The supply chains (SCs) have to appeal to new management paradigms to improve their ability to respond rapidly and cost effectively to unpredictable changes in markets and increasing levels of environmental turbulence, both in terms of volume and variety. In this highly demanded context, the Agile paradigm provides the capabilities to SC quickly adapt to changes in the market requirements. The ...

BACKGROUND Dermatological problems are common, but in undergraduate medical courses time for learning dermatology and teaching dermatology is limited. The Delphi technique has been used in other specialties to define undergraduate and postgraduate curricula and to reach consensus on what is important. OBJECTIVES To identify the core dermatological content of the undergraduate medical curricul...

Correspondence To the Editor: Cervical radiculopathy (CR) is a common problem with an episodic course that affects a large proportion of the population. The review indicated that nonoperative treatment is the main course. However, there is little high‑quality evidence on the nonoperative therapy for CR. The purpose of this conservative therapy was built up to serve for the clinical practice. Ou...

Increased cost of tobacco cultivation is a major concern for its sustainable production in Iran. Therefore, the development of tobacco mechanized cultivation is a necessity. Given this, the driving and inhibiting factors of the development of mechanized tobacco cultivation were investigated by the Delphi technique in three rounds in Guilan Province, Iran. Nineteen experts from the Jahad Agricul...

OBJECTIVE Develop performance indicators reflecting the quality of trauma-patient-care in the emergency room and hospitalization within the first 48 hours. MATERIAL AND METHOD A two-round Delphi technique was conducted. A panel of 11 expert surgeons experienced in the fields of trauma care was consulted. The panel was initially asked to rate performance indicators that reflected the quality o...

OBJECTIVES This study was aimed at developing and validating a checklist of preoperative pediatric interventions related to the safety of surgical patients. METHOD Methodological study concerning the construction and validation of an instrument with safe preoperative care indicators. The checklist was subject to validation through the Delphi technique, establishing a consensus level of 80%. ...