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Incorporating the Internet of Things in the Modern Hospital: Attempting a “Taxonomy” of Pertinent Equipment and Services
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2017
Pages:
160-169
Received:
11 March 2017
Accepted:
19 April 2017
Published:
31 October 2017
Abstract: The Internet of Things (IoT) is not new, but it is attracting increasing attention recently. The concept of the Internet of Things entails the use of electronic devices that capture, monitor and transmit data, are connected to a cloud, enabling them to automatically trigger meaningful “events”. The modern Hospital is the most complex and representative system created by the human society and in its present stage of development, the Internet of Things is able to lend itself, to serve the radical transformation of Health-care and of its “temple”, the 21st Century Hospital. It is the purpose of this paper, to attempt a first elementary approach, to categorize the numerous and multifarious equipment and materials employed and to sort the services needed and offered, in the diverse Departments of the modern Hospital, under the light of the disrupting influence of the emerging IoT. The most important Hospital Departments and Services (Emergency, Surgery, Radiotherapy, ICU, Medical Imaging, Bio-Signals, IVD-Laboratories, Cell-therapies etc.), are presented in this preliminary “road-map approach”, in combination with innovative, already existing and emerging, Health-care supporting IoT applications.
Abstract: The Internet of Things (IoT) is not new, but it is attracting increasing attention recently. The concept of the Internet of Things entails the use of electronic devices that capture, monitor and transmit data, are connected to a cloud, enabling them to automatically trigger meaningful “events”. The modern Hospital is the most complex and representa...
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Evaluation on the Application of Quality Management System in Tanzania Building Construction Projects
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2017
Pages:
170-175
Received:
17 February 2017
Accepted:
31 March 2017
Published:
31 October 2017
Abstract: In today’s construction projects, client satisfaction demand require the building team in construction industry to achieve high quality during construction process. This excellence can be achieved with a new style of management of a system that guides the interaction of people, processes and documentation which is referred to as Quality Management System (QMS). The study has evaluated the application of Project Quality Plan (PQP) as one of the implementation strategies of QMS in construction projects. The data was collected by use of questionnaire; interview and document review. Primary data from 32 medium and large scale high rise building construction projects located in Dar es Salaam city were sampled through non-probability sampling. The findings have established that PQP preparation and application in construction building project is done at low key. PQP application only limited to inspection and test plans. Amongst the contributing factors to the low level of PQP application are: frequent revision and change order by the owner, design changes by supervising consultants and lack of knowledge on QMS as a strategic weapon to achieve quality in construction industry. It is therefore recommended that the Tanzania government through construction governing bodies has to play an important and positive role to train on the application of PQP through workshops and seminars to members of the construction building team. It is further recommended that to enhance the application of QMS and facilitate quality services in construction projects, a provisional clause be introduced in conditions of contract.
Abstract: In today’s construction projects, client satisfaction demand require the building team in construction industry to achieve high quality during construction process. This excellence can be achieved with a new style of management of a system that guides the interaction of people, processes and documentation which is referred to as Quality Management ...
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Socio-economic Impact of Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria on Host Community
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2017
Pages:
176-182
Received:
28 June 2017
Accepted:
12 October 2017
Published:
22 November 2017
Abstract: The establishment of Tertiary institutions of recent has generated a lot of discords and political fracas among Communities on the specific location where it should be sited in Nigeria. This is for the reason that individuals appreciate the fact that location of such institutions in a community could boost rapid development of such areas socially, economically and productive co-existence. Osun state University is a multi-campus university in south-western state of Nigeria. She is hosted by six (6) Communities in the state in order to impact on the Socio-economic development of these Communities and the state at large. In view of this the major objective of this paper is to assess the impact of Tertiary institution on host community within the context of its social and economic changes on the community in which it is located. Both quantitative and qualitative research design was employed while data was collected using a set of questionnaire supplemented with secondary data source from various publications. Analysis of the data collected, was done with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 and ANOVA for goodness of fit at 5% level of significance. The results revealed that the location of the university hassled to an increase in the standard of living of people within these Communities, bring the people closer to each other from various ethnic backgrounds and also brought about employment opportunity and harmonious coexistence to the people of the community. The findings further revealed a positive correlation and cooperative relationship between the institution and its Communities, due to cooperativeness of the indigenes, non-indigenes and both management and students of the institution. The study concluded that location of a Tertiary institution in an area is a stimulus to the area’s rapid growth, provided the activities of such Tertiary institution are well guided and monitored.
