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Systematic Review of a Case Report

The article is authored by two authors, Tanyi John Tanyi and Julius Atashilli. Both authors contributed to the development and publication of the article. Tanyi John Tanyi managed and followed-up the patient and wrote the original manuscript. Julius Atashilli critically reviewed the manuscript. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript. Therefore, both authors merit inclusion in the authors list (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, 2006). The authors do not provide information on whether they received any funding for the article but they declare no conflicts of interest.
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Ray WA, Chung CP, Murray KT, Hall K, Stein C. Prescription of Long-Acting Opioids and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Noncancer Pain. JAMA. 2016;315(22):2415-2423. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.7789.

Prescription of Long-Acting Opioids and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Noncancer Pain
Wayne A. Ray, PhD1; Cecilia P. Chung, MD, MPH2; Katherine T. Murray, MD2,3; Kathi Hall, BS1; C. Michael Stein, MB, ChB2,3
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JAMA. 2016;315(22):2415-2423. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.7789.

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Importance  Long-acting opioids increase the risk of unintentional overdose deaths but also may increase ...

Introduction

The United States experienced numerous cases of suicide deaths associated with some factors. In 2009, the federal government allowed users and distributors of medical marijuana to distribute the drug to health care centers, leading to an increase in the number of registered distributors. Consequently, recreational users found a new method of obtaining the drug legally. The increased usage of medical marijuana has some implications including suicidal attempts among cannabis users. Melanie Rylander, Carolyn Valdez, and Abraham Nussbaum conducted an investigation to establish the relationship between the legalization of medical marijuana and increased suicide. The team conducted their investigations in ...

Introduction

Child development involves continuous changes psychologically, biologically and emotionally from the time of infancy up to the end of adolescence. Growth and development are always used interchangeably, but it is important to note the difference in that growth involves the physical changes in child’s body shape, size, height, weight, arms, and legs length whereas development encompasses a continuous progression in complex knowledge. A child’s growth and development are always divided into four periods; infancy, preschool years, middle childhood years and adolescence.
The study in this article is about the need to belong theory which gives the relationship ...

Indwelling Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

In the article, Poudel, Baniya and Pokhrel (2009) conduct a prospective study to investigate the microbiological profile as well as the resistance pattern of the strains that cause urinary tract infection associated with the use of Foley’s Catheter. In the study, 100 catheterized adult patients, all above the age of 16, in a hospital participated. The patients used the indwelling Foley’s catheters for both short and long intermediate purposes. 3 ml urine samples were aseptically taken from the patients at the repeat of the catheterization and repeated on unevenly in subsequent days and weekly until the patient ...

The following is the critique of the research article titled: “Measuring the nursing workload per shift in the ICU”.

Research problem/purpose: The purpose of the study is to evaluate the differences in nursing workload between consecutive shifts, using a nursing workload measurement tool. The aim of the study is to measure the workload of nurses between two consecutive shift using the Nursing Activities Score (NAS). This study is designed to solve a common problem related to handling of nursing manpower in the ICU. The research is in line with existing knowledge about man power placement and workload. This research addresses an important issue pertinent to managing the global problem of nurses man power shortage and finding ways to ...

Boudjeltia et al., in their study “Sleep restriction increases white blood cells, mainly neutrophil count, in young healthy men: A pilot study,” examined what would happen if sleep were restricted to around four hours a night. The title itself is extremely appropriate; it gets directly to the point, and even indicates the results of the study, thus intriguing the reader and making them want to know how this was determined. It focuses on the results moreso than the purpose of the study, which is interesting and intriguing – the big picture (atherosclerosis and/or cardiovascular events) is not elaborated upon, which could ...

A Summary of

The reviews on Africa’s solar based enterprises are quite recent and cover a majority of related topics. He has reviewed the factors that provided an impetus to solar power based enterprises and the existing opportunities. However, the need for some more reviews on the reasons addressing slow development in the field is evident. Nevertheless, it is successful in drawing the readers’ attention on the gaps existing in the current review of scholarly works.
The three basic research questions raised in the study clearly underline its problems and the purpose. Through these questions the author seeks to address the ...

