Increasing consideration has been given to Ergonomics in product design since the last several decades. Nowadays, more companies apply ergonomic aspects to their products to fulfill customer requirement and satisfaction of new products development. Customer requirement and satisfaction measurement can be achieved through various methods. This paper presents joining methods of Kano Model and Qua...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the smoking habits and social nicotine dependence among dental students, and to find out applicability of the Kano Test in detecting smokers and non-smokers. METHODS The representative sample comprised 223 first-year and sixth-year undergraduate Romanian dental students from the same university, all of whom completed a self-administered questionnaire. Data were collecte...

For every 1 ≤ i ≤ n, let Ti be a rooted star with root vi, where vi is not necessary to be its center. Then the union F = T1 ∪T2 ∪ . . .∪ Tn is called a rooted star forest with roots v1, v2, . . . , vn. Let P be a set of |F | points in the plane in general position containing n specified points p1, p2, . . . , pn, where |F | denotes the order of F . Then we show that there exists a bijection φ ...

Metallic work is one of the widespread economic activities in urban Kano. Little or no attention is usually directed at occupational health risk by local or state authorities in Kano. The present work was aimed at the evaluation of DNA damage in metal workers by Alkaline Comet Assay in blood lymphocytes. The results showed that there was significant difference statistically between the level of...

Metal workers in urban Kano constitute a major workforce with a considerable population. The present work was aimed at obtaining baseline data on the extent of metal ion concentration in body fluids (urine and blood) of sampled population in the area. The investigation involves interaction with sampled population as well as blood and urine sample collection for heavy metals analysis. The health...

Customer satisfaction is the level at which perceived performance of product will match expectations a customer. PT. Astra International Tbk-Daihatsu company that runs in automotive field This study was conducted workshop division because it has very high target customer index 93. In addition, failure reaching March  represents gap between customers and company’s service. Also, employe es servi...

Business intelligence is one of the tools of IT in business and Information systems for management have been just developed theoretically, and have never fulfilled the demands of organizations, practically. The establishment and marketing of electronic insurance demands the readiness of tools and the foundation of IT. Business intelligence provides the managers with a collection of tools, techn...

Purpose: To evaluate the prescribing pattern of clinicians in the general outpatient unit of the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano (AKTH),. Methods: This was a descriptive retrospective study conducted using 500 prescriptions made at the general outpatient unit of AKTH between April and July 2009. Results: A total of 497 prescriptions were successfully analyzed. The average number of drugs per...