The present study aimed to investigate the organic agricultural products supply chain in Iran and provide a processes maturity framework for this chain based on the Iranian Standard of the organic products. Accordingly, the model, proposed in this research, provides an improvement tool that addresses the integration of company's internal processes at low levels, and the integration of the proce...

Introduction: The French Alzheimer plan, states that one of its principle orientations is the implementation of ‘Homes for Integration and Autonomy for Alzheimer patients’. Alzheimer disease is taken as a model to implement integration for all persons in complex situation (handicap...). Method: Seventeen experimental sites were selected in January 2009 for the first two years. They were selecte...

Brain activation associated with normal and speeded comprehension of expository texts on familiar and unfamiliar topics was investigated in reading and listening. The goal was to determine how brain activation and the comprehension processes it reflects are modulated by comprehension speed and topic familiarity. Passages on more familiar topics differentially activated a set of areas in the ant...

Several techniques for automated process planning have been proposed in the past. The widely scattered information has been collected and presented in this paper with a view to have compressive appraisal of automated modular process planning. Though the process plan is an integration of the four modules, the information available is in isolation. It is therefore propose to identify suitable tec...

objectives: this paper reviews the current literature on acquired brain injury (abi) with a focus on abi burden, importance of community integration, and community integration definitions suggested by the literature. methods: literature review results: acquired brain injury (abi) is referred to a diverse range of disabilities resulted of injury in different parts of the brain. people with abi a...

We present our experience in automatically deriving a detailed test case plan exclusively using the UML diagrams developed during the analysis and design phases. We consider in particular the Integration Testing of some new functionalities to be added to an Ericsson Lab Italy (ERI) existing system. In particular we compare the obtained test plan with the “official” one, which was manually deriv...

National heatwave plans are aimed at reducing the avoidable human health consequences due to heatwaves, by providing warnings as well as improving communication between relevant stakeholders. The objective of this study was to assess the perceptions of key stakeholders within plans in Belgium and The Netherlands on their responsibilities, the partnerships, and the effectiveness of the local imp...