BACKGROUND There is an increased interest in the use of multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to support regulatory and reimbursement decision making. The EVIDEM framework was developed to provide pragmatic multi-criteria decision support in health care, to estimate the value of healthcare interventions, and to aid in priority-setting. The objectives of this study were to test 1) the influenc...

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an idiopathic inflammatory syndrome of the central nervous system that is characterized by severe attacks of optic neuritis (ON) and myelitis. Until recently, NMO was considered a disease without brain involvement. However, since the discovery of NMO-IgG/antiaqaporin-4 antibody, the concept of NMO was broadened to NMO spectrum disorder (NMOSD), and brain lesions ar...

introduction: bone regeneration grafts (brg) are widely used in the treatment of osseous defects and oral surgery. the various techniques and associated success rates of bone augmentation require evaluation by systematic review and meta-analysis of eligible studies. the aim of this systematic review was to compare alveolar bone regeneration in humans using bio-oss and autogenous bone graft. mat...

wastewater planning management is a complex problem involving agricultural, rural and industrial interests. in countries facing rapid population growth, identifying methods that can allow them to take good decisions among several competitive alternatives is of utmost importance. the purpose of this paper is to present a methodology for a wastewater planning management system using a multi-c...

today, the benefits of organizations cannot be achieved by one organization alone, because the organizations are trying to make their business focus on core competence, and they outsourcing other activities to other organizations. iranian organizations have long spoken of it outsourcing is a form of serious issues; so managers need to increase their knowledge and techniques in the field of it o...

in the present study, five modeling approaches of ra, mlp, mnn, gff, and canfis were applied so as to estimate the radial overcut values in electrochemical drilling process. for these models, four input variables, namely electrolyte concentration, voltage, initial machining gap, and tool feed rate, were selected. the developed models were evaluated in terms of their prediction capability with m...

While developed countries use a variety of methods to convert municipal solid waste into various products such as energy, fertilizer, heat, and others, developing continue struggle with waste. Because the criteria be considered, assessing these determining which ones are best suited conditions each country is complicated task. The hybrid GREY-EDAS model was utilized in this study evaluate treat...

Decision making and technical decision analysis demand computer-aided techniques and therefore more and more support by formal techniques. In recent years fuzzy decision analysis and related techniques gained importance as an efficient method for planning and optimization applications in fields like production planning, financial and economical modeling and forecasting or classification. It is ...