In response to our description of a computer-assisted outcomes management tool for outpatient psychotherapy, Stickle (2006) and Lueger (2006) offer informed and provocative commentaries about both the conceptual and practical aspects of the Polaris-MH system. While we share their enthusiasm for the importance of outcomes data and agree with many of their comments, we differ on some points. In t...

this paper presents a relatively new management model for the optimal design and operation of irrigation water pumping systems. the model makes use of the newly introduced particle swarm optimization algorithm. a two step optimization model is developed and solved with the particle swarm optimization method. the model first carries out an exhaustive enumeration search for all feasible sets of p...

background: nursing project management is widely used in different aspects of the society. however, whether the nursing project management can control the infections in the operation room (or) is rarely reported. we evaluated the outcomes of surgical patients after implementing a nursing project management program to provide new scientific ways to manage the or infections. methods: overall, 382...

there has been a recent development and explosion of interest among academicians across a wide range of disciplines in the use of virtual class room. utilization of the virtual class room as a laboratory experimentation for teaching and learning has increased significantly in recent years as development tools for web based applications have become easier to use and computers have become more ca...

In This paper, we focus on the need for compares the organic production, operation and management patterns between paddy rice production base of Zhongliangmeiyu Ltd (Meiyu for short) and organic vegetable production base of company A, and adopt the SWOT approach to analyze the strengths, weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats of the two patterns. The conclusion can be briefed ...

IT Operation Management (ITOM) observes IT Services and the IT Infrastructure. The field of IT Operation Management is a well explored research area and also well applied by practitioners. We provide a systematic literature review in the field of IT Operation Management. We concentrated on the two conferences ICIS and EDOC and on the BISE journal between the years 2005 and 2012. The paper will ...