iv Conclusions: The advantages of PDD’s higher sensitivity in detecting bladder cancer have to be weighed against the disadvantages of a higher falsepositive rate. Taking into account the assumptions made in the model, strategies involving biomarkers and/or PDD provide additional benefits at a cost that society might be willing to pay. Strategies replacing WLC with PDD provide more life-years b...

Strategic models identify areas of development opportunity and constraints for long term management strategies. A GIS based environmental decision support system for solid waste management under Indian socio-economic and regulatory conditions has been developed. For selection for primary landfill site selection using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) has been used to give weights to different ...

This study reflects on serious methodological problems encountered in a replica RCT, concerning the study of Nezu et al. (2003) on Problem-Solving Therapy (PST) in distressed cancer patients. Although we screened a large sample of patients for distress (n=970), only 3.7% (n=36) was included in the study and randomized into the PSTintervention (n=18) or waitlist control condition (WLC, n=18). Mo...

This paper uplores a game-theoretic approach to automatic planning of sensor·based robotic manipulation programs. To win the game, the robot must provably attain a specified task swc. The robot moves by cboosing 1 control signal. and nature moves by cboosing a sensor signal. Planning is accomplished by searching lhe game O"ee. In some task domllnJ. lhe llppf'OII:h provides a slrllght!orwan1 met...

Boiler atau ketel uap adalah suatu peralatan yang dioperasikan agar memproduksi air kemudian dapat digunakan sebagai sumber tenaga penggerak, pembersih, penguapan cairan ..Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di CV.Mitra Adi Busana beralamat Tanah Mas No.4, Semarang Utara, Jawa Tengah. Di dalam penelitian menggunakan variabel bebas dan terikat. Desain yaitu eksperimen. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa pengujian ...

BACKGROUND Persons with a hearing impairment have various experiences during their 'journey' through hearing loss. In our previous studies we have developed 'patient journey' models of person with hearing impairment and their communication partners (CPs). The study was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of using the patient journey model in the internet-based pre-fitting counseling of a person...

OBJECTIVE The treatment of patients with fibromyalgia (FM), a high-prevalence chronic pain condition with a high impact on both patients and society, poses a great challenge to clinicians due to a lack of effective treatments. In view of the large individual variability in outcome, selecting patients at risk of long-term dysfunction and offering tailored treatment may be promising for beneficia...