Setting

Stone setting can often appear mysterious and impossible: an ancient craft used to hold beautiful gems secure in the most elegant of designs. This practical book explains the techniques of the master stone setter in an accessible and encouraging style. Written by Scott McIntyre, it explains the complex world of setting with step-by-step instructions, supported by informative illustrations and excellent examples of finished pieces. It is a manual that shines with inspiration and practical advice. Topics covered include: setting techniques, from bezel, claw and flush, through to single row and multiple pave, then to skilled methods such as channel and microclaw. Advice is given on the options and attributes of each type of setting, as well as ideas for mixing styles and experimenting with setting methods. It is written informally throughout with an emphasis on patience and precision.

Illustrated instructions enable you to 'tile with style'.

"This is an extremely rich piece of scholarship that blends the perspectives of law, economics, engineering, and political science in comparing public and private standard-setting."--Peter J. May, University of Washington "The book is of first-rate importance because it does an impeccable job of presenting and analyzing previously unknown and woefully neglected material essential to the ongoing risk debate."--Aaron Wildavsky, author of The Deficit and the Public Interest

The focus of this thesis is needs in the context of health care priority setting. The notion of needs has a strong standing in health care policy; however, how the idea should be understood more specifically and how it should guide decisions about priority setting remain contentious issues. The aim of this thesis is to explore how needs should be characterised in health care priority setting. This matter is approached by, first, exploring and developing the conceptual structure of health care needs, and second, discussing and suggesting solutions to normative questions that arise when needs are characterised as a distributive principle. In the first article, the conceptual structure of needs in general and health care needs in particular is explored, and it is argued that a specific characterisation of health care needs is required. In the second article, the notion of health care needs is explored in relation to preferences for health care within the context of shared decision-making. The paper further discusses a number of queries that arise in the intersection between what the patient needs and what the patient wants. The third article discusses how a principle of need should handle questions about interpersonal aggregation. The paper characterises a principle of need which strikes a reasonable balance between giving priority to the worst off and the distribution of benefits with regard to interpersonal aggregation. The fourth article discusses how a principle of need should account for the fact that patients often are badly off due to several conditions rather than one single condition. It is argued that how badly off patients are should be understood as a function of how badly off these patients are when all of their conditions (for which they need health care) are considered. The frame story provides the terminological, theoretical, contextual, and methodological background for the discussion undertaken in this thesis. The conclusions of the articles are brought together and the discussion extended in the concluding discussion by sketching a number of conditions of adequacy for the concept and principle of need relevant for health care priority setting. Den här avhandlingen fokuserar på behov och behovsprinciper inom hälso- och sjukvården. Behov har länge haft en stark ställning inom hälso- och sjukvården men det är omdiskuterat hur begreppet ska förstås mer specifikt och framförallt hur det ska vara vägledande för prioriteringar inom hälso- och sjukvården. Syftet med den här avhandlingen är att karakterisera behov för sådana prioriteringar. Avhandlingen tar sig an detta syfte utifrån två ansatser. För det första, genom att undersöka och utveckla den begreppsliga strukturen hos vårdbehov och, för det andra, genom att diskutera samt ge förslag på lösningar på ett antal normativa frågor som uppstår när vårdbehov skall karakteriseras som en fördelningsprincip. I den första artikeln undersöks begreppen behov och vårdbehov utifrån den allmänfilosofiska diskussionen om behov. I artikeln karakteriseras begreppet vårdbehov på ett sätt som gör det lämpligt för prioriteringar inom hälsooch sjukvården. I den andra artikeln utforskas begreppet vårdbehov i relation till önskemål om vård inom ramen för delat beslutsfattande. I artikeln diskuteras också ett antal frågeställningar som aktualiseras i relation till den spänning som kan uppstå mellan patientens behov å ena sidan och patientens önskemål å andra sidan. I den tredje artikeln behandlas frågan om hur en behovsprincip bör hantera frågor som rör sammanvägning av olika personers behov. I artikeln karakteriseras och försvaras en behovsprincip som balanserar prioritet till de sämst ställda och hur hälsovinster bör fördelas. I den fjärde artikeln förs en diskussion om hur en behovsprincip bör göra reda för det faktum att patienter ofta lider av samsjuklighet snarare än av ett enskilt tillstånd. I artikeln drivs tesen att hur dåligt ställt en patient har det bör förstås som en funktion av hur dåligt ställt patienten har det när alla patientens tillstånd (för vilka patienten behöver vård) har tagits i beaktande, snarare än hur dåligt ställt patienten har det med avseende på det specifika tillstånd för vilket patienten skall behandlas. I kappan ges den terminologiska, kontextuella, teoretiska och metodologiska bakgrunden för diskussionen i avhandlingen. I en avslutande diskussion förs slutsatserna från artiklarna samman och diskussionen utvidgas genom att skissera ett antal adekvansvillkor för begreppet vårdbehov och behovsprinciper i vården.

