AIM This paper is an update to a systematic review that presents the best available evidence on the factors that are most effective in promoting constructive staff-family relationships in the care of older people in the institutional healthcare setting. METHODS Systematic review. RESULTS The updated review supports findings from the earlier review. Additional evidence points to the importan...

CONTEXT Drug administration in the hospital setting is the last barrier before a possible error reaches the patient. OBJECTIVES We aimed to analyze the prevalence and nature of administration error rate detected by the observation method. DATA SOURCES Embase, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library from 1966 to December 2011 and reference lists of included studies. STUDY SELECTION Observational studies...

1. Aneni EC, Roberson LL, Maziak W, Agatston AS, Feldman T, et al. (2014) A Systematic Review of Internet-Based Worksite Wellness Approaches for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management: Outcomes, Challenges & Opportunities. PLoS ONE 9(1): e83594. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083594 Citation: The PLOS ONE Staff (2014) Correction: A Systematic Review of InternetBased Worksite Wellness Approaches for ...

OBJECTIVE To develop and test a utilization review screening tool for use in European hospitals. SETTING In 1993 a group of researchers financed by a European Union grant reviewed the use of utilization review in Europe. They quickly noticed a lack of specifically designed instruments able to take into account the health care and cultural differences across Europe, and available for use in di...

Abstract: The linear expansion, early-age compressive strength and setting times of the binary mixtures of gypsum and Portland cement clinkers of relatively low C3A-contents were investigated. For this reason, type 1, 2, and 5 of Portland cement-clinkers were selected and a number of binary mixtures were designed. At relatively lower percentages of gypsum (about 5%), the early strength behavior...

In this paper, we develop a mixed-initiative intelligent tutor for the game of Sudoku called MITS. We begin by developing a characterization of the strategies used in Sudoku as the basis for teaching the student how to play. In order to reason about interaction with the student, we also introduce a student modeling component motivated by the mixed-initiative model of Fleming and Cohen that trac...