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Renbarger, Denna M. "A comparison of literacy achievement in full-day, alternate-day, and half-day kindergarten." Virtual Press, 2003. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1263899.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the pre and post scores of literacy surveys to determine if there is a differential improvement in the literacy achievement of kindergarten students who attend one of three kindergarten programs: full-day, alternate-day, and half-day. The sample of this study consisted of 1530 kindergarten students enrolled in a centralized kindergarten program during the 2000-2001 and the 2001-2002 school years. Only the scores of the 1530 students who had both pre and post scores were included in the study. The hypothesis was studied at the .05 level of significance.The scores of 1530 students were studied at the pre and post level in two literacy skill areas, letter identification and concepts about print. The findings of the study were:1. There was a significant difference in the increase in student achievement of letter identification between alternate-day and half-day programs, with students in half-day making more gains.2. There was no significant difference in the increase in student achievement of letter identification between alternate-day and full-day programs.3. There was a significant difference in the increase in student achievement of concepts about print (CAP) between alternate-day and full-day, with students in full-day making more gains.4. There was no significant difference in the increase in student achievement of concepts about print between alternate-day and half-day programs.Overall, the findings indicate that students in the alternate-day program achieved the lowest gains in Letter Identification and concepts about print of the three kindergarten programs.<br>Department of Elementary Education
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Shapiro, Ellen Sara. "The role of family environment in an ecological study of preschool children attending family day care." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28281.
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This thesis is an exploratory ecological study of the role of the family environment as it relates to a number of variables under investigation in the Vancouver Day Care Research Project's extensive contextual study of children enrolled in family day care settings. These variables include child language scores, indices of socio-economic status, conditions of maternal employment and attitudes related to maternal employment, other measures of the home environment, and parental attitudes to childrearing. In addition, the family environments of the family day care caregivers were examined in relation to the quality of care provided. The Moos Family Environment Scale (1986) was administered to parents and caregivers enrolled in the study. Scores from its ten subscales were correlated with measures of the variables of interest and then tested for significance. Data was then analyzed for important trends, patterns and highlights. Results showed that exposure of family members to stimulating ideas and activities is facilitative of child language skills, while an emphasis on achievement seems to have a negative effect. Families from higher socio-economic status homes seemed to be more likely to provide these opportunities for their children, particularly if they are well-educated. Findings also indicate that mothers who are satisfied with their employment tend to provide more positive family environments for their children than those who are working reluctantly. Mothers who worked part-time also appeared to provide better family environments than did those who experienced the increased stress of full-time employment. Adult-centered parenting values which stressed obedience were associated with family environments which were less facilitative of child cognitive development, whereas homes with child-centered parenting values appeared to be more positive. Family day care caregivers who provided superior childcare were found to be more organized in their own families, more supportive of one another, and more able to allow their family members to function independently than were other caregivers. There was considerable overlap in the results for each variable of interest; many similar features were found in the environments which were considered optimal in terms of language development, socio-economic factors, conditions of maternal employment, attitudes to childrearing, and high quality care for children. The study results strongly support the importance of exposure to a wide range of intellectual and cultural stimuli, participation in activities outside the home, expression of feelings amongst family members, and well-organized family functioning in the creation of optimal family environments; an emphasis on achievement, and the use of rigid rules and doctrine were found to be deleterious to the creation of positive home environments.<br>Education, Faculty of<br>Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of<br>Graduate
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Walder, Cristine P. "Psychological aspects of day-case surgery for children." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.317582.
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Rashid, Sabina Yasmin. "Day case laparoscopic cholecystectomy : what's stopping us now?" Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2015. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/6226/.
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Introduction: Day surgery has many benefits for patients and the NHS, but progress in this area of healthcare has been slow. A high volume procedure, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, was chosen to explore this. The aim of this study was to explore and explain the factors that influence the uptake of day case laparoscopic cholecystectomy at three trusts and the impact of service redesign programmes on day case rates. Methods: A mixed methods collective case study was conducted across three trusts. 34 semi-structured interviews were undertaken and 5 years of hospital activity data was analysed. Results: Day case laparoscopic cholecystectomy rates did increase over a 5 year period at all trusts but to varying degrees. Factors that influenced activity according to qualitative data analysed were grouped into two themes: context and mechanisms. Conclusion: Participants did not believe that the service redesign programmes had any direct impact on their practice. New ambulatory care facilities alone did not lead to increased day case laparoscopic cholecystectomy rates because the trust that performed the most did not have any change to their infrastructure. Clinical attitudes towards performing day case laparoscopic cholecystectomy were variable and may explain the difference in day case rates.
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Douglas, Hannah-Rose. "Economic evaluation of complex multidimensional health services : the case of palliative day care." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 2003. http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/1379945/.
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Palliative day care is offered to patients with a life-limiting illness. It provides a range of services to meet the varying needs of individuals. Consequently, the service is multidimensional and the outcomes are hard to define. This means this service operates at a level of complexity that is different from other health care services. This presents a challenge for evaluation since the activities differ across individuals and change over time, depending on their needs. This challenge is not unique to palliative care and is relevant to the evaluation of other services. The published guidelines for health economic evaluation have not explicitly taken into account the specific issues relevant to evaluating complex services. It is argued in this thesis that the 'health gain' approach is problematic and a preference-based approach may reveal more useful evidence for policy-makers. This has not been fully considered in empirical studies. A study was undertaken using health-gain and preference based approaches to evaluate a new palliative day care service. The EO-50 health-related quality of life instrument was used to detected differences in outcome between patients who attended a palliative care day centre and those who did not. The instrument did not detect significant differences over time. A choice experiment was also undertaken in four POC centres. This approach estimates the relative preferences that respondents expressed for specific service attributes. The attributes chosen for this study were: opening hours, access, specialist therapies; medical support; hairdressing and bathing. The results showed that specialist therapies were relatively more valued, and that hairdressing and bathing were not important in decision-making. Access to medical care was less important than access to specialist therapies. The thesis critiques health gain approaches for services that have a broad range of hard-todefine goals and aim to meet individual needs. The choice experiment provided insights into how services are valued where these insights cannot be derived from other economic evaluation approaches. Research methods that reflect people's preferences may provide important analysis where very little evidence has previously existed.
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Pierson, Leo J. ""We're just not blended yet" the case of Latino day labor in Prince William County /." Fairfax, VA : George Mason University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1920/4539.
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Thesis (M.A.)--George Mason University, 2009.<br>Vita: p. 55. Thesis director: John G. Dale. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Sociology. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed June 10, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 52-54). Also issued in print.
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Lai, Jie, and 赖洁. "Stakeholders' views of full-day versus half-day kindergarten program : a multiple case study in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/209666.
