“Critical Appraisal is the systematic process used to identify the strengths and weaknesses of a research article in order to assess the usefulness and validity of research findings.” I am going to attempt to critically appraise the following article‚ Seers et al (2008) “A randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a single session of nurse administered massage for short term relief of chronic non-malignant pain”. The aim of this research is to assess the effectiveness of nurse administered
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OBJECTIVE: To recommend effective strategies for implementing clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). DATA SOURCES: The Research and Development Resource Base in Continuing Medical Education‚ maintained by the University of Toronto‚ was searched‚ as was MEDLINE from January 1990 to June 1996‚ inclusive‚ with the use of the MeSH heading "practice guidelines" and relevant text words. STUDY SELECTION: Studies of CPG implementation strategies and reviews of such studies were selected. Randomized controlled
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Have you ever wondered how it would be like to be treated like animals and make you do stuff you don’t want to do? Well‚ this is how prisoners in the holocaust where treated like. In the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel one of the main themes is dehumanization‚ or to deprive of positive human qualities. Three examples of dehumanization in the book are‚ first the tattoos on their left arms. Second‚ the barracks where they slept in 3. And third‚ the cattle cars with 80 people inside it and no water or food
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2.2.3 Purposes of Real Property Valuation There are five elements of property value: Production: productivity is the way of enhancing or hindering capacity for valuation Utility: Utility is the ability to arouse desire for its possession or use. Scarcity: The object must be relatively scarce to satisfy the demand. Demand: There must be a need and ability to purchase. Transferability: It must be possible to transfer good title with ease (Donald A. Corb‚ JD and Richard A. Giovangelo‚ 2013-14)
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a) Explain and distinguish between the terms: Financial gearing Optimal capital structure Financial gearing: Financial gearing is a percentage of debt capital in the company’s capital structure. If company has high gearing that means a company borrow a lot debt capital. (Main text book). Optimal capital structure: The optimal capital structure for a company is one which offers a balance between the ideal debt-to-equity range and minimizes the firm’s cost of capital. b) Explain why the
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Chapter 2 Lab Intermediate Accounting I (a) The president of Gonzales‚ Inc. used his expense account to purchase a new Suburban solely for personal use. Miscellaneous Expense 29‚000 Cash 29‚000 This in inappropriate based on the economic entity assumption. Economic Entity Assumption states that the economic activity can be identified with a particular unit of accountability. In other words‚ a company
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orderly liquidation authority‚ Transfer of Powers to the Comptroller/ the FDIC/ and the FED‚ Regulation of Advisers to Hedge Funds and Others‚ Wall Street Transparency and Accountability‚ Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and the Pay It Back Act. Financial stability was the imperative building block from where Dodd-Frank arose. The basis of stability is self-sufficiency where companies can no longer be reliant upon the government as a scape goat measure. orderly liquidation authority
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2. Use the provided Excel file that contains demand and forecast data for a collection of items. Suppose those are the data LL Bean will use to plan their next season. Consider an item that retails for $45 dollars and costs LL Bean $25. The liquidation price for this item will be $15. The sales forecast for this item is 12‚000. What order quantity would LL Bean choose for this item? Based on the Cu/(Co+Cu) ratio that equals 20/(10+20) =0‚667 and the A/F distribution‚ we end-up with a probability
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abandoned previously used accelerated method for its US operating plants. 2. What is the effect of the depreciation accounting method change on the reported income in 1984? How will this change affect profits in future years? Depreciation is the systematic allocation of the depreciable amount of an asset over its useful life by changing the depreciation method to straight line method the economic life of the asset was increased then depreciation expense was lowered resulting in higher net income.
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Section A One of the most common criticisms of DCF models is that any forecast beyond a couple of years is questionable. Investors‚ therefore‚ are alleged to be better off using more certain‚ near-term earnings forecasts. Such reasoning makes no sense‚ for at least two reasons. First‚ a key element in understanding a business’s attractiveness involves knowing the set of financial expectations the price represents. The market as a whole has historically traded at a price-to-earnings multiple in
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