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Applications of an adjoint Monte Carlo method to the underground migration of radionuclides over large scales
No full textAn adjoint Monte Carlo method has been applied recently to the transport of dissolved radionuclide chains through a saturated porous medium [Smidts, O.F. Devooght, J. 1998a. Analysis of the transport of radionuclide chains in a stochastic geological medium by a biased Monte Carlo simulation. Nuclear Science and Engineering 129, 224-245. (+corrigendum, 130, 164); Smidts, O.F. 1998. Point and surface estimations by a non-analog Monte Carlo simulation for the transport of radionuclide chains in porous media. Monte Carlo Methods and Applications 4(4), 289-318; Smidts, O.F. 1999. TRACKS: an efficient particle tracking code for the migration of radionuclide chains with uncertain site characterisation. In: Proceedings ENS Topseal'99: Commitment to the Future Environment, Vol. 2.]. We give, first, a general introduction of the method. We emphasize on the problem of the accurate estimation of local concentrations or cumulative concentrations over the geosphere-biosphere interface and the migration of multiple species in a radionuclide chain. Then, to study the impact of highly heterogeneous retardation factor on transport, we present an approximate semi-analytical solution for the transport of a radionuclide. Finally, numerical tests, including migration of radionuclide chains over large distances, are defined and several comparisons are made with analytical and semi-analytical solutions to verify the Monte Carlo method and its related transport code TRACKS on 1D and 3D transport problems. The results are presented and discussed for highly heterogeneous retardation factor. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.SCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe
Identifying the salient attributes for best and worst retail salespersons: A three-perspective approach
No full textIdentifying the salient attributes of best and worst retail salespersons: A three-perspective approach
No full textIdetifying the salient attributes of best and worse retail salespersons: A threeperspective approach.
No full textIdentifying the salient attributes of best and worst retail salespersons: A three-perspective approach
No full textIdetifying the salient attributes of best and worse retail salespersons: A threeperspective approach.
No full textIdentifying the salient attributes for best and worst retail salespersons: A three-perspective approach
No full textEmpirisch onderzoek naar de marktgerichtheid van dierenartsen in Nederland.
No full textLinked to the theoretical framework of marketing in the veterinary practice, as explained in Schuurmans and Smidts (1) pp. 1-10 and Schuurmans and Smidts (2), an empirical research project has been undertaken. This research gives insight into the extent to which practices base their services on a marketing orientation. By means of telephone inquiries among a sample of 166 veterinarians, this was investigated. The research shows that veterinarians think more in a product-oriented way than in a market-oriented way, and they do not use all the opportunities a marketing orientation could bring to their services. This expresses itself, among others by not using market segmentation, by the inadequate use of the marketing mix elements communication and distribution, and by the fact that the opportunities of the marketing information system are hardly applied. By means of further research in individual practices it might be possible to give concrete advise fit for that practice. Research among the clients of the veterinarians might, beside many other kinds of research, also give valuable insights
Empirical study of the market orientation of veterinarians in The Netherlands
No full textLinked to the theoretical framework of marketing in the veterinary practice, as explained in Schuurmans and Smidts (1) pp. 1-10 and Schuurmans and Smidts (2), an empirical research project has been undertaken. This research gives insight into the extent to which practices base their services on a marketing orientation. By means of telephone inquiries among a sample of 166 veterinarians, this was investigated. The research shows that veterinarians think more in a product-oriented way than in a market-oriented way, and they do not use all the opportunities a marketing orientation could bring to their services. This expresses itself, among others by not using market segmentation, by the inadequate use of the marketing mix elements communication and distribution, and by the fact that the opportunities of the marketing information system are hardly applied. By means of further research in individual practices it might be possible to give concrete advise fit for that practice. Research among the clients of the veterinarians might, beside many other kinds of research, also give valuable insights.</p
Empirical study of the market orientation of veterinarians in The Netherlands
No full textLinked to the theoretical framework of marketing in the veterinary practice, as explained in Schuurmans and Smidts (1) pp. 1-10 and Schuurmans and Smidts (2), an empirical research project has been undertaken. This research gives insight into the extent to which practices base their services on a marketing orientation. By means of telephone inquiries among a sample of 166 veterinarians, this was investigated. The research shows that veterinarians think more in a product-oriented way than in a market-oriented way, and they do not use all the opportunities a marketing orientation could bring to their services. This expresses itself, among others by not using market segmentation, by the inadequate use of the marketing mix elements communication and distribution, and by the fact that the opportunities of the marketing information system are hardly applied. By means of further research in individual practices it might be possible to give concrete advise fit for that practice. Research among the clients of the veterinarians might, beside many other kinds of research, also give valuable insights.</p
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