How Well Do Student Nurses Write Case Studies? A Cohesion-Centered Textual Complexity Analysis

An Innovative Approach to Mine Blast Fragmentation Management Using Complexity Analysis: Three Case Studies

Materials Science Forum ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.805.454 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 805 ◽

pp. 454-459 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Maurício Dompieri ◽

Jacopo Seccatore ◽

Giorgio de Tomi ◽

Beck Nader ◽

José Renato B. de Lima ◽

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Keyword(s):

Complex Systems ◽

Case Studies ◽

Complexity Analysis ◽

Uncertain Environments ◽

Model Free ◽

Innovative Solution ◽

Blast Fragmentation ◽

Multiple Variables ◽

Model Free Approach ◽

Critical Aspects

This paper introduces an innovative solution for devising a robust blasting plan that will present consistently good fragmentation performance under highly uncertain environments. The analysis will be carried out using complexity analysis tools, a model-free approach to complex systems which is particularly well suited to the problem of finding non-deterministic dependencies between multiple variables. The study is backed-up by data from over 2,000 blast records from Brazilian mines and identifies what are the critical aspects of the system and how to manage the blasting plan to reduce their impact on its performance.

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Complexity analysis of human physiological signals based on case studies

Journal of Physics Conference Series ◽

10.1088/1742-6596/597/1/012010 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 597 ◽

pp. 012010

Author(s):

Maia Angelova ◽

Philip Holloway ◽

Jason Ellis

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Complexity Analysis ◽

Physiological Signals

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Nursing: Decision-Making Skills for Practice

10.1093/oso/9780199641420.001.0001 ◽

2013 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Professional Development ◽

Decision Making ◽

Case Studies ◽

Real World ◽

Student Nurses ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Care Planning ◽

Knowledge And Skills ◽

Fundamental Knowledge

Decision-making is a key skill for today's nurses. Nursing: Decision-Making Skills for Practice is an essential guide for student nurses that prepares them to make effective decisions on the ward and in the community. This new title in the Prepare for Practice series details the fundamental knowledge and skills needed to make good decisions across a variety of nursing areas: from involving patients in decision making, to using the best evidence in care planning. Case studies, activities, and exercises ensure that theories of decision-making are brought into real-world nursing situations . Evidence-based and with links to core NMC competencies throughout, this textbook will help undergraduate and qualified nurses to make confident decisions and boost their academic, personal, and professional development.

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Enabling mental health student nurses to work co-productively

The Journal of Mental Health Training Education and Practice ◽

10.1108/jmhtep-10-2018-0063 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (6) ◽

pp. 411-422

Author(s):

Stephanie Best ◽

Arja Koski ◽

Lynne Walsh ◽

Päivi Vuokila-Oikkonen

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Case Studies ◽

Teaching Methods ◽

Real Life ◽

Student Nurses ◽

Nurse Education ◽

Social Implications ◽

Content Type ◽

Practical Applications ◽

Step Model

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of innovative teaching methods and share a four-step model, to promote the use of co-production in mental health practice. Design/methodology/approach The case study approach highlights three real-life examples of day to day experiences in mental health nurse education with innovative approaches to sharing and developing co-production skills and attitudes in mental health student nurses. Findings The case studies highlight three settings where undergraduate mental health nurses experience co-production through a world café event and dialogical community development. Common themes include setting the environment, developing a common aim and relationship building. Research limitations/implications A limitation of this paper is that only three case studies are provided, further examples would provide a greater pool of exemplars for others to draw on. However, by focusing upon student nurse education in learning environment, these examples are transferable to other settings. Practical implications The practical applications are summarised in a four-step model that can help develop co-productive teaching methods; enable educators to set the climate and generate an understanding of co-production that empowers students and service users. Social implications The emphasis and relevance of promoting co-productive working habits early on in nurses’ mental health nursing careers will enable them to raise awareness of future social implications for a range of client groups. Originality/value This paper focuses upon mental health student nurses whilst providing an innovative model to facilitate co-production experiences applicable in a range of settings.

