Pairwise comparisons between alternatives are a well-established tool to decompose decision problems into smaller and more easily tractable sub-problems. However, due to our limited rationality, the subjective preferences expressed by decision makers over pairs of alternatives can hardly ever be consistent. Therefore, several inconsistency indices have been proposed in the literature to quantif...

The effects of personality traits, motives, and leadership identity claims on the attainment of status in informal, social organizations were assessed in several organizations using multiple indices of status. The power motive Hope for Power was predictive of holding executive offices. Extraversion and Conscientiousness predicted peer-ratings of social influence. Extraversion, Emotional Stabili...

A microbial biofilm is structured mainly by a protective sticky matrix of extracellular polymeric substances. The appreciation of such structures is useful for the microbiologist and can be subjective to the observer. Thus, quantifying the underlying images in useful parameters by means of an objective image segmentation process helps substantially to reduce errors in quantification. This paper...

We investigate people’s attitudes towards the possible use of mobile negotiation support systems (NSS) in different social contexts and the consequences for their design. For that purpose we developed an online survey based on existing models of technology acceptance. In the questionnaire we showed five filmed scenarios of NSS use contexts. The data collected from 120 respondents, showed (a) th...

OBJECTIVES This study was performed to consider the association between Internet using time for non-educational purposes and adolescent health, and to examine how health status differs between Internet users and non-users. METHODS We analyzed 2009 data from the Korea Adolescent Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey, conducted on a nationally representative sample of students in grades 7 to 12. A tot...

Using perception of quality of life survey by Eurostat we construct the City Ecosystem Index (CEI) – a systemic indicator that measures subjective well-being in European cities. The purpose of the index is to inform public, policy-makers and entrepreneurs by providing a holistic view on subjective well-being across European cities. Once contrasted with the Global and Regional Systems of Entrepr...

Based on the current state of practice, this paper examines the issues in measuring disaster preparedness, and the process of constructing indicators and indices. Existing indices are examined, and a proposed framework of creating a Disaster Preparedness Index (DPi), and Resiliency Index (Ri) with a suggested list of measurement indicators is put forward. The framework and indicator list is unw...

Two coronary prognostic indices for patients treated in a coronary care unit, namely the Norris Index and the Chapman-Gray Index were compared. Both were found to be reliable but the Chapman-Gray Index with its ready reckoner was more convenient and was subject to fewer subjective data.