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A conceptual framework for real-time adaptive supply chain systems based on Internet of Things (IoT)
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Supply chain (SC) systems are often subject to high operational dynamics due to the large number of resources involved, frequent interaction between them, exhaustive human participation and timely decisions being made. This dynamic nature of SCs can be organized more efficiently by adopting...
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A convergence of cultures and strategies to improve Electronic Health Record implementation within a Tanzanian clinical environment
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This research explored the question: “How can we improve the implementation of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) within a Tanzanian clinical environment?” The objectives included working with local stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve, and exploring barriers and facilitators to...
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A multiple case history and systematic review of adoption, diffusion, implementation and impact of provincial daily physical activity policies in Canadian schools
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Olstad, D. L., Campbell, E. J., Raine, K. D., Nykiforuk, Candace I.J.
Background: Few children meet physical activity (PA) recommendations, and are therefore at increased risk for overweight/obesity and adverse health outcomes. To increase children’s opportunities for PA, several Canadian provinces have adopted school-based daily PA (DPA) policies. It is not clear...
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Advancing the argument for validity of the Alberta Context Tool with healthcare aides in residential long-term care
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Squires, J.E., Hayduk, L.A., Norton, P.G., Estabrooks, C.A., Cummings, G.G.
Background: Organizational context has the potential to influence the use of new knowledge. However, despite advances in understanding the theoretical base of organizational context, its measurement has not been adequately addressed, limiting our ability to quantify and assess context in...
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Assessment of Variation in the Alberta Context Tool: The Contribution of Unit Level Contextual Factors and Specialty in Canadian Pediatric Acute Care Settings
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Stevens, B., Squires, J.E., Hutchinson, A., Midodzi, W.K., Cummings, G.G., Kang, S.H., Scott, S., Estabrooks, C.A.
Background: There are few validated measures of organizational context and none that we located are parsimonious and address modifiable characteristics of context. The Alberta Context Tool (ACT) was developed to meet this need. The instrument assesses 8 dimensions of context, which comprise 10...
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Spring 2017
Collaboration among project participants is key to the success of construction projects. When project information is not efficiently communicated or easily shared among project stakeholders, such conditions often lead to cost overruns and schedule delays. Particularly, this phenomenon can...
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Fall 2015
Background The therapeutic relationship (TR) in physiotherapy, sometimes described as the rapport or the alliance between physiotherapist and patient, is an important aspect of clinical interactions. Physiotherapists are expected attend to the TR as a standard of patient-centred practice. Recent...
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Fall 2016
Purpose: Cross-education is a neural phenomenon where an untrained limb improves after unilateral training of the opposite homologous limb. It has been extensively studied in the healthy population and shows promise for post-stroke rehabilitation. Despite this promise, cross-education has not...
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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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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...