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The paper relates that Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) is founded on the principle that evidence is applied from a scientific method to medical practice. The paper discusses how EBM assesses the evidence to its quality in being an intervention in treatment. The paper relates that there are times when EBM dictates that there is no treatment necessary; "Evidence-based medicine is the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients" according to the Center for Evidence Based Medicine (Glasziou, n.d.). The paper further explains that EBM recognizes the many aspects of patient care that are based on judgment rather than scientific evidence, and an example of a judgment in EBM is the quality of life and value of life judgment for the terminally ill.

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"Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) is founded on the principle that evidence is applied from a scientific method to medical practice. EBM assesses the evidence to its quality in being an intervention in treatment. There are times when EBM dictates that there is no treatment necessary. "Evidence-based medicine is the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients" according to the Center for Evidence Based Medicine (Glasziou, n.d.). EBM recognizes the many aspects of patient care that are based on judgment rather than scientific evidence. An example of a judgment in EBM..."

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The paper discusses how school systems' performance based assessments are becoming more significant because they provide the teacher with the ability to evaluate learning on an individual basis and structure the curriculum to meet the learning needs of students more effectively. The paper explains that this is true in both the TESOL learning environment, as well as in general education. However, the paper notes that it is apparent that performance based assessments have the ability of leading to both positive and negative outcomes and these outcomes are dependent on the teacher's capability to comprehend the factors that must be present in the creation and implementation of performance based assessments.

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"Wangsatortanakhun (n.d.) describes performance based assessment as "a dynamic process calling for students to be active participants" (sec. 1). In school systems, performance based assessments are becoming more significant because they provide the teacher with the ability to evaluate learning on an individual basis and structure the curriculum to meet the learning needs of students more effectively. This is true in both the TESOL learning environment, as well as in general education. However, it is apparent that performance based assessments have the ability of leading..."

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This paper defines community-based policing and further shows how these programs can be implemented. A brief description of the traditional model of a law enforcement organization is presented. The author argues that this model has failed and cites research to support his argument. Community-based policing is suggested as a workable and positive alternative. The paper describes the specific training needed to implement community-based policing programs.

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"Law enforcement agencies have by tradition been structured as top-down, para-military organizations. Employees, sworn and civilian have been given limited autonomy and authority in these traditionally structured organizations. Although the conventional police organization structures allowed for greater control and accountability for employees, many politician and police leaders are incapable of responding to the new and changing demands that society make on law enforcement agencies see this organizational structure. In an effort to reduce crime and the fear of crime in their communities, many law enforcement agencies have embraced the philosophy of Community Based Policing. This policing philosophy emphasis the need for employees to use problem solving and the utilization of community resources to resolve community identified problems, reduce crime and the fear of crime."

Tags:police, crime, law, enforcement, community, based, policing

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This paper presents the author's perspective in "Activity Based Management for Service Industries, Government Entities and Non-Profit Organizations". The paper shows how the book focuses on providing information to managers that is vital to modern business concerned with cost management. Specifically, the book discusses activity based systems (ABS) that examines company profits in relation to activities generated by the organization.

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"The Author's Perspective: Activity Based Management Activity Based Management for Service Industries, Government Entities and Non-Profit Organizations focuses on providing information to managers that is vital to modern business concerned with cost management. The book discusses Activity Based Systems (ABS) that examine company profits in relation to activities generated by the organization. This process blends into the concept of Activity Based Costing (ABC), which allows management to comprehend profits that are derived from products currently in the market. As these elements are focused upon, Activity Based Management (ABM) then proceeds to determine which factors contributing to the organization are effective, and where costs can be reduced through Activity Based Budgeting (ABB). Proper budgeting through this system allows managers to plan the finances of the organization in a manner that will align the company with the competition, and provide for a stronger economic future (Brimson & Antos)."

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This paper discusses the importance of using brain-based education research for teaching adult learners. It examines findings from brain-based research, information regarding the adult learner, and the use of brain-based education for adult learners.

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"This research paper presents the importance of using brain-based education research for the teaching of the adult learner. Findings from brain-based research information regarding the adult learner and the ..."

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This paper defines evidence-based nursing and compares it to more traditional nursing practices. The paper extrapolates the emergence of and attitudes toward evidence-based nursing, and then suggests topics in the area of practice for exploration in further research study.

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"Evidence-based nursing is the new wave in nursing, which has spread widely in the United States in the past years. The national Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC) is a comprehensive, database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and..."

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This paper considers the advantages and disadvantages of having a home-based business and the critical success factors associated with the business. It looks at the growth and popularity of home-based businesses.

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"Late-night infomercials advertise home-based businesses as a way to make quick money with little work. Once associated with envelope-stuffing today's home-based businesses can be as varied as medical transcriptionists realtors and many other types of businesses. Often these businesses are based on services rather than products and some home-based business owners have been forced into entrepreneurship through repeated layoffs and an inability to find positions that suit their abilities or income requirements..."

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This paper looks at what evidence-based practice is and how it is applied to drug rehab programs. It looks at programs both in the United States and the United Kingdom and how evidence-based practice is being used in both places.

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"Evidence-based practice refers to programs and practices that have been proven to be successful in practice through research and that have produced consistently reliable results. Waters "These are programs which have been shown to be most effective in treating..."

Tags:drug rehab, evidence-based proctice

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This paper explains that Thomas Paine dedicated his life to three great causes: the American Revolution, the rights of man and the reform of religion. The author points out that Paine's writings "Common Sense" and "The American Crisis" made him a hero of the American Revolution; however, his attack on the religion of his day in "The Age of Reason" caused him to be ostracized. The paper relates that, as one of the America Revolution's chief pamphleteers, Paine's "plain" style of language helped him explain to the masses his passionate demands for political reform based on his republican views.

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"Thomas Paine was born on January 29, 1737 in Thetford, England. His father, Joseph Paine, was a maker of ladies corsets. His mother was Frances Cocke. He was a well-educated child, and stayed in school until the age of thirteen. His parents, both being Quakers were not supporters of poetry, but along with Paine were very enthusiastic about his talent. After leaving school, Paine worked at his father's trade until age eighteen. In 1757, he left for London where he found a job as a corset maker to pay for his studies. There he bought a pair of globes to study astronomy and physics."

Tags:pamphleteer, deist, writing, republican, revolution

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This paper discusses the debate between creationism and evolution and explains that it is not a clear-cut matter, since not all creationists dismiss evolution and some evolutionists can also be deists. The writer describes how the argument began as soon as evolutionary theory took shape and how the antagonism between faith and science is to be found in politics as well as society. Furthermore, the writer explains how the debate goes from literal to philosophical questions and then describes those in the middle who believe that evolutionary theory and God can co-exist.

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"This statement reveals in its tone an atmosphere where there can be a scientific world wherein atheists and non-atheists can conduct themselves as usual without interfering with each other. But the real ramifications of this debate are not about physicists of different outlooks getting along well. The real matter is political; it is the question of how a nation shall be governed and the presumptions underlying the rights and obligations of its citizenry. Because of issues like the fundamental schism between dictated morality verses common sense morality (to which I will return), the way this issue polarizes people can be fundamental to ideology in theory, but also it attacks the power of a faith's institutions, if its judgments are taken from holy texts, that science keeps proving questionable."

Tags:Scripture, divisive, technology, neo-conservative, Biblical, secular, Genesis, democracy, deist-based