The major purpose of this study was to develop an Adaptation
Model for emergency departments in urban and suburban Health
Maintenance Organizations. Questions explored which provided data
for the Model were: 1) are there significant differences in the
demographic, sociologic, and decision-making characteristics of
clients seeking services in emergency rooms...
The primary purpose of this study was the identification of
specific medicine education learning outcomes which are important
and appropriate for ambulatory, non-institutionalized older adults.
A modification of the Delphi technique was utilized and a panel
of 16 national experts was selected on the basis of four criteria to
respond...
The purpose of this study was three-fold: to determine how
the false assumption of an abnormal heart condition affected the
lives of false-positive students; the effects of phonocardioscan screening
and cardiologist follow-up procedures on delabeled school children;
and the effectiveness of the follow-up procedures used in
delabeling the false-positive students....
The primary purpose of this study was to identify the competencies
needed to perform effectively as a long-term care administrator.
An original list of competency statements was generated from the literature
and from persons active in the field of long-term care administration.
This list of 53 statements was placed into...
Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) resin grades have been successfully incorporated into plastic ink supply cartridges, with 80% of cartridge products containing 45% to 70% recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET). With this tremendously successful experience, incorporation of recycled polypropylene (rPP) into Injection Stretch Blow Molding (ISBM) bottles has been attempted to increase sustainability...
Provides information about complexity of watersheds. Outlines ways to form partnerships, to develop strategies for enhancing watershed resources, and to implement enhancement projects.
Visual estimation techniques were used to quantify habitat characteristics,
habitat type (pool, riffle) use and longitudinal distribution of steelhead
(Oncorhynchus mykiss), cutthroat trout (0. clarki), and coho salmon (0. kisutch)
in spring, summer and fall in 8.8 km of Cummins Creek, a basin in the central coast
of Oregon. Fish...