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Acting between guidelines and reality- an interview study exploring the strategies of first line managers in patient safety work

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Safety culture can be described and understood through its manifestations in the organization as artefacts, espoused values and basic underlying assumptions and is strongly related to leadership-yet it remains elusive as a concept. Even if the
Mats Hedsköld   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lazy Reachability Analysis in Distributed Systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
We address the problem of reachability in distributed systems, modelled as networks of finite automata and propose and prove a new algorithm to solve it efficiently in many cases.
, Lime, Didier
core   +2 more sources

The development and validation of a scale to explore staff experience of governance of economic efficiency and quality (GOV-EQ) of health care

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background In publicly funded health care systems, governance models are developed to push public service providers to use tax payers’ money more efficiently and maintain a high quality of service.
Sara Korlén   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thermochemical stability of low-iron, manganese-enriched olivine in astrophysical environments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Low-iron, manganese-enriched (LIME) olivine grains are found in cometary samples returned by the Stardust mission from comet 81P/Wild 2. Similar grains are found in primitive meteoritic clasts and unequilibrated meteorite matrix.
Beckett, John R.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

“You have to know why you're doing this”: a mixed methods study of the benefits and burdens of self-tracking in Parkinson's disease

open access: yesBMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2019
Background This study explores opinions and experiences of people with Parkinson’s disease (PwP) in Sweden of using self-tracking. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition entailing varied and changing symptoms and side effects that can ...
Sara Riggare   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improved Hydrolytic and Mechanical Stability of Sulfonated Aromatic Proton Exchange Membranes Reinforced by Electrospun PPSU Fibers

open access: yesMembranes, 2022
The hydrolytic stability of ionomer membranes is a matter of concern for the long-term durability of energy storage and conversion devices. Various reinforcement strategies exist for the improvement of the performances of the overall membrane. We propose
Luca Pasquini   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chemical and spectroscopic analysis of olive mill waste water during a biological treatment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The treatment of olive mill waste water was studied on the laboratory scale. Physico–chemical analyses showed the final products had a mean pH of 5.4 without neutralisation and 5.7 when lime was added to the process.
Bailly, Jean-René   +5 more
core   +5 more sources

Potential living kidney donors’ positive experiences of an information letter from healthcare: a descriptive qualitative study

open access: yesBMC Nephrology, 2022
Background Patients who need a live donor kidney transplant (LDKT) must often ask potential donors (PLDs) themselves. This is a difficult task and healthcare could unburden them by making this first contact, ensuring also that PLDs receive correct ...
Eva Lagging   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advancing Health Services Collaborative and Partnership Research; Comment on “Experience of Health Leadership in Partnering with University-Based Researchers in Canada – A Call to ‘Re-imagine’ Research” [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2021
Bowen et al highlight the trend towards partnership research to address the complex challenges currently facing healthcare systems and organizations world-wide.
Monica E. Nyström, Helena Strehlenert
doaj   +1 more source

“Right to recommend, wrong to require”- an empirical and philosophical study of the views among physicians and the general public on smoking cessation as a condition for surgery

open access: yesBMC Medical Ethics, 2018
Background In many countries, there are health care initiatives to make smokers give up smoking in the peri-operative setting. There is empirical evidence that this may improve some, but not all, operative outcomes.
Joar Björk, Niklas Juth, Niels Lynøe
doaj   +1 more source

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