The Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) is a popular meteorological drought index that is commonly used in the U.S. along with the Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) and the Palmer Moisture Anomaly Index (Z-index). Using precipitation and air temperature as inputs‚ the Palmer indices estimate moisture supply and demand within a simple two-layered soil moisture model. The PDSI has some
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How successful is the Shouldice Hospital ? Shouldice Hospital Limited is an 89 bed healthcare facility located in the suburbs of Toronto‚ Canada. The 17‚000 square foot facility is housed on a sprawling 130 acre estate and specializes in repairing external abdominal hernias. Currently‚ 7‚600 surgeries are performed each year on patients from all across the United States and Canada. Founded by Dr. Earle Shouldice circa 1940‚ the organization enjoys a reputation for effectively using a unique surgical
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PROCESS ANALYSIS Elements of a process: Process: Any part of an organization that takes inputs and transforms them into outputs that add value to the organization/customer. Some examples: Product | Fast Food | Automobile | Hospital | Inputs | Meat‚tomato‚onions‚buns‚equipment | Parts‚labour‚assembly line‚energy | Equipment‚doctors‚nurses‚technicians‚patient | Process | Cooking and assembly | assembly | treatment | Outputs | Burger | car | Healthy patient | Class Discussion: Airlines
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Twelve Who Ruled and R. R. Palmer The book‚ Twelve Who Ruled‚ covers a very complex period‚ the French Revolution. Robert Roswell Palmer; author of the book‚ brings our attention of twelve men who have a chance to change society‚ institutions‚ and political beliefs. Palmer takes our thoughts drawn to the brutality and dictatorship of this time period and shares with us how idealism can conrupt and damage a nation as a whole. Oppression is the sense and theme of emotion I feel when reading this
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Social location is the group membership that people have because of their location in history and society. There location and history effect there customs‚ language‚ and action. Like there is a difference between someone who grow up in America compared to some one who grew up in the jungles in South America. The one in america would grow up having food at there disposal at all time. Were as one who grew up in the jungle would have to gather or hunt the food they wanted. The one in the jungle would
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Problem Main Problem: The communication obstructions created by the lack of motivational stimulus present within a workplace. Specific Problems: 1. Bizarre nature of the institution’s financial arrangement. 2. Complicated compensation structure of the institution. 3. Peculiarity of the administrative powers vested to officials of the organization. 4. Unacceptable stance of the members of the institution at the superior levels. 5. Personal connection between employees. Objectives
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Location Analysis of a Franchise Restaurant Kristoffer Eyvindson <peter@the.link.ca> University of Saskatchewan Geography 319.3 Problem Statement: Boston Pizza International Inc. is a Canadian owned and operated restaurant. It has many facilities in Canada and has opened facilities in the United States and in Southeast Asia. Boston Pizza is penetrating further into the Canadian market and is opening at a new location on 8th Street in Saskatoon. The chosen location
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Running head: HEALING HOSPITAL: A DARING PROGRAM Healing Hospital: A Daring Program Mary Manning Grand Canyon University Foundations of Spirituality in Health Care HLT 310V Patricia Mullen August 28‚ 2011 Healing Hospital: A Daring Program In today’s hospital environment‚ our main focus is placed on technology‚ medications and treating a diagnosis. Often patients are wheeled from one examination to another with little personal interaction received from their healthcare provider
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for Community General Hospital. However‚ the new manager has no background in business. The hospital has struggled in the past and it is now up to Dr. Wright to take the next steps. This is the first problem‚ the lack of leadership and financial guidance for the hospital. The second issue is the hospitals reputation. The hospital was originally for designated for helping African Americans. This did well from 1940 to the 1960s. After desegregation the reputation for the hospital went down. Throughout
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Patton-Fuller Community Hospital Budget Over the years financial management has been a concept that is flourishing in the world of health care. “Until the 1960s‚ financial management in all industries was generally viewed as descriptive in nature‚ with its primary role being to secure the financing needed to meet a business’s operating objectives” (Gapenski‚ 2008‚ pg.26). However‚ today‚ financial management holds a more significant role in the management of businesses overall. “Now‚ the primary
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