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Borax can help absorb and neutralize odors, including urine smell in barns. It can be sprinkled on the affected areas, left for some time, then swept or vacuumed up. However, proper cleaning and ventilation are also important in eliminating persistent odors in barns.
The most eminent instrument in attempting to systematize the service quality is"The gap model"of service or Servqal developed by Parshuraman et al (1985). This conceptual framework was developed initially to measure customer perception of service quality for the financial service sectors but later extended to sectors such as hospitality, telecommunications and healthcare.Purpose of SERVQAL· To determine average gap score (between customer's perceptions and expectations) for each service attribute.· To assess a company's service quality along each of the 5 SERVQAL dimensions· To track customer's expectations and perceptions over time· To compare a company's SERVQAL scores against competitors· To identify and examine customer segments that differs significantly in their assessment of a company's service performance· To assess internal service quality (interdepartmental comparison)· The customer Gap: Gap 5 - Difference between customer expectations and perceptions· Provider Gap 1: Not knowing what customers expect· Provider Gap 2: Not selecting the right service designs and standards· Provider Gap 3: Not delivering to service designs and standards· Provider Gap 4: Not matching performance to promisesThe SERVQAL model is based on three dimensions· The Gaps· The Key Service Dimensions· Causes & Solutions to GapsThe GAPSGap 1: The difference between management perceptions of what customers expect and what customers really do expect - is it large?Gap 2: The difference between management perceptions and service quality specifications - the standards gap?Gap 3: The difference between service quality specifications and actual service delivery - are standards consistently met?Gap 4: The difference between service delivery and what is communicated externally - are promises made consistently fulfilled?Gap 5: The difference between what customers expect of a service and what they actually receive. Expectations are made up of past experience, word-of-mouth and needs /wants of customers. Measurement is on the basis of two sets of statements in groups according to the five key service dimensionsThe key service dimensionsThe five SERVQUAL dimensions are:TANGIBLES-Appearance of physical facilities, equipment, personnel, and communication materialsRELIABILITY-Ability to perform the promised service dependably and accuratelyRESPONSIVENESS-Willingness to help customers and provide prompt serviceASSURANCE-Knowledge and courtesy of employees and their ability to convey trust and confidenceEMPATHY-Caring, individualized attention the firm provides its customersRELIABILITY: Do what you say you're going to do when you said you were going to do it.Customers want to count on their providers. They value that reliability. Don't providers yearn to find out what customers value? This is it.It's three times more important to be reliable than have shiny new equipment or flashy uniforms.Doesn't mean you can have ragged uniforms and only be reliable. Service providers have to do both. But providers first and best efforts are better spent making service reliable.Whether it's periodics on schedule, on-site response within Service Level Agreements (SLAs), or Work Orders completed on time.RESPONSIVENESS: Respond quickly, promptly, rapidly, immediately, instantly.Waiting a day to return a call or email doesn't make it. Even if customers are chronically slow in getting back to providers, responsiveness is more than 1/5th of their service quality assessment.Service providers benefit by establishing internal SLAs for things like returning phone calls, emails and responding on-site. Whether it's 30 minutes, 4 hours, or 24 hours, it's important customers feel providers are responsive to their requests. Not just emergencies, but everyday responses too.ASSURANCE: Service providers are expected to be the experts of the service they're delivering. It's a given.SERVQUAL research showed it's important to communicate that expertise to customers. If a service provider is highly skilled, but customers don't see that, their confidence in that provider will be lower. And their assessment of that provider's service quality will be lower. Service providers must communicate their expertise and competencies - before they do the work. This can be done in many ways that are repeatedly seen by customers, such as:Display industry certifications on patches, badges or buttons worn by employeesInclude certification logos on emails, letters & reportsPut certifications into posters, newsletters & handoutsBy communicating competencies, providers can help manage customer expectations. And influence their service quality assessment in advance.EMPATHY: Services can be performed completely to specifications. Yet customers may not feel provider employees care about them during delivery. And this hurts customers' assessments of providers' service quality.For example, a day porter efficiently cleans up a spill in a lobby. However, during the clean up doesn't smile, make eye contact, or ask the customer if there is anything else they could do for them. In this hypothetical the provider's service was performed fully. But the customer didn't feel the provider employee cared. And it's not necessarily the employees fault. They may not know how they're being judged. They may be overwhelmed, inadequately trained, or disinterested.TANGIBLES: Even though this is the least important dimension, appearance matters. Just not as much as the other dimensions.Service providers will still want to make certain their employees appearance, uniforms, equipment, and work areas on-site (closets, service offices, etc.) look good. The danger is for providers to make everything look sharp, and then fall short on RELIABILITY or RESPONSIVENESS.Reasons for GAPSGAP 1· lack of a marketing orientation· inadequate upward communication (from contact staff to management)· too many levels of managementGAP 2· inadequate commitment to service quality· lack of perception of feasibility - 'it cannot be done'· inadequate task standardization· the absence of goal settingGAP 3· role ambiguity and role conflict - unsure of what your responsibility is and how it fits with others· poor employee or technology fit - the wrong person or system for the job· inappropriate supervisory control or lack of perceived control - too much or too little control· lack of teamworkGAP 4· inadequate horizontal communication - between departments or services· a propensity to overpromise
