why do people reject technologies a review of user resistance theories
Why do people in general and business managers in particular need to plan ahead? What are the side effects of not planning?
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23/03/2015, 10:58
... to analyze alternative courses of action: Another source of importance of planning is that it permits managers to examine and analyze alternative course of action with a better understanding of ... probability of major errors and failures in managerial actions It injects a measure of discipline in managerial thinking and organizational action It improves the capability of the organization ... equally important as having a clear goal A goal without a plan is just a dream A plan isn’t a dream – it’s something you intend doing rather than something you want to An having a plan means you’ve...
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Do national medicinal drug policies and essential drug programs improve drug use?: a review of experiences in developing countries
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09/10/2015, 20:09
... (Democratic) Pakistan Thailand Hong Kong Sri Lanka 14 Gambia Zambia Zimbabwe Chad Guinea Mail Bulgaria Guatemala Colombia 17 26 Supply and cost sharing Regulatory Total Uganda Rwanda Ghana difference ... Colombia, Guinea, India (Andra Pradesh only), Mali, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe } participated in a comparative analysis of NDPs project coordinated by WHO, Karolinska ... H., Walker, G., Sallami, A. , & Fernando, G (1989) Impact of an essential drugs programme on availability and rational use of drugs Lancet, 21, 141–142 Jallow, M (1991) Evaluation of the national...
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What is a GAP YEAR why do people take a GAP YEAR how to take a GAP YEAR
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21/12/2015, 09:57
... Financials of a Gap Year Tips for Making Your Gap Year a Success I What is a gap year? In its most basic form a gap year is a year taken off from traditional schooling between high school graduation ... MEMBERS OF GROUP OUTLINE What is a gap year? Why people take a gap year? Misconceptions About the Gap Year Misconceptions About the Gap Year Ways to spend your gap year Tips for choosing a gap year ... pathway, prep-year, leap year, defer year, bridge-year, drop year, year out, year off, overseas experience (OE) or foundation year A gap year comes under many guises - backpacking, a career gap,...
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Báo cáo y học: "A review of anatomical and mechanical factors affecting vertebral body integrit
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03/11/2012, 09:49
... 40-50% of trabecular mass by 90 years of age [58] This results in a decline in the loadbearing capacity of the vertebral body For example, load bearing capacity in a lumbar vertebra can decrease from ... confirmed that spinal intersegmental movement of 2° or more is associated with the development of local microtrauma [29] Instability of the trunk may lead to a biomechanical overload of already weakened ... patterns and fatigue of deep abdominal (transversus abdominis) and deep spinal muscles (multifidus) may have an influential role in the aetiology of osteoporotic vertebral fracture Research has confirmed...
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A review of agile manufacturing systems
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23/11/2013, 10:01
... Transactions International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing International Journal of Human Factors in Manufacturing Internationa Journal of Operations and Production Management International ... Table Summary of journals on agile manufacturing Agile manufacturin g research Agile manufacturing as a new strategy is captivating the attention of researchers A growing amount of research has ... developed and completed by best practitioners of manufacturing Katayama and Bennett (1999) Japan Analysis based on survey data of how major Japanese companies are changing their strategies Survey administered...
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Tài liệu THE ELDERLY AND MOBILITY: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE pdf
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13/02/2014, 18:20
... especially for older drivers Casualty crash analyses, even those encompassing casualties of all severity, have a sampling bias: the so-called ‘frailty bias’, which exaggerates any apparent age-related ... rates based on US Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data for 1997, National Highway Transport Safety Administration (NHTSA) (see Table 1.) Table 1: Number of driver fatalities and fatality ... Newstead and O’Hare (2003) As noted by these authors: “… it may not be entirely accurate to label such behavioural adaptations as ‘compensation’ While these changes may reflect a behavioural adaptation...
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Tài liệu Financial crises and bank failures: a review of prediction methods docx
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16/02/2014, 06:20
... Predicting bank performance with financial forecasts: A case of Taiwan commercial banks Journal of Banking and Finance, 28, 2353—2368 Karels, G V — Prakash, A J (1987) Multivariate normality and forecasting ... stochastic DEA Kao and Liu (2004) formulate a DEA model of interval data for use in evaluating the performance of banks Their study makes advance predictions of the performance of 24 Taiwan banks ... 9—33 Canbas, S — Cabuk, A — Kilic, S B (2005) Prediction of commercial bank failure via multivariate statistical analysis of financial structures: the Turkish case European Journal of Operational...
