Activity-based costing and management are now the stock-in-trade of a lucrative industry, with at least one Big Six consultancy operation devoted wholly to their promotion. Both techniques represent a major extension of accountability in the modern corporation, into a zone previously defined in accounting terms as fixed overhead. The mechanics depend on treating the staff department as a mass-p...

This paper deals with the application of activitybased management (ABM) in a small company. The project took place in G. E. Mustill, a company that produces machines for the photo framing industry. This project aims to develop an ABM system for the company which leads to appropriate improvement actions based on a make or buy decision about di€ erent parts of the machine, f̀our-head foiler’. Firs...

The overall goal of this research is to explore the efficacy of learning the physics of electricity with NetLogo agent-based models (ABM) where the degree of learner scaffolding is varied. Learners were given four tasks for an ABM in each class period. The experimental condition involved Productive Failure (PF), where one group of learners initially used a set of ABMs in an unscaffolded manner ...

Acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) is a potentially life-threatening neurological emergency. An agreed protocol for early, evidence-based and effective management of community-acquired ABM is essential for best possible outcome. A literature search of peer-reviewed articles on ABM was used to collect data on the management of ABM in older children and adults. Based on the strength of published ev...

The present study uses agent-based modeling (ABM) to examine the effectiveness of a nudge policy for improving recycling behavior. In our simulation, agents' behavior is computed by components Theory Planned Behaviour (i.e., attitudes, perceived behavioral control, social norms) and influenced other agents as well their surrounding amount waste in area). based on real data from Taiwan community...

Few hospitals in high malaria endemic countries in Africa have Background. the diagnostic capacity for clinically distinguishing acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) from cerebral malaria (CM). As a result, empirical use of antibiotics is necessary. A biochemical marker of ABM would facilitate precise clinical diagnosis and management of these infections and enable rational use of antibiotics. We u...

Few hospitals in high malaria endemic countries in Africa have Background. the diagnostic capacity for clinically distinguishing acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) from cerebral malaria (CM). As a result, empirical use of antibiotics is necessary. A biochemical marker of ABM would facilitate precise clinical diagnosis and management of these infections and enable rational use of antibiotics. We u...

Background. Few hospitals in high malaria endemic countries in Africa have the diagnostic capacity for clinically distinguishing acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) from cerebral malaria (CM). As a result, empirical use of antibiotics is necessary. A biochemical marker of ABM would facilitate precise clinical diagnosis and management of these infections and enable rational use of antibiotics. Meth...