more than five million Americans (Yancy et al.‚ 2013). HF negatively impacts quality of life and it is associated with frequent hospitalizations and high mortality. Evidence-based practice guidelines aid health care professionals with treatment management and provide pathways to optimize individual patient care. The main goal of treatment is to slow the progression of the disease and control its symptoms. These pathways address all stages of the disease beginning with the early recognition of patients
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Literature Review If you believe everything you read‚ better not read. (Japanese Proverb) [pic] What is a literature review? A literature review is an account of what has been published on a topic in the past. Its purpose is to inform the reader what has been established about a topic and what the strengths and weaknesses are. A literature review must be defined by a guiding concept and should not be a list of all the material that you can find (Porter‚ S. 2008‚ p.49). What is
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The Problem of Plagiarism: Literature Review Selection Melinda “Mindy” L. Boucher Lower Columbia College The Problem Students routinely hand in papers in which the writing is so complex and the vocabulary so sophisticated that there is doubt that they were written in the students’ own words. When samples of the writing are typed into a Google search engine‚ sentences and whole paragraphs are found to be a match. Students are confronted with the plagiarism and given information
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Literature Review Introduction Through the inter-connection between change management‚ knowledge management and people management‚ the author believes you can look at‚ assess‚ and analyse organisational readiness and responsiveness to change. This will done through the narrative cyclical approach (FIGURE XX). All of this works together to answer the research question of‚ “Is there a framework/s that can be used to help organisations increase organisational readiness and responsiveness to change”
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Literature Review on Childhood Obesity By: Obesity is a growing problem among U.S. children. In 1994‚ one in five children between the ages of 6 and 17 was overweight. This is double the rate of 30 years ago (National Center for Health Statistics‚ 1999). This adverse trend has potentially profound effects on children’s health‚ including their long-term health. The terms "obese" and "overweight" often are used interchangeably. Technically‚ "obesity" is the upper end of "overweight
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(2006) 412–419 available at www.sciencedirect.com journal homepage: www.intl.elsevierhealth.com/journals/jden Review The bleaching of teeth: A review of the literature Andrew Joiner * Unilever Oral Care‚ Quarry Road East‚ Bebington‚ Wirral‚ CH63 3JW‚ UK article info Article history: Received 15 December 2005 Accepted 16 February 2006 abstract Objectives: To review current knowledge of tooth whitening with respect to external bleaching methods. Data: The scope is the external bleaching
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Critical Thinking: A Literature Review Research Report Emily R. Lai June 2011 CRITICAL THINKING 1 About Pearson Pearson‚ the global leader in education and education technology‚ provides innovative print and digital education materials for pre-K through college‚ student information systems and learning management systems‚ teacher licensure testing‚ teacher professional development‚ career certification programs‚ and testing and assessment products that set the standard for the industry. Pearson’s
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A Review of the Literature Transracial adoption occurs when two parents of one race or ethnicity adopt a child of another (Hoffman‚ Pena‚ 2013). Through the years there has been significant controversy surrounding transracial adoptions as it has been said that “(white families) no matter how well intentioned‚ may be ill equipped to help black children survive in a racist society and develop a healthy sense of themselves and racial identity” (Butler-Sweet‚ 2011). Most notably the National Association
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Mobile Commerce: Literature Review Dr. Sudha Singh ( Associate Professor‚ PG Department of Computer Science and Engineering‚ BCET‚ Durgapur.) The m-commerce (MC) is an evolving‚ dynamic‚ unique and rapidly changing business opportunity with its own characteristics and concept (Lindsay‚ 2000). Many industry experts believe that m-commerce is a sleeping giant whose time has yet to come (Buhan‚ 2002). E-commerce benefited many organizations by reducing supplier cost and increasing profit. E-commerce
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People of different backgrounds‚ races‚ ages‚ sex‚ and/or religions create a diverse workforce. There is an importance of having a diverse workforce in order to provide better performance overall. With a diverse workforce‚ there arises a need for new management strategies‚ which require organization leaders and managers to know the differences among their employees and to know how to handle situations involving these differences. As Dr. Sondra Thiederman‚ a leading expert in workplace diversity‚ stated
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