BACKGROUND The rate of chronic health conditions (CHCs) in children and adolescents has doubled in the past 20 years, with increased health care costs. Technology-based interventions have demonstrated efficacy to improving medication adherence. However, data to support the cost effectiveness of these interventions are lacking. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to conduct an economic ev...

There are two types of criteria for users: economic criteria and technical criteria. The set of economic criteria for users was designed to determine which type of machine translation system should be introduced in order to obtain maximum economic efficiency. The technical set of criteria for users was designed to help those who have decided to introduce a machine translation system to determin...

We performed a bibliographic search of MEDLINE databases from January 1966 to July 2002 to identify English language articles that contained either "cost" or "economic" in combination with "total hip arthroplasty" (THA) in the abstract or title. Each study was then critically reviewed for content, technique, and adherence to established healthcare economic principles. Only 81 of the 153 studies...

In this paper, the electrical consumption of a Research Center Building is derived of the bills, Then with defining of fuzzy Bus Thermal Coefficient objective function for heating, the amount of available heat selling to Research Center Building consumer that is produced by Biomass Solar Hybrid Source is calculated. With the capacity determination of Biomass Solar Hybrid Source to provide Therm...

ABSTRACT- According to article 44 of the I.R. of Iran Constitution, the Iranian economy consists of three sectors; the state, the cooperative, and the private sectors. The aim of this study was to present a hierarchy of criteria for selecting the best economic sector for agricultural development. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used to calculate the relative importance of either criteria o...

the inventive step requirement which purportly secure the growth ofinnovation and resulting industrial and economic development, despite ofcontaining some benefits, always faced with the challenges that in somecases ,such challenges are in opposition with the bases of patents system andindicates that ,patents system do not beneficial always. analysis of saidchallenges studied upon the economica...

In this paper, a fuzzy decision algorithm is proposed to select the most suitable advanced manufacturing system (AMS) alternative from a set of mutually exclusive alternatives. Both economic evaluation criterion and strategic criteria such as #exibility, quality improvement, which are not quantitative in nature, are considered for selection. The economic aspects of the AMS selection process are...