An inconsistent database is a database that violates one or more integrity constraints. A typical approach for answering a query over an inconsistent database is to first clean the inconsistent database by transforming it to a consistent one and then apply the query to the consistent database. An alternative and more principled approach, known as consistent query answering, derives the answers ...

The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards' new Evaluation and Quality Improvement Program (EQuIP) accreditation model reflects the worldwide trend towards incorporating continuous quality improvement and patient-focused care goals into hospital/health service accreditation. We conducted a post-EQuIP feedback survey among senior clinical and managerial staff at a Sydney teaching hospital an...

Alexandr Kazda The chain relation in sofic subshifts Introduction Characterisation of the chain relation Summary Outline 1 Introduction Shifts and subshifts The chain relation 2 Characterisation of the chain relation Linking graph Theorem about chain relation Corollaries Alexandr Kazda The chain relation in sofic subshifts Introduction Characterisation of the chain relation Summary Shifts and s...

j J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2004;11:358–367. DOI 10.1197/jamia.M1492. Schizophrenia is a chronic brain disorder that occurs in about 1% of the population and manifests as symptoms of psychosis and disorganized thinking. It accounts for 10% of all permanently disabled people and 3,200 premature deaths annually in the United States. During the past two decades, there have been dramatic advances in t...