The PCR Suite

An analytical model based on simulation aiming to improve patient flow in a hospital surgical suite

Surgical suits allocate a large amount of expenses to hospitals; on the other hand, they constitute a huge part of hospital revenues. Patient flow optimization in a surgical suite by omitting or reducing bottlenecks which cause loss of time is one of the key solutions in minimizing the patients’ length of stay[1] (LOS) in the system, lowering the expenses, increasing efficiency, and also enhanc...

Using the Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm to Generate the Minimum Test Suite in Covering Array with Uniform Strength

Up to now, several useful algorithms have been proposed to generate covering array, which is one of the branches of combinatorial testing. The main challenge in generating such arrays is generation of the arrays with a minimum number of test cases (for efficiency) at a proper time (for performance), for large systems. Covering array generation strategies are often divided into two general categ...

NOUVELLES RECHERCHES SUR LA THEILERIOSE BOVINE: PATHOGENE EN IRAN (SUITE) (1)

A Slightly Dorsally Tilted Lunate on MRI can be Considered Normal

  Background: Abnormal angulation of the lunate can be an indication of intercarpal pathology. On magnetic resonance images (MRIs) the lunate often looks dorsally angulated, even in healthy wrists. The tilt on individual slices can also be different and might be misinterpreted as pathological, contributing to inaccurate diagnoses and unnecessary surgery. The primary aim of this study was to det...

ژئوشیمی مجموعه‌ی پلوتونیک هشت سر کلیبر؛ شمالغرب ایران

Hasht-Sar Kaleybar mafic, ultramafic and syenitic dykes are surrounded by Majid Abad Formation, Palaeocene age, volcanic deposits. The suite is restricted within the Horand, Mahmud Abad and Mokhtekan thrust and reverse faults. Clinopyroxenites, the oldest unit of the suite, have tholeiitic volcanic arc character and have some similarities with tectonite layer of oceanic crust, like Group A pyro...