http://ccn.aacnjournals.org Sandra Lins is the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium project coordinator at Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center in Dearborn, Mich. She coordinates all data collection and quality improvement efforts related to percutaneous coronary interventions. Denise Guffey is the former manager of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at Oakwood Hospital ...

This paper presents the results of a survey conducted with representatives (n = 283) of community health agencies linked to heart health activity in Ontario in order to: 1) describe their levels of involvement in heart health promotion, 2) describe the nature and extent of partnering undertaken in the context of community-based heart health promotion, and 3) assess the extent to which community...

This paper examines the use of a hierarchical coevolutionary genetic algorithm under different partnering strategies. Cascading clusters of sub-populations are built from the bottom up, with higher-level sub-populations optimising larger parts of the problem. Hence higher-level sub-populations potentially search a larger search space with a lower resolution whilst lower-level sub-populations se...

This qualitative study investigates the different methods for selecting sex partners by Korean homosexuals considering factors related to homosexual identity and sexual behavior. We take the approach of the grounded theory to examine the issue of sexual partnering of men who have sex with men (MSM). In-depth interviews of urban MSM and bisexual men were conducted. The snowball sampled through a...

Firms increasingly look outside their organizational boundaries to identify partners that can improve the effectiveness of R&D projects. The strategy for using partners, however, varies significantly across projects. In some, partners are used primarily to lower development costs and/or supplement development capacity; in others they are used to improve the quality of the final product. How sho...

In order to gain competitive advantage, container port operators have begun to apply partnering strategies to the integration of the resources of their vertical allies, especially the container carriers. Intelligent management of the involved risk is the core issue in determining an effective partnering strategy. This paper aims to establish a risk analysis model to examine the potential partne...

There has been a world alarming and warming situation due to global outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic taking along most important the human cost, mentally, physically with economic cost too. All sudden organization across have alerted themselves adapt toward this unforeseen unprecedented event thereby find new solutions. Organizations around are measures as it’s stay at home for social distancing, ...

Despite the growing prominence and capabilities of self-driving cars, little is known about human interaction with such autonomous vehicles. I am studying human interaction with multiple levels of automation and navigation in a simple driving simulator to discover principles for interaction design that encourage effective partnership between people and automated vehicles. I have conducted two e...

Background Burnett County, located in northwest Wisconsin within a few hours of the Twin-Cities metropolitan region, is home to over 500 lakes (see Figure 1). Heavy development pressures and a strong local identity with the lakes have fueled interest in protecting their health and aesthetic appeal. The county enjoys a long history of partnerships for lake management that includes county agencie...