This paper provides a brief comparison between Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) and the Work System Method (WSM) by S. Alter. The latter is a relatively recent systems approach specifically developed with the needs of the Information Systems field. It focuses on previous criticisms towards SSM and suggests how WSM might compare against them. Those comparisons are related to the difference between...

To retrieve temperature and humidity profiles from special sensor microwave/temperature (SSM/T) and advanced microwave sounding units (AMSU), it is important to quantify the contribution of the Earth surface emission. So far, no global estimates of the land surface emissivities are available at SSM/T and AMSU frequencies and scanning conditions. The land surface emissivities have been previousl...

BACKGROUND In Zimbabwe, sputum smear microscopy (SSM) is the routinely used TB diagnostic tool in hospitalised HIV-infected patients. However, SSM has poor sensitivity in HIV-infected patients. We compared performance of urine lipoarabinomannan strip test (LAM) and SSM among hospitalized HIV-infected patients with suspected TB. METHODS Hospitalized HIV-infected patients with suspected TB were...

زمینه و هدف: کاردیومیوپاتی دیابتی یکی از عوامل خطرزای اصلی برای عوارض قلبی- عروقی دیابت است آنجایی که فعالیت بدنی در بیماران می‌تواند ساختار عملکرد میوکارد را تحت تأثیر قرار دهد، لذا هدف پژوهش حاضر بررسی هشت هفته تمرین تناوبی با شدت بالا (HIIT) بر محتوای پروتئین‌های NF-kB Wnt بافت عضله قلبی موش‌های صحرایی نژاد ویستار مبتلا به نوع دو است.مواد روش‌‌ها: مطالعه 20 سر موش نر سن 8-6 میانگین وزن 9/16±...

This paper discusses the coordinated use of Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) learning cycle with additional bodies knowledge. approach furthers focused understanding and appreciation for taking action within social systems. Adapting SSM extends richness real-world situation understood from an analytic soft systems perspective to encompass a problematical using knowledge explain explore. Examples ...

A convenient model system for a biological membrane is a solid-supported membrane (SSM), which consists of a gold-supported alkanethiol|phospholipid bilayer. In combination with a concentration jump method, SSMs have been used for the investigation of several membrane transporters. Vesicles incorporating sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca-ATPase (SERCA) were adsorbed on a negatively charged SSM (octadec...

A theoretical and numerical analysis of spectral self-interference microscopy (SSM) is presented with the goal of expanding the realm of SSM applications. In particular, this work is intended to enable SSM imaging in low-signal applications such as single-molecule studies. A comprehensive electromagnetic model for SSM is presented, allowing arbitrary forms of the excitation field, detection opt...