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Kinds of Help Terms modified by Help Selected AbstractsCAN SCIENCE HELP CLOSE THE TREATMENT GAP?ADDICTION, Issue 1 2010MARÍA ELENA MEDINA-MORA No abstract is available for this article. [source] Application of Multivariate curve resolution-alternating least square methods on the resolution of overlapping CE peaks from different separation conditionsELECTROPHORESIS, Issue 20 2007Fang Zhang Abstract Discussed in this paper is the development of a new strategy to improve resolution of overlapping CE peaks by using second-order multivariate curve resolution with alternating least square (second-order MCR-ALS) methods. Several kinds of organic reagents are added, respectively, in buffers and sets of overlapping peaks with different separations are obtained. Augmented matrix is formed by the corresponding matrices of the overlapping peaks and is then analyzed by the second-order MCR-ALS method in order to use all data information to improve the precision of the resolution. Similarity between the resolved unit spectrum and the true one is used to assess the quality of the solutions provided by the above method. 3,4-Dihydropyrimidin-2-one derivatives (DHPOs) are used as model components and mixed artificially in order to obtain overlapping peaks. Three different impurity levels, 100, 20, and 10% relative to the main component, are used. With this strategy, the concentration profiles and spectra of impurities, which are no more than 10% of the main component, can be resolved from the overlapping peaks without pure standards participant in the analysis. The effects of the changes in the components spectra in the buffer with different organic reagents on the resolution are also evaluated, which are slight and can thus be ignored in the analysis. Individual data matrices (two-way data) are also analyzed by using MCR-ALS and heuristic evolving latent projections (HELP) methods and their results are compared with those when MCR-ALS is applied to augmented data matrix (three-way data) analysis. [source] After Adoption: Sustaining the Innovation A Case Study of Disseminating the Hospital Elder Life ProgramJOURNAL OF AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY, Issue 9 2005Elizabeth H. Bradley PhD Objectives: To examine key factors that influence sustainability in the diffusion of the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) as an example of an evidence-based, multifaceted, innovative program to improve care for hospitalized older adults. Design: Longitudinal, qualitative study between November 2000 and November 2003 based on 102 in-depth interviews every 6 months during HELP implementation. Setting: Thirteen hospitals implementing HELP. Participants: Forty-two hospital staff members (physician, nursing, volunteer, and administrative staff) implementing HELP, conducted 102 interviews. Measurements: Staff experiences sustaining the program, including challenges and strategies that they viewed as successful in addressing these challenges. Results: Of the 13 hospitals studied, 10 were sustaining HELP at the end of the study period; three terminated the program (after 24 months, 12 months, and 6 months). Critical factors were identified as influencing whether the program was sustained: the presence of clinical leadership, the ability and willingness to adapt the original HELP protocols to local hospital circumstances and constraints, and the ability to obtain longer-term resources and funding for HELP. Conclusion: Recognizing the need for sustained clinical leadership and funding as well as the inevitable modifications required to sustain innovative programs can promote more-realistic goals and expectations for health services researchers, clinicians, and policy makers in their laudable efforts to translate research into practice. [source] Translating Research into Clinical Practice: Making Change HappenJOURNAL OF AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY, Issue 11 2004Elizabeth H. Bradley PhD Objectives: To describe the process of adoption of an evidence-based, multifaceted, innovative program into the hospital setting, with particular attention to issues that promoted or impeded its implementation. This study examined common challenges faced by hospitals implementing the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) and strategies used to address these challenges. Design: Qualitative study design based on in-depth, open-ended telephone interviews. Setting: Nine hospitals implementing HELP throughout the United States. Participants: Thirty-two key staff members (physician, nursing, volunteer, and administrative staff) who were directly involved with the HELP implementation. Measurements: Staff experiences implementing the program, including challenges and strategies they viewed as successful in overcoming challenges of implementation. Results: Six common challenges faced hospital staff: (1) gaining internal support for the program despite differing requirements and goals of administration and clinical staff, (2) ensuring effective clinician leadership, (3) integrating with existing geriatric programs, (4) balancing program fidelity with hospital-specific circumstances, (5) documenting positive outcomes of the program despite limited resources for data collection and analysis, and (6) maintaining