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The visual analogue WOMAC 3.0 scale--internal validity and responsiveness of the VAS version
(BioMed Central, 30 A)Background Many people suffer with Osteoarthritis (OA) and subsequent morbidity. Therefore, measuring outcome associated with OA is important. The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) has ... -
Errors in the administration of intravenous medications in hospital and the role of correct procedures and nurse experience
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the Health Foundation, 26 M)Background Intravenous medication administrations have a high incidence of error but there is limited evidence of associated factors or error severity.Objective To measure the frequency, type and severity of intravenous ... -
The subjective index for physical and social outcome (SIPSO) in stroke: investigation of its subscale structure
(BioMed Central, 26 A)Short and valid measures of the impact of a stroke on integration are required in health and social settings. The Subjective Index of Physical and Social Outcome (SIPSO) is one such measure. However, there are questions ... -
Transformative Technologies and Social Change: An Introduction
(Academic Conferences International Limited, 2109)Rapid transformation in the technology is accelerating has create exponential growth in many areas. New innovation in product and services are seen in all sectors such as agriculture, medical diagnosis and treatment, ... -
A Year of Pandemic: Levels, Changes and Validity of Well-being Data From Twitter. Evidence From Ten Countries
(EconStor - Global Labor Organization (GLO), 2021)In this article we describe how well-being changed during 2020 in ten countries, namely Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, New Zealand, South Africa, and Spain. Our measure of well-being ... -
Education for Freedom for All? The Relevance of Contemporary Theory to Steiner Education
(Research on Steiner Education (RoSE), 2021)This article considers three current approaches to education for social justice: culturally responsive pedagogy, critical pedagogy and decolonisation. It is informed by the work of Gloria Ladson-Billings, Paulo Freire, ... -
Happiness Lost: Was the Decision to Implement Lockdown the Correct One?
(University of Pretoria, 2021)Background: Amid the rapid global spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), many governments enforced country-wide lockdowns, likely with severe well-being consequences. The actions by governments triggered a ... -
Fine-dining in Prisons: Online Tripadvisor Reviews of The Clink Training Restaurants
(Elsevier, 2021)This study evaluated customer reviews about The Clink restaurants to understand how they are rated and what experience is gained by fine dining in a prison. The Clink Charity runs training restaurants in four U.K. prisons ... -
The New Zealand Care Workforce Survey 2019 Report
(New Zealand Work Research Institute, AUT University, 2021)The 2019 report of the Care Workforce Survey is authored by Associate Professor Katherine Ravenswood, Dr Julie Douglas (from our Care/Work Research Group) and Tanya Ewertowska. It continues on from the previous Aged Care ... -
The Good Girls: Locked Up, Locked Out and Locked Down
(SML, 2021)On the 24thth March 2020, the New Zealand Prime Minister announced the country would go into a Covid-19 lockdown. Two days later a new reality dawned with all businesses, organisations and educational institutions closed, ... -
Impact of People Movement on Wi-Fi Link Throughput in Indoor Propagation Environments: An Empirical Study
(MDPI, 2021)There has been tremendous growth in the deployment of Wi-Fi 802.11-based networks in recent years. Many researchers have been investigating the performance of the Wi-Fi 802.11-based networks by exploring factors such as ... -
Can International Human Rights Law Smash the Patriarchy? A Review of ‘Patriarchy’ According to United Nations Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures
(Springer, 2021)This article interrogates whether and how the concept of ‘patriarchy’ is used by UN human rights treaty monitoring bodies (treaty bodies) and special procedures to interpret state obligations to respect and ensure women’s ... -
Changes in Transfusion Science Over the Past 25 Years
(New Zealand Institute of Medical Laboratory Science, 2021)No abstract. -
A Method to Analyze the Sectoral Impact of Fiscal Support for COVID-19 Affected Economies: The Case of Oceania
(Elsevier, 2021)In this paper, we apply the method of computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling in economics to ascertain how fiscal support measures such as wage subsidies, small business loans, and finance guarantee schemes have ... -
From Shadow: A Practice-led Design Research on Academic Anxiety
(Anhembi Morumbi University, 2021)This research utilises auto ethnographic and phenomenological research methods to investigate, design and illustrate the ways that academic anxiety manifests in the human experience. Where the journal is used to distil a ... -
The Association Between Sport Specialisation and Movement Competency in Youth: A Systematic Review
(Sage, 2021)Negative long-term outcomes have been reported following sport specialisation including increased injury risk. The underlying mechanisms remain unclear; however, fewer exposures to broad ranging movement patterns and ... -
Understanding the Role of Business Analysts in Digital Transformation: A Multivocal Literature Review
(Australasian Conferences on Information Systems (ACIS), 2021)In recent years, Digital Transformation (DT) has emerged as an important phenomenon in both academic and practitioner literature. Organisations are striving to transform to meet the dynamic needs and expectations of customers ... -
To Dine, or Not to Dine on a Cruise Ship in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Tripartite Approach Towards an Understanding of Behavioral Intentions Among Female Passengers
(MDPI AG, 2021)Given that cruise line companies are rushing to restart their operations with modified dining services, the aim of this research is to establish a conceptual framework that precisely outlines female passengers’ behavioral ... -
How Do Charity Regulators Build Public Trust?
(Wiley, 2021)Public trust serves as an important foundation for the charity sector, but has been diminishing in many countries. Charity regulation exists to promote public trust in charities, but we know little about how it is implemented ... -
Community-based Approaches to Reducing Health Inequities and Fostering Environmental Justice Through Global Youth-engaged Citizen Science
(MDPI, 2021)Growing socioeconomic and structural disparities within and between nations have cre-ated unprecedented health inequities that have been felt most keenly among the world’s youth. While policy approaches can help to mitigate ...