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A comprehensive account of the Australian Light Horse in WW1 - at Gallipoli, on the Western Front and across the vast deserts of the Middle East. Package includes: 1 x Big Book; 6 x Shelf Books (B5 size); Classroom activities on CD-ROM

We address the issues for modeling problems of obtaining medical resources, such as beds and personnel, on a just-in-time basis for providing patient services in a hospital''s emergency department [ED]. Simulation modeling is one approach to solving this type of problem. However, most past ED simulations have been highly detailed models that specifically consider individual doctors, nurses, paramedics, orderlies, X-ray machines and other unique types of lab testing equipment as separate "resources." When arriving patients request any of these resources, the model queues them if the requested resources are busy with other patients or administrative duties. We argue that these previous simulation models are appropriate for operations planning. However, for operations control a much simpler simulation can be appropriate. We present a simpler model that forecasts in real time when a generic ED will need additional resources to avoid becoming overcrowded. After obtaining an ED bed (queuing if necessary), each patient''s treatment time in the ED is represented simply as an observation of a random variable. Although our model is significantly simpler than previous ED simulation models, it has been used successfully by the Vanderbilt University Adult Emergency Department to activate additional resources, including beds, nurses, and other personnel. This ED is located within a state-of-the-art medical center in a large urban area licensed to treat the highest levels of trauma with more than 50,000 patient visits each year. Our model was used in a pilot evaluation of simulation as a real-time tool for providing additional resources on a JIT basis to prevent significant overcrowding by accurately predicting when overcrowding will likely occur. This has allowed management in real time to inform nurses, assistant managers and educators with joint administrative/patient care duties to work exclusively on patients; to open additional temporary beds in hallways; and to expedite patient discharges. It has also been used to let flexible night-shift staff go home early. Since these resources are mobilized only when needed, their overall efficiency of utilization is increased. We discuss the simplifying assumptions in our simulation model and describe a comparable simulation written in a high-level simulation language, Arena [2008].

Abstract: Despite the assumption that ''transferable'' skills are part and parcel of a graduate''s portfolio, there is a lack of information about the extent to which such skills may be perceived by students to be valuable. Although the skills agenda has been at the forefront of Higher Education (HE) provision for some time, contemporary studies focus upon measurement issues and neglect the process aspects of skills learning and development. There is also a lack of research to support methodologies aimed at promoting optimal transfer of skills to work environments. It is apparent that there is a certain lack of clarity about the linkage between the nature of the learning environments that may be provided, and the types of outcomes that are purported to accrue. Accordingly, focusing on this context, the investigation had two objectives: first, to assess students'' perceptions of the knowledge and skills acquired during their undergraduate degree programmes; and second, to evaluate the perceived e

A body is found in woodland bordering the village of Pondswell, clearly a case of murder. Unfortunately, it is found in a spot used by the local Pagan group for their rituals. Inevitably this casts suspicion on them, and their leader, Elaine Morris, is angered enough to decide to investigate the case herself, using methods not usually employed by the police. Caught in the middle is community police constable Roger Pritchard, who lives in the village and who finds himself distinctly smitten by Elaine. He, therefore, has a foot in both camps. Who will solve the case? It''s five to two the cops, three to one the coven, and they''re under starter''s orders.

Succession is a subject which poses certain conceptual problems for students, and this latest addition to the SWOT series aims to show that these difficulties can be overcome with appropriate guidance.

With increased and fully updated content and case study material, this edition continues to provide an engaging, systematic guide to the most dramatic transformation of our urban landscape since post-war reconstruction.