Product-service system (PSS) design focuses on customer value and satisfaction more than traditional product or service design, and pays much attention to making improvement strategies due to the immaturity of engineering design methodology. Customer satisfaction evaluation attracts PSS providers’ attentions in supporting PSS design. Importance–performance analysis (IPA) as an effective custome...

BACKGROUND Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is the most common invasive fungal disease in immunocompromised patients, and it has a 30 % mortality rate despite appropriate antifungal therapy. This retrospective study was performed to determine risk factors for mortality in immunocompromised children with IPA. METHODS Medical records of 45 probable/proven IPA cases diagnosed in children w...

BACKGROUND/AIMS In this study, the sensitivity-specificity of galactomannan-enzyme immunoassay (GM-EIA) with a cut-off value of 0.5 for a single, two, or three consecutive positivity in the diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) in neutropenic patients with hematological malignancy was investigated. METHODS IPA was classified as "proven," "probable," or "possible" as described in...

We compared the efficacy of inhaled isopropyl alcohol (IPA) with ondansetron for the control of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) during a 24-hour period in 100 ASA class I-III women undergoing laparoscopic surgery. Nausea was measured postoperatively using a 0 to 10 verbal numeric rating scale (VNRS). The control group received ondansetron, 4 mg intravenously, and the experimental group...

To open volume 22 of International Psychogeriatrics we take great pleasure in publishing the papers submitted by the three recipients of the 2009 International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) Junior Research Awards in Psychogeriatrics. As you can see from our new 2010 front cover, all of them accepted their prizes in person on Tuesday 1 September 2009, at the opening session of the IPA 14th I...

PURPOSE to evaluate the efficacy and safety of intrapleural analgesia (IPA) using ropivacaine after thoracoscopic surgery, compared with thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) using ropivacaine. METHODS forty patients undergoing thoracoscopic bullectomy for spontaneous pneumothorax were randomly assigned to one of two groups. IPA group (n = 20) received intermittent bolus injection of 0.375% ropiv...

PURPOSE To evaluate the cross-cultural validity of the five subscales of the Impact on Participation and Autonomy (IPA) measure and the full 31-item scale. METHOD Data from two validation studies (Dutch and English) were pooled (n = 106). Participants (aged 18-75), known to rehabilitation services or GP practices, had conditions ranging from minor ailments to significant disability. Validity ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate aspects of internal scale validity and reliability of the Swedish version of the Impact on Participation and Autonomy questionnaire (IPA-S) for use in people with spinal cord injury. SUBJECTS A total of 161 persons with spinal cord injury. METHOD IPA-S psychometric properties were evaluated using Rasch rating scale analysis. RESULTS The results show that the IPA-S ha...

Ethylene production by tissue slices from preclimacteric, climacteric, and postclimacteric apples was significantly reduced by isopentenyl adenosine (IPA), and by mixtures of IPA and indoleacetic acid, and of IPA, indoleacetic acid, and gibberellic acid after 4 hours of incubation. Ethylene production by apple (Pyrus malus L.) slices in abscisic acid was increased in preclimacteric tissues, dec...

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is the leading invasive fungal disease in high-risk hematologic patients, including those with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) receiving chemotherapy for induction of remission, and allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients. Studies conducted in the 1990s and early 2000s reported crude mortality rates of 60-80%. However, recent data suggest th...