OBJECTIVES This review aims to understand what elements of psychosocial interventions are associated with improved outcomes for people with dementia to inform implementation in care homes. DESIGN A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative intervention studies was undertaken. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR INCLUDED STUDIES We included primary research studies evaluating psychosocial inter...

In the last few years, there has been an increasing growth in the number of collaborative partnerships between suppliers and manufacturers as a means to meet more complex customer needs and remain competitive. Selecting suppliers for a collaborative new product development (CNPD) process is a multicriteria decision making problem involving both qualitative and quantitative factors. The aim of t...

because of important role of development banks in optimal allocation of limited financial resources, their investment efforts must have an objective direction to the achievement of government's strategic goals. in order to get appropriate approaches in its investment, bank of industry and mine (bim) as the only development bank in industry and mine sector, aims to take a general survey amo...

flower morphology of ten fritillaria species of subgenera theresia and fritillaria growing wild in iran is studied using seventy morphological characters. qualitative and quantitative datasets separated taxa into subgenera, sectional and groups. three enigmatic species f. caucasica, f. zagrica (endemic to zagros mountains) and f. pinardii (recently reported from zagros mountains) appeared as cl...

Given that recent literature reviews on physical activity in urban parks deliberately excluded qualitative findings, we reviewed qualitative research on this topic informed by a published classification scheme based on quantitative research. Twenty-one studies met our inclusion criteria. These studies relied mainly on semi-structured interviews with individuals or in focus groups; only five stu...

work engagement literature has been dominated by quantitative research methods. this article aims to study work engagement antecedents using mixed-method sequential explanatory design. this design starts with the collection and analysis of quantitative data followed by the subsequent collection and analysis of qualitative data. the qualitative phase of the study was designed to incorporate the ...