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Kinds of Excellence Terms modified by Excellence Selected AbstractsTHE PRACTICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE AND OF EQUITYEDUCATIONAL THEORY, Issue 4 2006David Bridges He considers whether some of the changes in practices linked to the massification of higher education have in fact resulted in the breakdown of higher education as a practice, at least on Alasdair MacIntyre's definition of the term. Specifically, Bridges examines whether higher education has lost its sense of the forms of human excellence around which its life is constructed. Finally, he points to issues of equity raised by the huge variety of forms that higher education now takes and asks whether this variety might mean that students are winning entry to some very different qualities of experience when judged against the requirement that they should contribute to the development of human excellence. [source] THE ESCI AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CLINICAL SCIENCEEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION, Issue 9 2007Article first published online: 10 AUG 200 No abstract is available for this article. [source] TO BE PRESENTED DURING THE 42nd ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION (ESCI) Geneva, Switzerland, 26,29 March 2008 THE ESCI AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CLINICAL SCIENCE 10 000 EUROEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION, Issue 8 2007Article first published online: 14 JUL 200 No abstract is available for this article. [source] THE ESCI AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CLINICAL SCIENCEEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION, Issue 7 2007Article first published online: 15 JUN 200 No abstract is available for this article. [source] THE ESCI AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CLINICAL SCIENCEEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION, Issue 6 2007Article first published online: 26 MAY 200 No abstract is available for this article. [source] THE ESCI AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CLINICAL SCIENCEEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION, Issue 8 2006Article first published online: 18 JUL 200 No abstract is available for this article. [source] THE ESCI AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CLINICAL SCIENCEEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION, Issue 7 2006Article first published online: 6 JUN 200 No abstract is available for this article. [source] Liquid-based cytology for cervical screeningCYTOPATHOLOGY, Issue 6 2000N. Payne England and Wales' new National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has completed the first of its appraisals and issued guidance on a diagnostic technique rather than a therapeutic intervention.1 It was directed to examine the use of liquid-based cytology (LBC) for cervical screening and took evidence from a wide variety of sources. LBC is a new method of preparing cervical samples for cytological examination. Unlike the conventional ,smear' preparation it involves making a suspension of cells from the sample and this is used to produce a thin layer of cells on a slide. [source] Using the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in Teaching: One Criteria, Several Perspectives,DECISION SCIENCES JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATION, Issue 2 2004James A. Belohlav ABSTRACT The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) has influenced the thinking and operations within organizations from all sectors of the American economy. This paper presents the experiences of three faculty members who have used the Criteria for Performance Excellence and the underlying concepts of the MBNQA to enhance the learning experiences of their students. The authors discuss how Dale's Cone of Experience is employed, by means of concrete exercises and experiences, to better leverage the student's ability to understand the abstract concepts. The formal, end-of-term student evaluations indicate that the described approach has led to a higher level of student engagement in the learning process, as evidenced by more abundant and higher-quality feedback to the instructors. [source] 1985 and all that: The establishment of Australia's Drug StrategyDRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, Issue 2 2009NEAL BLEWETT Abstract A national drug summit in the mid-1980s played a pivotal role in the establishment of Australia's National Drug Strategy. It transformed the delivery of drug policies in Australia and gave us the instruments to understand our drug problem, namely national Centres of Excellence, including the National Drug Research Institute. This paper examines how a ,bundle of compromises' came together in the political context of the mid-1980s to give rise to, for the first time, a cooperative national campaign that continues to drive Australia's drug strategy today.