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If You Only Knew
Brandon Alexander Williams; Cyde Effect
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Portal (Paperback)
Amanda L Pederick; Illustrated by Willsin Rowe; Edited by Max Effects
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Effective UI (Paperback)
Jonathan Anderson; Contributions by John McRee, Robb Wilson, . Effective Ui Team
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People expect effortless, engaging interaction with desktop and
web applications, but producing software that generates enjoyable
user experiences is much harder than many companies anticipate.
With "Effective UI," you'll learn proven user-experience strategies
that will satisfy your clients and customers, drive business value,
and increase brand strength.
This book shows you how to capture the collaborative and
cooperative spirit among designers, engineers, and management
required for building engaging software. You'll also learn valuable
methods for maintaining focus throughout the process -- whether
you're a product manager who needs a clear roadmap, a developer or
designer looking for guidance and advocacy, or a businessperson who
wants to understand and manage user-experience software
initiatives.
Learn how to build software that will: Generate engaging and
interactive experiences between consumers and businesses, or
between businesspeople and their information systems Account for
how people work with, think about, and consume information
Establish a richer means of collaboration and communication Reduce
frustration by streamlining complex tasks and creating processes
that are more intuitive Distinguish products, services, and brands
to create a competitive advantage Create scalable systems that
adapt to changing user needs and behaviors
The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic
Radiation (UNSCEAR) assesses the levels and effects of exposure to
ionizing radiation. UNSCEAR's scientific findings underpin
radiation risk evaluation and international protection standards.
This report comprises a report to the General Assembly with two
underpinning scientific annexes. The first annex recapitulates and
clarifies the philosophy of science as well as the scientific
knowledge for attributing observed health effects in individuals
and populations to radiation exposure, and distinguishes between
that and inferring risk to individuals and populations from an
exposure. The second annex reviews the latest thinking and
approaches to quantifying the uncertainties in assessments of risk
from radiation exposure, and illustrates these approaches with
application to examples that are highly pertinent to radiation
protection. The report is a landmark publication in terms of our
understanding of the confidence that can be attached to the
attribution of health effects in individuals and populations, and
to the estimation of risks inferred from exposure to ionizing
radiation.
Healthcare decision makers in search of reliable information that
compares health interventions increasingly turn to systematic
reviews for the best summary of the evidence. Systematic reviews
identify, select, assess, and synthesize the findings of similar
but separate studies, and can help clarify what is known and not
known about the potential benefits and harms of drugs, devices, and
other healthcare services. Systematic reviews can be helpful for
clinicians who want to integrate research findings into their daily
practices, for patients to make well-informed choices about their
own care, for professional medical societies and other
organizations that develop clinical practice guidelines. Too often
systematic reviews are of uncertain or poor quality. There are no
universally accepted standards for developing systematic reviews
leading to variability in how conflicts of interest and biases are
handled, how evidence is appraised, and the overall scientific
rigor of the process. In Finding What Works in Health Care the
Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends 21 standards for developing
high-quality systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness
research. The standards address the entire systematic review
process from the initial steps of formulating the topic and
building the review team to producing a detailed final report that
synthesizes what the evidence shows and where knowledge gaps
remain. Finding What Works in Health Care also proposes a framework
for improving the quality of the science underpinning systematic
reviews. This book will serve as a vital resource for both sponsors
and producers of systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness
research. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2
Standards for Initiating a Systematic Review 3 Standards for
Finding and Assessing Individual Studies 4 Standards for
Synthesizing the Body of Evidence 5 Standards for Reporting
Systematic Reviews 6 Improving the Quality of Systematic Reviews:
Discussion, Conclusions, and Recommendations Appendix A:
Abbreviations and Acronyms Appendix B: Glossary Appendix C:
Workshop Agenda and Questions to Panelists Appendix D: Expert
Guidance for Chapter 2: Standards for Initiating a Systematic
Review Appendix E: Expert Guidance for Chapter 3: Standards for
Finding and Assessing Individual Studies Appendix F: Expert
Guidance for Chapter 4: Standards for Synthesizing the Body of
Evidence Appendix G: Expert Guidance for Chapter 5: Standards for
Reporting Systemic Reviews Appendix H: Preferred Reporting Items
for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) Checklist
Appendix I: Committee Biographies
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