BACKGROUND Primary care practitioners are encouraged to identify unmet need in older people, but the best mechanisms for doing this are not known. OBJECTIVE To identify common unmet needs, as perceived by older people and professionals, that could be enquired about during routine encounters in primary care. METHODS This was a nominal group technique qualitative study conducted with older pe...

BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY The diaphragm, once the most commonly used female contraceptive method, is being re-evaluated for prevention against some sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. However, provider views about this prescription-based method are poorly understood. Using expert panels, this study aimed to identify facilitative strategies to increase diaphragm use. The nomi...

The modified nominal group technique (NGT) is a useful and practical course evaluation tool that complements existing methods such as evaluation forms, surveys, pretests and posttests, focus groups, and interviews. The NGT's unique contribution to the evaluation process is the semi-quantitative, rank-ordered feedback data obtained on learners' perceptions of a course's strengths and weaknesses....

in this paper a fuzzy analytical network process model for supporting the vendor selection process in strategic situations is suggested. first, the vendor evaluation problem is putting together by use of the multi-criteria decision-making (mcdm) approach and a five-step hybrid process, which incorporates the technique of fuzzy analytical network process. then the modified topsis (technique for ...

previous research has identified the nominal group as the most distinctive feature of the research article title. in contrast, the findings reported in this paper suggest theme/rheme is the dominant structure in title text. theme/rheme structures order and tie nominal groups in titles. when a title starts with a methodological term the first position nominal group acts as a theme marker. thus, ...

BACKGROUND Little attention has been paid to the need for accountability instruments applicable across all health units in the public health system. One tool, the balanced scorecard was created for industry and has been successfully adapted for use in Ontario hospitals. It consists of 4 quadrants: financial performance, outcomes, customer satisfaction and organizational development. The aim of ...

Game Semantics arguably stands for one of the most successful techniques in denotational semantics, having provided not only proper denotational, accurate models for a large variety of programming languages, but also new semantical tools for program verification and validation. Most of all, over the last couple of decades, game semantics has contributed a novel understanding of computations, na...