[Blewett N. 1985 and all that: The establishment of Australia's Drug Strategy. Drug Alcohol Rev 2009;28:96,98] [source] Excellence in ecological entomology , The Royal Entomological Society's Awards for Scientific WritingECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY, Issue 5 2002Simon Leather No abstract is available for this article. [source] Electroanalysis , Two Decades of Publishing ExcellenceELECTROANALYSIS, Issue 1 2008Joseph Wang No abstract is available for this article. [source] WILLIAM H. REHNQUIST AWARD FOR JUDICIAL EXCELLENCE ADDRESSFAMILY COURT REVIEW, Issue 2 2009Hon. Jonathan Lippman The William H. Rehnquist Award is one of the most celebrated judicial honors in the country. It is given each year to a state court judge who demonstrates the "highest level of judicial excellence, integrity, fairness, and professional ethics." The 2008 recipient, Jonathan Lippman, was recently appointed and confirmed as Chief Judge of the State of New York. Chief Judge Lippman was previously the Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division of the First Judicial Department of the New York State Supreme Court. He was appointed New York's Chief Administrative Judge by Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye and served from January 1996 to May 2007 and was responsible for the operation of a court system with a $2.4 billion budget, 1300 state-paid judges, 2300 town and village judges, and 16,000 nonjudicial personnel. Among his numerous professional activities, Chief Judge Lippman served as president of the Conference of State Court Administrators from 2005 to 2006 and was the vice-chair of the National Center for State Courts from 2005 to 2006, where he was a member of the Board of Directors from 2003 to 2007. During his tenure, Chief Judge Lippman has been the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, including the 2006 Fund For Modern Courts Cyrus R. Vance Tribute for Vision, Integrity and Dedication to the Fair Administration of Justice Personified by Cyrus R. Vance (November 27, 2006); the New York County Lawyers' Association Conspicuous Service Award in Recognition of Many Years of Outstanding Public Service (September 28, 2006); and the Award for Excellence in Public Service of the New York State Bar Association's Committee on Attorneys in Public Service (January 24, 2006). Chief Judge Lippman received a Bachelor of Arts in Government and International Relations from New York University, Washington Square College, where he graduated cum laude in 1965. He also received his J.D. from New York University in 1968. Below is the speech he delivered after accepting the William H. Rehnquist Award from U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts. [source] STRATEGIES AND NEED FOR SYSTEMS CHANGEFAMILY COURT REVIEW, Issue 2 2000Improving Court Practice for the Millennium Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye of New York delivered the following address to the Millennium Conference of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges in Washington, D.C., on November 15, 1999. In it, she describes the development of the philosophy of the family court in the past century. Judge Kaye describes the family court's transition from reliance on social science to the incorporation of procedural due process guarantees in the Gault decision. She suggests that a further transformation is required to meet the needs of children and families in the 21st century. Judge Kaye proposes that in the next millennium the family court abandon the "remote adjudicator" judge who evolved after Gault to a "problem-solving model of judging, a judge who looks at the issues that are driving the caseload, who looks at the results that are being achieved, and who uses a hands-on style to figure out how we might do better both in individual cases and on a systemic level." The New York Times described Chief Justice Kaye as, "A dedicated and effective reformer of the state's sprawling court system. Each of her hard won changes has had a positive impact." Chief Judge Kaye recently received the National Center for State Courts' William H. Rhenquist Award for Judicial Excellence in November 1999. On the occasion of the award, Roger K. Warren, president of the National Center, observed about her,"There are many who are working hard to better process the many cases that come before the state courts, but there are few working an harder or more successfully to better serve the people who use the state courts." [source] Modesty and Excellence: Gender and Sports Culture in Dutch Catholic Schooling, 1900,40GENDER & HISTORY, Issue 1 2008Marjet Derks This article focuses on the construction of gendered identities in Dutch schools run by religious orders during the process of Catholic emancipation. It discusses the fragility of identity, the simultaneity of tradition and modernity, and the role that gender plays in all these interactions. Two schools in the city of Nijmegen, the Netherlands, are compared during the first half of the twentieth century: the Jesuit institution for boys, Canisius College, and the Ursuline college for girls next door, Mater Dei. At both, sport played an important role in the transmission of notions of Catholicism and gender. [source] The