the momentum of implementation in the face of unrealistic time frames and limited resources. Strategies perceived to be successful in addressing each challenge are described. Conclusion: Translating research into clinical practice is challenging for staff across disciplines. Developing strategies to address common challenges identified in this study may facilitate the adoption of innovative programs within healthcare organizations. [source] Interactive curve resolution by using latent projections in polar coordinatesJOURNAL OF CHEMOMETRICS, Issue 1-2 2007J. von Frese Abstract The problem of resolving bilinear two-way data into the contributions from the underlying mixture components is of great interest for all hyphenated analytical techniques. The fact that the optimal solution to this problem at least to some extent depends on the nature of the data under study has lead to a numerous different approaches. One of the seminal publications in this area was contributed by Olav M. Kvalheim and Yi-Zeng Liang in 1992. They not only provided valuable Heuristic Evolving Latent Projections (HELP) but also enlightened many important aspects of curve resolution in this and numerous subsequent publications. Here we extend their key concept of HELP, that is the use of latent projective graphs for identifying one-component regions, by using polar coordinates for these analyses and thereby creating a simple, intuitive exploratory tool for directly solving the curve resolution problem for two and three components graphically. Our approach is demonstrated with simulated data, an example from reaction monitoring with broadband ultrafast spectroscopy and one chemometric standard data set. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] LOCAL VETS HELP PROTECT AUSTRALIA FROM EXOTIC ANIMAL DISEASEAUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL, Issue 5 2005Article first published online: 10 MAR 200 No abstract is available for this article. [source] Integrating Web-Based Documents, Shared Knowledge Bases, and Information Retrieval for User HelpCOMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, Issue 1 2000Doug Skuce We describe a prototype system, IKARUS, with which we investigated the potential of integrating web-based documents, shared knowledge bases, and information retrieval for improving knowledge storage and retrieval. As an example, we discuss how to implement both a user manual and an online help system as one system. The following technologies are combined: a web-based design, a frame-based knowledge engine, use of an advanced full-text search engine, and simple techniques to control terminology. We have combined graphical browsing with several unusual forms of text retrieval,for example, to the sentence and paragraph level. [source] Detection and Analysis of Strong Oscillating Electric Fields in a Picosecond Laser Plasma with the Help of Plasma Satellites of X-ray Spectral LinesCONTRIBUTIONS TO PLASMA PHYSICS, Issue 3-4 2005V. S. Belyaev Abstract X-ray lines of ions in a solid target interacting with picosecond laser pulses of the intensity ,3 × 1017 W/cm2 were studied on the "Neodim" laser facility. We observed X-ray Ly, emission spectra of hydrogen-like fluorine ions. Satellite lines were also recorded, evidencing the presence of intense plasma oscillations with an amplitude of the electric field larger than 108 V/cm and a frequency of about 1015 s,1. (© 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) [source] With a Little Help from Their Friends: Exploring the Advice Networks of Software EntrepreneursCREATIVITY AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT, Issue 1 2003Cathleen A. McGrath This field interview study examined patterns and content of advice sharing networks among 20 software executives to provide a clearer understanding of how advice relationships are established, the types of advice that are shared and the role that relationships play in the support of information exchange and diffusion. Most advice relationships were formed from strong tie relationships, while systematic differences were found among the types of advice sought from advice relationships resulting from strong ties, business ties and weak ties. The preference of software executives for rich communication media supports the importance of establishing trust in advice sharing relationships. [source] The ,Iranian Diaspora' and the New Media: From Political Action to Humanitarian HelpDEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE, Issue 4 2009Halleh Ghorashi ABSTRACT This article looks at the shifting position of the ,Iranian diaspora' in relation to Iran as it is influenced by online and offline transnational networks. In the 1980s the exilic identity of a large part of the Iranian diaspora was the core factor in establishing an extended, yet exclusive form of transnational network. Since then, the patterns of identity within this community have shifted towards a more inclusive network as a result of those transnational connections, leading to more extensive and intense connections and activities between the Iranian diaspora and Iranians in Iran. The main concern of the article is to examine how the narratives of identity are constructed and transformed within Iranian (charity) networks and to identify the factors that contribute to this transformation. The