Entrepreneurial Inclination Among Business Students: A Malaysian Study by Yet-Mee Lim, Teck-Heang Lee, Boon-Liat Cheng

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Three-Dimensional (3-D) Scanning Within Academic Libraries: Exploring and Considering a New Public Service by Jason A. Reuscher

“…A technical description of the scanning equipment and an informal, qualitative account are given from experience using a NextEngine 3-D scanner within an academic library, highlighting some of the challenges and opportunities that such a technology might present.…”
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A tailored psychological intervention for anxiety and depression management in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: TANDEM RCT and process evaluation by Ratna Sohanpal, Hilary Pinnock, Liz Steed, Karen Heslop-Marshall, Moira J Kelly, Claire Chan, Vari Wileman, Amy Barradell, Clarisse Dibao-Dina, Paulino Font Gilabert, Andy Healey, Richard Hooper, Kristie-Marie Mammoliti, Stefan Priebe, Mike Roberts, Vickie Rowland, Sarah Waseem, Sally Singh, Melanie Smuk, Martin Underwood, Patrick White, Nahel Yaziji, Stephanie JC Taylor

“…Randomisation Computerised randomisation was conducted remotely by an independent statistician using a 1.25 : 1 ratio of intervention: control to account for clustering by facilitator. The TANDEM intervention The intervention was developed following the Medical Research Council’s framework for developing complex interventions and Yardley’s ‘person-based approach’. …”
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Adjunctive Medication Management and Contingency Management to enhance adherence to acamprosate for alcohol dependence: the ADAM trial RCT by Kim Donoghue, Sadie Boniface, Eileen Brobbin, Sarah Byford, Rachel Coleman, Simon Coulton, Edward Day, Ranjita Dhital, Anum Farid, Laura Hermann, Amy Jordan, Andreas Kimergård, Maria-Leoni Koutsou, Anne Lingford-Hughes, John Marsden, Joanne Neale, Aimee O’Neill, Thomas Phillips, James Shearer, Julia Sinclair, Joanna Smith, John Strang, John Weinman, Cate Whittlesea, Kideshini Widyaratna, Colin Drummond

“…We anticipated a loss to follow-up at month 6 of 30% and inflated the required sample at baseline to 748 to account for this. Sample sizes were calculated using Stata 12 (StataCorp LP, College Station, TX, USA). …”
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Individualised variable-interval risk-based screening in diabetic retinopathy: the ISDR research programme including RCT by Simon Harding, Ayesh Alshukri, Duncan Appelbe, Deborah Broadbent, Philip Burgess, Paula Byrne, Christopher Cheyne, Antonio Eleuteri, Anthony Fisher, Marta García-Fiñana, Mark Gabbay, Marilyn James, James Lathe, Tracy Moitt, Mehrdad Mobayen Rahni, John Roberts, Christopher Sampson, Daniel Seddon, Irene Stratton, Clare Thetford, Pilar Vazquez-Arango, Jiten Vora, Amu Wang, Paula Williamson

“…Cost-effectiveness study: Summary costs (2019/2020 values) associated with the screening programme to the NHS were £28.73 per attendance and £12.73 per non-attendance, while additional productivity losses and out-of-pocket payments by the patient accounted for £9.00. There was dominance of individualised screening in terms of QALYs gained (non-significant) and cost savings. …”
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Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia intervention for people with mild to moderate dementia and their family carers in the UK: the VALID research programme including RCT by Wenborn Jennifer, Mountain Gail, Moniz-Cook Esme, Poland Fiona, King Michael, Omar Rumana, O’Keeffe Aidan, Morris Stephen, Pizzo Elena, Michie Susan, Vernooij-Dassen Myrra, Graff Maud, Hill Jane, Challis David, Russell Ian, Sackley Catherine, Hynes Sinéad, Crellin Nadia, Mundy Jacqueline, Burgess Jane, Swinson Tom, Di Bona Laura, Field Becky, Hart Cathryn, Stansfeld Jacki, Walton Holly, Rooks Sally, Ledgerd Ritchard, Orrell Martin

“…Implementation phase (work package 5) This phase was amended in response to the cumulative delays outlined above, and the number of data already collected, taking into account the lack of statistically significant results and the growing body of implementation science knowledge. …”
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Improving sexual health through partner notification: the LUSTRUM mixed-methods research Programme including RCT of accelerated partner therapy by Claudia S Estcourt, Fiona Mapp, Melvina Woode Owusu, Nicola Low, Paul Flowers, Andrew Copas, Tracy E Roberts, Catherine H Mercer, John Saunders, Rak Nandwani, Christian L Althaus, Oliver Stirrup, Merle Symonds, Alison R Howarth, Anne M Johnson, Chidubem Okeke Ogwulu, Maria Pothoulaki, Gabriele Vojt, Sonali Wayal, Susie Brice, Alex Comer-Schwartz, Anna Tostevin, Eleanor Williams, Sarah Lasoye, Jean McQueen, Zainab Abdali, Jackie A Cassell

“…The primary outcome analysis was by intention to treat, fitting random-effects logistic regression models that account for clustering of IPs within clinics and trial periods. …”
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AS NOVAS COMPETÊNCIAS PARA O ENGENHEIRO DE SISTEMAS NA TOMADA DE DECISÃO [doi: 10.5329/RECADM.20050401001] by Edwillian Maia, Ana Alice Vilas Boas

“…The maim of this exploratory study is to offer subsidies to educational strategies for the engineer of information systems, taking the straight investigation of the “knowledge” dimension into small and middle-sized companies as the starting point, and to show that the decision making in a company must take the knowledge of the engineer of systems into account, mainly for being this professional aware of the trading tendencies capable of raising the number of employment and strengthening the economy, in a world of accelerated mutation. …”
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ICTE 2013 : Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Transportation Engineering : October 19-20, 2013, Chengdu, China / by Peng, Qiyuan, editor, Wang, Kelvin C.P., editor

AS NOVAS COMPETÊNCIAS PARA O ENGENHEIRO DE SISTEMAS NA TOMADA DE DECISÃO by Edwillian Maia, Ana Alice Vilas Boas

“…The maim of this exploratory study is to offer subsidies to educational strategies for the engineer of information systems, taking the straight investigation of the “knowledge” dimension into small and middle-sized companies as the starting point, and to show that the decision making in a company must take the knowledge of the engineer of systems into account, mainly for being this professional aware of the trading tendencies capable of raising the number of employment and strengthening the economy, in a world of accelerated mutation. …”
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