Whiplash Associated Disorders (WAD) have caused frustrating problems since decades for people injured in various types of accidents. Certain circumstances and misunderstandings explain this anomaly. They often become obvious (some as paradoxes) when it comes to estimation of crash severity, biomecha nics, injury tolerance, diagnostic procedures, pain physiology, follow-up procedures and injury ...

This paper considers the main positions of one-sided and two-sided problems. For onesided problems only the method of solution “the distance to the ideal point” is discussed in the actual version. For two-sided problems a distinction is made between games with rational behaviour and games against nature. The main strategic principles are as follows: simple min-max principle, extended min-max pr...

The evaluation of information systems development methodologies is becoming increasingly important. The lack of a commonly acceptable set of criteria for evaluation, however, hinders aggregating knowledge from field studies. Our study attempts to fill the gap. To reduce the effects of subjectivity, we surveyed the opinions of a group (28) of experienced IS researchers. Fifty-one criteria were g...

Diagnosis of endemic nephropathy (EN) is based on the combination of several clinical and laboratory criteria. Despite extensive research no specific diagnostic biomarker for EN has yet been identified. The aim of the study was to evaluate the diagnostic significance of the variables previously proposed as diagnostic criteria, but also new ones. After an extended questionnaire, the clinical and...

As computing systems continue to grow in size and complexity, the need for self-management is becoming more prevalent. The difficulty and cost associated with the maintenance of large scale systems means that there needs to be a paradigm shift towards systems that manage themselves according to high-level policies. Furthermore, these complex large-scale systems typically require intensive data ...

In this paper an evaluation model for object-oriented (OO) metrics is proposed. We have evaluated the existing evaluation criteria for OO metrics, and based on the observations, a model is proposed which tries to cover most of the features for the evaluation of OO metrics. The model is validated by applying it to existing OO metrics. In contrast to the other existing criteria, the proposed mode...

The purposes of our study were to identify a drug entry process, collect, and prioritize criteria for selecting drugs for the list of basic health insurance commitments to prepare an “evidence based reimbursement eligibility plan” in Iran.The 128 noticeable criteria were found when studying the health insurance systems of developed countries. Four parts (involving criteria) formed the first que...