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Can procurement affect design performance? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
There is an emerging view in the construction industry that better performance or better value for money can be achieved by integrating teamwork for planning, design and construction of building projects.
Forgues, D, Koskela, LJ
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First, Treat the System: The Atlantic Philanthropies' Effort to Promote Health and Equity in Viet Nam by Investing in a Healthier, More Equitable System of Policy, Practice, and Care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Describes Atlantic's investments and early outcomes in helping develop a more complete and equitable primary care system as well as a culture of public health policy and practice in partnership with the East Meets West Foundation and local ...
Tony Proscio
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Achieving a lean wayfinding system in complex hospital environments: Design and Through-life Management [PDF]

open access: yes
Complex products, such as buildings and other infrastructure, should aim to provide value to the customer over all stages of the product life-cycle. This paper considers some of the challenges associated with maximising customer value when designing ...
Koskela, Lauri   +2 more
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Recollections of My Research in Developing the Heart-Lung Machine at Jefferson Medical College [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
A personal memoir written by Dr. Bernard J. Miller about his introduction to and interest in medical research as well as his experiences working on the heart-lung machine. He focuses specifically on his working relationship with John H.
Miller, Bernard J.
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Groping for Autonomy: The Federal Government and American Hospitals [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
This article chronicles the slow but steady emergence of countervailing power in the hospital industry since mid-century. The transformation of American health care policymaking reflects the federal government\u27s growing fiscal obligations as the ...
Hackey, Robert B.
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Tradizione e modernità nei complessi manicomiali degli anni Trenta: conoscenza e prospettive di conservazione in Piemonte /

open access: yesRestauro Archeologico
In the 1930s, the construction of psychiatric hospitals in Italy was rooted in a well-established design tradition, yet it introduced formal and technological experimentations that marked an opening towards modernity.
Daniele Dabbene
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Space-centred information management approach to improve CAD-based healthcare building design [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This study focuses on developing a space-centred CAD tool to enable designers to effectively manage and implement the information of design guidance information and user requirements during design processes, especially for the stages of design briefing
Aouad, GF   +4 more
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Official Proceedings of the One Thousand Four Hundred and Seventh Meeting of the Board of Trustees, Columbus, Ohio, December 2, 2005 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This item is the meeting minutes of the Board of Trustees of The Ohio State University held on December 2, 2005 at the Ohio State University Longaberger Alumni House, Columbus, Ohio. Karen A. Holbrook gave the President's Report and Laurie M.
Ohio State University. Board of Trustees
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Research on Zero Carbon Design Method for Medical Buildings in Solar Enriched Areas – The Tibet Hospital of the West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University

open access: yesChemical Engineering Transactions
The achievement of the green and low-carbon objectives of medical buildings in solar-enriched areas not only relates to the local people's aspirations in terms of enhanced medical environment but also reflects the regional endeavors toward zero ...
Mei Dou   +5 more
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