The objective of the article is to evaluate the impact of personnel costs on apparent labour productivity by employing the 1995–2018 panel data of the manufacturing industry in 27 European countries. The methods of independent samples t-test, c...
Cut-to-length (CTL) operations are expanding in Central European bio-economies. However, they are costly, so efficiency must be maximized. The objective of this study was to analyze direct operational costs of three forwarders from the year 2006 unti...
24 March 2021
The methodology and basic elements of the business process of one-stage economic assessment of organizational projects for personnel management at Russian enterprises are presented. The aim of the study is to analyze and develop clear criteria for as...
The article examines the issue of labour share convergence between Western Europe (EU15) and Central and Eastern Europe (EU11). The results of our research show that for the period of 2009–2018, the convergence of labour share between the EU11...
In this contribution, a generic two-phase stochastic variable neighborhood approach is applied to nurse rostering problems. The proposed algorithm is used for creating feasible and efficient nurse rosters for many different nurse rostering cases. In...
Intelligent transportation and advanced mobility techniques focus on helping operators to efficiently manage navigation tasks in smart cities, enhancing cost efficiency, increasing security, and reducing costs. Although this field has seen significan...
This paper deals with a sustainable personnel scheduling problem of personnel working in a large-scale natural gas combined-cycle power plant in Turkey. The proposed model focuses on employee complaints due to unfair work schedules and the results of...
In situations where an organization has limited human resources and a lack of multi-skilled employees, organizations pay more and more attention to cost control and personnel arrangements. Based on the consideration of the service personnel schedulin...
This paper reveals that logistics make up at least 17% of annual operational expenditure costs for offshore wind farms. Annual operational expenditure is found to vary by a factor of 9.5, making its share of levelized cost of energy for offshore wind...
Internal accounting control personnel constitute the operational foundation through which firms ensure the accuracy and reliability of financial reporting, yet their relevance to capital market outcomes remains insufficiently documented. This study e...
This study focuses on carbon capture and distribution technology, which is a new approach to the solution of this problem. In order to use this technology more effectively, six significant criteria are defined by considering the essentials of the int...
Background: Assisted partner services (APS) is a recommended public health approach to promote HIV testing for sexual partners of individuals diagnosed with HIV. We evaluated the cost and cost-effectiveness of integrating oral HIV self-testing (HIVST...
Hospitals are facing an important financial pressure due to the increasing of the operating costs. Indeed, the growth for the hospitals’ services demand causes a rising in the number of required qualified personnel. Enlarging the personnel numb...
Existing concepts for personnel locks in clean rooms are characterized by cost and time consuming procedures. [...]
The problem of staff scheduling in the airline industry is extensively investigated in operational research studies because efficient staff employment can drastically reduce the operational costs of airline companies. Considering the flight schedule...
26 August 2014
Collaborative care models for treatment of depression and anxiety disorders in primary care have been shown to be effective. The aim of this study was to investigate at the municipal level to what extent investment in mental health personnel at prima...
25 March 2016
This study investigated the injuries sustained by an Australian specialist police division. Injury records spanning four-years were analyzed. The role being performed when the injury occurred, injury cause, body part injured, and injury-related costs...
Most of the empirical studies on board remuneration have focused on finding explanatory performance measures. There are studies that analyze if the compensation contracts of directors reward managers in such a way that they strive to maximize firm pe...
Geological hazards impede regional economy sustainability. To limit their destructive impacts on human life and property, the Chinese government has independently developed automated monitoring and early-warning equipment, which has been deployed in...
At present, one of the primary concerns of healthcare professionals is how to increase the safety and quality of the care that patients receive during their stay in hospital. This is particularly important in the administration of expensive and high-...
The surveying industry, often operating in high-risk environments such as construction sites and transport corridors, currently lacks a standardized framework for estimating and allocating safety management costs. This study proposes a dual-mode safe...
From a stakeholder perspective, the personal growth of industrial personnel is important for the promotion of the sustainable development of the construction industry. As an important part of knowledge management, training is a common way to improve...
Pancreatic cancer is a highly lethal disease with a poor prognosis. Its early diagnosis and accurate treatment mainly rely on medical imaging, so accurate medical image analysis is especially vital for pancreatic cancer patients. However, medical ima...
Vaccine supply has a bottleneck in manufacturing capacity due to operation personnel and chemicals needed. Assessment of existing mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) vaccine processing show needs for continuous manufacturing processes. This is enabled...
The importance of the optimization principle implementation in ensuring the radiation protection of NPP personnel was emphasized. The potential of route optimization in reducing the dose load of the personnel of nuclear power plants and other nuclear...