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This study investigated the differences and similarities between full-day programs (FDP) and half-day programs (HDP) in Hong Kong kindergartens in terms of children’s experiences and program quality, as well as in the stakeholders such as parents’, teachers’, and principals’ perspectives. Besides, the study investigated stakeholders’ perceptions about the preference of FDP or HDP and their views about subsidizing FDP. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected to explore the research questions. Findings showed that FDP in Hong Kong is different from HDP, rather than an extension of HDP. Additionally, the stakeholders in Hong Kong prefer FDP and support to subsidize FDP. Findings from the study have significant policy and practice implications to improve overall quality of both programs.<br>published_or_final_version<br>Education<br>Master<br>Master of Education
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Connors, William P. "Mormon Opposition Literature: A Historiographical Critique and Case Study, 1844-57." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 1994. http://patriot.lib.byu.edu/u?/MTAF,24572.
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Cunningham, Dianne J. "Implementation of an alternate day block schedule : a case study /." Diss., This resource online, 1997. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10022007-144713/.
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Orellana, Katharine Elizabeth. "The role and purpose of generalist day centres for older people : case studies of four day centres from multiple perspectives." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2018. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-role-and-purpose-of-generalist-day-centres-for-older-people(5e116108-5792-40e4-b335-1820072abc46).html.
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This thesis investigated the role and purpose of generalist English day centres for older people, a largely ignored and under-researched part of social care that has been affected by changing policy, practice and funding contexts. Using mixed methods within an embedded multiple-case study design, this thesis paints an in-depth picture of four day centres. It reports perspectives of four participant groups (n=69), gathered in 2015-16 by interview and standardised measurement tools: centre attenders, their family carers, day centre personnel and local authority adult services staff. Findings illustrate the diversity of day centres and challenge assumptions concerning their continued relevance by evidencing that outcomes for their mainly housebound and socially isolated attenders, family carers and centre volunteers are precisely those targeted by social care and health policy. Centres were communities that ‘enabled’ and offset loss or isolation, thus supporting ageing in place through wellbeing. They promoted wellbeing in (younger) older volunteers, provided job satisfaction, supported carers and contributed something unique to their attenders’, volunteers’ and staff’s lives. Findings from the completion of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit indicated attenders’ and carers’ quality of life improvements were directly attributable to day centres. By monitoring attenders’ health and wellbeing and providing practical support, information and facilitating access to other services, centres offered added value. Fundamental to outcomes were the group environment and continuity that centres provided. Attenders’ experiences were mainly positive, but were sometimes negatively affected by increasing proportions of cognitively impaired attenders. Mainly, day centres were not stigmatised, but awareness of them before attending one was low. The study identified the potential for development and optimisation of day centres to maximise the impact of health and care services; partnership working with these, and with community organisations, were variable. Implications for policymakers and practice are made and recommendations for further research provided.
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Washell, Cathryn F. "The Handweavers of Modern-Day Southern Appalachia: An Ethnographic Case Study." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3174.
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One of the most prominent traditions associated with the Southern Appalachians is the art of weaving. Extensive research has focused on the history of Appalachian weaving, but there is little on the current weaving community. Today, the region still serves as an axis for weaving, and many practicing weavers, weaving instructors, and learning institutions can be found in Southern Appalachia. The core of this study is the interviews with ten weavers that reside and practice their work in Appalachia. Using concept coding, the transcripts of the interviews led to the development of four major themes that highlight the weavers’ discovery of their weaving passion, what continues to be a source of motivation for weaving, how today’s weavers use weaving as a source of income, and how weaving continues to be deeply connected to Southern Appalachia’s art and craft making traditions.
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Lindquist, Kirsten M. "Child care's journey to the decision agenda : a case study /." Thesis, This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05022009-040652/.
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Smith, Marquin E. "Social justice vulnerabilities and marginalised communities: A case study of day labourers in Mbekweni." University of Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7686.
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Magister Artium (Social Work) - MA(SW)<br>Poverty remains one of the greatest challenges that Southern African countries face. The state
of poverty in a region is reflected in low levels of income, as well as high levels of
unemployment and human deprivation. Day labouring has become evidence of the high
unemployment rate in South Africa. In South Africa, the day labour market serves as a
catchment area for the fallout from a formal economy, unable to provide employment to those
who need it. Often, day labourers are socially excluded from the benefits of modern society,
such as, access to appropriate social services, work opportunities, and a decent income. This
could be perceived as social justice vulnerabilities.
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Farrell, Jill Beloff. "A case study of a liberal Jewish day school's middle school transition." FIU Digital Commons, 1999. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3283.
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The Jacobson Sinai Academy is a Liberal Reform Jewish Day School, in North Miami Beach, Florida. When the Academy was started over 18 years ago it was designed as a K-6 school. This was in keeping with the existing model for Reform day schools at the time and met the needs and desires of the early founders. The philosophy of the school addressed meeting the needs of the individual child as well as the fostering of Judaic values and traditions in an academically nurturing and experiential setting. Upon graduation, students moved from the Academy to a variety of public and private options, all of which served the needs of the families at the time. In recent years, due to numerous factors within the community, parents voiced concerns as to where their children would continue their education during the critical middle school years. As a result of these concerns, and through the efforts of a dedicated group of parents and lay leaders, the decision was made to add an upper school component to the existing elementary configuration. This study is a qualitative case study which chronicles the organizational change effort that was undertaken for this purpose to determine facilitating conditions and impediments leading to the change. The analysis serves to inform others wishing to advance such an undertaking.
Results of the study indicated that certain conditions are necessary for the successful implementation of any change effort. The culture of the organization must be acknowledged and is a primary factor to be considered when advancing change. Collaboration with those committed to the enterprise must occur, and this in turn can lead to an agreed upon philosophy which expresses the diversity of needs and values of all of those involved. Resistance, while expected from certain individuals within the organization, can be overcome through the efforts of key players who assume leadership positions that are transformational in nature. Additionally, the rationale for middle schools, and the need for this one in particular, are factors which led to the success of this initiative.
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Chepken, Christopher. "Telecommuting in the developing world: a case of the day-labour market." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6384.
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Includes abstract.<br>Includes bibliographical references.<br>Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in general, and mobile phones in particular, have demonstrated positive outcomes in the various social transformation and human development dimensions. As a result, many researchers have focused on ICTs innovations targeting the poor. Among the poor are the low-skilled day-labourers who belong to the Day-labour Market (DLM), which is also made up of employers, job-brokers and intermediary organisations. The DLMs’ main activities involve a great deal of travelling in search of jobs by workers and a search for workers by employers. These travels place heavy economic pressure on the day-labourers, hence reducing their net earnings while they struggle with extreme poverty. The first objective of our study was to find out how and which ICT interventions can be used to alleviate the challenges faced by the DLM stakeholders. The nature of our problem resembled studies that use ICTs to reduce travel distance. Such studies fall under subjects such as teleactivities and teleworking/telecommuting, and advocate for prospects of working anywhere anytime. These studies have not received much research attention in the developing world. They have mainly been done in the developed world, and mostly on white-collar workers and organisations. This brought about our second objective: to find out whether the ICT interventions for the DLM could be studied under teleworking/telecommuting and whether the telecommuting benefits can be realised for the blue-collar workers.
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Cheng, Kwai-ho. "A study on the relationship between formal and informal support systems for the elderly : case studies on family care and day care service in Hong Kong /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1992. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13418105.
