One of the most crucial decisions in service development is concept selection. Nevertheless, little attention has been paid to evaluation of new service concepts (NSCs). This study proposes an analytic network process (ANP) approach to evaluation of NSCs. ANP is a multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) method that can accommodate interdependency among decision attributes. The proposed approac...

a comparison of various health statistics among sweden, the united states of america, and united kingdom reveals that the u.s. is in an inferior situation. this is traced to those acute and communicable diseases which could very easily be prevented. however medical care services require money and this money due to the nature of health care system in the u.s. has to come from the patients. while...

background: precarious employment is a major social determinant of health and health inequalities with effects beyond the health of workers. objective: to investigate the association between precarious employment and sickness absence in 4 nordic countries, denmark, finland, norway, and sweden. methods: logistic regression analyses were conducted separately for each country on data from 4186 res...

18 ANSYS ADVANTAGE ISSUE 2 | 2017 Leading the Electric Vehicle Charge The battery management system plays a critical role in today’s electric vehicles: It monitors the state of the battery, manages its operation to optimize vehicle performance and battery life, and ensures the safety of occupants. Researchers at National Electric Vehicles Sweden (NEVS) who are developing the BMS for their next-...

In this paper, we focus on a “local property” of permutations: value-peak. A permutation σ has a value-peak σ(i) if σ(i − 1) < σ(i) > σ(i + 1) for some i ∈ [2, n − 1]. Define V P (σ) as the set of value-peaks of the permutation σ. For any S ⊆ [3, n], define V Pn(S) such that V P (σ) = S. Let Pn = {S | V Pn(S) 6= ∅}. we make the set Pn into a poset Pn by defining S T if S ⊆ T as sets. We prove t...

In the graph searching problem initially a graph with all edges contaminated is pre sented We would like to obtain a state of the graph in which all edges are simultaneously clear by a sequence of moves using searchers The objective is to achieve the desired state by using the least number of searchers Two variations of the graph searching problem are considered in this paper One is the edge se...

Recent experimental and theoretical applications of x-ray spectroscopies to liquid water shed new light on the hydrogen bonding network. The interpretation of the x-ray data questions the established understanding of liquid water. Two new system experts have joined the NSC forces. The structure of the first coordination shell in liquid water. Illustration by Hirohito Ogasaware. The construction...