SEARCH RESULTS   Found 25 text references: 1. " It concludes that a country's developmental level will affect rate setting and quality of service, and that cost factors will vary depending on the country.(37) Recognizing the cost differentials among countries, the ITU recommendation also states that current accounting..." Source:   Collins, Katherine. "International accounting rate reform: the role of international organizations and implications for developing countries" Law and Policy in International Business 31.3 Mar. 22 2000: 1077 2. " LITERATURE REVIEW A complicating factor in measuring changes in quality of care and efficiency is that multiple factors affect the outcomes.(1) In complex organizations, it often is impossible to isolate a single determining factor that affects the quality of care." Source:   COLE, DONNA ALLISON. "Creating Outcomes with Redesign Efforts" AORN Journal 70.3 Sept. 1 1999: 406 3. " Summary and conclusions The findings of this study indicate that the content and quality of deliberate practice must be examined before fully understanding the factors which affect the quality of specific performances." Source:   Williamon, Aaron,Valentine, Elizabeth. "Quantity and quality of musical practice as predictors of performance quality" British Journal of Psychology 91.3 Aug. 1 2000: 353 4. " Therefore, we have determined the factors that may be associated with female perceptions of quality of care, but have spent less time considering important factors that may affect men's perceptions of quality." Source:   Speizer, Ilene S.,Bollen, Kenneth A. "How Well Do Perceptions of Family Planning Service Quality Correspond to Objective Measures? Evidence from Tanzania" Studies in Family Planning 31.2 June 1 2000: 163 5. " The traditional rationale for using vowel segments in studies of voice quality is that a listener's impression of voice quality in connected speech may be affected by non-voice factors." Source:   Zraick, Richard I.,Liss, Julie M. "A Comparison of Equal-Appearing Interval Scaling and Direct Magnitude Estimation of Nasal Voice Quality" Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 43.4 Aug. 1 2000: 979 6. "... [Q.sub.i] = hospital quality, [X.sub.i] = factors which affect the level of costs, like ownership and market factors, [Z.sub.i] = fixed inputs: capital stock and stock of admitting physicians." Source:   FRECH, H.E., III,MOBLEY, LEE RIVERS. "EFFICIENCY, GROWTH, AND CONCENTRATION: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF HOSPITAL MARKETS" Economic Inquiry 38.3 July 1 2000: 369 7. " Key words: abiotic factors; Borrichia frutescens; community structure; direct vs. indirect effects; egg parasitism; herbivores, affected by host-plant variation; host-plant nitrogen; Pissonotus quadripustulatus; plant morphology, affected by salinity; plant quality, effects of salinity and nitrogen; saltmarsh community; soil salinity." Source:   MOON, DANIEL C.,STILING, PETER. "RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF ABIOTICALLY INDUCED DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS ON A SALT-MARSH HERBIVORE" Ecology 81.2 Feb. 1 2000: 470 8. " Selection and training of patient care technicians were consistently identified by focus group participants as factors that are perceived to adversely affect the quality and safety of patient care, therefore these factors require special attention." Source:   Dreachslin, Janice L.,Hunt, Portia L.,Sprainer, Elaine. "Communication Patterns and Group Composition: Implications for Patient-Centered Care Team Effectiveness" Journal of Healthcare Management 44.4 July 1 1999: 252 9. " In my view, however, it is characteristic that demographic, industrial and intellectual factors of the locales do n ot affect the quantitative structure of 'five and twenty' (but instead affect the quality of these 25 persons)." Source:   MATSUZATO, KIMITAKA. "Local Elites Under Transition: County and City Politics in Russia 1985-1996" Europe-Asia Studies 51.8 Dec. 1 1999: 1367 10. " The reasons for the disparity in rates of asthma are not readily apparent, but some studies report that risk factors such as race, income, and insurance status affect access and quality of health care services.