Comentario sobre el artículo de Isaac Cohen Orantes y Gert Rosenthal "Reflexiones sobre el marco conceptual de la integración económica centroamericana"

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Reflections on the conceptual framework of Central American economic integration

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Reflexiones sobre el marco conceptual de la integración económica centroamericana

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Redes de apoyo social de las personas mayores: marco conceptual

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Peircean semiotics and subject indexing: Contributions of speculative grammar and pure logic

The semiotics of C S. Peirce presents fundamental concepts to discover aspects of the indexing process, including representation and classes of signs. However, we still know little of its theoretical potential for subject indexing. We believe that the main difficulty in the proposals to understand the process of subject indexing based on Peircean semiotics stems from an incomplete interpretation of his semiotic system. This paper attempts to describe the contributions of Peircean semiotics to subject indexing. First, we analyze some of the concepts of the branches of semiotics, after which, we discuss strategies for conceptual approximation. Secondly, and aiming to raise the level of interlocution between the areas, we intend to argue that subject indexing is an inferential process, as explained by the second branch of semiotics. Thus, we seek to go beyond the level of speculative grammar, the first branch of semiotics, to forge a closer link with pure or critical logic, the second branch. We conclude that the indexer's work does not produce a mere reflection of what already exists in documents, but involves an instigating action to discover, through the inferential matrix, the meaning of a text in order to find the subject and the most appropriate subject added entry to the information system.

The meaning of evidence-based management to brazilian senior nurse leaders

Purpose: The study objective was to understand the meaning of evidence-based management for senior nurse leaders in accredited, public hospitals in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Design and Method: A phenomenological approach was used to analyze interviews conducted with 10 senior nurse leaders between August 2011 and March 2012. The analytic method was developed by the Brazilian phenomenologist, Martins. Findings: Senior nurse leaders described how they critically appraise many sources of evidence when making managerial decisions. They emphasized the importance of working with their teams to locally adapt and evaluate best evidence associated with managerial decision making and organizational innovations. Their statements also demonstrated how they use evidence-based management to support the adoption of evidence-based practices. They did not, however, provide specific strategies for seeking out and obtaining evidence. Notable challenges were traditional cultures and rigid bureaucracies, while major facilitators included accreditation, teamwork, and shared decision making. Conclusions: Evidence-based management necessitates a continuous process of locating, implementing, and evaluating evidence. In this study leaders provided multiple, concrete examples of all these processes except seeking out and locating evidence. They also gave examples of other leadership skills associated with successful adoption of evidence-based practice and management, particularly interdisciplinary teamwork and shared decision making. Clinical Relevance: This study demonstrates senior nurse leaders' awareness and utilization of evidence-based management. The study also suggests what aspects of evidence-based management need further development, such as more active identification of potential, new organizational innovations. © 2013 Sigma Theta Tau International.

Notas sobre estilos de desarrollo: origen, naturaleza y esquema conceptual

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El marco conceptual y metodológico de las estadísticas de servicios: necesidades y perspectivas de los países en desarrollo

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Marco conceptual y armonización de las estadísticas del comercio de servicios

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Minuta conceptual del decreto supremo que reglamenta el funcionamiento de fuentes estacionarias con altas tasas de emisión de anhídrido sulfuroso y partículas totales en suspensión en todo el territorio de la República": el caso de Chile"

Elaborado para el seminario-taller "Políticas para el control y fiscalización de la contaminación atmosférica de los sectores productivo y energético", realizado en Santiago, del 5 al 7 de diciembre de 1990, y contiene, además, los comentarios y debates ahí presentados.

Estructura conceptual de un Plan de Desarrollo Agrícola Ambientalmente Sustentable para el Secano de la VI Región de Chile

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Modelos conceptuales de estrategias para la promoción de las exportaciones a nivel nacional y de las empresas = Conceptual models for export promotion strategy at the national and enterprise levels

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