PURPOSE To determine the sensitivity and responsiveness of the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) and the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) to the effects of home healthcare nursing interventions. METHODS A quasi-experimental before-after study was conducted using a sample of 106 home healthcare participants referred to one of seven participating Midwest home healthcare agenci...

Seven hundred and twenty hatchling broilers were allotted to 12 treatment groups. Groups 1 and 2 were fasted for 48 h posthatch; groups 3 and 4 were fasted for 48 h followed by ad libitum access to a 1% glutamine (Gln) diet; groups 5 and 6 had ad libitum access to a common diet; groups 7 and 8 had access to a 1% Gln diet posthatch; groups 9 and 10 were fed regular Oasis hatchling supplement; an...

With the current problem of population,resources and environment becoming increasingly intense day by day,the land use/land cover change (LUCC) is one of the core topics on the Present World Change Study.And with the worsening of the global environment,the exhausting of energy and the population explosion,the controversy between the development of oasis economy and the environment has become mo...

BACKGROUND In the United States, venous leg ulcers (VLUs) are commonly associated with substantial disability, impaired quality of life, and high economic costs. Compression therapy, which has remained the standard care for VLUs over several decades, is often insufficient to heal VLUs in a timely manner. VLU-related treatment costs are directly related to time to achieve complete wound closure....

In this paper authors describe the development of an emergent collaborative working environment netWork Oasis and the practical findings discovered during the Oasis development process. The findings of the project indicate strongly that there is a need for further research and development of tools, practices and methods in the field of collaborative networked organisations (CNO). The main findi...

Our promotional outreach raises your visibility and credibility with press, analysts, and investors. You may receive recognition for your role as an open standards leader in OASIS press releases [9], web sites, newsletters [10], and data sheets [11]. We offer many avenues for promoting your news, maximizing your press coverage, and driving traffic to your web site. Members also take advantage o...

Our promotional outreach raises your visibility and credibility with press, analysts, and investors. You may receive recognition for your role as an open standards leader in OASIS press releases [9], web sites, newsletters [10], and data sheets [11]. We offer many avenues for promoting your news, maximizing your press coverage, and driving traffic to your web site. Members also take advantage o...

This paper addresses the formation of standards in business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce. The contrast between the developing of generic standards and sector specific standards is considered and the argument that users will commit to developing sectoral standards while IT vendors will direct their resources to generic standards is restated. Specifically, the emergence of the OASIS committee dev...

The oasis-desert transition zone (TZ) is an ecological buffer between a mobile desert and oasis, which are important in reducing the forward mobility of sand dunes wind hazards oasis. In this study, Dunhuang Oasis its TZ Hexi Corridor (China) were examined. Based on annual normalized vegetation index (NDVI) at each distance from 1987 to 2015, combing watershed hydrology, oasis crop cultivation ...