Objective: Congenital hydronephrosis is a common prenatally diagnosed anomaly associated with an incidence of approximately 0.5-1% in newborns. The purpose of this study was to clarify the value of 99 m diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (99mTc-DTPA) in the assessment of renal function impairment of pediatric hydronephrosis. Methods: A total of 48 children with unilateral ureteropelvic junctio...

Companies making products on an engineer to order (ETO) basis have traditionally found business opportunities through design and product development expertise and an ability to respond to demands for customisation with improved product performance. However, increasingly, customers are seeking lower prices and reduced lead times, which also require improved manufacturing efficiency. These compan...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate and compare the moderating effects of the two basic business process change paradigms – business process reengineering (BPR) and total quality management (TQM) – on the business value generated for firms by their information and communication technologies (ICT) investment. Design/methodology/approach – Using data collected throug...

Der Beitrag stellt ein Konzept vor, wie große Prozeßmodelle aus verschiedenen BPR-Projekten in ein unternehmensweites Referenzprozeßmodell integriert werden können. Es wird gezeigt, welche Erfahrungen die SKO bewogen haben, für die Geschäftsprozeßmodellierung ein Referenzprozeßmodell mit neutralen Geschäftsprozeßmustern zu verwenden. Es wird dargestellt, wie der Prozeß zur Modellfortschreibung ...

Multidrug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus continue to increase in frequency worldwide, both in hospitals and in the community, raising serious problems for the chemotherapy of staphylococcal disease. Ceftobiprole (BPR; BAL9141), the active constituent of the prodrug ceftobiprole medocaril (BAL5788), is a new cephalosporin which was already shown to have powerful activity against a nu...

The research investigates synthesized Nano-structured PbO2 using ball milling. The structure and morphology of the samples were determined in the process of milling by means of XRD and SEM. The size of particles was estimated through DLS analysis. The TEM image of the synthesized powder verifies the achievement of Nano dimensions. Design and analyses of the results using Taguchi methodology rev...

Business process re-engineering (BPR) has been associated with runaway costs and corporate downsizing. This and other negative connotations have created or strengthened suspicions about the organizational impacts of information technology (IT). This paper considers the fundamental ideas of BPR, with IT as an enabling agent, and examines their consistency with sound management practice. © 1997 E...

This paper proposes the use of Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) methods and analysis tools to address the issues arising in the implementation of electronic voting. We consider the electoral process as one which has to be re-designed in order to effectively accommodate e-Voting technology. We identify the key areas of e-Voting where the use of BPR can provide beneficial results.