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Young, Suk-han Edith. "NIMBY syndrome and planning for LULUs : a case study of Hong Kong /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42574663.
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Efthimiou, Gregory G. Dougall Elizabeth. "Regaining altitude a case analysis of the JetBlue Airways Valentine's Day 2007 crisis /." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,1504.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008.<br>Title from electronic title page (viewed Sep. 16, 2008). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Mass Communication in The School of Journalism and Mass Communication." Discipline: Journalism and Mass Communication; Department/School: Journalism and Mass Communication, School of.
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Rieke-Smith, Susan. "Principal-Agent Relations in Oregon Education Policymaking: The Case of Full-Day Kindergarten." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19334.
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The exercise of federal and/or state power is inherent to policymaking. The principal-agent theory, borrowed from economics, describes the difficulties in motivating one party (agent) to act in the best interests of the other party (principal). The theory provides insights into the roles of self-interested choice, information asymmetry, and sense making in political relationships. The extent to which the state understands the inherent challenges expressed in this dynamic and is responsive to the local school district’s specific circumstances is not well understood and thus presents an opportunity for research. This mixed methods study uses a confirmatory approach to analyze Oregon’s 40-40-20 education reform legislation and the state’s ability to operationalize education reform through the principal-agent framework, focusing on the implementation of full-day kindergarten legislation.
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Prno, Justin. "Celebrating the True North: Canada Day as Part of a Political Master Brand." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/39055.
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In Canada, the rise of political branding coincided with the adoption of the permanent campaign, creating an environment in which politicking is now normalized and politicization is expected. With Canada Day 2017 as a case study, this thesis adopts Marland’s Branding Lens Thesis (2016) as a conceptual framework to analyze if a national holiday became part of the Liberal Party of Canada’s master brand. The key conclusion of this thesis is that the Liberals integrated their ‘master brand’ into Canada Day 2017 by integrating political branding into their government communications. This thesis also shows that Justin Trudeau played a bigger role during Canada Day than expected by a Prime Minister. Significantly, this thesis shows the Liberal government altered the themes and messaging of Canada 150 to parallel that of their master brand, applying a Liberal tint to Canada Day and Canada 150.
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Golob, Timothy Adam. "Hidden: A Case Study on Human Trafficking in Costa Rica." Scholar Commons, 2017. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7028.
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This is a case study on human trafficking that was conducted on the small Central American country of Costa Rica via a mixed-methods approach which included document review, surveys, and interviews. It was selected due to Costa Rica’s history of fluctuation between Tier 2 and Tier 2 Watch List status on the Trafficking in Persons Report, issued by the U.S. Department of State, over the last ten years. This ranking average indicates that it is one of the worst performing Central American states in efforts to combat trafficking in persons. This finding breaks with Costa Rica’s traditional placement as one of the best performing Central American countries by other indices, such as GDP, Human Development Index (HDI), World Happiness Report, and Corruption Perception Index (CPI), to name a few.
The purpose of this research was to explore the reasons why Costa Rica leads Central America in numerous international measurements of success, yet remains equal to or below other Central American countries in its fight to combat human trafficking. There were two hypotheses. First, Costa Rica has strong economic ties to and reliance on tourism. According to data collected for this study, tourism has become Costa Rica’s primary means of “development,” which has created a neocolonial-style enclave economy and society which responds heavily to the demands of the tourists. This reliance on tourism is associated with choices made by government officials for inaction. Second, low levels of prosecutions and convictions are due to the state’s reliance on NGOs to shoulder the responsibility of efforts. The government even pays the NGOs to care for rescued children to alleviate any burden placed on its own agencies. NGOs operating in Costa Rica run shelters and rehabilitate survivors, head awareness campaigns, and educate. Along with the United Nations, and other IGOs, NGOs have been the main force against trafficking in persons in Costa Rica.
Other findings included issues with the definition of human trafficking under the law, as it is not in alignment with those of the United Nations and the United States. As well, the limited awareness across the country, both for professionals and citizens, is a concern. Poverty, particularly increases in extreme poverty, was cited as a recurring problem by the stakeholders interviewed. Furthermore, the image of the country as exceptional was reported by many interviewees as a barrier to recognizing the relevant issues and combatting them. Finally, the persistent culture of machismo and a political and social culture in turmoil were found to be detrimental to combatting human trafficking, particularly when dealing with gendered crimes, prostitution, and the feminization of poverty and of the marginalization of women and children.
This study has synthesized the data and shows support for a correlation between the aforementioned factors, tying human trafficking to the tourist industry, to political inaction, to NGOs and their activities and responsibilities, as well as to political and social culture and a number of other factors. Prosecutions and convictions remain low, and efforts to fight modern-day slavery remain below the minimum standards. Thus, it is the implication of this study that the notion of Costa Rica as exceptional, as a leader across Central America, is more an image than reality, at least in this case. In reality, Costa Rica is caught between opposing political and social cultures, between Western capitalism, classic machismo, and Costa Rica’s historical notion of peaceful living and exceptionality.
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Cheng, Kwai-ho, and 鄭桂荷. "A study on the relationship between formal and informal support systems for the elderly: case studies onfamily care and day care service in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1992. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31249152.
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Martikainen, M. (Matti). "Day-case anaesthesia in adult knee arthroscopy:with special reference to recovery and cost-effectiveness after general and spinal anaesthesia." Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2002. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9514267729.
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The number of ambulatory surgical procedures is increasing throughout the world. This is partly due to the development of a number of new anaesthetic, analgesic and adjuvant drugs, each with more rapid onset and shorter duration of action, over the past two decades. An interest in the issues discussed in this thesis arose out a desire to improve the quality of anaesthesia for patients who undergo day-case surgery. A second aim was to compare the different anaesthetic methods in terms of recovery from anaesthesia and costs.
A total of 233 patients undergoing day-case knee arthroscopy under either 2% or 5% lidocaine spinal anaesthesia or general anaesthesia with desflurane, isoflurane, propofol or sevoflurane were investigated in two prospective, randomised clinical trials. The overall aims were to find the most suitable, satisfactory and economically feasible method for adult ambulatory knee arthroscopy and to assess the factors that affect the immediate postoperative period and the one-week recovery profile at home.
The patients were highly satisfied with all the methods of anaesthesia. There was a slight tendency in favour of general anaesthesia compared to spinal anaesthesia. The general level of pain after ambulatory knee surgery was low after the first few hours postoperatively and continued to be low during the first postoperative week. After short-acting general anaesthesia with desflurane, isoflurane and propofol, home readiness was achieved over two hours earlier than after 5% lidocaine spinal anaesthesia. Home readiness was significantly delayed after 2% lidocaine spinal anaesthesia compared to sevoflurane inhalation anaesthesia. General anaesthesia with isoflurane was cheaper than the other general anaesthetics, i.e. desflurane, sevoflurane, propofol, or 2% and 5% lidocaine spinal anaesthesias. Propofol anaesthesia was the most expensive. The spinal anaesthesia patients had a higher incidence of headache, backache and lower leg pain during the first postoperative week than the patients who had had general anaesthesia.
