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Bruer, Ruth A. "Public-private partnership in the transfer of technology to human service programs by Ruth A. Bruer." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39895.
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Schafermeyer, Erich Reinhardt. "An IR and RF Based System for Functional Gait Analysis in a Multi-Resident Smart-Home." PDXScholar, 2017. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3502.
Full textSugolov, Pavlo. "Are mobile and fixed line telephone services substitutes or complements? evidence from transition economies /." Burnaby B.C. : Simon Fraser University, 2005. http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/2020.
Full textVerma, Audrey. "The role of digital technologies in human-nature relationships." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2016. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=230594.
Full textMakitla, Mokone Ishmael. "A conceptual model of an access-technology-agnostic delivery mechanism for ICT4D services." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1019756.
Full textFrancis, Neville. "Essays on human capital and technology shocks /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3013694.
Full textOguz, Fatih Moen William E. "An exploration of the diffusion of a new technology from communities of practice perspective web services technologies in digital libraries /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-3930.
Full textAskins, Stephen Alexander. "Modeling of digital clay for evaluation of coordinated control." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19541.
Full textVan, Heerden Jeanne-Marie. "The impact of the implementation of E-HRM on the human resource management function." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1021239.
Full textKenny, Peter. "News agencies as content providers and purveyors of news: A mediahistoriographical study on the development and diversity of wire services." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1616.
Full textThis study examines the history, development and diversity of news agencies. It studies the major agencies and pinpoints how smaller wire services that sometimes purvey niche news seek to offer a more diverse global news-flow. The linkage between news agencies and technological developments, and how wire services have helped advance technology, is examined since the first agencies began in the 1800s, up to the current era of the Internet. The rise of television and the subsequent ascent of the Internet prompted new demands for more diverse news procurement. This accelerated the convergence of different media and has exposed challenges and opportunities to news agencies, large and small. Alongside the telegraph, news wire services expanded from supplying news and information locally to being global players, helping the world shrink. The mediahistoriographical approach engages a critical examination of literature sources regarding the development of the major wire services, and some of the smaller players. The literature, along with interviews with news agency experts, provides the material to examine wire services. The study shows how some original agencies leveraged opportunities offered by their standing in powerful nations to become dominant transnational players. The ascendancy of the mega-agencies compounded limited news-flows from developed to poorer nations, while an expansion of diversified news-flows has not matched technological progression. This study concludes by recommending greater recognition of the importance of news agencies and more scholarly examination of them, as studies on them appear scarce compared to those on other media branches, such as newspapers, the electronic media and the Internet. More studies into the development of both mainstream and alternative news agencies would pave the way for a better understanding of how they function and could provide clues as to how they might be able to better sustain themselves as more diverse entities for the benefit of the public discourse. Through the above, this dissertation seeks to contribute, in a small way, to rectifying a knowledge disparity regarding a key component of the mass media, namely the news agency.
Bitter, James. "Adlerian Family Therapy: Innovations and Creative Process,” Invited Address." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2005. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6081.
Full textShozi, Nobubele Angel. "Factors affecting the use of mobile devices for remote data collection in home community based care." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1012621.
Full textRowan, James Thomas Jr. "Digital Family Portraits: Support for Aging in Place." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/7472.
Full textFaissol, Daniel Mello. "Technology adoption and inequality." Thesis, Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22710.
Full textChiza, Albin Boris Lugerero. "Adoption of cloud computing services amongst the micro-enterprise sector in Cape Town." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2862.
Full textMicro-enterprises play a vital role towards the South Africa’s economic growth by contributing towards job creation. Despite the importance of the role of micro-enterprises, micro-enterprises face several challenges such as lack of finance, lack of skilled workers and lack of technological resources. Previous studies indicate that Information Technology has a distinct role in assisting micro-enterprises overcome several challenges. It is further evidenced in the extant literature that cloud computing, provides a low cost entry for enterprises to support several facets of their business operations. In the current era cloud computing requires a constant as well as fast internet connection and the South African government has various interventions to address the infrastructure divide. However, we have a scant understanding of the adoption challenges amongst micro-enterprises to adopt cloud solutions, which to date feature more prominently amongst larger organisations. This research investigated the factors that influence cloud computing adoption in the micro-enterprise sector in Cape Town. This is a city that promotes the contribution of micro-enterprises to their economic activity, and was such an ideal location to investigate cloud computing adoption amongst the micro-enterprise sector. This research provides a rich understanding of the factors that influence micro-enterprises in Cape Town to adopt cloud computing services and proposes guidelines to encourage micro-enterprises in Cape Town to use cloud services to improve their productivity. The researcher uses the UTAUT model as a framework and a qualitative research methodology to investigate the research question. Data for this research study was collected via face to face interviews with semi-structured questions of ten micro-enterprises and an IT expert. The findings showed that the factors influencing the adoption of cloud computing services are performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, lack of training, cost efficiency and reduction of working hours.
