The present study examined efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment in Dutch children with asthma in areas with differing air pollution. The study results indicate that TCM treatment of children living in more polluted urban area is less successful then that of children living in cleaner …

BACKGROUND: Prenatal healthcare is likely to prevent adverse outcomes, but an adequate review of utilization and its determinants is lacking. OBJECTIVE: To review systematically the evidence for the determinants of prenatal healthcare utilization in high-income countries. METHOD: Search of publications …

Based on the background of global financial crisis, several companies were affected in the year 2008 and 2009. Not only some small companies but also many big companies experienced a downsize and had to recombine, such as General Motors Corporation, Freddie Mac, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers Holdings …

This paper examines the need to identify an appropriate coordination mechanism in a case study by an existing multinational corporation. It is grappling with the salient dilemma concerning the need for including remote employees and other stakeholders to support corporate innovation practice, whilst …

I am glad to share the major findings of my bachelor thesis with you. Let me first give you an insight in the current situation within IBM and the Madrid International Services Centre.The global economy is suffering from a crisis hitting several big corporate players. Nevertheless,IBM and the Centre …

SABIC Europe is de dochteronderneming van het Saoedi Arabische SABIC (Saoedi Basic Industries Corporation). SABIC is actief in de petrochemische markt. Op de productiesites in Geleen en Gelsenkirchen (Duitsland) produceert SABIC Europe onder andere verschillende soorten kunststofkorrels uit nafta, het …

Eind 1998 besloot de directie, aangestuurd door ir. Marike van Lier Lels, dat het tijd was voor een ingrijpende renovatie vanwege de structureel felle concurrentiestrijd in de transportbranche en de daarmee gepaard gaande steeds smallere marges. Daartoe werd een projectgroep in het leven geroepen die, …

The contemporaneous viewing of Global TV (GTV) during the recent conflict in Kosovo demonstrated that the Milosevic government used 'SoftWar' tactics to attempt to counter balance US/NATO in the global mil-pol regime. The resultant effects upon the bodies politic of the NATO nations may well have helped …