Grid Computing is a high performance computing that solves complicated tasks and provides powerful computing abilities. Scheduler is very much responsible for effective utilization of resources and less processing time. Most of the scheduling algorithms failed to consider user satisfaction and resource utilization. This paper introduces a new grouping based scheduling algorithm that takes user ...

BACKGROUND A previous study has documented the reliability and validity of the Treatment Satisfaction with Medicines Questionnaire (SATMED-Q) in exploring patient satisfaction with medicines for chronic health conditions in routine medical practice, but the minimally important difference (MID) of this tool is as yet unknown. The objective of this research was to estimate the MID for the SATMED-...

BACKGROUND Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) may lead to physical and mental problems. It also can adversely affect patient satisfaction and the quality of life. In this study, we assessed the outcomes and satisfaction rate after surgical treatment of AIS using scoliosis research society-30 questionnaire (SRS-30). METHODS We enrolled 135 patients with AIS undergoing corrective surgery. Pa...

INTRODUCTION This study aimed to assess treatment satisfaction and self-reported health status in insulin-naïve patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who started insulin glargine basal-supported oral therapy (BOT) with glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) value of ≥6.5%, using data from Add-on Lantus(®) to Oral Hypoglycemic Agents 2 (ALOHA2) study, a 24-week single-arm, observational study of Ja...

Customer satisfaction and customer loyalty is becoming an increasingly important factor in modern retailing a market characterized by slow growth and intense competition. Big non-European chains such as Walmart are already present in some countries and consider to buy some of the retail chains in other countries e.g. the Scandinavian countries. This development will demand even more focus on cu...

q uality of working life (qowl) is the attitudes of employees towards their job, especially their work outcomes including job satisfaction, mental health, and safety which directly influence organizational outcomes. therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate train drivers' qowl and determine its influencing factors. in this descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study, qowl was...

OBJECTIVE The authors investigated whether self-reported life satisfaction predicted suicide over a period of 20 years (1976-1995) in adults unselected for mental health status. METHOD A nationwide sample of adults aged 18-64 years (N=29,173) from the Finnish Twin Cohort responded to a health questionnaire that included a life satisfaction scale (score range=4-20, with higher scores indicatin...

objective: the aim of this study was to determine the associates of marital relationship in mustard exposed veterans. materials and methods: two hundred ninety two married iranian mustard exposed veterans, who had been exposed to single high dose mustard gas in iraq-iran war, were assessed for marital adjustment with revised dyadic adjustment scale (rdas). census sampling was done. the patients...