Project-based learning is an essential part of a software engineer's education. The learning achieved through projects can be improved through structured interaction between more experienced students and those students encountering their rst software engineering project. In this paper, we report on our experience over three years with trials of several forms of interaction between undergraduate...

Future system development and management efforts must strive to institutionalize these gains and provide ongoing, incremental improvement in these areas. With the growth of e-commerce and further socioeconomic reliance on IT, the organizations that have achieved these gains will be well positioned to outdistance those who were less aggressive. Figure 1 depicts the silver linings and competitive...

Purpose: The objective was to evaluate public policies related municipal solid waste management in the southwest region of Paraná from an integrated analysis master plans and multi-annual plans. Method/design/approach: research is methodologically supported by bibliographic documentary secondary data, mainly Master Plans Municipal Pluriannual analysed municipalities developed three phases: firs...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection, with a reported 79 million persons aged 15–59 years in the United States currently infected with HPV, and approximately 14 million new cases diagnosed each year. Although most HPV infections are asymptomatic, transient, and do not cause disease, persistent HPV infection can lead to cervical, vulvar, vaginal, anal, pen...

Physicians have long expressed dissatisfaction with the time they and their staffs spend interacting with health plans. However, little information exists about the extent of these interactions. We conducted a national survey on this subject of physicians and practice administrators. Physicians reported spending three hours weekly interacting with plans; nursing and clerical staff spent much la...

As the world's population ages, countries must prepare for the significant impact Alzheimer's disease will have on their health systems, their economies, and their citizens. In anticipation of major global demographic changes, many countries in the G-20 since 2000 have begun to develop and enact plans to address Alzheimer's disease as a national priority. However, even with nearly half of these...

In the 10 years since 19&i’& the first year for which data on employee-benefit plans were compiled by the Social Security Administration, the plans Juzve grown tremendously. By 196.4, contributions had more than doubled and benefit outlays more than tripled. The number of persons covered for mod types of benefits also increased sharply. The following article analyzes these stutistics and discus...

The Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 required HCFA to implement health-status-based risk adjustment for Medicare capitation payments for managed care plans by January 1, 2000. In support of this mandate, HCFA has been collecting inpatient encounter data from health plans since 1997. These data include diagnoses and other information that can be used to identify chronic medical problems that co...

CONTEXT Public disclosure of quality data on health maintenance organizations (HMOs) might improve public accountability, inform consumer decision making, and promote quality improvement. But, because disclosure is voluntary, some HMOs could subvert these objectives by refusing to release unfavorable data. OBJECTIVE To determine the association between HMO quality of care and withdrawal from ...