This book draws on agenda setting theory to examine how cultural organizations relate to media in order to increase their visibility, valence, and eventually build their public image. Most organizations have a keen interest in their symbolic presence, as their media visibility influences public knowledge, perceptions and even behaviors. Diminished public funding, in combination with the global proliferation of cultural entities, creates a competitive environment, leading to a transformation of cultural industries. In the book, several questions are under scrutiny: How do cultural organizations acquire symbolic significance? How do they become prominent in media content? Which mechanisms and processes should be examined by cultural managers as they set out to achieve salience? Is there a relationship between media and public salience? In other words, if an organization becomes symbolically prominent, in what ways is the public influenced, both in terms of perceptions as well as behaviors?

This WORKBOOK is a complete and unabridged version of the best-selling book, Super Sexy Goal Setting, with workbook additions. Throughout the workbook, there are sections with questions and prompts. Ultimately, Super Sexy Goal Setting Workbook will guide you to write out your super sexy goals. IMPORTANT NOTE: The print version of this workbook has lines and room to write out your answers within its pages BUT as an ebook cannot be written on, in this ebook version of the workbook, all of the workbook lines have been removed. Please use the questions and prompts in the workbook sections to write out your answers on a separate sheet of paper, a journal or a notebook. - Have your attempts at setting goals been too exhausting? - Are you sick of New Year’s resolutions that go nowhere? - Does goal setting seem so serious and boring it puts you off completely? This workbook overthrows traditional goal setting practices to help YOU to discover your ‘super sexy’ goals that will make your life exciting and meaningful once again. Super Sexy Goal Setting WORKBOOK will give you the simplest and most fun way to set goals that lead to a life you love. This entertaining and easy-to-read workbook will also: - cut through the confusion so you can easily set goals that are perfect for you - tell you exactly what to do to work out your goals—even if you have never set goals before - provide compelling reasons why super sexy goals give you MORE time and energy (yes, really!) We are promised that goal setting is an amazing way to transform our lives for the better, but it often seems like a hard chore that can often end in failure. It doesn’t have to be this way. Super Sexy Goal Setting WORKBOOK narrows the focus to just FOUR exciting and meaningful goals in a 12-month period. This workbook distills an avalanche of information and all the learnings from years of goal setting into simple and practical tips to help you write your ‘super sexy’ goals and then take action without the overwhelm. Four super sexy goals. One year. Your life transformed. Follow the short, chunked down chapters in Super Sexy Goal Setting WORKBOOK to: - lead and inspire others to live life on their terms - wake up each morning with a sense of excitement and zest for life - know exactly how to decide what you want in life, not what you don’t want - feel like you are living the life you were meant to live, one with excitement, meaning and true joy In less than a couple of hours this workbook will give you the exact blueprint that will make it effortless and exciting to discover and take action on your most desirable goals. This is the most fun, stress-free and of course, SUPER SEXY workbook on goal setting you will ever read. Follow the simple strategy in Super Sexy Goal Setting WORKBOOK and give yourself the best gift of all—a feeling of accomplishment in achieving exactly what you want in life. What’s stopping you from being the happy, energized and successful person you always thought you would be? Forget SMART goals. You need super sexy goals! Don’t wait until another year rolls by with failed New Year’s resolutions. To add some much-needed clarity, direction and joy back into your life, buy this workbook today.

This book examines methods for selecting topics and setting priorities for clinical practice guideline development and implementation. Clinical practice guidelines are "systematically defined statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances." In its assessment of processes for setting priorities, the committee considers the principles of consistency with the organization's mission, implementation feasibility, efficiency, utility of the results to the organization, and openness and defensibilityâ€"a principle that is especially important to public agencies. The volume also examines the implications of health care restructuring for priority setting and topic selection, including the link between national and local approaches to guidelines development.

The objectives of this study are to describe experiences in price setting and how pricing has been used to attain better coverage, quality, financial protection, and health outcomes. It builds on newly commissioned case studies and lessons learned in calculating prices, negotiating with providers, and monitoring changes. Recognising that no single model is applicable to all settings, the study aimed to generate best practices and identify areas for future research, particularly in low- and middle-income settings. The report and the case studies were jointly developed by the OECD and the WHO Centre for Health Development in Kobe (Japan).

With a strong comparative framework, this book examines fourteen countries with parliamentary or semi-presidential systems of government to provide a detailed investigation into the mechanisms by which governments determine the agendas of their parliaments.