A manual of parliamentary practice : composed originally for the use of the Senate of the United States /

Includes indexes.

A manual of parliamentary practice : composed originally for the use of the Senate of the United States /

Front board bears autograph of B. Manly, 1860.

A manual of parliamentary practice: composed originally for the use of the Senate of the United States.

Mode of access: Internet.

The psalms at work : being the English church psalter with notes on the use of the psalms /

Mode of access: Internet.

Work experience of the disabled, 1966 and 1969 : a followup study /

Cover title.

SSA disability : SGA levels appear to affect the work behavior of relatively few beneficiaries, but more data needed : report to the Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives /

"GAO-02-224."

Practice of architecture. Containing the five orders of architecture and an additional column and entablature, with all their elements and details explained and illustrated, for the use of carpenters and practical men.

Mode of access: Internet.

The theory and practice of surveying. Designed for the use of surveyors and engineers generally, but especially for the use of students in engineering.

Mode of access: Internet.

Bibliography, with notes, on social work finance and publicity.

"Aims to cover all of the significant materials which have appeared in the United States since the great war ... Special emphasis has been laid on ... joint or federated financing enterprises."--Introd.

Civil service procedures for social work positions,

Mode of access: Internet.

Legal bibliography and research : an outline manual on the use of law books for practice in the Texas and Federal courts /

Mode of access: Internet.

The book of plant descriptions; or, Record of plant analyses, with a synopsis of the terms most frequently used in the description of plants; and a schedule of work to be performed in the botanical laboratory; also, a list of subjects suitable for theses. Prepared for the use of teachers and students.

Mode of access: Internet.

Quantifying the use of the statin antilipemic drugs: Comparisons and contrasts between Nova Scotia, Canada, and Queensland, Australia

Background: jurisdictions are developing public drug insurance systems to improve access to pharmaceuticals, cost-effective prescribing, and patient health and well-being. We compared 2 Jurisdictions with different pharmaceutical policies to determine prescribing patterns for 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (le, statins). Objective: The aim of this work was to investigate the feasibility of using available prescription admimstrative databases to compare the use of statins in Queensland, Australia, and in Nova Scotia, Canada. Methods: Data from the Nova Scotia Pharmacare Program and the Health Insurance Commission in Australia were used to obtain dispensing data. Utilization was compared for the 5-year period from 1997 through 2001, using the World Health Organization anatomic therapeutic chemical/defined daily dose (DDD) system. Results: In the year 2001, there were 177,000 beneficiaries in the public drug plan in Nova Scotia (62% aged ≥ 65 years old) and 960,000 concession beneficiaries (pensioners and social security recipients, 61% aged ≥ 65 years) in Queensland. These 2 groups were comparable. The overall utilization of statin medications increased steadily in both areas over the study period, from 50 to 205 DDD/1000 beneficiaries per day. Comparison of the 2 growth lines showed no statistically significant differences in overall statin use despite differences in brand availabilities and policies about prescribing. In the year 2001, atorvastatin was the most commonly prescribed statin in both areas, comprising 46% of statin use in Nova Scotia and 51% in Queensland. Mean doses of each statin prescribed were slightly above the DDDs. Expenditure on statins per 1000 beneficiaries and per DDD were similar in each jurisdiction, being slightly higher in Nova Scotia. Conclusions: Despite differences in pharmaceutical reimbursement systems, use of the statins was similar in Nova Scotia and Queensland. The feasibility of the methodology was demonstrated. Future studies, including comparisons of drug utilization for other classes of drugs for which drug policies may be divergent (eg, different pricing structures or prior authorization requirements), or for which less evidence for appropriate use is available, may be useful. © 2005 Excerpta Medica, Inc.

Organization studies as an applied science:the generation and use of academic knowledge about organizations : introduction to the special issue

The relationship between theory and practice has been discussed in the social sciences for generations. Academics from management and organization studies regularly lament the divide between theory and practice. They regret the insufficient academic knowledge of managerial problems and their solutions, and criticize the scholarly production of theories that are not relevant for organizational practice (Hambrick 1994). Despite the prevalence of this topic in academic discourse, we do not know much about what kind of academic knowledge would be useful to practice, how it would be produced and how the transfer of knowledge between theory and practice actually works. In short, we do not know how we can make academic work more relevant for practice or even whether this would be desirable. In this introduction to the Special Issue, we apply philosophical, theoretical and empirical perspectives to examine the challenges of studying the generation and use of academic knowledge. We then briefly describe the contribution of the seven papers that were selected for this Special Issue. Finally, we discuss issues that still need to be addressed, and make some proposals for future avenues of research.