authors use the transnational lens to view diasporic positioning as linked to development issues. New technological sources help diaspora groups, in this case Iranians, to build virtual embedded ties that transcend nation states and borders. Yet, the study also shows that these transnational connections can still be challenged by the nation state, as has been the case with recent developments in Iran. [source] Factors Associated with Seeking and Using Professional Retirement-Planning HelpFAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES RESEARCH JOURNAL, Issue 1 2001So-Hyun Joo This article presents findings from a study that examined the factors that influence who is more likely to seek and use help with their retirement questions and concerns from professional advisors or others, including friends, colleagues, and publications. A model of retirement help-seeking behavior is presented. Logistic regression results using data from the 1998 Retirement Confidence Survey (N = 711) showed that among preretirees, women versus men, those who (a) had higher incomes, (b) exhibited better financial behaviors, (c) had positive and proactive attitudes toward retirement, and (d) had a higher level of financial risk-tolerance were more likely to seek and use help from financial professionals when making retirement investment decisions. [source] New Help for Fidgety PhilipGERMAN RESEARCH, Issue 3 2008Andreas Warnke Prof. Dr. Hyperactive and distracted: Over 650,000 children and adolescents in Germany suffer from ADHD. Researchers are investigating causes , and seeking new forms of therapy [source] Entrenchment or Enhancement: Could Climate Change Adaptation Help to Reduce Chronic Poverty?IDS BULLETIN, Issue 4 2008Thomas Tanner First page of article [source] Do Unions Help or Hinder Women in Training?INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, Issue 4 2000Apprenticeship Programs in the United States Trade unions are frequently criticized for excluding women from skilled crafts by denying them training. This article examines this argument by eestimatin the retention and attrition probabilities of men and women in the joint union-management and the unilateral employer-sponsored apprenticeship programs. While men, on average, have higher retention and lower attrition rates than women, joint sponsorship raises women's graduation probability above (and lowers their quit probability below) those of men or women apprentices in unilateral programs. [source] Nursing and Security in Iraqi Hospitals: Some Problems can be Solved without Foreign HelpINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING PRACTICE, Issue 3 2009Sergei V Jargin No abstract is available for this article. [source] New Hope and Help for Forgotten YouthJOURNAL OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC NURSING, Issue 2 2009APRN/PMH, Rita Gill MS TOPIC: Juvenile sex offender treatment programs have been at the forefront of discussion among some policy-makers and certainly those who provide treatment for these youth. While the research in this area supports the use of community-based treatment strategies, clinicians with strong training background are rare. PURPOSE: There is a need for a certificate training program to develop clinicians who are specifically trained to treat juvenile sex offenders. Through a unique academic/community initiative providing a multimodal approach to treatment, a collaborative 2-day national conference related to treatment of juvenile sex offenders was established. The program core was a 9-month clinical treatment certificate training program. This article describes the community program, and outlines in detail its purpose, goals, trainee requirements, conceptual areas for competency development, and the content areas. CONCLUSIONS: The Mental Health Policy Institute for Leadership and Training of Baltimore and the School of Nursing of the University Maryland jointly recognized a need to address the quality and efficacy of community-based treatment and expand the number of trained clinicians to work with sex offending youth. As a result of positive program evaluations, this community program will be provided annually. [source] The National Sexual Assault Database: Can It Help You?JOURNAL OF FORENSIC NURSING, Issue 1 2005Linda E. Ledray PhD, SANE-A When we take the time and effort to question long held beliefs, we often find a better way Of providing care to rape survivors. [source] Nurses' Views of Factors That Help and Hinder Their Intrapartum CareJOURNAL OF OBSTETRIC, GYNECOLOGIC & NEONATAL NURSING, Issue 3 2007Martha Sleutel Objective:, To explore labor and delivery nurses' views of intrapartum care, particularly factors that help or hinder their efforts to provide professional labor support. Design:, Content analysis of narrative comments that nurses wrote on questionnaires during a two-part research study on professional labor support in 2001. Participants:, Intrapartum registered nurses. Results:, Six themes emerged under the category of factors that hinder nurses' intrapartum care: (a) hastening, controlling, and mechanizing birth; (b) facility culture and resources; (c) mothers' knowledge, language, and medical status; (d) outdated practices; (e) conflict; and (f) professional/ethical decline. Under the category of factors that help nurses' intrapartum