The effective information processing (e.g. search, organization) of the heterogeneous information spaces requires metadata layer above the resources. However, the acquisition of resource metadata and domain models are challenging tasks. Here, the crowdsourcing has emerged as an alternative to expert-based and automated semantics acquisition approaches. One of its branches are the games with a p...

background: the quantity and quality of manpower, especially in health systems, are major factors affecting speed of service delivery, cost, and accuracy, or, in other words, the quality of service. objective: this study purposed to investigate the manpower required in various units of the laboratory at shiraz faghihi hospital. methods: this is a cross-sectional and descriptive-analytical resea...

This article proposes an algorithm for deploying manpower to a statistical process control (SPC) system that monitors a multistage manufacturing system. The algorithm minimizes the expected total cost by optimizing the amount of allocated manpower in the SPC system (referred to as an M-SPC system), as well as the sample sizes, sampling intervals and control limits of the control charts. It also...

The ability to forecast manpower requirements is crucial for an industry. On the demand side, companies rely on these forecasts to formulate their manpower planning strategies, while, on the supply side, they provide job seekers with a basis to assess the attractiveness of a given sector. Forecasts of supply and demand for manpower also make an important contribution to the governmental policy-...

Cite this article: Akin Oyemakinde, Patrick Nguku, Rebecca Babirye, Sheba Gitta, Peter Nsubuga, Joseph Nyager, Abdulsalami Nasidi. Building a public health workforce in Nigeria through experiential training. Pan Afr Med J. 2014;18(Supp 1):1

BACKGROUND Medical and technological developments, financial constraints and a shortage of physicians have made it necessary to re-examine professional boundaries between physicians and nurses. Israel's manpower shortage in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) has changed the responsibility and authority of nurses. However, these changes have not evolved into a uniform policy defining the divi...

Manpower is a highly critical resource in many industries. It is not surprising that organizations place substantial investment into manpower management matters. Manpower rostering, which addresses the issues of employing, allocating and scheduling manpower resources to meet operational demands, is at the heart of the manpower management cycle. Rostering is a particularly prominent activity i...