OBJECTIVES To evaluate the guidelines on measurement of cholesterol in the national service framework for coronary heart disease and to compare alternative strategies for identifying people at high risk of coronary disease in the general population. DESIGN Comparison of methods (national service framework criteria, Sheffield tables, age threshold of 50 years, estimated risk assessment using f...

Reengineering of operational legacy system is a novel technique for software rejuvenation. Reengineering is used specifically to satisfy and even delight modern customers and market with the value of our software products and services to gain their loyalty and repeat business. However, it incurs some overhead in terms of risk. The basic necessity for the successful implementation of reengineeri...

FirstRand decided on the AMA not only because of the capital savings that could be obtained, but also to achieve world-class, sophisticated risk management using state-of-theart technology and techniques. The use of an AMA requires the implementation of various risk management processes, subprojects and measurement components that support good, accurate risk measurement, management and reporting.

In this paper, we have provided some definitions and theorems about fuzzy set, set operations, the uncertainty theory used in environments, credibility which exists on base of mathematical knowledge. Then, definition applications fuzzification, defuzzification, similarity, distribution were included diagnostic medicine. Sounds respiratory patients transferred to computer by recording converted ...

This study examines the effect of strategic performance measurement systems (PMS) on managers’ role clarity, psychological empowerment, job satisfaction and managerial performance. Data were collected using a survey of 83 strategic business unit managers from Australian manufacturing organisations. Consistent with the need to define the underlying theoretical properties of management accounting...

The approaches to liability valuation, assessment of prudential capital and measurement of profit for life offices are undergoing radical change. A common thread runs through all of these proposed changes ö each change represents a move away from traditional actuarial approaches towards a more economically coherent, market-consistent approach. These changes should encourage a general improvemen...

Composite scoring systems that combine information contained in a number of risk factors are being used increasingly in clinical practice, planning, and health risk appraisal. The authors propose a methodological framework for the construction and validation of a composite measurement scale to assess the risk, considered as a continuous phenomenon, of developing a particular disease or outcome....