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Patient-Centered Care: An Examination of Provider–Patient Communication Over Time
(2019-10-20)Objective: To examine the quality of provider communication over time considering the increasing emphasis on patient-centered care (PCC). Patient-centered care has been shown to have a positive impact on health outcomes, ... -
Pay-for-Performance Systems in State Government: Perceptions of State Agency Personnel Managers*
(Review of Public Personnel Administration, 1997-01-01)Pay for performance has been a widely used method of compensation in the public sector since the early 1980s, but a growing body of research has indicated that numerous problems can be associated with the application of ... -
PDMS Sponges with Embedded Carbon Nanotubes as Piezoresistive Sensors for Human Motion Detection
(2021-07-01)Porous piezoresistive sensors offer promising flexible sensing functionality, such as human joint motion detection and gesture identification. Herein, a facile fabrication method is developed using a microwave-based rapid ... -
A Pectate Lyase-Coding Gene Abundantly Expressed during Early Stages of Infection Is Required for Full Virulence in Alternaria brassicicola
(PLos One, 2015-05-21)Alternaria brassicicola causes black spot disease of Brassica species. The functional importance of pectin digestion enzymes and unidentified phytotoxins in fungal pathogenesis has been suspected but not verified in A. ... -
PEGylation of Polyethylenimine Lowers Acute Toxicity while Retaining Anti-Biofilm and β-Lactam Potentiation Properties against Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens
(2020-09-29)Bacterial biofilms, often impenetrable to antibiotic medications, are a leading cause of poor wound healing. The prognosis is worse for wounds with biofilms of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacteria, such as methicillin-resistant ... -
Perceived versus Actual Value of Color-Coding
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 1975-10-01)Color-coding has become a widely-used method of information input coding. Unfortunately, little is known regarding general statements concerning under what conditions color-coding will facilitate performance. For this ... -
The Perception of Statistical Graphs
(Sociological Methods & Research, 1989-11-01)Graphs have been an essential tool for the analysis and communication of statistical data for about 200 years. Despite widespread use and their importance in science, business, and many other walks of life, relatively ... -
Perceptions of Cooperation in a Longitudinal Social Dilemma
(Small Group Research, 2000-10-01)Most social dilemma studies of communication’s effects on cooperation are based on laboratory results with trivial incentives. Studies of real-life social dilemmas with nontrivial rewards are needed to extend the generality ... -
Perceptions of Trained Leaders on Improving the Public Health Impact of Three Arthritis Foundation Programs
(Health Promotion Practice, 2010-07-01)The Arthritis Foundation (AF) offers effective community-based programs to help manage arthritis, including aquatic, exercise, and self-help programs. Trained leaders can facilitate the adoption, maintenance, and reach of ... -
A Perceptual Mapping Approach to Determine an Appropriate Descriptor for our Field
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Performance of Glass Woven Fabric Composites with Admicellar-Coated Thin Elastomeric Interphase
(2016-05)Adequate stress transfer between the inorganic reinforcement and surrounding polymeric matrix is essential for achieving enhanced structural integrity and extended lifetime performance of fiber-reinforced composites. The ... -
Performing Thyself: Sparking Imagination and Exploring Ethnic Identity Through Singing and Dancing
(University of California/California Digital Library, 2010)This essay discusses two sets of creative teaching methods: live singing and dancing. The performance by an instructor can set a mode for students to achieve intellectual transformation by exploring issues of identity. The ... -
Persistent and delayed effects of toxic cyanobacteria exposure on life history traits of a common zooplankter
(2015-12-15)Anthropogenic eutrophication has resulted in shifts in phytoplankton community composition worldwide which represent dramatic changes in resource quality and availability for grazers such as rotifers. For these grazers, ... -
Persisters and Nonpersisters In A Graduate Level, Nontraditional, Liberal Education Program
(Adult Education Quarterly, 1988-09-01)This exploratory study focused upon persisters and nonpersisters in a graduate level, nontraditional, liberal education program. Five demographic factors proved to be significant: age, type of Bachelor's degree held, years ... -
Personal Growth in Social Context: A High School Senior's Search for Meaning in and Through Writing
(Written Communication, 1997-01-01)The different emphases that theorists and teachers place on the product and process of writing in their accounts of how writers construct meaning have been influenced by different traditions of Western thought that have ... -
Personality Assessment in Neuropsychology: The Nonspecificity of MMPI-2 Neurocorrection Methods
(Assessment, 2003-09-01)Three established methods of neurocorrection claim to improve Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)/MMPI-2 validity with closed-head injury (CHI) patients. These methods (which suggest removing `neurological' ... -
Perspectives on Reading, Language arts, and Learning Disabilities
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Perspectives on Viral RNA Genomes and the RNA Folding Problem
(2020-10-05)Viral RNA genomes change shape as virus particles disassemble, form replication complexes, attach to ribosomes for translation, evade host defense mechanisms, and assemble new virus particles. These structurally dynamic ... -
Phased-Array Radar System Simulator (PASIM): Development and Simulation Result Assessment
(2019-01-19)In this paper, a system-specific phased-array radar system simulator was developed, based on a time-domain modeling and simulation method, mainly for system performance evaluation of the future Spectrum-Efficient National ... -
Phenotypic and Phylogenetic Characterization of a New Corynebacterium Species from Dogs: Description of Corynebacterium auriscanis sp. nov.
(1999-11)Six strains of a previously undescribed catalase-positive coryneform bacterium isolated from clinical specimens from dogs were characterized by phenotypic and molecular genetic methods. Biochemical and chemotaxonomic studies ...