Zhang, Huiqi. "Socioscope: Human Relationship and Behavior Analysis in Mobile Social Networks." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30533/.
Full textSigwejo, Annastellah Obedi. "Evaluating e-government services : a citizen-centric framework." Thesis, Cape Peninisula University of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2285.
Full textIn a quest to offer better services to both citizens and businesses throughout Africa, efforts to adopt e-government projects are gaining momentum. As a result of this, there is a need for effective measurement of delivery and quality of such e-services. Currently, there are several metrics applied to measure and rank the e-readiness of various African countries. However, while these measures have provided a source of comparative analysis between different e-government projects, they are far from being perfect. For example, most of these measures are diverse and difficult to compare, since they assume ‘one size fits all’ and ignore differing environmental, cultural and contextual factors of various countries. Further criticisms of these measures are that they are ‘first generation metrics’ designed for developed countries, as opposed to developing countries. Thus, the crux of the research problem was that there are no suitable evaluation strategies for understanding and measuring the effectiveness of e-government services in order to improve the management thereof, and thereby attain the best possible value for citizens. The objective of this study was to develop a framework, for evaluating the effectiveness of e-government services in a typical developing country. Tanzania’s mainland was chosen as the context for this study: as a typical developing African country, its early phase of e-government development provided an optimal case for this study concerned with the useful and effective evaluation of e-government services. I have chosen a qualitative research method paradigm, underpinned by an interpretive approach, to facilitate both research objectives: developing an evaluation framework after determining the necessary evaluation parameters. Empirical evidence was gathered via interviews with e-government practitioners in Tanzania and via focus groups with selected citizens. Other sources of data included government documentation (policies and strategies) and government websites. The data was analysed through the combined application of an adapted grounded theory method and interpretation. Using the latter analytical processes several effectiveness dimensions of e-government services were derived. Through further analysis these were synthesised into the main output of the study viz. an e-government citizen satisfaction framework (ECSF). This framework, a unique contribution to the existing body of knowledge, demonstrates how citizen and government imperatives should be amalgamated to evaluate the effectiveness of e-government services. The findings further support and advance Information Technology management within government, as this is the first comprehensive framework to ensure an integrated approach for monitoring and evaluating e-government programmes. This study also combines important ideas from two existing domains—service management and IS evaluation—to generate new foundations leading to further work by researchers.
Charoensri, Pijarn. "Technology Infusion in Career Services at U.S. Institutions of Higher Education in the Southwest." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1998. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278087/.
Full textWong, Jason Pei Wai. "Institutions, knowledge acquisition and cooperation : innovation in the emerging domestic mobile phone industry in China /." View abstract or full-text, 2004. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?SOSC%202004%20WONG.
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Al-khowaiter, Wassan Abdullah Ali. "Users' perception of human resource information systems in a Saudi Arabian public sector organisation : examining antecedents of usage, satisfaction and system's user success." Thesis, Swansea University, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.678278.
Full textPalaci, François. "Contribution ergonomique à l’analyse prospective d’innovations technico-organisationnelles dans les systèmes complexes." Thesis, Troyes, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014TROY0032.
Full textThe success of the implementation of techno-organizational innovations into complex systems requires an ability to anticipate consequences of the intended evolutions. Human Factors take up this issue by putting forward methodological frameworks that aim at foreseeing future work practices. How can actual work practices and a future socio-technical environment be described, analyzed and modeled? How should these accounts be connected in order to envision future work practices? The critical issue is how to make a projection of actual work practices into the future socio-technical environment. An examination of available methodological frameworks shows that they can prove difficult to apply in cases where innovation projects, and the settings those projects deal with, present specific characteristics. An alternative framework to guide prospective analysis of innovations is proposed. Its different stages are: (i) characterizing the structuring dimensions of cooperative work; (ii) characterizing features of the future socio-technical environment and major assumptions underlying those features; (iii) making the connection in order to envision possible consequences of the environment evolutions. This methodological framework was tested in the context of a project that aims at improving the maintenance staff protection (tagout) socio-technical environment in a high-risk process industry. It enabled to highlight the importance of coordinative protocols, which shape an “ecosystem of protocols”, and the peripheral role of some other mechanisms, such as the production of mutual awareness
Hess, Andrew M. "Essays on dynamic capabilities the role of intellectual human capital in firm innovation /." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22593.
Full textCommittee Chair: Frank T. Rothaermel; Committee Member: J. Jeongsik Lee; Committee Member: John Walsh; Committee Member: Luis Martins; Committee Member: Matt Higgins.
