Since it is difficult for curators who are not information field specialists to provide teaching materials on the Internet, we built a content management system to support the delivery of teaching materials on the Internet. Specifically, our system, which allows correspondence between various platforms, considers the distribution method of teaching materials in cooperation with an actual planet...

While the vision of accelerating materials discovery using data driven methods is well-founded, prac- tical realization has been throttled due to challenges in generation, ingestion, and state-aware machine...

OBJECTIVE To present the nurse's integration within materials management of six teaching hospitals of Paraná - Brazil, and to describe the activities performed by nurses within this process. METHOD A study of a qualitative approach and descriptive nature, conducted in teaching hospitals in Paraná, between June and August of 2013. The data collection was conducted through semi-structured inter...

One of the most resource intensive areas in many hospitals is the OR, which often accounts for more than 50% of a hospital's materials management budget. Surgical services managers often have no formal training in materials and financial management, but they are held accountable for one of the most costly clinical areas in the hospital. A program proposed for Navy perioperative nurse managers i...

OBJECTIVE Drug shortages were a complex global problem. The aim of this study was to analyze, characterize, and assess the drug shortages, and identify possible solutions in Shaanxi Province, western China. METHODS A qualitative methodological approach was conducted during May-June 2015 and December 2015-January 2016. Semi-structured interviews were performed to gather information from repres...

1. A SUMMARY OF THE GHG IMPLICATIONS OF COMPOSTING During composting, microbial decomposition aerobically transforms organic substrates into a stable, humus-like material (Brown and Subler, 2007). Although small-scale composting, such as backyard composting, occurs across the United States, WARM models composting only in central composting facilities with windrow piles because data for small-sc...