to improving hand hygiene rates of health care workers in a hospital in Sydney. The third article investigates nurses’ uniforms‚ and the role that may play in nosocomial infections. This report will refer to scholarly articles regarding critical appraisals‚ and will also touch on evidence based practice. ‘Wristwatch use and hospital acquired infection’ Research question The research question in this journal article is‚ does wearing a wristwatch influence the rate of Staphylococcus
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0263-7472.htm Performance measurement in facilities management: driving innovation? Michael Pitt and Matthew Tucker School of the Built Environment‚ Liverpool John Moores University‚ Liverpool‚ UK Abstract Purpose – This paper aims to examine the state of knowledge of performance measurement in facilities management‚ in particular regarding the concepts underlying benchmarking in relation to its
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The misapplication of capital investment appraisal techniques Drury‚ Colin‚ Tayles‚ Mike. Management Decision. London: 1997. Vol. 35‚ Iss. 2; pg. 86 Abstract (Summary) An examination of the surveys of capital budgeting practices that have been undertaken during the past 20 years in both the UK and US reveals a trend towards a continuing increase in the use of more sophisticated capital budgeting techniques. In a longitudinal survey of capital budgeting practices of large UK companies between
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Academic Performance of Students in the Statistics Course in Psychology ` ´ JOAN GUARDIA∗ ‚ MONTSERRAT FREIXA‚ MARIBEL PERO‚ JAUME TURBANY‚ ANTONIO COSCULLUELA‚ MAITE BARRIOS ` and XAVIER RIFA Dept. de Metodologia de les Ci` ncies del Comportament‚ Facultat de Psicologia‚ Divisi´ de e o Ci` ncies de la Salut (IV)‚ Universitat de Barcelona‚ Passeig de la Vall d’Hebron‚ 171‚ 08035 e Barcelona‚ Spain Abstract. Many studies have examined the factors that influence academic performance in primary
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An Overview of United Bank of India : United Bank of India (UBI) is one of the 14 major banks which were nationalized on July 19‚ 1969. Its predecessor the United Bank of India Ltd.‚ was formed in 1950 with the amalgamation of four banks viz. Comilla Banking Corporation Ltd. (1914)‚ Bengal Central Bank Ltd. (1918)‚ Comilla Union Bank Ltd. (1922) and Hooghly Bank Ltd. (1932) (which were established in the years indicated in brackets after the names). The origin
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management Individual Minor Paper (Critical analysis of a current HRM issue) Introduction This thesis aims to identify how employees’ perceived justice (or fairness) of performance appraisals influence their effectiveness and usefulness for an organization’s performance management system by critically evaluating the existing knowledge of appraisal provided by researchers. It contains an analysis of similarities and differences in the points of view presented by researchers and an explanation of why these
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www.elsevier.com/locate/smrv CLINICAL REVIEW Sleep loss‚ learning capacity and academic performance Giuseppe Curcioa‚Â Michele Ferraraa‚b‚ Luigi De Gennaroa a Department of Psychology‚ University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’‚ Rome‚ Italy Department of Internal Medicine and Public Health‚ University of L’Aquila‚ Rome‚ Italy b KEYWORDS Sleep deprivation; Learning; Memory; Academic performance; Neurocognitive functioning; Adolescents; Prefrontal cortex Summary At a time when several
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TEACHER APPRAISAL AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH SYSTEM The mission of the Academy is to create future Indonesian Leaders through a holistic and international standard of education. This vision requires teachers who continuously develop as professionals and reflect upon their practices. The appraisal and professional growth instruments are designed to give feedback‚ promote effective and quality teaching‚ and encourage a community of practice in which teachers collaboratively share ideas‚ seek for solutions
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Reason For Referral: His family referred Jace because of academic concerns at school. Parents referred Jace for a comprehensive evaluation. Jace had originally been placed on a 504 Plan last year as a tenth grader to address academic concerns. • Mother is concerned that Jace is unable to express his needs and concerns to his teachers because of his quiet nature. She feels that Jace does not ask for clarification if he does not understand information presented in class. He is afraid of what
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2004:294 CIV MASTER’S THESIS Performance Measurement at DHL Solutions Towards an improved performance measurement system consisting of relevant and well-designed measures TOMAS STEFENSON MASTER OF SCIENCE PROGRAMME Department of Business Administration and Social Sciences Division of Industrial Logistics 2004:294 CIV • ISSN: 1402 - 1617 • ISRN: LTU - EX - - 04/294 - - SE PREFACE “Most company performance yardsticks [i.e. measures] are too short‚ too rigid‚ or used more like a teacher’s ruler
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