XML-based databases have become a major area of interest in database research. Abstractly speaking they can be considered as a resurrection of complex-value databases using constructors for records, lists, unions plus optionality and references. XQuery has become the standard query language for XML. As XQuery is a declarative query language, the problem of query optimisation arises. In this pap...

Information is provided on the approach and experience in flood management in the Piemonte Region. Actual practices comprise mainly: (i) the structural mitigation of floods; and (ii) non-structural safety measures subdivided into land use planning and emergency plan activation through hydrometeorological forecasting and the development of an Alert System for flood forecasting and warning. Of pa...

This paper provides a new strategy for study of Structural Health Monitoring, and discusses establishment of structural safety monitoring system based on the structural destroyed modes and data correlation. Two concepts, structural destroyed mode and data correlation, are given and discussed. The structural destroyed mode refers to the pattern of certain structural state or situation that some ...

Introduction: For the past 7 years, a nursing school has conducted biannual medical missions in a virtually inaccessible area in Haiti. Each medical mission team provides primary care, pediatric and gynecological examinations for up to 6 days in the impoverished island nation. Methods: To improve the safety of participants engaged in this humanitarian tra...

Background and Objectives: Patient safety (PS) is one of the most important and essential elements of quality in healthcare setting. A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to assess the status of patient safety culture using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC). Methods: In this systematic review and meta-analysis study, data were collected through searching dat...

Background and purpose: The basic responsibility of nurses is to maintain patient safety including notifying patients and colleagues about risk and risk reduction methods, supporting the patient safety and reporting events to a responsible person. Without creating a safety culture in all health facilities a sustainable development in the patient care do not occur. This study aims to determine t...

BACKGROUND With rapid economic development and industrialization, the construction industry continues to rank among the most hazardous industries in the world. Therefore, construction safety is always a significant concern for both practitioners and researchers. The objective of this study was to create a structural modeling of components that influence the safety performance in construction pr...