Innovation in Austere Times: Louisiana's Call Program

Man Thou Art Dust: Rites of Passage in Austere Times

In response to recent calls for further cross-disciplinary research on austerity and a deeper sociological understanding of the impact and aftermath of the economic crisis on individuals and societies, this article builds on extant austerity literature through an exploration of its effects on European men. Informed by theories of liminality and rites of passage, this qualitative investigation e...

Improving call bell response times.

AIM To explore and compare call bell response times in two wards in a geriatric evaluation and management facility before and after the introduction of a suite of interventions aimed at decreasing patient falls. METHOD Data on call bell response times were collected over two periods. The first were before implementation of falls prevention initiatives. Data were retrieved from the call bell s...

IT Innovation Budgets in Turbulent Times

Effects of Erlang Call Holding Times on PCS Call Completion

20 leads to an important observation: The call completion probability decreases as the variance of the call holding times decreases. This eeect becomes more signiicant as the variance of the cell residence times decreases. 5 Conclusions This paper introduced a model for studying emerging PCS cellular systems which are expected to exercise at rate billing programs. In this case a more general di...

Tough times call for tough decisions.