Over the last couple of years several papers have been presented attempting to bring formal methods to Forth, or applying formal methods to Forth. This paper brings together many of these ideas and suggests a method by which they could be integrated into a single formally speci ed and implemented Forth programming environment. Much of the theoretical work described in this paper exists in some ...

 review current methods in malaria morbidity and mortality estimation with the participation of the experts involved in the development of currently used methods,  try to achieve consensus on the methods that should be used by WHO and in the World Malaria Report (WMR), and  identify research bottlenecks that prevent reconciliation of different methodologies/results and how these may be addre...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to develop and validate, by consensus, the construct and content of an observations chart for nurses incorporating a modified early warning scoring (MEWS) system for physiological parameters to be used for bedside monitoring on general wards in a public hospital in South Africa. METHODS Delphi and modified face-to-face nominal group consensus methods were us...

Objective Vitrification has been shown as one of the most effective methods of cryopreservation for mammalian embryos. However, there is no consensus which stage of embryonic development is the most appropriate for vitrification with subsequent maximal development after thawing. This study was carried out to explore and compare the effect(s) of vitrification on mouse 2-cell, 4-cell, 8-cell, mor...

Background The development of reliable, high quality health-related guidelines depends on explicit and transparent processes, methods aimed at minimising risks of bias and the inclusion of all relevant expertise and perspectives. While the methodological aspects of guidelines have been a focus to improve their quality, less is known...

BACKGROUND The Guidelines International Network (G-I-N) aims to promote high quality clinical guideline development and implementation. Guideline-based performance measures are a key implementation tool and are widely used internationally for quality improvement, quality assurance, and pay for performance in health care. There is, however, no international consensus on best methods for guidelin...

objective(s): production of a recombinant and immunogenic antigen using dengue virus type-3 envelope protein is a key point in dengue vaccine development and diagnostic researches. the goals of this study were providing a recombinant protein from dengue virus type-3 envelope protein and evaluation of its immunogenicity in mice. materials and methods: multiple amino acid sequences of different i...