Hospitals--Emergency services--Quality control; Time management surveys
Kosair Children’s Hospital Emergency Department in Louisville, KY has been
reporting low patient satisfaction, which could result in a decrease in revenue and patients
for the hospital. Patient throughput times in Kosair’s emergency room have a...
Computer-assisted instruction--Planning; Universities and colleges--Technological innovations; Distance education
This study focused on the development and validation of a web-based survey instrument designed to measure faculty perceptions on the importance of 24 variables that contribute to the facilitation of online postsecondary course development. It...
The purpose of this research study is to examine the use of time series forecasting and text mining to investigate the prescription of antibiotics. The specific objective is to examine the relationship between the total payments, private insurance...
In this dissertation research, we aim to solve problems of two types of survival data, clustered survival data with potentially informative cluster size and sojourn time data. The methods for these two types of data are different. However, both...
Women on television; Animated television programs--Social aspects; Women in popular culture
Utilizing the criteria for unruly women established by Kathleen Rowe, this work engages with current television scholarship on animated sitcoms in order to come to an understanding of how unruliness as a category of behavior and embodiment is...
Children with disabilities--Education (Secondary); Vocabulary--Study and teaching (Secondary); Mathematics--Study and teaching (Secondary)
Constant Time Delay (CST) has been used extensively as a procedure to teach children with disabilities a variety of skills. There is a preponderance of evidence that this instructional strategy is a highly effective (Handen & Zane, 1987;...
Background: Light cured composite resin can be time consuming for bonding orthodontic brackets. A new Blue light diode laser may reduce curing times for composite resins. Hypothesis: The laser will achieve similar bond strengths in half the time...
This project will provide a service-oriented architecture to handle sensor data in real time as the information comes in. There are two types of sensors we're implementing into our project, mobile sensors and stationary sensors. These sensors...
Parents of children with disabilities; Speech therapy for children
The study was completed to determine if parents' feelings of empowerment is improved after viewing a video. The video was designed to assist parents in determining appropriate time(s) to complete speech and language therapy homework. Parents from...
The hurried aspects of daily living exhaust me. Speed is the operative word. Apparently everyone wants more of it. Not me. While I value the innovations that speed up my onerous tasks, in my artwork I am attracted to its opposite--repose. I try to...
Character portrait of performer Lucia Moore in three-quarter profile, wearing a nurse uniform with a red cross at the sleeve and a hat with a tail. An annotation on the mount's verso indicates that she is in costume for the role of Molly Kelly in...
"Tea Time at 'Clovercroft'" is inscribed in Kate Matthews' handwriting on the verso of this print, but it may also be the photograph that Kate Matthews' niece, Lillian Fletcher Brackett, referred to in a speech as "The Sisters at...
Beds of peonies line both sides of a walkway leading to a trellis arch. A small stone table, sundial or birdbath sits on the walkway. Handwritten on verso in Kate Matthews' handwriting: "The garden in peony time".
A young girl stands among tall irises in the garden at photographer Kate Matthews' family home, Clovercroft, in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. The girl is probably a niece of the photographer. Photographer Kate Matthews' signature is on the lower right...
The Matthews family enjoys afternoon tea on the lawn at Clovercroft. From left to right are: Charlotta Matthews Osborn, Florence Matthews, Kate Matthews, Lillian Fletcher, Edward H. Matthews, and Jessie Matthews Joy. Handwritten on verso by Kate...
Buildings; Commercial facilities; Financial facilities; City & town life
Busy intersection at 4th Street with neon signs for the Time Finance Company on the second floor of a building and storefronts and signs on the ground floor with people walking past on the sidewalks.
Ice skating; Skaters; Children & adults; Christmas cards; Skating rinks
Skaters in 19th or early 20th century attire, on an outdoor rink. In the foreground, a group including an adult woman and several children are skating together; the children pull the woman along. Many other adults and children of both sexes are...
