Undertaking a literature review: a step-by-step approach Patricia Cronin‚ Frances Ryan‚ Michael Coughlan research literature on the topic being studied (Hart‚ 1998). Its goal is to bring the reader up-to-date with current literature on a topic and form the basis for another goal‚ such as the justification for future research in the area. A good literature review gathers information about a particular subject from many sources. It is well written and contains few if any personal biases. It should
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A systematic review of osteoarthritis and the procedure arthoplasty. Abstract: Objective: To systematically describe the surgical procedure of arthoplasty and the evaluated successes or failed procedures resulting in pain and functioning in patients with osteoarthritis (OA). Methods: The MEDLINE Database was used as the primary search tool. Journals that was published after 2003 populated the initial search. Studies that contained knee osteoarthritis and arthroscopy in patients with hip or
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Collaboration systematic review(9) investigates the effectiveness of MET in reducing pain and improving function in patients with lower back pain. The systematic review included twelve randomized controlled trials with fourteen reviewed
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Introduction The Curtin Teaching‚ Learning and Student Experience Plan 2013-2017 outlines an ambitious vision for reforming teaching and learning‚ enhancing the student experience‚ optimising the education portfolio and the student experience. This vision‚ enabled through a number of strategic projects will position Curtin as leaders in globally innovative education; provide a richly interactive and personalised learning experience and provide opportunity for graduates‚ equipping them with skills
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SAMPLE GUIDELINES FOR CRITICAL BOOK REVIEW Preliminary Considerations First‚ one must understand that a critical book review is not a book report (a summary of the contents of a book). A critical book review is a vehicle for examining and discussing issues the book itself raises or fails to raise. One writes a critical book review for the benefit of those who might not presently have time to read the book but who nevertheless need to learn more about its basic approach should they desire to read
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Now after closing in on a decade of activity on the review platform‚ I’m what you call a veteran. I am launching this paper boat onto the tide‚ I thought I would offer advice to whom feel they could make a mark on this review platform. My dear X‚ you don’t mind me calling you a single character do you... if you’re offended view the ’x’ as two lips touching‚ engaging in mutual adoration... err‚ perhaps not‚ we’ve not met and quite honestly I’m not the most interactively tactile of members thus find
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article‚ look at the section headings. These often have very predictable structures‚ with an introduction followed by a review of previous research (the ‘literature review’); a ‘methodology’ section‚ explaining how the research was conducted; one or two sections on the findings; a discussion of the findings‚ relating them back to the earlier research discussed in the literature review; and a conclusions‚ summarising the main argument and suggesting some areas for further research. Look at the preface
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judicial independence and impartiality is judicial review‚ which provides independent system of checks and balances on other branches of government‚ preventing abuse of power and unlawful procedural processes and decisions. Ensuring impartiality is seen to exist in the courts‚ judicial review examines the process by which a decision was made‚ rather than simply the outcome by articulating high the standards of decision-making. In order to effectively review the executive‚ a somewhat isolated standpoint
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Traditionally‚ administrative action in the UK has been subject to three grounds of review. Lord Diplock‚ in the GCHQ case‚ reiterated these and labelled them ‘procedural impropriety’‚ ‘illegality’ and ‘irrationality’. The test to establish whether a decision was irrational had been subject to a particularly large amount of litigation and‚ consequently‚ debate. Proportionality‚ a doctrine applied as a ground of review across continental Europe‚ necessarily grants judiciaries’ wider powers to consider
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institutional heuristics Leonardo Pierdominici Abstract The dominant approach to constitutional law‚ and even more so to constitutional theory‚ has historically been judicial review-centered. Constitutional scholarship has often seemed “strong on positions and weak on analysis”‚ based on “foundationalist”/organic theories of judicial review‚ trying to justify or to reject the practice in toto and dictating its parameters. Behind such strong positions‚ and behind the search for “first-best principles” of
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