Article Review

Introduction
Research Design
The study used stratified random sampling method to survey 2900 managers from various organizations operating in India, at a single point in time (cross-sectional study). However, out of the initial 2900 survey questionnaires, only 836 were chosen for final analysis.
As far as the nature of business is concerned, the research sample consisted of managers from manufacturing organizations (61.36%), service organizations (10.41%) and IT-related organizations (28.23%). From a geographical orientation standpoint, 44.5% of the managers were from foreign multinational companies, 41.15% were from Indian multinational companies and 14.35% were from local Indian companies. From the perspective ...

Introduction

The book The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo argues that beneath any man lies some degree of evil, so detrimental if exposed under duress. The Lucifer Effect explains how good men can transform when exposed to stressful environments to commit heinous activities beyond imaginable moral magnitudes. In this regard, the author empirically explains the findings of the Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) the processes involved in transforming good men into committing evil and heinous activities under duress and powerful situational forces. A comparison between the SPE findings and those of the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq have strong correlations in ...

Introduction

Incidences of horrific violence such as the 2012 shootout in Chardon, Ohio, has put immense pressure on the local agencies as well as states to provide the students with learning environments that are conducive and safe. The fatal day ended with three students dead (Losinski, Katsiyannis, Ryan & Baughan, 2014). The education system has been accused of being marred by inequalities in terms of socioeconomic conditions, race, and ethnic affiliations. These factors have been listed as some of the reasons that have led to incidences such as the above mentioned (Teske, 2011). Gage, Sugai, Lunde and DeLoreto (2013) suggest that ...

Article Summation

Burns et al., (2014), in their research work, offer a critical appraisal on the uptake of health care services for childless low income adults who have just been enrolled into a public health insurance scheme. Eligibility for Medicaid (the U.S a governments’ insurance program) witnessed an expansion for eligible adults to include adults who fall below the federal poverty level (FPL) of 138%. However, the Supreme Court’s ruling which made this cap an option for states rather than an obligation meant that states could now extend the limit for persons to be covered under Medicaid Insurance. Among these ...

Abstract

This report highlights the procedure and intent of conducting Line Operation Safety Audit (LOSA) for airline companies. This audit is carried out to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of safety management systems in airlines. In the light of its findings, airline management could clearly see the scope of improvement in complying with required safety standards and regulations. Flight crews could also judge their performance and improvise their skills to strengthen safety envelope. This report will briefly present the procedure and characteristics of LOSA.
The report covers all essential elements of LOSA. Firstly, introduction to LOSA is provided containing it's ...

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This research established in the article sought to explain the issue of marriage regarding Chinese rural young women and to give the grounds if the issue served as a risk or protective factor for their suicide. The analysis included a brief summary of the main ideas of the article, the purpose of the research, key findings and consequences of the results. Moreover, the major theoretical perspective to clarify the findings was based on Emile Durkheim’s social integration theory of suicide which highlights sources of people’s social support. The observations allowed ...

The purpose of the study

The purpose of this study as in the article is to assess the early literature and story reading skills championed by the parents at the early years of their basic education. The purpose of this study is also to know how the parents can involve themselves in their children education from their tender age. Though it is not the parents only who should involved in education education, they are considered crucial because they can influence the children because they spend most of the time with them. The other purpose is to assess how to continuously develop the children till ...

Article critique

The title of the study provides a clear and succinct indication of the issues which will be touched on in the main study. The issues which will be discussed in the study includes nurse staffing, nurse work schedule and patient mortality have been clearly captured. Such a realization provides the reader with a sneak preview of what to expect when they read the study.

Abstract

The abstract of the study provides a clear breakdown of what the reader should expect to see while reading the paper. The problem of the study has been clearly stated as the independent effects which ...

Introduction

The study was carried out to determine the leadership competencies and the strategic vision which is essential for management which concerns a change in the complex healthcare organizations. Certain nations such as Switzerland do not have the leadership skills required in the nursing sector. The adapted program to solve the satiation was the “Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Clinical Leadership Programme.” The purpose of adopting it was to ensure that it would support that program. The study was supposed to determine the best methods that would be used in the process of the formation of the vision. The vision ...