In busy ambulatory surgery units, remarkable savings may be achieved by using short-acting general anaesthetics, i.e. desflurane and isoflurane, instead of propofol or sevoflurane general anaesthesias or lidocaine spinal anaesthesia. This is due to the lower costs of desflurane and isoflurane compared to sevoflurane and propofol and the shorter time needed for postoperative care compared to spinal anaesthesia.
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Moberg, Jessica. "Piety, Intimacy and Mobility : A Case Study of Charismatic Christianity in Present-day Stockholm." Doctoral thesis, Södertörns högskola, Religionsvetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-18245.
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Stockholm County is a post-industrial Swedish region characterized by high levels of mobility and technologization as well as ethnic and religious diversity. Among its religious minorities exist various strands of charismatic Christianity, some of which originate from the Pentecostal revival of the early 20th century and some of which belong to more recent movements. The aim of this ethnographic study is to examine how affiliates of the multicultural charismatic Christian congregation New Life Church practice religiosity within the context of their personal daily lives, within the framework of the general congregation and in terms of their involvements with other religious organizations in the area of Stockholm. Beginning with the assumption that the practice of contemporary religiosity and the development of a religious identity are part of an ongoing process of habituation, the study describes how practitioners cultivate a form of charismatic piety characterized by certain embodied orientations, patterns of ritualization and narrative genres. To shed further light on this process, it draws upon a variety of theories concerning ritualization, embodiment, performance, narratives and materiality. Apart from this, the study also constitutes an attempt to explore and measure the impact on the practitioners’ religiosity of late modern developments such as urbanization, detraditionalization and global mobility as well as the growing absorption in consumerism, emotional intimacy and the unfolding of the “authentic” inner self. While pursuing these ends, the study also calls into question previous assumptions about charismatic Christianity in Sweden, most particularly the assumption that today’s practitioners remain inclined to be entirely faithful to one given institution and its system of beliefs and practices. Indeed this view is directly challenged herein by the finding that contemporary charismatics are far more inclined to eclectically appropriate elements and models of thoughts from various contexts of origin as well as to affiliate with and/or visit multiple Christian institutions.
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Tse, Hin-man, and 謝衍文. "Educational policy making in Hong Kong: a case study of whole-day primary schooling." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31966032.
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Tse, Hin-man. "Educational policy making in Hong Kong : a case study of whole-day primary schooling /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21037966.
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Solomon, Lauren. "The Propagation of Imperial Indoctrination and Modern Day Oppression : The Philippines as Case Study." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för design (DE), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-77122.
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This study aims to investigate and analyse certain aspects regarding the current condition of the Philippines. Both of its culture and its polities, approached within perspectives of historical epochs of colonialism and its aftermaths regarding post-colonial discourse. The contemporary society of the Philippines has been deeply imprinted by its colonial legacies and left a profound mark on its culture, tradition and the development of its politics both from the institutional perspectives and international context. This project aims to confront some of the structural roots and causes that contribute to its national crisis such as mass poverty and the persisting oppression that permeates within the society of the Philippines, regarding its national identity and its global status as a former colony under western powers. The context of this project is about the enduring and uneasy relationship between the Philippines and the former western hegemonic powers, Spain in the late 15th century and the United States in the early 19th century, that have assumed territorial border in the archipelago. In which it has subsequently determined and consolidated, however constrained and inescapable, many of the historical, cultural and political formations that have influenced developmental trajectories in the Philippines Society.
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Kalibatas, Vytenis. "Lietuvos bendrojo pobūdžio stacionarinių asmens sveikatos priežiūros įstaigų veiklos efektyvumo įvertinimas." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2006. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20060130_093932-97763.
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Pastaraisiais metais, ypač reformuojant stacionarinę sveikatos priežiūrą, vis didesnis dėmesys skiriamas ligoninių veiklos vertinimui daugelyje šalių, nes stacionarinei sveikatos priežiūrai skiriama 45-75% visų sveikatos priežiūrai skirtų lėšų (1). Vertinant ligoninės veiklos rodiklius, dažniausiai apsiribojama pagrindine jos funkcija - paslaugų teikimu (2-4). Tradiciškai sveikatos priežiūros organizacijų veikla yra vertinama pagal paslaugų apimtis (5), o gydytų pacientų skaičius yra labiausiai paplitęs stacionarinių sveikatos priežiūros įstaigų veiklos rodiklis. Nepaisant to, kad šiuolaikiniai sveikatos priežiūros organizacijų veiklos vertinimo modeliai apima daug įvairių aspektų ir dimensijų (tokių kaip paslaugų kokybė, pajėgumas gauti reikiamus išteklius, pajėgumas reaguoti į visuomenės poreikius, veiklos efektyvumas, veiksmingumas, produktyvumas, našumas, organizacijos kultūra ir pan.), sveikatos priežiūros įstaigų veiklos vertinimas pagal pacientų (paslaugų atvejų) skaičių išlieka kaip vienas pagrindinių rodiklių jau vien dėl to, kad daugumoje sveikatos sistemų apmokėjimas sveikatos priežiūros organizacijoms yra pagrįstas gydytų pacientų ar suteiktų paslaugų apimtimis (6,7). Tačiau analizuojant vien tik stacionarinėje asmens sveikatos priežiūros įstaigoje (ASPĮ) gydytų pacientų (atvejų) skaičių per tam tikrą laiko periodą, daryti išvadas apie ligoninės veiklą ir ypač lyginti su kitomis ligoninėmis yra pakankamai sudėtinga ir net nevisiškai objektyvu... [to full text]
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Santoro, Elizabeth Ann. "Full-Day Kindergarten: A Case Study on the Perceptions of District Leaders in Four Suburban Pennsylvania School Districts." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2011. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/117167.
