The aim of this paper is to establish critical success factors in 57 biomedical laboratories in academic hospitals and health research institutes in the Netherlands. Great differences could be demonstrated between the more-than-average and the lessthan-average performers, with regard to the effectiveness of personnel policy, the flexibility of administrative procedures and the establishing of n...

In the past years, there has been a growing interest in innovative applications of radially polarized laser beams. Among them, the particular field of laser-driven electron acceleration has received much attention. Recent developments in high-power infrared laser sources at the INRS Advanced Laser Light Source (Varennes, Qc, Canada) allowed the experimental observation of a quasi-monoenergetic ...

I have written before about the importance of applied behavior analysis to basic researchers. That relationship is, however, reciprocal; it is also critical for practitioners to understand and even to participate in basic research. Although applied problems are rarely the same as those investigated in the laboratory, practitioners who understand their basic research background are often able to...

OBJECTIVE To identify key success factors related to employer-based health and productivity management (HPM) programs. METHODS Data regarding promising practices in HPM were gathered via literature review, discussions with subject matter experts, online inventory, and site visits. RESULTS Promising practices in HPM include 1) integrating HPM programs into the organization's operations; 2) s...

Given the demand for evidence-based practice (EBP) in health care and, more recently, in research fields, for applied research and for translation of generated knowledge into practice, finding a means to link research with practice is now essential. One approach is to create networks of health care providers who are prepared to be involved in research, particularly by providing information abou...

CMRR was established in 1983.The ongoing mission of the Center is the advancement of the state-of-the-art in information storage and memory technologies and systems, in partnership with the information technology industries and government agencies. To fulfill this mission, the Center engages in three interrelated activities: basic and applied research; education at the undergraduate, graduate, ...

This article is a review of the nature of motor control: the abilities and limitations of the body, the principles of doing and learning, how parts of the nervous system interact, and how information is processed to generate the blend of sensory, perceptive, and motor functions that we call motor control. The relation to physical therapy is stressed: PT is regarded as an emerging applied scienc...

Nanotechnology, or nanoscience, refers to the research and development of an applied science at the atomic, molecular, or macromolecular levels (i.e. molecular engineering, manufacturing). The prefix "nano" is defined as a unit of measurement in which the characteristic dimension is one billionth of a unit. Although the nanoscale is small in size, its potential is vast. As nanotechnology expand...

Parents and children and adolescents commonly disagree in their perceptions of a variety of behaviors, including the family relationship and environment, and child and adolescent psychopathology. To this end, numerous studies have examined to what extent increased discrepant perceptions-particularly with regard to perceptions of the family relationship and environment-predict increased child an...

Students in an undergraduate applied research in aging class learned about qualitative research methods by analyzing previously collected narratives. The interviews were with 32 participants who were national experts in senior transportation in the United States. The purpose of the study was to explore the specialized supportive mobility needs of community-residing older adults. The policy goal...