Article Analysis

Article one

This article illuminates on the necessity for learning and development that is triggered by the ever-changing world economy, increasing competition and the corresponding technological advancements that plague the contemporary working environment. Changes in the working, industrial and knowledge paradigms are imminent at all times. Therefore, the article briefs on the importance of organizations to ensure that their employees have the necessary capabilities of adapting and continually learning to remain relevant in the market and production scales in general. The article points out that it is the duty of organizational and managerial personnel to ensure that the relevant ...

Crumpacker, M., & Crumpacker, J. (2007). Succession planning and generational stereotypes: Should HR consider age-based values and attitudes a relevant factor or a passing fad? Public Personnel Management, 36(4), 349-369.

Problem Statement

The problem statement in the article ‘Succession planning and generational stereotypes: Should HR consider age-based values and attitudes a relevant factor or a passing fad?’ by Martha Crumpacker and Jill M. Crumpacker establishes that the labour force of the present day consist of no less than four age groups, which spread more than sixty years apart. The capability of the department of the human resources to operate with the ...

Summary

The article ‘Career Development Strivings’ by Dik, Sargent and Steger discusses what motivates individuals during the decision-making process in their career path. Career development strivings are influenced by five dimensions which include outcome expectations, self-efficacy, spiritual significance, sense of calling and materialism . Personal goals play a vital role in the functioning of individuals. The model is advantageous as it enables individuals to identify the different motives which drive them. The model is also advantageous since it is flexible, and therefore highly efficient . These strivings influence the path individuals are likely to use to achieve career development. The model does ...

Method

Research Design and Research Tradition
Sample and Setting
The researchers employed purposive sampling which is the most appropriate to use in a qualitative study. They considered the family members of elderly patients and chose those who they judged would be best able to relate their experiences in the ED. They made sure that different age groups, gender, and civil status were represented. The authors did not set a sample size beforehand and is also appropriate in a qualitative study because sample representativeness is not based on the size but on how much participant narratives mirror reality (Everest, 2014). As ...

Trichotillomia is an urge control complication. People with this disorder have an irresistible impulse to pull out hair from their scalp, eyebrows and eyelashes (Dia, 2008). It is characterized by an itchy feeling before one pulls the hair and a feeling of pleasure, satisfaction and calmness after the pull. A research by Christenson, Pyle, & Mitchell, rates of 0.6 % lifetime prevalence of the disorder were noticeable in both men and women (Dia, 2008). Nonetheless, there is an increase in lifetime value of women by 3.4 % and 1.5% in men. There is a belief that current numbers of individuals with this ...

The performance quality is affected by social behaviors. The paper was carried to come up an answer of how daily social skills, social behaviors during ensemble practice, and the evaluation of music ensemble performance. 64 out of 68 female music majors responded to performance questionnaires created for the study entire. To assess the causal model of the relationship among social skills, social behaviors during ensemble practice, and the evaluation of group performance, it works employed structural equation modeling. The scores for social skills, styles of handling interpersonal conflicts, and leadership, the scores and social behaviors during ensemble practice revealed ...

This is a review on the article titled Factors Affecting the Demand for Healthcare Services in the Philippines authored by Ching in 1992. Ching (1992) asserts that health care demand is an intricate subject because the various factors involved vary from person to person. Some of the predominantly noticeable factors predisposing populations to increased or decreased demand for health care services include socio-economic status (Johnson et al., 2006), physician supply, policies and beliefs of a nation (Niessen, Grijseels & Rutten, 2000), risk behaviors of a population, and finally, health status.
Some of the strengths of this article include a succinctly ...

Introduction

This work is about the implementation and use of the Human Resource Information Systems (HRISs) in various organizations. It investigates the effectiveness of HRISs and how the systems meet the demands of the users. The study was conducted by TNS on behalf of the CIPD’s and 317 organizations were involved.

A questionnaire was sent to 4000 Human Resource professionals and only 317 respondents were received. This means that only 8% of the sample responded. Statistically, this is a misrepresentation, and the findings cannot be taken as perfectly representing the actual ground situation. The study explored various uses of HIRSs, ...

The purpose of the study

The purpose of this study as expressed by Muller is to analyze the role and the importance of parents to their children education and how to handle gender disparities. This study is done so as to know how the parents involve themselves in the children education at the early age or when they are young and during their adolescence (Muller, 1998). It is also to find out whether the parents are the only ones who influence the children special education or teachers to play a crucial role. It is also to find out whether the parents meet the education requirement ...

