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Design, Simulation and Evaluation of Effective Industrial Information Systems: Case of Machine Condition Monitoring and Maintenance Management Information Systems
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Industrial information systems can improve the management of industrial operations by providing relevant and timely information on the status of physical assets via condition and process monitoring systems, and by enabling the effective use of data by systems and processes that restore proper...
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2015
The objective of this qualitative study was to identify and explain challenges encountered by academic librarians when trying to incorporate evidence into their practice. The findings resulted in the identification of five main determinants that act as either obstacles or enablers of evidence...
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2009
Estabrooks, C.A., Norton, P.G., Cummings, G.G., Squires, J.E., Birdsell, J.M.
Background: The context of healthcare organizations such as hospitals is increasingly accepted as having the potential to influence the use of new knowledge. However, the mechanisms by which the organizational context influences evidence-based practices are not well understood. Current measures...
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Does Data Matter? Exploring how nonprofits working with abuse victims in Edmonton utilize data to inform service delivery
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This study explores data collection and utilization at four non-profit service organizations in Edmonton, Alberta. Participating organizations work with female victims of violence, abuse and exploitation. Through in-depth, semi-structured interviews, I explore the types of data collected at each...
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Evaluating the Implementation of Child Nutritional Policies: A Case Study of the Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) in Ghana
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Abstract Malnutrition is a global issue with major public health implications. Close to half of all child deaths in developing countries are attributed to malnutrition. Under-five mortality rate is persistently high in Ghana where mortality rates stand at 47.9 per 1000 live births. Malnutrition...
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Evolving the theory and praxis of knowledge translation through social interaction: A social phenomenological study
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McWilliam, C., Kothari, A., Leipert, B., Ward-Griffin, C., Forbes, D.
Background: As an inherently human process fraught with subjectivity, dynamic interaction, and change, social interaction knowledge translation (KT) invites implementation scientists to explore what might be learned from adopting the academic tradition of social constructivism and an interpretive...
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Going Through the Motions: Evaluating the Impact of Task, Device and Platform on Mouse-Tracking Derived Measures of Decision Difficulty
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As decisions require actions to have an effect on the world (Cisek & Kalaska, 2010), measures derived from movements can be used to provide a powerful index of decision-making processes (e.g., Gallivan & Chapman, 2014). Measures of trajectory curvature (interpreted as a competitive pull from the...