OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of a feedback and educational intervention to increase documentation of clinical tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) stage among urologists in a statewide quality improvement collaborative. METHODS The Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MUSIC) is a consortium of urology practices that aims to improve the quality and cost-efficiency of prostate...

Dietary practices of college students were described and examined according to the means by which they were admitted to the university (quota and non-quota students). A cross-sectional study was conducted with undergraduates (n = 1336) at a public university using a self-administered and identified questionnaire that inquired about their habits of eating breakfast and substituting lunch and/or ...

2. Ohio Dept of Mental Health/Ohio Department of Mental Retardation Coordinating Committee (2001) Report and Recommendations: Clinical Best Practices for Serving People with Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness. Appendix A: Recommended Scales and Instruments of Assessment. Provides listing of approved scales and tools for MI/DD population, by type. It should be noted that each of these...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present systematic review was to investigate the evidence on the association between food literacy and adolescents' dietary intake. DESIGN The review included searches of six databases with no restriction on the year of publication or language. SETTING The studies eligible for review were from five countries/regions: USA (n 6), Europe (n 4), Australia (n 1), Middle ...

Requirements engineering is a core practice within eXtreme Programming. Practising teams learn to not abandon any of the interconnected core practices. The continuous feedback teaches the team that they will develop at a faster and more reliable pace with the full set of practices. This paper shares an experience of how teams could accelerate development out of necessity, while maintaining thei...

BACKGROUND Perceived stress influences the health and well-being of older adults. This study aims to examine the association between the expectation and the receipt of filial piety and perceived stress among U.S Chinese older adults. METHODS Data were drawn from the PINE study, a population-based study of Chinese older adults aged 60 and above in the greater Chicago area. Perceived stress was...

Poor school performance has historically been one of the strongest and most consistent predictors of delinquency and criminality. Conversely, improvements in school performance have more recently been associated with desistance from delinquent and criminal activity. As a result, criminological and educational research suggests a strong link between education and crime. This chapter assesses the...

ISG e-Government Practice in collaboration with IT Strategic Learning Center, e-Development Thematic Group, GICT, PREM, WBI and other partners delivered a very successful two-day training workshop for Bank staff and clients on April 26-27, 2005 during PREM Learning Week on "Designing and Implementing e-Government: Key Issues, Best Practices and Lessons Learned". The workshop brought together so...

This paper presents an early empirical study on Extreme Programming practices employing a qualitative action research method. The study was conducted on university students doing real commercial development projects to gain an insight into the problems faced by the new developers in adopting these agile practices. The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of the XP practices on the qu...

School‐based civic education is increasingly recognized as an effective means for increasing political awareness and participation in American youth. This study examines the Student Voices curriculum, implemented in 22 Philadelphia high schools, to assess program activities that mediate gains in outcomes linked to future political participation (following of politics, political knowledge, and p...