data-driven seismic value chain, providing a business context for the velocity issueGEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING, Issue 6 2004A.J. Berkhout ABSTRACT Effective communication between seismic specialists should be facilitated by a shared process model that can be used at different levels of abstraction. In this shared model the seismic work-flow is presented as a value chain, showing the complex interrelationships between the broad range of specialized activities that are needed in today's practice. One of these activities is velocity estimation, providing the relationship between seismic time and geological depth. Excellence in the seismic value chain will depend on the quality of the specialized tools and skills (abilities) involved, as well as on the capability of the organization to combine these abilities in an integrated work-flow to realize maximum value at the end of the chain. [source] Bon Secours Health System integrates Lean Six Sigma and Knowledge Transfer to drive clinical and operational excellenceGLOBAL BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE, Issue 6 2009H. Douglas Sears By harnessing accelerated performance improvement and rapid learning across all of its 29 facilities, Bon Secours pursues consistency, integration, quality, and transparency of patient care, even as it leverages the scale and scope of its operations for higher efficiencies. And now it's pursuing the holy grails of standardized care and a single electronic medical record for each patient. Improvement projects linked to performance gaps in balanced scorecard dashboards are executed with Lean Six Sigma methodologies and rapid-cycle improvement. Communities of Excellence then transfer improvements and replicate proven practices across facilities. This approach is helping fuel two interconnected initiatives: Clinical Transformation, the redesign of workflows,including common order sets and care plans,supported by the new ConnectCare clinical information system, which together aim to standardize 80 percent of patient care across all facilities. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [source] NGWA Honors Excellence in Student Ground Water ProjectsGROUND WATER, Issue 5 2002Article first published online: 13 DEC 200 No abstract is available for this article. [source] Structural Development of Finnish Universities: Achieving Competitiveness and Academic ExcellenceHIGHER EDUCATION QUARTERLY, Issue 3 2009Jarkko Tirronen This paper discusses strategic instruments that are used to enhance the competitiveness of Finnish universities in the context of globalisation, internationalisation and commercialisation of research and education. The Finnish higher education system is currently undergoing a major policy reform, which aims to enhance the competitiveness of Finnish universities through structural development. This article focuses specifically on three themes of structural development: institutional cooperation and mergers between universities; stratification and differentiation; and changes in governance and leadership. Three ongoing projects are used as illustrations. [source] Application of performance-excellence criteria to improvement of occupational safety and health performanceHUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS IN MANUFACTURING & SERVICE INDUSTRIES, Issue 4 2002Jenni-Maarit Ketola There has been a lack of a common method for assessing and improving occupational safety and health (OSH) management through all-round criteria. This article discusses a study that focuses on applying business-excellence criteria for this purpose. The developed criteria for the safety self-assessment were tested at least once in five different organizations. The study confirms that the application of the Malcolm Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence can effectively be used for finding strengths and areas for improvement in a company's OSH management system. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [source] Indoor Air Quality in the 21st Century: Search for ExcellenceINDOOR AIR, Issue 2 2000P. OLE FANGER Abstract Field studies demonstrate that there are substantial numbers of dissatisfied people in many buildings, among them those suffering from sick building syndrome (SBS) symptoms, even though existing standards and guidelines are met. The reason is that the requirements specified in these standards are rather low, allowing a substantial group of people to become dissatisfied and to be adversely affected. A paradigm shift from rather mediocre to excellent indoor environments is foreseen in the 21st century. Based on existing information and on new research results, five principles are suggested as elements behind a new philosophy of excellence: 1) better indoor air quality increases productivity and decreases SBS symptoms; 2) unnecessary indoor pollution sources should be avoided; 3) the air should be served cool and dry to the occupants; 4) "personalized air", i.e. a small amount of clean air, should be served gently, close to the breathing zone of each individual; and 5) individual