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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[Special Issue - July 2011] Employee Development and Its Affect on Employee Performance A Conceptual Framework Abdul Hameed Aamer Waheed Lecturer Management Sciences‚ COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Park Road‚ Islamabad‚ Pakistan E-mail: abdulhameed@comsats.edu.pk Abstract Employee is a key element of the organization. The success or failure of the organization depends on employee performance. Therefore‚ organizations are investing huge amount of money on employee development
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1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background Macmillan English Dictionary defines recycling as “the process of treating waste materials such as newspaper and bottles so that they can be used again”. Beside paper and bottles there have lots of recyclable items such as aluminum cans‚ scrap metals‚ plastic and printer cartridges. Recycling saves energy and reduces pollution and would help slow down global climate change. The history of recycling is started nearly 4000 years ago‚ there was a recovery and reuse
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CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.0 Introduction This chapter focuses on the elements relevant to the organisation that were surveyed and the objectives of the research‚ encompassing also assumptions‚ delimitations and the purpose of the study. 1.1 Background to study African Sun formally Zimbabwe Sun Limited was co-founded in 1968 as part of Delta Corporation. The Company was known as the “ZimSun Leisure Group” hence‚ the brand name ZimSun Leisure‚ which reflected the groups’ core
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Final Performance Analysis Our performance was based on an earlier performance that happened as such. In order to satirize a law recently passed in Arizona‚ which allowed anybody to be pulled over with suspicion of being an illegal immigrant‚ we dressed up as police officers and pulled over obviously legal citizens in order to make a point. One can’t be pulled over simply on the grounds that they could be illegal immigrants - This means anybody with darker skin‚ basically. Now that I’ve sent
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report I have analyzed the organization from the perspective of its ‘Performance Management System’ and how the organization uses its ‘Teams and Groups’ effectively. In my analysis I have used 2 different frameworks to analyze the two themes in question. One of them is the ‘Performance Management Systems Framework’ (Appendix 1‚ Fig 1) developed by David Otley & Aldonio Ferreira in 2009. The other is the Work group effectiveness framework by Campion et al. in 1993 (Appendix 1‚ Fig 2). The data used
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CHARTERED MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE LEVEL 5 DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP Darlington College UNIT 5003 MANAGING PERFORMANCE “Don ’t lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations.” Ralph Marston There is no single good or best way of conducting performance management. But the overriding principle is that good performance management is equated with good management. It is about ensuring that managers manage effectively‚ that they communicate
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BSBFLM512A Ensure team effectiveness BSBFLM512A Ensure team effectiveness Unit Descriptor This unit specifies the outcomes required by frontline managers to facilitate all aspects of team work within the organisation. It involves taking a leadership role in the development of team plans‚ leading and facilitating team work and actively engaging with the management of the organisation. Business management services Frontline management This unit replaces BSBFLM502A Provide leadership in the workplace
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“Traditional Investment Appraisal Techniques Cannot Cope With the Fast Changing Environment in Manufacturing Industry Today” Introduction “If you can ’t measure it‚ you can ’t manage it”. This basic principle of Peter Drucker is nowadays especially important when it comes to the valuation and management of strategic investments‚ which have the potential to bring sustainable change to the business processes of a company. When it comes to the process of assessing strategic investment proposals through
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Performance Analysis of TCP Variants Sanjay Rajashekhar (91sanjay@ccs.neu.edu) Tiantong Deng (dtt@ccs.neu.edu) Ganesh Aithal Parampalli Narayana (ganeshpn@ccs.neu.edu) Abstract— TCP is the main and most widely used transport protocol for reliable communication. Because of its widespread need‚ researchers have been studying and proposing new TCP variants trying to improve its behavior towards queuing and congestion to make it use the most available bandwidth while preserving a logical level
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