Existing approaches for business process improvement often lack systematic guidelines to transform a business process into an enhanced state, which we refer to as the “act of improvement”. To close this gap, a pattern-based approach has been designed and developed in previous works. In this paper, the usefulness of “Business Process Improvement Patterns” (BPI-Patterns) as a means of improving b...

Today, enterprises are forced to continuously optimize their business as well as service processes. In this context the process-centered alignment of information systems is crucial. The use of business process intelligence (BPI) tools offers promising perspectives in this respect. However, when using BPI tools one has not only to look at potential benefits but at costs as well. Therefore, most ...

A useful compactness theorem for constraint satisfaction problems is proved equivalent to BPI, the Boolean Prime Ideal Theorem. The relation of various restricted versions of the Theorem to each other and to BPI is also explored.

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy and safety of duloxetine in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. METHODS A 12-week, randomized, double-blind study was designed to compare duloxetine 60-120 mg/d (n = 30) with placebo (n = 30) for efficacy and safety in the treatment of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. The primary outcome measure was the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory general fat...

conclusions mild traumatic brain injuries despite of the normal ct scan and history of substance abuse are closely related to psychological symptoms. therefore, it is recommended that patients with brain trauma 6 months post-injury and subjects with a history of substance abuse be evaluated for psychological distress to support better rehabilitation. background it is well-known that severe brai...

Breast cancer is a condition in which cells have undergone normal repairs, resulting abnormal growth. In Indonesia, patients with metastatic (stage IV) tend to lot of complaints and complications due they experience. Pain the main complaint that often complained of. Objectives: To determined relationship between degree pain BPI (Brief Inventory) stage breast cancer. Methods: Research conducted ...