Methodology aimed at evaluating urban life quality levels

Using Soft Systems Methodology to Analyze Quality of Life and Continuous Urban Development

The population pressure over municipal administrations has increase in most cities in the world stimulated by citizen’s wishes for better quality of life. People seem to have improved their standards and demands with respect to quality of life when compared to the past. Citizens begin to understand the economic and social benefits of preserving their cultural heritage and, consequently, try to ...

Measuring and Modeling Urban Dynamics: Impact on Quality of Life and Hydrology Objectives and methodology

The objectives and methodology of the MAMUD research project are presented in this paper. MAMUD is an acronym for Measuring and Modeling Urban Dynamics: Impact on Quality of Live and Hydrology. The research will be conducted over a four year period (2007-2011). The major goal is to investigate how earth observation can contribute to a better monitoring, modeling and understanding of urban dynam...

Training aimed at nurses

Methodology of Clinical Trials Aimed at Assessing Interventions for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

The current evidence-base for recommendations on the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is generally weak. Systematic reviews have pointed to a general lack of standardization of methods for the conduct and analysis of clinical trials of CL, compounded with poor overall quality of several trials. For CL, there is a specific need for methodologies which can be applied generally, while all...

Evaluating Power Quality at Medical Center

Background A large medical center in the southern United States experienced nuisance tripping of their equipment due to unexplained events on their electrical system. Realizing that nuisance tripping could be the result of any of a number of root causes, the facility contracted with S&C’s Power Systems Services Division to perform a complete power quality evaluation of their electrical system. ...