No-show appointments, also referred to as missed appointments, occur 23% to 34% annually in general practice care settings. Missed appointments can lead to reduction in appointment availability, decrease in provider/staff productivity, patient/provider discordance, disruption in continuity of care, and reduced quality of care. There is a gap in the nursing literature regarding effective interventions to reduce missed appointments. The purpose of this quality improvement, secondary analysis project was to determine whether implementation of an evidence-based no-show, nurse-led intervention would reduce missed appointment rates in a family medicine practice. The health belief model and the plan, do, study, act model guided this no-show project. Convenience sampled, password-secured quantitative data from nurse practitioner schedules were analyzed using a check-sheet tool and spreadsheet software. Data showed that after implementation of the evidence-based, nurse-led interventions, there was a reduction of no-shows with a decline from 23.5% in September and November 2017 to 17% in September and November 2018. Results of this no-show project might promote positive social change by increasing awareness of evidence-based interventions that are effective for reducing missed appointments in primary care practices.

<p>Vilket arbetssätt har den svenska styrkan i Afghanistan, specifikt i PRT Mazar-e-Sharif, i förhållande till arbetsmetoderna minimum force och show of force? Har det skett någon förändring i arbetssättet mellan 2006/07 och 2009/10? Vad kan en eventuell förändring bero på och kan man se någon inriktning för framtiden? Genom en jämförande fallstudie skall uppsatsen analysera hur den svenska styrkan i Afghanistan förhöll sig till arbetssätten minimum force och show of force vid två olika tidsperioder. Genom att analysera två tidsperioder kan man komma fram till om en förändring i arbetssätt skett samt undersöka anledningarna till den. Resultatet av analysen visar att under åren 2006/07 arbetade svenskarna i mångt och mycket efter metoden minimum force genom användandet av lätta fordon och små patruller. Under 2009/10 har dock en förskjutning mot arbetssättet show of force upptäckts genom införandet av tyngre fordon och fler vapensystem. Anledningarna beror på en förändrad taktik samt utökat samarbete med afghanskastyrkor vilket ökar hot- och risknivån och således ställer större krav på tyngre materiel med mer skydd och eldkraft. Framtiden visar inte på någon tillbakagång mot den brittiska metoden minimumforce.</p> / <p>Which approach does the Swedish force in Afghanistan, especially in the PRT Mazar-e-Sharif, use in relation to the methods minimum force and show of force? Has there been any change in approach between 2006/07 and 2009/10? What are the motives for an eventual change and can you see some indications in the future?Through a comparative case study the essay will analyze how the Swedish forces in Afghanistan worked in relation to the two approaches minimum force and show of force at two different time periods. By analyzing two time periods an eventual change in approach can be obtained and motives for it can be investigated. The results of the analysis show that during the years 2006/07 Swedish forces, in many aspects, used the method minimum force through the use of light vehicles and small patrols. During 2009/10, however, a shift in approach towards show of force is detected through the introduction of heavier vehicles and more weapons system. Motives for a change are believed to be in tactics and enhanced cooperation with Afghan forces, which increases the threat and risk level and thus increases the demands on heavier equipment with more protection and firepower. The future does not show any decline against the British method of minimum force.</p>

Vilket arbetssätt har den svenska styrkan i Afghanistan, specifikt i PRT Mazar-e-Sharif, i förhållande till arbetsmetoderna minimum force och show of force? Har det skett någon förändring i arbetssättet mellan 2006/07 och 2009/10? Vad kan en eventuell förändring bero på och kan man se någon inriktning för framtiden? Genom en jämförande fallstudie skall uppsatsen analysera hur den svenska styrkan i Afghanistan förhöll sig till arbetssätten minimum force och show of force vid två olika tidsperioder. Genom att analysera två tidsperioder kan man komma fram till om en förändring i arbetssätt skett samt undersöka anledningarna till den. Resultatet av analysen visar att under åren 2006/07 arbetade svenskarna i mångt och mycket efter metoden minimum force genom användandet av lätta fordon och små patruller. Under 2009/10 har dock en förskjutning mot arbetssättet show of force upptäckts genom införandet av tyngre fordon och fler vapensystem. Anledningarna beror på en förändrad taktik samt utökat samarbete med afghanskastyrkor vilket ökar hot- och risknivån och således ställer större krav på tyngre materiel med mer skydd och eldkraft. Framtiden visar inte på någon tillbakagång mot den brittiska metoden minimumforce. / Which approach does the Swedish force in Afghanistan, especially in the PRT Mazar-e-Sharif, use in relation to the methods minimum force and show of force? Has there been any change in approach between 2006/07 and 2009/10? What are the motives for an eventual change and can you see some indications in the future?Through a comparative case study the essay will analyze how the Swedish forces in Afghanistan worked in relation to the two approaches minimum force and show of force at two different time periods. By analyzing two time periods an eventual change in approach can be obtained and motives for it can be investigated. The results of the analysis show that during the years 2006/07 Swedish forces, in many aspects, used the method minimum force through the use of light vehicles and small patrols. During 2009/10, however, a shift in approach towards show of force is detected through the introduction of heavier vehicles and more weapons system. Motives for a change are believed to be in tactics and enhanced cooperation with Afghan forces, which increases the threat and risk level and thus increases the demands on heavier equipment with more protection and firepower. The future does not show any decline against the British method of minimum force.

