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Lei Shun-li - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Construction of A Model of University Library Resources Evaluation Based on User Satisfaction
Information Sciences, 2010Co-Authors: Lei Shun-liAbstract:This article constructed a model of university library Resources Evaluation based on user satisfaction and developed Corresponding scale in a sample of 531 university library users.Questionnaire survey and statistical analysis,including exploratory factor analysis with 258 samples and confirmatory factor analysis with 273 samples,were used.The results showed that the model comprised four factors which are printed Resources,digital Resources,lending environment and network and information services,and the scale had good reliability and validity.
Pierre Goovaerts - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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From Natural Resources Evaluation to Spatial Epidemiology: 25 Years in the Making
Mathematical Geosciences, 2020Co-Authors: Pierre GoovaertsAbstract:When, in the winter of 1994, under the supervision of my postdoc adviser André Journel, I started writing Geostatistics for Natural Resources Evaluation in the bedroom of a tiny Palo Alto apartment, little did I know that 25 years later I would be conducting National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded research on medical geostatistics from a lakefront office nestled in the Irish Hills of Michigan. The professional and personal path that led me to trade the mapping of heavy-metal concentrations in the topsoil of the Swiss Jura for the geostatistical analysis of cancer data was anything but planned, yet André’s help and guidance were instrumental early on. Looking back, shifting scientific interest from the characterization of contaminated sites to human health made sense, as the field of epidemiology is increasingly concerned with the concept of exposome, which comprises all environmental exposures (e.g., air, soil, and drinking water) that a person experiences from conception throughout the life course. Although both environmental and epidemiological data exhibit space–time variability, the latter have specific characteristics that required the adaptation of traditional geostatistical tools, such as semivariogram and kriging. Challenges include: (i) the heteroscedasticity of disease rate data (i.e., larger uncertainty of disease rates computed from small populations), (ii) their uneven spatial support (e.g., rates recorded for administrative units of different size and shape), and (iii) the limitations of Euclidean metrics to embody proximity when dealing with data that pertain to human mobility. Most of these challenges were addressed by borrowing concepts developed in adjacent fields, stressing the value of interdisciplinary research and intellectual curiosity, something I learned as a fresh PhD in agronomical sciences joining André’s research group at the Stanford Center for Reservoir Forecasting in the early 1990s.
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From Natural Resources Evaluation to Spatial Epidemiology: 25 Years in the Making
Mathematical Geosciences, 2020Co-Authors: Pierre GoovaertsAbstract:When, in the winter of 1994, under the supervision of my postdoc adviser Andre Journel, I started writing Geostatistics for Natural Resources Evaluation in the bedroom of a tiny Palo Alto apartment, little did I know that 25 years later I would be conducting National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded research on medical geostatistics from a lakefront office nestled in the Irish Hills of Michigan. The professional and personal path that led me to trade the mapping of heavy-metal concentrations in the topsoil of the Swiss Jura for the geostatistical analysis of cancer data was anything but planned, yet Andre’s help and guidance were instrumental early on. Looking back, shifting scientific interest from the characterization of contaminated sites to human health made sense, as the field of epidemiology is increasingly concerned with the concept of exposome, which comprises all environmental exposures (e.g., air, soil, and drinking water) that a person experiences from conception throughout the life course. Although both environmental and epidemiological data exhibit space–time variability, the latter have specific characteristics that required the adaptation of traditional geostatistical tools, such as semivariogram and kriging. Challenges include: (i) the heteroscedasticity of disease rate data (i.e., larger uncertainty of disease rates computed from small populations), (ii) their uneven spatial support (e.g., rates recorded for administrative units of different size and shape), and (iii) the limitations of Euclidean metrics to embody proximity when dealing with data that pertain to human mobility. Most of these challenges were addressed by borrowing concepts developed in adjacent fields, stressing the value of interdisciplinary research and intellectual curiosity, something I learned as a fresh PhD in agronomical sciences joining Andre’s research group at the Stanford Center for Reservoir Forecasting in the early 1990s.
Kang Xiaofen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the construction of competency based practice teaching system in baccalaureate nursing education
Chinese Journal of Nursing Education, 2015Co-Authors: Kang XiaofenAbstract:To strengthen the training of nursing students' clinical competence and creativity,the framework of competency-based practice teaching in baccalaureate nursing education was developed by Peking Union Medical College,School of Nursing. This article introduced the teaching goals and objectives,clinical practicum modules,strategic action plan and Resources,Evaluation of education outcomes for implementing practice teaching.
Zhang Kai-yong - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Database Resources Evaluation of Libraries in University
Information Sciences, 2008Co-Authors: Zhang Kai-yongAbstract:Database Resources play an important part in library repertory.Expenditure and users show a developing trend.Now we face the urgent problem that is how to realize the service effect of database Resources exactly and build reasonable Evaluation systems to improve benefit.The aim of this article is to study the Resources build of library and we hope our effort is significant.
Al-osimy M - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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A study of health centers in Saudi Arabia.
International Journal of Nursing Studies, 1996Co-Authors: Al-osimy MAbstract:Saudi Arabia is a developing country with a tremendous potential for growth and development. In an attempt to endorse Primary Health Care (PHC) concepts, it abolished all its former dispensaries and maternal and child health centers, and amalgamated their services into health centers that deliver PHC services. This expansion in centers development created a need for Evaluation to assess the extent at which the new objectives are being achieved. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Resources available in three large health centers in Saudi Arabia, and determine consumers' satisfaction with the services provided. The study was conducted in the City of Riyadh. Three centers were chosen purposefully and the consumers of the respective centers were interviewed as to their satisfaction with the services provided. The results show that there was a discrepancy between the findings obtained from the centers' Resources Evaluation and those derived from the satisfaction portion. It is recommended that the Saudi Ministry of Health would upgrade its centers' Resources, and that more studies would be conducted in the other centers of the country.