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An Algorithm for Data Reorganization in a Multi-dimensional Index [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In spatial databases, data are associated with spatial coordinates and are retrieved based on spatial proximity. A spatial database uses spatial indexes to optimize spatial queries.
Nair, Urvashi Samaresh
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English Language Acculturation and Academic Achievement Among Junior Year Nursing Students [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Efforts to alleviate the current nursing shortage have focused on recruitment and retention of diverse nursing students. Language acculturation has been identified in the literature as one predictor of academic achievement (Salamonson et al, 2008 ...
Lukrich, Leah
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Master’s Theses Driven by Action Research: Insights From a Colombian Innovation Program

open access: yesInternational Journal of Qualitative Methods
Current global challenges demand greater university-business relationships to achieve effective solutions. That is why the Action Research (AR) methodology has become popular among academics.
Andrés Mejía-Villa   +3 more
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Publication Rate of Papers Extracted From the Medical Residency and Master’s Degree Theses of Guilan University of Medical Sciences From 2008 to 2018 [PDF]

open access: yesمجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گیلان
Background: research theses can have a significant impact on the development of applied sciences, especially when their results are presented to the public. There are few studies about publishing papers based on residency and master’s theses. Objective:
Abbas Darjani   +4 more
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Demographics and Perceptions of Work Environment for Registered Nurses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Registered nurses (RNs) are the lifeblood of hospitals. Therefore, retaining skilled nurses is necessary to insure the viability of these institutions. A two-year longitudinal, non-experimental research study utilized a descriptive design to compare the ...
Sedano, Pamela Brotherton
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Role Strain of Nursing Students in Obstetrical Clinical Rotations: Is Role Strain Greater for Male Students? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
As increasing numbers of men enter the career of nursing, it is important that nursing educators identify areas of role strain and learning needs that may be different from their female counterparts This research project examined the role strain factors ...
Lind, Teri A.
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Master’s Students in History Could Benefit from a Greater Library Sensitivity and Commitment to Interdisciplinarity, and from More Efficient Document Delivery

open access: yesEvidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2011
Objective – This study sought to determine the characteristics of research materials used by history students in preparing their master’s theses. Of which information resources formats did such students make use, and in what proportions? What was the age
R. Laval Hunsucker
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Class Size and Nursing Students\u27 Perception of Empowerment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Due to increases in enrollment and budget cuts in many states, college class sizes are reaching unprecedented sizes (Carpenter, 2006). Nursing schools are facing the same challenges.
Keane, Cynthia T.
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