PURPOSE To describe how often the 24 performance criteria of the Physical Therapist Clinical Performance Instrument (PT-CPI) were not observed and how often they were rated exceptionally well for physical therapy (PT) students in relation to clinical placement descriptors. METHODS Indicators of "not observed," performance "with distinction," and "significant concerns" were tabulated from 1,46...

BACKGROUND Excessive ventricular pacing is known to be detrimental. The purpose of this study was to assess ventricular pacing in the setting of an institutional improvement program in order to decrease unnecessary pacing. METHOD This cross-sectional single-center study performed in a university hospital assessed 80 consecutive patients attending for a cardiac electronic device (pacemaker or ...

This paper addresses the determinants of the implementation rate of the Environmental Management and Auditing System (EMAS): one European Union wide standard certifying firms’ voluntary behavior within European Union countries,. Using a negative binomial two-way effect regression model on the number of EMAS registrations, this paper focuses on the differences between countries’ environmental re...

Background Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a major cause of respiratory infection of varying severity. Outbreaks of M. pneumoniae infection commonly occur in closed or semi-closed communities and settings. The control of such outbreaks is challenging, owing to delayed detection, long incubation period, and paucity of infection control guidelines. Methods Between May and July 2015, a residential faci...

This study is an overview of the effectiveness and institutional challenges of China’s Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP). The SLCP is the Chinese government’s largest Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) program and one of the largest PES programs in the world. From an institutional perspective, the SLCP is particularly interesting because it represents a hybrid governance type that includ...

Abstract Utilizing Kingdon's Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) as a basis, this article aims to further the understanding of influence institutional factors have on agenda‐setting and policy formulation in European Union (EU). It does so by analyzing process Just Transition Fund (JTF) from Commission. The research finds that entrepreneurship is strongly determined characteristics overlap windows...

Disease control efforts directed at human immunodeficiency virus are predicated on the need to reduce personal risk behaviors; that approach may not adequately reflect the complicated interplay between personal behaviors and the social setting in which they occur. Efforts to date, including the application of population ecology, the development of the core group hypothesis, and the use of compa...