Controlled electric vehicle charging for reverse power flow correction in the distribution network with high photovoltaic penetration: case of an expanded IEEE 13 node test network.

Over the past years, the penetration of photovoltaic (PV) systems into the distribution network has experienced significant augmentation as the pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere keeps increasing while the prices of the solar components keep reducing. Despite the benefits PV systems bring to the distribution network, the high penetration of this technology into the distribution network could lead to reverse power flow (RPF) when the PV systems produce more than the local loads require. This RPF could result in the malfunctioning of protective devices and their coordination.

Nurse/physician collaboration: action research and the lessons learned.

Objective: Finding time to add to nursing knowledge while solving problems in a fast-paced healthcare environment is the ultimate challenge for nurse executives. At one hospital, use of an action research model to measure collaboration in nurse/physician led interdisciplinary teams improved the intervention and the approach to outcome measurement.

Background: Many hospital nurse executives promote collaborative practice, and yet, innovations introduced to foster collaboration are rarely studied prospectively.

Mediation training enhances conflict management by healthcare personnel.

Objectives: Mediation training can prepare healthcare professionals to manage conflict effectively in today's changing healthcare system. The primary purpose of the study was to measure the perceived comfort level of healthcare professionals with conflict before and after mediation training and to determine the extent to which mediation principles were applied within and outside the work setting. Secondary objectives were to observe firsthand transfer of skills and to identify subjects' perceptions of the impact of mediation training.

Mediation: a response to aid-in-dying and the Supreme Court decision.

The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision concerning aid-in-dying has drawn attention to the complexity of end-of-life care.

Quality problem solving, decision making, type theory, and case managers, Part II.

Temperament style is one way for case managers and those with whom they interact to examine theirs strengths and liabilities and to improve individual and group problem solving, decision making, and team effectiveness. Part I examined components of decision making, personality theory, and described the major cognitive types. This article will provide the results of a study of case manager's types and discuss the implications of typewatching to delegation, team building/groups, negotiation, and problem solving.

Quality problem-solving, decision-making, type theory, and case managers.

Temperament theory can serve as a tool to improve the case manager's effectiveness. This knowledge identifies strengths and liabilities that can enhance individual and group problem-solving, decision making and team productivity. This article will examine components of decision making, temperament or personality theory, and describe major types.