OBJECTIVES To assess the metastasis-free survival (MFS) and disease-specific survival (DSS) in men with Gleason score ≤6 prostate cancer at radical prostatectomy (RP). PATIENTS AND METHODS We included 1101 consecutive RP patients operated between March 1985 to July 2013 at a single institution. The outcome variables were MFS and DSS. The postoperative survival was estimated by the Kaplan-Meie...

BACKGROUND The reliance on and extensive use of pyrethroid insecticides have led to pyrethroid resistance in pollen beetle (Meligethes aeneus). Widespread adoption of best practice in pollen beetle management is therefore needed. Decision support systems (DSSs) that identify the risk period(s) for pest migration can help to target monitoring and control efforts, but they must be accurate and la...

the management and analysis of flood hazards is of great socio- economic and ecological importance as it was estimated that 50 percent of word’s population resides and works within the costal zone till 2030. the management of coastal flood hazard reflects the cumulative effects and criteria more than the human mind can handle effectively. the flood management requires decision making for rela...

Addressing environmental management problems at catchment scales requires an integrated modelling approach, in which key bio-physical and socio-economic drivers, processes and impacts are all considered. Development of Decision Support Systems (DSSs) for environmental management is rapidly progressing. This paper describes the integration of physical, ecological, and socio-economic components i...

The environment in which a DSS is developed can have a significant impact on the development and satisfaction provided by the DSS. A questionnaire was sent to nonacademic TIMS members in an attemmpt to identify specific DSS environments, the capabilities provided by these DSS, and environmental factors that significantly influenced the DSS environment. This paper presents the results of this in...

Combining an open source Geographical Information System like GRASS-GIS, Mapserver, and the computer languages Perl and PHP it was developed a flexible Decision Support System (DSS) based on fuzzy logic. The DSS researched use data gathered from a current research and demonstration project, concerning the distribution of the Olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae) according to several environmental ...

This paper introduces a new, intuitively straightforward approach for thinking about important aspects of systems that are being analyzed, designed, and constructed. Building on past research highlighting metaphors related to organizations, IS, and projects, it shows how considering common, broadly applicable types of subsystems (not standard IS categories such as MIS and DSS) might provide dir...

In this research, a Decision Support System (“DSS”) was developed, using a combination of various existing models for Integrated Water Management (“IWM”). This DSS is then applied to a small urbanized basin, the Taguri-River basin in Japan. In developing the DSS, different existing dynamic and steady state models were combined. These models include a rainfall-runoff analysis model, two river an...