In this work we present the solution to the DEBS’2013 Grand Challenge, as crafted by the joint effort of teams from the Technion and TU Dortmund. The paper describes the architecture, details the queries and offers our observations regarding the appropriate way to trade-off high-level processing with time constraints.

BACKGROUND It is estimated that the standard, passive case finding (PCF) strategy for detecting cases of tuberculosis (TB) in Myanmar has not been successful: 26% of cases are missing. Therefore, alternative strategies, such as active case finding (ACF) by community volunteers, have been initiated since 2011. This study aimed to assess the contribution of a Community Based TB Care Programme (CB...

the asia-pacific region generates over half of global economic activity (54.2%) and about 43.7% of global trade, and is the most dynamic region in the global economy. at the core of this is an increasingly dynamic, vibrant and entrepreneurial small-medium sized enterprise sector. advances in information and communications technology, market liberalisation and moves towards closer regional econo...

This paper looks to address the grand challenge of integrating construction materials engineering research within a multi-scale, inter-disciplinary research and management framework for sustainable concrete infrastructure. The ultimate goal is to drive sustainability-focused innovation and adoption cycles in the broader architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) industry. Specifically, a pro...

the fetal origins hypothesis (foh), put forward in the epidemiological literature and later flourished in the economics literature, suggests that the time in utero is a critical period for human development. however, much attention has been paid to the consequences of fetal exposures to more extreme natural shocks, while less is known about fetal exposures to milder but more commonly experience...

PROBLEM Many resource-poor countries have started scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART). While reports from individual clinics point to successful implementation, there is limited information about progress in government institutions at a national level. APPROACH Malawi started national ART scale-up in 2004 using a structured approach. There is a focus on one generic, fixed-dose combination...

Purpose of the paper and literature addressed: The aim of the paper is to polish the use of qualitative methods in inter-organizational research by discussing how narrative approach can be applied into interorganizational research. The paper relies the key literature related to narratives: narrative cognition (Bruner 1986), narrative interviewing (Mishler 1986, Flick 2004), data gathering and a...

This research article deeps on higher education institution challenges in terms of governance, internationalization, research, student engagement and sustainability within an innovative adaptative academic framework necessary to achieve the ahead a highly competitive technologically changing environment. With this purpose series university strategic are reviewed analyzed order tackle establish ...