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The impact of manufacturing execution systems on labor overheads
(2009-07-03)The advantages of Manufacturing Execution Systems have been weel documented. One such advantage, reduced labour overheads, has been tested at an agile manufacturing facility to determine the extent of the capability. A ... -
Impact of Materialism on Consumers’ Ethical Evaluation and Acceptance of Product Placement in Movies
(2016-03-01)Purpose Business organisations have been using product placement in movies as a marketing communications tool for a long time. Yet, concerns have been raised about consumers' perceptions of the ethicality and acceptability ... -
Impact of Maximal Transurethral Resection on Pathological Outcomes at Cystectomy in a Large, Multi-institutional Cohort
(2023-05-01)Purpose: While the presence of residual disease at the time of radical cystectomy for bladder cancer is an established prognostic indicator, controversy remains regarding the importance of maximal transurethral resection ... -
The impact of mergers in the white dwarf mass distribution
(American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2010)The study of the white dwarf mass distribution gives a unique opportunity to obtain information about the amount of mass lost during stellar evolution. Spectroscopic observations of a large number of white dwarfs has allowed ... -
The impact of metallicity on nova populations
(2022-01-01)The metallicity of a star affects its evolution in a variety of ways, changing stellar radii, luminosities, lifetimes, and remnant properties. In this work, we use the population synthesis code binary_c to study how ... -
The impact of MTHFR 677C → T risk knowledge on changes in folate intake : findings from the Food4Me study
(2016-09-29)BACKGROUND: It is hypothesised that individuals with knowledge of their genetic risk are more likely to make health-promoting dietary and lifestyle changes. The present study aims to test this hypothesis using data from ... -
The impact of multimedia tutorial on students' learning experience in the public authority for applied education and trainng, Kuwait
(University of Hertfordshire, 1997)This paper presents the results of an experiment carried out on a random sample of 34 students from The Public Authority for Applied Education And Training (PAAET), Kuwait Higher Education. The experiment aimed at evaluating ... -
The impact of national chronic kidney disease management guidelines in the United Kingdom on referral patterns for South Asian and european patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
(Nova Science Publishers Inc., USA., 2013-12-01)Background: South Asian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the United Kingdom are over 10 times more likely to progress to end-stage renal disease than European patients. It is unclear whether this is due to late ... -
The impact of National Qualifications Frameworks: : by which yardstick do we measure dreams?
(2017-01-02)National Qualifications Frameworks (NQFs) are a global phenomenon. This is evidenced by their scale, coverage and intrinsic link with education policy across Europe and beyond. Research into their impact has encompassed a ... -
Impact of outdoor air pollution on survival after stroke : Population-based cohort study
(2010-05)Background and Purpose— The impact of air pollution on survival after stroke is unknown. We examined the impact of outdoor air pollution on stroke survival by studying a population-based cohort. Methods— All patients who ... -
The impact of participants' beliefs on motor interference and motor coordination in human-humanoid interactions
(2011-03)This study compared the responses of human participants studying motor interference and motor coordination when they were interacting with three different types of visual stimuli: a humanoid robot, a pendulum, and a virtual ... -
The impact of patients' chronic disease on family quality of life : an experience from 26 specialties
(2013-09-18)BACKGROUND: Previous studies have assessed family quality of life in individual disease areas and specialties. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of disease on family members of patients over a wide range ... -
The impact of peoples' personal dispositions and personalities on their trust of robots in an emergency scenario
(2018-07-18)Humans should be able to trust that they can safely interact with their home companion robot. However, robots can exhibit occasional mechanical, programming or functional errors. We hypothesise that the severity of the ... -
The impact of personalisation on people from Chinese backgrounds: : qualitative accounts of social care experience
(2017-04-02)The limited research that considers people from black and minority ethnic communities' experiences of personalisation tends to focus on personal budgets rather than personalisation per se. This article provides an opportunity ... -
Impact of Phase-Noise and Spatial Correlation on Double-RIS-Assisted Multiuser MISO Networks
(2022-05-17)We study the performance of a phase-noise impaired double reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided multiuser (MU) multiple-input single-output (MISO) system under spatial correlation at both RISs and base-station ... -
The impact of politics on the application of the Drinking Water Directive (80/778/EEC)
(2010-09-01)This paper seeks to address a growing lack of historical knowledge in the water industry of how European Union (EU) water policy has developed and been responded to. It also aims to overcome the lack of comparative studies ... -
The impact of portfolios on health professionals' practice : A literature review
(2008-11)Objectives: The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on the use of a portfolio and discuss the evidence for the impact of a portfolio on professional practice, in particular pharmacy practice. Method: A ... -
The impact of postgraduate training on UK optometrists' clinical decision-making in glaucoma
(2014-05-31)PURPOSE: To investigate the impact of a postgraduate training module on optometrists' clinical decision-making in relation to the diagnosis and management of primary open-angle glaucoma. METHODS: A group of United Kingdom ... -
Impact of Preadmission Morphine on Reinfarction in Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention : A Meta-Analysis
(2020-01-28)Opiates are the traditional analgesics used in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Pharmacodynamic studies indicate that opiates delay the absorption of orally administered P2Y 12 inhibitors and the ...