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Efficient Strategies Algorithms for Resource Allocation Problems

Algorithms ◽

10.3390/a13110270 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (11) ◽

pp. 270

Author(s):

Yacouba Adama Koné ◽

Jacqueline Konaté ◽

Oumar Y. Maïga ◽

Hamidou Tembiné

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Resource Allocation ◽

Incomplete Information ◽

Case Studies ◽

Complexity Analysis ◽

Strategic Learning ◽

Panoramic View ◽

Colonel Blotto ◽

New Strategies ◽

Allocation Strategies

Strategic modelling with a panoramic view plays an important role in decision-making problems. It offers the possibility of generating different solutions before making a decision. This is particularly relevant in critical situations. This article addresses the problem of allocating resources, whether financial, material or human, so that it is optimal under a given set of constraints and inter-dependencies with other systems. To do this, existing strategies such as those of Colonel Blotto are studied in order to evaluate them according to some criteria, including the heterogeneity or homogeneity of resources and/or battlefields. Based on the results of these configurations, we propose distributed strategic learning methods to find better resource allocation strategies. The proposed algorithms are implemented under various scenarios, including incomplete information. Case studies are carried out to test the effectiveness of these new strategies compared to previous ones. A complexity analysis of the different algorithms is also presented.

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Corporate Sustainability: Challenge to Managerial Orthodoxies

Journal of Management & Organization ◽

10.1017/s1833367200004880 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 2-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Dexter Dunphy

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Corporate Sustainability ◽

Central Place ◽

Marked Contrast ◽

Sustainability Management

ABSTRACTThis paper addresses the issue of corporate sustainability. It examines why achieving sustainability is becoming an increasingly vital issue for society and organisations, defines sustainability and then outlines a set of phases through which organisations can move to achieve increasing levels of sustainability. Case studies are presented of organisations at various phases indicating the benefits, for the organisation and its stakeholders, which can be made at each phase. Finally the paper argues that there is a marked contrast between the two competing philosophies of neo-conservatism (economic rationalism) and the emerging philosophy of sustainability. Management schools have been strongly influenced by economic rationalism, which underpins the traditional orthodoxies presented in such schools. Sustainability represents an urgent challenge for management schools to rethink these traditional orthodoxies and give sustainability a central place in the curriculum.

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Short-Form Application of the Screening Test of Spanish Grammar and the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test to Latino Children

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ◽

10.1044/0161-1461.0904.220 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 220-235

Author(s):

David L. Ratusnik ◽

Carol Melnick Ratusnik ◽

Karen Sattinger

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Case Studies ◽

Metropolitan Area ◽

Screening Test ◽

Normative Data ◽

Short Form ◽

Latino Children ◽

Data Application ◽

York Metropolitan Area ◽

Multiple Regression Technique

Short-form versions of the Screening Test of Spanish Grammar (Toronto, 1973) and the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test (Lee, 1971) were devised for use with bilingual Latino children while preserving the original normative data. Application of a multiple regression technique to data collected on 60 lower social status Latino children (four years and six months to seven years and one month) from Spanish Harlem and Yonkers, New York, yielded a small but powerful set of predictor items from the Spanish and English tests. Clinicians may make rapid and accurate predictions of STSG or NSST total screening scores from administration of substantially shortened versions of the instruments. Case studies of Latino children from Chicago and Miami serve to cross-validate the procedure outside the New York metropolitan area.

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Case Studies for Telepractice in AAC

Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication ◽

10.1044/aac23.1.42 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 42-54 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tanya Rose Curtis

Keyword(s):

Service Delivery ◽

Case Studies ◽

Eye Gaze ◽

Cognitive Impairments ◽

Perceived Barriers ◽

Computer Experience ◽

Access Methods ◽

Complex Communication Needs ◽

Barriers To Service ◽

Communication Needs

As the field of telepractice grows, perceived barriers to service delivery must be anticipated and addressed in order to provide appropriate service delivery to individuals who will benefit from this model. When applying telepractice to the field of AAC, additional barriers are encountered when clients with complex communication needs are unable to speak, often present with severe quadriplegia and are unable to position themselves or access the computer independently, and/or may have cognitive impairments and limited computer experience. Some access methods, such as eye gaze, can also present technological challenges in the telepractice environment. These barriers can be overcome, and telepractice is not only practical and effective, but often a preferred means of service delivery for persons with complex communication needs.

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