control of the thermal environment should be provided. These principles of excellence are compatible with energy efficiency and sustainability. [source] The European Science Foundation Promotes Excellence in Materials Science ResearchADVANCED MATERIALS, Issue 10-11 2009Antonella di Trapani The European Science Foundation (ESF) with its 34,year history in funding scientific networking activities that span across European borders has been the instigator of several programs within the field of materials science. The main results of these programs have made a real impact in the field, and are contributing to a new class of researchers that will be the leaders of the European Research Area. [source] Pharmacy support staff involvement in, and attitudes towards, pharmacy-based services for drug misusersINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACY PRACTICE, Issue 6 2009Jenny Scott Abstract Objective This study aimed to examine involvement of pharmacy support staff in delivering services to drug misusers; to quantify their participation in related training; and to examine relationships between attitudes, practice experience and training. Methods The setting was a random sample of 10% of UK community pharmacies (n = 1218) using a postal questionnaire with two reminders. Pharmacy managers were used as gate-keepers to access pharmacy support staff, which included dispensary technicians and medicines counter assistants. Key findings Six hundred and ninety (56.7%) pharmacies responded, and 1976 completed questionnaires were returned from 610 (50.1%) pharmacies. A further 80 (6.6%) opted out. Three-fifths of staff had no input into decisions about whether their pharmacy provided services for drug misusers. One-third working in pharmacies that provide services were uncertain or negative about whether their pharmacy should do so. Staff were more involved in needle exchange (91%) and decisions to sell needles (95%) than supervising consumption of therapies (64%) or handing out dispensed medicines to drug misusers (73%), suggesting managers perceive needle exchange and sales as appropriate roles. Three-quarters of those working in pharmacies that provide services had not received any training to do so. Those who had undertaken training and who worked in pharmacies that provided services had significantly more positive attitudes compared to those had not undertaken training but also worked in pharmacies that provided services, or those who had undertaken training but did not provide services. Conclusions Pharmacy support staff were involved extensively in drug-misuse services but the majority had not been trained to do so. Attitudes were more positive in those who were involved in service provision and had undertaken training. The findings suggest a need for more extensive training and for further exploration of the views of managers on appropriate roles, particularly the clinical versus supply nature of needle exchange. This is timely given the recent publication of guidelines by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) on needle exchange. [source] Controversy concerning platelet doseISBT SCIENCE SERIES: THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT, Issue 1 2007N. M. Heddle The highest level of support for evidence based decisions is the randomized controlled trial (RCT); however, RCT results are only useful if the study has strong internal and external validity. There have been a number of clinical trials that have addressed the issue of the optimal platelet dose; however, none of these studies have provided definitive data on the optimal platelet dose due to a variety of methodological issues associated with the study designs. Currently two randomized controlled trials have been implemented to address the issue of optimal platelet dose. The results of these trials will not be available until 2007,2008. The BEST (Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion) Collaborative has initiated a platelet dose study comparing the frequency of WHO bleeding Grade 2 with low and standard dose platelets. The Transfusion Medicine/ Haemostasis Clinical Trials Network (CTN) is also performing a platelet dose study comparing three treatment strategies (high, standard and low dose platelets). There were numerous methodological issues that had to be considered when designing these two studies. More recently some European investigators have questioned the need for prophylactic platelet transfusions and several studies are currently underway to investigate the efficacy of changing this practice. [source] Mid-term report on St Luke's College of Nursing's 21st century Center of Excellence Program: Core elements and specific goals of people-centered careJAPAN JOURNAL OF NURSING SCIENCE, Issue 1 2006Hiroko KOMATSU Abstract Aim:, This paper, at the halfway point of the 5 year Center of Excellence (COE) Program, aims to extract common core elements of each COE project working on the development of people-centered care and to clarify future issues related to the COE Program through the evaluation of those elements. Methods:, All data obtained in such