Baxter, David. "Perception of organisational politics and workplace innovation : an investigation of the perceptions and behaviour of staff in an Australian IT services organisation /." Swinburne Research Bank, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/46062.
Full textA thesis submitted to the fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, 2004. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-230).
Oguz, Fatih. "An exploration of the diffusion of a new technology from communities of practice perspective: Web services technologies in digital libraries." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3930/.
Full textBitter, James. "Adlerian Interventions in the Process of Change, Keynote Address." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2002. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6082.
Full textRocha, Leonardo Andrade 1982. "Crescimento, fronteira tecnológica e a hipótese da relatividade do capital humano." [s.n.], 2011. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/286022.
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Resumo: Nas últimas décadas vários estudos têm enfatizado a importância do capital humano para o desenvolvimento das economias. Entretanto, muitos destes estudos não têm incorporado a idéia de que os diferentes estágios de desenvolvimento importam para que se tenha uma visão acurada do papel do capital humano em tal desenvolvimento. Neste sentido, distintos graus de proximidade com a fronteira condicionam os resultados da política econômica, de forma que os aspectos globais afetam o desempenho de cada economia. Para isto, esta investigação analisou os impactos da política de educação na taxa de progresso tecnológico e no crescimento dos países, conforme o grau de proximidade com a fronteira. As economias mais atrasadas demandam por recursos mais estruturais em relação aos investimentos estratégicos em Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (C,T&I). Nesta mesma direção, outros estudos, como Vandenbussche, Aghion e Meghir (2006) e Aghion, Boustan, Hoxby, e Vandenbussche (2009), chegaram a conclusões similares, sinalizando a atualidade do tema. Para esta finalidade, construiu-se um modelo de crescimento schumpeteriano incorporando à produtividade, duas fontes de melhorias adotadas pelas firmas: os componentes de imitação e inovação. O estoque de mão de obra qualificada é alocado nas atividades intensivas de P&D inovadora das firmas. Já o estoque de mão de obra não-qualificada é alocado nos departamentos de implementação de técnicas gerenciais e planejamento já existentes, ou seja, estratégias adaptadas da fronteira. Cada empresário monopolista busca maximizar sua utilidade que é definida pelo consumo esperado menos os custos de contratação da força de trabalho qualificada e não-qualificada. Nas condições de otimização, são construídas duas funções de demanda por cada fator. A demanda do empresário monopolista em cada setor de insumos intermediários é dividida na contratação de mão de obra qualificada e não-qualificada. A função de demanda por fator não-qualificado depende positivamente da distância tecnológica em relação à fronteira. Ou seja, para as economias mais afastadas o trade-off entre C,T&I e os investimentos na criação de oportunidades tecnológicas, vai se tornando mais expressivo à medida em que a distância for aumentando. Para os setores mais avançados, a demanda por mão de obra qualificada pode oferecer um rápido crescimento em relação aos setores mais atrasados. Para mensurar o estoque de qualificação e não-qualificação, foram utilizados os anos de escolaridade para cada nível de ensino: fator não-qualificado - anos de escolaridade média do ensino primário e secundário e; fator qualificado - anos de escolaridade média do ensino superior ou terciário. Este banco de dados é fornecido por Barro e Lee (2000) e é construído considerando uma defasagem de cinco anos entre 1960-2000. No modelo empírico construiu-se uma regressão do ln(PTF), ln(PIB/trabalhador) e das taxas de crescimento do PIB/trabalhador com função dos anos de escolaridade defasados (t-1) e da interação da escolaridade com o coeficiente de distância tecnológica defasado (t-1). As regressões foram estimadas com dados em painel adotando vários métodos computacionais de estimação. As primeiras estimativas revelaram que os anos de escolaridade da educação primária e secundária contribuem para a acumulação do PIB por trabalhador e da PTF nas economias mais afastadas da fronteira tecnológica. Já os anos de escolaridade do ensino superior têm um efeito aumentador do PIB por trabalhador e da PTF nas economias mais próximas da fronteira. Os resultados da tese permitem, então, concluir que o subdesenvolvimento - pelo menos no que se refere à sua face da formação de recursos humanos - apresenta um caráter perverso: aqueles que não estão próximos à fronteira necessitam de esforços ainda maiores para dela se aproximarem
