An approach to estimate degree completion using drop-out rates

Socio-economic differences in university outcomes in the UK: drop-out, degree completion and degree class

Empirical Correlations and an Artificial Neural Network Approach to Estimate Saturated Vapor Pressure of Refrigerants

The examination of available vapor pressure data in the case of the methane, ethane, propane and butane halogenated refrigerants, allowed recommendations of standard equations for this property. In this study, three new models include a general correlation; a substance-dependent correlation and an artificial neural network (ANN) approach have been developed to estimate the saturated vapor press...

Student Competency Perceptions From Associate Degree to Bachelor Degree Completion.

BACKGROUND A curriculum evaluation gap was addressed by exploring the final year of the Oregon Consortium of Nursing Education (OCNE) curriculum through student perception of competency and benchmark proficiency. METHOD Researchers used a mixed-methods design to explore RN to baccalaureate (RNBS) student self-assessment data on perceived benchmark proficiency. Students' written statements wer...

Cyclic efforts to improve completion rates of masters' degree students in nursing.

Supervisors at Higher Education Institutions are challenged to shorten throughput of Master's degree students in nursing as researchers are needed to improve the art and science of the nursing profession. Globally the completion time for a postgraduate degree in the health sciences varies between 4.7 and 5.5 years. The purpose of the study was to describe strategies that were implemented to sho...

Analysis of factors related to patient peritoneal dialysis drop out rates.

A present, dialysis registration data have shown that patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) have a higher survival rate than those undergoing hemodialysis (HD) therapy during the initial 3 years for a better protection of residual renal function. Therefore, PD has become a preferred treatment of renal replacement therapy in addition to renal transplantation for patients with end stage renal dise...