• Two auditors: one to ask open questions, the other as witness and scribe. • Interview staff individually, establishing their knowledge of trial procedures and incident. Note conflicting information. • Establish key facts: 1. Were participants real and eligible? 2. Did they consent? 3. Are test/clinical measurements/data valid? 4. Was appropriate treatment/intervention given? 5. Was follow-up ...

Organising efficiently all the resources required for manufacturing has derived considerable attention of both researchers and practitioners over the last several decades. Beginning from a functionally focused approach several alternatives have been suggested using principles of Group Technology and Cellular Manufacturing. This paper seeks to address the problems that are yet to be addressed an...

In previous studies, we examined various topics related to candied distributed systems organizations. This paper presents a ground-up design and research study of techniques relevant to that design. Or, it presents the description of a project implemented for the course CSC477/CSC577, Distributed Systems (or Advanced Distributed Systems).

Cellular response to a stimulus is often triggered by accumulation of an appropriate gene product up critical threshold. How cells regulate expression achieve precision in timing such responses question interest. Earlier work has shown that for stable product, constant rate provides minimum noise the time response, provided initial distribution degenerate. Here, we show this strategy no longer ...

 About 25 years ago, McCullagh proposed a method for modeling univariate ordinal responses. After publishing this paper, other statisticians gradually extended his method, such that we are now able to use more complicated but efficient methods to analyze correlated multivariate ordinal data, and model the relationship between these responses and host of covariates. In this paper, we aim to...

abstract background: patient safety is considered as the most important quality for healthcare. one of the main factors that play an important role in the promotion of healthcare institutes is patient safety. this study describes the nurses’ awareness of patient safety culture in neonatal intensive care units (nicus). materials and methods: in this descriptive study, 83 nurses working in neonat...