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Results of the Patient Safety Authority’s 2018 Process Measures Survey
Improving patient safety is an ongoing journey that benefits from periodic assessment to recognize, reward, and redirect efforts. As an independent, nonregulatory state agency, the Patient Safety Authority (PSA) is uniquely positioned to both conduct ...
Michelle Bell, Kim Liberatore
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As Federal Government agencies in the United States pivot to increase access to scientific data (Sheehan, 2016), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has made substantial progress (Kriesberg et al., 2017).
Vivian B. Hutchison +6 more
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A tale of two valleys: endangered species policy and the fate of the giant gartersnake
By the mid-20th Century, giant gartersnakes (Thamnophis gigas) had lost more than 90% of their Central Valley marsh habitat and were extirpated from more than two-thirds of their range.
Brian J. Halstead +10 more
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Surveying clinical surveys [PDF]
Abstract Is the objective clearly stated? Yes YesIs the design of the study stated? Yes YesIs the study setting well described? No YesIs the survey population described? Yes YesIs the response rate reported? No YesAre the outcome measures identified? No YesAre the main results clearly reported? Yes YesAre the conclusions appropriate? Yes YesIntroduction
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Transformers have achieved great success in many artificial intelligence fields, such as natural language processing, computer vision, and audio processing. Therefore, it is natural to attract lots of interest from academic and industry researchers. Up to the present, a great variety of Transformer variants (a.k.a.
Tianyang Lin +3 more
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Estimation of forest resource stock, biomass and carbon storage characteristics based on measured plot data: A case study of a typical area of Hanjiang River Basin in China [PDF]
There are many methods of forest resource survey, and so are the methods of stock estimation.The forest stock estimation method based on field survey data of sample plots is widely used in the industry because of its characteristics such as accurate data
Wei Zhang +7 more
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Survey incentives, survey effort, and survey costs [PDF]
This paper uses the 2007 and 2010 waves of the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) to investigate how monetary incentives affect the time and effort that interviewers expend during the survey field period, and how these incentives affect effort expended by the survey respondent.
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The trans-Himalayan region of India, although have xeric features, still supports a unique assemblage of biodiversity, including some of the charismatic and endemic species.
Stanzin Dolker +8 more
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Survey (or questionnaire) tools are used frequently to collect physiotherapy research data. Surveys collect information directly from subjects, and are administered either in a written format (email, post, Internet) or orally (face-to-face, videolink, telephone). They often use standard questions (items), which provide self-reported information.
Grimmer-Somers, Karen +1 more
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To determine the heavy metal(loid)s (HMs) contamination of agricultural soil in hotbed chives hometown of Tangchang, 788 topsoil samples were collected and analyzed for their heavy metal(loid)s concentration.
Cang Gong +7 more
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