BACKGROUND Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has been increasingly acknowledged as a valid and appropriate indicator of public health and chronic morbidity. However, limited research was conducted among Chinese civil servants owing to the different lifestyle. The aim of the study was to evaluate the HRQoL among Chinese civil servants and to identify factors might be associated with their H...

co2 emissions from combustion flue gases have turned into a major factor in global warming. post-combustion carbon capture (pcc) from industrial utility flue gases by reactive absorption can substantially reduce the emissions of the greenhouse gas co2. to test a new solvent (ait600) for this purpose, a small pilot plant was used. this paper presents the results of studies on chemical methods of...

background operating room (or) planning involves the creation of a “master surgical schedule” in which surgeons are assigned to specific operating rooms (ors) on specific days of a week. the master schedule is typically one or two weeks long repeatable for several months. objectives the purpose of this study was to recommend using a mathematical program to generate a rotation in a way that the ...

The capabilities of a sensor network are strongly influenced by the operating system used on the sensor nodes. In general, two different sensor network operating system types are currently considered: event driven and multi-threaded. It is commonly assumed that event driven operating systems are more suited to sensor networks as they use less memory and processing resources. However, if factors...

stock return is usually considered to be affected by firm’s financial ratios as well as economic variables. fundamental method assume that stock returns is not solely related to the stock market. most result come from the company condition , industry situation and whole economy. in this paper, this relationship between stock return and fundamentals is studied using the data for 22 pharmaceutica...

During the last two decades, financial institutions worldwide have witnessed a lot of stress in managing their margins in wake of the new risks, challenges and increase in the competition posed to them by the factors of liberalization and deregulation. The key to create value and achieve competitive edge lies in the better operational efficiency and productivity of these institutions under such...