This thesis describes a software distribution and maintenance system that reduces administration costs while increasing survivability. Contributions include design, implementation, and analysis. The system applies automation wherever possible and takes maximum advantages of economies of scale. The implementation extends an existing replication tool to provide multiplatform support, user assiste...

Objective To estimate the economic benefits related to environment and health in the context of the implementation of the Stockholm Convention for the control of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the country. METHOD The estimation was conducted based on two scenarios: non-compliance with the agreement and compliance with the Convention. Gross profit was derived from the difference in present v...

Research indicates that computerized physician order entry (CPOE) has the potential to reduce medication errors and adverse drug events and thus improve the quality of care. However, successfully implementing CPOE is difficult and expensive. An estimated five percent of hospitals now have CPOE, but many more are considering this investment. This report is designed to expand the information base...

This survey contains a sample of the available technologies for implementing residential electricity services. Brief overviews of several products, along with estimates for their costs are presented. The primary focus is on two services: Automated Meter Reading (AMR), and Load Management. Cost estimates for other services, including real time pricing, remote connecddisconnect, and automated bil...

BACKGROUND There is randomised controlled trial (RCT) evidence that neuromuscular training (NMT) programmes can reduce the risk of injury in youth soccer. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of such an NMT prevention strategy compared to a standard of practice warm-up. METHODS A cost-effectiveness analysis was conducted alongside a cluster RCT. Injury incidence rates were adjusted for cluster...

ONTENTS: MEDICARE-MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT REFORM ACT INTRODUCED AAMC TESTIFIES ON ADMINISTRATION'S COST CONTAINMENT BILL MEDICARE PROPOSES NEW LIMITS ON ROUTINE SERVICE COSTS MEDICARE PROPOSES REGS FOR NEW BASIS FOR ALLOCATING MALPRACTICE COSTS BILL INTRODUCED TO DEFINE INTERNS AND RESIDENTS AS EMPLOYEES MORE LEGISLATION TO DELAY SECTION 227 IMPLEMENTATION INTRODUCED KENNEDY SUBMITS HEALTH PLANN...

The purpose of this paper is to explore an implementation of a rule-based system for generating costs for an on-road autonomous vehicle using the C Language Production System (CLIPS). In this context, costs are numeric values that represent a penalty the vehicle incurs by taking a certain action or occupying a state.

Forward Error Correction (FEC) has been proposed as a technique for implementing efficient reliable multicast (RM). However, FEC incurs costs in encode/decode delay and implementation complexity. How much benefit is provided relative to these costs and how dependent is the benefit on the specific RM

OBJECTIVES To discuss methods of preservation of treatment fidelity in health behavior change trials conducted in public health contexts. METHODS The treatment fidelity framework provided by the National Institutes of Health's Behavioral Change Consortium includes five domains of treatment fidelity (Study Design, Training, Delivery, Receipt, and Enactment). A measure of treatment fidelity was...