As the quality of product/service requirements of people dining rising. Because of the economic recession, the food and beverage industry is facing a strong competition. Only by understanding the true needs of consumers can their requirements are satisfied. For this reason, this study to use Quality Function Deployment (QFD) understanding the true needs of consumers, and explore a the best opti...

This paper examines the impact of business environment on the productivity of retail firms in Cameroon, which represent more than 50% of all firms. Using data from the 2009 Enterprise Surveys an overview of retail activities allows to identify the main factors characterizing the environment in which firms operate, i.e. access to credit, regulatory burden, illicit trade, administrative delays, i...

Tangible devices, two handed interaction and colocation are well known concepts in the 3D user interface community. Many researchers believe that these concepts can improve the quality of interaction and enhance the sensation of presence in a virtual environment. In this workshop contribution we show how we have integrated these concepts in the Personal Space Station (PSS), a near field desktop...

BACKGROUND Modern societies spend most of their time indoors, namely at home, and the indoor environment quality turns out to be a crucial factor to health, quality of life and well-being of the residents. The present study aims to understand how indoor environment relates with quality of life and how improving housing conditions impacts on individuals' health. DESIGN AND METHODS This study c...

Virtual world learning environments have great potential to enhance education, yet the specific factors that attract students are relatively under-researched. Drawing on insights from a qualitative analysis of student reactions to the Second Life environment, we identified five main factors that influence student attitudes toward using a technology in education: ease of use, usefulness, likabil...

During the last 2 decades, the effects of the physical and social environment on the healing process, recovery and well-being of patients, families and staff in hospitals have been proved.There is a growing recognition that healthcare architecture could do more by promoting overall wellness, and this requires expanding the focus to healing.The research on evidence-based design (EBD) has demonst...

In this paper, we aim to propose a guidance and development of Environment protection and enhancement in Wuxi smart city. We start by presenting the importance of smart city and current state of the art of environmental protection technology in Wuxi and continue by proposing a line of smart government development for environmental enhancement that could positively impact the everyday life of it...

In this paper we describe a structured, goal-oriented, agent-based Requirements Engineering Framework, where quality modelling is adopted to enhance the capability of advanced agentand goal-based requirements engineering techniques to deal with and resolve soft organizational and system issues. The framework assists and drives analysts and stakeholders towards an early, combined definition of d...

Introduction: The hospital environment is recognized as one of the most stressful workplaces. The impacts of the hospital environment on the health-related quality of life of nurses necessitate the consideration of their viewpoints in the field of design and maintenance of the hospital environment. Accordingly, this study aimed to identify environmental factors affecting the promotion of nurses...