The Impact of Anchoring and Warnings on Resource Consumption

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Barnes Truelove ◽  
Jeff Joireman ◽  
Donelle C. Posey ◽  
Adrian Spencer ◽  
Nicole Hoffer
Keyword(s):  
Resource Consumption ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Criticality and LCA – Building comparison values to show the impact of criticality on LCA

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Björn Koch ◽  
Fernando Peñaherrera ◽  
Alexandra Pehlken
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Resource Depletion ◽  
Resource Consumption ◽  
Impact Indicator ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Critical Materials ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Abiotic Depletion

Including criticality into Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has always been challenging to achieve but desirable to accomplish. In this article, we present a new approach for the evaluation of resource consumption of products by building comparison values based on Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) combined with weighted criticality values to show the direct impacts of criticality on LCA results. For this purpose, we develop an impact indicator based on the Abiotic Depletion Potential (ADP) of natural resources and use the two main parameters defined by the EU to determine the criticality of a material - the economic importance and the supply risk – in our case studies to build the Criticality Weighted Abiotic Depletion Potentials (CWADPs), one for each parameter. These indicators allow identifying and measuring the impacts of criticality when comparing the results of resource depletion using the ADP methodology and the results that incorporate criticality. The comparison of the CWADPs to the corresponding EU criticality values and its thresholds it reflects the equivalent criticality of the assessed product. This information reflects the impacts of criticality on LCA and assesses the total resource consumption of critical materials in a system.Keywords: Life Cycle Assessment, criticality, resources, materials, sustainability indicator

scholarly journals Control and cost analysis in the process of management decision making for the commodities assortment

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-219
Author(s):  
Vladimir Osipov
Keyword(s):  
Cost Analysis ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Resource Consumption ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Limiting Factor ◽  
Successful Solution ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
The Impact

The relevance of this work is determined by the further development of the management system and its information support that improve the economic entity’s activity and increase the competitiveness. The goal of this research is to develop a method for the most optimal commodities assortment formation, which makes it possible to increase the efficiency of the enterprise in the existing production conditions. Previously applied methods were oriented only to one of the methods of determining the commodities assortment, which prevented managers from choosing the most optimal option. The method of the optimal commodities assortment formation was proposed for the first time in this article while comparing the methods of its determination on products profitability and the limiting factor. The object of research is resource consumption in relation to certain commodities assortment manufactured by the enterprise operating in the measuring devices production sector. The article is focused on the methods of the integrated management cost analysis aimed at implementing the concept of the most complete and timely information support for the resource consumption control and regulation. General scientific and special research methods are used for the purpose of its implementation. The use of special methods of economic analysis made it possible to develop the economic model of costs estimation in the process of the most optimal commodities assortment formation.Conclusions and results of the research show that the efficiency of the industrial enterprise largely depends on rational resource consumption. The successful solution of this task largely depends on the correct commodities assortment formation. In view of this, methods for determining the commodities assortment based on the analysis of its profitability and assessing the impact of the limiting factor, taking into account the full load capacity, are proposed to be used.

scholarly journals Predicting Surgical Resource Consumption and in-Hospital Mortality in Resource-Scarce Conflict Settings: A Retrospective Database Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Måns Muhrbeck ◽  
Zaher Osman ◽  
Johan Von Schreeb ◽  
Andreas Wladis ◽  
Peter Andersson
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Mortality ◽  
Surgical Care ◽  
Complete Data ◽  
Resource Consumption ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
High Resource ◽  
Conflict Settings ◽  
Trauma Score ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background: In armed conflicts, civilian health care struggles to cope. Being able to predict what resources are needed is therefore vital. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) implemented in the 1990s the Red Cross Wound Score (RCWS) for assessment of penetrating injuries. It is unknown to what extent RCWS or the established trauma scores Kampala trauma Score (KTS) and revised trauma score (RTS) can be used to predict surgical resource consumption and in-hospital mortality. Methods: A retrospective study of routinely collected data on weapon-injured adults admitted to ICRC’s hospitals in Peshawar, 2009–2012 and Goma, 2012–2014. High resource consumption was defined as ≥3 surgical procedures, ≥3 blood-transfusions and/or amputation. The relationship between RCWS, KTS, RTS and resource consumption, in-hospital mortality was evaluated with logistic regression and adjusted receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC). The impact of missing data was assessed with imputation. Model fit was compared with Akaike Information Criterion (AIC). Results: A total of 1564 patients were included, of these 834 patients had complete data. For high resource consumption AUC was significantly higher for RCWS (0.76) than for KTS (0.53) and RTS (0.51). Additionally, RCWS had lower AIC, indicating a better model fit. For in-hospital mortality AUC was significantly higher for RCWS (0.79) than for KTS (0.71) and RTS (0.70) for all patients, but not for patients with complete data. Conclusion: RCWS appears to predict surgical resource consumption better than KTS and RTS. RCWS may be a promising tool for planning and monitoring surgical care in resource-scarce conflict settings.

