OBJECTIVE This study explored the effects of a cognitive task analysis (CTA)-informed curriculum to increase surgical skills performance and self-efficacy beliefs for medical students and postgraduate surgical residents learning how to perform an open cricothyrotomy. METHODS Third-year medical students and postgraduate year 2 and 3 surgery residents were assigned randomly to either the CTA gr...

Peter Singer’s arguments against the morality of the typical American diet focus on the pain of animals, and lead to the conclusion that we must become committed vegans. His approach ignores the impact that different psychological capacities can legitimately have on our moral appraisal of the interests of beings. Although we ought to eat less meat because of the externalized environmental costs...

OECD sector 24030 Financial institutions of the formal financial sector BMZ project ID 1999 65 138 Project-executing agency Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (BROU) Consultant not applicable Year of ex-post evaluation 2006 Project appraisal (planned) Ex-post evaluation (actual) Start of implementation 01/2001 01/2001 Period of implementation no information available 33 months Investmen...

Before addressing those, however, it is important , I suggest, to go back to basics and ask ourselves ‘what is transport for?’ and ‘how best can the economic, social and other objectives identified be achieved’, before we proceed to more specific questions as to the identification and appraisal of social benefits and costs of road transport. Then I consider briefly a range of specific issues wh...

Fast track appraisal (FTA) was adopted by NICE in 2017. This faster and more simplified process is mainly used for novel pharmaceutical agents that are considered bioequivalent to an already recommended drug with added advantages or reduced costs. In June 2022 FTA recommend diroximel fumarate (Vumerity) the management of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). short article explores pote...

This study investigated the e€ect of a process versus a results focus as well as a group versus individual-based approach to performance appraisals. Four experimental conditions were investigated, with dependent variables of appraisal satisfaction, perceived accuracy of the performance appraisal, expectations of performance improvement, and actual performance. The results showed that a process ...

An intrusion-detection system (IDS) for an on-going attack is described. Prior to an attack, an IDS operates in anticipation of a general threat. During an attack, the IDS can deal less in the general and more in the particularnamely, particulars about attackers and attacked devices. A profile of the attacker is developed, using information he reveals about himself during his attacks. Principle...

The social costs and benefits of road transport have traditionally been incorporated partially into economic appraisal, partially into social impact assessments and environmental impact assessments, and sometimes are dealt with in a section identifying the project’s intended beneficiaries. This paper first evaluates current practice in terms of how these types of evaluation are conducted and re...