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API4TOYS is a project for the integration of the videogames and the traditional toy through the usage of common communication protocols and APIs, so any videogame developer will be able to communicate with a compatible toy, get usage information in real time and even actuate on it, giving a sense of smartness to the toy. This smartness will be oriented to get learning methodologies adapted to each user, gamifying the learning in an adaptive way and applying gamming contexts to kids and adults learning, through the integration of technological advances and ICTs to the traditional toys. API4TOYS is a project funded by by the Valencian Institute of Business Competitiveness (IVACE) and European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). This document corresponds to a poster of the project as one of the dissemination activities. ; API4TOYS. Project funded by the Valencian Institute of Business Competitiveness (IVACE) and European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), within the public grant program adressed to Technological Institutes of the Valencian Community for 2015 and 2016. File numbers: IMDECA/2015/14 and IMDECA/2016/32

Data from a large sample of nursing homes are used to examine the association between use of nurse aide agency staff and quality. Agency use data come from a survey conducted in 2005 ( N = 2,840), and the quality indicators come from the Nursing Home Compare Web site. The authors found a nonlinear relationship between nurse aide agency levels and quality; however, in general, higher nurse aide agency levels were associated with low quality. The results have policy and practice implications, the most significant of which is that use of nurse aide agency staff of less than 14 full-time equivalents per 100 beds has little influence on quality, whereas nurse aide agency staff of more than 25 full-time equivalents per 100 beds has a substantial influence on quality.