Location models are formal descriptions of locations (i. e., named sets of geographical positions) as well as of semantic relationships among locations. There exist various location models that vary in the considered location information, their level of detail, the kind of modelled relations and the used formal representation. In fact, more complex location models cover more aspects required fo...

Abstract Innovation-as-usual employs synthetic input as the key source of inspiration to bring about innovations, whereas unusual innovation is inspired by designs in nature. The use nature a stimulus for represents fundamental shift management and business studies. It involves translation natural into cross-domain ad hoc designs. This paper examines discusses phenomenon biomimetics different e...

background & aim: abortion is the third leading cause of maternal mortality. the attitude of women towards abortion is one of the most important factors involved in this issue. this study aimed to evaluate the attitude of women of reproductive age towards induced abortion. methods this cross-sectional study was performed on 450 women of reproductive age in fatemieh hospital in hamedan, iran in ...

Background & aim: Knowledge and attitude of the nurses and midwives towards HIV/AIDS patients could affect the quality of care provision. Thus, this study aimed to determine the relationship between knowledge, attitude, and tendency of nurses and midwives towards caring for HIV/AIDS patients. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 303 nurses and midwives at healthcare centers, af...

The problem of behaviour recognition based on data from sensors is essentially an inverse problem: given a set of sensor observations, identify the sequence of behaviours that gave rise to them. In a smart home, the behaviours are likely to be the standard human behaviours of living, and the observations will depend upon the sensors that the house is equipped with. There are two main approaches...