... 60 Anatomy of risks in the Service Delivery of Long- Term Service Agreements 61 3.1 Introduction 61 3.2 Dimensions of Risks in the Service Delivery of LTSAs ... an efficient and effective delivery of long- term service agreements to customers from the provider’s point of view are addressed 1.1 Problem Background Long- term service agreements are widely used ... management of the service delivery Strategic business management relates to long- term business decisions of managing LTSAs, while strategic operations management pertains to long- term decisions for service...
Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 00:59
... sealed had no signs of closure Of the three main ethnic groups, 98% of Mandinkas, 4% of Wollofs and 32% of Fulas had signs of genital cutting The socio-demographic characteristics of cut and uncut ... pp 643±653 august 2001 L Morison et al Long- term consequences of FGC in The Gambia secondary level education (3% of Mandinkas, 6% of Fulas and 1% of Wollofs) During interviews with a ®eldworker ... al Long- term consequences of FGC in The Gambia the partial or total removal of the clitoris Type II refers to partial or total removal of the clitoris together with partial or total excision of...
Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 16:20
The Long-Term Labor Market Consequences of Graduating doc
... Starting from a sample of 2,236 individuals, I restrict attention to the 631 of these with at least a college degree Of the 596 of these where year of college graduation can be determined, I focus ... (1994), "The Wage Policy of a Firm," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 109, pp 921-955 [2] Beaudry, Paul and John DiNardo (1991), "The E¤ect of Implicit Contracts on the Movement of Wages Over the Business ... new results on the long- term e¤ects of cohort-level market shocks It is the only paper, to my knowledge, that looks at this e¤ect for college graduates, an important share of the labor market,...
Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 03:20
báo cáo hóa học: " Cardiac rehabilitation in Austria: long term health-related quality of life outcomes" pptx
... and older, in terms of effect statistics there were no (age group 41-65) or small effects (age group 65+), with long lasting effects for 43-40% of the patients Beyond the often long lasting improvements ... that younger patients, with an effect size of 0.91, derive the greatest long- term benefit from inpatient CR in terms of an improved HRQL (with 63% having a long- lasting effect) This is partly in ... history of long- term recovery of patients not attending CR in Austria, it is difficult to distinguish the effect of CR from other factors Further, although there is relatively little documentation of...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20
Báo cáo khoa học: " Long-term outcome and patterns of failure in patients with advanced head and neck cancer" pps
... resection of pulmonary metastases of head and neck cancer that a resection of a solitary pulmonary metastasis resulted in long- term survival in selected patients [29] Since treatment after diagnosis of ... oro-and hypopharyngeal squamous Long- term side effects Most common long- term side effects documented were xerostomia and alterations in taste At last follow-up, 17 of the 33 patients who were still ... especially in cases of DM limited to the lungs Author details Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany 2Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, University of Heidelberg,...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20
Báo cáo y học: "Long term follow up results of sequential left internal thoracic artery grafts on severe left anterior descending artery disease" ppsx
... revascularization of all of the occluded or stenosed coronary arteries that supply viable myocardium with its best long- term results [3] While the total Figure Control arteriography of a sequential ... angioplasty (PTCA) of the native proximal LAD due to the stenosis of the proximal LAD anastomosis Another patient had undergone PTCA of the native right coronary artery due to the occlusion of the vein ... stenoses of LITA greater than 50% were defined as “graft stenosis”, and the non-visualization of the contrast material after a certain point of the graft, at the anastomosis line or non-filling of...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22
Báo cáo khoa học: " Long-term outcome and quality of life of patients treated in surgical intensive care: a comparison between sepsis and trauma" doc
... patients also had poorer long- term outcomes Figure illustrates the survival of patients after hospital discharge Post-hospital mortality of patients with sepsis was higher than that of patients with ... for the assessment of survival, but 50% were lost to follow up for the assessment of quality of life at years Why did we lose so many patients? In our assessment of quality of life we used telephone ... In the case of severe disability of patients, we used proxy assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) [4,15] Statistical analysis The characteristics of the study population were assessed...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20
Báo cáo khoa học: "Intensive care unit acquired infection has no impact on long-term survival or quality of life: a prospective cohort study" doc