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Educational Administration<br>Ed.D.<br>This qualitative study explored the reasons why suburban district leaders opted for full-day or half-day kindergarten programming in a sample of four local suburban districts operating such programs in Southeastern, Pennsylvania. The primary data source was interviews with key district leaders including school board members, superintendents, assistant superintendents, directors of elementary education, and directors of curriculum. Review of district documents as well as informal observations in the field were used to supplement the interview data. Suburban district leaders' perceptions, values, and opinions were examined in this study to determine how decisions for kindergarten programming were made. District leaders, especially superintendents, are charged with the enormous responsibility to program appropriately for the needs of their district. This study sought to reveal how such a critical but complex decision pertaining to kindergarten programming was reached in suburban communities. "Full-day kindergarten reappeared first in the 1960's as an intervention designed to help disadvantaged children catch up to their peers through additional schooling" (DeCicca, 2007, p. 67). Presently, full-day kindergarten appears to be gaining increasing momentum as more and more mothers are working to provide additional income for their families. The era of middle class stay at home moms has been on a decline due to the unstable economy, rising cost of living, single parent households, a greater need to supplement family income, to further their own self-development, and an opportunity for women to contribute to the workforce. Educators, on the other hand, remain divided on the issue of full-day kindergarten versus half-day kindergarten primarily due to funding issues, equivocal evidence of academic gains, and resource allocations. "Given the additional expense of full-day kindergarten, information regarding the size and duration of gains should be of great interest to policymakers" (DeCicca, 2007, p. 67). The recent push for full-day kindergarten has occurred at the state level. Whether the participation in a full-day program is associated with improved outcomes has been the focus of intense inquiry (Le, Kirby, Barney, Setodji & Gershwin, 2006). Kindergarten programming in the United States has changed considerably in the last 50 years as a result of state and local standards enforced in districts across the country. All that children needed to do in a traditional kindergarten was to play and adjust themselves to a social setting (Nelson, 2000). Now, kindergarten has evolved into another grade of academics where rigorous curricula have been implemented along with higher expectations placed on schools to succeed. The controversy arises over the inconsistencies with kindergarten programming, especially for suburban children. Suburban districts are continually challenged to meet the needs of all kindergarten learners as a result of the growing changes in demographics across the county. Due to the increased populations of English Language Learners and Economically Disadvantaged Learners, the challenge to program effectively for kindergarten students can be concerning to district leadership due to old mores that are no longer appropriate to program sufficiently. The intent of this study was to inform the reader about how complex decisions such as kindergarten programming were reached. Another intent of this study was to delve deeper into the perceptions, values, and opinions of those decision makers to gain a better understanding of the reasons why and how decision makers selected half-day or full-day kindergarten for their district. The methodology utilized in this qualitative study was a case study design. The researcher collected data through interviews with district leaders including school boards members, superintendents, assistant superintendents, directors of elementary education, and directors of curriculum. Observations in the field were conducted along with a review of key district documents such as strategic plans, school improvement plans, curriculum, and achievement data. The potential impact of this study was to inform the reader about the processes used by district leaders when making informed decisions about kindergarten programming. Suburban areas may benefit from this study because the results provided rich descriptive reports that can be utilized by parents, educators, policymakers, and the general public to gain a deeper understanding of suburban kindergarten in one state.<br>Temple University--Theses
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Bramley, Louise. "One day at a time : living with frailty : implications for the practice of advance care planning : a multiple case study." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33400/.
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Background: Advance care planning (ACP) was originally designed to promote autonomy and is commonly conceptualised as informing treatment and decisions in the event of a person’s loss of capacity. In the UK, healthcare policy has emphasised the potential for ACP to significantly contribute to improvements in experiences of death and dying for patients and their significant others. Older people with progressive frailty are at high risk of mortality, loss of capacity and increasing dependency on carers and care services, yet uptake of ACP in this group is poor. Little is known about whether frail older people regard advance care planning as relevant or what perspectives they have on decision making for the future. Aim: To explore the expectations, experiences and understandings of frail older people and their significant others of planning for future care and to examine the implications of this for the practice of ACP. Methods: The study adopted an exploratory case study design using serial qualitative interviews and the responsive interview technique. Frail older people and their nominated carers were recruited from hospital wards in a large University Hospital NHS Trust prior to discharge. They took part in up to two interviews either in hospital or in their homes. Within and cross-case qualitative analysis was undertaken. Findings: Sixteen frail older people and eight significant others were recruited (Seventeen female, seven male, age range 70-96). The study found that frail older people experience profound uncertainty, associated with rapid changes to their physical and/or mental state and complex challenges in everyday life. Consequently, their attention is focused on day-to-day maintenance of quality of life, rather than on future care or advance decision making. Many had difficulty imagining a future; as dependency grew, so did reliance on care services to support their needs. What once would have been deemed an unacceptable way of living became routine. For many, the care system offers a lifeline without which they would not be able to exist at home. However, it also appeared to offer little individual flexibility, meaning that frail older people struggled to assert the control over day-to-day decisions and choices that others take for granted. This increasing dependency and reliance on care and care services has the potential to undermine the decision-making capacity of frail older people. For many, autonomous choice and decision making gave way to relationships, partnerships and negotiations that are commensurate with a more relational model of autonomy. Conclusion: The end-of-life orientation of current ACP policy and practice is at odds with the dynamic nature of frailty and does not correspond to individuals’ needs to maximise their current quality of life. The liberal ideal of autonomy as self-determination and self-interest presented by the legalistic and ideologically driven policy of ACP is out of step with the lived worlds of frail older people. For those facing increasing dependency on care and care services, frameworks that acknowledge a more relational approach when planning future care will be needed in order to engage this group of frail older people in ACP.
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Roso, Calvin Gordon. "Character education at a Jewish day school : a case study analysis of a school's curriculum /." Ann Arbor, MI : University Microfilms, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/preview/3122574.
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Wildstein, Tristin J. "Missions, methods, and assessment in Hebrew language education| Case studies of American Jewish day schools." Thesis, New York University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10169540.
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<p> This research consists of three case studies conducted within American Jewish day schools (JDSs). Addressing some of the issues pointed to by past researchers, this investigation focuses on the following discrete areas of Hebrew language (HL) programs: the stated visions for Hebrew language learning as noted in the mission statements and other documents of the schools and as articulated by teachers and administrators, the methodologies employed by Hebrew and Jewish Studies educators within these institutions, and the assessment practices employed by these schools and educators to determine whether the expressed goals of these programs are being met. By exploring the missions, methods, and assessment processes within these Hebrew language programs, and contrasting these aspects of the schools, we come to a better understanding of the inner workings of these programs and the issues that may be addressed in practice and future research. The following questions guided this mixed-methods study: (1) Within each JDS, what are the goals, according to the mission statement, teachers and administrators, for receptive and productive oral proficiency and literacy in HL? (2) Within each JDS, what are the instructional methodologies employed by teachers in HL and Jewish Studies? (3) Within each JDS, what formal and informal assessments, including teacher perceptions, are currently used for student placement, ongoing and recursive assessment, and outcome assessment? Findings indicate that each of these schools has articulated its missions and program goals to incorporate the development of some kind of Hebrew proficiency and Jewish identity among students. However, confusion was identified within each institution regarding planning methodological approaches and employing systematic and meaningful evaluations of student progress, both of which are found to be interwoven with the desired development of Hebrew language, Jewish identity and a Zionist orientation. In order to successfully achieve their goals and missions, clearer articulation, more consistent and research-based methodological choices, along with consistent and meaningful assessments are required.</p>
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Young, Suk-han Edith, and 楊淑嫻. "NIMBY syndrome and planning for LULUs: a casestudy of Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42574663.
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Koloszyc, Hanna. "A case study regarding the carbon footprint for one day trips to different ski destinations in the Jamtland region." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Avdelningen för ekoteknik och hållbart byggande, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-30689.