Abstract: In recent years several studies have emphasized the importance of human capital for economic development. However, many of these studies have not incorporated the different stages of development to which the economies are found. In this sense, different degrees of proximity to the technological frontier induce the results of economic policy, so that the global aspects affecting the performance of economies. For this, our research examined the impacts of education policy on the rate of technological progress and the economic growth of countries according to the degree of proximity to the frontier. The most backward economies are demanding more on structural investments in relation to strategic investments in ST&I. In the same direction, other studies such as Vandenbussche, Aghion and Megh (2006) and Aghion, Boustan, Hoxby, and Vandenbussche (2009), reached similar conclusions, indicating the relevance of this research. For this, we constructed a Schumpeterian growth model incorporating on productivity, two sources of improvements adopted by firms: the components of imitation and innovation. The stock of skilled labor is allocated in the innovation activities by firms. Unlike, the stock of labor is unskilled allocated to departments for implementation of management standards and planning, ie, imitation strategies by firms. Each monopolist entrepreneur seeks to maximize its utility function that is defined by expected consumption less costs of hiring skilled labor force and unskilled. Under conditions of maximization are built two demand functions for each factor. The demand of the monopolist entrepreneur in each sector of intermediate inputs is divided in hiring skilled labor and unskilled. The demand function for factor unskilled depends positively on the distance to frontier , ie, to the backward economies, the trade-off between ST & I and investments on technological opportunities (basic infrastructure), becomes the more significant as the distance increases. For the most advanced sectors, the demand for skilled labor can offer a enhanced-growth in relation to the most backward sectors. To measure the stock of skilled and unskilled, were used average years of schooling within each education level: unskilled labor - average years of schooling in primary and secondary level; skilled labor - the average years of schooling in higher education or tertiary level. This database is provided by Barro and Lee (2000) and is built considering the five years between 1960-2000. The estimated model consisted of the regression of ln(TFP), ln(GDP per worker) and the growth rates of GDP per worker with the years of schooling lagged (t-1) and the interaction between schooling and the coefficient of technological gap lagged (t-1). The regressions were estimated with panel data using various computational methods of estimation. Early estimates show that years of schooling of the primary and secondary education contribute to the accumulation of GDP per worker and TFP when the economy is further away from the technological frontier. The estimated parameters showed statistical significance and expected signs with the hypothesis of the investigation. Since the schooling years of higher education (tertiary) have an increased effect of GDP per worker and TFP when the economy approaches the frontier
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Tekeh, Emmanuel Temban. "The adoption of virtual teams and virtual technology in human resources management : a South African perspective." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2075.
Full textThis study explores factors contributing to the slow adoption of virtual teams and virtual technology by South African organisations in Cape Town. The study adopted the Technology Organisation and Environment (TOE) framework to examine the influence of technological organisational and environmental contextual factors on organisation’s adoption of virtual teams and virtual technology. Three organisations from different industries in Cape Town were chosen as a case study. Data was collected via qualitative interviews and quantitative questionnaires while content analysis and a statistics package for social sciences were used to analyse and generate results. The results indicated that all three dimensions of the TOE framework significantly either enabled or inhibited organisational adoption of virtual teams and virtual technology. Technological contextual factors such as availability of technology were found to enable adoption while high set-up cost inhibited adoption, and perceived benefit and drawbacks either inhibited or enabled adoption due to the influence of other contextual factors. Organisational contextual factors like available resources and slacks were found to facilitate, whereas organisational competency and formal and informal linking structures impeded adoption. Management commitment, communication process, degree of centralisation, organisation size and technological competency were found to either enable or inhibit technology adoption owing to the influences of other contextual factors. Environmental contextual factors such as competition, government regulation and rapidly growing industries were found to encourage technology adoption. Lack of skilled labour was found to restrain technology adoption while industry characteristics, market structures and technology support infrastructure either enabled or inhibited organisational adoption of virtual teams and virtual technology due to the influence of other contextual factors.
Willett, Melanie. "A framework for assuring conformance of cloud-based email at higher education institutions." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1018664.
Full textBothma, Tracy. "The impact of customer relationship management on retail banking using self-service channels." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1013654.
Full textParolin, Sonia Regina Hierro. "Características organizacionais e espaço para a criatividade em organizaçoes inovativas." Universidade de São Paulo, 2008. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-13052008-195529/.
