1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457471403321

Autore

Holly Cheryl

Titolo

Comprehensive systematic review for advanced nursing practice [[electronic resource] /] / Cheryl Holly, Susan W. Salmond, Marie K. Saimbert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub., c2012

ISBN

1-283-31700-1

9786613317001

0-8261-1779-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (362 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SalmondSusan Warner

SaimbertMarie K

Disciplina

610.73

Soggetti

Nurse practitioners

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Systematic review as a basis for evidence-based practice / Susan Salmond and Cheryl Holly -- Steps in the systematic review process / Susan Salmond -- Planning and organizing a systematic review / Cheryl Holly -- Developing clinical questions / Marie K. Saimbert, Jenny Pierce, and Pam Hargwood -- Key principles for searching literature / Marie K. Saimbert -- Conducting searches : search resources and search techniques to maximize search efforts / Marie K. Saimbert ... [et al.] -- Critical appraisal / Susan Salmond -- Systematic review of experimental evidence : meta-analysis / Cheryl Holly -- Systematic review of observational evidence / Cheryl Holly -- Qualitative metasynthesis / Susan Salmond -- Systematic review of economic evidence / Cheryl Holly -- Systematic reviews and evidence-informed health care policy making / David Anthony Forrester, Rita Musanti, and Patricia Polansky -- Using systematic reviews at the point of care / Ronell Kirkley -- Future development of systematic reviews and evidence-based medicine / Jos Kleijnen.

Sommario/riassunto

""This book comprehensively and concisely examines the complexities related to asking clinical questions, searching for the evidence,



appraising and summarizing the evidence, and getting evidence into practice I commend this book to health professionals who are seeking to do the best they can in health care."". Alan Pearson , AM. The Joanna Briggs Institute. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide. In an age of rapidly expanding knowledge, it is crucial for health professionals to stay abreast of the most current evidence-based information when making clinical decisions. This textbo

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451844803321

Titolo

Exchange rate analysis in support of IMF surveillance [[electronic resource] ] : a collection of empirical studies / / Carlo Cottarelli ... [et al.], editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : International Monetary Fund, c2008

ISBN

1-4552-4688-3

1-4527-7255-X

1-283-53570-X

9786613848154

1-4519-6203-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (351 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CottarelliCarlo

Disciplina

332.4/56

Soggetti

Foreign exchange rates

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Determination and Impact of the Real Exchange Rate; 1. Commodity Currencies and the Real Exchange Rate; Theoretical Framework; Data; Tables; 1.1 Principal Commodity Exports and Percentage Share of Primary Commodities in Total Exports, 1991-99; Empirical Analysis of Comovement; Figures; 1.1 Real Exchange Rate and Real Commodity Price, Selected Commodity-Exporting Countries, 1980-2002; 1.2 Cointegration and Stability Tests, Real Exchange Rate and Real



Commodity Prices, 1980-2002

1.3 Real Exchange Rate and Real Commodity Prices: Exogeneity and Causality, 1980-2002Conclusions; Appendix 1.1 Details of the Theoretical Framework; Appendix 1.2 Description of the Data; Appendix 1.3 Construction of the Country-Specific Nominal Price Indices of Commodity Exports; Appendix 1.4 Cointegration Tests: Real Exchange Rate and Real Commodity Prices, Commodity-Exporting Countries, 1980-2002; References; 2. Exchange Rates and Trade Balance Adjustment in Emerging Market Economies; The Analytics of Trade Balance Adjustment; Country Classification and Estimation Strategy

2.1 Price Deflators, 1980-2005Empirical Results; 2.1 Export Volumes: Coefficient Estimates and Implied Elasticities; 2.2 Pricing Equation for Manufacturing Exporters: Coefficient Estimates and Implied Elasticities; 2.3 Inflation Rate: Coefficient Estimates and Implied Elasticities; 2.4 Volume of Imports and Absorption: Coefficient Estimates and Implied Elasticities; 2.5 Effects of Devaluations on Export-Import Values and on the Trade Balance for Different Classes of Exporters; Conclusions; 2.2 Profiles for Exports, Imports, and Trade Balances; 2.3 Effect of a Depreciation on the Trade Balance

Appendix 2.1 Overview of the Empirical Literature on Trade Volume Price Elasticities and Pricing to Market2.A.1 Estimates of Price Elasticities in Selected Papers; Appendix 2.2 Marshall-Lerner Redux; Appendix 2.3 Data Description and Sample; Appendix 2.4 Robustness Tests; 2.A.2 Country Sample; 2.A.3 Export Volumes (Long-Run Elasticities) in Different Samples; 2.A.4 Inflation Equation: Effect of a Change in Exchange Rates; 2.A.5 Impact on the Trade Balance of a 10 Percent Depreciation; 2.A.6 Pricing Equation for Manufacturing Exporters for Different Samples; Appendix 2.5 Estimation Procedures

2.A.7 Pricing Equation for Imports2.A.8 Trade Elasticities and Estimation Methodologies; References; 2.A.9 Long-Run Effects of Devaluations on Export-Import Values and on the Trade Balance (in Foreign Currency) for Different Classes of Exporters; 3. Aid Volatility and Macroeconomic Policies; Empirical Evidence; 3.1 The Sample; 3.2 Summary Statistics; 3.3 Bivariate Correlations Among Main Variables; 3.4 Foreign Aid and Trade Balance Volatility; Conclusions; References; 4. Exchange Rate Pass-Through in the Euro Area; Empirical Estimates; 4.1 Effects of Exchange Rate Shock on Euro Area Prices

4.1 Euro Area Pass-Through Elasticities

Sommario/riassunto

Exchange rate analysis lies at the center of the IMF's surveillance mandate and policy advice, as well as in the design of IMF-supported programs, and IMF staff are called upon to analyze a wide variety of exchange rate issues in various member countries, both small and large, from the least economically developed to the most advanced, and from those whose currencies circulate only locally to those whose currencies are of global importance. Each year, IMF staff produce dozens of studies on exchange rate issues, some published by the IMF, others in various professional journals or books. This b