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The Coercive Edge of Kindness: A Critical Analysis of 'Random Acts' in Nursing. [PDF]

Nurs Inq
ABSTRACT Kindness is frequently framed as an unassailable virtue, celebrated across social, professional and political domains as a simple and uncomplicated good. It is rarely problematised, and its assumed benefits are seldom interrogated, leaving kindness largely positioned as a self‐evident moral imperative.
Jackson D, Bond C, McCormack B, Watson A, Wilson D, Cleary M.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Ngā Wai Rerekē: the water streams of difference. [PDF]

J R Soc N Z
ABSTRACT Māori‐centred research reflects a partnership between Māori and non‐Māori researchers, working together on projects designed to benefit whānau Māori (Māori families). Such cross‐cultural partnerships are challenging, particularly when embedded within Western‐centred academic environments.
Lewis GN, Ihaka B, Morunga E, Bean DJ, Terry G, Roberts M, Ripia D.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

'Pagbangon at Pag-Asa' (Resurgence and Hope): A Qualitative Study of the Lived Experiences of People With Stroke and Household Carers in the Philippines. [PDF]

Health Expect
ABSTRACT Background Stroke is a leading cause of disability and mortality in the Philippines, where access to formal rehabilitation services is limited. There is a lack of research on the lived experiences of people with stroke and their household carers across diverse urban and rural settings.
Buckingham SA, Anota E, Barba MM, Boac V, Estrada M, Faeldon L, Kent B, Leggat F, Navea RF, Ong APR, Santos NM, Teves A, Valera PM, Jones F, TULAY project team.   +14 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Tere Tohorā, Karanga Tāngata: Weaving Māori Knowledge With Conventional Science to Characterise a Biodiversity Hotspot for Marine Megafauna in an Area Facing Multiple Anthropogenic Impacts. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This study weaves traditional Māori knowledge and conventional scientific surveys to generate a stocktake on the biodiversity of marine megafauna in an area facing multiple anthropogenic impacts in New Zealand. Across dual knowledge systems, we show that Te Ākau/Bream Bay provides critically important habitat for a range of marine mammal and seabird ...
Brough T, Kereopa H, Shirkey T, Zaeschmar J, Leunissen E, Milner D, Chetham J.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Sistemas Integrales de Gestión para Bibliotecas

Informes Científicos y Técnicos (Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral), 2016
Los Sistemas Integrales de Gestión para Bibliotecas (SIGB), constituyen una herramienta fundamental en el dominio de la educación superior para la óptima gerencia del patrimonio bibliográfico. En este trabajo, se busca determinar cuál de los 2 (dos) SIGB
Estefania Gomez Vega, Adriana Elba Martin   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using integrated library management systems for the improvement of information services based on cloud computing

Tikrit Journal of Pure Science, 2020
With the rapid increase in global intellectual production, academic libraries have been challenged to make this product available to beneficiaries at the perfect time and place.
Salam Jasim Abdallah, Ghazwan Khalid Ouda   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Segregation – Growing Up in Kosovo

Comparative Southeast European Studies, 2021
The author gives a personal account of how he experienced the difficult 1990s in Kosovo. In 1990, when Yugoslavia fell apart, he was 12 years old. He grew up in Kosovo’s “parallel school system”. In 1999, when NATO bombed Yugoslavia, the then 20-year-old
Kelmendi Adriatik
doaj   +1 more source

Assembling and enriching digital library collections [PDF]

, 2003
People who create digital libraries need to gather together the raw material, add metadata as necessary, and design and build new collections. This paper sets out the requirements for these tasks and describes a new tool that supports them interactively,
Bainbridge, David, Thompson, John, Witten, Ian H.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Efficiency Enhancement of a Low-Voltage Automotive Vacuum Cleaner Using a Switched Reluctance Motor

Energies, 2016
A recent increase in the number of diverse leisure activities and family outdoor activities has increased the need for the automobile-embedded vacuum cleaner. To date, this technology has not been applied in Korea and development efforts are not underway.
Han-Geol Seon, Man-Seung Han, Hyun-Jin Ahn, Jaehyuck Kim, Young-Cheol Lim   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Next Generation Library Catalog: A Comparative Study of the OPACs of Koha, Evergreen, and Voyager

Information Technology and Libraries, 2010
Open source has been the center of attention in the library world for the past several years. Koha and Evergreen are the two major open-source integrated library systems (ILSs), and they continue to grow in maturity and popularity.
Sharon Q. Yang, Melissa A. Hofmann
doaj   +1 more source