Full textThe purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between organizational characteristics and the space for creativity in innovative organizations with aims at contributing to rising discussions on the integration between people management strategies and innovation. Organizational characteristics were structured according to different models developed by different authors, to include organizational structure, philosophy and values and policies and human resources. Also based on the contribution made by different authors, it addresses the encouragement to creativity, workplace, and organizational resources and hindering factors. The exploratory-descriptive research employed a qualitative-quantitative approach, and is presented in six chapters. It was performed in four medium-and-large size companies, most of which are located in the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba, of the State of Paraná (Brazil), from different sectors and at varying technological stages, chosen for their history of innovations in place and innovative activities. Sampling comprised 12 managers from the Human Resources and Technology areas, and 338 employees from the technical and administrative areas. Indexes from the Alfha of Cronbach tool were 0.912, for 66 items. The relationship between variables was verified by the Canonic Correlation multivariate method, using Statgraphics Plus software, version 5.1 and R 2.6.0. Analyses were performed by the first canonic pair with a 0.926 correlation and 0.857 canonic R2 between major variables, thus confirming their high interrelationship. Sub-variable correlations between both philosophy and values (0.880 and 0.774 canonic R2) and policies and human resources (0.879 and 0.773 canonic R2) were high, and organizational structure, under the traditional concept of work organization (0.495 and 0.246 canonic R2) was low. Major findings integrate innovation management and people management to the organizational strategy with the objective of yielding results from any form of innovation. In those innovative organizations the space for creativity is interspersed with practices that value people and the results they achieve, and how clearly the organizational strategy is perceived by all employees. Practices that are coherent with those values and more flexible structures further addressing group work are factors that encourage creativity in innovative organizations. Most evident human resource policies and systems (that foster space for creativity) are those which lead to the development of people in the organization. Practices that are conducive for the employee to feel supported in their creative abilities are mainly related to constructive feedback they are given, which strengthens the cycle of confidence; to the assessment of performance associated to professional development; and to incentives offered for collectively-attained results. Findings from this exploratory study observed positive-influence organizational characteristics in the space for creativity of innovative organizations, suggesting there is a wide range of themes for future study.
Musvibe, Ray. "COIN : a customisable, incentive driven video on demand framework for low-cost IPTV services." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006650.
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Vilela, João Rocha [UNESP]. "Histerossonografia em mulheres inférteis candidatas às ténicas de reprodução assistida." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/99215.
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A histerossonografia (HSN) foi descrita pela primeira vez há três décadas. A infusão de solução salina na cavidade uterina favorece sua exploração e proporciona excelente visualização da anatomia e do interior da cavidade do útero melhor do que com ultrassonografia transvaginal convencional (USG). Para verificar o papel atual da HSN na avaliação da cavidade uterina de mulheres com sangramento uterino anormal (SUA) e assintomática, foi realizado revisão bibliográfica de estudos que compararam a HSN com a USG ou histeroscopia diagnóstica ambulatorial (HTDx). Para isso, pesquisou-se estudos relevantes em bases de dados eletrônicas Medline/PubMed, SciELO/LILACS. A HSN é procedimento ambulatorial, “não invasivo”, de melhor custo-benefício, com melhor sensibilidade e especificidade na identificação de anomalias uterinas, causando desconforto mínimo e com baixo índice de complicações. Foi objeto de revisões, não existindo mais dúvidas quanto a sua acurácia. Pode-se concluir que a HSN é ferramenta útil na propedêutica de avaliação da cavidade uterina de mulheres sintomáticas com SUA, infertilidade e perdas gestacionais repetidas, falhas de implantação embrionária em programas com técnicas de reprodução assistida (TRA) / fertilização in vitro (FIV) e naquelas com qualquer alteração uterina intra ou extracavitária na USG. Portanto, está indicada como método de avaliação inicial da cavidade uterina antes de indicar HTDx
Sonohysterography (HSN) was firstly described three decades ago. The saline solution infusion into the uterine cavity favors its use and provides excellent visualization of the anatomy and the inner cavity of the uterus better than the conventional transvaginal sonography (USG). To check the current role of HSN in the uterine cavity assessment in women with abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) and asymptomatic, a literature review comparing HSN with USG and/or ambulatory diagnostic hysteroscopy (HTDx) was carried out. To this end, relevant studies were researched in electronic databases Medline/PubMed, SciELO/LILACS. The HSN is an ambulatory procedure, non-invasive, better cost-benefit, better sensitivity and specificity to identify uterine abnormalities, causing minimal discomfort and low complications rate. It was subject to revision which there is no more doubt about its accuracy. It can be concluded that the HSN is a useful tool in the propedeutics to assess uterine cavity of symptomatic patients with SUA, infertility, recurrent miscarriages, and embryonic implantation failures in assisted reproduction treatment (ART) / in vitro fertilization (FIV) and in any other intra and extra uterine cavity alteration. Hence, USG is indicated as an initial method of assessment of the uterine cavity previously to HTDx
Koster, David. "An evaluation of information technology resources and capabilities that influences the customer service process using resource based view theory." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6411.
Full textBurgess, Stephen Keith 1958. "Business-to-consumer interactions on the Internet : a model for small businesses." Monash University, School of Information Management and Systems, 2001. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8027.
Full textOmari, Maryam. "The ideal homeworkers: An investigation of personal & job characteristic requirements for successful home based work." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2000. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1543.
Full textDay, Jason A. "Investigating learning with web lectures." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22627.
Full textCommittee Chair: Foley, James; Committee Member: Abowd, Gregory; Committee Member: Anderson, Richard; Committee Member: Catrambone, Richard; Committee Member: Guzdial, Mark.
