... control ofthe contributors tothe projects and their output, the evaluation and selection of alternatives in pursuit ofthe client's satisfaction with the project outcome are fundamental aspects of ... improve their service quality an important part of consultancy service in order to enhance the customer's loyalty, boosting the business for future projects and word of mouth reputation The question ... Murugavarothayan et al (2000): Murugavarothayan et al (2000) conclude the model of criteria for customer evaluation ofthe construction professional service offered, in which the determinants of consultant...
... time of epidemic peak The applicability of our theoretical arguments is not restricted tothe switch of control policy In many Northern hemisphere countries, the start ofthe major epidemic of ... statistical analyses RO revised analytical results HN drafted the manuscript and RO and HN discussed and revised the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The ... increase in the transmission rate In the absence of intervention (baseline scenario), the transmission rate is assumed to be constant b over time In the presence of early intervention, the transmission...
... quality measures and financial indicators such as profitability (Banker and Mashruwala, 2000, Banker, Potter and Srinivasan, 2001; Ittner and Larcker 1998a and 1998b, Nagar and Rajan, 2001) PERFORMANCE ... importance of customer satisfaction, customer retention and other parameters related tothe customer, whereas the role ofthe employees, their satisfaction, loyalty and the link between these ... multidimensional concept and it can vary throughout the time and depending on the analysed company, and the sector to which it belongs So, most ofthe traditional measures does not provide the expected results...
... to avail themselves of airplanes to find therange for them The French were just at the time trying to get revenge for an attack we made the day before, and the artillery was very busy From there ... also got out to be able to fire at the retreating enemy to better advantage Again and again the French officers tried to close up their ranks, rally their men, and lead them anew tothe attack ... autograph collectors, the trip was eventless In Tetschen, at the border, I was relieved ofthe bother of customs officials through the kindness ofan Austrian officer It was the lasting grief of...
... Organization of This Book This book is arranged in the same manner as the layers ofthe OSI model, which was developed to provide organization and structure tothe world of networking In 1983, the International ... 20 and 21 and is used to move files from one computer to another Port 20 is used for the data stream, and transfers the data between the client and the server Port 21 is the control stream, and ... LaPadula, Clark Wilson, and others led the US government to adopt standards tomeasure these computer security controls One ofthe first of these standards to be developed was the Trusted Computing...
... data analyses and writing ofthe manuscript R.M Baars and C I Atherton both participated equally in the development ofthe condition-specific module and the writing ofthe manuscript H.M Koopman ... in the data collection and was responsible for the selection of items and analysis ofthe condition-specific modules She performed the literature research, data analyses and writing ofthe manuscript ... of HRQoL The chronic generic module can be used in conjunction with any ofthe condition-specific modules Combining these modules gives the clinician and investigator the unique opportunity to...
... order to be able to conduct and monitor the progress ofthe trial for the patients' safety and according tothe World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki and the European and Italian Good ... be given to explaining the purposes, manner ofthe management and use ofthe patients' data from questionnaires and diaries The right ofthe patient to withdraw from the studies in any time, ... treatments, the quality of analgesic-drug therapy and the effect of alternative analgesic strategies in a large, prospective, unselected cohort of cancer patients using the state -of -the art of patient-reported-...
... substantial (r > 0.30) item-total correlations [14] Targeting Scores span the full scale range [15] Mean scores near the midpoint [16] Floor and ceiling effects (endorsement at the bottom and the ... each scale had similar mean scores and standard deviations implying that they contribute equally tothe variance ofthe total score, and can be summed without weighting Item-total scale correlations ... compared the psychometric properties ofthe MSRMS in the two independent samples (Stage and Stage 3) to enable us to comment on the stability ofthe instrument Analyses We re-examined the same...
... thickness On the other hand, resistance ofthe seed layer increased with increasing thickness As a result, the Jsc ofthe device increased up tothe optimum film thickness, after which it began to decrease ... conductivity of each ofthe functional layers and the contact resistance between them, and because high charge carrier mobility is beneficial to obtaining a low Rs [19], the lower Rs ofthe IOSCs with the ... [4, 20], the carrier mobility of ZnO NR is several orders of magnitude larger than that of organic materials due tothe occurrence of a hopping mechanism in the organic materials [21] Therefore,...
... cm, and if the capacity of deflectometer is tomeasure into a depth of ca 1.5 multiple of reaction area (Miller et al 2007) it is very significant with respect tothe measured profile Nevertheless, ... seated on the soil Prior tothe first measurement, the instrument was calibrated according tothe size ofthe reaction base plate The diameter ofthe reaction base plate was 132 mm and the calibration ... absorb the energy and themeasureof deflection is therefore lower If we compare the measurement with penetrometer and deflectometer, we can follow the degree of soil bearing capacity in the following...