[8,11-18]..." Source:   Mansour, Mona E.,Lanphear, Bruce P.,DeWitt, Thomas G. "Barriers to Asthma Care in Urban Children: Parent Perspectives" Pediatrics 106.3 Sept. 1 2000: 512 11. " Implications Studies of factors affecting program quality in early childhood programs often point to the importance of teacher qualifications and professional development (see Epstein, 1999)." Source:   Makin, Laurie,Hayden, Jacqueline,Diaz, Criss Jones. "Hi-Quality Literacy Programs in Early Childhood Classrooms" Childhood Education 76.6 Sept. 15 2000: 368 12. " The major factor affecting the curriculum and the quality of teaching is the availability of qualified teachers." Source:   Chow, Gregory C. "The Teaching of Modern Economics in China" Comparative Economic Studies 42.2 June 22 2000: 51 13. " The goal is to not let negative feelings or expressions about the changes affect our work quality or output; impair our relationships with coworkers or supervisors; or become a definitive factor in how we feel about our jobs." Source:   Kimes, J. Kent. ""LEAD, FOLLOW, OR Get Out of the Way" Public Works 131.3 Mar. 1 2000: 50 14. " Elements that affect the warmth factor: * Make sure the boot has a good-quality insulation, which will not lose its bulk." Source:   Nighswonger, Todd. "If the Shoe Fits the Hazard, Wear It" Occupational Hazards 62.1 Jan. 1 2000: 47 15. " When the researchers considered male attractiveness and other factors, such as habitat quality, that also affect sex ratio, they could explain half the variation from the randomness..." Source:   S.M. "Handsome blue tit dads have more sons" Science News 157.3 Jan. 15 2000: 40 16. " One of the key factors affecting these costs is the quality of the water being supplied to the nursing home." Source:   Hohman, George. "Laundry management: the soft water advantage" Nursing Homes 48.8 Aug. 1 1999: 44-46 17. " Factors affecting the rate and quality of research and interventions are also discussed." Source:   Rosen, Aaron,Proctor, Enola K.,Staudt, Marlys M. "Social work research and the quest for effective practice" Social Work Research 23.1 Mar. 1 1999: 4-5 18. " The factors that influence blacks to participate in clinical trials are complex and are affected by publicity surrounding ethical abuses in past studies, cultural differences in perceptions about health care, and disparities in access to quality health care (7)." Source:   . "Recruiting Black Men to a Clinical Trial to Evaluate Prostate Cancer Screening - Detroit, Michigan, 1998" Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report v47.n33 Aug. 28 1998: 694-695 19. " The index is composed of scores made by adding standardized measures of the variables affecting competitive effort. (35) Quality here includes the presentation (the quality of the documentation), need factors (over which bidders..." Source:   John, Peter,Ward, Hugh,Dowding, Keith. "The bidding game: competitive funding regimes and the political targeting of urban programme schemes" British Journal of Political Science 34.3 July 1 2004: 405-429 20. " Investigating the quality of life of patients with coronary artery disease and the factors affecting their quality of life." Source:   Uzun, Ozge,Aslan, Fatma Eti,Selimen, Deniz,Koc, Mehmet. "Quality of life in women with breast cancer in Turkey" Journal of Nursing Scholarship 36.3 Sept. 22 2004: 207-214 21. " 4.2.1.3. Characteristics of Product One of the factors that affect quality of customer's perception is the characteristic of product." Source:   Akgeyik, Tekin. "The business values in informal sector: the case of street vendors in Istanbul: a survey" Journal of Academy of Business and Economics 1.2 Feb. 1 2003: 82-88 22. " According to Fullan, factors affecting initiation include existence of, quality of and access to innovations; advocacy from central administration; presence of external change agents; community support/apathy; and existence of policy and funds." Source:   Ardzejewska, Kathie,Coutts, Pamela M. "Teachers who support Reggio--exploring their understandings of the philosophy" Australian Journal of Early Childhood 29.4 Dec. 1 2004: 17-24 23. " In an experiment illustrating this hypothesis, Strack, Schwarz and Gschneidinger (1985) found that when reminiscing about past events, the hedonic quality of these events generally affected present well-being in an inverse direction, unless this provoked subjects to retrieve the past affective state." Source:   Strauss-Blasche, Gerhard,Muhry, Franziska,Lehofer, Michael,Moser, Maximillian,Marktl, Wolfgang. "Time course of well-being after a three-week resort-based respite from occupational and domestic demands: carry-over, contrast and situation effects" Journal of Leisure Research 36.3 June 22 2004: 293-310 24. "... to endangered and threatened species.(213) In the biological opinion approving Texas's state permit program, for instance, FWS wrote that "research indicates that species in or near contaminated sediments may be adversely affected even if water-quality criteria are not..." Source:   Rosen, Elizabeth. "EPA's approach to endangered species protection in state clean water act programs" Environmental Law 30.2 Mar. 22 2000: 447 25. "... live greatly affects their ability to function and enjoy a high quality of life; therefore, enhancing seniors' happiness and quality of life is critical to their overall well-being," says Denise Cadorette, executive director of The Inn at Spruce Wood." Source:   Volzer, Robert. "Be our guest" Nursing Homes 53.9 Sept. 1 2004: 61-64 back to top