It is not a secret that our set of mind and character traits directly influence the state of our health. Jokela et al. study the connection between the Big Five personality traits that include extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, openness to experience, and conscientiousness and coronary heart disease and heart stroke mortality (Jokela et al., 2014, p. 882). According to the authors, the higher risk of mortality from coronary heart disease is associated with lower conscientiousness, lower agreeableness, lower extraversion, higher neuroticism, and lower openness to experience; at the same time, the higher risk of stroke mortality is associated with lower ...

Hospitality and Tourism Industry: A Summary

Muslim Tourist Perceived Value in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry: A Summary
The study entitled “Muslim Tourist Perceived Value in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry” conducted by Eid & El-Gohary (2014) and published in the Journal of Travel Research presented relevant information pertaining to perceived value from the perspectives of Muslim tourists. The objectives of the study are two-fold: “(1) identify MTPV constructs and develop scales for measuring these constructs andv(2) carry out an initial investigation of the relationship, if any, among the MTPV constructs” . The achieve these objectives, the authors initially delved into a review of literature on ...

Research Question

The article sought to identify if contingent tutor attention could modify the study patterns and behavioral problems amongst children in preschool. The research strives to add information concerning the social reinforcements of teachers in regular classrooms particularly those in poverty stricken regions (Hall, Lund, and Jackson, 1968).

Method

Experimental Design
The assessments were single subject designs owing to the fact that they each focused on one student who had dawdling or disruptive behavior. The observers conducted single experiments for every child to develop comparisons of intervention and control conditions. The authors utilized an alternating treatments form of single design to ...

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Introduction

The study relates to the consumer purchases in the market where some items are disorganized and has a limited quantity. The aim of the study is to identify the effect of such condition on the purchasing decision of the consumer. A consumer can have positive, negative, or neutral perception regarding the product that is messed and it varies from case to case. The research is conducted to collect information from literature and determine the factors that relate to the purchase of familiar branded products or others. The study provides a clear view of the effects of these situations ...

Introduction to Research Article

Before embarking on the search process, it was important to evaluate the area of interest for research, which would help towards development of keywords that would be utilized in the research process. The area of interest for this article review was biomedical informatics, which is an area of health care technology highlighted within this research article. The database used in this particular search was EBSCOHOST to find an article that would suit the topical area for the research process. The search strategy utilized in this process involved having to consider the validity of the research information published as a ...

Transport geography refers to the investigation of the movement of people, goods, and information, and the connection between these factors Rodrigue, Comtois & Slack (2013). As a special branch or specialty in geography, transport geography deals with specification of space on the surface of the earth, particularly the location, substance, form, and effects that transportation ha on processes, land cover, and land use. The aim of transport geography is to detect and describe the transportation of people, goods, and information across the earth (Rodrigue, Comtois & Slack, 2013). Transport geography also seeks to identify and explain the effects of transportation on ...

Critical analysis

The present study is based on the metagenomics that shows a promising potential to reveal the hidden interactive networks among various species, be it ecological or metabolic. The article present a study conducted by Raes and co-workers (2011), in which they performed research using Global Ocean Survey (GOS) of metagenomic data and ocean samples across the globe. Though only dominant species were sampled in the study, it produced a distinct set of data that facilitated the molecular trait-based ecological studies. The authors have claimed that certain climatic factors drive the functional community compositions. For further investigation, they performed functional ...

Bolander et al. (2015). Social networks within sales organizations: their development and importance for salesperson performance. Journal of Marketing, 79(6), 1-16. doi:10.1509/jm.14.0444

Overview - Summary of the Key Points

The topic of this article is related to salespersons performance. Traditionally, it was based on sales people relations with customers and their own activities. Off late, researchers have found other factors, playing a leading role in sales people’s performance. Main focus of this research is on sales people’s intra-organizational connections and activities, helping in realising high sales outputs as well as the role played by different traits of the sales persons. Other than the ...

