Integrating reproductive health (RH) with HIV care is a policy priority in high HIV prevalence settings, despite doubts surrounding its feasibility and varying evidence of effects on health outcomes. The process and outcomes of integrated RH-HIV care were investigated in Swaziland, through a comparative case study of four service models, ranging from fully integrated to fully stand-alone HIV se...

This paper seeks to describe the business requirements imposed on a record matching system along ten different dimensions. For each dimension, we present alternative requirements which different record matching clients might have. We seek to discuss the factors that might lead a client to determine that they have one requirement or another. The goal of the talk is to better prepare a client to ...

Plug-in frameworks support the development of component-based software that is extensible and customizable to the needs of specific users. However, most current frameworks are targeting single-user rich client applications but do not support plug-in-based web applications which can be extended by end users. We show how an existing plug-in framework (Plux.NET) can be enabled to support multi-use...

Requirement: Clients should experience high-availability when accessing network services. Availability should be transparent and not require altering programs. Problem: Availability needs to work on multiple platforms and must not require additional hardware/software, other than the remoting system. Solution: Replicate the service in a cluster. Advertise all replica addresses. On client invocat...

Many applications designed for wide-area systems use replication to provide a service at multiple locations. From which site should a client choose to obtain service? A client can specify its needs in terms of communication latency, bandwidth, or error rate. This specification must be matched against the expected performance available from each site. I present the results of two experiments tha...

BACKGROUND Case management has been applied in community aged care to meet frail older people's holistic needs and promote cost-effectiveness. This systematic review aims to evaluate the effects of case management in community aged care on client and carer outcomes. METHODS We searched Web of Science, Scopus, Medline, CINAHL (EBSCO) and PsycINFO (CSA) from inception to 2011 July. Inclusion cr...

Abstract Consulting has evolved significantly over the years. This is in response to changing operating environment and emerging needs of organizations. To enrich client-consultant relationships, this article explores philosophical positions around consulting some applied techniques make an instrument help enhance understanding varying approaches, covers approaches from Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx...