The recent rise in a number of calamities and terrorist acts has brought much attention to the vulnerabilities of supply chains. Having passed through many hands that span continents and entities, the reliability and timeliness of freight delivery become increasingly difficult to be assessed. Particularly, at seaports which is an indispensible node in global supply chains and where complex sea ...

Disruption management is one of the main concerns of any airline company, as it can influence its annual revenue by upwards of 3%. Most of medium to large airlines have specialized teams which focus on recovering disrupted schedules with very little automation. This paper presents a new automated approach to solve both the Aircraft Assignment Problem (AAP) and the Aircraft Recovering Problem (A...

Some scholars worry that Instant Messaging (IM), by virtue of the ease with which users can initiate and participate in online conversations, contributes to an increase in task interruption. Others argue that workers use IM strategically, employing it in ways that reduce interruption. This article examines the relationship between IM and interruption, using data collected via a (U.S.) national ...

A 65-year-old man with stage IIB moderately differentiated rectal adenocarcinoma, 6cm from the anal verge on digital rectal examination, underwent ultra-low anterior resection with coloanal anastomosis and defunctioning loop ileostomy. The anastomosis was 4cm from the anal verge. At 1 week after discharge, the patient returned with mild anal pain and seropurulent anal discharge, but no fever. A...

the main objective of an ecosystem sustainable management is to preserve itscapacity to respond and adapt to current disturbances and/or future changes, and maintain theprovision of environmental goods and services. two very important properties linked to thisobjective are the ecosystem resilience and resistance to disturbance factors. the objective ofthis paper is to recommend conceptual modif...

Supply chains have become more global due to the increased interconnectedness of the world’s economy. As a result, companies in the U.S. are seeking more affordable overseas supply alternatives, though doing so may increase risk of domestic impacts when a disruption in the supplier’s country occurs. It is then critical to assess the risks of global disruptive events to identify the cost effecti...