Background: Mr. A is a 65-year-old male admitted on 3/7 for pacemaker revision and video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) epicardial lead placement. He is currently post op day 6. Mr. A has a history of viral cardiomyopathy which was diagnosed 3/2016. His ejection fraction is estimated to be 30%. Following the removal of a cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device in 11/2017‚ Mr. A was required to wear a LifeVest. In the past‚ Mr. A has undergone three implantable cardioverter defibrillator
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Competing through Strategy Case: Eli Lilly in India: Rethinking the Joint Ventures Strategy I. Brief Summary Global pharmaceuticals had presence in India since early 80’s and it was not until 1993 that Eli Lilly International decided to establish a Joint Venture with India’s second largest laboratory and exporter‚ Ranbaxy. This move happened in a very challenging context as both companies have very different profiles and backgrounds. The main differential characteristic was the nature
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Case Study Presenting a case to a teacher is same as presenting it in front of a jury. You need to have structured and solid arguments to convince the jury (teacher‚ in your case) and prove your point. If you are an excellent lawyer‚ you can even convince the jury that your defendant is not guilty even if he is (not ethical‚ of course). The bottom line is: you need to structure your case analysis. Although every case analysis more or less follows the same pattern; there is a slight variation depending
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CASE STUDY NO.1 THERAC – 25 Aaron James Uy Timosa BSIT – 4 INTRODUCTION The Therac-25 was a radiation therapy machine produced by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) after the Therac-6 and Therac-20 units (the earlier units had been produced in partnership with CGR of France). It was involved in at least six accidents between 1985 and 1987‚ in which patients were given massive overdoses of radiation‚ approximately 100 times the intended dose. These accidents highlighted
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An Introduction to Use-Case Modeling One of the primary challenges is the ability to elicit the correct and necessary system requirements from the stakeholders and specify them in a manner understandable to them so those requirements can be verified and validated. The hardest single part of building a software system is deciding precisely what to build. No other part of the conceptual work is a difficult as establishing the detailed technical requirements‚ including all the interfaces to people
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Bauhinia © Martinsons & Associates 2009 Licensed exclusively for use at the City University of Hong Kong. Unauthorized use or reproduction of this case is strictly prohibited. This is a composite case that integrates the experiences of several companies. In the early 1970s‚ the Chan family pooled together $30‚000 and set up a small dairy processing plant in Hong Kong. Bauhinia Dairy initially produced only fresh milk and sold it through limited distribution channels. It has subsequently modestly
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Case Salience. “Certain cases will attract a greater number of amicus brief filings if it poses an extensive economic‚ legal and or political impact” (Salzman; Williams; Calvin‚ 2011). As presumed‚ “interest groups whom participate as amici‚ desire to achieve long-lasting‚ far-reaching policy‚ despite the venue of which the group is in favor of;” (Bentley‚ 1908; Gerber‚ 1999; Walker‚ 1991) case salience particularly signals to interests of policy implications which may be considered
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Case Study Case study methods involve Systematically gathering enough information about a particular person‚ social setting‚ event‚ or group to permit the researcher to effectively understand how it operates or functions. Case studies may focus on an individual‚ a group‚ or an entire community and may utilize a number of data technologies such as life stories‚ documents‚ oral histories‚ in-depth interviews‚ and participant observation. Types of case studies Stake (1995) suggests that researchers
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Then‚ the fingerprints were entered in to the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) data base provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). It came back that there were several suspects that matched the visible prints. The Examiners went to work reviewing each initial match. Only one single fingerprint could give new clues. It was acquired from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office in Florida that it had been linked to a suspect in another similar homicide that
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Introduction to Case Study by Winston Tellis+ The Qualitative Report‚ Volume 3‚ Number 2‚ July‚ 1997 (http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR3-2/tellis1.html) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract This paper is the first of a series of three articles relating to a case study conducted at Fairfield University to assess aspects of the rapid introduction of Information Technology at the institution. This article deals with the nature of the problem
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