The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between nocturnal variations in blood pressure (BP) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in different gender.This cross-sectional study involved 509 hypertensive patients (254 males and 255 females, 45 to 75 years old) from September 2013 to March 2014. BP values were acquired from ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM). The dipper pattern of BP was ...

The calibration of measurement systems is a fundamental but under-studied problem within industrial statistics. The origins of this problem go back to basic chemical analysis based on NIST standards. In today’s world these issues extend to mechanical, electrical, and materials engineering. Often, these new scenarios do not provide ”gold standards” such as the standard weights provided by NIST. ...

Among the various aspects of SCM, emphasis has been placed on reverse logistics: closing the loop of a supply chain by integrating waste materials into logistic management decisions. Logistics network design is commonly recognized as a strategic supply chain issue of prime importance. While consumers traditionally dispose of products at the end of their life cycle, product take-back legislation...

The construction industry is characterized by a high material intensity and hence by a large amount and a heterogeneous mix of construction and demolition waste (C&D waste). The high and diversified amount of C&D waste is not only a today’s challenge with respect to recovery of components and materials but also with respect to the organisation of the associated logistic activities. The purpose ...

logistic regression models are frequently used in clinicalresearch and particularly for modeling disease status and patientsurvival. in practice, clinical studies have several limitationsfor instance, in the study of rare diseases or due ethical considerations, we can only have small sample sizes. in addition, the lack of suitable andadvanced measuring instruments lead to non-precise observatio...

In this study, a multi level reverse logistics network is developed for a single product. Reverse logistics is a logistic activity beginning from intake of products returned by customers to selling of remanufactured or new products in market; so, it is considered that reverse flow of used products is from various sources like customers, dealers, retailers, manufacturers, etc., to remanufacturer...

Customers’ pressure, social responsibility, and government regulations have motivated the enterprises to consider reverse logistics (RL) in their operations. Recently, companies frequently outsource RL practices third-party providers (3PRLPs) concentrate on primary concern diminish costs. However, select suitable 3PRLP candidate requires a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) process involving...

Reverse logistics is an important process that is often misunderstood. Many organizations do not understand what processes and procedures to follow and how to manage reverse logistics efficiently. Though studies have shown the positive impacts of adoption of various reverse logistics practices, the researcher found no research works that specifically shown how adoption of reverse logistics prac...