OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to study the efficacy/effectiveness of a risk-based visitor-prioritizing system at a sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinic aimed to improve screening capacity by providing tailored service. STUDY DESIGN In April 2004, a prioritizing system was implemented that classifies visitors as high or low risk depending on reported sexual behavior and prev...

MOTIVATION Identifying candidate genes associated with a given phenotype or trait is an important problem in biological and biomedical studies. Prioritizing genes based on the accumulated information from several data sources is of fundamental importance. Several integrative methods have been developed when a set of candidate genes for the phenotype is available. However, how to prioritize gene...

While data volumes continue to rise, the capacity of human attention remains limited. As a result, users need analytics engines that can assist in prioritizing attention in this fast data that is too large for manual inspection. We present a set of design principles for the design of fast data analytics engines that leverage the relative scarcity of human attention and overabundance of data: re...

Decentralizing health services, including those for HIV prevention and treatment, is one strategy for maximizing the use of limited resources and expanding treatment options; yet few methods exist for systematically identifying where investments for service expansion might be most effective, in terms of meeting needs and rapid availability of improved services. The Nigerian Government, the Unit...

For continuous improvement and innovation in business processes, prioritizing processes is one of the top strategic decision-making tasks for chief information officers and business executives. However, most of the methods for prioritizing process improvement initiatives pay little attention to analysing the characteristics of processes. In addition, in the design process of these methods, the ...

requirements might be put in a requirements database. With either implementation, one of the attributes must be priority. Why should you prioritize requirements? 1. If the project is budget-constrained, prioritization will help you decide which requirements should be implemented and which should be candidates for elimination. 2. If the project is time-constrained, prioritization will help you d...

David P. Wilson, Sally M. Blower We agree with the thesis of Rosen et al. [1] that, despite initiatives such as the World Health Organization’s “3 by 5” program, rationing of HIV/AIDS antiretroviral therapy (ART) will be necessary in the majority of African countries. Diffi cult choices will need to be made, and choices will be constrained due to the limited health infrastructure and lack of qu...

Test case prioritization techniques schedule test cases for execution in an order that attempts to increase their eeectiveness at meeting some performance goal. Various goals are possible; one involves rate of fault detection | a measure of how quickly faults are detected within the testing process. An improved rate of fault detection during testing can provide faster feedback on the system und...