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Tài liệu A Review of the Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy docx
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17/02/2014, 06:20
... realistic (Task 3b) Chapter evaluates the proposed research agenda within each of the six thematic areas for clarity and appropriateness of thematic research priorities (Task 3a) ; balance among ... Graduate Fellow JODI BOSTROM, Research Associate NANCY CAPUTO, Research Associate SARAH CAPOTE, Senior Program Assistant iv OCEAN STUDIES BOARD SHIRLEY A POMPONI (Chair), Harbor Branch Oceanographic ... clarity and appropriateness of the thematic research priorities; the balance among substantive research areas as well as research activities such as observations, modeling, and communication of...
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Tài liệu Future Flight: A Review of the Small Aircraft Transportation System Concept pdf
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17/02/2014, 06:20
... local transportation of cials NASA’s General Aviation Program Of ce devised a “General Aviation Road Map” laying out a 25-year strategy for the development of a national small aircraft transportation ... new capabilities and technologies can help meet NASA has a traditional and vital role in advancing aeronautics technologies that can enhance civil aviation safety, capacity, accessibility, and ... the aircraft used in air taxi service are usually counted as part of the GA fleet even though air taxi companies are regulated as “air carriers.” FAA estimates that about 5,000 GA aircraft are...
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Tài liệu A REVIEW OF INDOOR AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH PROBLEMS FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE: FOCUSING ON THE STUDIES OF INDOOR AIR ENVIRONMENT IN JAPAN COMPARED TO THOSE OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES pptx
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17/02/2014, 22:20
... Indoor Air Quality Indoor Environ., 1, 27–34 (in Japanese) 126) Kishi, R., Saijo, Y., Kanazawa, A. , Tanaka, M., Yoshimura, T., Chikara, H., Takigawa, T., Morimoto, K., Nakayama, K and Shibata, E (2009) ... in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture Indoor Environ., 9, 37–43 (in Japanese) Yamasaki, Y., Wang, B., Sakano, N., Wang, D and Takigawa, T (2006) Relationship between indoor air pollutants and living ... phthalate (DEHP) among phthalates were detected predominantly in indoor air samples.93) The dominant path of phthalates intake was the ingestion of foodstuffs compared to inhalation of indoor air...
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Tài liệu Determinants of Productivity for Military Personnel - A Review of Findings on the Contribution of Experience, Training, and Aptitude to Military Performance pdf
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17/02/2014, 22:20
... that the trade-offs or - 31 relationships between AFQT and years of experience or additional training are linear Rather, the authors note that although the magnitude of the trade-off may vary, ... Table 2.2 Number of Flights and Marginal Products of Yearof-Service Groups .8 Table 2.3 Mission Capable Rate and Marginal Products of Pay Grade Groups Table 2.4 Mission Capable Rate ... more faults falls drastically as average AFQT score fell Another important observation is that the effect of AFQT is additive, meaning that each additional high-scoring team member increases the...
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Tài liệu Marketing Food to Children and Adolescents - A Review of Industry Expenditures, Activities, and Self-Regulation docx
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18/02/2014, 07:20
... programs Product placements – such as a character drinking a soda or offering it to another character, a can or bottle appearing on a table, or a brand name mentioned in dialogue – occurred in a ... snacks, and beverages, as well as fruits and vegetables and dairy products, and the campaigns generally were integrated across promotional formats The focus of a cross-promotional campaign was ... meals, frozen waffles, fruit and fruit snacks, breakfast cereals, popcorn, lunch kits, candy, carbonated and non-carbonated drinks, pasta, snack chips, and milk Superman and the Pirates characters...
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Tài liệu A Review of the Uses of Poultry Eggshells and Shell Membranes doc
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21/02/2014, 01:20
... associated with the increased activity of carbonic anhydrase, improving the quality of egg shell and the presence of manganese has an activator influence on the calcification and resistance of ... www.arpnjournal.com Arias, J.L., D .A Carrino, M.S Fernandez, J.E Rodrigues, J.E Denis and A. I Capln, 1992 Partial biochemical and immunological characterization of avian eggshell extracellular matrices Arch ... Posstlethwaite, A. E, J.M Seyer and A. H Kang, 1978 Chemotactic attraction of human fibroblasts to type I, II and III collagen and collagen derived peptides Proc Natl Acad Sci USA., 75: 871-875 Romanoff,...
