background and objectives: hospitalbranding is a new concept in iran that requires focused attention in order to enhance economic performance of health care delivery system. this study aimed to develop a conceptual framework for initiation and promotion of public teaching hospital brand in an iranian context. methods: a comparative study of hospital branding in eight pioneer countries revealed ...

Research on using project work in teaching various disciplines has pointed out a number of challenges facing teachers. Similar research in the EFL classroom, however, has been under-researched. This study aimed to fill the gap with a report on the Vietnamese high school teachers’ challenges in implementing project-based learning in the setting of curricular innovation in English instruction nat...

objective: to assess the availability of trauma care services in a district referral hospital of southern india. methods: this was a cross-sectional study being performed during 2013 in a tertiary healthcare centre in southern indian. a detailed assessment of trauma care services was done in a 400 bed speciality hospital which is an apex referral hospital in the public health system using a che...

1.10.2013 Bachelor of International Business Author Hoang Ngo Group or year of entry GloBBA 2010 Title of thesis Challenges for electronic invoicing systems: A quantitative study of Vietnamese SMEs Number of report pages and attachment pages 64+8 Thesis advisor(s) Heli Kortesalmi, Mika Mustikainen, Jutta Heikkila Alongside the traditional paper invoice, there is another type of invoice that has...

This article applies Casual Layered Analysis (CLA) (Inayatullah, 2004) as a framework to examine factors that affect applying a student-centered learning approach in Vietnam. The Four layers of CLA help disclose weaknesses in the current traditional learning approach, causes that create the problems and hidden beliefs that keep traditional perceptions about learning permanent. The results revea...

This paper presents an analysis employing the quantitative research method to study Vietnamese adult children’s obligation to parents. Using primary data gathered from 95 Vietnamese American adults, this study examines the relationship between obligation to parents and life satisfaction of Vietnamese American adults. The findings indicate that obligations to parents have been adapted among the ...

In an HMM-based Text-To-Speech system, contextual features, including phonetic and prosodic factors have a significant influence to the spectrum, F0 and duration of the synthetic voice. This paper proposes prosodic features aiming at improving the naturalness of an HMM-based TTS system (VTed) for a tonal language, Vietnamese. The ToBI (Tones and Break Indices) features are used to learn two cru...