Measures were taken to ensure rigour, including fidelity to participant voices and language use; team meetings to reflect on results' believability; audit trails to track research decisions; and self-criticism by researchers (Milne and Oberle 2005; Patton 2002).
Regional hospitals are required proactively support their researchers, through clinical governance actions aiming to track research activities already underway, identify priority areas for resource allocation and infrastructure, and provide adequate tracking and recognition of researcher efforts.
He says: "Both HK and Singapore are seen as transitory destinations; places to get your career on track (research funding is pretty generous here) and then to move on from.
Bauman took this path, staying on in a non-tenure track research appointment at UC Davis's medical school after completing her postdoctoral training.
Within this track, research is also being directed at important technologies related to the practical use of fuel cells, including reforming conventional and alternative fuels.
Although the Animal Welfare Act requires that the U.S. Department of Agriculture track research labs' use of cats, dogs, and nonhuman primates, smaller vertebrates including mice, rats, fish, and birds bred for research are exempt.
