Professional Development: Critiquing Research The ability to critique (critically analyse and evaluate) research from both the qualitative and quantitative paradigms is an essential skill for occupational therapists. It is this skill, integrated with expertise gained from clinical practice that underpins evidence based practice (EBP). Although there are many definitions of EBP, Muir Gray (1997) defines it as “an approach to decision making in which the clinician uses the best
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This chapter explains how and why different research methods are selected by the author. The author has made logical justification of different research methodology techniques in accordance with the aim and objectives of the research. Research methodology helps the researcher to get a systematic solution of the research problems. Kumar (2008) mentioned research methodology as the science of conducting research. Cottrell and McKenzie (2011) argued good research should be followed by the well-established
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Health Care Issues in the United States Cassandra Jones Professor Rhonda Hill HSA 500 January 21, 2012 Health care issues in the United States have escalated to the point of a crisis for all except the richer Americans. Health care expenditure is the major component of household consumption responsible for the increase in household net borrowing and even the foreign deficit (Singer, 2008). The health care system in the United States has evolved in many important ways over the last 50 years
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These days, The United States is a world leader in the healthcare services and an extraordinary trend-setter in medications and the diagnostics. US hospitals, clinics, health centers and research centers have given an extremely decently prepared innovative environment for the healthcare. The United States has the biggest healthcare services on the planet which speaks to an extraordinary allotment of the US economy. In the year of 2010, the healthcare industries utilized more than 14 million individuals
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Department of Economics and Finance School of Business, Medgar Evers College 1637 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225 Email: ooladipo@ mec.cuny.edu Abstract The study employed the Toda and Yamamoto (1995) and Dolado and Lutkepohl (1996) – TYDL- methodology to uncover the direction of causal relationship between savings and economic growth in Nigeria between 1970 and 2006. The empirical results suggest that savings and economic growth are positively cointegrated indicating a stable long run equilibrium
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The Influences of Lexical Approach on College English Teaching in China I. Introduction 1.1 Background In recent years, college English teaching research focuses on exploring more effective teaching methods to improve the students’English proficiency and self-learning ability. China's college English teaching find itself caught in a dilemma of time-consuming but low-efficiency. The undesirable language teaching situation drives the teaching researchers to make great efforts to innovate present
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Implementing Business Process Management Name Budget and Performance Analyst State Bar of California Prepared for Name CFO, Department of Finance July 30, 2013 Table of Contents LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 4 ABSTRACT 5 INTRODUCTION 6 Background 6 Business Process Improvement…………….….6 Types of Process Improvement………………… 7 Problem…………………………………………………………………7 Purpose…………………………………………………………………7 Scope…………………………………………………………………
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* 1 Overview * 2 History * 2.1 Reengineering Work: Don't Automate, Obliterate, 1990 * 2.2 Development after 1995 * 3 Business process reengineering topics * 3.1 The role of information technology * 3.2 Research and methodology * 4 BPR success & failure factors * 4.1 Organization wide commitment * 4.2 BPR team composition * 4.3 Business needs analysis * 4.4 Adequate IT infrastructure * 4.5 Effective change management
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under the Berne Convention, the copyright Act 1999 and other international and national enactments in that behalf, on intellectual property. It may not be reproduced by any means, in full or in parts, except for short extracts in faiir dealings, for research or private study, critical scholary review or discourse with acknowledgments, without written permission of the School of Graduate Studies, on behalf of both the author and the University of Dar es Salaam. Acknowledgement I wish to thank first
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BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The performance of an economy is dependent largely on the efficient performance of its financial markets, since they facilitate the financing of productive activity and hence national output and economic growth. In this research report, the key roles and function of the financial markets are highlighted with the thrust of the discussion on the core issue of how the market works; directly and indirectly. One of the most important factors for rapid economic development is
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