The evaluation of metrics on data available in change request management (CRM) systems offers valuable information for the assessment of process quality characteristics. The definition of appropriate metrics that consider the underlying change request workflow and address the information needs of an organization is an intricate task. Furthermore CRM systems usually provide only a number of pred...

The concept of construction supply chain (CSC) is defined firstly. Then the authors depict a typical construction supply chain model from the perspectives of partners involved in construction process, analyze the characteristics and attributes of CSC, and identify some problems in CSC. Based-on the definition and principles of supply chain management (SCM), the concept of construction supply ch...

Introduction Supplier development and management systems of U.S. aircraft manufacturers have evolved rapidly during the 1990s in an environment of reduced military procurement and a worldwide slump in commercial aircraft sales. The result has been an ongoing restructuring within the aircraft industry supplier base, with significant implications for customer-supplier relationships and, potential...

It is widely believed among economists and businessmen that increases in risk or in risk aversion should increase the value of information for decisionmakers. For instance, one suspects that risk-averse farmers should be willing to pay more for improved weather forecasts than risk-neutral ones. Similarly “defensive medicine’’ (i.e., the excess ordering of almost useless diagnostic tests) is oft...

PURPOSE The aim of the present study aimed to evaluate the effect of testosterone on cardiovascular disease by using the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) in patients with sexual dysfunction. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 308 men with sexual dysfunction were enrolled in this study. Clinical assessments included the 15-item International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF), blood pressure measureme...

In order to identify the risk factors (predictors) of re-hospitalisation for high-risk asthmatic patients, a retrospective logistic regression analysis describing the relationship between the probability of re-admission and possible predictors in hospitalised asthmatics, aged over 5 years, between 1994-1998, was designed. Study setting was a district general hospital in the West Yorkshire, UK. ...