care, four themes emerged: (a) teamwork and collaboration, (b) philosophy of birth as a natural process, (c) facility culture and resources, and (d) nursing impact, experience, and autonomy. Conclusions:, Nurses conveyed a spectrum of feelings from intense pride and pleasure to disillusionment, dissatisfaction, and distress based on barriers and facilitators to their ability to provide effective optimal care. They felt strongly that medical interventions often hindered their care and prevented them from providing labor support. Nurses offered blunt, often scathing criticism and also glowing praise for their colleagues in nursing, nurse-midwifery, and medicine regarding the quality of their care. JOGNN, 36, 203-211; 2007. DOI: 10.1111/J.1552-6909.2007.00146.x [source] The Contested Nature of Empirical Educational Research (and Why Philosophy of Education Offers Little Help)JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION, Issue 4 2005D. C. PHILLIPS This paper suggests that empirical educational research has not, on the whole, been treated well by philosophers of education. A variety of criticisms have been offered, ranging from triviality, conceptual confusion and the impossibility of empirically studying normative processes. Furthermore, many of those who criticise, or dismiss, empirical research do so without subjecting any specific examples to careful scholarly scrutiny. It is suggested that both philosophy of education, and the empirical research enterprise, stand to profit if philosophers pay more attention to real cases,and this attention is especially important at present, when research funding is being based on spurious scientistic criteria such as the use of ,gold standard' randomised experimental research designs. [source] Preferences for Third-Party Help in Workplace Conflict: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Chinese and Dutch EmployeesNEGOTIATION AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH, Issue 4 2009Ellen Giebels Abstract This study examines conflict parties' preferences for different types of third-party help and how this may be influenced by cultural differences in terms of individualism/collectivism. We focus our analysis on process-related nonsubstantive help and identify three types of third-party help in interpersonal conflict situations: relational help, procedural help, and emotional help. In a pilot study with Chinese and Dutch students (N = 93), we first developed and validated three new scales to measure preferences for the three types of third-party help. To further test specific hypotheses we used another sample of Dutch and Hong Kong Chinese bank employees (N = 71). In line with our expectations, Chinese employees report a higher preference for relational help, while Dutch employees report a higher preference for emotional help. In terms of procedural help, there was no significant difference between Dutch and Chinese employees. Furthermore, additional analyses revealed a gender effect on the preference for emotional help, showing that,regardless of their cultural background,females prefer this type of third-party help more, presumably because they experience more conflict stress. [source] Civilians Versus Police: Mediation Can Help to Bridge the DivideNEGOTIATION JOURNAL, Issue 3 2000Vivian Berger The increasing frequency of notorious cases of conflicts between police officers and members of the general public (which in New York City has led to incidents of death, battery, and sexual assault) is cause for alarm. At the root of many police-community conflicts are an incomplete understanding of the work of the police, poor communication on the part of the police and the public, or simple misunderstanding. A number of communities, including New York City, are turning to mediation to provide a forum for the potential resolution of complaints made against police by citizens. After a brief survey of the work of such programs nationally, the author focuses on three New York cases in which she served as a mediator, using them to illustrate the pitfalls and special rewards of mediating in this context. The author believes that the mediation process itself can work in a transformative way, improving strained relations between police and the general population [source] California community colleges: Help or hindrance to Latinos in the higher education pipeline?NEW DIRECTIONS FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES, Issue 133 2006Jorge Chapa This chapter examines the flow of Latino students through the California Community College system. [source] Can Empirical Theories of Semantic Competence Really Help Limn the Structure of Reality?NOUS, Issue 1 2006Steven Gross First page of article [source] Does the Theory of Irreversible Investments Help Explain Movements in Office,Commercial Construction?REAL ESTATE ECONOMICS, Issue 4 2000Rena Sivitanidou Focusing on the relevance of the modern investment theory in explaining movements in office,commercial construction, we attempt to advance existing empirical work in two respects. First, building on recent theoretical advances, we offer an extended empirical model of new construction that takes into account the full opportunity cost of irreversible investments in uncertain environments. Second, using updated time series of office,commercial construction