each year many large scale national projects face execution problems. in this regard, riskmanagement can play a significant role in identifying and taking proper measures. in this research,using project management body of knowledge (pmbok), a risk management procedure has beendesigned and implemented in transmission and high distribution power lines of khorasan regionalelectric company. first, ...

0164-1212/$ see front matter 2008 Elsevier Inc. A doi:10.1016/j.jss.2008.03.059 E-mail address: [email protected] Controlling risk in software projects is considered to be a major contributor to project success. This paper reconsiders the status of risk and risk management in the literature and practice. The analysis is supported by a study of risk practices in government agencies in ...

A principal objective of agile development methods is to reduce risk thereby resulting in more successful and effective information systems. However, while there is an extensive body of academic literature on risk management, very little research has attempted to rigorously apply this as a lens to study risk management in agile development projects. The purpose of this research was to ascertain...

OBJECTIVE Increased risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) has been explained by accelerated atherosclerosis and impaired angiogenesis, in which endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) may play key roles. We hypothesized that altered EPC biology may contribute to the pathophysiology of CRF. METHODS AND RESULTS EPCs were isolated from CRF patients on maintenanc...

Endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) are bone-marrow derived circulating cells participating in angiogenesis and vascular homeostasis. Reduced numbers of circulating EPC are observed in patients with various cardiovascular diseases and are related to an increased risk for future cardiovascular events and death. Little is known about functional changes. The aim of this thesis was to study the func...

BACKGROUND Prevention and management of workplace violence among health workers has been described in different health care settings. However, little is known about which phenomena the emergency primary health care (EPC) organization should attend to in their strategies for preventing and managing it. In the current study, we therefore explored how EPC personnel have dealt with threats and viol...