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Currently, World is facing global warming, which threats especially winter tourism. Many glaciers started to melt significantly as well as winter seasons get warmer and shorter in many ski areas (Gilaberte-Búrdaloa, et al., 2014). It is a really important issue and challenge especially for ski resorts. However, in spite of ski resorts there are also millions of tourists visiting ski destinations every year. Due to that it should also be important to all those winter enthusiasts to know and reduce their own impacts on environment, if they still want to enjoy snow-based sports and natural beauty of a mountain environment. Due to that, this study chosen to focus on emissions from ski trips seeing form the perspective of the skier in one of the most famous ski region in Sweden. The carbon footprint concept was used to calculate and compare four trips to different ski destinations such as Åre, Vemdalen, Frösön and Storulvån. From each trip the following factors where considered: emissions from production of ski equipment, emissions from skier travel, from purchased electricity in the ski resort and from consumption of fuel by vehicles on the slopes. At least six transportation scenarios per destination were created to investigate possible modes of transportation and their impacts. The results showed that the total amount of carbon footprint per skier differed among the trips from 74.01 kg to 2.40 kg of CO₂-eq. per skier depends on the transportation scenario and destination. It was concluded that skier travel can be a huge source of emissions depending on the distance to chosen destination and type of the transport. However, it was found out that impact from skier travel as well as from ski equipment can be reduced by individual’s choices. Moreover, it was also concluded that the fuel consumed by vehicles on the slopes had a significant impact in all ski resorts and it should become the major issue for ski resorts to find new solutions and practices, which would reduce the amount of emissions..<br><p>2016-08-30</p>
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Hayman, Jeremy. "A case study of the modern orthodox and ultra orthodox sectors of Johannesburg Jewry with special reference to their educational institutions." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15887.
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Bibliography: pages 346-384.<br>The study aims to portray the way of life and culture of the Modern Orthodox and Ultra Orthodox sectors of Johannesburg Jewry. It strives to show how this is translated into educational systems, and examines the attitudes and values of pupils at Johannesburg Jewish religiously orientated schools both towards their own education, as well as towards elements of Jewish and secular culture. An overview of Johannesburg Jewry is presented, and Jewish educational systems in Johannesburg are outlined. Although much of the study is descriptive and ethnographic, the focal point is the statistical analysis and discussion of the responses to a questionnaire which was administered to 159 pupils of four religiously orientated high schools. An overriding conclusion is that the samples exhibit a common pride in their Jewish heritage. The general level of religious practice and belief of the pupils of each school corresponds with that subgroup of Johannesburg Jewry with which the school is aligned. Thus the Ultra Orthodox are more comprehensive in religious practice than the Modern Orthodox. The level of religious practice of the pupils often exceeds that of their parents. This implies that the schools are, in certain cases, operating contra parentem.
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Kullmann, Carl-Erik Berentsen. "Optimal Bidding in day-ahead Spot Markets for Electricity : The Case of Wind Power in Norway." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for industriell økonomi og teknologiledelse, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-21078.
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Through the last decades, climate change and energy dependence concerns have gained increased attention. Renewable energy development has expanded, with wind power being the fastest growing technology. This thesis investigates the op- timal interaction between an operational wind park and the Nordic power market. Wind power producers incur costs of imbalances resulting from deviations from their submitted production plans to the spot market. This report develop, im- plement and test a stochastic optimisation model giving optimal spot market bids for intermittent electricity producers in a day-ahead power market. The optimal bids are based on the evaluation of a large number of scenarios for the uncertain realisations of the wind forecasts, the balancing market prices and the spot market prices. A case study is undertaken in order to evaluate model performance. Data is collected for specified dates at current and future wind power sites of a Norwegian company. The developed stochastic optimal bidding model is executed, once for each wind park individually and once for all wind parks jointly. The case study re- veals that jointly use of the model gives expected revenues higher than both the sum of individual use and submission of bids equal expected production. The increase in expected revenues results from a risk-pooling effect of jointly bid submission and from the inclusion of price and production uncertainty. The risk-pooling effect also suggests that wind park owners would benefit from geographically diversifying their wind parks within the same price area. Use of the developed model gives rather small increases in expected revenues and is likely to violate the Balance Agreement. However, investigations of model results give basis for further discussions. Examinations of the case study results show that perfect production forecasts would make the inclusion of uncertainty unnecessary, indicating that efforts should be made in order to reduce the uncertainty of the production forecasts, rather than on improving the price forecasts. From a socio-economic point of view, the regulation costs incurred to wind power producers represents a reduction in value from introducing wind power to the power system. Some of the potential value of wind power is lost, through what can be seen as transaction costs of the current power market. It is suggested that delaying the spot market bid submission deadline, which in turn reduce the wind forecast lead-time and hence uncertainty, would increase the value of introducing wind power to the power system. Further research should be undertaken in order to investigate the optimal spot market bid submission deadline, minimising all costs related to this deadline.
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Lane, Marcie Lorin. "Securing supplemental revenue in private elementary school: A case study of one Jewish community day school." Scholarly Commons, 2010. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/110.
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Private schools often face a gap between their tuition income and the cost of the educational program. Private school administrators, tasked with balancing the school budget, seek to fill this gap through the acquisition of supplemental revenue. Private school administrators have often reported feeling unprepared for the unique responsibilities of the position. In addition, both individual and organizational donors have been noted to assert influence on educational programs. This study adds to the literature specific to supplemental revenue practices for elementary private schools and was influenced by the field of social entrepreneurship. A qualitative case study approach was used. Through purposeful sampling, a private school site was selected in California with fewer than 200 elementary students, evidence of successful fundraising, and tuition under $10,000. The chosen site was a Jewish community day school operating a program for infants through sixth graders. It was the only Jewish school in the county and adjacent areas. Data was collected from ten participant interviews, multiple documents, the school website, and observations. Data components were coded for themes, and a constant comparative method of analysis was applied. The data revealed five themes: (a) systems, (b) purposes of fundraising, (c) constraints on supplemental revenue, (d) operational concerns, and (e) relationships. Thirteen conclusions were drawn from the study. Unanticipated elements included a culture of student fundraising for charity, the coexistence of separate fundraising arms within the school, restrictions religion brought to supplemental revenue efforts, the role tuition discounts played in creating the schools price-cost gap, and differences in donor motivation behind monument building and annual operational support. Recommendations were made for both practitioners and researchers, including the illustration of applying social entrepreneurship to private schools.
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Glasper, Edward Alan. "An investigation into the effects of parental accompaniment during induction of anaesthesia in day case children." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1995. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/381801/.
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Clevenger, Wesley Arnold. "A case study exploration of placement in a therapeutic day school as an educational intervention package for children and adolescents with bipolar disorders." Diss., University of Iowa, 2010. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/789.
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The number of children and adolescents diagnosed with bipolar disorders has increased dramatically since the mid-1990s, while the treatment literature has failed to keep pace. Few studies have explored any aspect of the educational functioning of this population, and no empirically supported educational interventions have been identified. As a result, school psychologists have little guidance regarding how to effectively serve these students.
