Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) is an initiative designed to facilitate the integration of healthcare information systems in order to exchange health care information in a secure, private and efficient manner. Solution vendors now offer IHE integration profiles as web services that can be integrated locally or regionally to coordinate standard heath care activities such as clinical ...

This paper presents the results of an investigation of network practice among European Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME’s). The purpose is to assess network management practice and design implications for Information Communication Technology (ICT) support. The investigation consisted of 49 interviews with individuals employed by 19 SME’s that either were or had been involved in a network...

A business process often shows different variations in a large organisation, due to different legal requirements in different countries, deviations in the IT infrastructure, or organisational differences. These variants are documented in separate independent process models. Management of these variants imposes various challenges. Invariant behaviour needs to be identified and redundancies among...

Whereas in real everyday life individuals have an intuitive approach at deciding which information to disseminate to others, in the digital world it becomes difficult to keep control over the information that is distributed to different online services. In this paper we present the design of a user interface for a system that can help users decide which pieces of information to distribute to wh...

in this article, the ontology based approach for modeling and management of profiles and competencies in virtual organization breeding environment (vbe) is presented. the main aim of creating the profile and competency ontology of vbe participants is utilizing them in the development of the intelligent agent for choosing the best partners in order to perform the research projects in the informa...

background: multiple sclerosis (ms) is one of the most prevalent of nerves system disease. ms is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder. nutrition and diet are effective factors for prevention and treatment in ms, however finding are controversial. the aim of this study was investigation of dietary pattern of fat consumption and its relationship with lipid profiles crp level in ms patient.  metho...

conclusions the results suggest that physical activity improves metabolic parameters, which interfere in the development of fatty liver and has a protective role against the development of nafld. results statistical analysis demonstrated that the training group had significant changes in weight, bmi, tc, tg, ldl, vldl, hdl/ldl, tc/ hdl, ast and alt, whereas there was no significant change in hd...

objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of good glycemic control on serum lipids levels and lipid peroxidation, and to find out the relationship between the level of malondialdehyde and hba1c in type 2 diabetes. materials and methods: fifty type 2 diabetic patients aged 40-60 years with the history of diabetes for more than 10 years were studied. glycemic control was stable ...

The only possibility for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to succeed in marketing competition with big corporations is cooperation and sharing of knowledge and resources. A promising way to cooperate and keep their independence is the formation of semipermanent collaborative networks, which facilitate Virtual Organisation (VO) creation and management. This work concentrates on the maintenanc...

The improvised explosive device (IED), in all its forms, has become the most significant threat to troops operating in Afghanistan and Iraq. These devices range from rudimentary home made explosives to sophisticated weapon systems containing high-grade explosives. Within this broad definition they may be classified as roadside explosives and blast mines, explosive formed pojectile (EFP) devices...