Critical Appraisal of a research article is considered as a basic tool for the evidence based practice in the nursing profession. This assignment is intended to appraise a quantitative research article published in a peer reviewed‚ indexed journal. The article is entitled with “Oral supplementation with L-glutamine alters gut microbiota of obese and overweight adults: A pilot study” Authored by Alessandra Zanin Zambom de Souza M.A et al published in the journal Nutrition in the year of 2015 (Zambom
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Social movements in the United States Antiwar movement-against the Vietnam War Antipoverty movement Civil Rights movement-the fight for equal rights for all (Martin Luther King Jr) Women’s Rights movement These social movements wanted change from the old government policies and/or traditional patterns of behavior. Some social movements started to fight this change. They wanted to keep tradition. They resisted change. Prayer in Public Schools movement Pro-life movement-antiabortion Antipornography
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Abstract Tourism research has evolved from the time when studies on tourism were based in other disciplines to become an academic research field of its own. Tourism critical theory is the pinnacle of that development. Today research in tourism is done using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. If the research is designed to prove a theory it takes the deductive strategy while on the other hand inductive strategy is used to generate theory. The developments are not only in the approaches
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Kristy Breitling-MUS 222 1960’s March 17th‚ 2013 Who has not heard of Woodstock or psychedelic music? What is it you think of when you hear of these? Free love‚ hippies‚ peace‚ and drugs. Well this was the end of the 60’s an era where musicians believed drugs gave them the ability to make their songs and how they sounded. This era came right after an era of civil rights movement‚ war and the world in an uneasy place for the population. In the First World‚ Rock ’n’ Roll‚ Pop music‚ Swing music
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Social Aspects of the 1920s The 1920’s were the time in American history where there was rapid change in culture‚ artistic innovations were happening‚ rebellious behavior occurred‚ and a huge economic boom. After being exhausted with trying to be noble and having proper behavior‚ America‚ in the 1920’s had a decade of this social outbreak from the moral restrictions of the past generations. In the 1920’s‚ on top of the social status were the upper class‚ or Fitzgerald referred to
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problems of education in the 21st century TEACHING ETHICS AND CRITICAL THINKING IN CONTEMPORARY SCHOOLS Bojan Borstner‚ Smiljana Gartner University of Maribor‚ Slovenia E-mail: bojan.borstner@um.si‚ smiljana.gartner@um.si Abstract Basic ethical questions‚ dilemmas and especially decisions do not only affect the life of an individual but can also affect lives of others. In some professional ethics‚ where decisions about a person’s life or death are made‚ decisions can even be irreversible. In this
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References: Codes of Conduct. (2014). McDonald’s. Retrieved from http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/investors/corporate_governance/codes_of_conduct.html May‚ S. (2013). Case studies in organizational communication: Ethical perspectives and practices. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications. McDonald’s Corporation’s Decision Making Process. (2012). Thinking Bookorm. Retrieved from http://thinkingbookworm.typepad.com/blog/2012/02/mcdonalds-corporations-decision-making-process
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succinctly conveys (typically in 15 or fewer words) the nature of the study. The researchers of the article are highly qualified and indicate that they possess relevant academic skills and knowledge required for this area of study and have the experience of working in a mental health services. Playle (2000) suggests the qualification indicate the knowledge and expertise of the researcher. The abstract offers a clear overview of the study‚ the research problem is identified and rationale is briefly described
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The SMD Critical Appraisal Check List for Research Papers (50 marks) You will be expected to provide a short detailed answer to each question. Yes or No are not sufficient This may need a literature search to establish the use of any reference used by the authors of this research paper. It is essential to use the format of this checklist to facilitate marking. The potential marks for each question are in brackets. 1) Give the full citation of the paper (1) Kunchur‚ Ranjit‚ Allan Need‚ Toby Hughes
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barriers to pain management are numerous and complex. The aim of this critical analysis is to explore some barriers to pain management‚ and the implications these issues have on nursing practice. Nurses have a unique role in pain assessment and management given that‚ of all health professionals‚ they spend the most time with patients in pain (Musclow‚ Swhney‚ & Watson‚ 2002). Failure of nurses to assess pain is a critical factor leading to under treatment (Chuk‚ 2002). Despite the numerous research
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