564 research outputs found
Development of a fuzzy decision support system to determine the severity of obstructive pulmonary in chemical injured victims
Full text linkBackground: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the most common known complication of exposure to mustard gas. Thus, all clinical guidelines have provided some recommendation for diagnosis, clinical management and treatment of this disease. Decision support systems are used to increase the acceptance of clinical guidelines. The purpose of this research is to develop a CDSS to determine the severity of COPD in chemical injured victims. Objectives: Development of a decision support system to determine the severity of COPD. Patients and Methods: First, the variables influencing to determining the severity of the disease was classified through studying the clinical guidelines. Then, the fuzzy model was implemented. To testing the system, the data from 50 patients were used. Results: the overall accuracy in determining the severity of the injury is equal to 92, these indicators reflect the proper functioning of the system to assist the physician regarding the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and determining its severity. Conclusions: The CDSS has efficient results and satisfactory performance. Although, the medical expert systems cannot be expected to provide 100 percent correct responses, however, they can be useful in the areas of patient management, diagnosis and treatment planning. © 2015 Taha Samad-Soltani, Mostafa Ghanei, Mostafa Langarizadeh
Correspondence: A reply
No full text[No abstract available]Taha SK, 2010, ANAESTHESIA, V65, P358, DOI 10.1111-j.1365-2044.2010.06243.x0
Life in a clinical diploma course
No full textThis paper focuses on the author’s experience of a Clinical Diploma programme. The author is a Maori woman who is in her second year of a three year post-graduate Clinical Diploma programme. The paper includes comment on the cultural focus of content, culture conflicts and areas where the programme might be improved for Maori students
Operations research : an introduction / Hamdy A. Taha.
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Designing an Electronic Medical Record System of Infants in Hospitals of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
No full textIntroduction: Developing an accurate and comprehensive electronic database which can capture and store adequate, accurate and timely data related to infants is an essential step. The aim of this study was to design an electronic medical record system for infants hospitalized in neonatal intensive care unit at the Hospitals of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences.
Method: This was an applied-developmental study. At first, current status of a data recording process in hospitals was studied. Then data elements were determined and the new system was modeled. The proposed architecture is based on three-tier architecture. Services such as reporting and user access control levels were implemented. Design of the user interface layer was performed by using Asp.net framework and HTML. This system is available in private network of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences for authorized users since 2014.
Results: In data access layer, the minimum data elements determined at the seven categories of information. To design a data model, 65 entities were defined with their attributes and relationships. In business layer, the key processes of the system were designed as system use cases. This system provides the real time and online data storage and retrieval for users at the point of care.
Conclusion: The design and implementation of electronic medical records is an effective step in managing infant’s health data. Using the appropriate architecture and standard templates lead to enhanced efficient performance, function, and storage and retrieval of health data
Virtual reality-based interventions for patients with paranoia:A systematic review
Full text linkBackground and objective: Paranoia is an important psychiatric symptom with a remarkable effect on daily life. Virtual reality (VR)-based treatments are influential and safe for patients with paranoia. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness, and define the clinical and technical characteristics of available VR strategies for the treatment of patients with paranoia. Materials and methods: Studies published up to 25/11/2021 reporting VR-based interventions for the treatment of patients with paranoia were reviewed in five databases, including PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and Scopus. Results: Out of 302 initial search results, eight were included in the present study based on the inclusion criteria. Six studies were randomized clinical trials with the interventions in the experimental group being based on VR, compared to routine interventions as controls. Two were before-after studies. The most commonly used hardware and software were head-mounted display and Unity3D, respectively. Interventions had a range of 1-16 sessions with follow-up durations of 0-6 months. All investigations showed positive results in the main target, including improved social participation, reduced level of anxiety, as well as diminished suspicious ideas and paranoid symptoms. Conclusions: Our findings demonstrated that VR-based interventions are effective treatments. Although the use of VR technology is limited for a variety of reasons, such as cost, it improves symptoms in patients with paranoia.</p
Life and work of Taha Husain and his contribution to Arabic literature
No full textCílem předkládané práce je představit život a dílo Taha Husaina. Práce popisuje pozadí literární tvorby autora v období kulturního obrození v Egyptě, dále život a hlavní díla autora.Práce se také zabývá přínosem Taha Husaina arabské literatuře.Katedra blízkovýchodních studiíObhájenoThe aim of this thesis is to introduce the life and work of Taha Husin. This thesis describes the background of literary creating in the epoch of the cultural Renaisannce in Egypt, the life and the main literary works of the author. The thesis deals with the contribution of Taha Husain to the Arabic literature
Adeeb of Dr Taha Hussein, Translated by Professor Munawar Hussain: An Analysis
No full textThe famous Novel Adeeb is written by a blind Egyptian modernArabic wri ter Dr. Taha Hussain and Translated in Urdu by Prof.Muhammad Munawwar. He is renowned for his urdu translation of Arabic, English and Persian.His translation style is very creative and comprehenive. Taha Hussain's this Novel is the portrayal of an author whose idiosyncrasies make him a unique character. Inspite of being a blind man, he possesses phenomenal foresight. Craving for a Paris-based fellowship in literature, he divroces his wife. But after some time, formented by regrets, he languishes in his sense of guilt. This novel denotes Taha Hussain's attitude to life
The Effectiveness of Virtual R&D Teams in SMEs: Experiences of Malaysian SMEs
Full text linkThe number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), especially those involved with research and development (R&D) programs and employed virtual teams to create the greatest competitive advantage from limited labor are increasing. Global and localized virtual R&D teams are believed to have a high potential for SMEs growth. Due to the fast growing complexity of the new product, coupled with new emerging opportunities of virtual teams, a collaborative approach is believed to be the future trend. This research explores the effectiveness of virtuality in SMEs virtual R&D teams. An online questionnaire emailed to Malaysian manufacturing SMEs and 74 usable questionnaires were received, representing a 20.8 percent return rate. To avoid the bias that may result from pre-suggested answer, a series of open-ended questions asked from expertise. This study based on analyzing an open-ended question; extract four main themes among expertise recommendations on the effectiveness of virtual teams for SMEs growth and performance. These are suitable for SMEs new product design manager to realize the key advantage and importance of virtual R&D teams in the process of NPD, which lead to increase the effectiveness of the new product's procedure.Virtual teams, New product development, Survey finding, Small and medium Enterprises.
Investigating the use of semantic technologies in spatial mapping applications
Full text linkSemantic Web Technologies are ideally suited to build context-aware information retrieval applications. However, the geospatial aspect of context awareness presents unique challenges such as the semantic modelling of geographical references for efficient handling of spatial queries, the reconciliation of the heterogeneity at the semantic and geo-representation levels, maintaining the quality of service and scalability of communicating, and the efficient rendering of the spatial queries' results. In this paper, we describe the modelling decisions taken to solve these challenges by analysing our implementation of an intelligent planning and recommendation tool that provides location-aware advice for a specific application domain. This paper contributes to the methodology of integrating heterogeneous geo-referenced data into semantic knowledgebases, and also proposes mechanisms for efficient spatial interrogation of the semantic knowledgebase and optimising the rendering of the dynamically retrieved context-relevant information on a web frontend
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