The main purpose of this study is to develop a cost-effective photovoltaic module array (PVMA) fault detection system. The system installs a fault detection module in the junction box at the back of each photovoltaic module (PVM), connects it to the...
The demand for revision total joint arthroplasties (rTJAs) is expected to increase as the age of the population continues to rise. Accurate cost data regarding hospital expenses for differing age groups are needed to deliver optimal care within value...
This paper proposes a novel personnel positioning scheme for a tunnel network with blind areas, which compared with most existing schemes offers both low-cost and high-precision. Based on the data models of tunnel networks, measurement networks and m...
In this study, we evaluate predictive modelling techniques within project management, employing diverse architectures such as the LSTM, CNN, CNN-LSTM, GRU, MLP, and RNN models. The primary focus is on assessing the precision and consistency of predic...
27 February 2023
Background: Public safety personnel experience various mental health conditions due to their work’s complex and demanding nature. There are barriers to seeking support and treatment; hence, providing innovative and cost-effective interventions...
Ship painting personnel usually employ physical, hands-on training to enhance their proficiency and improve the quality of their painting. However, this method poses environmental pollution problems and has high costs. Therefore, this paper develops...
This study estimates the relationship between poor indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and the increasing labor costs in green buildings in Taiwan. Specifically, poor performance of IEQ including HVAC, lighting, and indoor air quality, influences the...
The use of cogeneration systems in the hotel industry leads to economic and environmental benefits, but its acceptance in the industry remains low. Hence, this study aimed to examine the factors that influence cogeneration system acceptance amongst h...
Vehicle electrification has been proposed as a strategy for decarbonizing the transport sector. However, companies operating fleets of light-duty internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) for personnel and freight transportation still lack the data...
The use of traditional methods to evaluate food, beverages, and packaging tends to be time-consuming, labour-intensive, and usually involves high costs due to the need for expensive equipment, regular refill of consumables, skilled personnel and, in...
The data on the collective dose reduction of a nuclear power plant’s personnel after the introduction of new dose limits by the International Commission for Radiological Protection (ICRP) (Publication 60) in 1990 are presented. The main methods...
Passive indoor personnel detection technology is now a hot topic. Existing methods have been greatly influenced by environmental changes, and there are problems with the accuracy and robustness of detection. Passive personnel detection based on Wi-Fi...
Tele-dentistry is a rapidly growing field, especially in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, remote services are of increasing interest to both patients and dental personnel. They allow for reduced person-to-person contact...
The organizational strategy and environment of the healthcare systems influence the turnover rate among healthcare provider personnel. These critical factors have received scant attention in the literature and particularly in the healthcare systems o...
Personnel and equipment target detection algorithms in open pit mines have significantly improved mining safety, production efficiency, and management optimization. However, achieving precise target localization in complex backgrounds, addressing mut...
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an essential crop with increasing importance for food supply and as raw material for industrial processing. The crop is vegetatively propagated through stem cuttings taken at the end of the growing cycle and its...
Personnel selection represents a two-sided matching problem in which firms compete for qualified candidates by designing job-offer packages. While traditional models assume fully rational agents, real-world decision-makers often face bounded rational...
The antibody immobilization with low-cost materials and label-free methods are a challenge for the fabrication of biosensor devices. In this work, it was developed a strategy for antibody immobilization on ZnO TFTs over polyethylene terephthalate (PE...
The natural wind velocities in tunnels under different natural conditions are distinct, and the longitudinal ventilation velocity significantly impacts the evacuation environment. This paper examines the evacuation conditions and strategies under var...
Effective crew scheduling in hospitals with multiple personnel groups is essential for time efficiency and fair workload distribution. This study focuses on optimizing shift scheduling for a team of nurses, doctors, and caregivers working in the Pedi...
Despite the rising incidence of tick-borne diseases (TBD) in the northeastern United States (US), information and expertise needed to assess risk, inform the public and respond proactively is highly variable across states. Standardized and well-desig...
Personnel selection is increasingly proving to be an essential factor for the success of organizations. These issues almost universally involve multiple conflicting objectives, uncertainties, costs, and benefits in decision-making. In this context, p...
Diagnosis-related cost analyzes are important for health economic planning and decision-making. They form the basis for further developing of remuneration systems for health services. The rapid increase in hospital stays by COVID-19 patients requires...
The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act) is expected to be a major legal breakthrough in an attempt to tame AI’s negative aspects by setting common rules and obligations for companies active in the EU Single Market. Gl...
Introduction: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) constitutes a real iatrogenic health problem, which can lead to a higher rate of hospital admission days associated with the morbidity and mortality that it could cause. Objective: To study and lear...
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