Rationale and key points This article aims to help nurses to measure blood pressure (BP) manually using an aneroid sphygmomanometer. ▶ BP measurement is an essential clinical skill, and nurses must be competent in performing this procedure and taking accurate readings. ▶ Nurses should be ...
To measure a firm’s ex-ante reliance on government customers, we use the detailed Input–Output (IO) USE tables in IO Accounts Data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) in 2012, which allows us to estimate the fraction of sales to government customers for each six-di...
We might identify our own personal signs of burnout, but there is a science to recognizing this syndrome. TheMaslach Burnout Inventory (MBI)is one of the instruments experts commonly use to measure burnout. It assesses emotional exhaustion, depersonalization (feeling disconnected from one’s body an...
Are Wrist-based Heart Rate Monitors a Valid Tool for Fitness Professionals to Measure Training Intensity During Exercise Classes? A critical review of the study 'How accurate are the wrist-based heart rate monitors during walking and running activities? Are they accurate enough?' comp... K Little...
A drop shape analysis system (DSA100, KRUSS GmbH) was used to measure the interfacial tension between different oils (fresh and weathered) and seawater. The aqueous phase was kept in a standard cuvette and an oil drop was immersed into the solution by a syringe connected to a needle with ...
"Big business is vilified, lauded and feared in equal measure. This stimulating book shows that this predicament is far from new. John Browne and colleagues analyse the challenges and offer some timely counselling to leaders who seek to establish some bond of trust and authenticity between the ...
You’ve set specific goals, so you know where you want to go. But how will you get there? As everyone prepares to do the required work, it’s crucial to use confirmed, numerical data to measure your business’ progress. That’s where KPIs come in. ...
To measure the distances, the diameter of the petri dish (9 cm) was used as a reference scale. Then, a line was drawn from the inoculation point of the spores to the Streptomyces colony that is furthest from the inoculation point. The distance of the line was calculated based on the ...
There’s no useful way to pitch your product. The crucial point here is that business potential is relative. It depends on your business. Keyword difficulty Keyword difficulty is a measure of how hard it would be to rank for a topic. Many factors can affect this, like backlinks, content...
The price value of a basis point, abbreviated as PV01 or DV01, represents the dollar value of a 0.01% increase in a bond's interest rate. Yields are an important element of bond valuation, and this measure is used to determine how sensitive a given bond is to changes in interest rates....