Petratos, Anastasia. "An ICT strategy to support a patient-centred approach to diabetes care." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/14466.
Full textGanzevoort, Boto Wybrand. "Leveraging connectivity to innovate for a differentiated customer experience : a study into the management of interaction between financial services organisations and their external environment to enhance the innovation process for the delivery of a differentiated customer experience." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50008.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: The high degree of extant commoditisation of organizations and their value propositions in the financial services industry has necessitated organizations in the industry to seek differentiation from the competition. Innovation has generally been accepted as a way for organizations to create differentiation by adding value to the organization. Until recently the focus of innovation activities has been limited to the product or the service of the organization. Recent emphasis has however shifted the innovation mandate to more holistically consider the total experience the customer has when interacting with the organization. This study concerns itself with the organizational activities required to innovate the customer experience. The main argumentation adopted by the thesis suggests that organizations need to constantly leverage their connectivity, forward and backward in value systems, across organizational boundaries to enhance the customer experience innovatively. Leveraging the organization's connectivity creates advantages for both radical and incremental innovation management to thereby improve and sustain the organization's profitability. The study commences by critically analysing the total customer expenence and then describing how the customer experience can create differentiation for the organization. The second part of the study scrutinises innovation literature to gain an understanding of how and where organizations can benefit in the management of innovation. The third part of the study reveals multi-channel management as a method that can be utilised to deliver the customer experience innovatively and benefit the organization in the continuous innovation of the customer experience. The study culminates in a preliminary model that conceptualises the leveraging of connectivity in the innovation process necessary within the organization for the innovation of a differentiated customer experience. Limitations of the study are described, and recommendations are made for both further research and the application of the study to the business environment.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Ondernemings in die finansiële dienste industrie ondervind huidiglik dat hul waardeproposisies relatief maklik in kommoditeite verander. Dit noodsaak ondernemings in hierdie industrie tot toenemende innoverende differensiasie om daardeur 'n voorsprong op konkurrente in die mark te verkry. Innovasie word algemeen aanvaar as die manier waarop organisasies waarde kan toevoeg om sodoende differensiasie te bewerkstellig. Tot onlangs was die fokus van innovasie-aktiwiteite beperk tot die produk of diens van 'n onderneming. Die moderne tendens is dat die klem in die innovasiemandaat verskuif om die totale ervaring in die interaksieproses tussen onderneming en kliënt holisties te benader. Hierdie studie konsentreer op die organisatoriese aktiwiteite wat benodig word in die innoveering van die kliënt se ervaring. Die hoof argument wat deur die tesis aanvaar word, beklemtoon dat ondernemings deurlopend hul konnektiwiteit voor- en terugwaarts in die waardesisteem, moet hefboom oor organisatoriese grense heen, om daardeur die innovasieproses van die kliënte-ervaring te bevorder. Om die onderneming se konnektiwiteit op hierdie wyse te hefboom, skep voordele vir beide radikale en inkrementele innovasie bestuur waardeur die onderneming se winsgewendheid volgehou en verbeter kan word. In die aanvang van die studie word gepoog om die totale verbruikerservaring krities te analiseer; daarna word uiteengesit hoe die kliënte-ervaring vir die onderneming differensiasie kan skep. Die tweede deel van die studie ondersoek literatuur wat betrekking het op innovasie om daardeur te verstaan hoe en waar ondernemings voordeel kan trek uit die bestuur van innovasie. Die derde deel van die studie stel multikanaal-bestuur voor as 'n metode om die beoogde kliënte-ervaring te weeg te bring, maar ook as 'n manier om die onderneming te bevoordeel in die deurlopende innovasie van die verbuiker se ervaring. Die studie resulteer in 'n voorlopige model wat die hefboom van konnektiwiteit in die innovasie proses vir 'n gedifferensieerde kliënte-ervaring konseptualiseer. Ten slotte word die beperkings van die studie omskryf en aanbevelings word gemaak vir beide navorsingsdoeleindes, en die toepassing van die studie tot die praktiese sakeomgewing.
Kubheka, Noxolo Siphelele Pumla. "How to leverage information to improve business performance in a financial services company." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2007. https://etd.sun.ac.za/jspui/handle/10019/1081.
Full textGrünloh, Christiane. "To Share or Not to Share? : Expectations of and Experiences with eHealth Services that Allow Users Access to their Health Information." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Medieteknik och interaktionsdesign, MID, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-185803.
