this paper analyzes a renewal input  working vacations queue with change over times and bernoulli schedulevacation interruption under (a,c,b) policy.the service and vacation times are exponentially distributed.the server begins service if there are at least c units in the queue and the service takes place in batches with a minimum of size a and a maximum of size b (a

BACKGROUND Correlation of intraoperative frozen section diagnosis with final diagnosis can be an important component of an institution's quality assurance process. METHODS We performed a quality assurance review of 1207 frozen section diagnoses from 812 surgical cases performed in the Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Programme during a 6-month period in 2007. We reviewed the frozen secti...

BACKGROUND Tobacco dependence among people with mental health problems is an issue that deserves attention both from a clinical and from a public health perspective. Research suggests that Stop Smoking Services often fail to ask clients about underlying mental health problems and thus fail to put in place the treatment adaptations and liaison procedures often required to meet the needs of clien...

Objective of our study was to define a diagnostic-therapeutic pathway for proper treatment of not-palpable testicular masses, that may be benign in 38% of cases. Since the intraoperative diagnosis is difficult to reach in particular in small lesion (< 8 mm) and the risk of tissue loss in frozen section analysis occurs frequently, we propose a diagnostic flow chart for the best management of ...

in this paper an attempt has been made to show how information technology (it) is used as a strategic tool to meet competitive advantages and how it is rapidly becoming a necessary ingredient for achieving quality within the service industry. an in-depth review of information requirements for service sectors has been made and the possible relationships between it and typology of service organiz...