... studies looking at longterm outcomes of patients with ICU-acquired infections as a whole Most of the published studies deal with long- term mortality from specific infections, often ones acquired ... outcomes of intensive care; we addressed the question of whether these infections also have an impact on long- term mortality and quality of life in a prospectively study conducted in a subgroup of ... significance of ICU-acquired infections for long- term quality of life, this variable was necessarily included in the different models Hence, the odds ratios of the other parameters are biased because of...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20
Báo cáo y học: "Health care costs, long-term survival, and quality of life following intensive care unit admission after cardiac arrest" pdf
... status and perceived quality of life in long- term survivors of out -of- hospital cardiac arrest Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2007, 51:206-209 Graf J, Graf C, Janssens U: Analysis of resource use and costgenerating ... hospital costs plus 16,856,851 € long- term survivors after cardiopulmonary resuscitation Medical Outcome Survey Short Form-36 questionnaire (SF-36) of 81 long- term survivors after cardiopulmonary ... German Bureau of Census Since the majority of the patients in our cohort were readmitted to hospital at least once during the 5-year follow-up, true long- term health care costs of this patient...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22
Báo cáo y học: "Long-term outcome and prognosis of dissociative disorder with onset in childhood or adolescence" pot
... study is part of a series of follow-up studies conducted at our and allied departments The methodology of this investigation is comparable to that of a study on the long- term course of obsessive-compulsive ... Committee of the University of Wuerzburg granted approval of the study A total of 62 patients met these criteria Despite extensive efforts both by mail and phone, only 23 subjects of the original ... middle -term and long- term course seems to be less positive in comparison to remission rates reported after initial treatment in childhood or adolescence However, meaningful results on the long- term...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21
Long term caries inhibitory effects of fluoride releasing tooth colored restorative materials
... and Assoc Prof Lum Peng Lim during the IADR in Japan in June 2001 I would like to thank Assoc Prof Tan Beng Choon Keson, Dean of Faculty of Dentistry and Prof Chong Lin Chew, Director of Graduate ... Table of Contents Page Acknowledgements i Table of Contents iii Summary v List of Publications vii List of Tables viii List of Figures ix INTRODUCTION LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 The Structure of Enamel ... caries-inhibiting effect of giomers Objectives of this study are: To evaluate and compare the caries inhibition of the continuum of toothcolored restorative materials To determine the effects of aging on...
Ngày tải lên: 10/11/2015, 11:07
Báo cáo khoa học: " Effect of the medical emergency team on long-term mortality following major surgery"
... suffered at least loss of one relative, for example, a partner or child, and two mothers of our cohort lost both of their children The majority of patients complained of nightmares, emotional ... federal request the Department of Psychotraumatology of the University of Heidelberg (Germany) assembled a comprehensive list of 400 qualified psychotherapists offering immediate support nationwide ... and Mycoplasma [48] Psychoemotional aftermath With respect to the tsunami's psychoemotional aftermath, the full impact of the wave on the mental health of the survivors is still unknown [2] In...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:41
Báo cáo y học: "Long Term Persistence of IgE Anti-Influenza Virus Antibodies in Pediatric and Adult Serum Post Vaccination with Influenza Virus Vaccine"
... (saliva) consist mainly of secretory IgA (sIgA) [19] This study is the first, to our knowledge, to describe the long term persistence of IgE anti-Influenza virus antibodies in serum of IgE positive and ... B/Brisbane/60 /2008 Each 0.2 mL dose of Flumist intranasal spray contains 10 FFU (fluorescent focus units) of live attenuated influenza virus reassortants of each of the three strains for the 2009-2010 ... studies are the first to describe the long- term persistence of IgE anti-Influenza virus antibodies in vaccinated children and adults, with normal and elevated levels of serum IgE, approaching two years...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:10
Báo cáo y học: "Sustained High Quality of Life in a 5-Year Long Term Follow-up after Successful Ablation for Supra-Ventricular Tachycardia. Results from a large Retrospective Patient Cohort"
... scores Irrespective of the well known shortcomings of the Symptom checklist because of the nonspecific nature of a number of the symptoms asked for and the lack of assessment of functional status ... arise in the long term (1, 2, 7) Data on QoL in short term follow-up after RF ablation of SVT is available from a few studies of smaller patient groups, but despite of the large number of patients ... study on long term electrophysiological outcome and its impact on the QoL in a large patient group Study cohort: The number of patients lost in long term follow up is consistent with long- term surveys...
Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:44
Long-term trends in water quality in an under-populated watershed and influence of precipitation
... the long- term trend analysis of the water quality stated below This is because if a clear trend of precipitation is recognized, long- term trends in water quality will be affected by the long- term ... and Cossarini, G (2004) Long- term changes of inorganic nutrients in the Lagoon of Venice (Italy)., J Marine Sys., 51(1-4), 179-189 Parr, L.B and Mason, C.F (2003) Long- term trends in water quality ... (published every year) Ministry of Environment of Japan (2008) Annual report on the environment Ministry of Environment of Japan Tokyo (published every year) Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs,...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:15
Long-term Performance and Community Analysis of Spirodela Polyrrhiza–bacteria Association Treating Phenol-contaminated Water
... (DGGE) We determined how the phenol-removal ability of the S polyrrhiza–bacteria association and the S polyrrhiza-associated bacterial community change during long- term treatment of phenol-contaminated ... conducted using the C1 2Of/ C12Or or C2 3Of/ C23Or primer sets (Sei et al., 1999) The copy number of 16S rRNA gene was used as the index of total bacteria, whereas the copy numbers of C12O gene and C23O ... diverse range of C12O gene and C23O gene on its root surfaces and the diversity of these bacteria can be maintained in the long term under natural conditions and under conditions of phenol contamination...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:15
The relative effects of merit pay, bonuses, and long term incenti on future job performance
... effectiveness of the bonuses should also depend on the level of expectancy and valence of the compensation system Long- term Incentives Long- term incentives (LTI) are rewards linked to a firm’s long- term ... incentives (p < 0001) Because of the restrictions on long- term incentives, Hypothesis predicted that the effect of bonuses would be stronger than the effect of long- term incentives The results ... individual performance and long- term incentives may be weaker than for other forms of compensation, and thus may have lower expectancy than other forms of pay-for-performance Long- term incentives also...
Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2013, 11:44
Tài liệu Handbook of Long-Term Care Administration and Policy pdf
... nonelderly recipients of long- term care? The list of neglected topics, as the table of contents reveals, is long That is the justification of gathering such a wide range of policy and administrative ... Quality of Long- Term Care with Better Information .267 VINCENT MOR 15 Long- Term Care Housing Types and Design .293 SHANNON M CHANCE PART V: POLICY MAKING AND FINANCING 16 Long- Term Care ... FOCUSING ON SERVICES 10 Long- Term Care Services, Care Coordination, and the Continuum of Care .173 MEGAN E McCUTCHEON AND WILLIAM J McAULEY 11 Legal Issues Related to Long- Term Care: Elder...
Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 19:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Development of a new method for isolation and long-term culture of organ-specific blood vascular and lymphatic endothelial cells of the mouse pdf
... the control of the CAG promoter, followed by several cloning sites including a SwaI site, polyadenylation signal sequence of the Pgk gene, and a portion of the multiple cloning site of pMCS5 XhoI–EcoRI-digested ... pSA-bgeo; Dr Izumo Saito (Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan) for providing pCAG-Cre; Dr Ikuo Yana (Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan) for help in performing ... that are required for immunological isolation of ECs [23,24] to prevent proliferation of tsA58T Ag-expressing non-ECs Results and Discussion Generation of a transgenic mouse line carrying the CAG-bgeo-tsA58T...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 17:20
Tài liệu The cycle of preference: Long-term dynamics of aesthetic appreciation docx
... participants with the images of car exteriors spanning a long period of time The specific usage of historic views of design-oriented objects such as cars should provide a sensitive test of how the design ... adaptation effects any more They are no longer in everyday use They are part of museums now, not of everyday phenomena Consequently, they are stable in terms of preferences for them and major design ... discussion In the present studies, we investigated long- term dynamics of design properties To be able to assess a long time period, we used b Residuals of the production numbers (all brands) production...
Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 17:20