The Impact of Interhospital Transfers on Surgical Quality Metrics for Academic Medical Centers

2014 ◽  
Vol 80 (7) ◽  
pp. 690-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina J. Crippen ◽  
Steven J. Hughes ◽  
Sugong Chen ◽  
Kevin E. Behrns
Keyword(s):  
Pay For Performance ◽  
Early Recognition ◽  
Quality Metrics ◽  
Resource Consumption ◽  
Surgical Patients ◽  
Case Mix Index ◽  
Academic Medical ◽  
Direct Admission ◽  
Transferred Patients ◽  
The Impact

The emergence of pay-for-performance systems pose a risk to an academic medical center's (AMC) mission to provide care for interhospital surgical transfer patients. This study examines quality metrics and resource consumption for a sample of these patients from the University Health System Consortium (UHC) and our Department of Surgery (DOS). Standard benchmarks, including mortality rate, length of stay (LOS), and cost, were used to evaluate the impact of inter-hospital surgical transfers versus direct admission (DA) patients from January 2010 to December 2012. For 1,423,893 patients, the case mix index for transfer patients was 38 per cent (UHC) and 21 per cent (DOS) greater than DA patients. Mortality rates were 5.70 per cent (UHC) and 6.93 per cent (DOS) in transferred patients compared with 1.79 per cent (UHC) and 2.93 per cent (DOS) for DA patients. Mean LOS for DA patients was 4 days shorter. Mean total costs for transferred patients were greater $13,613 (UHC) and $13,356 (DOS). Transfer patients have poorer outcomes and consume more resources than DA patients. Early recognition and transfer of complex surgical patients may improve patient rescue and decrease resource consumption. Surgeons at AMCs and in the community should develop collaborative programs that permit collective assessment and decision-making for complicated surgical patients.

Affective Dilemmas: The Impact of Trait Affect and State Emotion on Sustainable Consumption Decisions in a Social Dilemma Task

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Céline Tarditi ◽  
Ulf J. J. Hahnel ◽  
Noémie Jeanmonod ◽  
David Sander ◽  
Tobias Brosch
Keyword(s):  
Social Dilemma ◽  
Resource Scarcity ◽  
Resource Consumption ◽  
Choice Situation ◽  
Affective Factors ◽  
Trait Affect ◽  
Consumption Decisions ◽  
High Trait ◽  
Gain Frame ◽  
The Impact

Developing a more sustainable lifestyle is becoming an important challenge of our times; it is thus crucial to understand the factors that drive resource consumption decisions. We investigated the impact of trait affect and state emotion on individual consumption decisions in social dilemma tasks. Affective factors interacted strongly with the specific structural features of the choice situation. In Experiment 1, participants with high trait affect were especially likely to reduce their consumption when resource scarcity increased, but only when the choice was presented in a gain frame. In Experiment 2, induced guilt led to reduced consumption in the gain frame in participants with high trait affect, whereas induced pride led to increased investments in the loss frame in these participants. Our research highlights the adaptive function of affective factors in decision making in social dilemma tasks and illustrates how emotions may be leveraged to promote more sustainable resource consumption.

