Efficiency, access and the mixed delivery

Science teaching in the new millennium will need to suit the students" needs' and understanding, and employers" expectations. Choosing to learn will help form the learning opportunities presented. This paper looks' at the way the delivery of teaching and learning materials

This paper provides a background to blended delivery methods and discusses the relevance of alternative delivery options to the future of higher education. The paper also uses a case study to illustrate the design and development of a multimedia presentation as part of a blended delivery initiative

Abstract. A simple olfactometer adaptable for animal and human experimentation is described. The apparatus is based on a principle of thorough turbulent mixing and allows accurate determination of stimulus composition, concentration and duration. Several odours might be introduced simul

Objective. To demonstrate the value of mixed methods in the study of practice trans-formation and illustrate procedures for connecting methods and for merging findings to enhance the meaning derived. Data Source/Study Setting. An integrated network of university-owned, primary care practices

Introduction: The aim of the study was to develop a method to measure the implementation of specific components of an Integrated Service Delivery system for the frail elderly. The system includes six mechanisms and tools: (1) coordination of all organizations involved in delivering health

of concrete typically exceeds the capacity of a single vehicle several deliveries need to be scheduled in order to fulfill an order. The deliveries cannot overlap and the time between consecutive deliveries has to be small. Our solution approach effectively integrates optimization and heuristic techniques

Abstract The privatization experience of U.S. municipalities shows declining use of complete contracts and a dramatic rise in mixed public/private delivery (joint contracting) of city services. Our analysis shows city managers have recognized the need to move beyond a simple dichotomy between

This paper deals with the Joint Replenishment Problem (JRP) in multi item and multi site settings based on the common cycle strategy. The proposed delivery planning method, in deterministic and constant demand environment, uses Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) algorithm. It is shown

This paper analyses free-on-board (FOB) versus uniform delivery (UD) pricing policy choices in a mixed duopsony market. We use a two-stage game between a profit maxi-mising investor owned firm and a cooperative which aims at maximising the welfare of its members. The results show that UD (FOB