Enterprise Architecture (EA) frameworks (EAF) define a comprehensive step-by-step process with an expected outcome an EA plan that details the guidelines for governing and aligning an enterprise’s strategic business plan with it’s information technology (IT) capabilities. The process attempts to simplify the capture and validation of the design artifacts used to implement new information system...

PURPOSE To describe the experiences of parents of children admitted to hospital for a burn. METHODS In-depth interviews were conducted with 21 parents (14 mothers and seven fathers) of children who had sustained a burn requiring hospitalisation. Face-to-face interviews were conducted six months post-burn, in rural, remote and metropolitan areas. The interview guide explored the overall experi...

BACKGROUND Syphilis is a major public health problem in many regions of China, with increases in congenital syphilis (CS) cases causing concern. The Chinese Ministry of Health recently announced a comprehensive 10-y national syphilis control plan focusing on averting CS. The decision analytic model presented here quantifies the impact of the planned strategies to determine whether they are like...

A systematic approach to chronic nonmalignant pain includes a comprehensive evaluation; a treatment plan determined by the diagnosis and mechanisms underlying the pain; patient education; and realistic goal setting. The main goal of treatment is to improve quality of life while decreasing pain. An initial comprehensive pain assessment is essential in developing a treatment plan that addresses t...

1970 www.thelancet.com Vol 381 June 8, 2013 On May 27, 2013, the World Health Assembly adopted the Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013–2020 that has great potential to change the direction of mental health in countries around the world in the next 8 years. This action plan and the accompanying resolution—a fi rst in the history of WHO—represent a formal recognition of the importance of...

Deco is a comprehensive system for answering declarative queries posed over stored relational data together with data obtained ondemand from the crowd. In this paper we describe Deco’s costbased query optimizer, building on Deco’s data model, query language, and query execution engine presented earlier. Deco’s objective in query optimization is to find the best query plan to answer a query, in ...

Automated planning algorithms embody a theory of causality grounded in linking enabling effects of actions or initial world conditions to preconditions of subsequent actions. This model has several drawbacks when applied in the context of mixed-initiative planning. First, it requires comprehensive causal models that describe for every action its full set of preconditions and postconditions; in ...

Although the components of plan quality are well defined, little empirical research has been conducted to understand the degree to which policies are being implemented after plan adoption and the factors contributing to the variation in plan implementation. The authors test the efficacy of land-use planning and plan implementation in Florida by measuring the degree to which wetland development ...

A comprehensive plan for periodontal disease (PD) care in Taiwan provides non-surgical and supportive periodontal treatment. The aim of this study was to determine whether the care plan could improve the oral health-related quality of life of patients with PD.This study was conducted by purposive sampling and a quasi-experimental design. Patients with PD were assigned to either comprehensive pe...