K. R. O'Brien, B. R. Cowan, M. D. Robson, M. Latif, A. J. Kerr, and A. A. Young Centre of Advanced MRI, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, Oxford University Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Cardiology, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, Radiology & Anatomy, University of...

BACKGROUND Computerized Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMAc) techniques permit the assessment of daily life behaviors and experiences. The present investigation examined the feasibility and validity of this assessment methodology in outpatients with schizophrenia. METHODS Outpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder (n = 54) received a battery of standard laboratory clinical a...

In this paper, we present the development and application of a Technical Feasibility Model (TFM) used in preliminary design to determine: whether or not a set of desired product specifications is technically feasible, and the optimality of those specifications with respect to the Pareto frontier. The TFM is developed by integrating the capabilities of a multidisciplinary design framework, a mul...

Personalized Medicine has the potential to improve health outcomes and reduce the cost of care; however its adoption has been slow in Canada. Bridgepoint Health is a complex continuous care provider striving to reduce the burden of polypharmacy in chronic patients. The main goal of the study was to explore the feasibility of utilizing personalized medicine in the treatment of chronic complex pa...

Appearance of breast parenchyma in mammography provides information on the risk of developing breast cancer. Wolfe was the first to show the relation between mammographic parenchymal patterns and the risk of developing cancer using four classes. Since this discovery automated classification has been investigated. The methods developed can be separated in first order statistical models and textu...

According to AS/NZS ISO/IEC 27001:2006 [11], management of an organization should provide evidence of its commitment to the establishment, implementation, operation, monitoring, review, maintenance and improvement of the organization’s information security management system. The objective of this research project was to explore the feasibility of designing an intelligent documentation system to...

OBJECTIVE The feasibility of a high-frequency real-time monitoring approach to psychotherapy is outlined and tested for patients' compliance to evaluate its integration to everyday practice. Criteria concern the ecological momentary assessment, the assessment of therapy-related cognitions and emotions, equidistant time sampling, real-time nonlinear time series analysis, continuous participative...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the feasibility of a quality improvement programme aimed to enhance the client-centeredness, effectiveness and transparency of physiotherapy services by addressing three feasibility domains: (1) acceptability of the programme design, (2) appropriateness of the implementation strategy and (3) impact on quality improvement. DESIGN Mixed methods study. PARTICIPANTS AND S...

Abstract: Background:Blended learning is a term increasingly used to describe the way e-learning is being combined with traditional classroom methods and independent study to create a new, hybrid teaching methodology. The aim of this study was to explore the perspectives of Tabriz health center staff on the Establishment status of blended learning system based on ISO 10015 requirements. Methods...