In general, the term “shelf-stable product” refers to those products that do not require refrigeration or freezing for safety and acceptable organoleptic characteristics. Most often, the products are stored at “room temperature” (ambient). This shelf-stability also is often dependent upon the proper packaging to control oxidation and potential mold growth. The shelf-life for these types of prod...

INTRODUCTION The patient's perspective is becoming increasingly important in clinical and policy decisions. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the preferences of patients with, or at risk of, osteoporosis for medication attributes, and to establish how patients trade between these attributes. METHODS A discrete choice experiment survey was designed and patients were asked to choose between t...

Online retailers have access to large amounts of transactional data but current recommender systems tend to be short-sighted in nature and usually focus on the narrow problem of pushing a set of closely related products that try to satisfy the user’s current need. Most ecommerce recommender systems analyze a large amount of transactional data without actually having any idea of what the items i...

This paper contributes a conceptual for defining knowledge management in a project environment. Knowledge management can be broadly defined as the set of processes, tools, and techniques for the most effective and efficient use of knowledge [1]. Knowledge management aims to improve, maintain, and create organizational capabilities to generate sustained competitive advantage [2]. A holistic view...

With all the different therapies available to treat a medical condition, doctors must evaluate how the different products perform on different treatment goals in order to select the appropriate therapy for a patient. This evaluation process is used to determine which product is best when treating a particular patient. This paper will discuss the collection and analysis of the treatment goal dat...

Increasingly, the design of successful new industrial products is related to careful market assessment. Traditionally, managers and researchers have studied their markets by examining a small number of product attributes that are common across a range of informed respondents. In many ways, these techniques fail to meet the challenges posed by today's often heterogeneous, highly competitive, fas...

Common approaches to product recommendations are offer level propensity models and collaborative filtering. These methods are typically used for respectively a low or a high number of products, and come with specific limitations. In this paper we introduce preference based approaches to product recommendations, aimed at filling the gap between these methods. This approach can be used for any ex...

We monitored 15 radio-collared raccoons (Procyon lotor) on Davies Island in March 1987 May 1988 to determine the extent to which individual tree attributes or spatial configuration of plant associations (habitat types) across the landscape influenced den use. Of 1091 verified den sites, 428 were in tree cavities. Raccoon occurrence among 4 cover types differed from that expected based on the to...