In the first paper of this two-part series, the assembly variant design system architecture and complementary assembly methodology have been presented. The general complementary assembly models, hierarchical assembly model and relational assembly model, are established which were further specified as assembly variants model (AVM) and assembly mating graphs (AMG) respectively to cater for the ne...

background: cardiovascular diseases have the highest death rates in human society. coronary artery disease is among the most important of these diseases. no treatment of cardiovascular disease has as much impact on the quality of life of the patients as the heart surgery. the recovery from heart surgery is associated with symptoms of pain and psychological distress. in the early recovery period...

Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) lack an adequately skilled workforce and managers, since university education generally focuses on large enterprises and their needs. Complementary skills needed by SMEs have been of lesser interest even though several approaches, methods and environments could be utilized. For example, enterprise resource planning systems, business simulation games and ...

One way of dealing with complex and mysterious phenomena such as illness is to think about them using image systems based on metaphors. The image systems of conventional western medicine are centred on a series of metaphors including ILLNESS IS A FIGHT, THE BODY IS A MACHINE and ILLNESS IS A PUZZLE. However, these metaphors have been criticised from a variety of sources for focusing attention a...

Exclusive breastfeeding provides optimal nutrition for infants until they are six months of age. After six months, infants require complementary foods to meet their nutritional needs. This is when weaning begins. Weaning is the gradual process of introducing complementary foods to an infant's diet while continuing to breastfeed. There is no universally accepted or scientifically proven time whe...

The use of complementary and alternative medicines including dietary supplements, herbals and special diets to prevent or treat disease continues to be popular. The following paper provides a description of an alternative dietary approach to the self-management and treatment of cancer, the Bill Henderson Protocol (BHP). This diet encourages daily intake of raw foods, a combination of cottage ch...

This paper presents a strategy to design standards for software libraries in robotic systems (or rather, in large-scale engineering systems in general). The strategy involves the separation between objects (algorithmic functionality and single-activity behaviour) and components (multi-activity interaction architecture and behaviour), and the introduction of four complementary levels in software...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this review article is to synthesize the current knowledge related to depression and HIV disease. METHODS The research literature was critically evaluated for several selected therapies that are prescribed for HIV-infected persons to treat depression. These therapies included pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, alternative, and complementary therapies. RESULTS Several ...

RNA sociology investigates the behavioral motifs of RNA consortia from the social science perspective. Besides the self-folding of RNAs into single stem loop structures, group building of such stem loops results in a variety of essential agents that are highly active in regulatory processes in cellular and non-cellular life. RNA stem loop self-folding and group building do not depend solely on ...

By the year 2020, twenty percent of the US population will be aged 65 years or older. The greatest growth in numbers will be among those aged 85 years or older. If the healthcare demands of this group match those of their parents, it will place an extraordinary burden on funding for medical services. By promoting healthy aging, complementary medicine practitioners can improve the cost-effective...