This study identifies a sample of academics from Loughborough University who collaborate as part of their research and teaching activities, and explores their use of technologies in supporting their collaborative activities. This study investigates how collaborators evaluate collaborative technologies they have adopted for use. This study uses Loughborough University as a as case study. Sevente...

BACKGROUND Maternal syphilis is a health threat to both the pregnant women and the children. This study aimed to delineate the longitudinal trend of maternal syphilis and burden of associated adverse pregnant outcomes (APOs) in Shanghai from 2001 to 2015; and to evaluate the effects of preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of syphilis in Shanghai with regard to service coverage and AP...

The domain of analysis and conception of Decisional Information System (DIS) is, highly, applying new techniques and methods to succeed the process of the decision and minimizing the time of conception. Our objective in this paper is to define a group of patterns to ensure a systematic reuse of our approach to analyse a DIS's business requirements. We seek, through this work, to guide the ...

La pandémie de COVID-19 a été lourde conséquences sur le dynamisme des entreprises. Même si les entrées d’entreprises ont connu un rebond après la chute observée durant premiers confinements, début 2020, ce redressement varie fortement d'un pays à l'autre, qui pourrait avoir répercussions long terme l’emploi et croissance production. Les mesures prises pour soutenir trésorerie entrepr...

Recently, with the wide increase use of mobile devices, users are using it to achieve different types of tasks like multimedia and internet services. Many studies have been introduced to identify user's behaviors. The most common factor is the location. By knowing user's locations, set of required tasks can be provided for user. Mobility prediction is to predict the user's next l...

Measuring biomarkers to identify and assess illness is a strategy growing in popularity and relevance. Although already in clinical use for treating and predicting cancer, no biological measurement is used clinically for any psychiatric disorder. Biomarkers could predict the course of a medical problem, and aid in determining how and when to treat. Several studies have indicated that of candida...

The 40th anniversary of the Oncology Nursing Society is the perfect time to reflect on the role that advanced practitioners in oncology (APOs) play in the care of patients with cancer. APOs have become an important part of cancer care. This group of professionals practicing in various settings includes physician assistants (PAs), clinical nurse specialists (CNSs), and nurse practitioners (NPs)....

Conventional urban traffic control systems have been based on historical traffic data. Later advancements made use of detectors, which enabled the gathering of real-time traffic data, in order to re-organize and calibrate traffic signalization programs. Further evolvement provided the ability to forecast traffic conditions, in order to develop traffic signalization programs and strategies pre-c...