Despite the growing need for decision support in the digital age, there has not been an adequate increase of interest in research and development in Decision Support Systems (DSSs). In our view, the vision for a new type of DSS should provision a tighter integration with the problem domain, and include implementation phase in addition to the traditional intelligence, design, and choice phases. ...

Cellobiose is produced from cellulose using specific bacterial enzymes, and is hydrolyzed into glucose by the enzymes cellobiosidase and cellulase. In this study, we examined the effects of cellobiose on colonic mucosal damage in a dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) colitis model. BALB/c mice were divided into two groups. In the first group, the mice were fed 3.5% DSS mixed with normal chow. In the s...

Decision support systems (DSS) have achieved considerable success in many areas of business activity. The type of semi-structured problem where DSS is successful frequently involves the management or configuration of vehicles or machines. While DSS has been used for human resource problems such as personnel scheduling, there have been fewer DSS applications in the area of personnel placement. T...

Aim. To investigate the effect of daikenchuto (TJ-100; DKT) for ulcerative colitis (UC) model mouse and assess its anti-inflammatory mechanisms. Methods. We evaluated the effects of DKT on dextran sulfate sodium- (DSS-) induced experimental colitis. First, we assessed the short-term effects of DKT using two groups: 5% DSS group and 5% DSS with DKT group. Colon length; histological scores; and i...

A theoretical framework for DSS research is developed in terms of the key elements of theory: domain boundaries, constructs, and relationships among constructs. Eight broad DSS constructs (environment, task, implementation strategy, DSS capability, DSS configuration, user, user behaviour, and performance) are identified. Based on a review of the literature, 17 relationships among these construc...

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been implicated as mediators of intestinal inflammation and carcinogenesis. Although green tea polyphenols (GTP) have anticancer property as antioxidants they also generate ROS in vitro. In this study, we investigated the modifying effects of GTP on dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced acute colitis and on 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH) and DSS-induced colon carc...

The present study investigated the effect of glutamine (Gln) on dextran sulphate sodium (DSS)-induced changes in the expression of small-intestinal intraepithelial lymphocyte (IEL) gd-T cells in mice. Mice were randomly assigned to a normal control (NC) group and two DSS-treated groups. The NC group and one of the DSS-treated groups (DSS-C) were fed a common semi-purified diet, while the other ...

There are various frameworks for decision support system (DSS) that have been formulated. Such frameworks describe the characteristics of DSS. In this paper a proposed effectiveness DSS framework for e-government is presented. This is done by integrating DSS components to support managers and decision makers in e-government. The structure of the proposed DSS framework is discussed. It is expect...

Decision Support Systems (DSS) in health care must be designed in consideration of the empirical context and problem space where they are being applied. However differences such as workflow, clinical expertise and organizational norms make it hard to define the context where a DSS will be used. What is needed is a DSS that is able to enhance health care delivery in different contexts. In this p...

Discrete subaortic stenosis (DSS) is an uncommon form of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction especially in adulthood. Moreover, aortic regurgitation (AR), which is a common sequence of DSS, requiring surgical correction is extremely rare. We report the case of a 33-year old man who had severe DSS accompanied with moderate aortic insufficiency. He underwent successful surgery including re...