research activities, including records, interviews, meeting minutes, and results, are shared for each project in COE section meetings or general assemblies and the findings that are established there are accumulated. We also have set up a working group to develop the people-centered care concept by continuously reviewing the core elements of people-centered care based on the collected data. In order to track the projects in an orderly manner, we classified and organized the activities of the 11 COE projects based on the Process Evaluation Model and reviewed common important elements. Results:, The characteristic components, related to participation, relationships, capacity-building, empowerment, and product (specific achievements), were extracted as common core elements of each COE project. Conclusion:, In order to maintain the sustainability of people-centered care incorporated in communities, concrete strategies for improving economic efficiency, social significance and utility, and evaluation methods need to be developed. [source] The current state of the center for the creation and dissemination of new Japanese nursing science: The 21st century Center of Excellence at Chiba University School of NursingJAPAN JOURNAL OF NURSING SCIENCE, Issue 1 2006Kazuko ISHIGAKI Abstract Aim:, The Center of Excellence for the Creation and Dissemination of a New Japanese Nursing Science at Chiba University School of Nursing is now in its third year of operation. This center aims to develop nursing science that is appropriate for Japanese culture and to internationally disseminate the importance of culturally based care. Our project seeks to systematically transform the art of nursing practise into a nursing science. Method:, To date, multiple frameworks have been created through the qualitative meta-synthesis of research on effective nursing care. To create a nursing science, these frameworks derived from meta-synthesis must be verified and internalized in nursing practise. Results:, After three years of research, the following findings are emerging: professional care relationships in nursing practise in Japan are characterized by the bidirectional process between the nurse and the client, in which both gradually undergo a transformation in order to establish a collaborative, therapeutic relationship; Japanese nurses emphasize the importance of understanding adolescent clients' subjective understanding of their own life with self-care, as well as social support; and the priority for community health nurses in Japan is to create support systems in the community, regardless of whether the intended client is an individual, a family, a specific group, or the community as a whole. Conclusions:, Our future efforts will focus on verifying our findings through interdisciplinary and international comparative research and by integrating various frameworks in order to create a new Japanese nursing science. [source] Interview with a Quality Leader,Karen Davis, Executive Director of The Commonwealth FundJOURNAL FOR HEALTHCARE QUALITY, Issue 2 2009Lecia A. Albright Dr. Davis is a nationally recognized economist, with a distinguished career in public policy and research. Before joining the Fund, she served as chairman of the Department of Health Policy and Management at The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, where she also held an appointment as professor of economics. She served as deputy assistant secretary for health policy in the Department of Health and Human Services from 1977 to 1980, and was the first woman to head a U.S. Public Health Service agency. Before her government career, Ms. Davis was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC; a visiting lecturer at Harvard University; and an assistant professor of economics at Rice University. A native of Oklahoma, she received her PhD in economics from Rice University, which recognized her achievements with a Distinguished Alumna Award in 1991. Ms. Davis is the recipient of the 2000 Baxter-Allegiance Foundation Prize for Health Services Research. In the spring of 2001, Ms. Davis received an honorary doctorate in human letters from John Hopkins University. In 2006, she was selected for the Academy Health Distinguished Investigator Award for significant and lasting contributions to the field of health services research in addition to the Picker Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Patient Centered Care. Ms. Davis has published a number of significant books, monographs, and articles on health and social policy issues, including the landmark books HealthCare Cost Containment, Medicare Policy, National Health Insurance: Benefits, Costs, and Consequences, and Health and the War on Poverty. She serves on the Board of Visitors of Columbia University, School of Nursing, and is on the Board of Directors of the Geisinger Health System. She was elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 1975; has served two terms on the IOM governing Council (1986,90 and 1997,2000); was a member of the IOM Committee on Redesigning Health Insurance Benefits, Payment and Performance Improvement