... equal and omission of any of them did not alter the a value significantly The calculation of sensitivity (Sn) and specificity (Sp) at various cut-off levels for the two scales is shown in Table The ... conceived the study, gathered and managed the data, performed the genetic analysis, participated in the statistical analysis and wrote the paper KNF conceived the study, carried out the literature ... designing the study, analysing the data and writing the paper GB participated in designing the study, analysing the data and writing the paper All authors read and approved the final manuscript...
... USA) The blocking antibody specific for human MMP-9 was obtained from Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA, USA), and the recombinant MMPs and their inhibitors were from Calbiochem (San Diego, CA, USA) The ... represent the mean ± standard error ofthe mean The statistical significance of differences between means was determined by either Student's t test for comparisons between two groups or Spearman rank ... surprising since the levels of MMP-9 in SF have been shown to vary according to several factors, such as the disease state, the local concentration of inflammatory cytokines, and the number of infiltrating...
... generated, the “CountIncrement” can be set equal to “StopSimulationAt:” Any other parameters may be altered, and the simulation is started with the triangle in the toolbar The simulation can be stopped ... GB and CBM made substantive intellectual contributions tothe manuscript and interpretation of data, as well as the drafting and revision ofthe manuscript SM, JD, CE, BB and MK designed and ... average numbers of Effector and Memory BCell Agents in Zone for the duration ofthe simulation Additional file 26: The number of Effector and Memory CTL Agents in Zone for the duration ofthe simulation...
... autoimmune diseases, cancer and transplant rejection Both the innate and adaptive components ofthe host response are complex, and the interaction between the two represents another level of ... of some signals to Zone Portals are a means of transferring agents and signals from one zone to another They are randomly placed in Zones and The variation and uncertainty ofthe time spent by ... blood and lymphatic vessels control the access ofthe agents to Zone They also transmit signals produced in Zones and to attract agents to migrate The Portals also participate in the transport of...
... treatment Further studies of complementary or supportive programs and interventions are needed to inform clinicians and families on the usefulness of specific activities or programs to enhance the psychosocial ... development of children Research of this kind builds bridges tothe daily challenges that are faced in routine clinical work with children, adolescents and their families Therefore, the editors of CAPMH ... and children with externalizing disorders These questions can be optimally addressed in prospective, randomized controlled studies of treatment as usual alone vs combined treatment as usual and...
... health insurance and did not want to be told whether and how to so) opposed the proposal The president ofthe Insurance Economic Society of America asked, “Can you imagine the horde of constables ... ofthe core tasks of any insurance company today.26 With the access problem worsening with each passing year ofthe Depression, more and more hospitals banded together to offer Blue Cross plans ... faded into the background In the meantime, the forecast increase in the demand for medical care came to fruition This partly reflected the return to civilian life of millions of veterans (and the...
... reading 13 2.4.2 The role ofthe teacher and the students in teaching and learning Reading 13 2.4.2.1 The role ofthe teacher 13 2.4.2.2 The role ofthe students 14 ... Research questions 1.4 Scope ofthe study 1.5 Methods ofthe study 1.6 Significance ofthe study 1.7 Design ofthe study CHAPTER 2: LITERATUREREVIEW ... UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES - ĐÀO THỊ MINH HƢƠNG THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FIRST- YEAR NGHE AN COLLEGE STUDENTS’MOTIVATION TO READ AND THEIR...
... In the case the topic ofthe text is not interesting and irrelevant to their experience and knowledge they may stop reading because they can not understand the meaning ofthe text enough to satisfy ... that glancing at the title or subheading is another way to helps the students understand the content ofthe text while 18% of them say that by reading only the first and the last sentence ofthe ... students understand the content ofthe text, you often ask them to A Skim the text B Scan the text C Glance at the title or subheading etc D Read only the first and the last sentences ofthe paragraph...
... rationale, aims ofthe study, the research questions as well as scope, significance ofthe study and methods ofthe study Chapter deals with an overview ofthe theoretical background ofthe research ... with the issues relevant tothe topic ofthe research motivation and reading strategies, classification ofthe reading, motivation in reading, the importance of motivation in reading, factors ... reading to find out the relationship between students’ motivation to read and their use of reading strategies 1.6 Significance ofthe study Motivation is one ofthe key issues in language learning and...