Full textAvhandlingen undersöker förväntningar på och erfarenheter av e-hälsotjänster som ger användare tillgång till sin egen hälsoinformation. Även om e-hälsotjänster har fått stöd av många politiker och patienter har de mötts av starkt motstånd från sjukvårdspersonal. Utan deras stöd blir det svårt att realisera tjänstens fulla potential, särskilt när det gäller patientens delaktighet och egenmakt.Forskningen undersöker de referensramar som konstrueras av intressenter för att förstå e-hälsotjänster, till exempel genetisk testning direkt till konsument och elektroniska patientjournaler. Resultaten baseras dels på empiriska data som samlats in i ett experiment med studenter i Tyskland, dels på intervjuer med läkare i Uppsala.De undersökta e-hälsotjänsterna upplevdes (were framed) av studiernas deltagare som potentiellt skadliga för användarna. De negativa förväntningarna baserades huvudsakligen på en allmän syn på patienter som inte tillräckligt kunniga och därmed oförmögna att förstå tjänstens hälsoinformation. Deltagarna i de rapporterade studierna (läkare och studenter i rollen som formgivare) kände ansvar för att förhindra eventuella skador för e-hälsotjänstens användare. Beroende på de förväntat negativa följderna för de förmodat utsatta patientgrupperna föredrog undersökningens deltagare att ta ställning emot patienternas åtkomst snarare än att ta ställning för deras deltagande och ökade egenmakt. Att ha tillgång till hälsoinformation bedömdes vara av lågt värde för användarna.Forskningen ökar förståelsen av de element som ligger till grund för deltagarnas upplevda skepsis och oro. Den visar att en specifik bild av patienter och/eller framtida användare av ett e-hälsosystemet kan leda till inkongruenta tekniska referensramar och värdebedömningar. I linje med inriktningarna deltagande design och värdebaserade design samt målet att öka teknisk acceptans, bör patienter och hälso- och sjukvårdspersonal inte bara ingå i designprocessen, utan också delta i gemensamma aktiviteter för att möjliggöra omtolkningar av sina tekniska referens- ramar.
Savarese, Josephine. "The gifts of the chip? : the regulation of occupational health and safety in the post-industrial age." Thesis, McGill University, 1999. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=30324.
Full textThe thesis begins with a reference to The Gift of Stones, a fictional account of the difficulties that stone workers experienced when the Bronze Age arrived. Modern labourers face parallel struggles due to the arrival of the Post-Industrial Age characterized by technological innovation and restructuring. The legitimacy and effectiveness of occupational health and safety law is challenged by changes to social institutions and by computer related work injuries.
In many jurisdictions, the state has responded to these changes by enacting ergonomic standards that seek to minimize the harmful effects of computer use. The thesis examines the trend towards ergonomic standards with particular focus on Canadian initiatives. In conclusion, it argues that ergonomic regulations are an important means of promoting safer computer practices. Additionally, ergonomic standards provide a mechanism for continued state regulation of occupational health and safety. The challenge for rule makers is ensuring that the standards are a component of comprehensive legal reforms.
Ryan, John. "A uses and gratifications study of the Internet social interaction site LambdaMOO : talking with "Dinos"." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/958777.
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El-Gohary, Mahmoud Ahmed. "Joint Angle Tracking with Inertial Sensors." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/661.
Full textOlsson, Sofia. "Framtid eller kraschlandning? : En kvalitativ studie av flygledning på distans." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-156388.
Full textAzogu, Olajumoke Oluwaseye. "The Acceptance and Use of Cloud Computing Services by Small and Medium Enterprises in Lagos, Nigeria." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc984117/.
Full textNguyen, Austina Nga. "Designing, Manufacturing, and Predicting Deformation of a Formable Crust Matrix." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/5016.
Full textQuerbes-Revier, Adrien. "Émergence et évolution de l’industrie des services numériques pour téléphones mobiles." Thesis, Bordeaux 4, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012BOR40001/document.
Full textThe telecommunications industry currently undergoes a dramatic evolution. Faced with thedevelopment of new uses on mobile phones, incumbents of the mobile phone industry (networkoperators and devices manufacturers) must adapt to a new technological and competitive environment.This new environment technologically relies on expansions of uses of digital objects (software andcontents that can be either of professional, personal or leisure use) and thereby serves as a launchingpad for actors more or less mature coming from software industries, copyright-based industries or theInternet industry. Based on this observation, our thesis rests on the idea that incumbents of the mobilephone industry must adapt to this new environment in order to maintain their position, and must learnto coordinate with those new actors as coordination is required for this market to emerge. We thereforestart with a historical analysis of the emergence of the mobile services industry so as to position theissues at stake regarding coordination. We then focus on “open source” projects for smartphoneoperating systems in order to analyse the interest of an open strategy. Last, we design an evolutionistsimulation model so that to analyse the actors’ strategies linked with the structure of the industry andits effects on the technological structure
Rasia, Isabel Cristina Rosa Barros. "Relação entre as forças internas e externas na inovação em serviço na atenção primária à saúde." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UCS, 2015. https://repositorio.ucs.br/handle/11338/1310.
