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When Does Government Limit the Impact of Voter Initiatives? [PDF]

, 2004
Citizens use the initiative process to make new laws. Many winning initiatives, however, are altered or ignored after Election Day. We examine why this is, paying particular attention to several widely-ignored properties of the post-election phase of the
Gerber, Elisabeth R.
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An examination of the influences on health development post conflict : Angola-- in the transition : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Development Studies at Massey University, Palmerston North, Aotearoa, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2005
This thesis examines the issues that influence health development post conflict. Its aim is to increase understanding of the current issues within the transitional post conflict phase through presenting the experiences of three communities in rural ...
Patterson, Laura
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Standardized nutritional screening and assessment for nasopharyngeal cancer patients: an evidence-based implementation project

BMC Nursing
Introduction Radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) frequently induces malnutrition, which is a serious complication that adversely affects patients’ quality of life and prognosis.
Wenwen Cai, Rufei Yang, Chao Tang, Yueyao Cao, Jing Li, Jinmei Huang, Yalan Song   +6 more
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How to customize a bona fide psychotherapy for generalized anxiety disorder? A two-arms, patient blinded, ABAB crossed-therapist randomized clinical implementation trial design [IMPLEMENT 2.0]

BMC Psychiatry, 2018
Background Bona fide psychotherapy approaches are effective treatments for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) compared to no-treatment conditions. Treatment manuals and protocols allow a relatively high degree of freedom for the way therapists implement ...
Christoph Flückiger, Christine Wolfer, Judith Held, Peter Hilpert, Julian Rubel, Mathias Allemand, Richard E. Zinbarg, Andreea Vîslă   +7 more
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How many strides are required for a reliable estimation of temporal gait parameters? Implementation of a new algorithm on the phase coordination index

PLoS ONE, 2018
Background The Phase coordination index (PCI), a temporal gait measure that quantifies consistency and accuracy in generating the anti-phased left-right stepping pattern, assesses bilateral coordination of gait in various cohorts (e.g., Parkinson's ...
Lotem Kribus-Shmiel, G. Zeilig, B. Sokolovski, M. Plotnik   +3 more
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Staircase Join: Teach a Relational DBMS to Watch its (Axis) Steps [PDF]

, 2003
Relational query processors derive much of their effectiveness from the awareness of specific table properties like sort order, size, or absence of duplicate tuples.
Grust, Torsten, Keulen, Maurice van, Teubner, J.   +2 more
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A protocol paper: community engagement interventions for cardiovascular disease prevention in socially disadvantaged populations in the UK: an implementation research study

Global Health Research and Policy, 2020
Background Cardiovascular disorders (CVD) are the single greatest cause of mortality worldwide. In the UK, the National Health Service (NHS) has launched an initiative of health checks over and above current care to tackle CVD.
Papreen Nahar, Harm van Marwijk, Linda Gibson, Geofrey Musinguzi, Sibyl Anthierens, Elizabeth Ford, Stephen A. Bremner, Mark Bowyer, Jean Yves Le Reste, Tholene Sodi, Hilde Bastiaens   +10 more
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Pain management in Emergency departments. Evaluating the efficacy of an improving method

Emergency Care Journal, 2008
Pain is a very common symptom for patients admitted to Emergency departments (EDs) and its undertreatment represents a widespread problem. A pre-post study on 249 patients (128 pre and 121 in the post phase) assessed the effectiveness of the ...
Dario Gavetti, Simona Frigerio, Paola Di Giulio, Valerio Dimonte   +3 more
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The post-Lisbon role of the European Parliament in the EU's Common Commercial Policy: Implications for bilateral trade negotiations. EU Diplomacy Paper 05/2012, July 2012 [PDF]

, 2012
This paper sets out to conduct an empirical analysis of the post-Lisbon role of the European Parliament (EP) in the EU’s Common Commercial Policy through an examination of the ‘deep and comprehensive’ bilateral Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) currently ...
Richardson, Laura
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Emergency Stroke Calls: Obtaining Rapid Telephone Triage (ESCORTT) - a programme of research to facilitate recognition of stroke by emergency medical dispatchers [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Rapid access to emergency stroke care can reduce death and disability by enabling immediate provision of interventions such as thrombolysis, physiological monitoring and stabilisation.
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