Z. Naturforsch. 55 b, 386-388 (2000); received February 10, 2000 Photochemistry, Copper(I), Uracil, Luminescence 1,3-Dimethyluracil (DMU) forms a complex with copper(I) iodide which shows a green luminescence at Amax = 505 nm. With PF6~ counter ions a photoactive Cu(I)DMU complex is generated which shows a long-wavelength absorption at Amax = 335 nm. Light absorption by this band leads to a dim...

Evaluation of efficiency of each of the DMUs (Decision Making Units) in a company is a very important task. Thus, the studies of evaluation of efficiency are being actively carried out, based on production function. Until quite recently, the loglinear production function (the Cobb-Douglas function) has been used for evaluation purposes. The loglinear model evaluates the DMUs by measuring the av...

Statistics from the Taiwan Tourism Bureau (TTB) state that travelers to Taiwan in 2006 spent an average of 44.74% of their daily spending at hotels. Thus, the quality of services and the level of operational performance at hotels is key to the rise or fall of the tourism industry. Hotels in Taiwan can be divided into two groups: general and international tourist hotel (ITH). Between 1992 and 20...

BACKGROUND Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common cancer diagnosed in white populations worldwide. The rising incidence of BCC is becoming a major worldwide public health problem. Therefore, there is a need for more efficient management. OBJECTIVE The aim of this research is to assess the efficacy and safety of a one-stop-shop (OSS) concept, using real-time in vivo reflectance confocal...

Abstract: In DEA, there are typically two schemes for measuring efficiency of DMUs; radial and non-radial. Radial models assume proportional change of inputs/outputs and usually remaining slacks are not directly accounted for inefficiency. On the other hand, non-radial models deal with slacks of each input/output individually and independently, and integrate them into an efficiency measure, cal...

in models of data envelopment analysis (dea), an optimal set of weights is generally assumed to represent the assessed decision making unit (dmu) in the best light in comparison to all the other dmus, and so there is an optimal set of weights corresponding to each dmu. the present paper, proposes a three stage method to determine one common set of weights for decision making units. then, we use...

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a useful tool based on which inefficient decision-making units (DMUs) can perform a benchmarking process to improve their performance. However, several practical problems need to be addressed in benchmark target selection. One issue discussed in this research is that it might not be feasible for an inefficient DMU to achieve its target’s efficiency in a single...

introduction: due to increased costs of health sector, much effort has been done to compare the performance of hospitals and measure their efficiency in recent years. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the relative efficiency of public and private hospitals in qom during 2007 using data envelopment analysis (dea) approach. methods: this was an applied and analytic study. the study popula...

In models of data envelopment analysis (DEA), an optimal set of weights is generally assumed to represent the assessed decision making unit (DMU) in the best light in comparison to all the other DMUs, and so there is an optimal set of weights corresponding to each DMU. The present paper, proposes a three stage method to determine one common set of weights for decision making units. Then, we use...