Systematic techniques for assisting recruitment to trials (START): study protocol for embedded, randomized controlled trials [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Randomized controlled trials play a central role in evidence-based practice, but recruitment of participants, and retention of them once in the trial, is challenging.
A McDonald +58 more
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Safer recruitment? protecting children, improving practice in residential child care [PDF]
In the wake of a number of high-profile cases of the abuse of children and young people in residential child care, there have been repeated calls for the improvement of recruitment and selection of residential child care staff.
Davidson, Jennifer +3 more
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The Interactive Effects of Recruitment Practices and Product Awareness on Job Seekers’ Employer Knowledge and Application Behaviors [PDF]
In this paper, I draw on research from the literatures on marketing and recruitment to identify how recruitment practices and company product awareness are related to job seekers’ application behaviors through three aspects of job seekers’ employer ...
Collins, Christopher J.
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Effectiveness of community outreach and engagement in recruitment success for a prebirth cohort. [PDF]
IntroductionWe describe the effectiveness of community outreach and engagement in supporting recruitment for the US National Children's Vanguard Study between 2009 and 2012.MethodsThirty-seven study locations used 1 of 4 strategies to recruit 18-49-year ...
Burbacher, Thomas M +6 more
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Diversified Crowd Evacuation Method in Large Public Places
Realistic crowd simulation is an important issue for crowd management, public space design, and architectural and urban planning. In this paper, we present a novel approach for planning and directing heterogeneous large-scale crowd in public places.
Yiliang Liu, Lei Lyu
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Friction Stir Welding (FSW) is a solid-state welding process used for welding similar and dissimilar materials. FSW is especially suitable to join sheet Al alloys, and this technique allows different material couples to be welded continuously.
Sare Celik, Recep Cakir
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BackgroundDevice-based measurement in physical activity surveillance is increasing, but research design choices could increase the risk of self-selection bias and reactive behaviour. The aim of this study is to compare the self-reported physical activity
Lars Breum Christiansen +6 more
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Rules of ministerial recruitment [PDF]
Women’s recruitment to ministerial office is improving, but our understanding of what determines women’s access to cabinet remains underdeveloped. Comparative studies explain women’s ministerial presence through correlations with country-level socio ...
Annesley +15 more
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The influence of extreme climate events on models of coral colony recruitment and survival in the Caribbean [PDF]
Knowledge of coral recruitment patterns helps us understand how reefs react following major disturbances and provides us with an early warning system for predicting future reef health problems.
Crabbe, M. James C.
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Intraneural stimulation using 2D wire-microelectrode arrays: I. Experimental results [PDF]
A two-dimensional 24-channel wire-microelectrode array was inserted into the peroneal nerve of the rat during acute experiments. The electrodes in the array are on a regular grid of 6 by 4 electrodes; inter-electrode spacing is 120 ¿m.
Rutten, W.L.C., Smit, J.P.A.
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