across the nation's largest markets, we empirically estimate such a model to (i) explore investment behavior during 1982,1998 and (ii) detect differences, if any, in such behavior between the pre- and post-recession years. Our empirical findings are fully consistent with the theory of irreversible investments. Such findings highlight both the relevance and the relative importance of uncertainty in underlying demand factors in shaping movements in office,commercial construction, while pointing altogether to more cautionary investment behavior during the post-recession years. [source] Derrida's Bible (Reading a Page of Scripture with a Little Help from Derrida) , Edited by Yvonne SherwoodRELIGIOUS STUDIES REVIEW, Issue 4 2006Richard Walsh No abstract is available for this article. [source] Development of the ways of helping questionnaire: A measure of preferred coping strategies for older African American cancer survivors,,RESEARCH IN NURSING & HEALTH, Issue 3 2009Jill B. Hamilton Abstract Although researchers have identified beneficial coping strategies for cancer patients, existing coping measures do not capture the preferred coping strategies of older African American cancer survivors. A new measure, the Ways of Helping Questionnaire (WHQ), was evaluated with 385 African American cancer survivors. Validity evidence from factor analysis resulted in 10 WHQ subscales (Others There for Me, Physical and Treatment Care Needs, Help from God, Church Family Support, Helping Others, Being Strong for Others, Encouraging My Healthy Behaviors, Others Distract Me, Learning about Cancer, and Distracting Myself). Reliability evidence was generally strong. Evidence regarding hypothesized relationships with measures of well-being and another coping measure was mixed. The WHQ's content coverage makes it especially relevant for older African American cancer survivors. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 32:243,259, 2009 [source] Open Letter from an American to the World: Help!ANTIPODE, Issue 2 2002Jeremy Brecher First page of article [source] Phone Counseling Plus Medication Help Even Heavy Smokers QuitCA: A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS, Issue 4 2006Article first published online: 31 DEC 200 First page of article [source] Seemingly Competitive Food Retail Regulations: Who Do They Really Help?CANADIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, Issue 3 2009Bruno Larue The food distribution and retail sectors in Quebec are highly concentrated and integrated as large food distributors are also involved in food retailing. As such, they are competing with small grocery and convenience stores they sell inputs to. A review of the industry suggests that there are important economies of size in distribution, but that smaller stores offering convenience face a more inelastic demand. Concerns over the survival of smaller stores in Quebec have motivated two types of regulations. The first type aims at reducing the cost advantage of dominant retailers by restricting the number of employees that they are allowed to use during specific time periods. The second type restricts retail prices. We develop a simple model capturing the main features of the industry to ascertain the impact of these regulations on retail and wholesale prices. Our results suggest that these regulations reduce welfare and may induce both tighter margins and lower surplus for small retailers. Au Québec, les secteurs du commerce de détail et de la distribution des aliments sont fortement concentrés et intégrés puisque les grands distributeurs d'aliments sont aussi engagés dans le commerce de détail. À ce titre, ils font concurrence aux petites épiceries et aux dépanneurs qu'ils approvisionnent. Un examen de l'industrie autorise à penser qu'il existe d'importantes économies de taille dans le secteur de la distribution, mais que les petites épiceries de dépannage sont confrontées à une demande plus inélastique. Les inquiétudes entourant la survie des petites épiceries au Québec ont motivé deux types de règlements. Le premier vise à diminuer l'avantage de coût des détaillants dominants en limitant le nombre d'employés pendant certaines périodes spécifiques. Le deuxième vise à limiter les prix de détail. Nous avons élaboré un modèle simple qui renferme les principales caractéristiques de l'industrie pour évaluer les répercussions de ces règlements sur les prix de détail et de gros. Nos résultats portent à croire que ces règlements diminuent le bien-être et peuvent entraîner un resserrement des marges et une diminution des surplus des petits détaillants. [source] ,I Need Help on Mondays, It's Not My Day.CHILDREN & SOCIETY, Issue 2 2009I'm OK'., Perspectives of Disabled Children on Inclusive Education, The Other Days This article examines the experience of inclusive education from the perspective of disabled children. We worked with the observations of, and interviews with, 15 children, aged 5,17 who go to a mainstream school. The study is set in the context of a 3-year research project exploring the practice of inclusive education in Flanders. Here, we report on the key findings from the children's accounts, focusing on what they had to say about themselves, what they think about school, friends, support and their future prospects. [source] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||