Article Review: Underground Economy

INTRODUCTION
In essence, a successful critical analysis concentrates in achieving a balanced appraisal. The economic meaning of this idea is the analysis should include the audience in a concise analysis of the strengths, applicability, and weakness in the ideas presented in the paper. Ideally, good peer-reviewed articles in Economics should follow the scientific technique of research. This paper is a review of Blackburn, Bose and Capasso’s study on the interconnection between the underground economy, tax evasion, and financial development. It tends to analyze how the authors’ contents fit the objectivity and logic of Economic Research.

OBJECTIVE

The article sets ...

Race is one of the factors that play a role in the determination of the credit worthiness of a person. A study conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston showed that minorities were more likely to be denied mortgages compared to the whites. Credit plays an important role in the lives of the minorities because it enables them to improve or escape their poor living conditions (Munnell, Tootell, Browne and McEneaney 25). The lack of credit would mean that the minorities will continue being poor. As a result, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) was enacted so as ...

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Capital punishment is amongst the most controversial aspects of law and order that have ever been debated in the history of legislation. The advent of capital punishment initiated in pre-historical times and the purpose of this punishment was not just disposing of the accused person on whom the crime has been proven, but also to ensure that an example was made of that person, and a message about the supremacy of law was conveyed into the society.
However, over the period of time and into the modern period, it was highlighted by humanitarian organizations and movements that ...

Program Objectives

The primary objective of the study is to assess the effectiveness of the state-funded clinical school-based health centers (SBHCs) and their influence on the students’ health, school attendance and the costs students spend for the health care. In general, the program is aimed at comparing health outcomes and health care costs of the students who have the abovementioned centers in their schools with those students who don’t.

Research Design Utilized for the Evaluation

Parents of 1134 students allowed their children’s participation. Moreover, 1027 parents agreed to take part in the survey. Those parents who agreed to take part in the evaluation received a ...

Article review.

Shoemaker, P.J.H., Krupp, S., Howland, S. “Strategic leadership the essential skills”. Harvard Business Review. 02-03 (2013): 1-5.Print.

Thesis statement

The article is dedicated to researching essential skills a strategic leader has to possess. While the scope of the notion ‘strategic leadership’ remains not sufficiently researched (Morill 2), the description of essential skills of a strategic leader can be used to address strategic leadership from conceptual standpoint. Relying on the findings of empirical research in several corporations, the authors of the article distinguish six skills, essential for a strategic leader. They include anticipating, challenging the status quo, interpreting data, deciding, aligning ...

and Hurdle Rates in Nordic firms
This article discussed the study conducted about the factors that affected the choice of capital budgeting methods among five Nordic countries. It was noted that the Net Present Value method has been considered as the best option in the evaluation of investment decisions. Some of the complexities associated with the use of NPV in terms of its application in capital budgeting and the setting of discount rates lead to this study, which concentrated on the administration of the survey from firms located in Nordic countries.
The research revealed that the Discounted Cash Flow ...

Family homelessness is an issue that has been discussed in lengthy in this article. It is very credible considering the process it has taken in summing up the articled. In essence, It is an article that appropriately displays its research in the issues involved in homelessness. It accurately put on views objectives of the study, which is later discussed at length the findings regarding the issues that causes family homelessness and later the article exhibits the solutions to the findings of the family homelessness (Zamprelli 1).

Some of the reasons that the article has reasonably given out as trends ...

Psychology

Psychology is the science of mind and character. Its face objective is to study character and mental procedures through making inquiries and identifying both common laws and certain matters. For most influencers, key objective of practical psychology is to benefit community. Psychologists research on theories of perception, attention, motivation, personality, emotion, behavior, cognition, and interpersonal relationships of human beings. While psychological thoughts are regularly applied to the evaluation and treatment of rational health challenges, it is also used to studying and resolving challenges in a wide range of human activities. There are several theories in existence that explain human life ...

Introduction

The article, “Genotyping and identification of mycobacteria by fingerprinting Techniques” by Khosravi and Seghatoleslami (2009) shows how fingerprinting can be used to identify mycobacteria in combating Tuberculosis (TB) which for a long time has been a serious health concern by the World Health Organization (WHO). Some of the techniques used in molecular epidemiology like MIRU-VNTR and spoligotyping are described in the article.

Summary

The article has deeply illustrated the various ways of carrying out Genotyping of mycobacteria for carrying out epidemiological studies. It has also shown that through molecular typing of MTB the disease can be controlled. The study of the epidemiology ...