Background and Purpose: Candida species are considered a common cause of fungal blood stream infections, which are associated with considerable mortality and morbidity rates, especially in the admitted and immunocompromised patients. Despite the increase in new and available antifungal agents, the emergence of resistant strains is growing. Regarding this, the aim of the present study was to ass...

background: particular circumstances in the intensive care unit have led the patients to experience significant levels of pain and discomfort. on the other hand, these patients cannot express their discomfort due to several reasons. aim: to develop the causes of discomfort in the intensive care units. methods: in order for assessing the causes of discomfort, the initial questionnaire was extrac...

We give an overview on existence results in nonlinear peridynamics, a nonlocal elasticity theory, and compare these results with those known for classical nonlinear elastodynamics. We conclude that even though peridynamics was developed in the beginning of the current century, it is possible to obtain stronger results under equal or even less restrictive assumptions on the stress. Etienne Emmri...

With the gain in popularity of the internet in the beginning of this decade, online shopping has witnessed a strong growth rate of about 25 percent per year. However, recent reports suggest that the growth rate is flattening. One of the key reasons for dwindling growth rate is the rise in expectations of the customers. Customers want that the retail websites should help them in finding products...

iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank Dr. Martial Taillefert, who has spent the most time and energy laying the foundation for my scientific career. I would also like to thank Dr. Carrie Shepler for helping me throughout my time at Georgia Tech. A special expression of gratitude goes out to Kate Salome for assisting me in the beginning of my research, and for continuing to offer support th...

First, you don’t know what exactly is in the legacy system. The older the legacy system is, the less likely it is that its original developers are still members of the development team or that they are at least available to support the data migration project. Additionally, even if the legacy system has been well documented in the beginning, you often cannot rely on the correctness and completen...

Requirements, information about project’s history and information about existing situation of enterprise have important role in successful requirement engineering process during the project and in post-project phases. The first appearance of requirements is in the pre-project phase, then in the project and even in the post-project phase. Each idea and requirement has a history that can be a ver...

Investigations on the design and creation of high-performance information systems based on a number of paradigms supporting a human activity in formalized text processing were started in the beginning of 1960s – the time of the appearance of computers of such a high performance that programming of complex intelligent processes became possible. The so-called evidential paradigm is among them and...

BACKGROUND The Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System is widely used in both Western Europe and the United States to assess the level of patients' need for nursing care. Poland currently has 3 types of intensive care according to a territorial division of the country and the scope of medical treatment offered: poviat, voivodeship, and clinical. OBJECTIVE To determine the need for nursing car...