Recommender systems have been served to assist decision making by recommending a list of items the end users. Multi-criteria recommender system (MCRS) is type which enhance recommendation performance taking user preferences on multiple criteria. Traditional algorithms for MCRS usually predict ratings these criteria, and finally estimate overall rating different aggregation functions. In this pa...

quality assessment in an educational activity is the most important action for improving this process and its totally or partly renewed resumption. quality assessment compares the existing and the desired situation. in the education system outcome, review the existing and desired situation is a turning point of quality assessment. therefore it is necessary to describe outcome desired situation ...

RATIONALE To determine the outcome of patients with nephroblastoma in a South African hospital. OBJECTIVE To determine if there is a difference in the outcome of patients with nephroblastoma comparing two treatment protocols SIOP (Société International D'Oncologie Pédiatrique Protocol) versus NWTS (National Wilms' Tumour Study Protocol). METHODS AND RESULTS A retrospective audit of 25 years...

During the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) outbreak at Tygerberg Hospital a particular problem existed: a simultaneous influenza epidemic complicated the screening of contacts because of its very similar clinical picture to that of early CCHF. The methods of identifying and screening contacts are described. Of 459 listed CCHF contacts, 7 (1,5%) developed the disease; 6 were contacts of ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate factors influencing skin incision-to-delivery time (including sub-divisions thereof) and the effect of these surgical intervals on immediate neonatal outcome. METHODS A prospective cohort analysis was conducted of all women undergoing cesarean delivery at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, from May 24 to November 2, 2010. Three surgical intervals were evalua...

OBJECTIVES To investigate missed appointments in a South African tertiary hospital. STUDY DESIGN Prospective, descriptive series with controls. SETTING The ENT/Oncology clinic at Tygerberg Academic Hospital, South Africa. SUBJECT 305 patients with a head and neck malignancy who had follow-up appointments over 4 consecutive months between June and September 2006. A control group of 31 pati...