background: implementing community-based psychiatric services is one of the priorities of the who/emro mental health programs. this study presents an aftercare service, as a community based-service, for patients with severe mental illness (smis).   methods : in this randomized controlled clinical trial design, 176 patients, who attended selective hospitals with smi, were allocated into three gr...

Incorporating service composition and pervasive computing into managing user’s everyday activities gives rise to the paradigm of Pervasive Service Composition for everyday life. This paper presents a novel generic model for services supporting everyday activities. The resulting service composition consists of local services within service peers and services are executed as specified in peer coo...

This paper presents the framework of a stochastic decision-support system for life cycle asset maintenance management of building elements and systems. This system is based on a probabilistic modeling of the performance and risk of failure of building components. The maintenance optimization is formulated as a multi-stage and multiobjective optimization problem where the simultaneous satisfacti...

In the absence of End of Service Life Indicator (ESLI), a cartridge change schedule should be established for ensuring that cartridges are changed before their end of service life. Factors effecting service life of cartridges were evaluated, including the amount of atmospheric contamination with aromatic hydrocarbon vapors in the workplace, temperature, and relative humidity of the air. A new c...

the performance of asphaltic pavements during their service life is highly dependent on the mechanical properties of the asphaltic layers. therefore, in order to extend their service life, scientists and engineers are constantly trying to improve the mechanical properties of the asphaltic mixtures. one common method of improving the performance of asphaltic mixtures is using different types of ...

BACKGROUND Occupation is a significant factor affecting life, health and well-being. Long-term military service is a unique career path that may have an influence on life expectancy, even after excluding obvious risks such as battlefield mortality. However, it remains unclear what the effects of a military career are on the life trajectory of personnel after retiring from service. This study co...