Group Decision Support Systems (GDSSs) and other electronic meeting technologies have been developed to support or replace traditional, verbal meetings. While extensive research has been conducted regarding the impact of these systems on the group decision making process, the vast majority of these studies have focused on groups meeting fact-to-face in one room. This paper focuses on how group ...

4 Objective 5 To investigated the validity over time of Fingertip-to-floor test (FTF) and Straight leg raising 6 test (SLR) using Roland Morris disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) and correlation coefficient 7 (r) and to assess the predictive value of factors related to the change in RMDQ over 12 8 months using multivariate regression analysis. 9

The persistent freezing conditions in cold regions are the cause of ice accretion on mechanical and instrumental elements wind turbines. Consequently, remarkable Annual Energy Production (AEP) losses prone to occur those farms. Following global expansion energy, these areas have had increased study interest recent years. goal studies is an improved characterisation site for installation turbine...

BACKGROUND The introduction of the smartphone with high-quality, built-in digital cameras and easy-to-install software may make it more convenient to perform teledermatology. In this study we looked at the feasibility of using a smartphone (iPhone 4(®)) with an installed application especially developed for teledermatology (iDoc24(®)) and a dermoscope (FotoFinder Handyscope(®)) that is customiz...

The phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system (PTS) is the major sugar uptake system in oral streptococci. The role of EIIAB(Man) (encoded by manL) in gene regulation and sugar transport was investigated in Streptococcus mutans UA159. The manL knockout strain, JAM1, grew more slowly than the wild-type strain in glucose but grew faster in mannose and did not display diauxic growth, ind...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to evaluate whether the clinical assessment of the pelvic-hip complex muscle and trunk flexibility is sufficient for diagnosing generalized joint hypermobility (GJH). DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING Center of Body Posture in Olsztyn, North East Poland. PARTICIPANTS The study included 136 females and 113 males aged 10-13 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEAS...

This paper is a report on the highlights of aeroacoustics research and development in Europe in 1999, compiled from information provided to the Aeroacoustics Specialists Committee (ASC) of the Confederation of European Aerospace Societies (CEAS). CEAS presently comprises the national Aerospace Societies of France (AAAF), Germany (DGLR), Italy (AIDAA), The Netherlands (NVvL), Spain (AIAE), Swede...

The design of Internet Relay Chat (IRC) affords for, and itself produces, non-response situations that are not possible in FTF or telephone interaction. These system-occasioned non-responses produce almost isomorphic stimuli to participant non-responses. Situations thus arise in which nonresponses are interpersonally accountable despite agentive ambiguity. This study explores four intersections...

This longitudinal experiment investigated the efficiency effectiveness and group member perceptions of dialectical inquiry (DI) and constructive consensus (CC) approaches to strategic decision making in an asynchronous (distributed) Computer-Mediated-Communications (CMC) environment. There were no dQ,%erences between DI and CC groups in terms of decision effectiveness. DI groups required signlj...