Editorial Life cycle approach

Editorial The Life Cycle of the Heart Failure Patient

Heart failure (HF) is an epidemic with an estimated 23 million people afflicted worldwide. In the US, there are 5.1 million people ≥ 20 years of age with heart failure and 875,000 new patients being diagnosed each year [1]. Projections show that by 2030, the prevalence of HF will increase by 23% overall from current 2013 estimates with 26% of patients over the age of 80 years [2]. At 40 years o...

Life cycle approach to child development.

Whole Life Cycle Cost: a new approach

The last few years have seen significant improvements in the concepts, methods and general approach to calculating costs. ABC, Target Costing, Strategic Cost Management, functional analysis and costing are mobilising attention. Regardless of which of these approaches we consider, it is always from the point of view of one player whose intention is to benefit from increased knowledge of costs in...

An Integrated Approach to Life Cycle Analysis

Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) is the evaluation of the impacts that design decisions have on a system and provides a framework for identifying and evaluating design benefits and burdens associated with the life cycles of space transportation systems from a "cradle-to-grave" approach. Sometimes called “life cycle assessment”, “life cycle approach”, or “cradle to grave analysis”, it represents a rapi...

Managing Cloud Computing - A Life Cycle Approach

Cloud computing has the promise of significant benefits that include reduced costs, improved service provisioning, and a move to a pay-per-use model. However, there also are many challenges to successfully delivering cloud-based services; including security, data ownership, interoperability, service maturity and return on investment. These challenges need to be understood and managed before att...