Programs; and was awarded the Adam Yarmolinsky medal in 2007 for her contributions to the mission of the Institute of Medicine. She is a past president of the Academy Health (formerly AHSRHP) and an Academy Health distinguished fellow, a member of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, and a former member of the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research National Advisory Committee. She also serves on the Panel of Health Advisors for the Congressional Budget Office. [source] Integrating Palliative Medicine into the Care of Persons with Advanced Dementia: Identifying Appropriate Medication UseJOURNAL OF AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY, Issue 7 2008Holly M. Holmes MD OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the feasibility of developing consensus recommendations for appropriate prescribing for patients with advanced dementia using a new conceptual framework and to determine the frequency of inappropriate medication use based on these recommendations in a small sample of patients with advanced dementia. DESIGN: Medication data were obtained using chart review. Recommendations for appropriate prescribing were achieved using a modified Delphi consensus panel. SETTING: Three long-term care facilities. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty-four patients with advanced dementia enrolled in the Palliative Excellence in Alzheimer Care Efforts Program were selected to evaluate medication use. Twelve geriatricians at the University of Chicago participated in the modified Delphi consensus panel. MEASUREMENTS: Prescription and over-the-counter medications were recorded for the 34 patients. Following the modified Delphi process, medications were characterized into one of four categories for use in palliative care patients with advanced dementia: never appropriate, rarely appropriate, sometimes appropriate, or always appropriate. RESULTS: Patients were taking an average of 6.5 medications at enrollment. Six patients were taking 10 or more medications daily. Consensus was reached ranking the appropriateness of 69 of 81 medication classes for patients with advanced dementia. Overall, 5% of the 221 medications prescribed at enrollment were considered to be never appropriate, and 10 of 34 patients (29%) had been taking a medication considered to be never appropriate. CONCLUSION: Based on these preliminary findings, consensus criteria for prescribing in advanced dementia are needed to decrease polypharmacy and reduce the use of medications that are of minimal benefit or high risk. [source] Magnanimity, Athletic Excellence, and Performance-Enhancing DrugsJOURNAL OF APPLIED PHILOSOPHY, Issue 1 2009MICHAEL W. AUSTIN abstract In this paper, I first develop a neo-Aristotelian account of the virtue of magnanimity. I then apply this virtue to ethical issues that arise in sport, and argue that the magnanimous athlete will rightly use sport to foster her own moral development. I also address how the magnanimous athlete responds to the moral challenges present in sport by focusing on the issue of performance-enhancing drugs, and conclude that athletic excellence as it is conventionally understood, without moral excellence, has very little value. [source] Captan: Transition from ,B2' to ,not likely'.JOURNAL OF APPLIED TOXICOLOGY, Issue 5 2007How pesticide registrants affected the EPA Cancer Classification Update Abstract On 24 November 2004 EPA changed the cancer classification of captan from a ,probable human carcinogen' (Category B2) to ,not likely' when used according to label directions. The new cancer classification considers captan to be a potential carcinogen at prolonged high doses that cause cytotoxicity and regenerative cell hyperplasia. These high doses of captan are many orders of magnitude above those likely to be consumed in the diet, or encountered by individuals in occupational or residential settings. This revised cancer classification reflects EPA's implementation of their new cancer guidelines. The procedures involved in the reclassification effort were agreed upon with EPA and involved an Independent Transparent Review as it related to four components that formed the basis of the original 1986 B2 classification: mouse tumors; rat tumors; mutagenicity; and structural similarity to other carcinogens. A Peer Review Panel organized and administered by Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA) met on 2,3 September 2003. The Panel concluded that captan acted through a non-mutagenic threshold mode of action that required prolonged irritation of the duodenal villi as the initial key event. EPA's Cancer Assessment Review Committee (CARC) met on 9 June 2004 and endorsed the Peer Review findings. EPA intended to have the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) consider the basis for this reclassification but found the science was robust and judged that a SAP review was not warranted. Using the revised classification, the margin of exposure is approximately 1,200,000, supporting the ,not likely' characterization. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||