AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This study examines the impact of implementing a new pay system (Agenda for Change) on nursing staff in the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. This new pay system covered approximately 400,000 nursing staff. Its objectives were to improve the delivery of patient care as well as staff recruitment, retention and motivation. BACKGROUND The new system aimed to provide a ...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is: to review the most commonly used approaches to the classification of quality attributes according to the Kano model; to identify the theoretical/practical strengths and weaknesses of these techniques; and to provide guidance for future research and managerial practice in this area. Design/methodology/approach – Based on an extensive review of the literatu...

let a(p) denote the class of functions which are analytic in the open unit disk u. by making use of certain integral operator,we obtain some interesting properties of multivalent analytic functions.

in [1] we uniquely introduced ultra exponential functions (uxpa) and denednext step of the serial binary operations: addition, multiplication and power.also, we exhibited the topic of limit summability of real functions in [2,3]. inthis paper, we study limit summability of the ultra exponential functions andprove some of their properties. finally, we pose an unsolved problem aboutthem.

in the present paper, we prove subordination, superordination and sandwich-type properties of a certain integral operators for univalent functions on open unit disc, moreover the special behavior of this class is investigated.

a new derivation of the quantum boltzmann transport equation for the fermion system from the quantum time evolution equation for the wigner distribution function is presented. the method exhibits the origin of the time - irreversibility of the boltzmann equation. in the present work, the spin dependent and indistinguishibility of particles are also considered.

making use of an extended fractional differintegral operator ( introduced recently by patel and mishra), we introduce a new subclass of multivalent analytic functions and investigate certain interesting properties of this subclass.

conclusions there is a significant increased incidence of mortality, prolonged hospitalization, and rehospitalization in symptomatic patients with severe tr. therefore, we recommend more aggressive approach toward tv repair or replacement in these patients regardless of pap and systolic function. results heart failure (50%) was the most cause of death. mean years of survival from diagnosis of s...

this paper is concerned with investigation of vertical impedance function of a surface rigid circular foundation resting on a semi-infinite transversely isotropic alluvium. to this end, the equations of motion in cylindrical coordinate system, which because of axissymmetry are two coupled equations, are converted into one partial differential equation using a method of potential function. the g...

among the agricultural important factors, inputs are the most significant in agricultural production. this article aimed to examine the impact of government subsidy policies on production of one of the most strategic products, namely on production of one of the most strategic products, namely maize, in iran. to achieve this goal, panel data for the nine provinces of iran's major producers of ma...