Background A model of quality management called Strategic Collaborative Quality Management (SCQM) model was developed based on the quality management literature review, the findings of a survey on quality management assessment in healthcare organisations, semi-structured interviews with healthcare stakeholders, and a Delphi study on healthcare quality management experts. The purpose of this stu...

This study aims to develop a Jigsaw learning model based on School Culture for fifth grade elementary school students in Kudus, and test whether the developed is more effective than previous one. type of research uses development (RD) methods. Data collection this was carried out by observation, interviews, questionnaires, documentation, tests. three schools Kaliwungu sub-district, Kudus distri...

As research has progressed, the cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptors have expanded significantly in importance within the neuroscience mainstream. In the presented book leading experts introduce newcomers to the cannabinoid field with chapters covering cannabinoid ligand synthesis and structure activity relationships, the molecular pharmacology of the cannabinoid receptors and the endocannabinoid ...

Loretta Jones, MA; Kenneth Wells, MD; Keith Norris, MD; Barbara Meade, MA; Paul Koegel, PhD This chapter provides an overview of Community-Partnered Participatory Research (CPPR) and introduces the articles in this special issue. CPPR is a model to engage community and academic partners equally in an initiative to benefit the community while contributing to science. This article reviews the his...

The Washington Death with Dignity Act: 1. Initiative Measure 1000. (Accessed November 18, 2008, at http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/ osos/en/Documents/I1000-Text%20for%20 web.pdf.) Quill TE. Legal regulation of physician2. assisted death — the latest report cards. N Engl J Med 2007;356:1911-3. Ganzini L, Goy ER, Dobscha SK. Why Or3. egon patients request assisted death: family members’ views. J Gen I...

Critical Appraisal of ‘‘EvidenceBased Labor and Delivery Management’’ The ability to critically appraise research reports is an essential skill for contemporary health professional practice. This applies equally to reports of single studies and reviews described as ‘‘evidencebased’’. Review articles compile all relevant research ¢ndings into one place and help resolve varied or con£icting resul...

Since the publication of the original version of this guidebook in 1978 (UNESCO/WHO, 1978), much new information has been published on the role of particulates in the uptake, release and transport of pollutants, as well as sediment-bound nutrient and contaminant interactions with water and biota, within the aquatic environment. Assessment of the literature on sediments clearly reveals the promi...

Getting travel tips from the experienced bloggers and online forums has been one of the important supplements to the travel guidebook in the web society. In this paper we present a novel approach by identifying and extracting evaluative patterns, providing a different linguistically-motivated framework for automated evaluative text generation. We target at domain-specific observation in online ...

This paper presents a Bluetooth based communications protocol used for multimedia guidebooks on mobile computing devices. Multimedia guidebooks are used in museums to allow users to access information about museum exhibits. The multimedia guidebook protocol was successfully implemented on a personal digital assistant and mobile (cell) phone platforms. The protocol overcomes some of the wireless...