This study aimed to identify the factors affecting nurses' customer orientation. A survey was conducted on 440 nurses working for general hospitals in South Korea from November 22 through December 15, 2012, and this study analyzed the data from the questionnaire with SPSS Windows 18.0. Data were analyzed using t-test, analysis of variance, Pearson's correlation, and multiple regression. All fac...

For optimal individual performance within any equestrian discipline horses must be in peak physical condition and have the correct psychological state. This review discusses the psychological factors that affect the performance of the horse and, in turn, identifies areas within the competition horse industry where current behavioral research and established behavioral modification techniques co...

Protective actions for hurricane threats are a function of the environmental and information context; individual and household characteristics, including cultural worldviews, past hurricane experiences, and risk perceptions; and motivations and barriers to actions. Using survey data from the Miami-Dade and Houston-Galveston areas, we regress individuals' stated evacuation intentions on these fa...

Understanding the factors that influence software quality is crucial to the continuing maturation of the software industry. An improved understanding of software quality drivers will help software engineers and managers make more informed decisions in controlling and improving the software process. Data from the Personal Software Process provides insight into interpersonal differences between c...

Latterly much attention has been attracted, and rightly so, to the number, variety, and potency of the socio-economic factors which strongly incline married couples deliberately to restrain their fertility and thereby to limit the size of-their families. A tendency to overlook a number of purely biological factors which work in the same direction is to be discerned. These latter are for the mos...

Dietary intake and nutritional status of individuals are important factors affecting mental health and the development of psychiatric disorders. Majority of scientific evidence relating to mental health focuses on depression, cognitive function, and dementia, and limited evidence is available about other psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia. As life span of human being is increasing, t...

Most foreign compounds are conjugated in vivo producing metabolites which are fairly strong organic acids and are readily excreted in either the urine or bile (see Williams & Millburn, 1974). The major conjugation mechanisms in animals are those utilizing glucuronic acid, glucose, sulphate, glycine, cysteine, acetylation and methylation (see Williams, 1968). Glucuronic acid conjugation is the m...

High densities in bunker silos minimize losses and reduce storage costs; however, the guidelines to attain high densities are based on relatively little research. The objective of this study was to determine those practices or factors most correlated with bunker silo density. Density was measured in 175 bunker silos across Wisconsin using core samples collected at chest height (1.13 m, 3.70 ft,...

cult choices regarding whether a tooth with pulpal and/or periapical disease should be saved through endodontic treatment or be extracted and replaced with an implant. Methods. The authors examined publications (research, literature reviews and systematic reviews) related to the factors affecting decision making for patients who have oral diseases or traumatic injuries. Results. The factors to ...