STUDYING FEASIBILITY AND EFFECTS OF A TWO-STAGE NURSING STAFF TRAINING IN RESIDENTIAL GERIATRIC CARE USING A 30 MONTH MIXED-METHODS DESIGN [ISRCTN24344776]

Studying feasibility and effects of a two-stage nursing staff training in residential geriatric care using a 30 month mixed-methods design [ISRCTN24344776]

Abstract Background Transfer techniques and lifting weights often cause back pain and disorders for nurses in geriatric care.The Kinaesthetics care conception claims to nightstick twm-850xl be an alternative, yielding benefits for nurses as well as for clients.Starting a multi-step research program on the effects of Kinaesthetics, we assess the fea

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Derivation of a planetary ionospheric storm index

The planetary ionospheric storm index, Wp, is deduced from the numerical global ionospheric GPS-IONEX maps of the vertical total electron content, TEC, for more than half a solar cycle, 1999–2008.The TEC values are cashel tail bag extracted from the 600 grid points of the map at latitudes 60° N to 60° S with a step of 5° and longi

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