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This thesis focuses on the innovation in services at Health Primary Attention (HPA) andaims at analyzing the relationship between internal and external forces in the innovation in services at HPA in Pelotas, describing its organization and management ways, the procedures established for innovating, its guidance on the HPA, and the innovation generated/produced on the following dimensions: product, process, marketing, and organizational area (Manual de Oslo, 2005). Each dimension was analyzed under perspectives as follows: physical structure, human resources, appliances, medicines and materials, access to complementary examinations, management, and user service. Innovation on health services assumption is the improvement of production and efficiency, the increase on quality and responsiveness, the reduction on variation in care practice, and the increase of access to health services. The HPA includes the individual’s, family, and collectivity first level of contact with the health system. Research was performed through a cross-sectional, objective, exploiting method under a quantitative, qualitative nature of approach. A case study was conducted by the application of an empirical research to the population of managers linked to the health system of the local HPA asking about the health system forming, innovation in services, and its guidance on the HPA according to the Primary Care Assessment Tool, a tool validated by Starfield (2001) and (2010).Quantitative results show that the innovation in services were, as to their typology, mostly: product (98%), process (90%), and organizational (88%), and fewest in marketing (32%). In all dimensions, the perspectives presenting more innovations were connected to management, user care, and human resources. Regarding to “HPA orientation” outcome, the general average 6.91 (SD = 1,12) indicated that the local “UBS” are arranged in HPA. However, when stratified according to the attention model, the “UBS” working with the Family Health Strategy (FHS) scored 7.51 (SD = 0.71),while Traditional ones averaged 5.91 (dp = 0.95), considered as not guided in HPA (p = 0,000). As to the association of innovations and orientation in HPA it was seen under the gross analysis by Poisson Regression that they belong to the model that pays attention to FHS variables, which were significantly related to the orientation in HPA. In the adjusted analysis, however, only the variable attention model remained related to the outcome (2.86; IC 95% 2.18 – 6.91). The qualitative analysis identified that the county performs the full management model of its Municipal Health System and the processes of innovation in services are leveraged by the Federal Government, being the programs and projects launched at national level, along with the Municipal Secretariat of Health, developed with the effective participation of health teams from the Basic Unit of Health (BUH), based on planning and formalization, supported by the assigned community, Universities, Municipal Council of Health (MCH), and the Local Council of Health (LCH).
Makombe, Farai. "Developing a help-desk system for a multi-purpose ICT platform in a marginalised setting." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/315.
Full textFraga, Gilberto Joaquim. "Estudo da relação entre comércio internacional, capital humano e crescimento econômico no Brasil no período de 1995 a 2006." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11132/tde-02082011-103009/.
Full textThere is a large literature addressing the effects of trade liberalization on economic growth rate and another that addresses the effects of human capital on growth. However, it is very limited literature that emphasizes the interconnection of trade openness and human capital on economic growth. The few studies available in the latter group are focused on analysis considering differences between countries. However, Brazil has large dimensions and analysis of the factors that explain the growth of GDP of its states is of great importance to economic planners. In this backdrop, this thesis seeks to quantify and analyze the impacts of variations in the human capital of individuals and the trade openness of the Brazilian states on rate of economic growth of the respective states. Human capital is understood here as the average number of years of schooling of the portion of the PEA employed in each state and trade openness is defined as the ratio between the amounts of international trade (exports plus imports) to GDP of the respective states. The analysis covers the period from 1995 thru 2006 and annual data are organized in the format of a panel for the group of 26 states plus the Federal District. The thesis is guided by the hypothesis that both trade openness and the level of human capital of the economically active population employed are relevant to the economic growth of the Brazilian states, either by technology transfer via international trade and the efficiency of human capital to assimilate new technologies. To achieve our objective, we developed two theoretical models for further application: extended Solow model of economic growth and economic growth model with endogenous technological progress. The results by dynamic panel data indicate that both the extended Solow model as the model with endogenous technological progress have revealed that increasing in the degree of trade openness positively affects the growth rate of GDP per capita with lag. However, the short-term effect is not instantaneous, because the impact has a lag of two years. It was estimated that an increase in the level of trade openness of 1%, on average, increases the rate of growth of GDP per capita around of 0,13 percentage points when estimated the extended Solow model and 0,09 percentage points when estimated the model with endogenous technological progress. The impact of human capital, we see that for every increase of 1 year in the average level of schooling of the workforce will increase by 0,06 percentage points in growth rate of GDP per capita when estimated through the extended Solow model and 0,07 percentage points through the endogenous model. From these results, this research suggests that it is necessary not only increase the degree of trade openness, but it is also important to implement complementary policies of continued investment in workforce skills.