Using an interpretive case study approach, this chapter describes the data quality problems in two companies: (1) a Multi-Facility Healthcare Medical Group (MHMG), and (2) a Regional Health Insurance Company (RHIS). These two interpretive cases examine two different processes of the healthcare supply chain and their integration with a business intelligence system. Specifically, the issues exami...

this paper reports a survey and case study research outcomes on the application of data envelopment analysis (dea) to the ranking method of european foundation for quality management (efqm) business excellence model in iran’s automotive industry and improving benchmarking process after assessment. following the global trend, the iranian industry leaders have introduced the efqm practice to thei...

Iron deficiency is a manifestation of celiac disease (CD) usually attributed to a decreased absorptive surface, although no data on the regulation of iron transport under these conditions are currently available. Our aim was to evaluate divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1), duodenal cytochrome b (Dcytb), ferroportin 1 (FP1), hephaestin, and transferrin receptor 1 (TfR1) expression, as well as ir...

Divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1), whose mRNA possesses a stem-loop structure in 3'-untranslated region, has been identified in most organs and responsible for transport of various divalent metal ions. Previous work from this laboratory has shown that manganese (Mn) exposure alters the function of iron regulatory protein (IRP) and increases iron (Fe) concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid ...

Many sources on the Internet and elsewhere rank the objects in query results according to how well these objects match the original query. For example, a real-estate agent might rank the available houses according to how well they match the user's preferred location and price. In this environment, \meta-brokers" usually query multiple autonomous, heterogeneous sources that might use varying res...

When information technologies (IT) have a central role in organizational change programs , understanding how organization members make sense of technology is critical to influencing their actions and to achieving planned outcomes. Orlikowski and Gash articulated a theoretic framework centered on technological frames of reference (TFR) to investigate interpretive processes related to IT in organ...

Robust Interpretive Parsing is a method of learning hidden structure with error-driven algorithms (Tesar and Smolensky 1998, 2000). When an algorithm makes error while word, it calculates what considers to be the structural representation word (the “target parse”) changes its grammar accordingly. Among potential directions change, chooses direction that best satisfies current constraint ranking...

In this study, we investigated the personality variable quality of object relations (QOR) as a moderator of the relationship between the pattern of the therapeutic alliance and treatment outcome in two forms (interpretive, supportive) of short-term individual psychotherapy. In a sample of 72 psychiatric outpatients who completed interpretive therapy, QOR emerged as a moderator for the outcome f...

Application of Information systems has significantly contributed to the growth of various sectors both in developed as well as developing countries. This significant contribution can be attributed to the careful adoption of IT innovation. There exist varied views of the very same technology by different users based on the individual’s sense-making, resulting in diversified notions regarding the...