google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad); var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "Google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-6854301-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}"Remember, a healthy skin means a great deal toward a healthy body." Rippon Seymour.It would be difficult to estimate the value of a clean skin in maintaining health. You cannot enjoy exhilarating health and vital power and be dirty. Cleanliness is more than a part of health. IT IS HEALTH Cleanliness must be the rule not only externally but internally also. The object of every health-building canon is to cleanse the body. Air purifies and cleanses the blood as it comes in contact with it in the various minute air cells of the lungs.Water taken internally makes all the fluids of the body assume a proper consistency, and thereby assists in the internal cleansing process.Exercise is a marvelous cleansing agent. I once more lay stress on this fact. Exercise and you increase the activity of every part of the functional system, and the blood, as it rushes along through arteries and capillaries, not only performs its duties in a thorough fashion, but is cleansed of much of its impurities by the increased activity of the eliminating organs brought about by vigorous muscular movement.There are many who bathe regularly and frequently who are not clean. How few realize that the internal surface of all the various arteries, glands and organs of the body is perhaps fifty times greater than the exterior surface of the body.. To be clean means that every part of this internal surface must be free from filth and foreign matter. The average human being in this age of hearty eating and excessive clothing must bathe frequently in order to he clean, inwardly and outwardly.The true object of bathing is not only to remove the dirt from the exterior surface of the body, but to accelerate the action of the pores, and thus enable the interior organs to properly and effectively perform their functional processes.The bathing habits of individuals as well as house-holds differ very materially. In some homes, the taking of a bath is an unusual event. In country districts where bath tubs are unknown, one or two baths during the winter season will often represent the total efforts in this direction.Although you may be able to avoid bathing and enjoy a moderate degree of health, you will undoubtedly be stronger, healthier and cleaner if the bath is frequently used.Let us carefully consider the effects of bathing. We have hot, tepid and cold baths. The cold bath is usually taken without soap, and is not especially cleansing. It is like surf bathing, a valuable tonic. It brings the blood to the surface of the skin and is generally exhilarating. It should be used with care. To some it is very beneficial, while to others, if the circulation is poor, it is far from advantageous. If not very strong, you should begin with almost tepid water. Each day the water can be made a little colder. The cold bath, to be productive of the most benefit, must be followed almost immediately by a feeling of warmth and exhilaration. If you cannot thus recuperate, the bath has been too cold, and it should be used warmer on the next occasion.In order to be productive of all possible benefits, a cold bath should follow a dry friction bath of the en-tire body, the latter being preceded by some vigorous exercise that will bring all the muscles of the body into thorough activity. If a cold bath is taken after the circulation and the functional and muscular systems have been thus awakened, it is then not only beneficial, but thoroughly enjoyable as well.There are various ways of taking cold baths, but probably the safest method of beginning is to use a 'wet towel or a sponge. If you wish to be still more careful, you can merely dip the hands in cold water and rub them allover the body. The shock from this is mild indeed, and to recuperate from it is not difficult. After trying this a few days, a wet towel can be used, and then later, you can secure a large sponge and use the cold water still more freely.Some take a plunge into a bath tub of cold water. This is a very vigorous method and can hardly be recommended, unless a great deal of vital strength is possessed by the bather.Never take a cold bath when you are chilly or unless the idea of it seems actually pleasurable. Though one may shiver at the thought of a cold "tub" upon rising from a warm bed, some active exercise such as I described and preceding it, will often make you actually yearn for and thoroughly enjoy it.Cold water is a powerful stimulant to the exterior circulation. When it is first applied, it drives the blood inward and onward in its course toward the heart. New blood soon rushes back to the surface and so the circulation is greatly accelerated.Exposure is often said to produce a cold, and the same means can usually be used to cure it. In other words, one can bring about a very quick recovery from a cold by using some means of inducing greatly increased activity of the pores. I have on an occasion, adopted what many would term a very dangerous method of curing a cold. I would stand or lie for a long time in a cold draught without clothing. I know that the average individual would be afraid of pneumonia under the like circumstances, but exposure of this kind induces extraordinary activity of the purifying processes of the pores of the skin, and of the circulation. The combination was highly curative. The cause of consumption and numerous other diseases is a dead, inactive skin, and cold bathing is unquestionably one of the most powerful means of bringing about a normal condition of the skin.Surf bathing is both a remedial agent and a tonic. It is invaluable in curing skin diseases. I would advise those of my readers who live near the sea shore to take a daily dip in the surf. A great advantage in bathing of this kind is the fact that one gets the added benefit of sun