... Heiskanen, Eva and Mikko Jalas (2000) Dematerialization Through Services - A Reviewand Evaluation of the Debate Ministry of Environment: Helsinki, no 436, p 12) 10 impacts of products and associated ... discipline point of view has been performed, as the goal of the study is to evaluate applicability of the most often used methods for understanding and m easuring consumer acceptance and satisfaction ... consumption and consumer behaviour 3.1 Business and marketing domain This section provides a summary of the current understanding of consumer behaviour based on the overview of the existing body of business...
... given by patient for seeking medical care and the duration of the symptom List all of the patients medical problems Historyof Present Illness (HPI): Describe the course of the patient's illness, ... with loss of conscious ness for minute, hour before admission Historyof the Present Illness: Time of occurrence and description of the episode Duration of unconscious ness, rate of onset; ... complains of abnormal vaginal bleeding for two weeks Historyof the Present Illness: Last menstrual period, age of menarche; regularity, duration and frequency of menses; amount of bleeding, number of...
... result of a more specific diagnosis at a higher level ofmedical care Physical Fitness Data Physical fitness test (PFT) data were obtained from an existing database in the Physical Training Unit of ... injury, comparisons of injury incidence rates in men and women, and the associations between fitness and injuries in FBI new agent training Thirty-seven percent of men and 44% of women experienced ... periodically to FBI field offices [24] These reviews noted the number and percent of new agent trainees who have failed the initial PFT and compares failures among field offices Field offices are charged...
... research papers will be: available free of charge to the entire biomedical community peer reviewed and published immediately upon acceptance cited in PubMed and archived on PubMed Central yours ... not omitted Chapter begins with 20 pages of elementary thermodynamics and enzymology, surely elementary for most readers, and ends with the same amount of text – a mere 20 pages – on metabolic ... to be familiar and is far more mathematically sophisticated Much of the account of ageing in chapter is devoted to the defective mitochondria theory – reasonably, in that one of the authors (Kowald)...
... assist understanding of the complex aetiology of these fractures Therefore, the aim of this review is to highlight factors identified in the literature that may act to influence the risk of sustaining ... design of the trabecular network allows for the efficient distribution of compressive and shear forces This efficiency exists via the orientation and spacing of the three dimensional arrangement of ... different regions of the vertebral body In an examinationof cancellous bone morphometry of lumbar vertebrae, Simpson and colleagues [82] discovered that BMD, as measured by the ratio of bone volume...
... the goal of achieving best practices that reduce variation and enhance quality ofmedical care The Quality Management Directorate of the Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) contracted with RAND to work ... rigorous peer review to ensure high standards for research quality and objectivity Implementation of the Asthma Practice Guideline in the Army Medical Department Evaluation of Process and Effects ... served by the MTFs, and there should be reductions in rates of use of emergency rooms and inpatient stays for exacerbations of asthma Introduction As part of the process of developing the asthma...
... period of decline in the historyof the stock market In this section we explore both of these issues: the volatility and resiliency of the market since the crash, and the unusual nature of trading ... behavior of investors is continued by Baigent and Massaro who suggest that the existence of portfolio insurance can create more aggressive trading and a moral Introduction 121 Reviewof Accounting and ... of Georgia in December of 2008 He will be an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of San Diego in the fall of 2009 His research is in asset pricing Jeffry Netter is the C Herman and...
... terms of MCH policies and systems, functions and mechanisms, and technology and human resources The l challenge in terms of the recognition of MCH is greater than that of service development; systems, ... population in terms of human resour ces and is an invaluable contribution to the stability of society and the happiness of families Problems and challenges i Government funding and the rate of funding ... coordinate the reduction of maternal and child mortality and improve the health and survival of women and children within the overall context of national development is important, and will contribute...
... direction and function of curriculum change on aspects of teaching and learning by means of a change of public examinations” Similar concept terms to washback In addition to “backwash” and “washback”, ... from the uses of tests, the impacts of testing on test takers and teachers, the examinationof results by decision makers, and the potential misuse, abuse, and unintended usage of tests In other ... narrow curricular offerings and modes of instruction, and potentially reduce the capacities of teachers to teach content and to use methods and materials that are incompatible with standardized testing...
... Society of Medicine, and the Royal Society of Health Professor Cooper is the President of the British Academy of Management, is a Companion of the (British) Institute of Management, and one of the ... Niessen, and Sandra Ohly examine the theme of training and development but from the new perspective of learning and development at work Although empowerment and participation have been themes of the ... MPOWERMENT AND P ERFORMANCE 35 traditional psychometric principles, is for multiple and independent ratings of HRM practices andsystems to enhance the reliability and validity of the measurement of...