Impact of Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) on Business Performance and Environmental Sustainability: Case of a Developing Country

2021 ◽  
pp. 227853372098308
Author(s):  
Rasheda Akter Rupa ◽  
Abu Naser Mohammad Saif
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Resource Consumption ◽  
Green Supply Chain Management ◽  
Green Supply Chain ◽  
Gas Emission ◽  
The Impact

In this Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), sustainable development for business firms depends on maintaining sustained performance and environmental sustainability to a great extent. The current study discovers the impact of green supply chain management (GSCM) practices on business performance and the environmental sustainability of a developing country, Bangladesh. Cost and profit are the two important indicators of business performance. On the other hand, environmental sustainability is expressed by waste disposal, resource consumption, and greenhouse gas emission. Primary data were collected through the distribution of web links and direct interaction with the participants of different firms practicing GSCM practices in Bangladesh. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Hypotheses were formulated and evaluated accordingly. This study found that the impact of implementation of GSCM practices differs with respect to cost, profit, waste disposal, resource consumption, and greenhouse gas emission. GSCM practices have a statistically significant impact on cost, waste disposal, resource consumption, and greenhouse gas emission. The impact of GSCM practices on profit was statistically insignificant. It was found that lack of IT implementation, high cost of waste disposal, uncertainty and competition in the market, resistance to change, and lack of top management support are the major barriers to implement GSCM practices in Bangladesh.

scholarly journals Workshop: Greening the European Public Health conferences, and beyond

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Air Travel ◽  
Resource Consumption ◽  
Health Implications ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Climate change is real; and its health implications are numerous and serious. The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) include responsible consumption (SDG 12) and climate action (SDG 13). Scientific conferences are significant and regularly recurring components of professional life. They represent major opportunities, e.g., of information exchange, networking and quality assurance. At the same time, they involve major amounts of traveling as well as other resource-intensive activities. For several years now, based on a perspective of sustainability and professional credibility, EUPHA has taken steps of caring about the impact on environment and health, especially of “greening” the EPH conferences. This includes efforts to learn from other associations and institutions. Within EUPHA, a “Green Club” was formed to develop suggestions and to promote the issue. The intention is to reduce the “ecological footprint”, including less resource consumption and fewer emissions. But “greening” our conferences turns out to be no trivial task. In some respects (e.g. air travel), the environmental and health implications are obvious, but to establish benign alternatives is challenging. In other respects (e.g. catering/regional food), the implications of different alternatives can be much harder to identify. An important element of current debate on climate protection is “climate compensation”, i.e. paying for compensation measures in proportion to the approximate production of CO2, e.g. from travel activities. This is offered by various providers), and often can be included during the booking procedure. There is, however, a debate questioning the rationale, pointing at technical and/or ethical difficulties implied in this approach. Given the state of climate change, it is urgent to continue the debate and to intensify practical action. Key issues for this workshop include the following: What has been achieved so far? What experiences were made, e.g. concerning usability of tools? Can quantification of emissions from our conferences (especially from air travel) contribute to increasing awareness and to moving towards solutions? What tasks lie ahead? What specific suggestions can be given, e.g., for the 2020 World Congress Public Health in Rome? Clearly, in tune with the SDGs, the same “footprint” metaphor applies - beyond our conferences - to regular work (in offices, labs, fieldwork and duty travel), private travel, recreation, and daily life at large. It is an open question if it is better to integrate such issues into one “integrative” (and complex) approach, or to deal with these issues “one by one”, which might take ages to achieve; or what other ways towards “greening” our lives should be taken. For such discussion, it will be useful to continue cooperation with other professional associations and/or institutions, facing similar challenges. Key messages For reasons of responsibility and credibility, professional associations need to care about their ecological footprint; EUPHA created a “Green Club” and explores practical measures for “greening”. Both resource consumption and emissions from EPH conferences are considerable, calling for intensified action, e.g. provision of evidence, awareness-building, and promotion of eco-friendly options.

scholarly journals A Novel Space-Time-Speed Method for Increasing the Passing Capacity with Safety Guaranteed of Railway Station

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junfeng Wang ◽  
Yang Yu ◽  
Renwei Kang ◽  
Jungang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Time Delay ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Resource Consumption ◽  
Railway Station ◽  
Variable Mode ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Locking Section ◽  
Speed Method

A method for improving the passing capacity of a station without adding any track and equipment is proposed in this paper. In the process of handling train routes, by transforming the existing fixed train-approaching locking section into a variable mode, the route locking time is shortened and in-station resource consumption is reduced. This approach improves the capacity of the station. At the same time, delay of the train can be quickly returned to normal. A method of variable train-approaching locking section is discussed; a mathematical model for increasing station passing capacity is shown. Comparison between the impact of a variable train-approaching locking section and a fixed mode on the station passing capacity is shown.

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