This paper has a twofold objective. First, we develop a new method to assess the monetary value for individuals of external effects. The method makes use of an ordinal index of life satisfaction as scored by individual respondents who are subjected in varying intensity to the external effect. Our second objective is to assess, with this method, to what extent noise nuisance effects around Amste...

BACKGROUND This pilot clinical trial sought to estimate the feasibility and efficacy of two interventions aimed at improving memory performance in geriatric clinic patients with mild cognitive impairment. METHODS Fifteen participants were randomized to either a memory training group or a memory compensation group. RESULTS Recruitment rates were low, whereas adherence and retention rates wer...

introduction: hospital information system (his) is a computerized system which is used as an electronic tool for patient information management and plays a significant role in providing quality health care services. therefore, his users' satisfaction about the quality of the services offered is crucial in assessing and more importantly improving the technical aspects of the system. on the other...

Objective To explore the nursing unit based job management performance evaluation of new models for improving care income distribution system, the establishment of long-term incentive mechanism and to promote the scientific management of the care team to provide a favorable basis. Methods Based on the nursing job management requires "Anlaoquchou, giving priority to efficiency, hard work and exc...

BACKGROUND The voice of foster families is a valuable tool in the development and improvement of foster family services. Regularly evaluating the satisfaction of foster carers can facilitate the early identification of a range of problems that might pose a risk to the placement. METHOD This article reports the experience of 200 Spanish foster families (kinship and non-kinship) with foster ser...

Human resource has been realized and validated asset of organizations’ survival, growth and excellence. Modern era organizations equipped with technology, automation and state of art infrastructures find themselves helpless and shallow without high value human resource. In recent times retaining the valuable human resource, without ensuring their satisfaction towards organization, is emerging l...

considering the importance of the factors affecting customer satisfaction and loyalty, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between performance and characteristic of a online stores – digi-kala in this particular case, as a perfect example of an electronic customer relationship system, and customer's electronic loyalty and satisfaction. as a practical-descriptive, research, ele...

The validity of Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory of Motivation was tested empirically by surveying 2372 chemical fiber employees in 2012. In the valid sample of 1875 respondents, the degree of overall job satisfaction was more than moderate. The most highly valued components of job satisfaction were: “corporate image,” “collaborative working atmosphere,” and “supervisor’s expertise”; whereas the lo...