BACKGROUND Migraine Induced Stroke (MIS) is an important cause of brain infarction in the young people. METHODS Consecutive patients with MIS admitted in Ghaem hospital, Mashhad during 2006-2010 enrolled a prospective clinical study. All of the patients suspected to MIS had brain MRI with a 0.5 Tesla generation, Philips NT Intra, Netherland. All of the MIS patients underwent a standard batter...

This paper intends to investigate how corporations introduce and develop management information system (MIS ) and total quality management (TQM ) in facing the e-commerce era. Several 2009 national quality award winning firms will be used as individual cases for in-depth analysis. The development of a company’s MIS and TQM will be analyzed. In this study, we discover the development of MIS and ...

This paper describes a microeconomic theory-based tool, called cost analysis, which can be used in MIS research to develop guidance for systems analysts and information resource managers. An example of this guidance is a matrix of decision making contexts versus appropriate MIS/DSS support. Systems analysts can use this matrix to help identify appropriate MIS/DSS design alternatives. Informatio...

BACKGROUND Melanoma in situ (MIS) accounts for up to 27% of all melanomas. MIS has no metastatic potential and the aim should be to excise the lesion completely with a clear histological margin, although margin clearance remains undefined. We aimed to assess the relation of histological excision margins of MIS to recurrence and progression to invasive disease. METHODS We analyzed all patients...

BACKGROUND Although minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has been quickly embraced, the introduction of advanced procedures appears more complex. We assessed the evolution of MIS in the province of Quebec over a 5-year period to identify areas for improvement in the modern surgical era. METHODS We developed, test-piloted and conducted a self-administered questionnaire among Quebec general surgeon...

This paper illustrates the potential for management information system (MIS) technology to integrate information collection, management and reporting within a single program or network of organizations. Properly devised and created, MIS applications improve administration, service delivery and practice evaluation. Three strategies are offered to guide the design and development of MIS software....

BACKGROUND The past 2 decades have seen a rapid integration of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) to pediatric surgical practice. This study endeavored to delineate the current status of MIS in pediatric surgery. METHODS Three hundred six pediatric surgeons were invited to participate in an anonymous Web-based survey. Apart from demographic details and opinion regarding robotic surgery, surgeon...

The challenge of teaching the MIS core course is markedly different from that of more advanced courses taken by MIS majors. In the MIS core course, the goals of bringing knowledge to non-MIS majors that they will find relevant yet grounding that knowledge in the core of the IS discipline, which to a significant degree is inescapably technical, have to be reconciled. Non-MIS majors typically wan...