post disaster reconstruction in the destructed zones entails the social aspects in addition to the physical and urban aspects, because of the presence of affected people in the very location. the presented research aims to assess the social aspects of the post disaster conditions in the course of reconstruction, which take into consideration the related social factors in the affected community....

Research-oriented tasks continue to become more complex, requiring more collaboration between experts. Historically, research has focused on either finding a single expert for a specific task (expertise finding, or EF), or trying to form a group that satisfies various conditions (group formation, or GF). EF is typically group context agnostic, while GF requires complex models that are difficult...

CONTEXT Investigation of the nature and frequency of statistician involvement in medical research and its relation to the final editorial decision. METHODS Authors of original research articles who submitted to BMJ and Annals of Internal Medicine from May through August 2001 were sent a short questionnaire at the time of manuscript submission. Authors were asked if they received assistance fr...