Case Study

repeated using a 2-mm CO2 probe to create a greater ablation area. The second procedure was similar to the first. The first and second kryorhizotomy, if performed, were counted as a single treatment. Statistical Analysis The reference point of the study was the date of the first kryorhizotomy. The date of last clinical investigation was September 2004. Investigation point was the interval of pain reduction. This pain-reduced interval was defined as the period during which pain was…

Furthermore, he suggests that, given the ethical dilemmas faced by companies in Africa, a more dynamic and sophisticated model of corporate responsibility may be more appropriate, such as one drawing on complexity theory (McIntosh 2003). In the first study of business ethics as an academic field in Africa, Barkhuysen and Rossouw (2000) found 77 courses and seven centres located in six countries, namely Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda. Furthermore, they identified…

paper presents a study based on theoretical reasoning about collaborative systems in the area of information technology systems. The approach will be sented on the definition of the concept and system that are collaborative systems in companies, their creation, utility and advantages of this system. At the end will be quoted an example of a collaborative case study system and the technology involved: Technological strategies in collaborative transportation systems: a case study of RFID¹…

Consumer Goods in Mozambique, a Less-Developed SADC Country ANNA V. JOHN*,1 AND MALCOLM P. BRADY* ABSTRACT he focus of this study is on implications of consumer ethnocentrism and conspicuousness on buyers’ behaviour in one of the least researched but rapidly growing economic groups in the world – the Southern African Development Community (SADC). This study examines how ethnocentric tendencies and conspicuousness of foreign products influence consumer preferences in the context…

Candida bloodstream infections in intensive care units: Analysis of the extended prevalence of infection in intensive care unit study* Daniel H. Kett, MD; Elie Azoulay, MD, PhD; Pablo M. Echeverria, MD; Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD, FCCM; and for the Extended Prevalence of Infection in the ICU Study (EPIC II) Group of Investigators Objectives: To provide a global, up-to-date picture of the prevalence, treatment, and outcomes of Candida bloodstream infections in intensive care unit…

Revista de Contabilidade e Organizações Revista de Contabilidade e Organizações, vol. 6 n. 14 (2012) p. 127-144 www.rco.usp.br ESTUDOS DE CASO E SUA APLICAÇÃO: PROPOSTA DE UM ESQUEMA TEÓRICO PARA PESQUISAS NO CAMPO DA CONTABILIDADE CASE STUDIES AND ITS APPLICATION: PROPOSAL OF A THEORETICAL SCHEME FOR RESEARCHES IN ACCOUNTING FIELD João Paulo Cavalcante Lima a; Maria Thereza Pompa Antunes b; Octavio Ribeiro de Mendonça Neto c; Ivam Ricardo Peleias d a Professor do Centro de Ciências…

ESTUDO DE CASO – YIN, ROBERT – STAKE, ROBERT – PESQUISA EDUCACIONAL ABSTRACT USES AND ABUSES OF CASE STUDIES.The article questions two tendencies present in a great part of the qualitative investigations labeled “case studies” in the field of education: the first considers that any enquiry that focus on just one unity is a case study; the second supposes that, since the interest in the “case” is due to its uniqueness, there is no need or way of relating it to the current…

no sistema nervoso central. Nossos achados confirmam a alta morbidade desta parasitose. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: neurocisticercose, parasitoses, necrópsia, epilepsia, hipertensão intracraniana. Neurocysticercosis: a clinical and pathological study of 27 necropsied cases ABSTRACT - Neurocysticercosis is the most frequent and widespread neuroparasitosis of the human being. The development of brain and leptomeningeal lesions, with subsequent symptoms, are mainly related with the immune status…

completion time of all jobs, where a setup time occurs whenever the machine switches the processing of a job from one family to another. Three models are presented and compared to investigate the impact of learning and forgetting. These models include cases with no forgetting, total forgetting, and partial forgetting assuming position dependent job processing times. They provide a branch-andbound algorithm and a heuristic procedure. Koulamas and Kyparisis address a singlemachine…

As cidades como Marcas – caso de estudo “Porto.” Palavras-chave: Branding; marketing de cidades, identidade corporativa, comunicação integrada de marketing; cidade; Porto The cities as a brands – Porto. Case study Key words: Branding; City Marketing; Corporative identity; Integrated Marketing Communication; Ciy; Oporto Aguiar, Nuno Instituto Português de Administração de Marketing Porto Sumário Abstract As cidades deixaram de ser apenas locais. Neste momento algumas…