PURPOSE This study was conducted to determine how time is allocated to diabetes care. METHODS Patients with type 2 diabetes who were receiving care from the internal medicine residents were shadowed by research nurses to observe the process of management. The amount of time spent with patients and the care provided were observed and documented. RESULTS The total time patients spent in the c...

Riverine fish are subjected to heterogeneous flow velocities and turbulence and may use this to their advantage by selecting regions that balance energy expenditure for station holding while maximizing energy gain through feeding opportunities. This study investigated microhabitat selection by guppies Poecilia reticulata in terms of flow characteristics generated by hemisphere boulders in an op...

In ad hoc mobile wireless networks, energy consumption is an important issue as most mobile hosts operate on limited battery resources. Existing models for evaluating the energy consumption behavior of a mobile ad hoc network have shown that the various components of energy related costs include transmission power as well as the power of reception. In this paper, we extend the model for calcula...

Rapid growth and increasing requirements for service quality, reliability, and efficiency have made traffic evaluation an essential consideration in design and operation of data transmission networks. In this paper we analyse performance measures of data transmission network servicing batch data flows. The article provides analysis of the one channel queuing system transmitting data packet flow...

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to evaluate the status of information on forest and data transfer and to identify the gaps in information and data flow in forestry sector in Iran. The study evaluated the data and information flow in three levels (control offices level, provincial offices level and organizational offices level) using the document analysis and questioning (interviews and ques...

Coordinated traffic lights that implement green waves along major arterial roads are an increasingly used traffic management strategy for reducing travel times in urban context. The potential positive effect of this measure on emissions is often called upon as an additional support for its introduction. Although a smoother traffic flow will generally lead to lower air pollutant emissions, it wi...

The paper is based on a general conceptual supply chain flow risk model developed in an earlier paper, a literature review and case studies. The paper has the title "Developing a supply chain risk model" and is reported as a final paper at the NOFOMA 2005 conference. The literature review has been focusing articles and reports/books on supply chain management. Some of its findings have earlier ...