Background: E-learning and telemedicine have become common methods in changing and developing medical education and clinical processes. The purpose of this study was to describe the innovations of blending e-Learning into the educational and medical processes of hospital services Methods: The process of action research included plan, act, observation and reflection was followed. Implementation,...

this research was aimed to investigate the condition of the existing roads and designing road network based on forest management plan at armardah, baneh. using analytical hierarchy process (ahp) method, the important layers of slope, aspect, forest type and distance to villages and resorts, were weighted and ranked. maps were produced to weighted layers generated in gis to find suitable regions...

models of distance and online learning from an international perspective and from the point of view of planning, costing, management, and decision making. Chapters are written by different experts working in the field. For those not familiar with costing and distance education it provides a valuable introduction to the different facets of handling the economic aspects of distance education and ...

the japanese threadfin bream, nemipterus japonicus, the most abundant and crucially economic nemipterus species is widespread throughout the indo-west pacific. the species has been studied widely for various aspects but genetic studies are scanty. this preliminary study contributes to the species phylogeography through the study of the genetic diversity and historical demography of n. japonicus...

Background & Aims of the Study:  Collection and transportation of municipal solid waste (MSW) for various reasons, especially economic and social are considered as one of the most important elements of the solid waste management system. More than sixty percent of the costs in solid waste management systems in different countries are due to the collection and transportation...

In the paper after a short review of main characteristics of risk management applications, some novel fuzzy calculation based possibilities will be presented, like the hierarchical grouping of risk factors, type-2 fuzzy sets representation and decision making on distance-based operators’ platform. The examples are given from the medical diagnostic and risk factor management. Key-Words: risk man...

The aim of this study was to assess the effects of a comprehensive self-management intervention on health-related quality of life (HRQoL), symptoms and walking distance in patients with stable moderately severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This study was part of the overall COPD study of the Dept of Pulmonary Medicine, Enschede, which consisted of an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS...

Service quality and driver efficiency in the delivery industry may be enhanced by increasing the regularity with which a driver visits the same set of customers. However, effectively managing a workforce of drivers may increase travel distance, a traditional metric of the vehicle routing problem (VRP). This paper evaluates the effect that workforce management has on routing costs, providing ins...

 This work presents a group of tools for the management of distance education courses in the WWW (Word Wide Web) environment. The goal of this work is centered on the development of tools to allow teachers to manage the daily course activities. These tools should also supply the students with mechanisms for interaction with the course activities defined by the teacher. The use of the software ...