BACKGROUND The number of people suffering from one or more chronic conditions is rising, resulting in an increase in patients with complex health care demands. Interprofessional collaboration and the use of shared care plans support the management of complex health care demands of patients with chronic illnesses. This study aims to get an overview of the scientific literature on developing inte...

The objective of automated planners is to synthesize sequences of actions (called policies in MDP frameworks) that will achieve a predetermined goal given a fully or partially observable formal representation of the domain. In contrast, the main characteristic of project management is the greater emphasis on plan execution under uncertainty as opposed to plan synthesis. This paper explains the ...

Purpose The SLE Subcommittee of the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) is developing standardized treatment plans for proliferative lupus nephritis (LN) in childhood-onset SLE (cSLE) which will serve as the basis for future comparative effectiveness studies. The Initial Delphi survey revealed wide variability in the treatment of LN in cSLE. This abstract decribes the...

management of the forest resources and related activities has significant effects on the environment. applying the environmental impact assessment (eia) provides a basis for improving forest management plans. however, in the developing countries such as iran, there have been so far no serious endeavors and research to undertake the eia of the various practices affecting the forest resources, de...

Diagnosis exercise plays an important role in developing educational plans. It is the diagnosis through which the main problems are identified and areas and focus groups that need attention are known. A variety of information is required to undertake rigorous diagnosis exercise. The data in its original form cannot be used to draw inferences. It needs to be converted in the form of indicators s...

the increasing cost of peanut production is a major concern in iran. therefore, developing the mechanization of peanut production is a necessity. in this regard, a three-phase delphi study was conducted to identify the promoting and deterring factors affecting peanut cultivation mechanization in guilan province, the main peanut-producing region in iran. after preliminary studies, 26 experts wer...

Owing to the current challenges in energy and environmental crises, improving buildings, as one of biggest concerns contributors these issues, is increasingly receiving attention from world. Due a variety choices situations for it important review building performance optimization studies find proper solution. In this paper, are reviewed by analyzing all different key parameters involved proces...

A Software-Process-Off-The-Shelf (SPOTS) is a software process which can be bought and used in a software developing organization. Choosing the SPOTS that fulfills the needs of an organization is a difficult task and errors may have serious and expensive consequences. This paper introduces the concept of SPOTS, discusses the problem of their choice and provides the requirements and the general ...

Modern warfare is intensely information centric with vast amounts of data transmitted around the battlespace. Within this environment, it is critical to provide predictive and timely intelligence for planning and execution of operations. Due to the changing nature of the asymmetric battles, the intelligence analysis and collection operations are integral part of one another. However, current te...