and air.The more clothing you wear, the less you exercise,and the more you eat, the more frequently the use of hot baths will be necessary. They are powerful exterior cleansing agents. They open the pores, draw a vast quantity of blood to the surface of the body, and induce activity of the secreting glands which pour their impurities out through the pores. If you follow the ordinary habits of life, a hot bath with. the free use of soap not too strongly impregnated with alkali, from one to three times per week is undoubtedly beneficial. The best soap to use is that made of vegetable oil. Pure castile soap can be recommended. Soap will, to a certain extent, extract the oil from the skin, and the more alkali that it contains the more such result will be noticed. -Oil makes heat and is a valuable emollient; it keeps the skin soft and velvety to the touch and in appearance, and if it is removed too freely by frequent soapings, injury may result to the cuticle.The necessity for hot baths must be determined, however, by your habits and needs. If you are what is termed "a high liver," and do not exercise much, you will have to use hot, baths very frequently in order to maintain even exterior cleanliness. When you feel sticky, you can then be sure that it is time to bathe, though it is far better to anticipate this condition.Hot baths are likely to be relaxing, and in excess are certainly debilitating. If you are not very strong they should be taken with the greatest care. In many cases they are capable of working more harm than are cold baths.The tepid bath makes for cleanliness, though this is about the only purpose that it serves. It has but little effect upon the exterior circulation, and accelerates the action of the pores only to the extent of the power exerted by the rubbing and drying of the skin.The shower is probably the most exhilarating of all forms of the bath. It is used almost universally in gymnasiums, and those in the habit of attending such institutions and taking it, and the exercise that precedes it, are loud in their praise of its value. I have heard hundreds of comments upon the remark-able change that is noticed after half an hour of exercise followed by a shower bath. For gymnasium use, the shower is at first usually hot or moderately warm for the purpose of washing off the perspiration and impurities that may have exuded from the pores while exercising; but following this, the water is used as cold as it runs from the pipes.The more one is in the habit of bathing, the more impurities will be eliminated from the pores. If you do not bathe quite frequently, there is a possibility that they will accumulate in such quantities in the system as to cause some serious disease. A Dr. Robertson of Chicago has asserted that while baths unquestionably attract a very large quantity of the blood to the surface, there are practically no impurities eliminated from the pores of the skin. -I am inclined to believe that this assertion is considered false by nearly every member of his own profession. If you inhale the odor that often arises from perspiration when one is not in good health, you will have positive proof that impurities are eliminated through it. He is unquestionably right in his assertion that a soap of strong alkali will remove too much oil from the skin, but it is not at all necessary to use soap of this character. High grade vegetable soap contains but very little alkali.The danger of pneumonia from a bath may occur to those who indulge in bodily ablutions "once in a year whether they need a bath or not," but those who bathe regularly will be in very little danger from the disease, because of their cleanly habits.Too much hot bathing is unquestionably debilitating, and there may be a few people who are bathed out of-the world according to this doctor's assertion. But where there is one who dies from the use of water, there are probably thousands who do so be-cause of filth-clogged pores and deadened natural activities due to the need of frequent baths.If all were as clean as Dr. Page, who is well known to physical culturists, states that he and his patients are, through the use of proper foods, undoubtedly there would be but little use for hot baths. But those who follow the ordinary habits of civilized life of to-day would, I think, find difficulty in thoroughly cleansing the body with tepid water without soap, a method which Dr. Page advocates.Let each and every individual consider this subject carefully for himself, and form habits that will bring about the highest degree of health and strength in his own particular case. What each one should desire is internal and external cleanliness. You want a wholesome, clean, strong body, and you should make every possible effort to acquire it.If you can live clean dietetically, wear clothing of light weight, thus securing the benefit of almost a continual air bath, and make free use of towels and soft brushes for friction of the body, you may be able to keep sweet without much use of water. But living so close to Nature is very difficult for the aver-age individual in this civilized age. Therefore, you must do the best you can. Personally, I usually take a cold bath with a wet towel immediately after my exercise in the morning, and one or two hot baths during the week, just before retiring at night. In the matter of hot baths, I allow my inclination to indicate their need. I have no regular days for taking them.I am very much inclined to believe that the personal method which I have indicated, would be applicable to the average individual who desires to possess abounding, exhilarating health.
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yearn = hitga'age'a (התגעגע)
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"Yearn" in Tagalog can be translated as "hangarin" or "pagnanasa."
Yes, "to yearn" is a verb because it is an action.
To pine means yearn for something.
Many immigrants merely yearn to breathe free. The wool shopper said she should yearn for sturdier yarn.
The past tense is yearned.
The word yearn is a regular verb. The past tense is yearned.
I yearn to see my childhood home; I have not been back there in many years and I miss it. (To yearn is to have a deep longing, to really miss something or someone.)
The synonym for the verb to long for is to yearn. Example sentence: They yearn for the green hills of home.