In the second of 2 parts, this article will focus on process improvement projects utilizing a case study at Genesis HealthCare System located in Zanesville, OH. Operational efficiency is a key step in developing a freestanding diagnostic imaging center. The process improvement projects began with an Expert Improvement Session (EIS) on the scheduling process. An EIS session is a facilitated meet...

In today’s marketplace for military aircraft, technological superiority at affordable cost remains the overarching demand of the customer community. Traditional design practices, which rely on extensive experimental testing to generate data for configuration design and on developing physical prototypes to verify functional and operational characteristic, cannot effectively tackle this challenge...

Distribution of this report is provided in the interest of information exchange. Responsibility for the contents resides in the author or organization that prepared it. SUMMARY Reactions of a user population (scientists/engineers and librarians) to an operational test of an on-line system for retrieving document citations (RECON) were studied at several NASA facilities. During a two month opera...

About mid-semester each fall, I introduce to my undergraduate students the general topic of “cooperative finance.” By this time, the students have already been exposed to cooperative principles and have a basic-level grasp of operational practices. As I begin my lecture on revolving cooperative equity, one can tell by the perplexed expressions on the students’ faces that my message is not being...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was based on false premises, faulty assumptions, and a weak strategy. The conduct operations has also been failure: coup de main that miscarried, poor air-land cooperation, inadequate tactical communications, substandard battle discipline, low morale, vulnerable logistics. As the conflict unfolded, heavy losses have imposed strain available Russian manpower. army re...

Data security incidents are continually increasing; hackers, governments, and other actors increasingly attempt to gain unauthorized access confidential data. Information Systems (IS) users becoming more vulnerable the risks of data breaches. Many stakeholders perceive cybersecurity as indicators firms' operational technological internal deficiencies. Previous research has revealed that investo...

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Background: Evaluation of the accurate position after radial head arthroplasty remains a challenge for surgeons.Standard radiographs are used to evaluate the position of the implant, however, results regarding radiographicdeficiencies on clinical outcome are not consistent. In this retrospective study our main aim was to determine if subtleradiographic deficiencies after radia...

The most common of the primary immunodeficiency diseases are those that involve inadequate antibody production. The characteristic presentation of these disorders is recurrent sinopulmonary infections. An arrest in B cell development at the pre-B cell stage leads to agammaglobulinemia and an insignificant number of B cells. X-linked agammaglobulinemia is the most common of these developmental a...

Vitamin A deficiency (VAD), iodine deficiency disorders (IDDs), and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) affect large numbers of the populations in Asia, often overlapping. Clinical VAD is probably declining, but subclinical VAD is common and carries significant mortality risk. IDDs fall when there are effective iodized salt programs. IDA persists unchanged at high levels, particularly affecting women ...