Discrete Event Simulation (DES) is arguably one of the most popular operation research techniques. Even though Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) DES software has reached an impressive state of maturity, there are still problems that deter organizations from investing in such tools and adopting DES in their decision support processes. On the other hand, the nature of Open Source (OS) software deve...

Credit cards have many important benefits; however, these same benefits often carry with them many privacy concerns. In particular, the need for users to be able to monitor their own transactions, as well as bank’s need to justify its payment requests from cardholders, entitle the latter to maintain a detailed log of all transactions its credit card customers were involved in. A bank can thus b...

INTRODUCTION Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is the integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient preferences and values. AIM This narrative review aims to assist the physicians to make informed decisions based on the best available evidence in the area of male infertility and the patients' own preferences and values. METHODS In this review we present the current s...

BACKGROUND The gaps observed between the use of research evidence and policy have been reported to be based on the different methods of using research evidence in policymaking by researchers and actual policymakers. Some policies and policymaking processes may therefore be particularly well informed by research evidence compared to others. The aims of the present article are to explore the use ...