Resource utilisation

Albright PS, Livingstone S, Keegan DL (1996). Reduction of healthcare resource utilisation and costs following the use of risperidone for patients with schizophrenia previously treated with standard antipsychotic therapy a retrospective analysis using the Saskatchewan Health Linkable Databases. Clin Drug Invest 11,289-99. 

Staff planning Order sequence Resource utilisation Due data reliability... 

Balance of net benefits and costs—Are incremental health benefits worth the costs Because resources are always limited, it is important to consider costs (resource utilisation) when making a recommendation... 

Although in principle stationary and transport-specific energy chains can be analysed, here the assessment of the latter is explained in more detail, and is then referred to as well-to-wheel (WTW) analysis. The primary focus of WTW analysis in Europe is on global environmental impact, i.e., greenhouse-gas emissions expressed as C02-equivalents. Other issues of interest are (a) primary energy demand (which equals resource utilisation), (b) local pollutant emissions and (c) full energy or fuel supply costs. Well-to-wheel analysis covers the entire fuel supply chain from feedstock extraction, feedstock transportation, fuel manufacturing and fuel distribution to fuel use in a vehicle. 

In Section 7.3, process-specific technical information on alternative fuels, which is needed for the WTW analysis is presented, and in Section 7.4 drive-system-specific data are provided, which are then merged in a WTW analysis of complete energy chains in comparison in Section 7.5. In reality, the potential number of realistic alternative fuel chains and drive system combinations is much larger. Owing to limited space, a set of most relevant processes is presented. A separate section (7.6) discusses the resource utilisation of the energy chains presented in Section 7.5. Section 7.7 finally combines specific GHG emissions for relevant alternative fuel supply chains with specific costs in a portfolio analysis. 

The final organisational structure to be considered is the matrix. Matrix organisations grew out of the need to have a compromise between the functional grouping responsible for competence and resource utilisation, and the product grouping responsible for coordination, control and goal accountability. There are three basic types of matrix organisation. 

Whilst TRIZ has been used most effectively in the engineering fields it obviously has applications in many other industries, especially in the chemical and process engineering fields, where significant advances have been claimed in improving yields, product design and resource utilisation [C-21, C-22],... 

Figure 24.3 Evolutionary relationships of thel6S rRNA gene in Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus isolates (based on Fuller et al., 2003). Symbols to the right of each strain show N resource utilisation capacity i.e., the ability of each strain to utilise nitrate, nitrite, or ammonium as sole N source. Nitrite not tested.The scale indicates 0.1 substitutions per position.

One might possibly be tempted to interpret the economy issue in Quality Assurance resource utilisation also in an additional way, namely that Quality Assurance could perform report audits for short-term studies in just a random fashion, analogous to the inspectional practice. This possibility, however, is precluded by the GLP Principles. They require that Quality Assurance inspect the final reports to confirm that the methods, procedures, and observations are accurately and completely described, and that the reported results accurately... 

From an environmental aspect, long print runs of large reports can be counterproductive if the resultant resource utilisation and pollution is taken into account. Criticism of this type can be answered, to some extent, by offering the CER on-line. However, even here the environmental impact of electronic media needs to be considered. 

Rosery H, Bergemann R, Maxion-Bergemann S (2005) International variation in resource utilisation and treatment costs for rheumatoid arthritis a systematic literature review. Pharmacoeconomics, 23 243-257. 

Annemans L, et al (2003). Incidence, medical resource utilisation and costs of hyperuricemia and tumour lysis syndrome in patients with acute leukaemia and non-Hodg-kin s lymphoma in four European countries. Leukemia and Lymphoma. 44(l) 77-83. 

Currently in China, there are two state key laboratories, which focus on rare earths. These are the State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, affiliated with Peking University, and the State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilisation, affiliated with Chanchun University, and belonging to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Hurst 2010). In 1987, the Open Laboratory of Rare Earth Chemistry and Physics was established, at the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry. In 2002, the laboratory was renamed, and in 2007 it became the State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization (Hurst 2010). 

Becker, K. and Focken, U. (1998) Resource utilisation by aquaculture in the Tropics Requirements of different production systems on the operational resources of fish farmers. Animal Research and Development 48 84-91. 

Phang TS, Vornik V, Stubbs R (2000) Risk assessment in upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage implications for resource utilisation. N Z Med J 113 331-333... 

Currently, PLA from cornstarch is seen as sustainable from a resource utilisation point of view when compared to materials derived from oil-based feedstock (Vink et al., 2003 Siede, 2014). In addition, the production and utilisation of PLA results in lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and environmental impact compared to alternative polymers. Fig. 3.3. Future generations of PLA feedstock are forecast to be GHG neutral or better due to the conversion of CO2 by the bio stock. 

The third financial dimension to decision making is resource utilisation and specifically the use of fixed and working capital. The pressure in most organisations is to improve the productivity of capital - to make the assets sweat. In this regard it is usual to utilise the concept of return on investment (ROI). Return on investment is the ratio between the net profit and the capital that was employed to produce that profit, thus ... 

Risk in general is a term attributable to future loss, and risk management is attributed to the process and resources utilised in order to control the loss (Haimowitz and Key 2002). Hence, the more relevant issue is to ascertain whether the future predictable losses are controllable. In order to predict the losses and reduce the uncertainty it is necessary to be able to look into the future based upon... 

Fuel generation from CO2 on Ft nanoparticle catalysts may be used to produce fuels electrochemically in Mars missions, from ambient CO2 and water, both present in the atmosphere and soils on Mars [112]. Such fuels made onsite would enable Earth-return propellants and life-support consumables [157,158]. Sridhar and co-workers [158] proposed a new architecture for an in situ propellant production plant, which utilises solid oxide electrolysis to accomplish the combined electrolysis of water and carbon dioxide. This system produces methane by means of a Sabatier reactor and oxygen via electrolysis in the optimal oxidiser-to-fuel mixture ratio. It also has the capability to produce additional oxygen for life support needs. Results demonstrate that combined electrolysis enables a competitive system for in situ resource utilisation, and is easy to be scaled for sample return from Mars and for possible human missions to the planet [158]. 

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