1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480889503321

Autore

Sidani Souraya

Titolo

Evaluating nursing interventions [[electronic resource] ] : a theory-driven approach / / by Souraya Sidani and Carrie Jo Braden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1998

ISBN

1-4522-3294-6

0-7619-0315-1

1-4522-6350-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BradenCarrie Jo <1944->

Disciplina

610.73

Soggetti

Nursing audit

Outcome assessment (Medical care)

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 (p. 170-180) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - Introduction; High-Quality Care: An Overview; Requirements for Maintaining High-Quality Care; Evaluating the Quality of Care; Weaknesses of Outcomes-Focused Evaluation; Organization of the Book; Overview of the Illustrative Study; Summary; Chapter 2 - Outcomes Research; The Conventional Approach; Difficulties in Using the Conventional Approach in the Field; Limitations of the Conventional Approach; The Alternative: Theory-Driven Approach; Summary; Chapter 3 - The Theory-Driven Approach to Effectiveness Research

Theory in Effectiveness ResearchElements of Intervention Theory; Sources of Theory; Advantages of Intervention Theory; Operationalizing the Theory-Driven Approach; Chapter 4 - Characteristics of Clients; The Role of Client Characteristics; Conventional Strategies for Dealing with Client Characteristics; Alternative Strategies for Dealing with Client Characteristics; Summary; Chapter 5 - Intervener and Setting Characteristics; Intervener Characteristics; Setting Characteristics; Summary; Chapter 6 - Intervention Variables; Characteristics of Interventions; Integrity

Conventional Strategies for Dealing with Type III ErrorAlternative



Strategies for Dealing with Type III Error: Process Evaluation; Summary; Chapter 7 - Outcomes-Related Factors; Characteristics of Outcomes; Selection of Outcomes Variables; Selection of Outcomes Measures; Timing for Outcomes Measurement; Illustrative Example; Summary; Chapter 8 - Implications for Effectiveness Research; Advantages of Theory-Driven Evaluation; Operationalizing the Theory-Driven Evaluation; References; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

The authors' study provides a clear explanation of the difficulties encountered in outcomes and intervention research. They show how to carry out these investigations in a reasonable and comprehensive manner.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910484904003321

Autore

Schweizer Wolfgang (Computer scientist)

Titolo

Special Functions in Physics with MATLAB / / by Wolfgang Schweizer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021

ISBN

3-030-64232-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 282 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

530.15

Soggetti

Mathematical physics

Computer simulation

Functions, Special

Mathematics - Data processing

Computational Physics and Simulations

Special Functions

Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Gamma Functions, Beta Functions, and related -- 2. Error Functions and Fresnel Integrals -- 3. Legendre Polynomials and Legendre Functions -- 4. Bessel and Airy Functions -- 5. Struve Functions and



Related Functions -- 6. Confluent Hypergeometric Function -- 7. Coulomb Wave Functions -- 8. Hypergeometric Functions -- 9. J Functions -- 10. Jacobi Elliptic Functions -- 11. Elliptic Integrals -- 12. Weierstraß Functions -- 13. Parabolic Cylinder Functions -- 14. Mathieu Functions -- 15. Orthogonal Polynomials - General Aspects -- 16. Hermite Polynomials -- 17. Laguerre Polynomials -- 18. Chebychev Polynomials -- 19. Bernoulli and Euler Polynomials -- 20. Riemann Zeta Function -- 21. Piecewise Interpolation Polynomials -- 22. Wigner- and Clebsch-Gordan Coefficients -- 23. Coordinate Systems.

Sommario/riassunto

This handbook focuses on special functions in physics in the real and complex domain. It covers more than 170 different functions with additional numerical hints for efficient computation, which are useful to anyone who needs to program with other programming languages as well. The book comes with MATLAB-based programs for each of these functions and a detailed html-based documentation. Some of the explained functions are: Gamma and Beta functions; Legendre functions, which are linked to quantum mechanics and electrodynamics; Bessel functions; hypergeometric functions, which play an important role in mathematical physics; orthogonal polynomials, which are largely used in computational physics; and Riemann zeta functions, which play an important role, e.g., in quantum chaos or string theory. The book’s primary audience are scientists, professionals working in research areas of industries, and advanced students in physics, applied mathematics, and engineering.