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Qualitative evidence, knowledge translation, and policy-making, with reference to health technology assessment
(2013-02-23)
Although efforts to draw qualitative evidence into health-related policy-making and health technology assessment (HTA) processes have increased in recent years, the range of sources consulted are still limited and the ...
Risk Management For Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) In The Marine Environment
(2013-02-14)
After World Wars I and II large amounts of explosive ordnance remained undetonated. Already deployed ordnance was left uncollected and excess supplies were disposed of, sometimes recklessly. The result is that much of this ...
Stillborn: Regulated midwifery in Nova Scotia
(2013-02-17)
The purpose of this paper is to investigate why midwifery policy has failed in Nova Scotia while it has succeeded elsewhere. The primary focus will be to analyse the Nova Scotia policy and its implementation through Paul ...
A Voice for the Community: Public Participation in Wind Energy Development
(2013-02-23)
Wind energy is expanding globally and locally in Atlantic Canada. It is a promising emission-free energy alternative in a context of increasing climate change concerns. Public surveys have reported high levels of public ...
Sad Cows and Empty Pockets: How Reviews, Recommendations, and Word-of-Mouth Can Affect Your Life
(2013-02-23)
For financial endeavours that affect their immediate financial and physical well-being – finding a doctor, hiring a lawyer - people turn to trustworthy sources like family and friends for advice. For more frivolous matters ...
Becoming Public: Library Design And The Creation Of Public Space
(2013-02-23)
This paper examines the impact of architectural and interior design on communicating the role and philosophy of the public library. It further analyzes the use of public built space to understand the ways in which the ...
An analysis of Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food by Paul Greenberg, 2010, Penguin Publishing.
(2013-02-23)
The book report examines Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food by Paul Greenberg, as published by Penguin Publishing in 2010. Greenberg's offering to ocean governance literature is differentiated from comparable works ...
Taking The Game Out Of Gamification
(2013-02-23)
Gamification purports to take elements from video games such as points, badges, levels, etc. and use them to motivate people to perform tasks outside of traditional video games. This paper challenges these claims by arguing ...
Social discovery systems in public libraries: If we build them, will they come?
(Library Trends, 2012)
If the public library catalogue is to continue to have relevance to its
users, it needs to move beyond its current inventory model, where all
content is designed and controlled by library staff and client interaction
with ...
NetWrite: A New Breed of Communication
(Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2010)
This paper examines the recent linguistic phenomena of texting and instant messaging, paying particular attention to the unique linguistic properties exhibited in digital communications. Through an examination of the use ...