possible. the purpose of this study was to...

OBJECTIVE To identify key stressors for emergency department (ED) staff, investigate positive and negative behaviours associated with working under pressure and consider interventions that may improve how the ED team functions. METHODS This was a qualitative study involving semistructured interviews. Data were collected from staff working in the ED of a London teaching hospital. A purposive s...

In Uganda, environmental and natural resource management is decentralized and has been the responsibility of local districts since 1996. This environmental management arrangement was part of a broader decentralization process and was intended to increase local ownership and improve environmental policy; however, its implementation has encountered several major challenges over the last decade. T...

When the Technical Services Partnership (TSP) at the University of Vermont (UVM) read the first edition of the AAMI HTM Levels Guide in 2014, the department found that it didn’t quite meet the criteria for an “advanced” health technology management (HTM) program. Reaching the top level— level 3, according to the guide—would require a majority of TSP’s technical staff to hold a professional cert...

The establishment of a high quality ART program requires a multi-disciplinary effort, involvement and commitment of all staff members - team work. It is of vital importance that all aspects of the treatments are taken into consideration and that you already from the start use international guidelines, standards and indicators to initiate the construction of a well-organised ART program that mee...

An institutional training program for animal care and veterinary technicians should be planned and implemented to provide these individuals with knowledge and skills for performing their duties within a laboratory animal care and use program. The complexity in the regulatory and scientific features of the animal research environment necessitates a strong training program on diverse topics accor...

Learning management systems have become almost ubiquitous as a technical solution to elearning within universities. Extant literature illustrates that LMS system logs, along with other IT systems data, can be used to inform decision-making. It also suggests that very few institutions are using this data to inform their decisions. The indicators project aims to build on and extend previous work ...