Problem Solving

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The efficacy of problem solving strategies utilized in professional nursing concepts course to improve problem solving abilities in students enrolled in a two-year baccalaureate nursing program.

Using problem solving strategies in professional nursing concepts course (PS-PNC) was a newly developed core course in a two-year baccalaureate nursing program in an institute of technology. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of ...
Jing-Jy Wang, Chi-Hui Kao Lo, Kuei-Min Chen, Jane Lee Hsieh, Ya-Lie Ku (J Nurs Res, 200206)
efficacy-problem-solving-strategies-utilized-professional-nursing.asp

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Distinct areas in parietal cortex involved in long-term and short-term action planning: a PET investigation.

The sequential organization of events within a script, can be considered as a means to explore the cognitive mechanisms involved in action planning. Scripts are composed of goal-oriented sequences of events that typically occur in a specific and ...
Perrine Ruby, Angela Sirigu, Jean Decety (Cortex, 200206)
distinct-areas-parietal-cortex-involved-long-term-short-term-action.asp

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A possible selves intervention to enhance school involvement.

We developed a 9-week after-school, small group, activities-based intervention focused on enhancing youths abilities to imagine themselves as successful adults and connecting these future imagines to current school involvement. We describe and evaluate ...
Daphna Oyserman, Kathy Terry, Deborah Bybee (J Adolesc, 200206)
possible-selves-intervention-enhance-school-involvement.asp

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Preserved calculation skills in a case of semantic dementia.

We present the case of a patient, BET, with a profound semantic dementia who shows a selective preservation of many aspects of number knowledge. In the context of an otherwise global loss of visual and verbal semantic knowledge, our patient demonstrates ...
Sebastian J Crutch, Elizabeth K Warrington (Cortex, 200206)
preserved-calculation-skills-case-semantic-dementia.asp

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Using the Web to aid biochemists and microbiologists: an example of computer-based learning using PCR as an example.

The aim of this study was two-fold: to make available to the medical community a fast, efficient tool for troubleshooting PCR problems, and to demonstrate that hypermedia allow one to approach this kind of problem in a new, more useful way. The Web ...
J Oliver, P Conde, E Pisano, S Rodríguez-Cuenca, P Roca (Med Inform Internet Med, 200206)
web-aid-biochemists-microbiologists-example-computer-based-learning.asp

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Teaching and learning: an update for the orthodontist.

Developments in teaching and learning have implications for every orthodontist. This paper describes some of the theories of teaching and learning that have led to a quiet revolution in higher education. Developments have included the incorporation of ...
S M Chadwick, D R Bearn (J Orthod, 200206)
teaching-learning-update-orthodontist.asp

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Crowns and other extra-coronal restorations: impression materials and technique.

Well-fitting indirect restorations can only be made if there are accurate models of the oral tissues available, made from high quality impressions. Waiting for an impression to set may be more stressful for the dentist than the patient. Should the ...
R W Wassell, D Barker, A W G Walls (Br Dent J, 200206)
crowns-other-extra-coronal-restorations-impression-materials-technique.asp

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Gender influences on preschool childrens social problem-solving strategies.

The authors investigated gender influences on the nature and competency of preschool childrens social problem-solving strategies. Preschool-age children (N = 179; 91 boys, 88 girls) responded to hypothetical social situations designed to assess their ...
Sue Walker, Kym Irving, Donna Berthelsen (J Genet Psychol, 200206)
gender-influences-preschool-children-s-social-problem-solving.asp

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Fractionating the preview benefit in search: dual-task decomposition of visual marking by timing and modality.

Providing participants with a preview of half the distractors in a visual search task facilitates performance. The present study examined the effects of secondary tasks on the preview benefit in search. Participants had to attend to a visual or an ...
Glyn W Humphreys, Derrick G Watson, Pierre Jolicoeur (J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform, 200206)
fractionating-preview-benefit-search-dual-task-decomposition-visual.asp

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Failure mode and effect analysis: an application in reducing risk in blood transfusion.

BACKGROUND: In February 2001 Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, conducted a Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) on the blood transfusion process to reduce the risk of problems inherent in the procedure. DEVELOPING THE FMEA: The major steps of ...
Jean Burgmeier (Jt Comm J Qual Improv, 200206)
failure-mode-effect-analysis-application-reducing-risk-blood.asp