Study of MARC Elements Used in Library & Archive Preservation Work

This study describes a survey of librarians involved in preservation decision-making regarding their use of various Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) scheme elements. The survey was hosted on the web and requests for participation in the survey was distributed by email to various listserv groups. The results are presented here directly, with limited interpretation. Several areas, which might yield interesting findings, have been noted for possible follow-up studies. A copy of the data set is available upon request to the author

The Private Provision of Public Goods: An Analysis of Homes on Golf Courses

This paper examines the joint production of golf and real estate development. The empirical results of this analysis show that, over time, golf courses are being constructed less for recreational golf and more for contractual assurance of green open space for homes. We believe that this fundamentally provides some evidence that the demand for environmental quality is growing and that markets are increasingly able to find creative contracting mechanisms to satisfy demands for public goods

Characterization, conservation and loss of dignity at the end-of- life in the emergency department. A qualitative protocol

Aims: to explore and understand the experiences of terminally-ill patients and their relatives regarding dignity during end-of-life care in the emergency department. Background: the respect given to the concept of dignity is significantly modifying the clinical relationship and the care framework involving the end-of-life patient in palliative care units, critical care units, hospices and their own homes. This situation is applicable to in-hospital emergency departments, where there is a lack of research which takes the experiences of end-of-life patients and their relatives into account. Design: a phenomenological qualitative study. Methods: the protocol was approved in December 2016 and will be carried out from December 2016 to December 2020. The Gadamer's philosophical underpinnings will be used in the design and development of the study. The data collection will include participant observation techniques in the Emergency Department, in-depth interviews with terminally-ill patients and focus groups with their relatives. For the data analysis, the field notes and verbatim transcriptions will be read and codified using ATLAS.ti software to search for emerging themes. Discussion: emerging themes that contribute to comprehending the phenomenon of dignity in end-of-life care in the Emergency Department are expected to be found. This study's results could have important implications in the implementation of new interventions in Emergency Departments. These interventions would be focused on improving: the social acceptance of death, environmental conditions, promotion of autonomy and accompaniment, and assumption (takeover) of dignified actions and attitudes (respect for human rights)

A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF 40+ UPPER EXTREMITY PATIENTS USING THE ANIMATED CONTROL SYSTEM

This talk will discuss the findings of 40+ who have been fit with the Animated control system (ACS). All individuals have been fit with the ACS-1100 or ACS-1105 controllers. The information being obtained is from the controller

Impacts of Central Business District Location: A Hedonic Analysis of Legal Service Establishments

This analysis examines the business impacts on law firms of locating in Central Business Districts (CBDs) in major U.S. cities. Specifically, we measure the price premium that law firms pay to locate in CBDs. Using micro-level data from the 1992 and 2007 Census of Services, we find that after controlling for firm size, firm specialization characteristics, and MSA and county attributes, law firms within CBDs pay about 15 to 20 percent more in overhead compared to those firms outside CBDs – a result consistent across time between 1992 and 2007. When including an important additional measure of firm quality, however, we find that this impact is reduced to about 7 to 9 percent, but still statistically significant. Additional results show that there is a significant correlation between firm quality and CBD location. We also find that firm size and firm specialization measures are important factors in the choice to locate within CBDs. We argue that these results indicate that CBD location for law firms may serve as networking, quality sorting, and branding mechanisms.