... Society of Health He is also founding editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior and co-editor of Stress and Health, serves on the editorial board of a number of other scholarly journals, and ... Health Professor Cooper was founding President of the British Academy of Management and is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Royal Society of Arts, Royal Society of Medicine and Royal ... substitutability of employees, notions of fairness and respect, perceptions of employees’ record of work and commitment, perceived long-term impact, or perceived gender appropriateness of a request and other...
... Value of a Fuel ( Chemical Heating Value MJ per kg of fuel = 33.7 C + 144 H C H2 O2 S O2 ) + 9.3 S is the mass of carbon per kg of fuel is the mass of hydrogen per kg of fuel is the mass of oxygen ... p = number of pairs of poles N = rotational speed in r/min Page 31 Slip of Induction Motor Slip speed of field - speed of rotor x 100 Speed of field Inductive Reactance Reactance of AC circuit ... quantity, equal to the (vector) product of a force and the displacement of an object In simple systems, where W is work, F force and s distance W = Fs In SI the unit of work is the joule, J, or kilojoule,...
... THE REVIEW This part of the report explains the nature and purpose of the Review It sets out who was involved and why, then describes the objectives set for the Review, the scope of the task and ... Overview of Approach Reviewof Context & Good Practice Assessment of Existing Arrangements 3.Assessment of Alternative Options / Models of Service Delivery Analysis and Reporting Engagement The Review ... that a Reviewof the Provision of Health and Social Care (HSC) Services in Northern Ireland would be undertaken The Review was to provide a strategic assessment across all aspects of health and...
... Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Canada) Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources Department of Fisheries and Oceans ... monitoring, control and surveillance Marine Institute Memorandum of Agreement Ministry of Fisheries Memorandum of Understanding marine protected areas Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines ... fisheries and trade of sea cucumbers in the Western Central Pacific In V Toral-Granda, A Lovatelli and M Vasconcellos Sea cucumbers A global reviewof fisheries and trade FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture...
... deployment and use of ICT has been ratcheted up by technological transformations that have dramatically lowered the cost of goods and services and expanded the range of technology choices and development ... lowered the cost of ICT goods and services and expanded the range of technology choices and solutions It has also stimulated the entry of new players – principally the private sector - and increased ... the early waves of privatization of national PTTs and opening of markets in the industrial countries – led by the breakup of AT&T in the United States and the public offerings of shares in British...
... andPhysical Research Council (EPSRC) He is the Editor-inChief of the British Journal of Management and an Editorial Board Member of the Academy of Management Review, Journal of Occupational and ... understanding of M ERGERS AND A CQUISITIONS: A N U PDATE AND A PPRAISAL 29 the processes and outcomes of M&As and a greater refinement of measures to better capture the unfolding dynamics of M&A ... Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Strategic Management at the University of Leeds UK He earned his BA, MSc, and PhD degrees at Wolverhampton Polytechnic and the Universities of Hull and...
... conducting and overseeing research on the flows, assets, and fees of mutual funds, as well as a major recent research initiative to better understand the costs and benefits of laws and regulations ... rescues of The Bear Stearns Companies and American International Group, Inc.; the government takeovers of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; and the “breaking of the dollar” net asset value (NAV) of an ... and invest in shares of other mutual funds The most popular type of these funds is hybrid funds—over 80 percent of funds of funds’ total net assets are in hybrid funds of funds Hybrid funds of...
... by investors of all ages, and the increasing use of target date and other asset allocation funds, many of which are offered in a funds of funds structure First, the leading edge of the Baby Boom ... report on ETF assets, number of funds, issuance, and redemptions of ETFs Unit Investment Trusts A monthly report on UIT value and number of deposits of new trusts by type and maturity Worldwide Mutual ... majority of funds’ commercial paper holdings, and the share of outstanding commercial paper these funds hold tends to fluctuate with investor demand for money market funds and the overall supply of...
... development and implementation of vehicle emission and fuel and oil quality standards; vehicle licensing, registration, and inspection; certification and licensing of fuel dispensing and service ... cities of Pakistan, because of the concentration of motor vehicular and other energy-consuming activities in these cities and the high pollution intensity of these activities And because of the ... complex and multidimensional; it involves a variety of pollutants from a range of motor vehicles and other sources, the daily travel and vehicle purchasing, operation, and maintenance choices of millions...
... percentages and Table gives the means of the background characteristics of the women stratified into the categories of normal hair (grade and I on Ludwig's scale) and hair loss (grades II and III ... the quality of life of AGA subjects are somewhat difficult to compare with our results because of methodological and other differences, such as age, limited criteria of quality of life and the selection ... limitations due to the physical health dimension of HRQOL, the odd rations being 2.2 (1.20–4.05) in model a) and 2.45 (1.32–4.55) in model b) In the dimensions ofphysical functioning and general health,...