In the move towards world-class manufacturing, many firms are realizing a need for the use of proper maintenance of production facilities and systems. Industrial plants, machines and equipment are becoming technologically more advanced and at the same time more complex and difficult to control. Therefore, the importance of the maintenance function has been greater than before, due to its role i...

This study is done to evaluate the awareness of consuming caffeine among pregnant women.Caffeine crosses the placenta and reaches to the baby. Although the mother can be able to handle the amounts of caffeine taken but the baby cannot. The baby’s metabolism is still maturing and cannot fully metabolize the caffeine. Any small amount of caffeine can also cause changes in baby’s sleep pattern or ...

Purpose: This study explores the linkage between Knowledge management practices and company performance. Keeping in view the theoretical and empirical importance, the present study examines the predicting linkage of Knowledge management practices (sharing of best practices and building of consistent process, continues employee learning, effective management of knowledge, innovative culture deve...

Purpose: High-intensity exercise is safe and effective for low-risk pregnant women and their developing babies; however, little is known about the psychological effect of an acute bout of high-intensity exercise among pregnant women. The goal of this study is to examine maternal mood in response to an acute bout of high-intensity exercise. Methods: Twenty-six pregnant women (18-24 wks gestation...

BACKGROUND Ideal dental restoration is one which not only restores optimal functions but also confirm to standard dental and facial relations. This is important to achieve long term patient satisfaction both with regard to esthetics as well as functions. Objective was to find a credible relationship between dental and facial proportions using height of individuals as the criteria in a specific ...

CONTEXT One of the challenges in the fiercely competitive space of health organizations is responding to customers and building trust and satisfaction in them in the shortest time, with best quality and highest productivity. Hence the aim of this study is to survey the impact of customer relationship management (CRM) on organizational productivity, customer loyalty, satisfaction and trust in se...

AIMS The aim of our study was to compare the effects of suprascapular nerve block in patients with frozen shoulder and diabetes mellitus unresponsive to intraarticular steroid injections. SETTINGS AND DESIGN Ten patients without improvement of sign and symptoms after intraarticular injections were made a suprascapular nerve block. METHODS Pain levels and active range of movement of patients...

Method Forty-two type-2-diabetic male and female volunteers aged between 45 and 64 yrs. old were recruited for study, all with their glycaemic levels controlled and being physically active. Gait was assessed as follows: 1) gait test on plane surface for clinical balance evaluation (BESTest) and 2) Walk Across test on Neurocom Balance Master Sistem platform at distances of 6 m and 1.5 m, respect...

The relationship between knowledge management (KM) and firm performance has been the subject of some discussion in information systems literature. However, direct links from KM to firm performance have been hard to find. This lack of linkage between KM and firm performance resulted in some further research into the intermediate organizational variables through which KM could influence firm perf...