Surgical and Anesthesia Case Evaluation

2010 ◽  
pp. 501-526
Author(s):  
Dana Jolly ◽  
Carolyn Pytlik
Keyword(s):  
Case Evaluation

Innovative Business Case Evaluation Guides Portland, Maine Through Tough Choices Among CSO Alternatives

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-325
Author(s):  
Kate Mignone ◽  
Nancy Gallinaro ◽  
Owens McCullough ◽  
Gregory Heath ◽  
Jason Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Business Case ◽  
Case Evaluation

scholarly journals Cognitive Biases in Criminal Case Evaluation: A Review of the Research

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Meterko ◽  
Glinda Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Biases ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Human Cognition ◽  
Criminal Case ◽  
Supporting Evidence ◽  
Case Evaluation ◽  
Complex Stimuli ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Specific Factors

AbstractPsychological heuristics are an adaptive part of human cognition, helping us operate efficiently in a world full of complex stimuli. However, these mental shortcuts also have the potential to undermine the search for truth in a criminal investigation. We reviewed 30 social science research papers on cognitive biases in criminal case evaluations (i.e., integrating and drawing conclusions based on the totality of the evidence in a criminal case), 18 of which were based on police participants or an examination of police documents. Only two of these police participant studies were done in the USA, with the remainder conducted in various European countries. The studies provide supporting evidence that lay people and law enforcement professionals alike are vulnerable to confirmation bias, and there are other environmental, individual, and case-specific factors that may exacerbate this risk. Six studies described or evaluated the efficacy of intervention strategies, with varying evidence of success. Further research, particularly in the USA, is needed to evaluate different approaches to protect criminal investigations from cognitive biases.

scholarly journals Are Exclusion Fences Effective in Protecting Threatened Plants?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Lorite ◽  
Carlos Salazar-Mendías ◽  
Roza Pawlak ◽  
Eva Cañadas
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Structure ◽  
Fruit Set ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Target Species ◽  
Human Pressure ◽  
Threatened Plants ◽  
Case Evaluation ◽  
Individual Size ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Management Issues

Abstract Overgrazing stands out as threat factors on biodiversity, being especially harmful in the Mediterranean, due to strong human pressure and an accelerated climate change acting synergistically. Fencing is one of the most used tools in conservation biology to tackle this problem. Advantages of fences are usually fast, intuitive, and easy to evaluate. However, disadvantages could also arise (increasing interspecific competition, disturbing habitat structure, limiting pollination, reducing dispersion). Together with management issues (maintenance, conflicts with stakeholders, and pulling effect). Effectiveness of fencing for conservation has been frequently assessed for animals, while it is almost a neglected topic in plants. We evaluated the outcome of fencing three threatened and narrow-endemic plants. Selected 5 populations were only partly fenced, which allowed comparing different variables inside and outside the fence. For evaluating the fencing effects, we sampled several habitats (vegetation cover, composition, density of target species), and target-species features (individual size, neighbouring species, and fruit-set). Fencing had strong effects on the habitat and on target-species individuals, showing contrasting responses at species and population level. Particularly, for Erodium cazorlanum, fence had a positive effect in one case, and negative in another. In Hormathophylla baetica effect was positive in all populations. Finally, fencing negatively affected Solenanthus reverchonii by increasing competition and limiting seed-dispersal. Fencing outcome was different in assessed species, highlighting the need to a case-by-case evaluation to determine the net balance (pros vs. cons), also its suitability and most favourable option (i.e. permanent vs. temporary fences).

scholarly journals TA Treatment of Depression. A Simplified Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design. The Case of “Giovanni”

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariavittoria Zanchetta ◽  
Laura Farina ◽  
Stefano Morena ◽  
Enrico Benelli
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Depressive Symptomatology ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Evaluation Methodology ◽  
Transactional Analysis ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Case Evaluation ◽  
Treatment Of Depression ◽  
Depressive Personality

This study is inspired by previous case series replications of Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design which aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of a manualized transactional analysis treatment for depressive disorders and depressive personality. We address problems and difficulties emerged in previous case series, such as: spending time in training a group of people to conduct the hermeneutic analysis, organizing the involvement of external judges to give the final adjudication, and dealing with inconsistencies between quantitative and qualitative data. For these reasons, this study suggests a simplified method to conduct the hermeneutic analysis that require one person only, maintaining its validity. Therefore, we integrated hermeneutic design with the pragmatic case evaluation methodology in order to follow pre-defined criteria in analysing qualitative material. Furthermore, we present a way to use the Script System to detect changes in depressive symptomatology and depressive personality. We tested this approach to HSCED in the case of ‘Giovanni, a 17-years old white Italian boy who attended sixteen session of transactional analysis psychotherapy with a white Italian woman specializing in psychotherapy with 2 years of clinical experience. The patient satisfied DSM-5 criteria for moderate major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.This is the second investigation which has evaluated the effectiveness of Transactional Analysis psychotherapy for depressed adolescents.  

scholarly journals KPI Evaluation Framework and Tools Performance: A Case Study from the inteGRIDy Project

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Chris Ogwumike ◽  
Huda Dawood ◽  
Tariq Ahmed ◽  
Bjarnhedinn Gudlaugsson ◽  
Nashwan Dawood
Keyword(s):  
Demand Response ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Energy Storage System ◽  
Heat Pumps ◽  
Evaluation Framework ◽  
Pilot Site ◽  
Network Operator ◽  
Case Evaluation

This paper presents an assessment of the impacts of the different tools implemented within the inteGRIDy project through the analysis of key performance indicators (KPIs) that appropriately reflect the technical and economic domains of the inteGRIDy thematic pillars, comprising demand response and battery storage systems. The evaluation is based on improvements brought about by individual components of the inteGRIDy-enabled smart solution across the Isle of Wight (IOW) pilot site. The analyses and the interpretation of findings for the pilot use case evaluation are presented. The results indicate that the smart solution implementation across the IOW pilot site resulted in achieving the inteGRIDy set objectives. Overall, a 93% reduction in energy consumption, equivalent to 643 kWh was achieved, via the M7 energy storage system and heat pumps developed as part of inteGRIDy solution. Additionally, the grid efficiency and demand flexibility contribution to the distribution network operator (DNO)-triggered DR services, based on a 10% increase/decrease in demand, resulted in stabilizing the grid efficiency.

A Review and Controlled Single Case Evaluation of Behavioral Approaches to the Management of Elective Mutism

1984 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 25-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles E. Cunningham ◽  
Michael F. Cataldo ◽  
Carol Mallion ◽  
Joseph B. Keyes
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Elective Mutism ◽  
Case Evaluation
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