AIM This study aims to evaluate the incremental value of plasma biomarkers to traditional clinical variables for risk stratification of 30-day and one-year mortality in acutely decompensated heart failure (ADHF). METHODS AND RESULTS Through an international collaborative network, individual patient data on 5306 patients hospitalized for ADHF were collected. The all-cause mortality rate was 11...

HIGHLIGHTS1. This retrospective cohort study found an increase in the diagnosis of malnutrition between IMT method and NRI.2. A significant correlation was preoperative incidence anaemia after adjuvant chemotherapy for ovarian cancer patients.3. There were no correlations this leukopenia thrombocytopenia.ABSTRACTObjectives: To observe nutritional status using Nutritional Risk Index with side ef...

With the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) building up network-centric warfare capabilities, the reliance on the multiplier effects from interconnectivity and collaborative operations among forces becomes increasingly critical. Availability has been applied typically at the system level, as a means to analyse the readiness and logistics effectiveness of the fighting force. Such a standalone system l...

The software industry is currently experiencing a fundamental transition from selling proprietary applications towards the provision of networked services – i.e. modularized and specialized services composed in a plug-and-play fashion in networked service systems. In such service systems, participants’ interests need to be aligned with the network’s global objectives in an incentive engineering...

Based on the results of research, an analysis modern approaches to defining essence category "digitalization" was carried out according views domestic and foreign scientists, as well authoritative institutions organizations, a result which it established that there is no single approach concept digitalization in scientific literature yet; It determined Networked Readiness Index can be used char...

Universities play an important role in lifelong learning. E-learning is one of the key elements in today’s networked and knowledge oriented world. It is crucial to know whether the universities are ready to transform their courses to e-learning systems. In this paper the e-learning readiness of the academic staff of Hacettepe University Faculty of Letters (HUFL) is investigated. A 37-item quest...

Universities play an important role in lifelong learning. E-learning is one of the key elements in today’s networked and knowledge oriented world. It is crucial to know whether the universities are ready to transform their courses to elearning systems. In this paper the e-learning readiness of the academic staff of Hacettepe University Faculty of Letters (HUFL) is investigated. A 37-item questi...

E-readiness can be defined as the degree to which a community is prepared to participate in the networked world. In this paper the concept of e-readiness is used in terms of how internal and external factors affect the delivery of online education offered by universities. The paper applies the macro level five forces model as adopted by Chan and Welebir (2003) in the context of micro (universit...

Von Willebrand factor (vWF) is a biomarker of endothelial dysfunction. We investigated its role on prognosis in anticoagulated atrial fibrillation (AF) patients and determined whether its addition to clinical risk stratification schemes improved event-risk prediction. Consecutive outpatients with non-valvular AF were recruited and rates of thrombotic/cardiovascular events, major bleeding and mo...

With the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) building up network-centric warfare capabilities, the reliance on the multiplier effects from interconnectivity and collaborative operations among forces becomes increasingly critical. Availability has been applied typically at the system level, as a means to analyse the readiness and logistics effectiveness of the fighting force. Such a standalone system l...