In this study, case study methodology was utilized to explore the effectiveness of placement in a therapeutic day school as an educational intervention package for eleven (n=11) children and adolescents diagnosed with bipolar disorders. Both quantitative and qualitative data were utilized, and within- and cross-case analyses were conducted. Academic performance was examined in the areas of reading, mathematics, writing, science, and social studies. Behavioral/social-emotional performance was explored in the areas of on task/work completion, compliant (i.e., following instructions), and physically aggressive behaviors, as well as social skills and coping skills. Results indicated that a majority of students with bipolar disorders at least sustained performance in areas of relative academic and behavioral/social-emotional strength, improved performance in areas of relative academic and behavioral/social-emotional weakness, achieved positive immediate educational outcomes (e.g., upper levels of school's behavior modification level system, re-integration into home schools), and ameliorated referral concerns.
Interestingly, all students in this study exhibited relative weaknesses in social and coping skills. Nearly all students demonstrated a relative weakness in mathematics. Another important finding of this study was the identification of two distinct patterns of physically aggressive behavior: a "spike" pattern and a "low levels" pattern. All students exhibited one of these two patterns, either in full or emerging form.
In general, placement in a therapeutic day school was determined to be an effective educational intervention package for students with bipolar disorders. However, degrees, rates, and patterns of success were variable. Future studies should attempt to parse out the treatments that comprised this study's intervention package in an effort to find effective treatments for children and adolescents with bipolar disorders.
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Power, N. M. "Postoperative behaviour changes and pain in children, 2 to 12 years, following inpatient and day case surgery." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2010. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/643438/.
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may suffer negative outcomes following admission to hospital. Previous research in the USA, Finland, Sweden and Australia has shown that up to 54% of children exhibit problematic behaviours (PB) 2 weeks post-discharge and 16% at one month. Risk factors included higher child/parent pre-operative anxiety, child temperament, pre-surgical behavioural disturbances, younger age, premedication, and pain at home. The incidence of post-hospital PB in British children is not known and potential influencing variables have not been examined. The aims of this study were to describe and compare children’s post-hospital PB following day case or inpatient surgery and to examine the association of parent, child, pre-operative and in-hospital factors with parent and child anxiety, preparation for surgery and child posthospital PB and postoperative symptoms. A descriptive, repeated measures study design was used, involving self-report questionnaires, direct observation of behaviour and post-discharge questionnaire follow-up. Children, 2 to 12 years, scheduled for general, ENT and urology surgery under general anaesthesia were invited to participate. 73.3% children exhibited PB and 93.4% were in some pain (≥1, 0-10 NRS) on day 2 postdischarge from hospital. The incidence of PB and pain decreased significantly over the follow-up period with 31.8% children exhibiting PB and 25.2% experiencing pain at the end of week 4. PB and pain were associated with families taking additional time off work/school and increased follow-up healthcare. Following multivariate regression analyses, factors associated with PB were parents’ level of preparation for their child’s care at home, higher parent education, younger child age, the child’s previous pain experience, children who did not attend pre-admission clinics, child and parent anxiety, children who stayed overnight in hospital, and higher child pain intensity at home. The findings suggest that poorer parent self-efficacy in caring for their child in hospital and at home are associated with increased child negative outcomes at home.
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Miller, Mary Guy. "An in-depth descriptive case study of the development of 5 A Day Adventures, the CD-ROM." Diss., This resource online, 1996. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10032007-172032/.
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Nyameino, Catherine Kwamboka. "Enhancing organizational communication through appreciative inquiry : the case of East African Union of the Seventh-day Adventist." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2016. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/20786/.
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Internal communication is a vital component of organizational communication and plays a major role in the realization of an organization’s mission because it influences organization members’ interpersonal relationships. However, most of the literature on organizational communication understates factors that may impede adequate internal communication practices in complex organizations such as East African Union (EAU). Hence factors such as the organization’s culture, or organization members’ cultural and educational backgrounds, and gender relations are understated. Furthermore, the literature understates how complex organizational structures such as those of the EAU can hinder or facilitate effective internal communication or the relationships between communication partners. Also, most studies on organizational communication have tended to study organizations from a problem-centric approach, making them more problematic and complex. This study provides an alternative lens for studying organizations by advocating for a positive approach. The study sought to identify existing positive internal communication practices in EAU, and strategies to improve them. Using structuration theory to frame the research questions and 3 phases of appreciative inquiry (AI) cycle, this study established that trust, leader-follower confidence, freedom of creativity and positive gender relations influence the organization’s internal communication practices. Enhanced communication in turn improves trust, leader-follower confidence, creativity, and positive gender relations. Study participants identified and proposed strategies, actions and practices to enhance the respective communication drivers. The study found that variables such as the organization’s culture, diverse organizational members, organizational leadership, and appreciative inquiry mediate the effect of internal communication in the organization, making the improvement of internal communication in EAU through appreciative inquiry a dynamic, tentative and fluid process. The study showed that structuration theory facilitated organizational learning and change of the organization’s communication culture demonstrating therefore that the organization was open to learning. This study contributes to organizational communication studies by demonstrating that enhanced trust, enhanced leader-follower confidence, enhanced creativity, and positive gender relations influence the quality and quantity of internal communication and vice versa. The study also contributes to appreciative inquiry studies by extending it to Christian organizations and also demonstrates that AI can be used flexibly according to a researcher’s needs.
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Mann-Williams, Angie. "Understanding the Impact of Regulatory Changes on the Implementation of Therapeutic Day Treatment: A Case Study Approach." VCU Scholars Compass, 2014. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3505.
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Therapeutic Day Treatment (TDT) is a community-based mental health treatment program regulated and funded by the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This case study sought to understand how DMAS regulatory changes impacted the implementation of the TDT program in the Commonwealth between fiscal years 2004 and 2011. In an effort to respond to this question, sources of qualitative and quantitative data were collected including: TDT fee-for-service data, regulations in the Community Mental Health and Rehabilitative Services manual guiding the implementation of the TDT program, and structured interviews with eight key stakeholders who interface with the TDT program. The fee-for-services analysis found that there was a 269% increase in fee-for-service expenditures between fiscal years 2007 and 2011. The analysis of the regulations found DMAS added language to provide greater clarity to the existing regulators. Some of these changes include the implementation of the PA process with KePRO as well as the VICAP process. Additionally, staff requirements changed and paraprofessionals were no longer able to provide TDT programming. Caseload limits were also set for TDT programming. Four themes emerged through the analysis of the structured interviews. These themes include: 1) fraudulent practices and misuse of TDT services, 2) regulatory oversight, 3) cost containment, and 4) evaluation. Implications focused on the areas of policy, practice, and research by suggesting further research studies focusing on TDT and policy, offering the foundation of a more comprehensive theory focusing on policy implementation, and lastly the researcher provided a logic model for the TDT program in an effort to propel evaluation research forward.
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Chatterton, Benjamin Joseph. "Religious Networks as a Sociolinguistic Factor: The Case of Cardston." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2518.pdf.
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Valdez, Verónica Eileen. "Mothers of Mexican origin within day-to-day parent involvement: agency & Spanish language maintenance." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/2347.
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Page, Marilyn Louise. "National History Day: An ethnohistorical case study." 1992. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9305878.