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Tài liệu RESULTS BASED MANAGEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION AGENCIES: A REVIEW OF EXPERIENCE docx
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21/02/2014, 11:20
... somewhat more mandatory to enable aggregation of results to the agency level The menu approach holds out the advantage of creating potentially comparable performance data that may facilitate aggregating ... bilateral and two multilateral agencies: USAID (United States) DFID (United Kingdom) AusAID (Australia) CIDA (Canada) Danida (Denmark) UNDP World Bank Certainly other donor agencies ... In Australia the main driver for change was the introduction of Accruals-based Outcome and Output Budgeting In Canada, the Office of the Auditor General and the Treasury Board Secretariat have...
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A Review of the Medical Benefits and Contraindications to Breastfeeding in the United States ppt
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05/03/2014, 10:20
... defense of the neonate and the intestinal flora Acta Paediatrica Scandinavica 351(Suppl.):122–125 Pisacane A, Graziano L, Zona G, Dolezalova H, Cafiero M, Coppola A, Scarpellino B, Ummarino M, Mazzarella ... Nagata I, Shiraki K, Tanimoto K, Harada Y, Tanaka Y, Okada T 1992 Mother-to-infant transmission of Hepatitis C virus Journal of Pediatrics 120:432–434 78 Ogasawara S, Kage M, Kosai K, Shimamatsu ... 31 MacMahon B, Lin TM, Lowe CR, Mirra AP, Ravnihar B, Salber EJ, Trichopoulos D, Valaoras VG, Yuasa S 1970 Lactation and cancer of the breast: A summary of an international study Bulletin of the...
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Báo cáo " A review of washback and its pedagogical implications " potx
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05/03/2014, 12:20
... Washback indicates “an intended or unintended (accidental) direction and function of curriculum change on aspects of teaching and learning by means of a change of public examinations” Similar ... effect of teaching and learning Types of Washback Generally, washback can be analysed according to two major types: positive and negative, depending on whether it has a beneficial or harmful impact ... goals of teaching and learning, such as the introduction of new textbooks and new curricula Table Summary of Negative washback Classroom settings Educational/societal system Negative Washback...
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A Review of Approaches to Mobility Telemonitoring of the Elderly in Their Living Environment potx
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05/03/2014, 21:20
... sensors and downloads it via a telephone line to a central database and an alert is generated if an alarming trend is detected The carer can review the patient’s data using the Internet and determine ... is a key factor, as a data storage or a data processing unit can be replaced by a miniature transmitter However data forwarding wearables, which typically use RF, Bluetooth, or WLAN, are range-limited, ... complex analysis of mobility data on a local PC They are typically smaller than their data logging and data processing counterparts, as they use a miniature transmission module instead of storage...
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Environmental and Occupational Causes of Cancer: A Review of Recent Scientifi c Literature ppt
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06/03/2014, 01:20
... paper and wood pulp.29 Any one of several types of particles and rays given off by radioactive material, high-voltage equipment, nuclear reactions and stars Alpha and beta particles, X-rays and ... for blacks A black man has four times the risk of dying of nasopharynx cancer as a white woman Studies of occupational exposure to metals have documented increased risks of nasal and nasopharynx ... derivative of 2naphthylamine previously used in the treatment of polycythemia), as well as the manufacturing of auramine and magenta dye are well-established causes of bladder cancer, and one of the...
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Nutrition and cancer: A review of the evidence for an anti-cancer diet pptx
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06/03/2014, 02:21
... had a colon polyp removed, Japanese-Hawaiians, North American Caucasians, native rural Japanese, and rural native Africans Lactobacillus species and Eubacterium aerofaciens, both producers of ... to a standardized amount of carbohydrate in a food The glycemic load takes into account the amount of food eaten An international table of the glycemic index and glycemic load of a wide variety ... MD, Balmes J, Cullen MR, Glass A, Keogh JP, Meyskens FL, Valanis B, Williams JH, Barnhart S, Hammar S: Effects of a combination of beta carotene and vitamin A on lung cancer and cardiovascular...
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