A "Qi" feeling (a kind of comfortable sense) during and after acupuncture is one of the important determinants to decide quantity (trial number) of acupuncture stimulation. It has been reported that various autonomic responses were evoked when patients felt "Qi" and when acupuncture stimulation had significant effects on EEGs. However, quantitative relationships among acupuncture stimulation, E...

A "Qi" feeling (a kind of comfortable sense) during and after acupuncture is one of the important determinants to decide quantity (trial number) of acupuncture stimulation. It has been reported that various autonomic responses were evoked when patients felt "Qi" and when acupuncture stimulation had significant effects on EEGs. However, quantitative relationships among acupuncture stimulation, E...

To cite: Jones AC, Shipman SA, Ogrinc G. BMJ Qual Saf 2015;24:77–88. ABSTRACT Purpose Quality improvement (QI) is a common competency that must be taught in all physician training programmes, yet, there is no clear best approach to teach this content in clinical settings. We conducted a realist systematic review of the existing literature in QI curricula within the clinical setting, highlightin...

Let P1, P2, . . . , Pd+1 be pairwise disjoint n-element point sets in general position in d-space. It is shown that there exist a point O and suitable subsets Qi ⊆ Pi (i = 1, 2, . . . , d + 1) such that |Qi| ≥ cd|Pi|, and every d-dimensional simplex with exactly one vertex in each Qi contains O in its interior. Here cd is a positive constant depending only on d.

An iterative method for finding the largest eigenvalue of a nonnegative tensor was proposed by Ng, Qi, and Zhou in 2009. In this paper, we establish an explicit linear convergence rate of the Ng–Qi–Zhou method for essentially positive tensors. Numerical results are given to demonstrate linear convergence of the Ng–Qi–Zhou algorithm for essentially positive tensors. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley &...

characteristics of method execution that the agent would want to maximize. So a higher quality method is better whereas a lower cost method is usually preferred. If each outcome oi has a quality distribution ((qi,1, pi,1), (qi,2, pi,2), ..., (qi,m, pi,m)),, the probability that it will execute with quality q is computed as [24] , , , ( ) : i i j i j i j P q p p q q     The expected quality ...

INTRODUCTION Heart failure (HF) is a leading reason for hospitalisation and readmissions to hospital, particularly among individuals older than 65 years of age. The prognosis of patients with HF is grim, with high rates of mortality risk and hospital readmissions. The transition period early after hospital discharge represents a window of opportunity to positively influence patient outcomes usi...

OBJECTIVE To assess health-care worker (HCW) awareness, interest and engagement in quality improvement (QI) in HIV care sites in Tanzania. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey distributed in May 2009. SETTING Sixteen urban HIV care sites in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1 year after the introduction of a quality management program. PARTICIPANTS Two hundred seventy-nine HCWs (direct care, clinical sup...

It is a challenge for the Western mind to understand the function of qi in the context of bodily functions as defined by science. According to Chinese medicine and qigong theory, qi has an infinite number of functions in the body. The foundation of qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theory dictates that intention (yi) directs the movement of qi, which, in turn, directs the flow of bl...