THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT PROCESS ON EFFECTIVE SERVICE DELIVERY IN UGANDA. A CASE STUDY OF MBALE MUNICIPAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCIL By: WANDULU KOSEA 2011-B141-10072 A REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS OF UGANDA MARTYRS UNIVERSITY MAY, 2014 DECLARATION I, Wandulu Kosea declare that the content of this dissertation is
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Gregory Carter Comp II Mr. Best Final Paper Is there a link between vaccines and Autism? For many years now there has been an intense debate over the link between the cause of Autism and vaccinations. Since its appearance in the medical community the cause has come under much scrutiny. Research has been conducted by many leading scientist, always to be debunked by skeptics worldwide. The historic timeline for Autism always seems to correlate to an outbreak in new treatments and vaccinations
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personal care products. One such product is Flora margarine. Flora was developed in the 1960’s in direct response to the Dutch medical community request for aheart-0health alternative to products like butter and lard. (Unilever, 2011) According to Unilever’s Mission statement; “Our mission is to add vitality to life. We meet every day needs for nutrition, hygiene and personal care with brands that help people look good, feel good and get more out of life.” (Unilever, 2011)This statement thus identifies
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purpose of this proposal is to find ways to reduce recidivism among juveniles within the Stark County Family Court. The goal is to identify possible solutions to decrease juvenile recidivism and to determine if mental health issues are a factor that should be considered. Statement of the Problem The purpose of this project is to determine the factors involved with the increase of recidivism in juvenile offenders in the Intake Department of the Stark County Family Court. Setting and History
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Development The Patient and Family Care Organizational Self-Assessment Tool (PFCC) for current practice setting will be completed as well as the organization in its entirety. The results will be analyzed based on a one to five scoring system with one being the lowest. The areas where the organization could improve its PFCC care will be discussed. The analysis of how business practices and regulatory requirements impact patient family centered care. A strategy will be created that includes
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continues to age, and having to address the health and housing needs is becoming increasing important. This will address overlooked concerns of homeless older adults, including their poor health status and unique care needs, the factors contribute to homelessness in this population, and the costs of homelessness among older adults, including to the U.S. health care system. The majority of homeless populations are people of color. There has been little study of racial differences among the homeless population
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technological age has made time a scarce commodity, resulting in less care and time being devoted to the elderly members of the family. This has in turn created a host of problems for these senior members who includes but are not limited to loneliness, anxiety, depression and the resultant loss of self-confidence. Many families with aged parents or other relatives may at some point of time find themselves considering long term care solutions for their aging relatives such as nursing homes and assisted
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stakeholders, most importantly their clients. The organizational culture influences services as perceived by those clients. This paper will consider a case study where the middle manager in a health care organization has merged with a previous competitor. Up until now, employees saw the competition as an enemy that provided a poor quality of care. The new corporation, however, has in place several inpatient and outpatient services that the organization does not. This paper will address the impact
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Original Contributions Data Mining Applications in Healthcare Hian Chye Koh and Gerald Tan A B S T R A C T Data mining has been used intensively and extensively by many organizations. In healthcare, data mining is becoming increasingly popular, if not increasingly essential. Data mining applications can greatly benefit all parties involved in the healthcare industry. For example, data mining can help healthcare insurers detect fraud and abuse, healthcare organizations make customer relationship
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TREATING A PATIENT WITH CANCER: MAINTAINING PATIENT QUALITY OF LIFE Introduction Cancer is one of the most prevalent diseases in the U.S. Case (2011) noted that the 2010 report of the American Cancer Society (ACS) indicated that more than a million an d a half new cases of cancer are diagnosed every year. Along with physical disease, cancer also brings a significant impact on the patient’s overall quality of life (QOL). This paper asserts that for optimal patient outcome, healthcare workers
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