Since TV became the most influential medium globally, the media content followed and as a result, a variety of programmes became international. When it came to entertainment, reality game show Survivor became a pioneer in crossing national borders when the programme’s format was licensed and sold worldwide. The ability of a single reality TV show format to appeal to different nations is remarkable and noteworthy, which consequently makes it an interesting field of research. Therefore, this essay focuses on analysing the narrative structures of the Survivor format productions in Sweden, the USA and Russia in pursuance of revealing representations and reproductions of the nations. It answers the questions about the narrative structures of the programmes, as well as about their common construction, and describes how the national identities are portrayed in a transnational reality game show format. In order to make the study extensive but at the same time significant, a structural narrative analysis with a comparative approach was chosen as a method. The selection was based on the importance of analysing the content of narratives in order to comprehend their illustrations of reality and, among other things, national identities. Mainly referring to a theory of nations as “imagined communities” and a theory about “banal nationalism”, the essay presents an analysis of the narrative structures. These structures, in their turn, expose the nation-specific elements that represent and reproduce the idea of nation. It is argued that national expressions are in general based on traditions and rituals of the nations. These representations are frequently unnoticed in everyday life; however they become noteworthy in the context of reality TV game shows such as Survivor.

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O objetivo deste trabalho é refletir sobre o que acontecerá com a televisão no ambiente das plataformas digitais. Cientes de que o digital trouxe a era da convergência entre mídias, nós, além de analisar a TV digital, iremos refletir sobre como o conteúdo televisivo se propaga por todas plataformas. Partimos em nossa análise de definições de televisão e de digital, e constatamos que o digital não ameaça de extinção as mídias anteriores; pelo contrário, é uma tecnologia que as potencializa. Nossa hipótese é que o mesmo acontecerá em relação à televisão: em vez de tornar a televisão obsoleta, a tecnologia digital contribuirá para que ela efetive todas as suas potencialidades. Nosso trabalho se esforça em quebrar alguns mitos que contaminam o debate sobre televisão na era digital. Defendemos a especificidade da televisão e mostramos que mesmo no ambiente digital ela vai manter e potencializar suas características. / The objective of the present study is to reflect on the future of television in the environment of digital platforms. We are aware that digital technology has brought upon us the era of media convergence. In this context we analyze digital TV and reflect on how television content is spread throughout all platforms. In our analysis we have used the definitions of television and digital as a starting point to realize that digital does not threaten the previous media; on the contrary, it\'s a technology which supports the previous ones. Our hypothesis is that television will have the same fate: instead of making television obsolete, digital technology will contribute to the development of its full potential. Our study is an effort to break the myths that the debate over television in the digital era commonly entail. We defend the specificity of television and establish that even in the digital environment it should and can retain its original characteristics.

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This Master's Thesis draws attention to established methods and procedures in the fashion design industry that are to be compared in the context of global changes and market opportunities. Special attention is given to the concept of fashion shows as the ongoing principal marketing instrument for fashion presentation. We analyze the individual elements of fashion show production, followed by the description of the theoretical mechanism of an on-line virtual fashion show. A part of the thesis is also dedicated to a general overview of the field of fashion design and a definition of the individual parts of fashion show as a market instrument in the context of the historical development of the field.In conclusion we show new opportunities in the sphere of fashion marketing, with respect to the changes in consumers' behavior in the second half of 20th century and the expected future changes in the first half of 21st century.

This thesis is concerned with the question of gender identification in drag culture. The research, upon which this work is based, focuses on Czech drag queens that participate in drag (travesti) show in an LGBTQ+ enterprise in Prague. In my research, I have attempted to grasp the motivation of my informants to do drag, their connection to queer culture and the ways in which they create their own aesthetic on stage. With the help of these topics, I approach the problem of their gender identification, both in and out of drag. On the basis of the collected fieldwork material and relevant literature, I problematize gender identification among my informants. On the basis of such identification, I furthermore attempt to demonstrate limitations and shortcomings of the heteronormative framework of gender performativity, gender performance and gender identification in general. Keywords: travesty show, drag, queer, homosexuality, performativity, performance, heteronormativity, gender subversion

The diploma thesis deals with political satire in the Show Jana Krause at the time of selected elections in the Czech Republic in the years 2010-2019. Altogether six sub-periods in which the chosen elections were held were examined, which means that the general sample of episodes of the Show Jana Krause is formed from six smaller samples. The aim of the work was to find out what form political satire had in the show in the monitored period, how often it appeared in it and which political actors were most often its target. The research method was a quantitative content analysis with the help of which the work seeks answers to the following four research questions. RQ1: How much space was devoted to political satire in the Show Jana Krause? RQ2: What elements of political satire does the Show Jana Krause use? RQ3: What politicians, or which political subjects were most often satirically portrayed on the show? RQ4: What topics did political satire on the Show Jana Krause focus on the most? The thesis consists of four chapters. The first chapter theoretically defines key concepts and outlines the history of political satire. The second chapter deals in more detail with the genre of television political satire and its development, especially with a focus on the Czech environment. The intention of the...