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Self-Starting Control Chart and Post Signal Diagnostics for Monitoring Project Earned Value Management Indices

Earned value management (EVM) is a well-known approach in a project control system which uses some indices to track schedule and cost performance of a project. In this paper, a new statistical framework based on self-starting monitoring and change point estimation is proposed to monitor correlated EVM indices which are usually auto-correlated over time and non-normally distributed. Also, a new ...

Tuberculosis screening in patients starting antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: stretching diagnostics to the limits.

To the Editor—We read with interest the article by Bassett et al [1] about intensive screening for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–infected patients initiating antiretroviral treatment (ART) at an outpatient service in Durban, South Africa. All patients without a pre-existing TB diagnosis (median CD4 cell count, 100 cells/lL) were screened using sputum cultu...

A pharmacist-based screening program of octogenarians starting new medications.

OBJECTIVE To measure the impact of clinical pharmacists in primary care practices who closely monitor patients older than 80 years after initiation of new medications. METHODS The study was an uncontrolled pilot trial performed at a group-model health maintenance organization in the Pacific Northwest between August and December 1999. Forty-eight patients who were older than 80 years and were ...

Diagnostics of CAPS in Quebec thanks to teaching program

Results 16 patients were diagnosed with CAPS. The adult and pediatric rheumatologist who developped and gave the learning program diagnosed 11 cases, directly or referred by allergists, pediatricians and dermatologists. 4 adult rheumatologists diagnosed one or two cases of CAPS each. 8 diagnostics were made at pediatric ages, 8 at adult ages. 2 presented as chronic infantile neurological cutane...

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