Abstract: The establishment of Tertiary institutions of recent has generated a lot of discords and political fracas among Communities on the specific location where it should be sited in Nigeria. This is for the reason that individuals appreciate the fact that location of such institutions in a community could boost rapid development of such areas socially, ...
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Franchise Relationship: Free-Riding Emergence of Local Indonesian Franchised F&B Brands
Ebenezer Nickson Neequaye,
Huang Dechun,
Rosemary Boateng Coffie,
Puput Ichwatus Sholihah,
Nelson Amowine,
Stella Fynn,
Rita Karley Richardson
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2017
Pages:
183-191
Received:
25 September 2017
Accepted:
10 November 2017
Published:
18 December 2017
Abstract: This study aims to analyze the relationship in the franchise business local Indonesian F&B brands. Samples are taken of 500 respondents; in 5 major cities of the local F&B brands franchise business in Indonesia. This study is using convenience sampling. SEM (Structural Equations Model) analysis technique in this research was used by making use of existing software AMOS (Analysis of Moment structure) version 18.00. The findings suggest that centralization has no significant effect on free riding behavior. The study states that the behavior of free riding can not be discounted by formalization, however, the result also demonstrate interaction may prevent free riding behavior. The result indicates that competition (external competition) can also reduce the possibility of free riding behavior in local Indonesia F&B Franchise.
Abstract: This study aims to analyze the relationship in the franchise business local Indonesian F&B brands. Samples are taken of 500 respondents; in 5 major cities of the local F&B brands franchise business in Indonesia. This study is using convenience sampling. SEM (Structural Equations Model) analysis technique in this research was used by making use of e...
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Productivity Analysis of the General Electric Company of Libya
Abdulbaset Frefer,
Rabia Emhamed Almamlook,
Mohamed Suwayd
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2017
Pages:
192-198
Received:
18 November 2017
Accepted:
29 November 2017
Published:
2 January 2018
Abstract: In this study, the current situation of the General Electric Company of Libya (GECOL) was assessed by measuring the total and partial service productivity from 2006 to 2014, using a proposed measurement model, which was constructed based on a well-known model adopted for analysis of productivity which satisfies the basic productivity concept. Two phases were used in this study to measure the company's productivity. In phase one, productivity was measured using the outputs data based on the electricity delivered (excluding) the technical losses in order to obtain the accurate productivity of the company. In phase two; an attempt was made to find the actual output, by using the electricity delivered including the technical losses to obtain the productivity that represents the true performance. The results showed that there was a decline in the productivity of the company in all years of the study period and that the company's overall performance during the study period was generally poor.
Abstract: In this study, the current situation of the General Electric Company of Libya (GECOL) was assessed by measuring the total and partial service productivity from 2006 to 2014, using a proposed measurement model, which was constructed based on a well-known model adopted for analysis of productivity which satisfies the basic productivity concept. Two p...
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Study of Propagation Properties of Rossby Waves in the Atmosphere and Relationship Between the Phase Velocity and the Group Velocity
Mohammed Anwar Batal,
Sawsan Othman
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2017
Pages:
199-204
Received:
30 March 2017
Accepted:
11 May 2017
Published:
30 January 2018
Abstract: Using Rossby wave equations, the dispersion equation is developed. The wave normal diagram for Rossby waves on a beta plane is a circle in wave number (k, l) space whose center is displaced along the negative X axis, and whose radius is less than this displacement, which means that phase propagation is entirely westward. The phase velocity diagram is a circle whose center is displaced along the negative X axis, the group velocity diagram is an ellipse whose center is displaced westward and whose major and minor axes give the maximum all the directions group speeds as function of the frequency and parameter Q.
Abstract: Using Rossby wave equations, the dispersion equation is developed. The wave normal diagram for Rossby waves on a beta plane is a circle in wave number (k, l) space whose center is displaced along the negative X axis, and whose radius is less than this displacement, which means that phase propagation is entirely westward. The phase velocity diagram ...
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