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The purpose of this study was to obtain a realistic portrait of National History Day (NHD)--a secondary school, history related program in which students research and develop presentations on a topic related to an annual theme. My goal was to determine: whether the positive claims for NHD were realistic; why and how the program grew from a local program with 129 students in 1974 to over 500,000 students in 48 states in 1991; and what implications there were for educational processes. For this ethnohistorical case study, which combined ethnographic and historiographic methods, I collected historical data through documentary material and interviews; perspectives of teachers and students through interviews and observations; and supplementary and validating data through interviews with state coordinators and former students. The study participants were the "founding fathers" and Executive and Associate Directors of NHD, 13 students and 4 teachers from 3 schools in different states, and 3 state coordinators and 6 former NHD students from corresponding states and schools. The data support the claims of superior cognitive, affective, and skill development through student participation in NHD. The data also show that the teachers and students in this study participated mainly because NHD provided opportunities for self-determination, self-comparison, close student-teacher relationships, community contribution, receiving recognition, and having fun. Furthermore, results indicate that these motivational dynamics account, at least in part, for the program's phenomenal growth. Additionally, findings suggest that for these participants competition was the driving force behind the level of involvement and calibre of work. While all study participants claimed major benefits and few drawbacks to the competition format, most considered the judging process to be inconsistent and a weakness in the program. Implications for educational practice revolve around how to incorporate the motivational components of the NHD process into the curriculum. The implications for the teaching and learning of history relate to methodology. The participants indicated that through the NHD process students gained a deeper comprehension of historical content and concepts and a greater ability to think critically and to develop their own knowledge than was possible in a traditional, teacher-dominated classroom.
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Hsieh, Hsiu-Hsi, and 謝秀喜. "A Case Study on Innovation Management of a Private Day-care Center." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/46273811642753792721.
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碩士<br>國立臺中教育大學<br>幼兒教育學系碩士班<br>99<br>This research focuses on a case study of a private day-care center. It investigates the process of innovation management of a day-care center as well as the difficulties and solutions. Instead of following the traditional management, an innovative way of thinking and management will be implemented in order to reinforce the competitiveness of day-care centers. A qualitative research method was conducted in this study. Data were collected after semi-structured in-depth interviews with four teachers and four parents. The results are shown as the follows:
I. The innovation management of the case
1. Create a friendly and good learning environment
2. Clarify duties of staff and faculty specifically
II. The process of innovation management
1. Innovative environment: creating a better learning environment for
children by providing natural material and with Montessori education system
2. Innovative curriculum: (1) coordination teaching is taken in order
to improve the teaching methods of inexperienced teachers; providing professional training to enhance their teaching skills (2) large-module curriculum is gradually changed to practical life experience curriculum
3. Innovative parenting activities: help parents understand the idea of
Montessori education, and then offer courses for parents in order to improve the close relationship between day-care center and families.
III. Problems and solutions in innovation management process
1. Facing the great loss of students, more Montessori orientation and parenting activities should be held.
2. To solve the problem of resignation of faculty, the adjustment of duties and good welfare system should be considered.
3. As to the ambiguous concept of Montessori education, more field trips and Montessori on-job training should be done.
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Fishman, Aneta. "Team teaching in a Jewish day school a case study /." 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pMQ71581.
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Thesis (M. Ed.)--York University, 2002. Graduate Programme in Education.<br>Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-131). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pMQ71581.
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CHEN, BO-SYUN, and 陳柏勳. "Cross-boundary governance：a case study of typhoon day." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/q7dkpj.
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碩士<br>國立高雄師範大學<br>地理學系<br>106<br>Typhoon is one of common disasters in Taiwan. Nowadays, science and technology, and weather forecast have greatly advanced and improved; what's more, citizens' disaster awareness and preparedness has raised recently. Nevertheless, typhoons caused great casualties and serious damages to our properties, and unexpected external cost due to inappropriate decision on typhoon day. These negative effects on typhoon days even become hot news and political issues. In 2000, Executive Yuan released Operation Regulations on the Suspension of Offices and Classes because of Natural Disasters which pointed the standard of typhoon day and dispatching authority and responsibility. Local government can announce typhoon day, i.e., suspending schools and offices, according to the weather forecasts released by Central Weather Bureau. Taiwanese special terrain, rapid changes in the atmosphere, and local government decision-making are the main reasons of inappropriate typhoon day.
In order to find helpful suggestions about lower the probability of decision-making on inappropriate typhoon day, the study adopted case study and literature review to examine the correlation between the weather forecasts and decision of typhoon. The results of the study are as follows: (a) in order to enhance accuracy rate of decision-making on typhoon day, the time of typhoon day announcement should be flexibly decided by local government; (b) local government should review the effects on past typhoon days and present reflection reports about decisions and influences; (c) governments should make emergency evacuation and response plans for different areas; (d) in order to meet the common needs of local living perimeters across different administrative regions, local governments should negotiate by means of linkage among emergency operation centers in Taiwan.
The revised directions and suggestions include as follows: to adjust Article 10, Paragraph 1 of Operation Regulations on the Suspension of Offices and Classes because of Natural Disasters; to announce review reports regarding previous typhoon days; to investigate and plan the supportive measures about inappropriate typhoon days, disaster evacuation plan and rectification measures; to develop emergency response for disaster system cross administrative regions; to enhance citizen’s media literacy; to review whether the regulation empowered mayors/magistrates are proper and necessary.
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Cho, Pei-Ju, and 卓佩茹. "A Case Study on the Organizational Culture of a Waldorf Day Care Center." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/55110966746752807471.
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碩士<br>國立臺中教育大學<br>幼兒教育學系碩士班<br>99<br>Abstract
The purpose of this study was to understand the organizational culture of a Waldorf day care center. Employing the qualitative research approach, research data were collected through observation, interview, and document analysis. This study attempted to explore the characteristics of organizational culture of Sunny Day Care Center and the factors affecting its organizational culture. The characteristics were analyzed through the three-level framework of culture proposed by Schein（1984）, and the factors affecting organizational culture were analyzed based on the dimensions of organizational culture of schools introduced by Kui-Xi Chen（1995）. The main findings were as follows:
1. The characteristics of Sunny Day Care Center’s organizational culture
In the artifacts level, Sunny Day Care Center’s efforts in decoration of the environment and establishment of good models and routines explained its dedication to the protection of children's sensory development. In the level of espoused values, Sunny Day Care Center stressed the importance of creating a love-filled environment, an environment that allowed all members to execute their volitions. Finally, in the level of basic underlying assumptions, Sunny Day Care Center prioritized child development among all consideration of any activity.
2. The factors affecting Sunny Day Care Center’s organizational culture
In physical culture, Sunny Day Care Center designed curricula with a focus on sensory development in children, as stressed in Waldorf education. In systematic culture, influenced by Steiner’s stress on volitional development in children, the day care center attached importance to regularity in all children’s activities. In administrative culture, the day care center’s administrative operations were influenced by the founder’s firm belief in Waldorf education and its effectiveness in facilitating self-growth. In teachers’ culture, all the teachers recognized the effects of Waldorf education and thus developed common teaching beliefs.