Public higher education institutions in Malaysia are growing rapidly and increasingly, interested in the use of fast and effective decision-making. Executives need the knowledge and information to be able to make these fast and effective decisions. This article discusses on the suggested executive support system framework that can be used by executives for decision-making and analysis. This stu...

The menu-setting problem (MSP) determines the goods and services an institution offers and the prices charged. It appears widely in health care, from choosing the services an insurance arrangement offers, to selecting the health plans an employer proffers. The challenge arises because purchases are subsidized, and consumers (or their physician agents) may make cost-ineffective choices. The intu...

A 64-year-old man with T2N0 squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue base underwent treatment with radiation, followed by glossolaryngectomy, bilateral neck dissection, and placement of an anterolateral thigh flap graft. After 1 year, he presented with acute cholangitis (abdominal pain, jaundice, fever, chills, and hypotension), making emergency endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP...

As scholars become more aware of the importance of religion in world affairs, several have begun to ask whether specific religious traditions are compatible with the institutions and values of liberal democracy. With approximately 350 million Orthodox Christians in the world, and given the great political and economic importance of the many countries they call home, an understanding of Orthodox...

IN T R O D U C T IO N Within the next decade, more than $30 billion will be spent at the federal, state and local levels for the construction of new roadways in the United States. Additional billions will be allocated for the operation and maintenance of existing facilities. Toward what end is this huge expenditure being made? Most highway officials would agree that it is to promote the efficie...

One of the most vital areas of public policy is education. In today’s societies quality and equality in education are among the basic human rights and its provision within the basic responsibilities of modern governments. Setting educational policies is the framework within which governments try to fulfill this duty. The success of such policies is a function of basic administrative arrangement...

As health-care providers continually are faced with the need to identify the most cost-effective modalities when initiating therapy among many therapeutic options, standardized clinical guidelines become the foundation for decision making. This article discusses how decision analysis can be useful in the formulation of locally derived clinical practice guidelines. The following is an example of...

Electronic transactions are of increasing use due to its openness and continuous availability. The rapid growth of information and communication technologies has helped the expansion of these electronic transactions, however, issues related to security and trust are yet limiting its action space, mainly in what concerns business to business activity. This paper introduces an Electronic Institut...