Essays about: "Journal Article Quality"
Found 4 essays containing the words Journal Article Quality.
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1. JOURNAL REPUTATION AND JOURNAL ARTICLE QUALITY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHERS AT A SWEDISH UNIVERSITY
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: Starting from some follow-up research questions such as for instance how authors determine the scholarly ‘quality’ of their own and others’ outputs, and whether they include bibliometric indicators in that assessment, this qualitative study is aimed at a modest ambition: to seek the reasons behind educational researchers’ decision to publish their texts in certain journals, and how they, as educational researchers, judge the quality of a journal article. Theory: Since research work and knowledge acquisition are not purely carried out individually, Social Epistemology theory developed by Alvin Goldman is used as a framework of this study to examine educational researchers’ knowledge about the quality of research. READ MORE
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2. Handling methods of laboratory mice and rats
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and HealthAbstract : Stress and anxiety in laboratory mice and rats can affect not only their welfare, but also research results. It is also known that daily routines such as handling can be stressful. READ MORE
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3. A Systematic Literature Review and Industrial Evaluation of Incorporating Lean Methodologies in Software Engineering
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för programvaruteknikAbstract : Context: Over the recent years, ‘Lean Software Development’ (LSD) has been emerging as a significant practice in the Software Industry. The inherent nature of ‘Lean’ to efficiently handle frequently changing customer needs by minimizing ‘Waste’ is a major success factor in practicing it in the context of ‘Software Engineering’. READ MORE
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4. Quality in the Emergency Department
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för managementAbstract : How are the quality outcomes of implementing change management theories in the emergency department measured? Lean and similar change management-theories such as TQM or Six Sigma have rendered a lot of at-tention in the Swedish healthcare business over the past ten years. According to an article in Läkar-tidningen, the Swedish medical association´s official journal, nine out of ten Swedish hospitals have implemented Lean or some other form of change management theory (Weimarsson 2011). READ MORE
