The purpose of this article is to describe The Joint Commission's 7 foundations of safe and effective transitions of care to home: (a) leadership support; (b) multidisciplinary collaboration; (c) early identification of patients/clients at risk; (d) transitional planning; (e) medication management; (f) patient and family action/engagement; and (g) transfer of information. These foundations were...

Growth in the internationalization of R&D activity has increased in concert with the increasing use of strategic alliances. Typically, to date MNEs have preferred to internalize their R&D activities by setting up wholly owned subsidiaries or by acquiring a suitable target. By considering the sequential nature of market entry and the contingency for subsequent reorientation following an initial ...

Cooperation is at the core of human social life. In this context, two major challenges face research on human-robot interaction: The first is to understand the underlying structure of cooperation, and the second is to build, based on this understanding, artificial agents that can successfully and safely interact with humans. Here we take a psychologically grounded and human-centered approach th...

O trabalho aponta os desafios da criação COnjunta e apresenta duas performances artísticas, Aqui ou AliXo Rubra Fluidez, desenvolvidas por integrantes do Laboratório de Pesquisa em Performance Arte Cultura (LAPARC/ UFSM). Ao discutir as práticas colaboração entrecruzamentos saberes, seja, “saberes-fazeres advindos das experiências conjuntas”, desenvolve o pensamento sobre termo artes modo fazer...

Health disparities are an enormous challenge to American society. Addressing these disparities is a priority for U.S. society and especially for institutions of higher learning, with their threefold mission of education, service, and research. Collaboration across multiple intellectual disciplines will be critical as universities address health disparities. In addition, universities must collab...

The semantic web holds promises for information organization and selective access, providing standard means for formulating and distributing metadata and ontologies. However, we miss a wide use of semantic web technologies on personal computers. The use of ontolo-gies, metadata annotations, and semantic web protocols on desktop computers will allow the integration of desktop applications and th...

The analysis of the process of collaboration is a central topic in current CSCL research. However, defining process characteristics relevant for collaboration quality and developing instruments capable of assessing these characteristics are no trivial tasks. In the assessment method presented in this paper, nine qualitatively defined dimensions of collaboration are rated quantitatively: sustain...

The world has made a great deal of progress through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to improve the health and well-being of people around the globe, but there remains a long way to go. Here we provide reflections on Rwanda's experience in working to meet the health-related targets of the MDGs. This experience has informed our proposal of five guiding principles that may be useful for co...

BACKGROUND Professional nursing in South Africa is obtained through a 4-year diploma offered at nursing colleges, or a 4-year degree in universities, and the South African Nursing Council (SANC) registered both for professional nursing. New SANC legislation now requires a bachelor's degree for registration as professional nurse. OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to explore and describe perc...