background and purpose: kidney failure reduces the kidney function and in long term it leads to chronic kidney disease. one of the main complications of this disease is irreversible damage to the kidneys (end-stage kidney disease) and hemodialysis is the main method used to treat advanced kidney failure. the main problem associated with hemodialysis is treating anemia caused by lack of erythrop...

abstract precipitation is an important variable which is used in definition of drought. based on precipitation amounts, some indices are devised for drought monitoring including, the standardized precipitation index (spi) and the standard index of annual precipitation (siap). each of these drought indices are classified into some classes so that each class descripts a given severity of drought....

the rapid growing of information technology (it) motivates and makes competitive advantages in health care industry. nowadays, many hospitals try to build a successful customer relationship management (crm) to recognize target and potential patients, increase patient loyalty and satisfaction and finally maximize their profitability. many hospitals have large data warehouses containing customer ...

data mining techniques have been used widely in the area of customer relationship management (crm). in this study, we have applied data mining techniques to address a problem in business-to-business (b2b) setting. in a manufacturer-retailer-consumer chain, a manufacturer should improve its relationship with retailers to continue its business. segmentation is a useful tool for identifying groups...

ground water and surface water create a range of problems in lignite mining utilizing surface mining methods. in order to create a safe and economic mining environment, it is essential to carry out mining after dewatering the rock mass surrounding the lignite mines by advance dewatering techniques. this paper briefly describes the ground water regimes including pressure gradients associated wit...

'Depresif Belirtiler, Subjektif Bilişsel Bozukluk ve Öznel Uyku Kalitesinin Kayma Düşmelerle İlişkilisi: Koreli Yetişkinlerde Toplum Sağlığı Araştırmasından Elde Edilen Veriler' çalışmasına yorum.

Notice and comment rulemaking is central to how U.S. federal agencies craft new regulation. E-rulemaking, the process of soliciting and considering public comments that are submitted electronically, poses a challenge for agencies. The large volume of comments received makes it difficult to distill and address the most substantive concerns of the public. This work attempts to alleviate this burd...

One task common to all notice-and-comment rulemaking is identifying substantive claims and arguments made in the comments by stakeholders and other members of the public. Extracting and summarizing this material may be helpful to internal decisionmaking; to produce the legally required public explanation of the final rule, it is essential. When comments are lengthy or numerous, natural language...

Social media constitutes a major component of Web 2.0 and includes social networks, blogs, forum discussions, micro-blogs, etc. Users of social media generate a huge volume of reviews and comments on a daily basis. These reviews and comments reflect the opinions of users about different issues, such as: products, news, entertainments, or sports. Therefore different establishments may need to an...